Officials Collection

Chelsea Football Club 1905
Chelsea Football Club, founded in March 1905. The top picture shows the squad of players and officials. The lower picture shows the ground at Stamford Bridge

Arsenal Football Club team and officials 1954
Arsenal Football Club team and officials, 1954 (names below the photo). The trophies on display are: Combination Cup, Mid-Week League Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity Shield. Date: 1954

Berlin Olympic Games - Jesse Owens in the Long Jump
Berlin Olympic Games - Jesse Owens (1913-1980) in the Long Jump, producing his gold medal-winning leap of 26 ft 5 in (one of four golds he won at this games). Date: 1936

Arsenal Football Club team and officials 1950-1951
Arsenal Football Club team (FA Cup holders) and officials, season of 1950-1951 (names below the photo). Date: 1950-1951

Arsenal Football Club team and officials 1948-1949
Arsenal Football Club team and officials, season of 1948-1949 (names below the photo). Date: 1948-1949

ATATURK (1881 - 1938)
(Mustapha) KEMAL ATATURK military, reformer, founder of Turkish State, with officials at the headquarters of nationalist government of Turkey in Angora

Defenestration of Prague
THE DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE Bohemian protestants, angry when Catholics destroy two of their churches, throw royal officials from the palace windows

Hayes winning the Marathon Race. Olympic Games, London 1908
Photograph of John Hayes, American athlete, in the final leg of the marathon race at the London Olympic Games in 1908. Dorando Pietri of Italy collapsed after entering the stadium ahead of the pack

WW2 Paris Liberation - Eisenhower - Tomb of Unknown Soldier
WW2 - Paris Liberation - General Dwight D Eisenhower at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Arch de Triomphe, Paris, France. Date: 1945

Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri
The Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri, 31st August 1945. All the US naval personnel are wearing Class B uniforms on purpose. The surrender officially ended World War Two

Africa / Exploration / Congo
CONGO - French and German officials, determined to correctly map the boundary between their territories, make their way through the marshy Lobaye valley

Defenestration of Prague
THE DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE Bohemian protestants, angry when Catholics destroy two of their churches, throw royal officials from the palace windows

King George V Birthday Tea Party - Istanbul Embassy
British Embassy in Istanbul - King George V Birthday Tea Party on 3rd June 1924. Mr Ronald Lindsay (right - later Sir Ronald Lindsay, the future Ambassador) and colleague arrive at the party

Izmir, Turkey - Camel Train passes Mosque
A camel train passes a Mosque, following the Great Fire. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir

Tragedy of the Marathon Race... London Olympics 1908
Front cover from The Graphic. Dorando Pietri of Italy collapsed after entering the stadium ahead of the pack during the 1908 London Olympics

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

Moyamba, Sierra Leone, Madam Yoko, Chiefs, Colonial Officers
At Moyamba, the capital and largest city of Moyamba District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone ( Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate - British colonial administration) - D.C

WW1 - The German Kaiser, Wilhelm II (1859-1941) meets the Shaykh al-Islam (Urguplu Mustafa Hayri Efendi 1867-1922) (Elder of Islam, Master of Islam)

(from left) Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (1882-1955) - German diplomat and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, standing behind Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin (1872-1936)

Kaiser Wilhelm II with Sultan Reshad V - Istanbul, Turkey
WW1 - Kaiser Wilhelm II with Sultan Reshad V - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1916

Court officials, India

Court Officials, India - Victorian period

Tsar Nicholas II attending a meeting of the Imperial Council
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II attending a meeting of the Imperial Council (Council of the Empire). Date: circa 1910

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - Military manoeuvres at Ropcha
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II attending military manoeuvres at Ropcha, a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Date: circa 1912

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II receiving bread and salt at Kyiv
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II receiving bread and salt from the City of Kyiv, a traditional act of welcome. Date: circa 1911

Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna - Crimea
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna at Sevastopol, Crimea, reviewing a line of venerable Crimean War veterans. Date: circa 1912

Corridor Officials
An illustration of a stubborn looking official escorting a bewildered man wearing white out of a room and down a corridor, smiling women look on from behind. Date: circa 1901

Kruger landing at Marseilles
Mr Kruger landing at Marseilles, arriving from the Gelderland (Netherlands). He is surrounded by Dr Leyds, Mr Eloff and the Boer officials

Rent Services to the Crown, Corporation of London
Officials of the Corporation of London performing rent services to the Crown in the old court of the Exchequer. It is described as a curious civil custom

Tupolev Tu-154M 102
Polish Air Force - Tupolev Tu-154M 102 (msn 90A862), of the Polish Air Force Presidential Flight. (Sister-ship 101 crashed on approach to Smolensk, killing the president of Poland, Lech Kaczynski)

Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar and British officials
1890s Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar and British officials

Building progress inspection, Paris
City officials inspect the progress of a building under construction, Paris. Date: circa 1930s

Officials in the Public Ministry of Finance, Istanbul
Officials and accountants in the Public Ministry of Finance, Istanbul. The finance ministry is divided into 25 sections within the building. Ministerro Pubblico delle Finanze

Tribunal of the Grand Vizier. Officials are lined up on the left. Petitioners, separated by sex, form various groups in front, with tax subjects last. Tribunale del Gran Visir

Presentation of the Great Admiral to the Sultan. The flotilla of barges greets the king with an artillery salute. Prezentazione al Sultano del Grande Ammiraglio

The visit of the Shah of Persia to Britain - meeting the Royal family at Portsmouth on 20 August, 1902. Group photograph onboard the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert. Date: 1902

Examination of underground railway tunnel after explosion
Examination by government officials of the underground railway tunnel between Charing Cross and Westminster after the explosion of a bomb in the tunnel on 30 October 1883. Date: October 1883

Chief members of the Shah of Persias suite
The visit of the Shah of Persia to England in 1889. Senior members of the Shahs suite. 1889

Costumes of the Berber officials of Tunisia, 1828. The Bey of Tunis in mufti 1, Salekat or grand head of the government 2, minister in a thick leather kaftan 3, Seus Botartur 4

Indian men with hookah pipe and fan relaxing under a canopy. Members of the third caste of Vaisyas, or farmers, merchants and officials

Outbreak of WWII - Germans leave London 1939
Dr. Kordt, German Charge d Affaires in London, leaving the capital with his wife upon declaration of war in September 1939. Date: 1939

America - Washington Chosen As President
Charles Thomson The Clerk Of Congress Announcing To Georgw Washington At mount Vernon His Election To The Prsidency Date: 30 April 1789

The Losing Lady And The Cough-Drop, A Hectic Moment At Monte Carlo by H M Bateman. The innocent cough-drop and the worried officials

Mayor of Shrewsbury at Celebration of Empire Day
The Mayor of Shrewsbury, T. Corbett Esq. at Celebration of Empire Day, 1907, at the Shropshire and West Midland Show Ground. 1907

Staff at Paris Salon, 1902
Officials of the 1902 Paris Salon, standing proudly in front of some of the exhibits whose hanging they have just arranged. Date: 1902

Polluted London Water
THE CITY NARCISSUS Punch accuses Londons officials of being too self-satisfied to realise the danger to the the citys health from the polluted water of the Thames Date: 1849

Anna Zinkiesen - Mariegold in Society -... ushered into the presence of Two Female
Anna Zinkiesen - Mariegold in Society -...ushered into the presence of Two Female Officials. Date: 1927

Court held by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace
Presentations at a court held by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace, London - February, 1870. Date: 1870

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