Member Collection (#22)

Sir F. E. Smith
SIr Frederick Edwin Smith (1872-1930) - A member of parliament from 1906 when he joined the house of commons in 1906 representing the walton constituency of Liverpool

Playing billiards in United Seamans Service club, 1944
A Chinese-American member of the United Seamans Service plays pool or snooker at the London club during Christmas, 1944. The USS was founded in 1942 to promote the welfare of American seafarers

Before and After the Election
Before the election, the Candidate is begging the voter on his knees for his vote. Following the election, it is the voter who is on his knees, petitioning his (now) Member of Parliament

General Falkenhayn and staff member, Palestine Front
German General Erich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922) (centre) with a member of his staff, conversing with a Turkish officer on the Palestine Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Hypnotic Ball
BARTONs ISLAND (Harl Vincent) The electric long-distance hypnotic ball is sent to incapacitate a member of the Secret Council, just in time Date: 1929

Ferd James De Rothschild
FERDINAND JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD An Austrian/British member of the banking family Date: 1839 - 1898

Fuller Pilch / Cricketer
FULLER PILCH A member of the Kent cricket team. Date: mid 19th century

Victorian man standing by a mirror
A Victorian man standing by a mirror. It is probably Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner (1826-1881), around the time of his wedding to Emily Frances Barron in 1852

Mrs Thatcher visiting the Metropolitan Police
Mrs Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, visiting the Metropolitan Police

Mrs Thatcher in a Metropolitan Police car
Mrs Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, posing in a Metropolitan Police car

Canvassing for Votes in Derby, 1910
Three images depicting candidates canvassing for votes in Derby during the General Election of 1910. At half-time, the Unionist candidates walk across the ground in the match between Derby County

Saxifraga Rotundifolia and Soldanella Alpina
Saxifraga Rotundifolia (Round-Leaved Saxifrage) (right), a plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between)

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

Two donkeys in a field. Used as a visual aid for propaganda purposes, used to describe two MPs as a pair of donkeys

Training Ship, Mount Edgcumbe Band, Saltash, Cornwall
The Mount Edgcumbe Industrial Training Ship for Homeless and Destitute Boys was established at Saltash in Cornwall in 1877

Frank Gray, Liberal MP
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Frank Gray, MP, disguised as a tramp
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Will Crooks, Labour MP
Will Crooks (1852-1921) was a socialist politician who grew up in the Poplar district of East London where his family spent some time in a workhouse

Broken down modern car overtaken by veteran model
A broken down modern car is overtaken by a veteran model on a suburban street. A man looks at the engine of his saloon car, while a couple whiz past in Edwardian costume

General view of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
A general view of the central business district of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, with a boat travelling across the harbour

Captain Oates
LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES Member of Captain Scotts expedition which reached the South Pole in January 1912; lost his life in a blizzard on the return trip

Scenes at the Shanghai Country Club
The amenities of European life in China, showing various aspects of the Shanghai country club: the front entrance of the clubhouse; in the general conversation room; looking across the pond to

Mrs Bridges Adams
Mrs Mary Bridges Adams, a member of the new London School Board. She was committed to educational opportunity for workers children

Home Guard WWII
A member of the Home Guard working as a Press Operator on a 250 ton press as part of the war effort on the home front during World War II

Jules Valles / Gill
Jules Valles (1832-1885) French journalist and writer, member of the Commune

Edmond Turquet / Gill
Edmond Turquet (1836-1914) French politician, member of the Aisne and Under Secretary of State for Fine Arts

Eugne Spuller / Gill
Eugne Spuller (1835-1896) French journalist, member of the Seine, close connections to Gambetta (illustrated in silhouette)

Joseph Chamberlain 1836 - 1914
Joseph Chamberlain (1836 - 1914). British politician and statesman. Liberal Member of Parliament

The New Associates of the Royal Academy
Three new associates of the Royal Academy of Arts: Mr Marcus Stone, A.R.A. Mr W. W. Ouless, A.R.A, and Mr Peter Graham, A.R.A

Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk
The three intertwined bronze serpents were the base of a trophy which once stood in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. Dedicated to the God Apollo by the 31 Greek cities who defeated the Persians at

George Lansbury MP (1859-1940)
George Lansbury (1859-1940) was a socialist politician and campaigner for social justice, particularly for the working classes in Londons East End

Martin Nadaud / Gill
Martin Nadaud (1815-1898) rose from humble beginnings, becoming a revolutionary and Member of Parliament. An advocate of public transport and public services

Collecting charitable donations and votes
A biddable dog collects money for charity surrounding by a group of little boys in Croydon during the elections of 1909. He is a supporter of Robert Hermon Hodge, MP for Parliament

Sigismund Lacroix / Gill
Sigismund Lacroix (1845-1909) Naturalized French Journalist and politician, member of the Seine (1883-1889)

Manchester Ship Canal - The opening of a new dock
Officials and local dignitaries on the deck of a steamship at the opening of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal - built between 1887 and 1894 - it was (for a time)

Boys Club game of Cricket 1935
A small but very determined looking member of a Boys Club stands in bat for a game of Cricket. Behind him an old box of Typhoo tea make excellent make-do stumps

RMS Carpathia medals
Six examples of the silver RMS Carpathia medal, showing both the image and inscription sides, presented to crew members of the ship that rescued survivors from the Titanic disaster in April 1912

Henri de Lacretelle / Demare
Henri de Lacretelle (1815-1895) French politician, writer and member of the Chamber of Deputies

Modern Athenians plate 41 - Edinburgh
Sir James Wellwood, Lord Moncreiff (1776-1851) walking the same street as fellow member of the Bar, Mr Robert Bell (1781-1861) Sheriff of Berwickshire

Pyramid of Cestius, Rome
The pyramid was built about 18 BC-12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius Epulo, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations at Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum

Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954), as a member of the Borussia Corps of Bonn University in about 1904

Earl of Athlone
Major General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957)

Prince Alexander of Teck, Earl of Athlone
Major General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957)

Scene at the Circus, c. 1891
Engraving showing a scene at a circus, as a distraught performer or impressario explains to a member of the public: My show is mirackoolous, is marvallous, is krandeeose, is doo kreat for small mann

Caterina Sforza-Riario
CATERINA SFORZA-RIARIO A member of the Italian family that ruled Milan 1450 - 1535. She married Girolamo Riario

Alexandre H G De Cassini
ALEXANDRE H G DE CASSINI French botanist, and member of the French Royal Academy of Science

Miss Hutton on her Bicycle, 1895
Photograph of Miss Hutton, the youngest member of a team representing England at an International cycling match held at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London, 1895

Cannibals cooking, Central Africa, 1888
Engraving showing two cannibals cooking their next meal, in their village near Nassibus Camp on the Aruwimi River, Central Africa, 1888. This image was sketched by H

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