Flag Collection (page 79)

Aberdyfi (Aberdovey), Wales - Motor Launch
The Motor Launch The Pride of the Midlands, bound for Aberdovey (now Aberdyfi). The three portraits above the photograph of the boat are of the Skipper, the Mate and the ships Engineer

Ireland - Greetings Card
A greeting card from Ireland (interestingly depicted as one country)

Tower of Seras Kierat - Constantinople, Turkey with the Beyazidiye Mosque in the background

German poster campaign for servicemens appeal
German poster campaign asking for donations to the Colonial Servicemens Appeal, showing a colonial soldier holding an imperial flag on a broken staff

View across the Golden Horn
A general view across the Golden Horn toward Constantinople. The French flag flies on the stern of a boat in the Harbour. The skyline is dominated by the domes

Elderly porter - Constantinople, Turkey
An elderly porter carrying a leather case with a rug on top

Poster advertising United States Lines to the USA

Poster advertising the Red Cross, with a quotation from the American President Woodrow Wilson, " I summon you to comradeship in the Red Cross."

George V reviewing Army Reserve in Hyde Park
King George V reviewing the British Army Reserve in Hyde Park, Central London. He can be seen on horseback, saluting the men as they march past him

Garter banner of Queen Mary
The garter banner of Queen Mary, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

Strikers rally in London, with mounted police
A strikers rally in London during the national transport strike, with mounted police on hand to keep order

Windsor Castle at the time of Edward VIIs funeral
View of Windsor Castle at the time of the funeral of Edward VII, with the flag at half mast above the round tower on the left

Duchess of Fife at Church Army Labour Tent opening
The Duchess of Fife (Princess Louise, Princess Royal, 1867-1931), eldest daughter of Edward VII, opening the King Edward VII Labour Tent in Kingsway, Central London, for the Church Army

Garter banner of King George V
The garter banner of King George V, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

Turkish Woman and horse
Patriotic postcard featuring a photographic portrait of a veiled Turkish woman set above an illustration of a rich well-dressed Turkish gypsy woman holding the reins of a fine white horse

Patriotic pro-Turkish card depicting a veiled Turkish woman in flowing see-through white robes, carrying and waving a large Turkish flag

Turkish Woman wearing the Turkish flag
Turkish woman draped in the National flag leaning on a plant stand

Nurse and Swiss flag / scene
Switzerland - A view of Lausanne and the Alps. An International Red Cross postcard. The shields of varous countries - many of whom were involved in World War One

Turkish boy and girl
Advertisement for Mellins Food - in stereo form (albeit a mix of b/w and colour) showing a Turkish boy and girl

View toward Topkapi across mouth of Golden Horn
View toward the Topkapi Palace across mouth of Golden Horn - the photograph is framed in a red background and sits above an illustration of the British Naval Flag

Ottoman Empire Flag

German soldiers at Eskisehir
German troops pose with Turkish officials at Eskisehir, Turkey. In Latin it was known as Dorylaeum. Founded by the Phrygians in c.1000 BC

Turkish Coin Card - small denominations
Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various small denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates

Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates

Tower of Seraskierat, Constantinople, set with the border of a seashell

The Turnfest - Bern - July 1906
Swiss-wide Gymnastics Festival which takes place every six years - founded in the early 19th century (24th April 1832 in Aaru) and continues to this day

The Princess of the Castle by Hilda Cowham
Lovely illustration by Hilda Cowham showing a princess in a flounced, floral trimmed dress watching from the steps of her castle as a knight rides past and raises his flag or standard in her direction

Turkish Firemen - Constantinople
Turkish Firemen in Constantinople - Galata Tower with cresent moon flag flying atop. The gentleman on left is a fire lookout

Picking flowers in the 1930s
A woman in a chic outfit of beanie hat, shorts and belted coat picks flag irises in marshy countryside

Sign for Union and Redline Motor Spirit
An enamel sign advertising Union and Redline Motor Spirit. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Steam ferry on Lac Leman, Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland - Lake Leman / Geneva (Genfersee in German). The ferryboat pictured is called Leman

Custom House, Tripoli, during Italo-Turkish War
The Custom House, Tripoli, during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12). The Italian flag is now flying in place of the Turkish flag

Regimental ceremony, blessing the flags
Soldiers and clergymen gather in the open air for a regimental ceremony, blessing the flags, otherwise known as blessing the colours

Prince of Wales (George V) at Ballater, Scotland
The Prince of Wales (soon to be George V) arriving at Ballater en route for Abergeldie Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He is seen here inspecting the guard of honour at the railway station

Jugglers stall at a fair
Coloured print of etching, " Caroline Fair, or Mat Pudding and his Mountebank", showing a jugglers stall at a fair

Poster advertising Made in England, a theatre production at the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone

Flag for the South Pole expedition
The flag presented by Queen Alexandra to Captain Scott on 25 June 1910, to be carried on the South Pole Terra Nova expedition and planted at the most southerly point reached

The Bonus Army camp defended: fighting for the flag
Fighting for the Bonus Army flag:a war veteran armed with a length of lead piping, about to strike a policeman

The Bonus Army H. Q taken by police
At the war veterans general headquarters:a stars and stripes flag of the Bonus Army flown as the police evicted demonstraters from a ruined building. Date: July 1932

World War One Navy postcard
World War I postcard featuring two children dressed in naval uniform and holding the navys Union Jack flag aloft

British soldier postcard
World War One postcard featuring children, a boy dressed in a British soldiers uniform holding the Union Jack flag aloft and being presented with a rose by a little girl who holds a basket of

King Edward VII on the Royal Barge on the occasion of his visit to Eton

Railway Sleeper - Cardiff Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Welsh rugby fan at Cardiff Station, delighted that Wales beat France 23-11! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Union Workhouse, Axbridge, Somerset
The workhouse, designed by Samuel Welch, was erected in 1837 on West Street in Axbridge. It later became St Johns Hospital

Switzerland - Bern - Cantons
The canton shields of the different regions of Switzerland displayed on a tree and the embodiment of Helvetia the female personification of Switzerland

Poster advertising Victory Liberty Loans for Americans All! An honor roll lists the great and the good who have already contributed, just to shame you into it

Greek Flag - Sculpture by Praxiteles
Sculpture by Praxiteles of Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, (discovered at Olympia in 1877) set in a border of the modern Greek flag

Semaphore 1912
Boys practising semaphore in the courtyard of the Columbia Park Boys Club, San Francisco

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