October Collection (page 5)

Senghenydd Universal Colliery Disaster, Wales, 1913
Keeping their painful vigil: waiting for news by the burning pit. Photographs from The Illustrated London News, at the time of the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan

A Memorial Notice of Julian Gould, D Company, 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. k.i.a. 30th May 1917 near Monchy-le-Preux aged 25 years. This book was privately printed by his father, Frederick J

Desha and Myrio at the Ambassadeurs theatre
The dancers Desha and Myrio at the Ambassadeurs theatre from Paris Plaisirs number 76, October 1928 Date: 1928

Tupiza, Bolivia - The 27th October 1810 Society, pictured in 1897. The Society commemorated the Battle of Cotagaita, fought during the Bolivan War of Independence

Griffith Brewer and Wilbur Wright after the flight at Camp dAuvours, 8 October 1908. Later that same day Wilbur took Hon C.S. Rolls, Frank Hedges Butler and Major B.F.S

Air Race winning English Electric Canberra PR3, WE139
Rolling out Flt Lt Burtons New Zealand Air Race winning English Electric Canberra PR3, WE139, at Heathrow, October 1953. Date: 1953

JOBERT, Paul (1863 - 1942). The Russian Squadron in Toulon. 13th October 1893. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles

St. Julien

American machine gunners, Grandpre, France, WW1
American machine gunners at Grandpre, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 18 October 1918

Kaiser Wilhelm II at Kiel shipyard, Germany, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, visiting Kiel shipyard, Germany, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 2 October 1918

Military honours for dead of R101
French homage to Britains dead in the great airship R101 disaster: the moving final scene at Beauvais - Spahis saluting the coffins, borne on French artillery wagons

Daily lives in London during the Blitz
Four images relating to air-raided London in October 1940. Top left shows cast members at the Windmill Theatre which was the only theatre to remain open; the cast slept in the theatre on mattresses

Zaphne of the Woods
A pretty young gypsy girl sits in a woodland glade by a camp fire

The universality of car ownership
An illustration depicting the universality of car ownership in 1926, by showing a large and a small car both made by Austin

Converting a London telephone exchange
Front cover photograph of the stupendous task of converting a London telephone exchange to the new Automatic Principle. Date: October 1926

Commemorative card, convoy to Canadian troops, WW1
Commemorative card, British convoy to Canadian troops, arriving Plymouth, 14 October 1914. HMS Eclipse, Diana, Glory, Talbot and Charybdis acted as convoy to 32 liners carrying 33

Poster design, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court, London, 25 September to 3 October

The Bristol Filton works in October 1910 after the addition of two new sheds. Date: 1910

Queen launches the ship that bore her name
In September 1938 HM the Queen launched the ship that bore her name. In October 1946 the Queen returned to the Clyde. She accompanied the vessel during the speed trials off the Isle of Arran

Swedish airline poster, Sveriges Flygforbindelser, 1 September - 31 October 1934, showing a map of Europe with flight routes. 1934

Views of the Festival of Britain construction
Four views of the Festival of Britain construction, dating from June 1950 to March 1951, with an aerial view below, showing Londons South Bank in October 1950, looking north across the River Thames

Armistice between Turkey & the Allies
The signing of the Armistice between Turkey & the Allies on 30th October 1918 at Mudros. Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1864 - 1937). Izzet negotiated the Turkish Armistice at the end of World War One

The Quadrangle of the Foreign and India Offices, London, 186
Engraving showing the quadrangle of the Foreign and India Offices, London, 1866

Benjamin Bovill, c. 1824
Illustrated portrait of Benjamin Bovill, the English merchant, c.1824. Date: 11 October 1890

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visiting Wombwells Menager
Engraving showing Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children looking at the animals of Wombwells Menagerie, which had brought all its animals to the Great Quadrangle of Windsor Castle for

Royal Playthings
An advertisement by F.Ad. Richter of Fenchurch Street, London for real stone building blocks, as played with by the Royal children

Women of Hampshire vs. Women of Surrey Cricket Match, Newing
Engraving of a cricket match between the Hamshire and Surrey Lasses for 500 guineas, played at Newington Green, near Balls Pond, Middlesex, 2nd October 1811. The Hampshire team won by 14 notches

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Surrender at Saratoga
After being defeated by Gates at the battle of Stillwater, Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga : this is a turning point in the war ensuring victory for the colonists

French Nurses 1914
French Soeurs de Charite in the opening months of World War one

Lenin and Workers
Lenin addresses workers at the Putilov factory, Petrograd, who provide solid support for his coup

Cruiser Aurora
The cruiser Aurora, lying at St Petersburg, whose guns gave the signal for the Bolshevik attack on the Winter Palace

Te Deum of Victory
On the battlefield near Toplitz, a grand Te Deum is sung, thanking God for victory at Leipzig (16- 19 October) effectively driving the French from Germany

Trafalgar (Davidson)
warships at close quarters

Refresher Course by David Wright, showing a woman applying her make up. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Berlin Motor Race Poster
A poster for a motor racing meeting on 12th and 22nd October at Berlin, Germany

Houdin Levitation
Houdins son, supported only by one elbow, reclines in space

Palmerston / Brockett Hall
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE THIRD VISCOUNT PALMERSTON Brockett Hall, where the English MP died on 18 October 1865

Nationalen Opposition
German opposition leaders make united Nationalen Opposition at Bad Harzburg

Clown on Bicycle Photo
Harry, a guest of the Mayors Fancy Dress Ball poses in his costume, (that of a clown), on a bicycle in his back garden

Ns Body Goes to France
The remains of Napoleon I lie in state aboard La Belle Poule on their way to France in the custody of le prince de Joinville, son of Louis- Philippe

Ns Body Leaves Sthelena
The remains of Napoleon I are transferred to La Belle Poule and taken to France by the prince de Joinville, son of Louis-Philippe

Luther and Cajetan
At Augsburg, he defends his theology before Cardinal Cajetan, but refuses to retract his views : he leaves Augsburg

Bravery at Wattignies
At WATTIGNIES, a drummer-boy named Sthrau beats his drum, making the Austrians think they are surrounded. When they realise their mistake, they kill the juvenile hero

Retreat after Leipzig
After their defeat at Leipzig, the French are compelled to retreat to the west

Badger Rams U-Boat 1914
British destroyer Badger rams and damages a U-boat off the Dutch coast

Opium Wars / Arrow
Chinese officials arrest the crew of the British ship Arrow as pirates sparking off the war

Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine
Model Peggy Chester - Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine, incorporating Eve's Own - photography by Nancy Sandys Walker Date: 1945

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