Flag Collection (#71)

Put the pennant beside the flag - Both spell victory United

Remember! The flag of liberty - Support it! Buy US government bonds, 3rd Liberty Loan. Poster showing immigrants before an American flag. Date 1917

Card shows two children ascending in the basket of a balloon waving a flag and handkerchief. Date between 1860 and 1900?

Its our flag. Fight for it. Work for it. Poster showing the British flag. Date 1915

Birth of our nations flag

Three men in basket of ascending balloon with flag attached. Date 18 -

Geraldine Farrar, dressed in costume as Joan of Arc, holding a flag. Date 1916

The Church does care!... Follow the boys who follow the flag... set aside the week ending Sunday January 27th, 1918 as a sacrificial week

The Spanish insult to the British flag at Nootka Sound

Woman carrying a red flag. Poster has no text. Possibly relates to the first general election after the end of World War I. Date 1918

Day we celebrate. 1876. Date c1875

Landing of Christopher Columbus in America, at San Salvador, October 12th A.D. 1492

The White House, Washington, DC, south facade, with large conservatory wing at left and American flag flying above. Date between 1898 and 1914

Washington, DC Representatives of 26 United Nations at Flag day ceremonies in the White House to reaffirm their pact. Seated, left to right: Dr

Hoyts A milk white flag. Date c1896

New York, New York students pledging allegiance to the flag in public school eight in an Italian-American section. Date 1943 Jan

The flag of our union. A dramatic Unionist print in much the same mold as The Union Volunteer (no. 1861-14). Here a young, mustachioed Union soldier is shown in three-quarter length

First landing of Columbus on the shores of the New World: At San Salvador, W.I. Oct. 12th 1492. Date c1892

Woman draped in flag carried by women in Roman costume, surrounded by crowds. Date 1894

Hana-strobel? acornus calamus, sweet flag. Date 187-

London Sea Scouts in semaphore display
London Sea Scouts in a semaphore signalling display at Hyde Park. They are signalling the letter C, meaning Ready. 1947

Group of soldiers with flag, Beersheba, Middle East
A group of soldiers with a flag at Beersheba (Bir As-Saba) in the Middle East, probably during the First World War. Date: early 20th century

Coronation 1953 - Dawn of a new Elizabethan Age
Aerial view of Westminster Abbey and the surrounding area showing the pageantry of the Coronation procession, contrasted with the glorious reign of the first Queen Elizabeth I. Date: 1953

Sea Ranger Girls, 1939
Sea Ranger girls, part of the River Emergency Service during World War Two, seen putting their flag waving signals into action. Date: 1939

Advert for The Ministry of Food 1941
Don t waste it, advert during the Second World War for not wasting food. Cheap and nourishing, ways of cooking potatoes in a varity of appetising

Mercury Sea Scouts on a beach with a tripod, perhaps ready for erecting a tent. circa 1912

Greetings card from Egypt

Sea Scouts on deck
Sea Scouts on the deck of a boat or ship. circa 1950s

Tall Ship under sail with crew

Funeral of Captain William Henry Urquhart
From the moment it became known that a Crimean War hero, Captain William Henry Urquhart, aged 84, had died in poverty, and that without assistance he would receive a paupers funeral

Funeral of Commander Gathorne-Hardy
Scene at the funeral of Commander the Hon Ralph Cecil North Gathorne-Hardy RN (1876-1911), a younger son of the late 2nd Earl of Cranbrook. He was buried at Benenden Church, Kent

London Sea Scouts at a regatta
A group of London Sea Scouts at a regatta. circa 1950s

Boy operating pedal-driven drum raft
A boy operating a pedal-driven drum raft at Longridge Water Activities Centre, watched by a number of spectators. circa 1960s

Boats moored at Longridge Water Activities Centre

RSS Discovery moored at Westminster Bridge, London
RSS Discovery (stern view) moored at Westminster Bridge, London. circa 1950

Early scouting certificate
An early scouting certificate, with the handwritten words: You are now a Scout. I trust you - on your honour - at all times to do your best to carry out your duty

Sea Scouts hoisting the colours
A group of Sea Scouts hoisting the colours. 20th century

Coronation street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens street parties at various locations around the town

Boy Scouts in Lifeboat Day parade, Walton-on-the-Naze
Some of the first Boy Scouts in the UK taking part in the Annual Lifeboat Day parade through the seaside town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. circa 1910

The Scottish National Exhibition - held at Edinburgh between May and October 1908. Pictured here are the Canadian Pavilion and the Palce of Industried. Date: 1908

Watercolour sketch of a coastal scene, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Sea Scouts coming ashore. circa 1912

Hoisting Royal Standard at the Tower of London
The peace rejoicings to celebrate the end of the Crimean War - hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London. Date: 1856

Sea Scouts on St Georges Day parade
Sea Scouts in Newbold on Stour, Warwickshire, taking part in a St Georges Day parade. circa 1960s

Italian Patriotic postcard - WWI - Irredentist Movement
In Gorizia we are! To Trento and Trieste, we re going.. Italian patriotic postcard from World War One urging Italy to rise up and reclaim Trieste and Trento (having already captured Gorizia)

Paraguay - Asuncion - French Embassy. Stamped with a famous Paraguayan bisect. When the Post Office ran out of stamps, they would cut a stamp of a higher value in half

Polar tableau, RSS Discovery Exhibition
A polar tableau at an RSS Discovery Exhibition, showing a tent, a husky dog, skis, a flag and snow, as used on the the film set at Ealing Studios. 1948

Church parade, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
A parade of people leaving All Saints Church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, led by the recently formed Boy Scouts. circa 1910

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