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Founders Collection

Background imageFounders Collection: Ataturk and Inonu

Ataturk and Inonu
Postcard depicting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938) and Ismet Inonu (1884 - 1973) - the effective founders and leaders of the Turkish Republic - inspiration to many in the Middle East

Background imageFounders Collection: LA Samaritaine, Paris

LA Samaritaine, Paris
The Samaritaine, in the rue de Rivoli, is still Pariss biggest and best department store. (on the reverse of this card are portraits of the founders of the store.)

Background imageFounders Collection: Alley & Maclellan Engineers - Promotional Card

Alley & Maclellan Engineers - Promotional Card
Promotional Card for Alley & Maclellan Engineers of 139 Grosvenor Road, Pimlico, London. Engineers, Iron & Brass Founders and Shipbuilders

Background imageFounders Collection: WRECK OF WHITE SHIP

WRECK OF WHITE SHIP
Henry Is children drown when the White Ship founders on a rock and capsizes Date: 1120

Background imageFounders Collection: St Marys Home, Felixstowe

St Marys Home, Felixstowe
The founders of the St Marys Home, Felixstowe, Mary and Vera Growse are pictured surrounded by their family in 1931, around the time that the home was formally taken over by the Waifs

Background imageFounders Collection: DAN-AIR de Havilland Comet 4C G-APDN at Gatwick Airport

DAN-AIR de Havilland Comet 4C G-APDN at Gatwick Airport. DAN-AIR started life as Davies and Newman Airlines after the two founders

Background imageFounders Collection: Hall of the Central Electric Telegraph Station, Lothbury

Hall of the Central Electric Telegraph Station, Lothbury
The very grand looking hall of the Central Electric Telegraph Station, Lothbury

Background imageFounders Collection: Founder's Tower, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Founder's Tower, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageFounders Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
An architectural drawing showing the front pillared face of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the founders building was designed by architect Elias George Basevi

Background imageFounders Collection: Shilling Theatre, Fulham, photographs of founders, volunteers and performers rehearsing

Shilling Theatre, Fulham, photographs of founders, volunteers and performers rehearsing. Captioned, Fighting the films: The Shilling Theatre at Fulham'

Background imageFounders Collection: William Shirley Roy David Owen Headquarters 1981

William Shirley Roy David Owen Headquarters 1981
william, shirley, roy, david, owen, headquarters, 1981, social, democratic, party, founders.bill, rodgers, williams, jenkins, politics, sdp, centre, democracy, history, historical, 10644725

Background imageFounders Collection: Advert, Robertson & Orchar Ltd, Dundee, Scotland

Advert, Robertson & Orchar Ltd, Dundee, Scotland
Advert for Robertson & Orchar Ltd, Wallace Foundry, Dundee, Scotland. 1905

Background imageFounders Collection: Advert, The Marr Typefounding Co Ltd, Edinburgh

Advert, The Marr Typefounding Co Ltd, Edinburgh
Advert, The Marr Typefounding Co Ltd, Macdonald Road, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Background imageFounders Collection: Advert, Jones & Campbell, Ironfounders, Larbert, Scotland

Advert, Jones & Campbell, Ironfounders, Larbert, Scotland
Advert for Jones & Campbell, Ironfounders, Larbert, Scotland. 1905

Background imageFounders Collection: Advert, J E Gibson & Co, Fireplaces, Falkirk, Scotland

Advert, J E Gibson & Co, Fireplaces, Falkirk, Scotland
Advert for J E Gibson & Co, British Fireplaces, Falkirk, Scotland. 1905

Background imageFounders Collection: James Braidwood, Superintendent, LFEE

James Braidwood, Superintendent, LFEE
James Braidwood (18001861), founder of the worlds first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824. He was the first director of what was to become the London Fire Brigade

Background imageFounders Collection: USAF - North American F-100C-15-NA Super Sabre O-41823

USAF - North American F-100C-15-NA Super Sabre O-41823
United States Air Force - North American F-100C-15-NA Super Sabre O-41823 (54-1823) (msn 217-84) of the 452nd Fighter Squadron, 322nd Fighter Group, Foster AFB, Victoria, TX

Background imageFounders Collection: Exterior of the Central Electric Telegraph Station, founder s-court, Lothbury, London

Exterior of the Central Electric Telegraph Station, founder s-court, Lothbury, London, at the rear of the Bank of England. Date: 1848

Background imageFounders Collection: TOURNEFORT / ANTIPAROS

TOURNEFORT / ANTIPAROS
Joseph Piton de Tournefort (1656 - 1708), French botanist and physician, visits caves in Antiparos, Greece. Tournefort was one of the founders of moden systematic botany

Background imageFounders Collection: OXFORD UNI COLLEGE 1735

OXFORD UNI COLLEGE 1735
University College and its founders. Date: 1735

Background imageFounders Collection: Oyama Iwao

Oyama Iwao, OM (1842-1916) was a Japanese field marshal, and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army. Date: 1903

Background imageFounders Collection: Honore Balzac, Satirical caricature

Honore Balzac, Satirical caricature
HONORE DE BALZAC (1799 - 1850) French novelist and playwrite. Considered one of the founders of European Realism for his short stories

Background imageFounders Collection: Florence, Italy - Siena - Romulus and Remus

Florence, Italy - Siena - Romulus and Remus
A statue of the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus at Siena. A fine example of a corinthian capitol. The towns emblem: a she-wolf suckling infants Romulus and Remus can be seen across the city

Background imageFounders Collection: Graybar Building, New York City, USA

Graybar Building, New York City, USA
The Graybar Building at the 43rd Street in New York City, USA. It was named " Graybar" in honor of the companys founders, Elisha Gray and Enos Barton. Date: 1920

Background imageFounders Collection: Honore de Balzac engraving by Rousseau

Honore de Balzac engraving by Rousseau
HONORE DE BALZAc (1799 - 1850) French novelist and playwrite. Considered one of the founders of European Realism for his shorts stories

Background imageFounders Collection: Honore de Balzac engraving by Ch Chardon

Honore de Balzac engraving by Ch Chardon
HONORE DE BALZAC (1799 - 1850) French novelist and playwrite. Considered one of the founders of European Realism for his short stories

Background imageFounders Collection: Joseph and Hiram Smith, pioneers of Mormonism

Joseph and Hiram Smith, pioneers of Mormonism
JOSEPH SMITH (1805-1844) with his brother HIRAM pioneers of Mormonism, depicted in front of the Temple of Nauvoo

Background imageFounders Collection: Sally Tuffin and Marion Foale - British fashion designer duo

Sally Tuffin and Marion Foale - British fashion designer duo
Sally Tuffin (1938- ) and Marion Foale (1939- ), British fashion desginer duo and founders of the fashion label Foale and Tuffin. Seen here in their shop. Date: 1966

Background imageFounders Collection: Founders of the Royal Aero Club

Founders of the Royal Aero Club
The founders of the Royal Aero Club; from left to right are - Mrs Nicholls, the C. S. Rolls and Mr Hedges Butler. Mrs Nicholl was the first woman to be a member of the club

Background imageFounders Collection: Fountain, monument and pillar, Kiev, Ukraine

Fountain, monument and pillar, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Background imageFounders Collection: Romulus & Remus Fountain, Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy

Romulus & Remus Fountain, Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy
View of the Romulus and Remus Fountain (Fontana della Dea Roma) in the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy. The fountain represents the goddess Dea Roma armed with lance and helmet

Background imageFounders Collection: Founders Hall and Library - Girard College, Philadelphia, PA

Founders Hall and Library - Girard College, Philadelphia, PA Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFounders Collection: Spain. Galicia. Palas del Rey. Church of St. James. Painting

Spain. Galicia. Palas del Rey. Church of St. James. Painting
Spain. Galicia. Palas del Rey. Church of St. James (old monastery of Vilar de Donas). Paintings of the central apse. 14th century. Portraits of founders of the family Donas

Background imageFounders Collection: Caricature of David James and Thomas Thorne

Caricature of David James and Thomas Thorne
Caricature of David James (left, 1839-1893), English comic actor, and Thomas Thorne (right, 1841-1918), English actor and theatre manager, co-founders of the Vaudeville Theatre, London

Background imageFounders Collection: Herschel / Mayall Daguerre

Herschel / Mayall Daguerre
SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL Astronomer; one of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society, seen here in old age Date: 1792 - 1871

Background imageFounders Collection: Herschel / Iln 1871

Herschel / Iln 1871
SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL Astronomer; one of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society, seen here in old age Date: 1792 - 1871

Background imageFounders Collection: Scouts blindfold boxing in Ghana, West Africa

Scouts blindfold boxing in Ghana, West Africa
Scouts entertaining visitors with blindfold boxing, one of many activities at a Founders Day celebration in Ghana, West Africa

Background imageFounders Collection: Founders Week Parade, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Founders Week Parade, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Founders Week Parade, 9 October 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The float shown represents the Old Ironsides (railway engines) of 1832. Date: 1908

Background imageFounders Collection: Bells for Christ Church, Boston, Massachusetts

Bells for Christ Church, Boston, Massachusetts
A chime of thirteen bells for Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the foundry yard.The bells were manufactured by Henry N. Cooper and Co, of Boston. Date: 1860

Background imageFounders Collection: Bronze figure of a Belgian infantryman, WW1

Bronze figure of a Belgian infantryman, WW1
Bronze figure of a Belgian infantryman. Founders - Batardy Freres et Cie, Brussels, Belgian School

Background imageFounders Collection: Founders of the Sportsmans Battalion

Founders of the Sportsmans Battalion
The organiser of the Sportsmans Battalion and her husband, the recruiting-officer-in-chief, Mr and Mrs Cunliffe Owen. Mrs Cunliffe Owen conceived the idea of raising the Sportsmans Battalion where

Background imageFounders Collection: Kyoto, Japan - Founders Hall Gate of the Higashi Hongauji

Kyoto, Japan - Founders Hall Gate of the Higashi Hongauji
Higashi Honganji (Eastern Temple of the Original Vow) - this card shows the Founders Hall Gate (Goei-do Mon), built in 1911. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageFounders Collection: Francis Herbert Wenham (1824-1908)

Francis Herbert Wenham (1824-1908)
Francis Herbert Wenham, 1824-1908, one of the founders of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1866. Date: 1908

Background imageFounders Collection: Luncheon given to the Wright brothers

Luncheon given to the Wright brothers and Miss Katharine Wright at the Carlton Hotel, 3 May 1909, by Frank Hedges Butler, one of the founders of the Aero Club. Date: 1909

Background imageFounders Collection: Fernando de los R�(left), Pablo Iglesias (middle)

Fernando de los R�(left), Pablo Iglesias (middle)
Fernando de los R� (left), Pablo Iglesias (middle) and Juliᮠ Besteiro, founders of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party. Portrait by Isabel Villar. Painting

Background imageFounders Collection: Barbarossa, Khayr ad-D?n (1483-1546). Turkish

Barbarossa, Khayr ad-D?n (1483-1546). Turkish sailor and pirate, one of the founders of Alger

Background imageFounders Collection: James Braidwood, Superintendent, LFEE

James Braidwood, Superintendent, LFEE
James Braidwood (1800-1861), founder of the worlds first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824. He was the first director of what was to become the London Fire Brigade

Background imageFounders Collection: The founders of odd fellowship in America

The founders of odd fellowship in America. Date c1891 Apr. 27



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