Free Collection (page 17)

Irish Derby Sweepstake
A ticket for the Irish Free State Hospitals Sweepstake, based on the Derby at Epsom, England

Free Church Meeting 1843
A meeting of the Free Church assembly, formed after the disruption associated with Thomas Chalmers

Hottentot Village
Hottentot village in the Orange Free State

England / Saffron Walden
Timbered and plastered houses which line the streets of Saffron Walden, Essex, England

The Wapping Concert
A satire on Madame Mara, a concert singer. She sang at the Handel Commemoration in Westminster Abbey in 1784 and 1785. She had rickets in her childhood - hence Le Genou Inflexible

Dancing Women
A highly improbable dance performed for the benefit of a European visitor : the anonymous Italian artist has given free rein to his imagination

Q Elizabeths School
A South View of Queen Elizabeths Free Grammar School in Tooley Street in the Parish of St Olave, Southwark, with a Plan of the Adjacent Neighbourhood done in 1813

G J Goschen
GEORGE JOACHIM GOSCHEN 1st Viscount Goschen, politician and financier. Director of Bank of England 1858-1865 and later Chancellor of the Exchequer

Girl on a spacehopper 3 of 4
A care-free girl bounces along on her spacehopper, quite clearly having lots of fun. (Picture 3 of 4)

Medical Student in Lab
A female medical student studies a beaker in the chemistry laboratory of the Royal Free Hospital, London

Malta / Hagar Qim / 1909
Hagar Qim Neolithic Temple built circa 2500 BC - one of the oldest free standing structures in the world

Feeding Hens
A young woman feeds hens in a farmyard or field near the farm

Manchester Free Lib Open
The ceremonial opening of the Manchester Free Library

Drunken Sailors in Spain
The populace of Barcelona, Spain, are shocked by the behaviour of British sailors, who make too free with the local vino

Lucerne Street Fight
Disagreement on religious and social issues leads to an attack on Lucerne by the Free Corps, and civil war breaks out here and elsewhere

George Monck &parliament
Former royalist general Monck, recognising that the royalist cause is lost, declares for a free parliament, though Cromwell will never trust his loyalty

FARMYARD, 1860
A farmyard with thatched barn, duckpond, dovecote, drinking trough, wagon, barrow, a variety of free-ranging livestock and a lad in a smock feeding the poultry

Giant Windmills
Giant windmills will harness the power of the winds on a vastly greater scale than the traditional type, providing an efficient - and free ! - energy resource

Palermo Prisoners
Political prisoners of the Neapolitan regime are set free by Garibaldis men

Racial / Snake Dance 1908
Snake dance of the Hopi people of Arizona, performed with live and poisonous rattlesnakes which are set free after the ceremony, intended to bring rain

Monks and Legacy
Father Paul in his cups, or The private Devotion of a convent - monks make merry as the wine flows free

C P SCOTT
CHARLES PRESTWICH SCOTT, influential editor of the Manchester Guardian, who enunciated the principle Comment is free, but facts are sacred

De Gaulle Back in France
De Gaulle sets foot on French soil again, liberated by the Free French (with a little help from the Americans, British and other Allies...)

Free Trade Issue
The Westminster election, where Free Trade is the main issue

Magician / Ritual / Spell
A magician carries out a ritual to free a client from a malevolent spell

Birmingham Centran Liby
The opening ceremony of the Birmingham Central Free Library

Gatwick Passport Control
The Passport Control section at London Gatwick Airport, England

COCKAIGNE
The wondrous Land of Cockaigne, where all the girls are willing and all the beer is free

Advert / Lime Juice 5 / 5
Stowers Lime Juice Cordial - sample free from any grocer (5 of 5)

We Want to be Free / 1923
WE WANT TO BE FREE

Leopold Ii / Belgium / Moloc
LEOPOLD II Assumed the title of sovereign over the Congo Free State in 1885. Severely criticised for his treatment of Congo natives

New Forest Swineherd
A SWINEHERD of the New Forest, Hampshire, England : his free- range swine seem splendidly clean and healthy

Battle of Busaco 1810
At the battle of BUSACO Wellingtons men defeat a French army more than twice as large, securing a safe retreat to Torres Vedras : Portugal is now almost free from French

Danzig / Free State / 1920
The port of Danzig becomes a free state under the terms of the Treatty of Versailles in order to give the new Polish state an outlet to the sea

Adult Evening Class
A Free evening class at Louth, Lincolnshire, England, taught by Mr Colam for working men

School Milk 1931
Rows of well-behaved orderly children seated in rows, drinking their free school milk during their morning break

Manchester / Free Trade
Manchester: Free Trade Hall

Hopi Snake Dance
Snake dance of the Hopi people of Arizona, performed with live and poisonous rattlesnakes which are set free after the ceremony, intended to bring rain

Rossini / Tell / Trio
The celebrated trio from Act Two in which Tell, Walter and Arnold swear to free Switzer- land from the Austrian yoke, which they will do before the final curtain falls

Rossini / Tell / Liebig 6
Act Four : the Swiss rebel against the Austrians, and Tell shoots Gessler. The storm abates, the sun shines, Tell rejoins his family, Switzerland is free at last !

Rossini / Tell / Liebig 3
Act Two: Tell, Walter and Arnold swear to free Switzerland from the Austrian yoke; the cantons gather in support. Date: first performed 1829

Free Trade Co-Op Meeting
A meeting of the Manchester & Salford Co-operative Society in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester

French Cellar Cafe 1822
A Parisian Cafe d Enfer or Infernal Cellar, a low-life night-spot where the wine flows free but frolics are apt to end in fisticuffs

Theatre / Full House 1863
Crowds clamouring for the last few free seats to see George de Barnwells " Arthur and Bertrand" at the Adelphi Theatre, London to celebrate Edward and Alexandras wedding Date: 10 March 1863

Fortress of Utopia
THE FORTRESS OF UTOPIA: On a lifeless mystery satellite, five lone mortals summon the secret forces of science to free the earth from the doom of the black nebula!

Floating in Space
Crew of a Space Rocket in Free Flight Outside their Vehicle

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