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Background imageMemory Collection: Anti home Rule Postcard

Anti home Rule Postcard
KING WILLIAM III Propaganda against home rule in Ireland, celebrating William of Orange as " of glorious, pious and immortal memory" and victory at the Battle of the Boyne

Background imageMemory Collection: Scrabo Hill Tower, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Scrabo Hill Tower, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Scrabo Tower is located to the west of Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland. Built on a volcanic plug above the town in 1857 as a memorial to Charles Stewart

Background imageMemory Collection: Leonidas I (died 480 BC). King of Sparta. Monument in Spart

Leonidas I (died 480 BC). King of Sparta. Monument in Spart
Leonidas I (died 480 BC). Also known as Leonidas the Brave was a Greek hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line King of Sparta[

Background imageMemory Collection: St. Albans Cathedral

St. Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire. A sacred site from ancient times, Benedictine monks built an abbey in St. Albans memory. Later rebuilt by the Normans. Date: 1930s

Background imageMemory Collection: Glasgow Docks

Glasgow Docks
The new (in 1858) graving dock at Meadowside, Glasgow. The open country beyond is, alas, only a memory

Background imageMemory Collection: Memorial Home for Crippled Children, Rochdale, Lancashire

Memorial Home for Crippled Children, Rochdale, Lancashire
Small children stand outside the Memorial Home for Crippled Children at Rochdale. The home, built in the arts and crafts style, was founded in 1913 by Walter Scott in memory of his wife, Ellen

Background imageMemory Collection: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, with Princesses Elizabet

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, with the Marquess of Aberdeen, in the Royal Pavilion at Braemar

Background imageMemory Collection: Embossed Victorian mourning card, Mary Hickman

Embossed Victorian mourning card, Mary Hickman
Embossed Victorian mourning card with a funerary monument. In Memory of Mary, relict of the late Job Hickman, of the Bilston Quarries, she departed this life, December 2nd, 1857, aged 73 years

Background imageMemory Collection: The Last Post by C. E. Turner

The Last Post by C. E. Turner
Buglers sounding the Last Post at 9pm before the British monument to fallen soldiers at Ypres, the Menin Gate. Date: 1930

Background imageMemory Collection: London / Cheapside Cross

London / Cheapside Cross
Erected by Edward I in memory of his queen Eleanor : depicted here on the occasion of Marie de Medicis visit to her daughter, queen Henrietta Maria, circa 1630

Background imageMemory Collection: Scott Souvenir Card

Scott Souvenir Card
In memory of the Antarctic heroes, the late Captain Scott and his gallant comrades who perished March 1912 at the South Pole

Background imageMemory Collection: WILLIAM III / POSTCARD

WILLIAM III / POSTCARD
KING WILLIAM III Propaganda against home rule in Ireland, celebrating William of Orange as of glorious, pious and immortal memory and victory at the Battle of the Boyne. Date: 1650 - 1702

Background imageMemory Collection: Sundial in Petts Wood, Kent

Sundial in Petts Wood, Kent
A rambler stops to look at a sundial in Petts Wood, Kent, set up in memory of William Willett, pioneer of daylight saving whose ideas led to British Summer Time. 1939

Background imageMemory Collection: Quintin Hogg, English merchant and philanthropist

Quintin Hogg, English merchant and philanthropist
Quintin Hogg (1845-1903), English merchant and philanthropist. Statue erected by the Royal Polytechnic Institution to the memory of their founder, Regent Street, London

Background imageMemory Collection: A Calculating machine, 1949

A Calculating machine, 1949
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, 1949, reporting on the automatic sequence controlled calculating machine at Manchester University

Background imageMemory Collection: Front cover of the Sphere Scott Memorial Number

Front cover of the Sphere Scott Memorial Number
Front cover of The Sphere, Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition showing a sombre scene of a group of men praying by a cairn topped with a cross in memory of Captain Scott, who died

Background imageMemory Collection: Eleanor Cross

Eleanor Cross
The Eleanor Cross, outside Charing Cross railway station, central London. A Victorian replica of the crosses erected by King Edward I in memory of his wife, Eleanor of Castile. Date: 1863

Background imageMemory Collection: Don Quixote relives his past glories

Don Quixote relives his past glories
A scene from Cervantes novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title relives his past glories, surrounded by objects from his travels. To dream the impossible dream

Background imageMemory Collection: Embossed Victorian mourning card, James Woodhead

Embossed Victorian mourning card, James Woodhead
Embossed Victorian mourning card, with a woman and a girl grieving at a tomb in a cemetery. In Memory of James Woodhead, who departed this life January 14th, 1855, aged 80 years

Background imageMemory Collection: Embossed Victorian mourning card, Ann Ferrier

Embossed Victorian mourning card, Ann Ferrier
Embossed Victorian mourning card with two angels and a broken column. Sacred to the Memory of Ann Ferrier, who died on the 6th of March, 1875, aged 58 years. Date: 1875

Background imageMemory Collection: Tribute - Memory

Tribute - Memory. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Background imageMemory Collection: 1st Earl Haig at a British Legion Poppy Factory

1st Earl Haig at a British Legion Poppy Factory
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928) - a senior officer of the British Army who commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in WW1 - pictured at the British Legion

Background imageMemory Collection: A large memorail bronze relief of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894

A large memorail bronze relief of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on the west wall of the Moray Aisle (1904) in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland

Background imageMemory Collection: London & North Western Railway War Memorial, Euston, London

London & North Western Railway War Memorial, Euston, London
London & North Western Railway War Memorial (unveiled in 1921), Euston, London. Date: circa 1921

Background imageMemory Collection: RMS Titanic, photograph, Captain Edward John Smith

RMS Titanic, photograph, Captain Edward John Smith
RMS TITANIC, Period oversize photograph showing Titanic's Captain Edward John Smith on board the Olympic with rare note The accompanying photograph of Captain Smith is provided by the voluntary

Background imageMemory Collection: Guy Fawkes's Lantern

Guy Fawkes's Lantern

Background imageMemory Collection: Guy Fawkes Night, Tricentenary, 1905

Guy Fawkes Night, Tricentenary, 1905 Date: 1905

Background imageMemory Collection: Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Remember Dien Bien Phu

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Remember Dien Bien Phu (victory for Vietnamese forces against the French after a four-month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh in May 1954)

Background imageMemory Collection: If I Were Only There

If I Were Only There
A portrait oil painting of an old man, sitting on a chair by the edge of a woodland, looking thoughtfully up from his newspaper, as if enjoying a memory, or experiencing regret. Date: circa 1918

Background imageMemory Collection: In Memoriam postcard - King George V

In Memoriam postcard - King George V (1865-1936) - accompanied by a poem by Allan Junior Date: 1936

Background imageMemory Collection: RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's memorial plaque

RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's memorial plaque
RMS Titanic - property of Maria Robinson, fiancee of Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist, who died in the disaster. Extremely rare, possibly unique, In Memory plaque printed May 1912

Background imageMemory Collection: Tomb of Lord Curzon and the First Lady Curzon

Tomb of Lord Curzon and the First Lady Curzon. Which were commission by Sir Bertram Mackennal during Lord Curzon's own lifetime. They are to be found in Kedleston Church

Background imageMemory Collection: Restoration of H Ms Victory

Restoration of H Ms Victory
Restoration of the HMS Victory in Portsmouth. H Ms Repulse can be seen in the background. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758

Background imageMemory Collection: Memorial to King Edward the seventh

Memorial to King Edward the seventh, it is located at the Piccadilly end of the Broad walk in Green Park London. Designed by Mr Bertram Mackennal and Mr Edwin Lutyens. Date: 1912

Background imageMemory Collection: Seven Dials Column, Weybridge, Surrey

Seven Dials Column, Weybridge, Surrey
Weybridge, original Seven Dials Column from London re-erected in memory of the Duchess of York (d. 1820), Surrey Date: 1928

Background imageMemory Collection: Antropomorphic head. Head of the sacrificed. Palenque

Antropomorphic head. Head of the sacrificed. Palenque
Antropomorphic head. Head of the sacrificed. Drawn on the VIII sheet of the Excavation Memory. It was collected in 1787 by captain Antonio del Rio in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Maya culture

Background imageMemory Collection: Fragment of relief. It depicts the leg of the priest

Fragment of relief. It depicts the leg of the priest, wearing sandal. Drawn on the XI sheet of the Excavation Memory, was collected in 1787 by captain Antonio del Rio in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Background imageMemory Collection: Hokokusai Folding Screens

Hokokusai Folding Screens - national treasure owned by the Hokoku Shrine, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. Seen here is part of a pair of folding screens

Background imageMemory Collection: Admiralty Arch

Admiralty Arch
An oil painting of Admiralty Arch, providing road and pedestrian access between The Mall and Trafalgar Square in London, England

Background imageMemory Collection: A touching scene in a charitable institution, showing a portrait plaque of Queen Alexandra

A touching scene in a charitable institution, showing a portrait plaque of Queen Alexandra (Queen-Mother at the time) on the wall of a children's ward in the Alexandra Hospital

Background imageMemory Collection: Lewis Carroll Cot in Great Ormond Street Hospital 1900

Lewis Carroll Cot in Great Ormond Street Hospital 1900
In memory of the author of Alice in Wonderland, ? Lewis Carroll cot at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London

Background imageMemory Collection: Funerary Monument - Headstone, In Loving Memory

Funerary Monument - Headstone, In Loving Memory. circa 1900s

Background imageMemory Collection: Late Rev. Dr Adler, Chief Rabbi

Late Rev. Dr Adler, Chief Rabbi
The Rev. Dr Nathan Adler, Chief Rabbi of the English Jewish Congregations; his funeral service in the chapel, Willesden; a scene at the grave; and a special service in memory at the Great Synagogue

Background imageMemory Collection: Daily tribute to the comrade who has gone 1915

Daily tribute to the comrade who has gone 1915
At a hero's resting place in the firing-line, a French soldier putting flowers on the grave where the dead comrade lies in the actual parapet of the trenches. 1915

Background imageMemory Collection: Greek Art. Gravestone. Attica. 400-350 BC. Greece

Greek Art. Gravestone. Attica. 400-350 BC. Greece
Greek Art. Gravestone. Relief crowned by palmette ornament. The dead girl, Sosilla, daughter of Straton from Kollytos in Attica, takes leave of Chaireas from Kedoi in Attica. 400-350 BC. Greece

Background imageMemory Collection: Cartoon, O'er Neilson's Tomb

Cartoon, O'er Neilson's Tomb -- lawyers and others throw up their hats in jubilation. A parody of a popular ballad, O'er Nelson's Tomb, written by the tenor John Braham

Background imageMemory Collection: Victorian Death Bereavement Mourning White Black

Victorian Death Bereavement Mourning White Black
victorian, death, bereavement, mourning, white, black, 1850s, embossed, card, religion, religious, belief, faith, tree, trees, cemetery, urn, urns, funerary, rectangle, rectangular, woman, women

Background imageMemory Collection: Embossed Victorian mourning card, three daughters

Embossed Victorian mourning card, three daughters
Embossed Victorian mourning card, with a grieving woman, an urn above and a church on the right. In Memory of Louisa, fourth daughter of Edward and Louisa Paris, who died January 8th, 1858

Background imageMemory Collection: Death of Tobias Rehs, 2nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment, WW1

Death of Tobias Rehs, 2nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment, WW1
1914-1916 - For the Fatherland, Death of.Tobias Rehs of the 2nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment on 6/3/1915. Honour his memory, an example and model to those who come after him. By Fritz Erler (1868-1940)

Background imageMemory Collection: Band and Pipers at Gordon Boys Orphanage, Dover, Kent

Band and Pipers at Gordon Boys Orphanage, Dover, Kent
The Scottish-style pipe band at the Gordon Boys Orphanage, Dover. The boys pose with their instruments. The home was founded by local philanthropist Thomas Blackman

Background imageMemory Collection: Cenotaph Unveiled - 1920

Cenotaph Unveiled - 1920
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - In Memory of The Glorious Dead. King George V unveiling the permanent memorial on 11th November 1920 - the anniversary of Armistice Day Date: 1920

Background imageMemory Collection: Keeping Green the Memory of the Glorious Dead

Keeping Green the Memory of the Glorious Dead
Crowds come to pay their respects to the dead as they walk past the cenotaph memorial in Whitehall. A temporary construction in 1919, it was completed the following year in Portland stone

Background imageMemory Collection: American Indians. Salute to a dead chief in the far North We

American Indians. Salute to a dead chief in the far North We
North America Indians in passing a burial place never omit to pay respect to the memory of a Chief who has gone to the happy hunting ground

Background imageMemory Collection: Barricade in the Rue de la Mortellerie, by Meissonier

Barricade in the Rue de la Mortellerie, by Meissonier
MEISSONIER, Ernest (1815-1891). Barricade in the Rue de la Mortellerie, June 1848 (Memory of Civil War). Oil on canvas

Background imageMemory Collection: Hall Memory Death War Memorials Built 1920s Memorial

Hall Memory Death War Memorials Built 1920s Memorial
hall, memory, death, war, memorials, built, 1920s, memorial, 12320, citizens, city, birmingham, england, who, died, great, world, one, 1914, 1918, british, soldiers, history, historical, 10181879

Background imageMemory Collection: Maeterlinck Bluebird Theatre Plays Oiseau Bleu

Maeterlinck Bluebird Theatre Plays Oiseau Bleu
maeterlinck, bluebird, theatre, plays, oiseau, bleu, 1908, land, memory, children, meet, dead, grandparents, finding, quiet, happy, well, old, age, history, historical, 10172529

Background imageMemory Collection: MARC BOLAN'S FUNERAL

MARC BOLAN'S FUNERAL
A floral wreath in the form of a white swan in memory of Glam Rock legend Marc Bolan at his funeral in Golders Green, London. (One of T-Rex's hits was Ride a White Swan'). Date: September 1977

Background imageMemory Collection: VICTORIAN MOURNING CARD

VICTORIAN MOURNING CARD
Victorian mourning card in black, gold and silver to the memory of Sarah B Simpson who died on 4 February 1896, aged 65 years Date: 1896

Background imageMemory Collection: ROYAL TOUR 1947

ROYAL TOUR 1947
ROYAL TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA & RHODESIA: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pay homage to the war dead at the Gate of Memory, near the Cenotaph, Gardiner Street, Durban. Date: 1947

Background imageMemory Collection: PRODIGY : HEINECKEN

PRODIGY : HEINECKEN
CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HEINECKEN (1721 - 1725), known as The Infant of Lubeck, had mathematical and memory gifts, wide knowledge of history and geography, and predicted his own death at 4

Background imageMemory Collection: Albuera Monument, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, in memory of those who fell in the Battle

Albuera Monument, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, in memory of those who fell in the Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811, part of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). The monument was completed in 1854. Date: 1811

Background imageMemory Collection: Comic postcard, Man greets woman in the street - memory training Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man greets woman in the street - memory training Date: 20th century

Background imageMemory Collection: The Albert Memorial

The Albert Memorial, London, close to the Royal Albert Hall, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861

Background imageMemory Collection: Monument to Robert Dow in St. Botolph s, Adgate

Monument to Robert Dow in St. Botolph s, Adgate
Monument to merchant taylor and philantropist Robert Dow in St. Botolph s, Adgate. Died 1612 aged 89. Depicted holding a skull

Background imageMemory Collection: Memorial to Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, Artillery Wood

Memorial to Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, Artillery Wood
The memorial, mounted on a brick plinth, carries a photo of the poet. Beside it the Irish flag flies, there is an information board and behind is an apple tree planted in his memory on 27 March 2010

Background imageMemory Collection: Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland

Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland
This was put up by the people of Best in memory of Private 1st Class Joe E. Mann of H Coy, 502nd US Parachute Infantry Regiment. It was unveiled by his parents on 17 September 1956

Background imageMemory Collection: Fashionable people playing the memory game

Fashionable people playing the memory game of the gentle knight. Players who have made errors have to wear paper horns in their hair. At the beginning, everyone is a gentle knight

Background imageMemory Collection: The large blue Periwinkle, The pleasures of memory

The large blue Periwinkle, The pleasures of memory
The large blue Periwinkle, Vinca major, The pleasures of memory. Handcoloured lithograph by Deana and Munday after Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Background imageMemory Collection: Barclays Maurandia, the winged Thunbergia and Forget me not

Barclays Maurandia, the winged Thunbergia and Forget me not
Barclays Maurandia, Maurandya barclayana, the winged Thunbergia, Thunbergia alata, Memory; Scorpion Grass, Forget me not, Myosotis scorpioides

Background imageMemory Collection: US 377th Infantry Regiment & 95th Division Window

US 377th Infantry Regiment & 95th Division Window
This is one of two stained glass windows in the church at Trevieres. The other pictures St George and is in memory of Geo L Praz and the American friends of Trevieres

Background imageMemory Collection: Post-WW1 pilgrimage in Belgium and France

Post-WW1 pilgrimage in Belgium and France
Double page spread, photographs of the post-WW1 pilgrimage in Belgium and France, visiting Vimy Ridge, Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, Cambrai, Bethune, Armentieres and other key locations

Background imageMemory Collection: Austrian officers - Anschluss

Austrian officers - Anschluss
Officers of the Tirolen Kaiserjaeger (Innsbruck) and the Deutschmeisters, two crack Austrian regiments laying a wreath in memory of their fallen comrades. Date: 1934-1938

Background imageMemory Collection: Thai paratroop trainees group photograph before first jump

Thai paratroop trainees group photograph before first jump
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 10:My dress with parachute is completed. Take a photo to be a good memory before take off the airplane

Background imageMemory Collection: Kitchener Memorial, Orkney, Scotland

Kitchener Memorial, Orkney, Scotland
On Marwick Head, five miles east of Dounby in Orkney, stands a crenallated tower built by public subscription to honour the memory of Herbert Kitchener

Background imageMemory Collection: Hyde Park war shrine, WW1, 1918

Hyde Park war shrine, WW1, 1918
In memory of those who have fallen: the Bishop of London, Arthur Winnington-Ingram, blessing the war shrine in Hyde Park, London in 1918. Date: 1918

Background imageMemory Collection: EGYPT / DEIR EL-BAHARI

EGYPT / DEIR EL-BAHARI
The excavation of Deir El- Bahari, the funerary monument commissioned by Queen Hapshetsut in memory of her father, Tutmose I and also in her own memory. Date: 1930s

Background imageMemory Collection: DONT FORGET BOARD

DONT FORGET BOARD
A timely reminder board! A handy household appointments or tasks jotter pad, with a picture of Big Ben on it and a handy pen attached. Date: 1930s

Background imageMemory Collection: FALL / ENGLISH SETTER / 1938

FALL / ENGLISH SETTER / 1938
MEMORY OF CHASTELTON Owned by Howard. Date: 1938

Background imageMemory Collection: GRANDFATHER SEAMAN 1874

GRANDFATHER SEAMAN 1874
The North-West Passage -- an old seadog and his granddaughter, with the sea visible through the window on the left. Date: 1874

Background imageMemory Collection: King Charless Porter and Dwarf

King Charless Porter and Dwarf
A bas relief over the entrance to Bulls Head Court preserves the memory og a giant and a very small dwarf. The effigies represent William Evans a Welsh porter over 2 metres in height

Background imageMemory Collection: Lady in red coat lays bouquet on a grave, Kirkcudbright

Lady in red coat lays bouquet on a grave, Kirkcudbright
On a cold, snowy winter day, a lady in red coat lays a bouquet of flowers on a grave in Kirkcudbright graveyard, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. Date: 2010

Background imageMemory Collection: WW1 - Italy - Giuseppe Garibaldi - Glorious Martyrs

WW1 - Italy - Giuseppe Garibaldi - Glorious Martyrs memorial card. Date: circa 1917

Background imageMemory Collection: WW1 - Italy - Remembrance postcard

WW1 - Italy - Remembrance postcard - " In the glorious memories of the past, she raises the Italian flag - her cry is Victory!" Date: circa 1917

Background imageMemory Collection: The Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park Corner

The Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park Corner
The Royal Artillery Memorial - a stone memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London, dedicated to casualties in the Royal Regiment of Artillery during WWI - designed by Charles Jagger and Lionel Pearson



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