Distribution Collection

Brudenell Magna Carta
The Brudenell Magna Carta, document on vellum, dated 12 October 1297, with a substantial fragment of the Great Seal of Edward I. The original Magna Carta was issued in Latin in 1215

Tsai Shen Yeh - The Chinese God of wealth
Tsai Shen Yeh is a Chinese God of wealth (often also called Lu Shing or The Star God of Wealth). Images of the God can be seen in many Chinese and oriental houses and buildings

Oyster Catch / Whitstable
Oysters, found to be a valuable remedy for the influenza epidemic, are sorted and packed by fishermen in Whitstable, Kent, for distribution to the hospitals

Distributions of plants at various altitudes
Coloured engraving of Alexander Humboldt illustration. Tableaux de la Nature, 1865. Date: 1865

Map of Pre-Roman Brits
A map showing the distribution of tribes in pre- Roman Britain

The Happy Prince - by Oscar Wilde. In a town where a lot of poor people are suffering, a lonely swallow meets the statue of the late " Happy Prince"

Promotional card for the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Ltd - Turkish Company with head office at Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey and branches in London, Paris, Constantinople (Istanbul), New York, Cairo

Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie, Maundy Thursday
Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) and her sister Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), leaving the Maundy Thursday distribution ceremony at Westminster Abbey

Ration Cards WWII
People queuing for temporary ration cards during World War II

Haulage Advertisment London to West Country Victorian period

First Partition of Poland
Partitions of Poland. The First Partition of Poland. It was decided on August 5, 1772. The agreement was signed in Vienna in February 1772

Turkey. Istanbul. The aqueduct of Uzunkemer
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest. It is an Ottoman aqueduct bridge on the northern branch of the Kirkcesme Supply System

Turkey. Istanbul. Aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The aqueduct of Uzunkemer near Belgrade Forest. It is an Ottoman aqueduct bridge on the northern branch of the Kirkcesme Supply System

Charlie Chaplin with members of the cast of The Vagabonds
The Vagabonds was a 2 reeler film made for the Mutual Distribution Company in 1916. This postcard was an advertisement for a showing at the Picturedrome Birmingham. Date: 1917

Book of the Dead. Fragment of a papyrus. Egypt
Book of the Dead. Fragment of a papyrus with a diagram of the distribution of funerary amulets on the mummy. 305-330 BC. Ptolemaic Period. Origin unknown. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Gratuitous Distribution of Waste Fish, London 1882
On a winters night poor people of London gather to get the distribution of fish in the West End of London. Date: 1882

Sermon Lane Mission, Islington 1903
Distribution of free meals to the sandwichmen and unemployed at the Sermon Lane Mission, in Liverpool Road, London, during the Cattle Show. Date: 1903

W. H. Smith and son's despatching newpapers 1900
Early morning despatching newpapers for W. H. Smith. Date: 1900

Distribution of the Crimean medals 1856
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert awarding medals to soldier who have served in the Crimean War. Date: 1856

Exact time, France 1880
The unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France - scene in the shop where the clocks are sold. Date: 1880

Bookseller WHSmith 1910
A glimpse of the department of the well know British bookseller and newsvendors W. H. Smith and Son. Photograph showing busy workers in the warehouse packing books. 1910

Sacred books of the East for Indian Soldiers
Examples of the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita, distributed to convalescent Indian soldiers by Alfred Ezra, a businessman with connections in the east

Picking up sixpences at Smithfield 1902
Centuries-old tradition, when 21 sixpences were placed upon a flat gravestone in the churchyard at St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, London, on Good Friday morning

Lambeth Waterworks, supplying fresh water to parts of south London, photograph showing the pumping room. Date: 1900

OJ Concentrate Plant Date: 1950

History of Medicine. Modern Age. Carity Hospital. Engraving. 17th century

Distribution of Plants to Poor Londoners, Victoria Park
A series of scenes during a distribution of plants to Londons poor, held in Victoria Park, London, in the autumn of 1879. The images show (clockwise from top left)

Maundy Thursday Service, Whitehall Chapel, London 1843
Distribution of Maundy Money in Whitehall Chapel, London. In this image a group of the Yeomen of the Guard may be seen at centre, keeping an eye on proceedings. Date: 1843

DISTRIBUTING SOUP, PARIS 1709
Distributing soup to the needy during the Paris food shortage caused by the freezing winter of 1709. Date: 1709

FOOD SHORTAGE PARIS 1709
Distribution of bread during the food shortage in Paris during the coldest winter in Europe for 500 years. Date: 1709

EXACT TIME, FRANCE 1880
The unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France - reservoirs of compressed air. Date: 1880

EXACT TIME, FRANCE
The unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France Date: 1880

12 Tribes of Israel
The distribution of the twelve Tribes of Israel; note also a small strip of coastline occupied by the Philistines

Map Exhibiting the present partition of the Country
Pen, ink and watercolour map: Map Exhibiting the present partition of the Country dependent on Fort St. George into Military Divisions with several Stations of Troops

Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves, c. 1875-1885, by Hendrik Wi
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915). Dutch painter. Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves, c. 1875-1885. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

History of Medicine. Modern Age. Carity Hospital. Engraving. 17th century. Colored

Sancho III of Navarre distributing their kingdoms among thei
Sancho III Garces, the Great (c.992-1035). King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon (1000-1035), Earl of Sobrarbe Ribagorza (c.1018-1035) and Count of Castile (1029-1035)

Plutei of Trajan. Relief. Rome. Italy
Plutei of Trajan. Stone balustrades built by emperor Trajan. 103 AD. Relief detail. Curia Julia. Roman Forum. Rome. Italy

Coals at Christmas
Christmas distribution of coals to the poor by the town. Date: 1850

Madrid Revolutionaries
The liberal revolution in Spain: distribution of arms to the populace at the artillery barracks in Madrid Date: 1868

Miss Elizabeth Meiklejohn
Elizabeth Meiklejohn became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1877 ran the Macpherson distribution home in Knowlton, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

Miss Emma Barber
Emma Barber, a resident of Knowlton, Ontario, became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1872 to 1877ran the Macpherson distribution home in the town

Miss Ellen Bilbrough
Ellen Bilbrough, an assistant of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson, went to Canada to run the Marchmont House distribution home at Belleville, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

WW1 - Comment on the food shortage
WW1 - To ensure food supply during shortages, National and local food control committees were established to ensure food distribution across the country

WW1 - Eastern Front - Soup distributed to soldiers Date: circa 1917

Distributing water, Golden Gate, Jerusalem
Distributing water at the Golden Gate, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Greys cigarettes for soldiers
Members of the V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detachment) who undertook the distribution of 30, 000 cigarettes to soldiers who took part in the Lord Mayors Parade in November 1916

Greek boy scouts supplying water to children, possibly in the wake of an earthquake

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