Involving Collection (page 2)

Chinese Balloon Trick
A group of children watch a street entertainer perform a trick involving bottles and balloons! Date: 1930s

Street Entertainer
A street entertainer performs a trick involving a tartan bag and a wooden box, much to the amusement of the tourists in Leicester Square, where Doctor Zhivago is on at the cinema! Date: 1966

Vintage Car Crash
The scene of a serious motor accident involving quite a number of cars, somewhere in America. Date: 1930s

King of Hearts Trick
Vincent Lopez (1895 - 1975), American band leader and pianist, seen here taking part in some kind of card trick involving the King of Hearts. Date: early 1930s

Car Chasses Carriage
At Charpennes, France, a thief hi-jacks the carriage of M. Rodarie, who gets a motorist to pursue the robber : after a long chase, involving pistol shots, the thief is stopped. Date: 1909

American Natives / De Bry
Native Americans as described by travellers, with a bow for hunting, a canoe for fishing and a basket for gathering Date: 16th century

Theophilanthropie
La Reveillere-Lepaux, the pope of this cult, baptises a child in a former church : members celebrate their love for humankind in ceremonies involving fruit and flowers

George IV Satire (Cards)
A Parti Carre for a Crown : political satire involving (L to R) George IV, Marquis of Petersham, Canning and the Marchioness of Petersham

Montagnards Triumph
In a coup involving armed force, the Montagnard extremists out-manoeuvre the more moderate Girondins : the events will usher in the Reign of Terror

Chinese Eclipse Ceremony
Chinese ceremonies during the eclipse of the sun involving music and reverence

Robert D artois Trial
The trial of Robert III, comte d Artois, involving warring factions among the French nobility; after an unsuccessful rising, Robert fled to England

Montana Native Americans
Meeting on the plains of Montana - near Fort Benton, governor Stevens confers with native Americans (probably Assiniboines but possibly Gros Ventres)

Customs / Marriage (C15)
Contemporary illustration of a wedding ceremony involving French nobility

Indians Attack Emigrants
Settlers migrating to the west are attacked by Native Americans : the wagons are formed into a tight cluster round which the predators circle

Practice Gas Attack
At Osaka, a mock gas attack is staged, involving not only the military but also the civil population, to prepare them for what is likely to happen in a future war

Schoolcraft Exploration
Henry Rowe Schoolcrafts explorations of the upper Mississippi river: native Americans visit his camp at Lake Hasca by canoe

Massacre at Washita / 1869
The US cavalry massacre native Americans in their camp at Washita

French Parlour Game / C19
Le Chevalier Gentil, a French parlour game involving repeated phrases

Rossini / Barbiere / Quartet
The celebrated quintet ( Buona sera... ) in Act Two - involving Almaviva, Rosina, Basilio, Bartolo and Figaro

Suppressing the Sioux
General Miles leads a cavalry column against the Sioux, who are staging a rebellion on account of supposed grievances against the kindly and benevolent government

38 Sioux Hanged
At Mancato, Minnesota, 38 Sioux are hanged for crimes against the Government

Sioux Attack Feds
Sioux, showing a sad disregard for property rights, attack a Federal baggage-train : lives are lost on both sides

Cavalry Mounting
United States cavalrymen mounting, during the fighting against native Americans which culminated in the battle of the Little Big Horn. Date: 1876

Under Pontiac Besiege
Ottawa native Americans under Pontiac besiege Fort Detroit but later they make peace

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