Initiative Collection

Duchess of York at Training Hostel, Market Harborough
Duchess of York at a Training Hostel, Market Harborough, Leicestershire - part os a scheme fostered jointly by the Imperial

Memorial to poet and musician Ivor Gurney, Belgium
Similar in design to those for Ledwidge and Chavasse, the memorial was unveiled on 12 September 2007, the initiative of Piet Chielens and the Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum

Cartoon, Political Kidnapping (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, Political Kidnapping -- a satirical comment on the transfer of the electoral reform initiative from the Liberals (Lord John Russell) to the Conservatives (Lord Derby)

Colonial Exhibition, Marseille, France
The Rotunda Mas de Santo Estello (Pavilion of the Provence Initiative Committee) at the Colonial Exhibition, Marseille, France. 1906

Cartoon, The Mistletoe Bough (Leap Year)
Cartoon, The Mistletoe Bough -- Being Leap Year, the ladies take the initiative. Date: 1852

Anwar Sadat and Golda Meir
Golda Meir(1898-1976) presenting President Anwar Sadat of Egypt(1918-1981) with a gift for his new grandchild. Sadat became the first Arab leader to set foot in Israel in its 29 years of existence

Spain and Portugal - Alameda -Gibraltar - Narrow path through Shrubs and Trees. Part of Box 149 Boswell Collection - Portugal and Spain

Chunnel Hopes & Fears
Britain is both hopeful and fearful about the Channel Tunnel... Date: 1882

View of English Workings
A general view of the English workings in St Margarets Bay, near Dover, Date: circa 1882

Gladstone Reluctant
Gladstone is unenthusiastic about Watkins project. Date: 1888

No to the Channel
Britannia says No to the Channel Tunnel initiative. Date: 1882

English Workings 1
English workings - the Abbots Cliff tunnel on the English coast where some of the preliminary experimental workings took place. Date: circa 1884

Lady French helping women find work, WW1
Lady French, wife of General French, pictured in a work room at Harrods where unemployed women were engaged at a wage of ten shillings a week with a good dinner and tea daily

Anwar Sadat at a state dinner
Anwar Sadat of Egypt(1918-1981) at a state dinner in his honour, seated between Moshe Dayan(1915-1981) and the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin(1913-1992)

Anwar Sadat at prayer
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt(1918-1981) attending prayers at Jerusalems El Aqsa Mosque. Sadat became the first Arab leader to set foot in Israel in its 29 years of existence when he arrived in Tel

Anwar Sadat meets Menachem Begin
The first ever face-to-face talks between President Anwar Sadat of Egypt(1918-1981) and the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin(1913-1992)

Anwar Sadat addresses the Israeli Parliement
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt(1918-1981) addresses the Israeli Parliament. Sadat became the first Arab leader to set foot in Israel in its 29 years of existence when he arrived in Tel Aviv at

Darwin Initiative project members
Collecting plants in the threatened Atlantic forests of the Mbaracayu Forest Nature Reserve, Paraguay

The trouble, my friends, with socialism is that it would destroy initiative. Illustration shows a large gorilla-like monster with human head, clutching clusters of buildings labeled Public Utilities

Englishs Boring Machine
Thomas Englishs boring machine, used in the English works. Date: 1883

Argument against Chunnel
An argument against the Channel Tunnel - being cooped up with a snoring Frenchman smelling of frogs legs and garlic for as long as it takes to pass from Calais to Dover ! Date: 1882

French Chunnel Workings
French workings at Sangatte

Ajax Takes Soundings
Before a single spadeful of earth is dug, the Ajax takes soundings to determine the best route the tunnel should follow

Visiting Chunnel Works 3
A tram carries visitors to the English workings to the limits of current activity

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