Occupation Collection (page 16)

Henri Comte De Dampier
HENRI DUVAL, comte de DAMPIER Flemish statesman, Prefect in the service of the Spanish occupation forces. Date: 16TH CENTURY

Hendrik Graef Den Berghe
HENDRIK GRAEF van den BERGHE Dutch soldier and statesman, brother-in-law of Willem of Orange, but nevertheless supported the Spanish occupation. Date: 1573 - 1638

Sancho D avila
SANCHO D AVILA Spanish military commander in the Netherlands, governor of Antwerp during the Spanish occupation. Date: flourished 1574

Police Strike 1944
When the Germans plan to disarm them, the Paris police are ordered to go on strike; those who don t will be treated as traitors and collaborators Date: 15 August 1944

French Commandos Land
French commandos come ashore at Canadel, on the coast of Provence, one of the first steps towards the liberation of France from German occupation Date: 14 August 1944

Danish King Walks 1940
In occupied Copenhagen, King Christian X of Denmark continues to take his daily walk despite the presence of invading Germans. Date: April 1940

Buildings / Plumber 1827
The original occupation of plumbing, which involved melting lead into drainpipes etc. Date: 1827

Mania / Director Down
A former railway director is reduced to the humble occupation of sweeping the streets : a satire on the rise and fall of railway speculators Date: 1846

Gaulish home Interior
Interior of a Gaulish home at the time of the Roman wars and occupation : the other head ornamenting the wall is doubtless an unfortunate Roman Date: 1st century BC / AD

A fantasy shoemaker, covered in shoes, with a shop counter attached round his waist. Date: circa 1700

Iraq / Khatouniyah
A view across the Lake and Island at Khatouniyah. Little is known about this site, but the high Tell deposits would suggest a long period of human occupation at the site. Date: 1853

Occupation of Kowloon, Hong Kong by the British
Hong Kong : occupation of Kowloon by the British, after acquiring it by treaty Date: 1861

Street trade - water cresses
Young woman selling spring watercress, " O you whom peaxe and plenty blesses, buy fine spring water cresses. Date: 1876

Cartoon, Split Pea Soup, Valley Inn, California, USA
Cartoon, Little Known Occupations, Splitting Peas for Split Pea Soup, advertising Andersens Valley Inn, Buellton, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

WW1 - French success at Steinbach, 3rd January 1915
WW1 - An illustration representing the French reclaiming Alsace from German occupation. The illustration recreates the scene by using the well-known fairytale Sleeping Beauty, to represent the event

A Yorkshire farmer
A farmer from Huddersfield digging in his field. Date: 1907

WW1 - St. Quentin, France under German Occupation
WW1 - Place de Hotel de Ville, St. Quentin, France under German Occupation - the theatre being used as a War Cinema ( Kriegs-Kino ). Date: 1916

WW1 - German troops on the Eastern Front - behind the lines - the arrival of a battalion (illustration caption in both German and Hungarian). Date: circa 1917

Group photo, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), including Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Ernest Fooks (1888-?), front row, third from right. Date: 1928

WW1 - German soldiers in a Chateau Ballroom near Aarschot
WW1 - German soldiers make themselves at home in a Chateau Ballroom near Aarschot, Flanders, Belgium. Date: 1915

Edwardian family group outside house
Identified by the photographer at the time, the 1911 Census shows Joseph Henry Green, age 34 born High Lane, occupation Hatters Proofer, his wife Harriett Green, 34, and son Jack Green

German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915
German illustration from a Berlin paper depicting the confident swagger of a German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915. Date: 1915

St. Quentin, France under German Occupation - Place du 8 October. Date: 1916

Attorney law teaching at the University of Bologna. Statutes of notaries. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

The provisioning of a lighthouse in Brittany. Image published in L Illustration on December 9th, 1899. Engraving

LOUIS VI the Fat, of France (1081-1137). King of the Franks (1108-1137). King Louis VI (1080-1137) Watching the Construction of a Church, from the Grandes Chroniques de France 1375-79. Gothic art

Camerlengo at his Desk. Biccherna cover. 1388. Renaissance art. Trecento. Tempera on wood. ITALY. TUSCANY. Siena. Archivio di Stato (Provincial Archives)

Glass for tobacco (18th c. ). Bordeaux ceramics
Glass for tobacco (18th c.). Bordeaux ceramics. Ceramics. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. HAUTS-DE-SEINE. S趲 es. Sevres National Museum for Ceramics

French Occupations card series game 1890s
French card game - Yes or No - Occupations series. Illustration of a notary (lawyer, solicitor). Date: circa 1890s

Scots Guards marching through Cologne, WW1
The pipers of the Scots Guards playing troops through the streets of Cologne during the occupation of the Rhineland after the end of the First World War. Date: 1919

Rumbles from the Rhine by Bruce Bairnsfather
" Yer know Bert, I reckon they ought to stop the sale of this ere Bolshevism and Cocaine? Old Bill, the comic creation of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander magazine

Typical Dutch scout during the Occupation, WW2
A typical Dutch scout during the Occupation, Second World War. Date: 1940s

Sphere cover - Germans leave French village, 1918
Ruckwarts (meaning backward-going) - the Long March of Grey Uniforms towards the Rhine. A scene drawn by The Sphere special artist Fortunino Matania

Ephemera relating to Private Clarence Muggleton
A collection of ephemera relating to Private Clarence Muggleton, 22nd Battalion London Regiment; a printed leaflet from Alexander Paterson relating to 22nd London War Memorial plus a leaflet of

German soldiers entering Li觥, Belgium, 1914
Three German soldiers creeping up the street in Li觥, Belgium, as the city is occupied after severe bombardment in 1914. Date: 1914

The Sack of Aerschot, 1914
An illustration of the alleged stabling of horses by German troops in the church at Aerschot, Belgium, during the German occupation of the town, early in the First World War. Date: 1914

Eve in Tatler as a nurse, WW1
Eve, the fictional Hon. Evelyn Fitzhenry, The Tatler magazines gossip columnist, pictured stylishly dressed as a nurse, the favourite occupation for the majority of high-born ladies during the First

British School of Motoring Advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for the British School of Motoring (BSM) from 1916, specifically aimed at ladies which encourages women to learn to drive because, it is a healthy, enjoyable, and if desired

An Army Field Cashier exchanging currency
A British Army Field Cashier exchanging currency for soldiers stationed in Cologne, Germany following the end of the First World War. Silhouette by the artist H. L

Kelp makers hut, South Uist, Scotland
Kelp makers hut, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

The Bystander in Occupation illustrated by H. L. Oakley
A page showing The Bystander magazines regular column in 1919 - The Bystander in Occupation - reporting on news from occupied Germany in the aftermath of World War One

US blockade of Mexico
The United States blockades Mexico: the naval demonstration in the Gulf. The Mexican situation seen from above the port of Vera Cruz

Map of Japanese invasion receding by G. H. Davis
A pictorial map of the Pacific area, showing how the wave of Japanese invasion receded as a result of the Allied strategy during the Second World War

Allied occupation of French North Africa by G. H. Davis
The Allied Anglo-American occupation of French North Africa during the Second World War. A contour map of the Algerian and Tunisian coasts, with distances from Algiers to important sites

Madagascar strategic island by G. H. Davis
Madagascar, the strategic island to Allied communications in the East, occupied by British forces, forestalls a Japanese plot during the Second World War

Chinese boy in Baoding
A Chinese boy in the city of Baoding (Paoting) raises the Japanese flag as a patrol of the Japanese occupying force passes by

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