Event Collection (page 18)

Panic of 1907 in Wall Street, New York
The 1907 Bankers Panic or Knickerbocker Crisis lasted three-weeks where the stock exchange had dropped almost 50% from its peak the previous year

Visit of the Prince of Wales to India - elephants
Visit of the Prince of Wales to India. Cover of the Special Supplement to the Illustrated London News, 8th January 1876. The Prince (later King Edward VII)

Incidents including train-wrecking: General Strike 1926
Several scenes in England including: Liverpool Street Station crowds of commuters trying to get to work. Vandalism in Northumberland where fish-plates and bolts had been removed from the rails

Duke and Duchess of Kent, Silver Jubilee
The Duke and Duchess of Kent in an open carriage on their way to St Pauls Cathedral for the Royal Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service, on 6 May 1935

Body of the late King George of Greece to Athens 1913
The body of the late King George of Greece was conveyed with all state from Salonica, where he was assassinated in the hour of his countrys victory, to the capital city of Athens

Diagram of the German Super-Zeppelin 1916
New improved at the time Super-Zeppelin, giving increased speed, additional strength and greater handiness in movement. Able to release 60 bombs with sliding hatch beneath. 1916

Good Friday skipping contest, Alciston, East Sussex
Good Friday skipping contest outside the Rose Cottage Inn at Alciston, East Sussex, an annual event for which the road is officially closed. Date: 1960s

Delhi Durbar 1911 The Brilliant Proclamation Scene, Matania
Proclamation by the native herald during the Delhi Durbar of 1911 as recorded in person by the artist Fortunino Matania on 12 December 1911

Cartoon, Disraeli and Queen Victoria
Cartoon, Opening Parliament. Benjamin Disraeli wheels Queen Victoria to Westminster in her bathchair. 1880

Schneider Trophy, SS Colombie, Spithead, 1931
Poster advertising views of the Schneider Trophy race from on board the cruise ship Colombie on 12 September 1931 in Spithead Harbour

Royal Baccarat Scandal 1891
British gambling scandal, known as the Tranby Croft affair of the late 19th century, showing Sir William Gordon-Cumming and Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in court

Coronation procession, King George VI of England 1937
Procession to Westminster Abbey, London. Down the Mall came the Procession, between the standards and banners which took pride of place among all Londons design for decorations

Colin Baker as Dr Who, with two young fans
The actor Colin Baker (b 1943) as Dr Who, with two young fans. Colin Baker was the sixth Dr Who in the long-running science fiction television series, and played the role from 1984 to 1986

Poster, 2nd International Fair of Damascus, Syria, 1-30 September 1955. Great economic event for Syria and the Arab World. Date: 1955

Liverpool General transport Strike 1911
Most of the summer of 1911, dockers, railway workers and sailors, as well as people from other trades went on strike, paralysing Liverpools commerce. Transforming trade unionism and Merseyside

Railway strike 1911: Paddington Station
Several days of the week London lived under the shadow of the seige conditions, deserted rails with crowned platforms at Paddington Station, during the Great Railway Strike. August 1911

Invitation to Dinner in Iguanodon 31 / 12 / 1853
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Armistice Day event, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, WW1
Armistice Day event on 11 November 1918 with native military brass band in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania), to mark the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

People at a comic sports event in a field
People taking part in a comic sports event in a field, which involves each man being blindfolded and apparently guided by a woman with a piece of string. Date: circa 1910s

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon marries Albert, Duke of York
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Albert, Duke of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, pictured together at Buckingham Palace on their wedding day on 26th April 1923. Date: 26th April 1923

French battleship Danton at Coronation Review, Spithead
French battleship Danton at the Coronation Review, Spithead. It was sunk by a German U-boat in March 1917. Date: 1911

Edward VIII abdication message read in Parliament
King Edward VIII s, final and irrevocable decision to abdicate, his message being read in Parliament. " I, Edward the Eighth

Manufacture of the Croix de Guerre
The Croix de Guerre (French verision to Cross of War), military decoration of France during World War One and Two. It was first created in 1915

French bracelet grenade, which hooked around the throwers wrist with a strap or thong. Innocuous while in the mans hand, the jerk as the grenade extends the strap

George V and Mary, Coronation Delhi, Durbar, India
King George V and Queen Mary for the Coronation Durbar, proclaiming the new Emperor and Empress of India. Receiving homage at the Delhi Durbar, a ruler cheif of Burma making his obseisance

Warm welcome: Anglo American day in Blackpool
Before entering the First World War, the United States had remained neutral, due to unrestricted submarine warfare, America declare war on Germany on 2nd April 1917

Austrias oldest scout at World Jamboree
Austrias oldest scout, Fieldmaster Josef Gradwohl of Vienna, aged 77, chatting with a young scout at the 1951 World Jamboree, near Bad Ischl

Duke and Duchess of Yorks wedding day
The marriage of the Duke of York and Princess Victoria May of Teck, (later King George V and Queen Mary consort), on 6 July 1893, in the Chapel Royal of St

The Victory Ball at the Albert Hall, WW1
A double page spread of photographs presenting some of the notable personalities and the costumes they wore to the Victory Ball at the Albert Hall on the 27 November 1918

Munition workers guard of honour at Percy wedding, WW1
Munition workers forming a guard of honour at the wedding of Miss Stella Drummond to Lord Eustace Percy (third son of the late Duke of Northumberland) at St. Margaret s, Westminster

Peers entering Westminster Abbey for Coronation
Peers in their robes, entering Westminster Abbey to take their places for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953

Royal wedding 1893 - Princess May of Teck
Princess May of Teck, (later Queen Mary), (1867 1953). On her wedding day, to Prince George, Duke of York, (later King George V). Date: 6 July 1893

Coronation of King George V
Archbishop of Canterbury adminsters the oath to King George V who places his hand on the Gospel and swears to maintain the Laws and customs of the land and the Settlement of the Church of England

Society goes to see Count Michael de Torbys fashion designs
Society out in force to see the dresses designed by Count Michael de Torby, son of Grand Duke Michael, at court dressmakers, Reville and Rossiter in 1918

King Edward VII state visit with Kaiser Wilhelm II
Edward VII with his nephew Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, at Friedrichshof, with Count Hohenau, the Crown Princess of Greece, Prince and Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse

Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1887
Queen Victoria passing under the screen after the thanksgiving service in Westminister Abbey, London. 21 June 1887

Opening of Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
Scene during the official opening of Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London, by Queen Elizabeth II. The building received a number of awards

Lord Great Chamberlain presenting spurs to the King
The Lord Great Chamberlain, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, presenting the spurs to King Edward VII (simply by touching his heels)

1937 Coronation, annexe to the Abbey constructed
An overhead impression of the temporary structure of steel framing and wood infilling, finished externally in plaster and treated to harmonise with the stonework of the Abbey

1937 Coronation - street party in Fulham
A street party in Edenvale Road, Fulham, London to celebrate the Coronation of Kinlocal children seated at a long table for a tea party and flags and bunting festooned across the street. Date: 1937

Coronation Procession of Queen Victoria
The Coronation Procession of Queen Victoria from 28 June 1838, illustrated in the Correct Representations on the Occasion of Her Majestys Coronation consisting of two vast panels

The Windsor Greys in their Coronation Harness
Am impression by Fortunino Matania of the famous Windsor Greys ready harnessed in the stableyard before taking the State coach round to the Palace entrance where they will transport King George VI to

George VI Coronation Procession - the State Coach
The State Coach, carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to in from their Coronation at Westminster Abbey on 12 May 1937, pictured in procession outside the Abbey

Royal wedding, 1923 - ceremony in the Abbey
The wedding ceremony in Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923 for the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth)

Royal wedding, 1923 - Duke & Duchess of York return from Abb
A smiling Duchess of York (formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and then Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) returning back to Buckingham Palace after her marriage to Prince Albert

The Graphic Royal Wedding Number 1923
Front cover of The Graphic magazines Royal Wedding Number, celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923

Procession in Central London
Aerial view of the Silver Jubilee procession in Central London, with flags and garlands. Date: 1935

Stadium for the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games
An aerial view of the stadium built for the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. Originally with a capacity of 32, 000, the stadium was rebuilt to accomodate 42, 000

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