Foreigners Collection

Naval Coastguardsman
Naval coastguardsman, whose duty is to make sure that no dastardly foreigners invade our sceptred isle

Start of the riot in Cheapside
Artistic impression of Evil May Day, the name of a riot which took place in 1517 as a protest against foreigners living in London. Apprentices attacked foreign residents

Inflammatory posters during the Boxer Rebellion
Inflammatory posters are put up on the walls during the Boxer Rebellion to incite the populace - Death to the foreigners !

Rioting in Canton, 1883
The rioting in Canton - Shamien, the foreign settlement, the scene of the recent disturbance. 1. river frontage, 2. foreign consular offices, 3. English church, 4. bridge approach to settlement, 5

Irish nationals outside the Irish Embassy, September 1939
Irish nationals waiting outside the High Commission for Ireland in an attempt to return home, following the outbreak of war, September 1939. September 1939

Enemy aliens queue to register outside church, Sept 1939
A church in Hampstead helps to register crowds of enemy nationals just after the outbreak of war, September 1939. The Sphere emphasises that " all cases are examined with care and consideration

Enemy aliens queue to register in London, September 1939
German nationals living in Britain, described by the Sphere as enemy aliens, queue to register themselves in Golders Green, carrying gas masks and monitored by police

Evil May Day, the protest against foreigners living in London. Apprentices attacked foreign residents. Some of the rioters were later hanged. Date: 1517

China Martyrs - Missionaries killed during Boxer Rebellion
The " China Martyrs of 1900" is a term used by some Protestant Christians to refer to American and European missionaries and converts who were killed during the Boxer Rebellion

The great fear of the period That Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreigners : The problem solved. A one panel, three scene cartoon showing, in the first scene

Vicente Lopez (1772-1850). Spanish painter. The Catholic King and Queen with an Embassy from the King of Fez, 1790. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Madrid. Spain

Glasgow Schools for Orphans of Foreigners designed by James A. Burton. Date: 1882

Down with the foreigners! Burn their books!. Piece of popular literature that defends xenophobia and war against the foreign people, published in 1891 in Chang Cha, Hou Nan province. Engraving

Amusements of foreigners - American woman. Japanese print shows a woman watching a child walking on stilts. Date 1861

Foreigners enjoying themselves - English woman. Japanese print shows a woman riding sidesaddle. Date 1861

Portraits of foreigners - English, French. Japanese print shows an Englishman and a French woman horseback riding. Date 1861

Foreigners in Yokohama draw up contract in mercantile house. Japanese print shows a Dutch man and a German man drawing up a contract in a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Date 1861

Portraits of foreigners - Russians, American lady. Japanese print shows the clothing styles of Russian men, and an American woman. Date 1861

Foreigners watching New Years dance. Print shows a man and a woman watching street entertainers performing a New Years dance. Date 1861

Foreigners enjoying themselves. Japanese triptych print shows children dancing for adults gathered in large room in a foreign settlement house in Japan. Date 1860

Portraits of foreigners - Dutch, Russian, American lady, American. Japanese print shows typical examples of Dutch, Russian, and American men, and an American woman. Date 1861

Thirty-six amusements in Tokyo - foreigners at a sukiya (tea house). Japanese print shows a scene with foreigners seated around a dining table in a tea house. Date 1872

Constantinople / Istanbul, Turkey - Galata
The steps of the Youksek-Kaldrim that lead down towards the Golden Horn

Great Native Procession
Great Native (= Nativist) Procession in New York, proclaiming support of truly American ideals, attacking foreigners especially Catholics and foreigners

The Sultan of Morocco, 1906
Photograph showing the Sultan of Morocco wearing a Russian uniform, 1906. Owing to a prejudice against foreigners, common in Morocco at this time

Police breaking up a fight in Soho, London, 1911
Illustration showing the aftermath of a street brawl between immigrants in Soho, London. The original caption emphasised that although many of these foreigners were hard working handcraftsmen

Foreigners Leave Edirne
BULGARIA / TURKEY The Bulgarians reluctantly allow foreigners to leave the Turkish city of Edirne (formerly Adrianople) which they are bombarding

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