Government Collection (page 44)

Paris Bread Shortage
Paris housewives queue at the door of a boulangerie, during a bread shortage which causes fierce rioting and upsets the government Date: November 1794

Pope Pius IX (Photo)
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Pope Pius IX (Van. Fair)
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Pope Pius IX
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Metric System Introduced
Usage des nouveaux poids et mesures - the Metric System is introduced in France by the Revolutionary government

Cigarettes in Ashtray
A close-up photograph of an ashtray full of cigarette butts, with a government health warning, torn from a cigarette packet, in the centre

LOUIS RIEL Canadian rebel, sought to set up provisional government opposing Dominion of Canada, captured and hanged for treason

London / Downing Street
Government offices in Downing St, including first Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer

1905 RISING
Government troops fire on workers demonstration outside the Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, led by Father Gapon

Legion D honneur Offices
The offices of the Legion d Honneur (Legion of Honour), the highest order of merit by the French government for outstanding achievements in civil of military life

Modoc Forced to Move
When the Modoc refuse to move to land selected for them, the U.S. government compels them to do so by force

Portuguese Convicts
The Portuguese government finally abolishes the system of cagoules - masks worn by prisoners to prevent recognition

UFOS / IFOS
The United States government reveals that its weather balloons have been the cause of many UFO identifications

Working Conditions
Child labour in England : a government inspector visits a factory where children are employed

View of Parliament buildings and Big Ben, London
Exterior view of the Parliament buildings and Big Ben, seen from across the River Thames in London

Mahatma Gandhi arrested for civil disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, is arrested by the Indian government for his civil disobedience tactics

Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire
The Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire

Gladstones illness, Downing Street, 1880
The scene at 10 Downing Street, Central London, as anxious enquirers wait for news of the condition of Prime Minister William Gladstone, recovering from a lung infection

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