League Collection (page 8)

Prunella Stack maniuplating Herbert Barkers legs, 1939
Lady David Douglas-Hamilton(nee Prunella Stacks) meets Sir Herbert Barker(1869-1950), manipulative surgeon. Following treatment of her husband by Barker for a slight spinal injury

Lord Elcho, Vanity Fair, Ape
FRANCIS RICHARD CHARTERIS, 10th Earl of Wemyss (1818-1914), styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883. British Whig politician

Rent-Payer Murdered
Tenant farmer James Brennan, who has paid his rent contrary to Land League instructions, is shot by moonlighters through a window while sitting with his brother. Date: 14 December 1880

George Wilson, Statesman
GEORGE WILSON statesman, secretary of the Anti Corn-Law League Date: 1808 - 1870?

Hercule Duc De Rohan
HERCULE de ROHAN, duc de Monbazon French statesman and a leader of the protestants against the catholic Holy League. Date: 1568 - 1654

ROBERT RAE Secretary of the National Temperance League Date: circa 1880

Charles Duc Mayenne
CHARLES de LORRAINE, duc de MAYENNE French soldier and statesman, leader of the Holy League (Catholic) during the religious wars. Date: 1554 - 1611

Palais des Nations, Geneva - Commemorative Plaque in memory of US President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). Date: circa early 1930s

Street Urchin offers appraisal of passing pretty lady
The London Street Urchin (to companion over the way) - " Ow would that suit yer, Bill?". A young scamp offering an honest appraisal to his pal of a passing well-dressed

Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home and College, Alton, Hants
In 1908, Sir William Purdie Treloar established The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Hospital and College in Alton, Hampshire - The Aviary. Date: circa 1910

Comic Postcard - Romance at Piccadilly Circus " I meant t ge on the tube at Piccadilly last night, but I Got Off there instead!

The Arts League of Service - Travelling Theatre. The Travelling company and their car. George Bernard Shaw was involved with the group in the early 1920s. Date: circa 1920

Geneva - Palais de Nations - Woodrow Wilson plaque
Geneva, Switzerland - Palais de Nations - plaque commemorating Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, who founded the League of Nations in 1919 following WW1. Date: circa 1920s

Coment on Tariff Reform in regard to bread
The Tarriff Reform League (TRL) wanted to see the British Empire transformed into a single trading bloc, to compete with Germany and the United States

Menu - First annual dinner of the Womens Aerial League
Menu cover of the first annual dinner of the Womens Aerial League

The Aerial League Leaflet No1 Britain No Longer
The Aerial League Leaflet No1. Britain No Longer An Island

Col Hs Massey (chairman) - Stephen A Marples (secretary)
Col H.S. Massey (chairman) and Stephen A. Marples (secretary) of the Aerial League at the Model Flying Competition at Wembley, Saturday, 11 September 1909. Date: 1909

France. Wars of Religion. Procession of the Holy

Procession of the Holy League Leaving the Saint-Jean Arch in1590 or 1593. The Catholic League in Paris, movement of opposition to Henry IV, paraded the February 4, 1593

Margaret / Students 1960
PRINCESS MARGARET younger sister of Queen Elizabeth, at the Victoria League Students Club in 1960 (2 of 2) Date: 1930 -

Politics / Internationalis
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS New palace at Geneva - the Council Chamber Date: 1938

Patriotic League. Poster showing a young woman with an American flag. Date 1918

The California league grounds, San Francisco vs. Oakland, September 9, 1890. Print shows a baseball game in progress between San Francisco and Oakland at the California League grounds on September 9

Sunday Music for the Indigent Poor by Clemet Flower. The scene depicts the dining-hall of the City Road workhouse where the National Sunday League were putting on a concert for the inmates. Date: 1901

Certificate of membership for the Ladies Loyal Union League. Date: 1863

Chelsea versus Clapton Orient football match
Scott of Chelsea and Thompson of Clapton Orient compete for the ball in the air at the first league fixture of these two London clubs. The game was played on the Clapton Orient ground

Darts Team with wooden spoon, Walton, Essex
Members of the Walton-on-the-Naze Queens Head Darts Team, Essex, photographed with their trophy, a wooden spoon, awarded for coming bottom of the league. 1953

Jacques Cl魥nt, assassin of King Henri III
The fanatical Dominican friar, Jacques ClÚ¡Ñnt, who with the encouragement of the Catholic League, stabbed and killed King Henri III, thus bringing to an end the ruling Valois dynasty of France

Standard Bread Campaign
The story of the Standard Bread Campaign began in 1880 when Mary Anne Yates Corkling (using the name May Yates) formed the Bread Reform League

Spartacus League Poster
Poster for the Spartakists, Germany 1918 with Karl Liebknech as leading figure. Date: c. 1918

Chicago University
While not in the Ivy League, Chicago University seeks bravely to provide its students with a suitably academic ambiance. Date: 1916

First Balkan War - result of Montenegrin bombardment
The First Balkan War 1912-13 - Effects on the Turkish Ottoman positions at Sutari following bombardment by Montenegrin artillery of the Balkan League

Football medal, Derby Sunday Schools
Football medal of the Derby Sunday Schools Amateur Football League, 1910-1911 season, awarded to J. H. Watson. 1911

Swimming medal, Derby Water Polo League
Swimming medal of the Derby Water Polo League, awarded to one of the champions, J. H. Watson. Showing an outdoor scene with swimmers in the water and another swimmer diving in. 1907

German illustration, death of Karl Liebknecht
A German illustration mourning the death of Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919), a left-wing radical who formed the Spartacus League which became the German Communist Party

Karl Liebknecht, German socialist and communist
Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919), German socialist and co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacus League and the Communist Party of Germany. Seen here (right) with an unidentified man

Friedrich II triumphs at the Battle of Cortenuova, 1237
Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich II of Sicily defeats the Milanese of the Lombard League at the Battle of Cortenuova, 27th November 1237. Date: 27th November 1237

Charlotte Despard
CHARLOTTE DESPARD, founder & president of the Womens Freedon League Date: 1844 - 1939

Seven-League Boots - 2
The hero crosses the ocean wearing his wonderful SEVEN-LEAGUE BOOTS

Drama & Movement Class
British Drama League summer school: men and women taking part in a class on 18th century movement, possibly in Oxford Date: circa 1955

The Dollies and the Collies
The Dolly Sisters wearing Max Weldy costumes in the Dollies and the Collies number in League of Notions, London, 1921 1921

The Dolly Sisters wearing their Persian costumes by Max Weldy in League of Notions, London, 1921 1921

The Dolly Sisters in League of Notions
The Dolly Sisters waering Max Weldy costumes for their Dollies and their Collies number, League of Notions, London, 1921 1921

The Dolly Sisters in the Pas de Trois number, League of Notions, London, 1921 1921

Sketch of the Dolly Sisters in League of Notions
Sketch by Drian of the Dolly Sisters wearing Paul Poiret costumes in League of Notions, London, 1921 1921

Tilling a Land Leaguers farm
Local people till the soil on a farm owned by an imprisoned Irish Land League supporter

Ladies Land League meeting 1881
Police arrive to disperse a ladies Land League meeting in Ireland. On such occasions, the ladies were often able to evade punishment by claiming the purpose of the meeting was to act as a political

Opening of Irish Land Court, Connaught, 1881
The opening of the Western Sub-Commission of the Land Court, for Connaught, at the town of Claremorris, in County Mayo, Ireland

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