Nation Collection (#10)

Anglo-American Exhibition - 101 Ranch Wild West show
Anglo-American Exhibition held in Shepherds Bush, London. One popular attraction was the 101 Ranch Wild West show (where this Indian Troupe are pictured performing)

SPAIN. Madrid. Spain (22nd November 1975). Oath of Juan Carlos I before the Cortes of the Nation as a king of Spain

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of paper
During World War Two, the growing shortage of paper from overseas meant that the daily papers shrinked in size. Britains public was encouraged to save every scrap of paper

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubber
During World War Two, Britain got 90% of their suppies of natural rubber from Japan, due to this, rubber became scarce. Old rubber was collected from old tyres and worn hose-pipes

General view of the Great Exhibition of 1851
The Great Exhibition of All Nations in Hyde Park - a general view of the Crystal Palace, with a contributing nation at each corner. Date: 1851

Epouventail de la nation. Print shows an effigy of the marquis de Lafayette as the scarecrow of the nation (upper torso on a post stuck in tall grass on a river bank at the border)

Federal Theatre presents... one-third of a nation A living newspaper about housing. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of...one-third of a nation at the Adelphi Theatre

New York Crystal Palace for the exhibition of the industry of all nations. Date c1852

The Federal Theatres One third of a nation. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of One Third of a Nation at the Walnut St

The nations ward. Cartoon showing a snake portrayed as a Native American coiled around a pioneer family, squeezing the life out of them

Hercules bicycles Coronation advertisement
Advertisement for Hercules Bicycles, founded in 1910 in Birmingham, showing the street of a typical British town decorated with flags, swags and bunting for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Corn - the food of the nation Serve some way every meal - appetizing, nourishing, economical. Poster showing a woman serving muffins, pancakes, and grits

The health of the child is the power of the nation Childrens year, April 1918 - April 1919. Poster showing a group of happy children on a hill. Date 1918

The girl on the land serves the nations need Apply YWCA Land Service Committee. Poster showing four young women carrying tools and a basket of produce, and leading a team of horses. Date 1918

Washington, DC A young boy who lives near the nations capitol. Date 1942 June

The landing of the Japanese army - Welcomed by every nation at Vladivostok. Date 1919

The Smokers Promenade
Smoking is the consolation of the universal nation; From the hovel to the palace, All enjoy tobaccos solace. People smoking cigars, pipes and cigarettes Date: 1876

Nobleman of the Emiritin Nation, Georgia
Ovaliani, a Nobleman of the Emiritin Nation, Georgia. He is wearing a wool Cherkesska jacket with 16 gaziri cartridge holders. Date: 1910s

Aupoakte Win. kills Morning Squaw and Child (Papoose) Date: circa 1910

Two Crow Tribe girls with their ponies standing before their tipi (also tepee or teepee). Date: 1911

Catholic Mission - Chesterfield, Newfoundland
The Eskimo (Inuit) Catholic Mission - Chesterfield, Newfoundland and Labrador in January. Date: circa 1920s

Indian totem pole carver at work. Date: 1911

Iron Tail - Chief of the Sioux Tribe in his full ceremonial traditional costume Date: 1901

Elderly Native American women weaving baskets Date: 1909

Inuit children at a Catholic Mission - Newfoundland
Inuit children at a Catholic Eskimo Mission - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s

Catholic Mission to the Inuit - Newfoundland and Inuit. A group of Inuit men, women and children and the Catholic Priest of the Mission (centre). Date: circa 1920s

Catholic Inuit family - Newfoundland
An Inuit (Eskimo) family who converted to Catholicism - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s

Battle of Solferino 1859
ITALIAN WAR OF UNIFICATION: Battle of Solferino was the last battle of the 2nd War of Italian Independence. Napoleon III looks out from the hill of Solferino towards a graveyard Date: 24 June 1859

Collection of Northwestern Indian Baskets Date: 1910

US Treasury - Washington D. C. USA - at the Junction of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, just eats of the White House. Date: circa 1910

Indigenous American Baby in a papoose
Indigenous Americans Baby in a decorated papoose Date: circa 1910

Vancouver Island - Manhousett Tribe Fishermen
Vancouver Island, Canada - Manhousett Tribe Fishermen (probably Kwakwaka-wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth or Coast Salish tribesmen). The word Manhousett used to caption this card is probably a derivation of

Mary Bad Eyes and Papoose (baby). Date: 1912

Dancers of the Crow Tribe performing a ceremonial dance. Date: 1911

Puget Sound Indian Racing Canoe - Washington
Puget Sound - Ten-man Indian Racing Canoe - Washington State. Date: circa 1909

Scout ceremony with President Johnson
Boy Scout Ferris Taylor presents President Johnson with a walnut plaque bearing the Scout emblem and a gavel. The traditional " Report to the Nation" of the Boy Scouts of America was

Tomas Masaryk, Czech President, signing oath of faith
Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak politician, founder and first President of Czechoslovakia

Czech politicians, Old Town Square, Prague
Czech politicians taking the ceremonial oath of the Czechoslovak forces, in Old Town Square, Prague. From left to right they are: Udrzal, Scheiner, Klofac, Habrman. 8 November 1918

Title page, Account of the Kingdom of Caubul
Title page, An account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee Monarchy

Baldwin Broadcasts, 1924
The first use of radio by party leaders in a general election: Mr Stanley Baldwin reading his address to the public into a microphone at the London headquarters of the BBC

Sir Rutherford Alcock 2
SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK Diplomat, Britains first emissary to Japan, who as Envoy Plenipotentiary opened up trade wuth the merchants of that nation. Date: 1809 - 1897

Historic buildings, Kerikeri, North Island, New Zealand
Three historic buildings at Kerikeri, North Island, New Zealand. On the left is New Zealands oldest stone building, the Settlers Store, a storehouse dating from 1835

One of the main gates of Nanking, China, at the time that the city was captured by revolutionaries. The Qing Dynasty was overthrown in October 1911, the last imperial dynasty of China

Flag for the South Pole expedition
The flag presented by Queen Alexandra to Captain Scott on 25 June 1910, to be carried on the South Pole Terra Nova expedition and planted at the most southerly point reached

Carrie Nation, the Saloon Smasher
Carrie Nation (1846-1911), American temperance campaigner known as the Saloon Smasher because of her use of vandalism to get her views across -- she would generally enter a saloon

Union of Lublin
Zygmunt (Sigismund) II August brings about the Union of Lublin whereby Poland and Lithuania become one nation

Paris Assemblee Nation
The old buildings of the Assemblee Nationale are demolished to make room for something more prestigious

Church Property
An ordinance declaring that Church property is henceforward at the disposal of the nation is allegorised as a funeral procession for Seigneur Clerge

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