Efforts Collection

WW2 poster, Back him up to the hilt. Your united efforts will put the Win in Winston. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Airborne Musicians
This band has taken to the skies in their airship - folk down below may take their efforts for the music of the spheres

Roll out the barrel, cartoon gardener rolling lawn, with music playing from a neighbour's house, as if in mockery of the man's efforts

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

Bringing Up The Guns
An oil painting showing the efforts of a band of soldiers with their horses, pulling some heavy artillery up a slope. Painted by an official Australian war artist. Date: circa 1919

Photograph of Indian troops lined up to receive inoculations, 1916 (c). The high temperatures in Mesopotamia, alongside poor medical facilities, flies

Cartoon, The Return From Victory (Disraeli and Reform)
Cartoon, The Return From Victory -- a satirical comment on Disraelis success in getting his Reform Bill passed after a third reading in the House of Commons on 15 July 1867

Cartoon, Who Will Rouse Him? The British Lion, representing the British constituencies, seems apathetic towards political reform, in particular the proposed extension of the franchise to working men

Cartoon, A Very Greasy Pole (John Bright)
Cartoon, A Very Greasy Pole -- satirical comment on John Brights efforts in promoting Reform, in particular an extension of the franchise to working men, the year after he became MP for Birmingham

NEWGATE PRISON / COURTYARD
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The central courtyard & Mrs Frys Gate. Date: 1900

PARTY / GERMAN BALL C1900
The bandleader exhorts the dancers to greater efforts at a lively German ball Date: circa 1900

Certificate presented by The Overseas Club - Empire Day 1916
WW1 - Home Front - Certificate presented by The Overseas Club (now ROSL, the Royal Over-seas League) on Empire Day 1916 to Gertrude Knight

Eliz. Ogilvy Benger
ELIZABETH OGILVY BENGER Precocious child whose strenuous efforts to enter the literary world led to poems, novels and historical bio- graphies, all well received. Date: 1778 - 1827

Boyars Beards Trimmed
In his efforts to introduce Western customs into Russia, Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards. This satire shows him trimming the beard of a Boyar. Date: 1698

London Barnardos Boys Band Recruiting
Barnardo Band at Horseguards Parade assisting the War Office in First World War recruitment efforts. Date: circa 1917

London Barnardos Boys Recruiting
First World War card showing former Barnardos boys who had enlisted in the forces. Perhaps linked to War Office recruitment efforts. Date: circa 1917

Womens War Work WW1 Ploughing
Lithograph by A.S Hartrick (Archibald Standish Hartrick 1864-1950) entitled, Womens Work: On the Land Ploughing Two women undertaking agricultural work as they replaced men on active service as part

Womens War Work WW1 Bus Conductress
Lithograph by A.S Hartrick (Archibald Standish Hartrick 1864-1950) entitled Womens Work: In the Towns - A Bus Conductress

Suffragette Votes for a Man Apiece. Four suffragettes votes for womens papers, hammer and paraffin can between them(all useful to the militants) vow

Russo-Japanese War, Awards Ceremony
Several Russian soldiers resieve medals for their valiant efforts during the (1904 to 1905) Russo-Japanese War. Date: circa 1905

Dupanloup Photo
FELIX ANTOINE PHILIBERT DUPANLOUP French churchman, bishop of Orleans whose promotional efforts brought about the canonisation of Jeanne d Arc. Date: 1802 - 1878

William Skirving
WILLIAM SKIRVING - Scottish writer on farming, whose radical views led to trial for sedition and transportation to Australia, despite strenuous efforts to save him. Date: ? - 1796

Major Thomas Skinner
Major THOMAS SKINNER British soldier who did sterling service in India and Afghanistan, but died young as a result of his efforts. Date: 1800? - 1843

Livingston, Maxim, Gates, Grahame-White - Olympia Aero Exhib
Hendon, Londons first aerodrome, had been largely developed from 1910 by Claude Grahame-White, against the views of the newspaper media who had derided his earlier efforts to develop the airfield

Agnes Weston
AGNES E WESTON philanthropist, known as The Mother of the Navy because the principal beneficiaries of her efforts were seamen for whom she provided homes. Date: 1840 - 1918

Italian Patriotic Card - Brothers Save me! Underwrite the effort and save your future! The powerful message of a card encouraging Italians to financially aid the war effort

Lady Gardener 1870S
A young woman gardener attends to her secluded bower. A little bird, seated on her bench, watches her efforts. Date: 1870s

Newgate Prison / Photo
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The exercise yard for condemned men. Date: circa 1900

Waiting for the news of the Missing, Gresford Colliery
After an explosion in the mine flames trapped the miners and efforts were made to rescue them. The crowd that had gathered could only stand by and wait for news

The Fall of the Year
Cartoon, The Fall of the Year. The sort of unfortunate happening that must spoil the efforts of film-makers. A leaf drops between a kissing couple

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the W
There was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light

Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki
The Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki, Japan. Founded in 1634, amidst the Japanese governments efforts to stamp out Christianity, it is the most important Shinto shrine

Thiers the Magician
Adolphe the Alchemist, a Tale of Wonder and Enchantment - Punch mocks Adolphe Thiers efforts to get France back on her feet after the defeat by Prussia and the Commune

Veela & Castle Builders
A Veela (a type of nymph/siren) thwarts the efforts of castle-builders until they perform feats in turn

Party / German Ball C1900
The bandleader exhorts the dancers to greater efforts at a lively German ball

Wittekind Opposes
Wittekind, king of the Saxons, urges his people to oppose Charlemagne, but their efforts are in vain and eventually they have to submit to him as Emperor

1916 / Verdun Salute
A patriotic postcard salutes the brave efforts of French forces in standing fast against German efforts to capture Verdun fortress

Newgate Prison / Press
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. A gathering in the Newgate Press Yard

Newgate Prison / Cell
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The condemned cell waiting for an occupant

Newgate Prison / Dore
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. Men in the exercise yard

Newgate Prison / Galleries
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The deserted Galleries

Charging at Eylau
BATTLE OF EYLAU The French Garde Imperiale charge gloriously against the Prussians and Russians, but despite their efforts the battle is inconclusive

Royal Niger Co. Fighting
Soldiers of the British Royal Niger Company form a square to attack the camp of the Emir of Lapaie and subdue West African resistance to British colonial efforts

Jingu and Chuai
The empress Jingu urges her husband, the emperor Chuai to direct his efforts to the west. He won t listen, so the gods slay him, and Jingu makes a friendly treaty with Korea

Prehistoric Aviation
Our earliest ancestors were surely inventive enough to experiment with flight, even if their efforts were not always crowned with success

Opposing Lincoln
Supporters of M Clellan try to drum up New York voters to oppose Lincolns second term of office : needless to say, he will be re-elected despite their efforts

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