Elections Collection (page 3)

Canvassing for votes, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Robert Cresswell, who operated the twice daily omnibus service from Walton-on-the-Naze to Colchester and back, pictured with his supporters canvassing for votes during the Town Council elections

Grand, National, Democratic Banner. Press Onward. James K. (James Knox) Polk (1795-1849), George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864)

National Democratic Banner of Victory, 1868. Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), Frank P. (Frank Preston) Blair (1821-1875) Date: 1868

Grand National Republican Banner. Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Territory. John Charles Fremont (1813-1890), William L. (William Lewis) Dayton (1807-1864)

Pompeii Election Poster
An election poster, carved into a wall at Pompeii, Italy. Date: 1st century A.D

Counting Votes 1979
Counting the votes in a hall during a British election. Date: 1979

Abdulla advertisement
A young lady named Claudia reclines in a sofa, smoking an Abdullas cigarette. The poem underneath (F. R. Holmes) engages with one of the political questions of the day

French Election Meeting
An appreciative crowd clap and cheer a speaker standing in front of crossed tricolore flags at an election meeting in France Date: 1902

Election / Womans Rights
Elections at the London Metropolitan - a woman campaigns for Womens Rights Date: 1874

Leaflet Distribution
The Liberals take to the air, scattering leaflets over Marble Arch from a plane adorned with portraits of Asquith and Lloyd George Date: 1923

Elections of 1852 by Phiz
Two contrasting images of a successful party candidate leaning from the window of a tavern to receive the congratulations of his supporters

Humours of Electioneering
Humorous illustration depicting a fresh-faced young farm worker casting his first vote in a General Election while a short-sighted gentleman marks his cross in another polling booth

General Election: Confusion Worse Confounded
Three bewildered voters read the daily newspaper posters which give rather conflicting views on the status of their preferred political parties

Humours of the Elections
Two sketches showing humours of the 1892 election showing a canvassing costermonger in one picture and a modern Duchess of Devonshire in another

Election crowds in High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Crowds of people at election time in the High Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. Two general elections took place in 1910, in January and December

Board of Guardians election leaflet, South Wales
A Board of Guardians election leaflet, urging the electorate to vote only for Jones and Morgan. Jabez Jones (the father of W E Jones) is pictured on the right

Picture No. 10295686
Vehicles from the Fatherlands Front (Patriotic Front) distributing flyers in Vienna

Saarland Plebiscite 1935
Counting the votes from Warthburg in Saarbrucken during the Saarland Plebiscite in 1935. 90% of Saar people voted for the Saarland to rejoin Germany

Collecting charitable donations and votes
A biddable dog collects money for charity surrounding by a group of little boys in Croydon during the elections of 1909. He is a supporter of Robert Hermon Hodge, MP for Parliament

Trafalgar Square Elect
Hustings erected in the square at election time

German Election Results
A newspaper seller hands out an extra edition of his paper which has the results of the elections in Germany

Elections held at Greek Church, Constantinople
Elections held in the heart of the Greek Church of St Trinity, Constantinople in the Taksim District. Church also known as Aya Triyada

A Propergander Page
Some suggested methods for securing golfers votes while they are playing golf. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Elections in Paris
Elections are staged for the new Republic : but within weeks they ll all be fighting one another again

Elections in Brussels
Voters, you are being conned ! - a placard expresses conflicting views in the 1857 elections as to whether Belgium should be a monarchy or a republic

China / Reading & Writing
Chinese peasants are taught to read and write as part of Chairman Maos Great Leap Forward

Bryan Campaigns Phono
A political candidate can t be everywhere : William Jennings Bryan records his speeches on the phonograph (gramophone) and they are broadcast in theatres, admission free

Elections Versailles
In the wake of the Commune, the French elections are hotly disputed : the scene outside the Palais de Justice at Versailles

Electing a King / 1555
Electing a king in ancient Scandinavia

Napoleon Swears Oath
A clear winner in the Presidential elections, Louis Napoleon swears to uphold the constitution : he will keep his word for two or three years

French Elections
After Napoleons coup, French voters choose their government. Date: 20 December 1851

Presidential Elections
Electioneering for the president : a lady favours Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Elected
Presidential elections - the ballot-boxes are taken to the Hotel de Ville, Paris, to be counted. Louis Napoleon will be the outright winner

Voter Turnout 1978
At the Conservative Party headquarters, the voter turnout is being examined

Herbert Hoover Acclaimed
Herbert Hoover, newly elected president of the United States (though not to take up office until March 1929) is acclaimed by the electors

Political Banquet
The Hon. C F Berkeley MP gives a banquet to 1200 of his friends and supporters, after being returned to Parliament for the town of Cheltenham

Politicians Kissing Kids
Like every other politician, M. Millerand knows that you can t win votes unless you do your share of kissing children, in this case a girl with a bouquet of flowers

Bleak Polling Station
The entrance to a rather bleak and deserted Polling Station, with the " Directions for the Guidance of the Voters" pinned to the door

Electoral Bribery
ELECTORAL PURITY the British voter refuses to accept 5 pounds for his vote - his starting price is 15 pounds

Meeting at Trafalgar
An election meeting at Trafalgar Square

Woing the Voter / Germany
THE ELECTIONS All the parties woo the voter

China / Worker Rewarded
An industrious worker in a factory is rewarded with a flag. He is congratulated by his colleagues

China / Commune & Flag
An industrious commune is rewarded with a flag

China / Farm Harvest Time
On the farm - harvest time on a communal farm

China / On the Farm
On the farm - feeding the animals on a communal farm

Kpd Poster 1924
Poster inviting you to vote Communist (KPD = Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) in the German elections

Wooing the Voters
Wooing the voters. Churchill meets Leicester footballers, Lady Astor at an open-air meeting at Portsmouth and Lloyd George canvassing in Lancashire

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