League Collection (page 9)

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

Navy League Canteen Unit WWII
Navy League Canteen unit charges for their wares for the first time, but for charity only, during World War II in England

Polo Grounds, New York
National League Baseball Park, Polo Grounds, New York, America, home to the New York Giants c. 1920

American League Baseball Park in New York, America c.1908

Chicago White Sox Stadium
The American League Sox Ball Park in Chicago, America. Located at 35th and Shields Avenue, it had a seating capacity of 35, 000

Shibe Park c. 1910
Shibe Park Baseball Grounds, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America c.1910

Lord Rosebery leaving the Liberal League building
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929) leaving the Liberal League, of which he became President in 1902

West Bromwich Albion Football Team - 1888
The West Bromwich Albion Football team, winners of the Football Association Cup in 1888, beating Preston North End 2-1 in the final. They are pictures with a Mr J C Newbury - A Good Friend of the Team

American Womens League for Self Defence drilling at the 69th Regiment Quarters, New York

Mr & Mrs Syers
Florence " Madge" Syers skating with her husband and coach Edgar Syers at the Princes Skating Club in aid of Our Dumb Friends League

Bloody Sunday Riot - Parliament Street 1887
Bloody Sunday, London, 13th November 1887, the name given to a demonstration against coercion in Ireland and to demand the release from prison of MP William O Brien

Queen Ena of Spain as a nurse
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), second child and only daughter of Princess Beatrice

1st Balkan War - unexploded shell
Macedonia - a Turkish Notable (Dignitary) in his garden looking at a Bulgarian shell which had not exploded. The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913

New Years Eve Party at the Royal Albert Hall, 1925
Illustration showing balloons cascading down onto the revellers at the New Years Eve Party held at the Royal Albert Hall, 1925-6

Ladies Land League meeting, Ireland
Authorities dispersing a meeting of the Ladies Land League in Ireland

Sketches of the evictions in Ireland
These sketches show scenes of evictions, trial, and Irish Land League activity in south west of Ireland. In the first sketch, the special artist of this publication is misunderstood by the crowd

International Peace
Theres a meeting of the International Peace League in the salle Herz - much needed, for almost every country in Europe is either waging war or planning to do so

Henri De Guise Murdered
Henri III invites Henri duc de Guise, leader of the Catholic League, to his chateau at Blois : after they take mass together, the king has Guise murdered

Poland Gdansk Danzig
(aka Danzig) view of the harbour in the 16th century, when it was one of the principal ports of the Hanseatic League

Ligue Catholique
Allegorical depiction of the Catholic League - showing the serpent-headed League dividing its loyalty to the king and elsewhere

Death of Philoedemon
Philopoemon, general of the Achaean League, is captured by the Messenians : knowing he would prefer death to dishonour, they offer him poison, which he drinks

Jos Chamberlain / Sourire
A perfidious John Bull in league with Jack the Ripper - this is the true nature of England. Satire on Cecil Rhodes and Chamberlain at the time of the Entente Cordiale

Herbert Chapman and the F. A. Cup, 1930
Photograph showing Herbert Chapman, Arsenal Football Club Manager between 1925 and 1934, standing beside the Football Association Cup Trophy

The League of Rats
THE LEAGUE OF RATS The council held by the rats

Lubeck as Trade Centre
Lubeck, strategically located on the Baltic coast, becomes a leading trading centre of the Hanseatic League, doing extensive business with Scandinavia

French at Ravenna
The French, claiming Naples, defeat the Holy League of Spanish and Papal forces at Ravenna

Clothing Poster
Poster for the Personal Service League requesting that unwanted clothes be donated to be distributed to those who need them

League of Nations / 1938
A session of the League of Nations in Geneva

Grisons League
Swiss leaders swear to uphold the League of the Grisons

Irish Woman Spinning
Scene inside a cottage in the west of Ireland, showing an Irish girl spinning while a pipe-smoking older woman watches a pot on the fire

Battle of Legnano 1176
Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I, known as Barbarossa, is defeated by the Lombard League at Legnano

Anti-Corn Law / Drury Lane
A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League in Drury Lane Theatre, London

First Battle Copenhagen
FIRST BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN British under Admirals Hyde, Parker & Nelson defeated the Danish fleet causing the dissolution of the League of Northern Powers

Varsity Style USA 1917
American Varsity style: S-B three-piece suits (narrow fit) with patch pockets, suit with a belted coat & bellows pockets, plus four suits in window pane checks with spats

Bloody Sunday riot in Trafalgar Square
On 13th November 1887 a demonstration organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League in Trafalgar Square in London turned into a riot after police

League of Nations / 1929
The 10th meeting of the League of Nations at Geneva. Briand makes his pacifist speech

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