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A Mark I tank surrounded by troops of 122nd BrigadePhotograph of troops gathered around a tank. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). From a group of 550 photographs
British soldiers resting behind a barricade on ContinentPhotograph: British soldiers resting behind a barricade on Continent.Shows five soldiers beside a wooden barricade topped with A.S.C. oat bags, through which one rifle is pointing
Secretary and soldier in an office, Braunschweig, GermanyGerman secretary and British soldier in an office run by the British Army of the Rhine near Braunschweig, Lower, Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946
Tour of the Colonies - Presentation of Colours, Ceylon - People gathered in front of large buildings. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies. Date: circa 1900
Stooking the Flax, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view of a man and woman in a field stooking the gathered flaX. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge). Date: circa early 1900s
Patients and nurses in garden at Quex ParkA group of patients and nuses gathered in the garden at Quex Park, beside the buildings of the Powell-Cotton Museum. The men include Australian and Scottish soldiers
German Costume C. 1515German townspeople of the early 16th century. He wears a sleeveless gown possibly with a fur collar & his gathered shirt front is visible. The ladys sleeves have panes Date: circa 1515
Racial Types FranceStrasbourg costumes including a bride: skirts with gathered yokes, bodices pointed borders, ornate stomachers, large lace hat or close- fitting cap or toque. Date: 1670 - 1690
Celanese Nightgown 1944A glamorous yet inexpensive nightgown in Celeanese artificial silk, makes good use of coupons. This model has a softly gathered bodice, gored skirt & ribbon bow trim Date: 1944
Fur-Trimmed EnsembleLoose fitting brown jacket gathered in at the waist with a high fur collar & cuffs, short, full skirt which narrows at its fur trimmed hem, a fur muff & brimless hat. Date: 1918
Visiting Dress 1899Fawn coloured dress, bodice composed of alternate panels of lace & plaid fabric, tight sleeves gathered into a puff at the shoulders, diagonal insert of lace on the skirt. Date: 1899
DRESSES 1954Two elegant, pencil-skirted dresses. One has 3/4 length sleeves and gathered detailing at the neck and waist; the other a diagonally buttoned bodice. Date: 1954
Garden Party Dress 1912A garden party dress with a high waist, gathered corsage, sash belt & heavily embroidered skirt with a plain yoke. Worn with a capeline hat with a velvet hatband. 1912
Ross / Victory AbandonedJohn Rosss arctic expedition: Abandoning the Victory. " They gathered on the Victory for the last time, nailed their colours to the mast, and started." Date: 1829 - 33
Coronation - King George VI, Hyde Park 1937After the crowning in Westminister Abbey, the procession in Hyde Park with thousands of people waiting to see the new King, King George VI. Date: 12 May 1937
Christmas is Come 1850Music sheet called Christmas is Come, from a bound volume A Holiday Book for Christmas and the New Year, words by Albert Smith and music by W.V. Wallace. Date: 1850
Did you see the eclipse? Yes did you?Total solar eclipse was observed on the 17th April 1912 in London by a large number of amateur astronomers, illustration by Tony Sarg showing people looking up using smoked or coloured glass to
Patients in the Mess, Quex Park VAD HospitalA group of patients gathered in the Mess of the Quex Park VAD Hospital. The Mess was sited in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory between Quex House and the Museum buildings
Christmas 1918 in Hospital Mess at QuexA group of patients and staff, together with the three Powell-Cotton daughters are gathered in the Hospital Mess in the Winter Garden at Quex Park VAD Hospital pn Christmas Day 1918
Armistics Day 1918 Patients and Staff at Quex ParkPatients and Staff of the Quex Park VAD Hospital on Armistice Day 1918. They are gathered in front of Quex House. With them are Major PHG Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah
Christening 1918 Tree Planting Proxy Godfathers groupChristopher Powell-Cotton (1918-2006) was christenend at All Saints Church, Birchington on 20 April 1918. Afterwards a tree was planted in the grounds of Quex Park
Children and Christmas tree on a New Year cardChildren with their toys gathered round a Christmas tree on a New Year card, with a pop-up Santa Claus. Date: circa 1890s
Apple Bobbing, Quex House gardenSeven patients are gathered around at least one chair and some buckets. Five amused nurses are watching. The men are apple bobbing - trying to grab, using only their mouths
Ambulance taking discharged patientsOne of the Quex ambulances is parked outside the door of Quex House. A group of patients in hospital blues and nurses are gathered around
Shell Fence, St Petersburg, Florida, USA. It was built by Owen Albright (originally from Lancashire, UK) outside his home as a roadside attraction and curiosity
Barnardos nurseryA nurse feeds a baby a bottle of milk with other small children gathered around at an unidentified Barnardos nursery. Date: circa 1940
Princess Mary Homes, Addlestone, Surrey - Making stockingsPrincess Mary Homes, Addlestone, Surrey. Girls gathered around a machine for making stockings. Date: circa 1906
Parisians celebrate peace treatry, France, 1919A series of photographs recording of French citizens celebrating the peace treaty in the streets of Paris. From jubilation in the city, German guns being dragged through the streets
Group of Men Gathered Around a Bristol-made Metalwork Lathe, Unknown Location, . Date: 1910s
WW1 - Russian Troops in the trenches - Eastern Front - June 1917 Date: 1917
Sicily - Cathedral Interior at MonrealeBlack and white Victorian lantern slide of the interior Cathedral at Monreale. There are hooded people gathered at the ornate altar.. Slide number 31 of Box 106 entitled Sicily Date: circa 1890s
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Naval ReviewQueen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Black and white Victorian lantern slide of a Naval Review. Siamese crew are gathered on a ships deck.. Slide number 59 of Box 259 Date: 1897
Switzerland - Berne. The High StreetColoured lantern slide of a view of the Berne High Street. There is a clock tower in the background and young children gathered around a fountain in the foreground.. Box 181 entitled Swiss No.1
Black-veined White Butterflies - gathered on flowering lungwort plant (Pulmonaria spp.) - during a mass butterflies hatching - summer - June (Aporia crataegi L.). South Ural Mountains - Russia
Japan - A famous wisteria in bloomHand coloured slide showing people gathered on a bridge over water and wisteria blooms in the foreground and side. Part of Box 157 Japan Boswell Collection
Boxing on board USS Frederick, American cruiser, WW1A boxing match taking place on board the USS Frederick (formerly USS Maryland, ACR8), an American armoured cruiser, watched by members of the crew. Date: 1918
Oktoberfest scene, Hofbrauhaus, Munich, GermanyOktoberfest scene, with people gathered at the Hofbrauhaus, Munich, Germany. Date: 1930s
Suffragette Demonstration Parliament 1908. Depicts the demonstration on 13th October 1908, when suffragettes, men and women were invited to Rush the House of Commons
Battalion commander explaining the next moveBattalion commander and his soldiers having a temporary rest in a derelict building while being instructed where their next move will be using a field map of the district. Date: 1917
Closing of the Stock Exchange in London at the start of WWIThe prospect of widespread European war naturally brought down stocks and shares with a run, so to prevent further fall, the London banks urged the closing of the Stock Exchange
Winter rations for British troops in the trenches 1917British commissariat methods: Army ration corps supplying hot food to the men in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France; serving hot stew in bad weather often added very
A crowd gathered outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. London
Advert for Pianola Piano 1914The ever-seasonable Pianola Piano. Pre-programmed music recorded on a roll. 1914
Rice - paddy straw gleaners - Rangoon
LCC-LFB Shop fire in Paul Street EC2Vast crowds gather at the scene of a large shop fire in Paul Street, City of London. The work of the Brigade always drew people to watch it at work, though this crowd is perhaps an extreme example
Several people gathered at the base of the Great Pyramid, others climbing. Date between 1867 and 1899
Interior scene with family gathered around man playing fiddle
Large crowd of spectators gathered at the edge of a field at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio, where a series of flights were conducted from May through July