February Collection (#39)

Flood damage in Funchal, Madeira
The damage causes by severe flooding to the narrow streets of Funchal, Madeira in February 2010. 2010

Metropolitan Police officer and crying child
A Metropolitan Police officer, PC Newell, holding a crying child who is temporarily lost. Date: February 1939

Prince Wilhelm and Princess Auguste Viktoire
Prince Wilhem of Prussia (later Kaiser Wilhelm II) (1859-1941) and his new wife Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921) - they married in Berlin on 27th February 1881. Date: 1881

Snow Covered Inn
The Loggerheads Inn, Mold, Flintshire, north Wales, covered in snow during the famous long cold winter which laster from October 1962 to March 1963. Date: February 1963

Garricks Birthplace
The Raven Hotel, Hereford, England, where the famous actor David Garrick was born, 19 February 1717. He grew up to be a great Shakespearian actor. Date: 1717 - 1779

Lamartine and the Flags
Alphonse de Lamartine, poet and statesman, urges his countrymen to reject the red flag of revolution and adopt the tricouleur. symbol of liberty. Date: 25 February 1848

Her Majestys Gracious Smile
A rare photograph of a smiling Queen Victoria taken in 1898 at the age of 79 during her Jubilee celebrations. Date: 15th February 1898

George VI Funeral
George VIs coffin being ceremoniously carried from a train. George VI was born in 1895 and died February 6th 1952. Date: 1952

Winston Churchills funeral, the Churchill family leaving St
Lady Churchill supported by her son Randolph and followed by her daughters Lady Audley and Mrs Christopher Soames, her husband and next him Winston Churchills grandson. Date: 6th February 1965, p33

Alexander Popes Chair, 1862
Engraving showing Alexander Popes chair, pictured in 1862. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was the English essayist, critic, satirist and poet of the Enlightenment period. Date: 1 February 1862

ILN Front cover: Princess Elizabeth in February 1946
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring a portrait of Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) at the age of 20. Date: 23rd February 1946

Workers Riots in Berlin
German workers riot in Berlin in the evening (presumably after doing a days work) hurling sticks, stones & other missiles while police charge with swords raised. Date: 25 February 1892

Hundu Festival
The Thaipusan Festival in Singapore where self- mutilation plays a key role. Here the Kavardie-bearer moves through the crowd out of the temple grounds. Date: February 1964

UNSINKABLE LIFEBOAT
Our lovely model demontrates a novel and unsinkable lifeboat at the British Industries Fair, Olympia, London. Date: 17 February 1930

Silver Birch Bark
The bark of a Silver Birch tree. Date: February 1939

Cloudy Skies
Cloudy skies. Date: February 1939

Glove Wrist Watch
A fashionable young woman shows off her glove, which has a natty fitted wrist watch in it! Date: February 1933

French Generals Castelnau, Joffre and Pau, on the Western Front during the First World War. 1 February 1915

General Sir George Colley at battle of Majuba Hill
The Transvaal War: General Sir George Colley at the battle of Majuba Mountain just before he was killed. The Battle of Majuba Hill was the main battle of the First Boer War

Waterloo Monument and Museum near Brussels, Belgium
View of the Waterloo Monument (Butte de Lion) and Museum near Brussels, Belgium. Date: February 1919

Turkish troops in action near Braila, Romania, WW1
Turkish troops in action near Braila, Romania, during the First World War. Date: February 1917

Three German medallions (2 of 2), WW1
Three German medallions from the First World War. At the top is a large round medallion bearing the words: Gott Strafe England (May God Punish England) 18 Februar 1915

Captured Turkish pontoons, Ismailia, Egypt, WW1
Some of the 25 Turkish pontoons captured at Ismailia, Egypt, during action on the Suez Canel on 3-4 February 1915, when the Turks attempted to cross the canal. The pontoons were destroyed

British torpedo boat destroyer launching, Southampton
A British torpedo boat destroyer launching at Southampton a few months before the start of the First World War. It is probably HMS Lance, a Laforey-class destroyer

Singapore after air raid
The pall of smoke over Singapore after a Japanese air raid. The Battle for Singapore lasted sixteen days until surrender to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Date: February 1942

Trucks crossing Orange River, Upington, South Africa, WW1
Trucks carrying railway material across the Orange River at Upington, South Africa (Northern Cape), during the First World War. Date: February 1915

Tatler front cover, February 1960
Front cover of The Tatler, February 1960, Debutantes and Brides Number showing a pleased looking girl offering a perfectly manicured hand to a suitor with a large ring. Date: 1960

Piccadilly Circus under snow, 1948
Piccadilly Circus and its famous advertising hoardings pictured under a blanket of snow on 20 February 1948. 1948

The Three R s
Following the introduction of the Elementary Education Act, commonly known as Forsters Education Act, in February 1870, Punch magazine depicts William Forster, the Liberal MP who drafted the Act

First crocuses of the year in St. James Park, 1948
An ever vigilant park keeper in St. Jamess Park, London, strides up to check children who are picking all the crocus flowers just beginning to show in February 1948. 1948

Tatler front cover, 3 February 1960
Front cover of The Tatler with a girl taking a photograph of a London policeman and Big Ben with a Leica camera. Date: 1960

American Boy Scout with Richard Nixon
Cub Scout Joe Berry, 10, of Alexandria, Virginia, presented Vice President Nixon with a Boy Scout plaque during ceremonies in Nixons Office

Scout Log Cabin Rockerfeller Centre, New York
A log cabin (with roof and chinks fortified against wind and cold) erected by a Troop of Boy Scouts atop the 70th floor roof of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York

Picture No. 10514130
St Julians Tower, Malta, 22 February 1891 Date: 22rd February 1891

Rationing - WW1 - Fancy Dress Costume
Rationing was introduced into Britain at the tale end of World War One - in February 1918. Rationing was introduced in response to an effective U-boat campaign and during World War One

Making Brushes 1930S
These women are fixing bristles into ivory hairbrush handles. Date: February 1933

French Revolution 1791
The Affaire des Poignards ( Affair of the daggers ) - royalist Chevaliers du Poignard attempt a coup at the Palais des Tuileries but are foiled by Lafayette. Date: 28 February 1791

Riot at Vincennes
An attack on the royal chateau of Vincennes, south-east of Paris, could have led to another Bastille event but for the intervention of Lafayette and his guards. Date: 18 February 1791

Two Ladies of 1800
Two ladies in morning dress; both wear round gowns caught at the neck, one carries a capacious bag - too big for a handbag, so perhaps its her knitting or sketch materials Date: February 1800

Pulling Naval Gun
A strange sight in Hyde Park, London - the gun team of the Royal Naval Reserve, dragging their gun on limber beside Rotten Row. Date: 24 February 1930

Snow Scene / Pangbourne
A woman with an umbrella stands on a snowy road. The trees look very pretty with snow on their branches. Date: February 1940

English International Football Team
Portraits of the English International Football Team -- Evans, Pennington, Sturgess, Woodger, Williamson, Wedlock, Shepherd, Crompton, Warren, Fleming and Simpson

Bernadette, 1st Vision
While gathering firewood by the river with two companions, Bernadette Soubirous has her first vision of the Virgin Mary in the grotto of Massabielle Date: 11 February 1858

Siemens Electric Lift
An electro-magnetic lift exhibited at Mannheim, designed by Siemens and Halske. The back rail is a set of teeth to prevent a sudden fall. Date: 19 February 1881

Ship in George V Dock
A large ship moored in Londons busy Docklands, King George V dock, North Woolwich, before the World War Two Blitz and the Docklands development. Date: February 1939

Queen Victoria as Bride
QUEEN VICTORIA in the bridal dress she wore on 10 February 1840 at her marriage to Albert 1819 - 1901

Cato Street Stable / 1820
A view of Cato Street, showing the stable and loft used by the conspirators, where most of the gang were arrested on 23 February 1820 Date: 1820

1820 / Cato Street Escape
As the police raid their base in Cato Street, four conspirators escape from a rear window. All are later arrested. Date: 23 February 1820

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