March Collection (#74)

Uprising in Brescia 3
A liberal rising in Brescia is suppressed by the Austrians with indiscriminate force

Uprising at Milano
Street fighting and burning buildings during the Quinta Giornata (five-day revolt) at Milano

Garibaldi & Carlo A
The meeting between Garibaldi and Carlo Alberto, king of Piedmont, when the king is persuaded to join in the war for independence from Austria

Uprising in Brescia 1
Liberal rising in Brescia leads to several days of bitter street fighting

Uprising in Brescia 2
Liberal rising in Brescia leads to several days of bitter street fighting

French March to Rome
French reinforcements march through Italy for a renewed attack on Garibaldis Republicans at Rome

Goeben Warship
Powerful German battle-cruiser which easily outruns her British pursuers and escapes to Istanbul, where she is transferred to the Turkish navy as Yavuz Sultan Selim

Racial / India / Kapurthala
The Maharaja of Kapurthala and the Viceroy

Caught by Trailing Rope
When a plane takes off at Prague, a boy is caught up in a trailing rope, but he lands in a tree

Revolt in Milano
The Quinta Giornata - the five-day uprising in Milano - involves serious street fighting : this is the scene at the barricades erected at the Porta Tosa

Revolt in Milano - 2
During the Quinta Giornata - the five-day uprising in Milano - there is serious street fighting throughout the city : this is the scene at the Porta Nuova

Seamans Allotment Note
A seamans allotment note by which a mother has sent money to her son aboard his ship Inverness

New docks at Millwall
View of the new docks at Millwall, constructed by the Millwall Freehold Land and Docks Company in 1868

Louis Philippe landing at Newhaven
Louis Philippe (1773-1850), King of France, arriving at Newhaven after the French revolution of 1848 forced him to abdicate. He escaped to England as Mr Smith and died at Claremont in Surrey

Internation Electric Exhibition
International Electric Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1882, showing crowds of visitors viewing the great chandalier in the Alhambra Court

Electropathic belt
Advertisement from 1885 for the Pall Mall Electric Associations Electropathic Belt. Claiming to cure a wide range of ailments, including rheumatism, indigestion, lumbago, sciatica

Crystal Palace Electrical Exhibition
A series of pictures from The Graphic depicting various exhibits at the Crystal Palace Electrical Exhibition in 1882. The main picture at the top shows a domestic drawing-room lit by electricity

The public in a divorce court
Illustration by Steven Spurrier showing young women in the public gallery of a divorce court. The image accompanied an article in the ILN suggesting that divorce courts should be private

Launch of H. M. S. Nankin
An engraving of a noble and beautiful specimen of naval architecture, H.M 50-gun Frigate Nankin, designed by Oliver Lang and built at Woolwich

To cure tube stuffiness
Image showing a new experiment on the London Underground to cure tubes of their stuffiness, whereby the Central London Railway Company proposed to spray the tunnels every night to combat the dryness

Revolt in Torino
Students at the university of Torino (Turin) take part in riots against Austrian rule, but which are crushed by the Austrian army

Malta Bombed by Italians
The defence of Malta : the islands strategic value makes it the target for intense bombardment by the Italians and Germans, but they fail to dislodge the Allies

British Tankers Sunk
Italian bombers destroy a British tanker carrying essential fuel to the Allied forces in North Africa

Men
The latest fashions for men by Edward Minister and Son, featured in the Gazette of Fashion. The two men wear tail coats, silk top hats, double breasted waistcoats and carry walking canes

Mckinley Inauguration
WILLIAM MCKINLEY The inauguration of William McKinley to a second term as President of the USA at the Capitol Washington

Advertisement for British Standard car
Advertisement for the British Standard car, entitled Integrity, with illustration of the car and a bullion scale. The advertisement states

Spread of car exhibits from Olympia Motor exhibition 1913
Spread entitled The march of the motor car to perfection: unusually interesting exhibits at Olympia, showing various car exhibits at the 1913 Olympia motor show

Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable
Machines covering the Atlantic cable wire with gutta percha at the Gutta Percha Companys works in Wharf Road, London. Before the advent of man-made materials, gutta percha

Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder
A photograph of Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder, able to automatically transmit and print messages through a phone line, while callers were still conversing

Proclama Di Rimini
Joachim Murat issues a proclamation inciting the people of Rimini to unity and independence

Fitting shop at the Grand junction railway works
The fitting shop at the Grand Junction railway engine works at Crewe. Repairs of locomotive engines and the completion of new engines

Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: High frequency cooker
Photograph of a woman demonstrating the cooker of the future, in which the high frequency waves cook right through the food. The invention was a forerunner of the microwave oven, commonly in use today

Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: Electric alarm tea ma
Photograph of a woman demonstrating the electric teas-made at the Olympia Ideal Home exhibition 1947

The honeymoon carriage on the Midland railway
The compartment for newly wedded couples by the Midland Railway Company on selected trains. The carriage is unofficially termed the honeymoon carriage but can be reserved for the price of two first

The Normandie, the largest liner in the world
The burning of the luxury liner, the Normandie in 1942. The Normandie was the largest liner in the world. As World War II commenced the liner was taken out of service

Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: Electric toaster
Photograph of a woman demonstrating an electric toaster with adjustable dial at the Olympia Ideal Home exhibition 1947

A flying roundabout; Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention
Illustration of Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention, which may be described as a roundabout in which the revolving bodies are suspended in the air in cars that are attached by steel wire ropes

The rescue at Boscombe, yacht the Hally Lise against the sea
A small yacht, the Hally Lise was blown to shore in stromy weather at Boscombe, Hants. Her two occupants Dr G. E Reeves and M. Pierre Keroux were saved by the Swanage lifeboatmen

Police Careers Team
The Metropolitan Police Careers Team opposite the Houses on Parliament with their mobile office van preparing for their tour of N.E. Scotland

Elizabeth & Margaret
QUEEN ELIZABETH II When she was still Princess Elizabeth (on the right) and Princess Margaret, with Col. G. D. Henderson, Johannesburg agricultural show

Margaret on Tour 1947
ROYAL TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA & RHODESIA: The lovely sisters Princess Margaret (aged 17) and Princess Elizabeth (aged 21) circulating at a garden party, have many admirers

Disinfecting a railway carriage. The carriage is placed in the tube, which was then filled with formalin, an extremely strong disinfectant

Metropolitan railway works at Westminster
The Metropolitan District Railway works at Westminster. The extension of the worlds first underground railway, joining up Westminster and South Kensington to Paddington

Snow blizzard blocking the North Eastern train
Disruption of the railway traffic during the first week of March 1886. The North Eastern railway service from Newcastle to Edinburgh was cancelled after a train travelling from Edinburgh was snowed

Motor Show Berlin 1938
Poster for the Berlin Motor Show, 1938

Women at Versailles 2
The market-women of Paris march to Versailles to demand bread from the king. (And no, Marie Antoinette will NOT say let them eat cake

Women at Versailles 1
The market-women of Paris march to Versailles to demand bread from the king. (And no, Marie Antoinette will NOT say let them eat cake... Date: 5 October 1789

The Hon C. S. Rolls in his racing car
The Hon. C. S. Rolls in his special racing car. The car beat the world record for 1 km, covering the distance in 27 secs, equal to 83mph. Rolls later died in 1910 in a plane crash

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