Germany Collection (page 18)

Sir John Tenniel, artist, illustrator and cartoonist
Sir John Tenniel (1820 - 1914), British artist, illustrator and political cartoonist, who had just died. Seen here with two of his most famous Punch cartoons

Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, WW1
Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, with a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II with the words Louvain and Rheims (Reims) on his shoulders

Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright, WW1
Cartoon, Important Surrender of Copyright. Showing Bloody Mary (Queen Mary I of England) handing over her title to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

Cartoon, Close Formation, WW1
Cartoon, Close Formation, commenting on harsh German tactics on the battlefield during the First World War. Before the war, Kaiser Wilhelm defended his use of close formation of troops

German propaganda postcard, Kaiser at grave, WW1
German propaganda postcard, On the Field of Honour, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II standing at the grave of a fallen hero during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Cartoon, first German victory, Moineville, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled Their First Victory, showing a dead priest at Moineville, north-eastern France, on the frontier with Germany

Road sign, drive carefully
A road sign in English and German: Death is so permanent, drive carefully. Date: 1940s

German Emperor and Empress Visiting England 1907
German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941) and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858 - 1921), German Empress. On the front cover of The Illustrated London News on a visit to England

Helmut Schmidt, German Social Democrat politician
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (b 1918), German Social Democrat politician, served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Seen here giving a speech at a podium. Date: circa 1970s

Churchill, Truman and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), American President Harrys Truman (1884-1972) and Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)

Andrew Thorndike, German film producer, director, writer
Andrew Thorndike (1909-1979), German documentary film producer, director and writer. Date: circa 1940s

Pieck Wilhelm Smiling White Hair Elderly Old
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Wilhelm Pieck, German politician and communist
Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (1876-1960), German politician and communist, first (and only) President of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1960. Date: circa 1950s

Helene Weigel, German actress with Berliner Ensemble
Helene Weigel (1900-1971), German actress, second wife of the playwright Bertolt Brecht. She joined the Communist Party in 1930

Karl Marx and his wife, Jenny (nee von Westphalen)
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary

Winston Churchill Cabinet Room 10 Downing Street
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Jenny Marx, nee von Westphalen, wife of Karl Marx
Jenny Marx (Johanna Bertha Julie "Jenny" Freiin von Westphalen, 1814-1881), wife of Karl Marx. The couple married in 1843, in Bad Kreuznach, Germany. Date: circa 1840s

Stone statue, Die Wahrheit, Berlin, Germany
A stone statue entitled Die Wahrheit (Truth), one of two originals dating from 1748, in a museum in Berlin, Germany. The figure holds open a book and points to a page. Date: 2006

Queen Victoria's funeral. Royal cavalcade passing the Wellington Monument, the future King, Edward VII and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany riding behind the coffin. Date: 4th February 1901

Two barefooted women going to market with a barrel of freshly picked radishes. Date: 1908

Baker woman in Bavarian mountains on her daily round. Date: 1908

GERMANY MUNCHEN
Die Schranne - a market Date: 1846

GERMAN MELODRAMA 2
A dramatic moment in a spectacular popular melodrama Die Hohle Soncha'. Date: early 19th century

SIEGE OF JULICH
When the ruler of Julich dies his lands are contested by Dutch and Empire. Imperial forces seize the town but they are besieged and ousted by the Dutch and their allies. Date: 1610

Ironworks - Schlesien
The ironworks of Die Konigshutte at Schlesien, Germany. Date: circa 1835

An inside view of a covered slip, with overhead travelling cranes at the Germania yard at Kiel, Germany. The ship being built is Battleship L'. Date: 1902

The Boiler shop (Water-tube boilers) at the Germania Shipyard, Kiel. Date: 1902

WILHELM II/DEATH'S HEAD
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY The Kaiser in the uniform of the Death's Head Hussars Date: 1903

Cartoon, Watching the Rhine, France's turn of duty for Die Wacht am Rhein'. Date: 1919

Michel in the air 1909
As financial reform the German authorites squeeze the common man dry and then utilise his skin for balloon- making, thus flying Germany's future in the air Date: 1909

Rudolf Ii State 1612 Events Germany Emperor Lies
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German women fight to the death to defend the Wagon barricade against the attacking Romans Date: circa 1 AD

400 metre final: 1st - Redpath, USA 2nd - Braun, Germany 3rd - Lindberg, USA Date: 1912

CHRISTMAS, SAXONY
The people of Sachsen (Saxony) see no reason why the dead shouldn't enjoy Christmas as much as the living, so they decorate their graves with Christmas trees Date: 1881

XMAS TREES ON GRAVE
The people of Sachsen (Saxony) see no reason why the dead shouldn't enjoy Christmas as much as the living, so they decorate their graves with Christmas trees Date: 1881

ANCIENT GERMAN CREMATION
A warrior of ancient Germany is cremated, along with his horse Date: Middle Ages

CUSTOMS/BAPTISM
Die Wiedertaufe - literally, re-baptism - in medieval Germany Date: 15/16th century

Partners - Britannia and the Colonies dance together while Tsar Nicholas II dances with Madame France; Wilhelm II of Germany looks on. Date: 1901

RUBEZAHL, a legendary denizen of the Sudeten mountains (Germany/Czech republic)

CIVIL WAR
The hero of the Great War (Iron Cross and German flag) becomes the hero of civil war (carrying the Red Flag) Date: 1919

Cartoon, The Rescuer, WW1
Cartoon, The Rescuer. Germany comes to the help of Death, represented by a skeleton drowning in a sea of blood. Date: 1916

The Reichsadler - the state eagle of Germany - proudly rears its head, over which the imperial crown of Charlemagne hovers. Date: circa 1890

Verses of a song by Walther von der Vogelweide
Two verses of the song Wenn die Blumen aus dem Grase dringen (When the flowers sprout through the grass) by the German poet and minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (c1170-c1230). Date: circa 1230

Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076
United States Air Force - Gulfstream Aerospace C-37A 01-0076 (MSN 645), of the 76th AS based at Ramstein AB, Germany. Date: circa 2005

King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Bavaria, Germany), 27 June 1743, part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

Macedonian Gipsies at Royston, Hertfordshire
Groups of Roma Gypsies came to England from Germany Eastern Europe just prior to the First World War and again after tensions in the 1930s

Friedberg, Wetteraukreis district, Hesse, Germany
Friedberg - the capital of the Wetteraukreis district, in Hesse, Germany. Date: circa 1900s

The Old Stadt Theater - Hamburg, Germany - inset illustration inside a piece of Silver Birch Tree Bark. Showing the new facade designed by Martin Haller in 1874. Date: 1900s

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