Gain Collection

The Zulu war. Scene of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana)
After the Battle of Isadhlwana. A description by Lieutenant Crealock reads, Day waned and the night hung over the hill, when we reached the last ridge, beyond which lay what had been our camp

Crusaders Near Jerusalem
Crusaders under Richard I gain sight of Jerusalem, though they were unable to seize it from the Saracens

1888 Matchgirl Strike
Some of the 1400 strikers at the Bryant & May match factory, the first strike by unorganised workers to gain national publicity

Wagner / Schalk / Leipzig
RICHARD WAGNER German composer and his son, Siegfried, slay the Critic Dragon and gain the treasure it was guarding, in a parody of the Nibelungen story

Dandelion Clock & Prayer
A dandelion clock is used as a metaphor for measuring your life by loss and not by gain

Examing German Prisoner
Two British soldiers examine a German prisoner in a captured German trench hoping to gain information on further attacks

Lockheed Vega 5 NC658E (msn 55), in American Airways livery, with noted aviatrix Elinor Smith, at age 19, standing in front of it

Spanish civil war. Todos con un pensamiento unico: ganar la guerra (We all with one thought: to gain the war). Propaganda poster by the Republicans. Junta de Defensa de Madrid

HASTINGS TRICK
The cunning Norsemen use all kind of subterfuges in their invasion of France : their leader Hastings feigns death to gain entry into a besieged city. (Doubtless a legend !) Date: circa 880

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In Convoy
The Caption is In Convoy. The convoy system for the merchant ships bringing in vital supples was introduced to counter the German U Boat attacks

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, Forces
The Caption is Good Night Forces. This is a play on the closing words of BBC Forces Radio which broadcast to the BEF. It began in 1940 and finished in 1944 well before this card was posted

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On Leave
This little lass looks as if she is going on holiday - she has an umbrella! Despite the war people still took breaks and this sort of postcard featured regularly in messages back home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Morning, Nice Day
The Caption is Good morning! Nice day! The message on the back by the Prime Minister is We have to gain the Victory that is our task. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1943

A sketch map of the infamous Dardanelles Operations and Gallipoli Campaign, an Allied expedition to gain control of the Dardanelles to open up a Black Sea route to Russia. Date: 1915

Kalka to Dharampur Railway
A scene on the Kalka to Dharampur Railway, in the lower Himalayas, N.India; showing one of the loops whereby the trains gain altitude as they climb. Date: early 20th century

Postcard celebrating Czech - USA relations post-WW1
Celebration of Czech-USA relations post-WW1. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and the United States played a major role in the establishment of Czechoslovakia on October 28, 1918

WW1 - Italian Propaganda - The Tortoise and the Hare
WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard - re-telling of the story of the tortoise (The Allies) and the hare (The Central Powers) striving to be the first to gain Victory. Date: circa 1916

Map of Pantellaria (Pantelleria) by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Pantellaria (Pantelleria), a volcanic Italian island outpost which surrendered unconditionally on 11 June 1943 -- the first loss of Italian soil to the Allies during the Second World

Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholars
Three schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898

LCC-LFB Aftermath of major building fire in Hackney
The scene of a fire in Cambridge Heath Road, Hackney, East London, which seriously damaged the upper two floors of a commercial and business outlet

Black Prince at Crecy
Edward, the Black Prince, son of King Edward III, receives a blessing from his father after helping to gain victory over the French at the battle of Crecy

Sunday School Exam Paper
Test for Sunday school class at 56 Old Bailey, London on subject of Samuel, the child, reformer and judge. 8 Questions can gain you 100 marks

Agusta AZ8-L MM564 Italian Air Force
Designed to carry 22 passengers the Agusta AZ8-L failed to gain orders. Only one aircraft was built, MM564, which flew from 1958 to 1963 with the Italian Air Force and was then scrapped Date

Three Chinese maidens out for a walk and hoping to gain attention. Date: circa 1902

Swedes at Warsaw
After two days of fighting, the Swedish cavalry gain the upper hand at the battle of Warsaw. Date: 28-30 July 1656

Battle of Eylau (Anon)
BATTLE OF EYLAU Inconclusive battle in which the French, Prussians and Russians between them lost some 35, 000 men without any appreciable gain either way Date: 8 February 1807

Weight graph of fed children
Graph to show weight fluctuation in Bradford children fed meals at school, 1907 Date: 1907

Dog Bites Man
The dog, to gain some private ends, went mad, and bit the man... circa 1887

Henri IV before Paris
Henri of Navarre (the future Henri IV) unable to take Paris because hes a Protestant, decides that Paris is worth a mass and accepts the Catholic faith to gain support

The Civil War in America: Federals advancing on the abandone
The Unionists began to gain the upper hand against Confederate forces as the Peninsular Campaign took hold during 1862

Santorios Balance C16
Santorio (b.1561) weighed himself for 24 hour periods and proved that weight gain or loss varied according to the type of food consumed

Spanish Gain Granada
The end of Arab rule in Spain: Boabdil, the last Nasrid king, surrenders the keys of Granada to the Spanish Date: 2 January 1492

Battle of Lauffeld 1747
BATTLE OF LAUFFELD The French under le Marechal de Saxe gain a costly victory over a much larger Austrian and British force

Legend of Childes Tomb
Childe, Lord of Plymstock, is overcome by snow on Dartmoor. He writes a will in horses blood leaving his lands to whoever buries him. Tavistock monks do this & gain the land

Elegy on a Mad Dog / C18Th
The dog & man at first were friends, But when a pique began, The dog to gain his private ends, Went mad & bit the man

Balloon Lightened
A scene in the basket of a balloon. One man consults the altimeter : another empties sand to lighten the balloon and gain height, a third releases a carrier-pigeon

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