Months Collection (page 8)

Wildgoose family of swimmers
A family of swimmers, all in their swimming costumes: T Wildgoose, ex-1000 yards champion, with Emma (3), Alice (15 months) and Dick (4). Date: 1910s

Babies with Biscuit
Two babies, aged 1 year and 9 months, politely sharing a biscuit. Date: circa 1960

Child & Horseshoe
Girl with a horseshoe to wish a Good Year - a few months later World War One began... Date: 1914

Duke and Duchess of York on Anzac Day
The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) in Melbourne, Australia, on Anzac Day. This tour, which lasted six months

January by Pizer
A pretty and fashionable young girl, wrapped up warm against the cold with a fur muff, fur trimmed coat and cloche style hat, is an appropriate representative for the chilly month of January

February by Pizer
A young and fashionable woman from the 1920s wears a stylish yellow and lilac outfit, pulling a shawl around herself to ward off the chilly winds of February

Poster advertising Mont Genevre for Winter Sports
Poster advertising Mont Genevre in the Alps, boasting six whole months of snow, for winter sports. How to get there? Via PLM of course!

Kudu Antelope Aldin
A young kudu antelope, around six months old

Prince Louis of Battenberg with his sons
Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), British First Sea Lord in 1914 with his sons, George (right) and Louis (Lord Louis Mountbatten)

Queen Sophie of the Hellenes and granddaughter Alexandra
Queen Sophie of Greece holding her granddaughter Alexandra in 1921. The Queen wears mourning here for her son Alexander, the babys father, who died five months before the child was born

Princess Elizabeth of York in 1926, the year of her birth
Photograph of Princess Elizabeth of York (the future Queen Elizabeth II) in 1926 when a few months old

The Little Contemptibles
Fighting in the open country in the early months of World War One, before trench warfare turned the Western front into a stalemate

Half-Time by Studdy
The Kaiser fans down the beleagured monster of Prussian militarism as the Allies enjoy a comfortable Christmas dinner in the opening months of World War One

Joys of To-Day
Humorous illustration depicting a soldier home on leave during World War I delighted to be able to sink into a clean, comfortable downy bed

The Prince of Wales as a Midshipman on Board the HMS Hindust
Photograph of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, who spent a few months in the navy under the care of Captain Henry Hervey Campbell

Louis VIII Victorious
Louis VIII, known as le Lion, is determined to stamp out heresy in the south of France : he rides triumphantly into Avignon after besieging it for three months

The Witch of the Wave Clipper Ship, 1852
Engraving showing the American Clipper ship, Witch of the Wave, Thames Estuary, 1852. This ship, commanded by Captain Millett, brought a large cargo of tea from Canton to London

American Indians. The Sugar Camp
American Indian camp, where Passamaquoddy Indians have been tapping trees, boiling maple syrup and trapping furs during the Winter months

Prison babies
Weighing a baby on its admission to Holloway prison. Holloway was a women-only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed

America, Street View in San Francisco, from a sketch by a co
San Franciscos commerce was growing by the day in 1850, as gold fever reached its height. Four rivers produced gold worth over 30 million dollars in the last 5 months of 1850

Prison babies in chairs and cots in the day nursery
Prison babies at play in the day nursery. Holloway Prison, a women only prison where babies who are either born there or being under three months when their mothers were jailed are cared for in

Babys cot by the side of its mothers bed
Prison babies at play in the day nursery in Holloway, a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months old when their mothers were jailed were cared for in

Holloway Castles prison creche
Holloway Castle womens prison introduced the first creche for prison babies. Babies were admitted if they were born in prison or were under three months when their mothers were jailed

Baby incubators at the Berlin Exhibition
Dr Lions baby incubators proved to be a great attraction at the Berlin Exhibition. Babies aged between five and eight months old were kept alive in warm temperatures and nourished with drops of milk

Day nursery in Holloway prison
A day nursery in Holloway, a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed were cared for in prison

Seasons / July / Cherries
A little girl picking cherries with her mother

Seasons / May / Grafting
A farmer grafting branches onto a tree

Seasons / October / Plough
Ploughing with oxen

Seasons / January / Pruning
A farmer prunes a tree

Seasons / June / Potatoes
Digging up potatoes

Seasons / August / Harvest
Two farm hands harvesting

Hindenburg & Staff / 1915
PAUL VON HINDENBURG German General with his staff during the early months of the First World War

Seasons / March / Sowing
A farmer sowing seeds

Seasons / April / Harrowing
A farmer harrowing with his horses

Seasons / November / Trees
Watering a newly planted tree

Months / September / Grapes
Workers picking grapes

Seasons / December / Trees
Chopping down trees with an axe and sawing timber into logs

Rus / Jap War / Gun Deck
Scene on the gun-deck of a Japanese warship during the early months of the war against Russia

General Ducrots Forces crossing the Marne; Franco-Prussian
Illustration showing French troops, under the command of General Ducrot, crossing the Marne River to launch a counter attack against the Prussians, 29th November 1870

Prussian Siege Battery before Paris; Franco-Prussian War, 18
Illustration showing a Prussian siege battery bombarding Paris, with the Prussian ranks of cannon into the distance. Fighting went on in Paris for four months before the French capitulated in March

French Civilians going into the Prussian Lines for Bread; Fr
Illustration showing the scene at the Ferry of Sevres on the River Seine as Parisians went to the Prussian lines with dockets in their hands to exchange for bread

The Civil War in America. Army of the Potomac crossing the
Unsuccessful attempt of the Army of the Potomac to cross the Rappahannock on the 20th January 1863. The Unionists are seen here crossing the Rappahannock river with difficulty in blizzard conditions

Republicans Arrested
Republican agitators are arrested : yet in a few months France will be a republic again

SS Sampo, 1898
Photograph of Steamship Sampo a newly constructed ice-breaker, built by Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. for the Senate of Finland, 1898

Suez Opening Lights
Illuminations at Port Said celebrate the official opening of the Canal, though some ships have been passing through for several months. Date: November 1869

Russian Soldiers on Skis
Russian troops, using skis, have superior manoeuvrability compared with the Germans, during the harsh months of inter fighting

The [Prince s] Nursery or Nine Months after [marriage]

The patent elevator and observatory
Engraving of the patent elevator and observatory showing a man being elevated into the air for viewing purposes. During the siege of Sebastopol a view of the enemys works was required

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