Middle Collection (page 150)

Proclamation of martial law by General Allenby, Jerusalem
Proclamation of martial law, read in English to the inhabitants by General Sir Edmund Allenby, outside the Tower of David in Jerusalem during the First World War. Date: 11 December 1917

Temple On the Min River near Fuzhou, Fujian Province Date: circa 1910s

Detraining a Howitzer by moonlight, Palestine, WW1
Men of a siege battery at a railhead, detraining a Howitzer by moonlight in Palestine during the First World War. From a drawing by James McBey, war artist. Date: 1914-1918

Herbert Kitchener and others in Western Palestine
Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener, 1850-1916) and others inside their tent whilst on a mapping survey of Western Palestine (Israel, West Bank and Gaza today) for the Palestine Exploration Fund

Polish Scouts exercising
Long lines of Polish Boy Scouts doing physical exercises in the Middle East. 1940s

General Sir J F Laycock, British Army officer, WW1
Brigadier General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock (1867-1952), British Army officer. During the First World War he served in the Middle East, including a command of the Royal Artillery

Heavy artillery in action in the desert, WW1
Heavy artillery in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Arab troops at Kasr-i-Shirin, Middle East, during WW1
Arab troops at Kasr-i-Shirin (Qasr-e-Shirin, Ghasr-e-Shirin) in the Middle East (now Iran) during the First World War. They include Kerim Khan, Aziz Khan and Ali Agha. Date: circa 1916-1918

Howitzer in action in the desert, WW1
A 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British 60 pounder gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 60 pounder gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. 1918

Major von Wienskow inspecting Turkish regiment, Nazareth
Major von Wienskow (or Wienskowski) of the Prussian Army inspecting a Turkish regiment in Nazareth during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Ahmed Jemal Pasha with Ali Fuad Erden before Suez attack
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha (left), Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, with his Chief of Staff, Ali Fuad Erden, just before an attack at Suez during the First World War. circa 1915

Captain Bridges of 1st Connaught Rangers, El Funduk, WW1
Captain John James Bridges of the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers at El Funduk (Al Funduq), Palestine, during the First World War. The battalion captured six enemy guns and 150 wagons

General Frankenberg of Germany and his departing troops
General Werner von Frankenberg und Proschlitz (1868-1933), Prussian army officer who served in the Middle East during the First World War. Seen here with his departing troops. Date: circa 1917

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

Italy - Verona - Scaligeri Cemetery (2 / 2)
Italy - Verona - The Scaligeri cemetery is protected by a beautiful wrought iron gate, decorated with the coat of arms of the Scala family who were the lords of Verona in the middle ages

Portrait of a middle-aged man
Head and shoulders portrait of a middle-aged man

The P. Ralli Middle School, Chios Town, Chios, Greece Date: circa 1904

Broken Axle - South Africa
A wagon with a broken axle - " 70 miles from anywhere" ! - South Africa. How lucky a travelling photographer was on hand to assist....! Date: circa 1904

Racial / Asia 1907
Various peoples of the Middle East and India in native dress Date: 1907

Racial Types Germany
Women of Cologne of various classes: maidservant, matron & a middle class woman. All wear long white aprons & ruffs. Date: 1644

Book Shop 1940S
A middle-aged woman and young man, bookworms, browsing in a book shop. Date: 1940s

Racial / Swiss Women C1700
Swiss middle-class women Date: circa 1700

Middle Class Prize Wives
Woman, women, wife, housewife Mr Punchs Four Prize Middle Class Wives. The wife as cook, intellectual companion, clerk and tennis partner! Date: 1889

Costume / Mixed, C15 Franc
Costume/Mixed, C15 Franc

Houses in Cowley, Oxford
Modern-looking houses in a street in Cowley, Oxfordshire Date: 1950s

Scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero
A scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero. He springs onto the bank and pushes his enemy Gesslers boat back into the raging water, thereby causing its occupants to drown

Social / Good Housekeeping
Scene in a middle-class English home: he wears Oxford bags, she lies on the floor and smokes a cigarette in a long holder. Date: 1927

Page from the Gospel of Saint Mark
A page from the Gospel of Saint Mark, in Ulfilas Bible. Ulfila (Ulfilas, Wulfila), was a 4th century bishop of the Goths, a missionary, and a bible translator from Greek into the Gothic language

View of the Porte Marechale, Bruges, Belgium
View of the Porte Marechale, or Smedenpoort (Smeden or Forge Gate), one of the gates of the city of Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

Medieval Card-Playing
A group of men and women playing cards in medieval times; they are kept refreshed with water drawn from a fountain Date: 14th century

Racial / Swiss Men C1700
Four middle-class Swiss men Date: circa 1700

Lollipop Lady
A lollipop lady stands in the middle of a very quiet residential road to assist a group of schoolchildren to cross it. Date: early 1970s

Family Photo / C1900
A large group photograph of an extended middle-class British family (probably a wedding group) Date: circa 1900

View of the Porte Sainte-Croix, Bruges, Belgium
View of the Porte Sainte-Croix (Kruispoort), one of the city gates in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

German Living Room
The arbeitszimmer (workroom) of Friedrich Hacklander, editor of Ueber Land und Meer, with furniture and furnishings characteristic of a middle- class German household. Date: 1877

Family Prayer / Barnes
A middle-class Victorian English family kneel in prayer Date: 1879

Jewish Life / Middle Ages
Jewish life in Germany during the middle ages

Byzantine Men / C5
Byzantine Deacon (left), bishop (middle) and Levite (right). Date: 5th century

Gardener Staking Plants
A smartly-dressed lady in her garden stakes some tall plants. Date: 1889

Four children on country walk
Three girls and a boy going out for a country walk. Date: 1883

Little girl asks for a peep at new baby
A little girl asks her mother for Just One Peep at the new baby. circa 1901

Crossing the Kotal Mountains, Iran
Crossing the Kotal mountains in Iran. Date: 1893

Heinrich Frauenlob, German poet
Heinrich Frauenlob (sometimes known as Henry of Meissen), Middle High German poet, seen here entertaining a group of people in a courtly setting. Date: between 1250/1260 - 1318

Herbert Samuel Square - Tel Aviv, Israel

Off Duty British Soldiers on the Esplanade - Tel Aviv, Israel

Poor Priests Hospital, Canterbury, Kent
View of the Poor Priests Hospital on what is now Stour Street in Canterbury, Kent, dating back to the 12th century. In 1727, the building was adopted for use as the citys workhouse. It is now a museum

Middle-aged Victorian woman in a dark crinoline dress
A middle-aged Victorian woman in a dark crinoline dress, standing near a chair in the photographers studio

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