Oct Collection

Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalator
Illustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station

Yes or No? by David Wright showing a glamorous blonde woman with a headscarf looking questioningly at the artist. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during

Spitfire by David Wright showing a semi-naked woman, half-dressed in an elaborate evening gown and carrying a feather fan

Battle Hanau Oct 1813
NAPOLEONIC WAR Battle of Hanau - the Bavarian cavalry charge the French Garde Imperiale

Diagram of the Rocket locomotive engine, 1829
A diagram of the Rocket locomotive engine, 1829. Manufactured by Robert Stephenson & Co for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Oct 1829. Date: circa 1900

English Dresses Oct 1838
3 gowns all with bishop sleeves, 2 with reverse cuffs, V necklines and pointed waists. Hemlines are trimmed with flounces, embroidery, rouleaux and puffing

The Associated Fashion Designers of London - Express shoot
The Associated Fashion Designers of London - Victor Russell, Malcolm Peters, David Silverman, Ralph Bloomberg, Stephen Mono, Colin Radin, John Tyoran, Norman Hildebrand

The Associated Fashion Designers of London - Express shoot
The Associated Fashion Designers of London - Victor Russell, Malcolm Peters, David Silverman, Ralph Bloomberg, Stephen Mono, Colin Radin, John Tyoran, Norman Hildebrand

Dead German machine gunner, Beaurevoir, France, 12th Oct 1918

German war cemetery Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, France, 12th Oct 1918

Dead soldiers outside bunker, Garter Point near Ypres, Belgium, 24th Oct 1917

Pilots Etienne Poulet and Jean Benoist Coudron G-4 airplane attempted flight Paris to Australia Oct 1919 but abandoned in Burma - French postcard Date: 1919

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

Miss Stanier unveiling Sir William Staniers portrait at IMechE, during meeting 6 Oct 1966. Watched by Lord christopher Hinton [bottom right, back to camera]. Date: 1966

EARLY MUSSOLINI SPEECH
Mussolini gives one of his earliest speeches after the entry of the Blackshirts into Rome Date: Oct / Nov 1922

FR. REV. / GRAPESHOT / 5 OCT
Napoleons Whiff of Grapeshot - defeat of the Sections Date: 5 October 1795

United States Air Force Lockheed TR-1A / U-2R 80-1081
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2S 80-1081 from the 95 RS at RAF Alconbury near Huntingdon seen at the 1987 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete

Douglas R4D-8 50772 US Navy ca 1952 (MSN 1490826353) ex USaF 43-49092. To US Navy 22 Oct 44; FAW-14 San Diego 22 Oct 44; San Diego Jan 45 Com Fair WC Apr 45; San Diego May 45. Date: circa 1952

The Glozel Alphabet Tablets
A large clay tablet from Glozel, near Vichy in France inscribed with alphabetical signs. The tablets were said to date back to the Neolithic period

GS Chadwick bust portrait of Sir John French
G. S. Chadwick (sculptor) bust length portrait of Sir John French. Transfer of Flags of the Allies - United We Stand and inscribed Oct 2nd 1914, Copyright. Commemorative Ware

Pursuit of the French Squadron after the Surrender of La Hoche 84 and Coquille 44, with the Action of The Ethalion and Bellone and the Anson, Bearing Down the Van Ships of the Enemy, Oct

Merryweather steam fire engine with crew
A Merryweather steam fire engine with crew at a coastal location. The plaque on the vehicle says: First Grand Prize, London Patent, and the words on the raised ladder: Victorys Anchor Oct 21st 1805

Cutting the first turf of the Bristol and North Somerset Rai
Mrs Milward, wife of the Rev. Prebendary Milward (an active advocate for the railway), seen cutting the first turf at Clutton of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway

Napoleon and Tsar Alexander meet at Erfurt and conclude a peaceful treaty

Protest placard printed with ?Afghanistan time to go?, 2006-2011. Example of placards held by protesters on marches against the ?wars on terror

Rifleman J Furnell with Rifleman Swift, 2nd Irish London Rif
Lantern slide of Rifleman J Furnell with Rifleman Swift, 2nd Irish London Rifles, manning a machine gun built from the parts of five captured enemy guns

Tank of 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards
Photograph, 19th Oct 1944: tank of 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Date: 1944

Men of the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry taking cover
Photograph, 25th Oct 1944: men of 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry taking cover during the attack on St Michielsgestel.Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Date: 1944

The military review - the camp at Chobham. The troops returning to their encampment after a field-day, 1853.Coloured tinted lithograph by Edmund Walker after Louis Haghe (1806-1885)

Wm Carey (Oct Portrait)
WILLIAM CAREY - English Orientalist and Missionary (one of the first missionaries to visit India) Date: 1761 - 1834

The Grotto, Oct 1858
The Grotto of Massabielle a few months after the visions - already a place of pilgrimage, but with no construction, no statue, no barriers or benches Date: October 1858

Herrmann in Mercedes, Pedralbes, Spain
Hans Herrmann in a Mercedes-Benz W196 at the Spanish Grand Prix, Pedralbes, Spain 24 Oct 1954. Date: 1954

Fangios Mercedes, Pedralbes, Spain
Juan Manuel Fangios Mercedes-Benz W196 at the Spanish Grand Prix, Pedralbes, Spain 24 Oct 1954. Date: 1954

Suffragette Mrs. Martel in Prison Cartoon. Portrays Mrs. Nellie Martel (?1885-1940) in a prison cell, captioned, Suffering Suffragettes not to mention other folk in a speech on Oct 27th

Suffragette Meeting Exchange Flags Liverpool. A suffragette addresses a group of men at Exchange Flags Liverpool in October 1909

Attack of the French Squadron under Mons. Bompart Chef d Escadre, upon the Coast of Ireland by a Detachment of His Majestys Ships under Command of Sir J. B. Warren, Oct. 12th 1798 (1799)

Weishaar Winner 100 mi. race, Norton, Kan. Oct. 22, 14. Time 2 hr. 1 1/2 min. World record. Photograph shows portrait of racing champion Ray Weishaar on motorcycle. Date c1914 October 27

The celebrated trotting horse trustee as he appeared in his 20th mile: In his great match against time of trotting harness 20 miles in 1 hour over the union course L.I. Oct. 20th 1848. Date 1848

The Great fire at Chicago Oct. 9th 1871. View from the west side. Date c1871

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown Va. Oct. 19th. 1781. Print shows British officers walking next to General Lincoln between lines of American and French soldiers. Date c1852

Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781. Print shows Major General O Hara, surrounded by French and American soldiers handing his sword in surrender to General Lincoln. Date c1846

Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N. Y. Oct. 17th. 17
Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th. 1777. Print shows British General Burgoyne surrendering his sword to General George Washington after the Battle of Saratoga. Date c1852

Machine aerostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, quis est elevee e Paris, avec deux homme e la hauteur de 324 pieds le 19 oct. 1783

Saving daylight ends, for 1918, Sunday, Oct. 27th Set your clock back one hour at 2 AM Sunday October 27th. Poster showing Uncle Sam shaking hands with a clock-headed figure

Destruction of Chicago by Fire, Oct. 1871. Date c1871

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, VA Oct. 19th 1781

First landing of Columbus on the shores of the New World: At San Salvador, W.I. Oct. 12th 1492. Date c1892

The Prince of Wales at the Tomb of George Washington, Oct. 1
The Prince of Wales at the Tomb of George Washington, October 1860. Date: October 1860

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