Nations Collection

Daily Mail War Map, WW1
A fold out war map issued by the Daily Mail in the early weeks of the First World War. The map offers statistics regarding the manpower strength of each of the warring nations

Inside the Great Exhibition of 1851
The Great Exhibition of All Nations - general view of the interior of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London

WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together. 1941

View of the Great Exhibition from across the Serpentine
The Great Exhibition of All Nations in Hyde Park, London - general view of the Crystal Palace from across the Serpentine

Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations in Geneva on 21st July 1946

Grand Entrance to the Great Exhibition of 1851
The Great Exhibition of All Nations in Hyde Park, London - view of the Grand Entrance to the Crystal Palace, with people milling around

Khrushchev Speaking at the UN
Russian statesman, secretary-general of the Communist Party and premier 1958-1964, Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), depicted addressing the assembly at the United Nations

The Celebrated Yacht America

Harold Macmillan at the United Nations General Assembly
Photograph of (Maurice) Harold Macmillan speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, 29th September 1960. In a powerful speech the British Prime Minister spoke on Britains colonial record

The Signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty, San Francisco, 195
Photograph showing Shigeru Yoshida, the Japanese Premier, signing the Peace Treaty at San Francisco, 4th September 1951. This treaty, signed by 48 other countries of the United Nations

Scottish rugby players
The Scottish rugby union three-quarter line, made up entirely of players from Oxford University, which contributed towards a Scottish grand slam in the Five Nations tournament of 1925

League of Nations / 1922
The opening session of the League of Nations in Geneva. The purpose of the League, set up in 1919 & written into the WW1 peace treaties, was to keep peace through arbitration

Postcard booklet, The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, USA -- under six flags. 1942

The Arms Race
The more the nations try to outdo their neighbours in the arms race, the more their own people suffer... Date: 1909

Jubilee in St Jamess Park, London
Jubilee event to celebrate peace, held in St Jamess Park, London, showing the Chinese Bridge, Pagoda and refreshment tents with the flags of various nations

Postmen of the nations
Photographic montage showing postmen from around the world, dubbed by the ILN as the hardest-worked men in the world at Christmas

United Europe (1950S)
The flags of European nations are the building blocks from which the new Europe will be rebuilt, following World War Two

Aga Khan Iii / India / Vf 04
AGA KHAN III originally SULTAN SIR MOHAMMED SHAH Indian Muslim leader, took part in conferences, including League of Nations

WW1 - Victory - The flags of the victorious nations flanking a carved statue of the personification of Victory stood atop the world and holding a victory wreath aloft. Date: circa 1919

Cartoon, The Washington Hatchet
American design for a Japanese screen. It is announced that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is to be terminated in favour of an understanding between the Four Great Powers that have interests in

The Aztec king Montezuma II and Tuscarora
Portrait of Montezuma II, Aztec Emperor of Mexico, in gold crown and gorgette, and of David Cusick, a Tuscarora Baptist preacher and author, in western clothes

Hector Horeaus design for Crystal Palace exterior 1851
An unrealised design for the Crystal Palace as presented to the Royal Commission by the French architect Hector Horeau, reproduced in the French publication L Illustration. Date: 1851

Public forum - H. Duncan Hall, former high official of the League of Nations, will discuss the essential conditions of any lasting peace. Poster announcing a public forum in Des Moines, Iowa

WW2, Wait And See
An illustration of a little boy planting a seed to help the nation's foodstuff need during WW2, his father is a Merchant Navy sailor. Date: circa 1940s

British propaganda postcard 10 July 1916
Bulldog and Union flag represent the Nation's fighting spirit 9 days after the Battle of the Somme. WW1 Date: 1916

Prime Minister, Joseph Chamberlain in the House of Commons, introducing the Commonwealth of Australia Bill. The Bill which installed for Australia, under one Government

Recording the nation's anxiety outside Buckingham Palace in London. Waiting for a bulletin notifying of the development of King Edward illness. Date: May 1910

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Commission sent by the Society of Nations to deal with the retreat of foreign troops of Spain

Adlai Stevenson, American Democratic Party politician
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965), American politician, member of the Democratic Party. He ran for President in 1952 and 1956, but was defeated by Dwight D Eisenhower (Republican) both times

Sylvia Syms, English actress, in demonstration
Sylvia Syms (b 1934), English actress, seen here taking part in a demonstration against the Apartheid Movement in South Africa

JAPANESE INSPECTION
Japan is one of the nations who feel a vested interest in Russia's political changes : the emperor sends an envoy to see what's going on - here he is at Muaki. Date: 1918

ITALIAN LEGIONARIES
Italian legionaries leave Spain for home with a nation's blessing for their generous courage in fighting the Nationalist cause in the civil war Date: 1938

Sud Aviation SE. 318C (Astazou) Alouette II A-37 - OTA-BD
Force aerienne belge - Sud Aviation SE.318C (Astazou) Alouette II A-37 - OTA-BD (msn 1803-441C), in an all-white United Nations colour scheme

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0267
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0267 (msn 18174), at RAF Mildenhall, in January 1999, having a drogue extension hose fitted to the refuelling boom

Lockheed C-130H Hercules 954
Royal Norwegian Air Force / United Nations - Lockheed C-130H Hercules 954 Balder, being loaded at RAF Wattisham for a mission supporting the United Nations in 1984. Date: 1984

Winged Bulls, Hall of All the Nations, Persepolis, Iran
Pair of Winged Bulls at the Hall of All the Nations, Persepolis, Iran. Date: circa 1920s

King George V (1865-1936) - Coronation Souvenir postcard - June 22, 1911 (the King ascended to the throne on May 6, 1910). Date: 1911

Marlborough House, a Grade I listed mansion in St Jamess, City of Westminster, London, is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat

Man and woman of the Land of Natal, South Africa, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World

Scenes in the Americas
Lumberjack felling a tree in the Bay of Honduras 40, view of the town of Acapulco, Mexico, 41, and interior of a Native American Nuu-chah-nulth house in Nootka Sound 42

Ernest Bevin, at the time Foreign Secretary, pictured with his wife on a visit to New York in 1946 as a representative of the UK at the United Nations. Date: 1946

New York, Crystal Palace 1853
New York, Crystal Palace was an exhibition building constructed for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City, between 14 July 1853 to 5 October 1858, when it was destroyed

Diverse nations of the Russian Empire, circa 1800
Diverse nations of the Russian Empire: Siberians, Tongusians, Kalmyks, Tartars, Finns, Cossacks, etc. Illustration from Andrew Swintons Travels into Norway, Denmark and Russia, 1792

Man of the Yellowknives nation and of the Sekani nation
Man of the Yellowknives, Copper or T atsaot ine nation and man of the Sekani nation (Cluche) with rabbit-ear hat sketched in New York. Copper Indian and Cluche (Rocky Mountain) Indian

Poster, The Klondyke Nugget bys F Cody
Theatre poster, The Klondyke Nugget, a play bys F Cody, showing John Bull surrounded by those who have found gold in the Klondike Gold Rush

Hector Horeaus design for Crystal Palace interior 1851
An unrealised design for the Crystal Palace as presented to the Royal Commission by the French architect Hector Horeau, reproduced in the French publication L Illustration. Date: 1851

Postwar poster, SOS To All Nations, Disarm
Postwar poster, design by Batt, SOS To All Nations, Disarm, Join the League of Nations Union. circa 1920

A Pai-Loo and a Chinese Fortress - Manners & Customs of Nations. 1803

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