Easter Collection (page 11)

Abyssinian Expedition: The storming of Magdala on Easter Mon
The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition against King Theodore, after he had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British Government

Ops Volunteers in Dublin
O.P.S Ulster Volunteers ride on horseback through the streets of Dublin during the Easter rising of April 1916

Tank / Easter Rising
O.P.S troops using a tank as a battering ram to force entry into a barricaded building during the Easter Rising in Dublin of 1916

Easter Rising / Barricade
O.P.S troops man barricades in the streets of Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916

Curious Easter Custom at a City Church
Clergyman dispensing gift to pupils of Christs Hospital School at City Church, All Hallows, Lombard Street, London in 1890 during an Easter Service

as one lovely to another
Illustration by Lawson Wood showing a young orang-utan smiling at a newly-hatched Easter chick

The Easter Egg Industry
Photograph showing a worker at Fullers Confections decorating a large chocolate Easter Egg in 1904

Easter Card - German Allies of World War One
The German allies in World War one depicted as painted eggs in this propaganda Easter Card

Moslem Zeal in Jerusalem
A sword brandishing orator in a procession near Jerusalem, during the Nebi Musa Feast celebrations which coincided with Christian Easter festivities

Passion Music Service at Westminster Abbey, London, 1872
Engraving showing the interior of Westminster Abbey during the Passion Music Service of Easter 1872

Greenwich Park, London, 1849
Engraving showing Londoners enjoying Greenwich Park during their Easter holidays, 1849

Great Eggspectations
A fashionably dressed lady pauses to admire a pearl necklace in a shop window, and hopes that her handsome, parcel carrying partner will take the hint

Gold in the Land of the Nile. Ancient Workings in the Easter
Photograph of ancient egyptian diggings for gold

Boy with Basket of Eggs
A boy opens a basket of eggs

Easter Island stone heads
An illustration of the Moai stones found surrounding the coastline of Easter Island. The heads stand at 13 foot tall and are believed to guard the island from intruders

Pacific Easter Island
The crater of Otu-Iti

Crocuses growing in PRS Discoverys wardroom, 1902
Illustration showing the wardroom of the Polar Research Ship Discovery, Easter Sunday, 1902. Several of the ships officers can be seen climbing onto the dining table to look at their pots of crocuses

Lady Sailor
A stylish young woman mops the deck of her boat, moored on the banks of the River Stour, England, getting it ready for a spot of Easter sailing!

The British Prime Minister arrives in Ireland
The British Prime Mininster Herbert Asquith (1852-1928) arriving in Kingstown, Ireland accompanied by his private secretary

Easter Fashions for March, 1847
A sketch showing the Easter fashions from Paris couturiers, 1847. From left: A lace head dress and a robe of taffeta, d italie rose and trimmed with ribbon

Serpollet Steam Car
Leon Serpollets steam car Oeuf de Pacques (Easter Egg) which set the World Land Speed Record in 1902

Crowded Brighton Beach
Brighton beach packed with people enjoying good weather on Easter bank holiday; some sit on deckchairs, others directly on the shingle

Something Rotten in the State of Denmark
Illustration by Lawson Wood, showing two Easter chicks holding their beaks by a rotten egg

Easter Excursion Van
Easter Monday : London holidaymakers board an excursion van headed for the country - street traders offer them oranges to add to their picnic hampers

Perouse / Easter Island
While friendly native girls amuse La Perouses crew, their companions take their hats and handkerchiefs

Perouse / Massacred / Easter
De Langle and other members of La Perouses voyage are massacred at Maouna, Samoan Islands

Washing Feet of Poor
On Holy Thursday before Easter, the feet of twelve poor people are washed, in memory of Jesus washing the feet of his twelve disciples

Female Type / Net Hat 1946
Outlandish net hat decorated with flowers and straw worn by a very brave young woman!

Greek Sacred Fire
CEREMONY OF THE HOLY FIRE At the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, on the Saturday preceding Easter, Greek Orthodox priests distribute the Holy Fire to eager recipients

Easter Rising / Sackville
Ruined Sackville Street, Dublin, barricaded with motor cars

Social / Greenwich Park
Young people enjoying Greenwich Park on an Easter Monday; with the Greenwich Royal Observatory in the background

Easter in Russia
Celebrating Easter with swings and dancing in a Russian village near the Black Sea

Greetings from Leipzig
Bunnies take a load of easter eggs to the Leipzig market

Girls and Chicks
Two children play with chicks

Chick and Posy
A chick tugs at the ribbon of a posy

Easter / Bunnies & Lilies
Easter card featuring Easter bunnies and lilies

Advert / Press Prangs 1896
Poster for Prangs Easter Publications, USA

LA Perouse at Easter I
Officers from the expedition measure the statues while the islanders pilfer their belongings

HOCKTIDE
ENGLAND: Hungerford, Berkshire Originally John o Gaunts (now Lucas) horn is blown to open 1st new court session of the officials of the Hocktide Court - just after Easter

Biddenden Dole
BIDDENDEN DOLE, KENT: On Easter Monday bread, cheese, tea & cakes (bearing an impression of siamese twins Elizabeth & Mary Chulkhurst 1100-1134) are distributed

Nutters Dance / England
ENGLAND: EASTER CUSTOM NUTTERS DANCE. Britannia Bacup Coconut Dancers of Lancashire at the York Summer Festival. The dance is led by a whipper-in who whips the winter away!

Easter Lifting
Lifting - an old English north-country custom at Easter

Little girl with coloured eggs in a poultry yard
A little girl collecting eggs in a poultry yard fills her basket with coloured eggs

Chick hatching from an egg with a letter in its beak
A yellow chick hatches from an egg with a letter in its beak, to say Happy Easter

Young woman with a basket of decorated Easter eggs
A young woman in a garden with a basket full of large Easter eggs decorated in pink and blue

Two eggs on an Easter greetings card
An egg in an egg cup, with its top taken off, and a second egg waiting to be eaten when the first ones finished, on this German Easter greetings card

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