Officials Collection (page 4)

Walled military compound - Turkmenistan
Walled military compound, with officials and soldiers, in Turkmenistan Date: circa 1910s

Tokyo Street Scene
An early view of one of Tokyos principal thorough- -fares, home to daimios (officials) : later it will house the Foreign Office and War Department. Date: early 19th century

German Red Cross with wounded French Soldiers - WWI
Wounded French POWs from German prison camps received at a railwaty station by the German Red Cross. Date: circa 1916

Prohibition Raid
Customs officials of the motor boat Marjorie seizing bottles of contraband champagne off Mont Auk Point, Long Island, New York, U.S.A. during the Prohibition. Date: 16 December 1929

Diplomats of the Central Powers
Gathering of foreign diplomats of the Central powers during World War one, indluding Count Lajos Szechenyi de Sarvar-Felsovidek

The funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 1852
The funeral of the Duke of Wellington: the entrance of the procession into at St Pauls cathedral, with Generals carrying batons. Date: 1852

Sir Richard Turnbull inspecting Scout quadrangle
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout for Scouts Arabia, inspects the quadrangle of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. circa 1966

A Brownie meeting the Chief Guide
A Brownie presents the Chief Guide (Lady Olave Baden-Powell) with an elephant model, while other officials and an audience watch. 1930s

Officials inspecting Scout headquarters
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout of Aden, led by the Chief Commissioner, Mr J.J. Greene O.B.E. inspecting the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association. circa 1966

Disembarking from a ship - Mollendo, Peru. Crew members from arriving ships were lifted from their boat via a crane, the Pacific swell being too great for normal landings! circa 1930s

Afghan government official on horseback
The Umla Baushee in his Dress of Office. A 19th century Afghan government official in uniform, riding a horse. 1815

The Chaous Baushee, Afghan court official
The Chaous Baushee in his dress of Office. A 19th century Afghan official in uniform, riding a horse. The Chaous Baushee presents persons admitted to pay their respects to the King

South Arabian Boy Scouts Association AGM
Officials standing to speak on the panel of the Annual General Meeting of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. Left to right are Rao Sahib Muthaua M.B.E

Mr A. R. Girgrah arriving at Scout HQ
Mr A.R. Girgrah (Minister for Education and President of the Council) arrives at the official opening of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden, Yemen. circa 1966

Scout Headquarters in Aden
View of the main entrance to the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden, Yemen. circa 1966

Chiaous Bashi, Official of the Sublime Porte
A Chiaous Bashi, an official of the Sublime Porte. He was in charge of the court messengers and announced those wishing an audience with the Sultan, amongst other duties and responsibilities

Toutoun Bashi - Chief of the Tobacco
The Toutoun Bashi of the Grand Vizier or, Chief of the Tobacco. He wears a green robe and a red and white turban and carries a tobacco pipe with a very long stem. 1803

Capi Aga, Chief of the White Eunuchs
The Capi Aga, the Governor of the Gates of the Seraglio and Chief of the White Eunuchs. He is wearing a high white turban and crimson fur-trimmed robes. He has no beard. 1803

Royal visit to Festival of Britain, South Bank, London
Scene at a royal visit to the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank, London. Here Princess Margaret is seen shaking hands with one of the exhibition officials

Arrival of the Navakai Express - Nadi, Fiji Date: circa 1910s

Railway junction in the morning mist
A superb atmospheric photograph looking across a complicated railway junction. From the collection of a Scottish rail accident investigator

Railway junction in the morning mist (alternate version)
A superb atmospheric photograph looking across a complicated railway junction. From the collection of a Scottish rail accident investigator

Ship Launch - Szczecin, Poland
The launch of a Uruguayan ship (called the Uruguay ) built for a Uruguayan Shipping company in the Vulcan shipyards at Strettin, Poland (Szczecin)

Sandwich Guildhall WWII
Town officials outside the the Guildhall of Sandwich, build in 1658, now with a 1939 barricade of sandbags around it. Photo taken during actual air raid warning

The arrival of the King at Metelin, Lesbos, Greece
Greece - Metelin, Lesbos, 11th May 1913. The arrival of (probably) the Greek King, a few months after the Island was handed back to Greece from Turkey

German officials in Packard cars
Visitors or dignitaries and German officials in two (possibly Embassy) vehicles. Both cars are American Packards. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Crowd at a football match - Ankara, 1941
Section of the crowd at a football match which took place in Ankara in December 1941 (during World War Two). Features British Embassy staff (front bottom right)

German soldiers at Eskisehir
German troops pose with Turkish officials at Eskisehir, Turkey. In Latin it was known as Dorylaeum. Founded by the Phrygians in c.1000 BC

Trabzon, Turkey - Exhibition Inauguration
The inauguration of the Exhibition of Commerce and Arts at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province

Manchester Ship Canal - The opening of a new dock
Officials and local dignitaries on the deck of a steamship at the opening of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal - built between 1887 and 1894 - it was (for a time)

Manchester Ship Canal - Following the opening of a new dock
Dignitaries and guests on the quayside, following the opening of a new dock on the Manchester Ship Canal - built between 1887 and 1894 - it was (for a time) the largest navigation canal in the world

British diplomatic staff car and Indian staff
A Scene in India in the early 1920s - an official department car and attendant Indian staff. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Excavation of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
The photograph shows a group of archaeologists and Egyptian government officials at the examination of Tutankhamuns mummy

Senegal - West Africa - St Louis - Native Government
The Native Government in St. Louis, Senegal, West Africa. There are three European young boys standing in the doorway at the back

Religious gathering in Egypt with Shiite Muslims
Shiite Muslims in Heliopolis with Egyptian Officials and Dervishes in the background, close to a church. A very interesting scene of a religious gathering

Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana - at a reception
Reception for the French Minister for Public works at the house of Bach Agha Ben Ganab. One of the guests is Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana - one of the most important Algerian Arab Sheikhs - much

Arabic School, Cairo, Egypt
An Arabic School in Cairo, Egypt

Inauguration of the new Barracks at Merzifon (formerly Marsovan)

Royal Air Force York at Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing a Royal Air Force York transport airplane, after landing at Gatow Airport, carrying the millionth ton of supplies during the Berlin Airlift of 1949

Emigration. The Cholera at Hamburg. Sketches by our Special
Illustration showing customs officials at Hamburg, with ladies and gentlemen having their belongings examined

Begging for Mercy
The Revolution provides artists with countless opportunities for tear-jerking scenes : a well- dressed lady begs for her life from two hard-faced officials

Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing a potential immigrant being rejected by US officials, one of whom is marking him with chalk to signify his rejection, Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Immigrants arriving at St. Katherines Dock, London, 1904
Illustration showing immigrants having their luggage checked by Customs officials at St. Katherines Dock, London, 1904

The American Civil War. The outrage on the Trent
Lord Lyons communicating Earl Russells despatch to Mr.Secretary Seward. An international diplomatic crisis erupted for President Lincoln when two Confederate officials sailing towards England were

The Reign of Suspicion at Yildiz Kiosk
Scene from the kitchens of the Sultan at the palace of Yildiz in Turkey, showing the Sultans dinner being tasted and then sealed with a long ribbon by palace officials, in order to avoid poisoning

Committee Member
A member of the general committee of the Commune : like all Communard officials, his uniform includes a lot of red

Revolt at Cilento
Patriots of Cilento in south Italy rebel against the rule of Francesco II. Officials are attacked, but the revolt is suppressed by marchese Delarrello and order restored

Algerian Officials
Three Algerian officials

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