Names Collection (page 4)

Johann Heusinger
JOHANN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HEUSINGER German churchman [Do not confuse with others with similar names] Date: ? - 1789

Patriotic Postcard, Signees of Declaration of Independence
Flowers of Freedom - The Spirit of 1776 had for its motto: " Right, and not might, shall prevail." That motto still lives with Germanys Unconditional Surrender of May 8th, 1945

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

CORTAZAR, JULIO (1914-1984). ARGENTINIAN

Friedrich II (Vanhove)
EMPEROR FRIEDRICH II also Federigo I, king of Sicily This print also names him King of Jerusalem Date: 1194 - 1250

LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus entry control point
At larger fires more detailed entry control procedures were put in force to control the entry, and more importantly, the exit of firefighters in breathing apparatus

In comparison with governmental affairs newsies are small matters. This photo taken in the shadow of the National Capitol where the laws are made

A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war

Noon hour at Obear-Nestor Glass Co. East. St. Louis, Ill

Prince George naming the new lifeboat, Walton, Essex
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), at the naming ceremony of the new lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. The boat was named EMED

Prison at Heidelberg University. As long ago as the 16th Century, citizen complaints about carousing students led the university to open a Studentenkarzer, or Student Prison

After the day : Suggestions for the re-building of London
If we lost the First World War: Maybe Londons famous buildings and monuments that we know of today would be completely different, German style with the Kaiser and eagles appearing on many of them

Refugee notice WWII
One of the notices in a refugee centre during World War II exhorting Belgian refugee women in an advanced state of pregnancy to register their names here. 1939-1945

Metropole cinema
The Metropole cinema showing John Wayne, Donna Reed and Charles Coburn in Trouble Along the Way, supported by a short film about mentalist Chan Canasta, The Amazing Mr Canasta. Date: 1953

Theatre, famous names of 1925 by Nerman
A series of caricatures of some of the most famous names of the London stage in 1925, including Austin Melford, Cicely James, Gilbert Childs, Anita Elson, Davy Burnaby, Betty Chester

Lewisham Hospital kitchens, south east London
Uniformed catering staff prepare meals in the kitchens of Lewisham Hospital in south east London. A cook at the right is making up plates of salad. Large metal boxes carry the names of hospital wards

Fountain and monument, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Poster advertising Victory Liberty Loans for Americans All! An honor roll lists the great and the good who have already contributed, just to shame you into it

Titanic Ismay silver tray
A circular silver tray for letters and calling cards, engraved with the names of Joseph Bruce Ismay and his wife. Ismay was Managing Director of the White Star Line

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)

Loterie LA Guillotine
During the Revolution, an enterprising citizen organises a Loterie de la Sainte Guillotine : he reads out the names of the winners

Wine-bottles in place of crosses
Illustration by Frederic Villiers showing French soldiers marking the graves of their fallen comrades by wine bottles filled with names and particulars

Croatia Rijeka
Fiume, now known as Rijeka (both names mean river ) is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on Kvarmar Bay of the Adriatic

Representatives Named
With Napoleon Bonaparte elected as president, the names of other representatives are announced

Revolution Calendar
The old calendar is discarded in favour of a new one with more rational months names - Rainy, Windy etc. This is Floreal, (floral) lasting from mid- April to mid-May

Knights of St John / Arms
The names and arms of the Knights of St John on the walls of the Inquisitors Palace, St Lawrence, Valletta, Malta

Carlist Wars
Ferdinand VII names his daughter Isabela as heir, but ultra-conservative Don Carlos de Bourbon challenges her claim, leading to the Carlist Wars

Plants / Cannabis Sativa
MARIJUANA, INDIAN HEMP also known by several other names A medicinal plant which has been prescribed for almost every ailment

Great Eastern Launched
Miss Hope hopefully names the ship Leviathan - but the launch is abortive and is not completed until 31 January 1858

Buddhist Triad
There are several Buddhas - deities with various names and attributes

Taoist Triad
Divine beings with various names and attributes

Song Thrush (Morris)
SONG THRUSH (Turdus musicus) Morris names this the Nightingale thrush doubtless in tribute to its musical proficiency

Aristocratic Directors
The fox and the guinea-pigs - aristocratic directors lend their names to dubious companies in return for suitable emoluments

Saint Helena 2
View of Jamestown harbour from the hill behind the Battery : this French engraving names the defences - perhaps with a view to rescuing the captive Emperor ?

Isis as Mersekhent
Isis is known by many different names : here shes calling herself MERSEKERT (or Mersekhent) but thats still her son Horus shes feeding

Big Family / Cruikshank
Taking the Census. The head of an oversized, extended family has difficulty remembering the names of his kin and servants let alone how many there are!

Drugs / Marijuana
CANNABIS SATIVA also known by several other names A medicinal plant which has been prescribed for almost every ailment

Wine Waiters Tools
A set of implements or tools for Wine Waiters that makers of wines and spirits could have made with their names on to be given away to waiters as a form of advertising

Victims of Terror
The names of imprisoned aristocrats are read out, summoning them to the guillotine

Bewick / Orang-Utan
(Pongo pygmaeus) - 18th century naturalists - and the general public - were fascinated by this primate, so similar to us : Bewick names it the wild man of the woods

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