March Collection (page 2)

English Electric Canberra B2 WD932
English Electric Canberra B2, WD932, was demonstrated at Martin Airport to 20, 000 employees of Martin and their families and civic and business leaders of Maryland and Baltimore. 11 March 1951

Whitsun walk in Abertillery, South Wales. c.1938

Emir Faisal at Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia)
Emir Faisal (1883-1933) at Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia) during the First World War. He later became Faisal I of Iraq. He directed the Arab revolt against the Ottomans in 1916

Gandhi breaking the Salt Laws - the civil disobedience in In
In 1930 Ghandi led the Salt March to Dandi, which was an act of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India

Queen Victoria and children in mourning at Windsor
Queen Victoria with her daughters, Vicky (Crown Princess of Prussia, standing behind), Alice (kneeling) and her son Prince Alfred, mourning Prince Albert

Commandos Crossing the Rhine at Wesel; Second World War, 194
Sketch showing the night crossing of the River Rhine, made by British Royal Marine Commandos of the 21st Army Group, near Wesel in Germany, 23rd March 1945

Blackburn Rovers vs. Notts County F. A. Cup Final, 1891
Engraving of the Football Association Cup Final between Blackburn Rovers and Notts County, played at the Kennington Oval, London, on 21st March 1891. The game was won by Blackburn Rovers 3-1

March 1954 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

St Margaret Clitherow
Saint MARGARET CLITHEROW (nee Middleton), respectable but Catholic housewife of York convicted of harbouring priests, crushed to death with those weights 24 March 1586

Grenadier Guards Depart
The Grenadier Guards march through Trafalgar Square, London, preparatory to departing for the Crimea whence many of them will not return

Ford Assembly Line 1930
The Ford Assembly line in 1928

Boer War: Tweebosch
TWEEBOSCH De la Reys Boers inflict a crushing defeat on Methuens force, wounding and capturing the general and scoring a major tactical victory

Ufos / Kanab / Van Nest
Adamski-type UFO allegedly photographed by Fritz van Nest near Kanab, Utah, in full daylight

Mademoiselle Chauvin the first female barrister 1901
Mademoiselle Chauvin, the first female barrister, illustrated as she is sworn in at the French Bar. The Sphere describes the mixed reaction to Mdlle Chauvins right to practise

Territorial Army camping at Oval cricket ground, WW1
The Territorial Army camping at the Oval cricket ground in London on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: August 1914

Advert, Southern Railway Excursions
Advertisement for Southern Railway Excursions to Birmingham, Cambridge, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Rugby, Wolverhampton, etc, every Sunday from December to March

2nd Scots Guards leaving Tower of London, WW1
Men of the 2nd Scots Guards leaving the Tower of London to go into camp at Lyndhurst in the New Forest, for the formation of the 7th Division during the First World War. Date: 15 September 1914

SS Norman arriving at Southampton, 1903
Photograph of the SS Norman arriving at Ocean Quay, Southampton, 14th March 1903. Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, was on board the Norman arriving back from a foreign tour

Members of a Republican Militia; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing two female members of a Republican militia unit taking a break on their march towards the frontline in the Guadarrama Mountains, 1936

Saint David
SAINT DAVID (DEWI SANT) Patron saint of Wales who founded a monastery in the area of Pembrokeshire now named after him. His feast day is 1st March

Scenes of peasant working life, Ireland
These illustrations show women and men engaged in activities such as carding wool, spinning, sowing, threshing, minnowing and scutching

The Right Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes
Rhodes was a diamond and gold mining entrepreneur and worked for the De Beers Mining Company. He was born on the 5th July 1853 and died March 26th 1902

Prince Rupert at Oxford
Prince Rupert and his troops march confidently through Oxford

Ladies by Sea / France / Fem
A dress and coat set designed along the same lines with interesting angular panels and button detailing designed by Chantal

Oxford V Cambridge 1949
An official souvenir from the Oxford versus Cambridge boat race from Putney to Mortlake on 26th March which was won by Cambridge by quarter of a length

Gertrude Stein
GERTRUDE STEIN American writer

Scottish troops take part in Victory parade in Paris - WWI
Scottish regiments taking part in the Victory parade in Paris following the end of World War One - 14th July 1919. The soldiers march below the Arc de Triomphe. Date: 1919

Hawker Sea Hawks parked adjoining the angled deck area on board HMS Ark Royal during operations in the Mediterranean. March 1957. Date: 1957

Spain (1925). Poster of the Festivals of Springtime

Remember the Alamo
Mexican army take the Alamo, San Antonio Date: March 1836

LCC-MFB funeral of Fireman Martin Sprague
View of the funeral procession of Fireman Martin Sprague, who was killed in a fire. Showing the start of the procession from MFB headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road to Highgate Cemetery in North

The Scots Guards marching to a State Ceremonial
The Scots Guards - The Regiment marching to a State Ceremonial. Date: circa 1910s

Art deco fashion sketches, London, 1921. Left to right: frock from the House of Belmont in tete de negre charmeuse relieved with beige and a floral arrangement; an Yvette dress of lace

Piano teacher and pupil, 1915
Teacher: What does ff mean? Child(learning military march): Fump! Fump! Date: 1915

Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German army officer
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870-1964), general in the Imperial German Army and commander of the German East Africa Campaign during the First World War

Messrs. Cook, Sons & Co.s Warehouse, London, 1854
Engraving showing Messrs. Cook, Sons and Companys warehouse, St. Pauls Churchyard, London, 1854

Ovaltine Advert
Advertisement for Ovaltine which " builds up brain, nerve and body"

British First Airborne Troops march towards Arnhem; Second W
Photograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division marching into Arnhem with their guns and equipment, after landing outside the town, September 1944

England / March 1940S
The market town of March, in the Cambridgeshire Fens, England, showing a deserted street, apart from seven bicycles curiously parked outside the Ship Inn!

Trade Union March 1874
Trade Unionists marching through Manchester in support of locked-out farm labourers

March of the Israelites
The march of the Israelites, carrying the Ark of the Covenant containing the two tablets of the Law, regarded as the basis of the covenant between Yahweh and Israel

Doyle Fairy Article
The title page of Arthur Conan Doyles article discussing the evidence for the existence of fairies

Grand National Waterjump
Horses and riders leap over the water jump on the Grand National course at Aintree in 1897. The winner, Manifesto is seen in the lead

Ellen Cicely Wilkinson
ELLEN CICELY WILKINSON Trade union and womens rights activist, who led the march of workers to London on the Jarrow Crusade

First Postbox, London
LETTER BOX The first Post Office letter box in London is installed at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street, at the foot of Ludgate Hill

Art deco fashion sketch of bridesmaid dress, London, 1921. Dres of taffeta in flower shadings of rose, delphinium, blue, lilac or daffodil with underskirts of georgette and silver lace Date: 1921

Titanic and Olympic - Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Fascinating photograph taken on 6th March 1912, showing The RMS Titanic (left) and The RMS Olympic (right), the brand new ships of the White Star Line at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast

British transport crossing Sakaltutan Pass, WW1
British transport crossing the Sakaltutan Pass during the First World War. This Pass across the Jebel Hamrin was evacuated by the Turks and occupied by the 8th Royal Welch Fusiliers on 3

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