Occasion Collection (page 13)

Lenin Inspecting Guards
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman, inspecting guards on an official occasion

Maria Silbert Psychic
Austrian medium Maria Silbert (died 1936) who produced many remarkable phenomena but was discovered by Harry Price to use trickery on occasion

Circumcision of Jews
The circumcision ceremony of well-to-do Portuguese Jews is an important social occasion

Soldiers Warm Welcome
A returning French soldier gets a warm welcome from his girl; she has dressed up for the occasion

Elaborate Card
An elaborate greeting card which can be adapted for just about any occasion - this one happens to be a birthday card

China / Great Wall 1752
The Great Wall on the occasion of a Russian Embassy to China

St Teresa & Child Jesus
Though Teresa normally met Jesus as an adult, on one occasion she was privileged to meet him as a child - the scene depicted in this window

Alexander Ramsay
Sir ALEXANDER RAMSAY admiral : on the occasion of his marriage to Patricia, daughter of Arthur, Duke of Connaught

Louis Pasteur / Pjournal93
LOUIS PASTEUR French chemist and microbiologist honoured at the Sorbonne on the occasion of his Jubilee

Victoria / Diamond / Punch
Mr Punch, Britannia, and various members of the British Empire honour the Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee

Well to do German Pair
A patrician couple dressed for an important occasion

Imperial Banquet 1658
On the occasion of Leopold Is election to the Imperial throne, Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector, gives a ceremonial banquet in the town hall, Frankfurt-am-Main

Peary and Wife
ROBERT EDWIN PEARY with his wife who accompanied him on the early stages of his expeditions and on one occasion gave birth in Greenland

Tuscania Steamship
Passenger liner of the Anchor Line, plying between England and India, on one occasion carrying the writer of this caption as a small boy

Celtic New Year
CELTIC NEW YEAR In Celtic cultures in Britain and western Europe, the new year is the occasion for gathering mistletoe, by the Druid priests

Turkish New Year
TURKEY The Islamic New Year festival of Bairam is the occasion for swings and roundabouts in which young and old participate

Scandinavian New Year
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIA For the Scandinavians, any special occasion is an excuse for drinking, and the New Year - the Feast of Jul (Yule) is no exception

Lady Raises Glass
A lady stands and raises her glass to drink a toast at a festive occasion

Lords and Ladies
Fashionable ladies join their menfolk at Lords on a Ladies Day - as much a social as a sporting occasion

Judgment Day / Fouquet
Fouquet makes it a less crowded occasion than in most depictions : perhaps God will judge us in small batches ?

Edward VII and Family
EDWARD VII with his wife, Alexandra, his son George (later George V) and his daughter-in-law Mary. All wear their very best clothes for some state occasion

Protective Fashions
The Prussians are shelling Paris, but the couturists rise to the occasion with this tasteful protective clothing, with matching outfit for dear Toutou

Edward Weds Wallis
Commemorative envelope issued in France on the occasion of Edward, duke of Windsors marriage to Mrs Wallis Warfield/Simpson at Monts

Mckinley Inaugurated 2
William McKinley rides through the streets of Washington from the Capitol after taking the oath of office : he is not assassinated on this occasion, but his time will come

Republican Riots 2
The funeral of general Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a hero of the anti-royalists, is the occasion for a republican out- break in Paris; fighting at the Cloitre Saint-Merry

Republican Riots 1
The funeral of general Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a hero of the anti-royalists, is the occasion for a republican out- break in Paris, used by Hugo in Les miserables

Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
The funeral of the duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, agriculturist and statesman, is the occasion for disturbances between his admirers and his detractors

Death of General Foy
Napoleonic general Maximilien Sebastien Foy is acknowledged leader of the opposition to Charles X : his death is the occasion for widespread popular mourning

Racial / Aborigines 1798
YOO-LONG ERAH-BA-DIANG An aboriginal gathering (One of the earliest depictions of a native Australian ritual occasion)

Livingstone Found / Hornet
Stanley finds Livingstone - a somewhat disrespectful depiction of the momentous occasion by a caricaturist who suspected media hype

Adah Menken / Lune 1867
Adah Menken, American actress, with a brief but controversial life story - this cartoon was done on the occasion of her very successful Paris visit

Christmas / Sweden
A family occasion - celebrating Christmas Eve at Sundborn

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