Opening Collection (page 4)

A wife who is unusually early alarming her husband. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Procession of guards, footmen and carriage carrying Queen Victoria to the State Opening of Parliament, leaving Buckingham Palace. Date: 1851

CHILD LABOUR IN MINES
Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts showing children working down the mines, with a small boy acting as a "trapper" opening an air door for a truck to 1841

Opening of the Crystal Palace, at Sydenham
Queen Victoria opening Crystal Palace, at Sydenham. Date: 10th June 1854

Edward VII Opening Parliament 1902
King Edward VII, about to read his speech in the House of Lords on the Opening of Parliament. Date: January 1902

The Opening of Parliament, Edward VII passing along the Royal Gallery to the House of Lords. Date: 14th February 1901

Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames, London, received the Royal Assent in 1888 but it was not until March 1892 that the work actually begun

King Edward's First Opening of Parliament 1901
King Edward VII hand in hand with Queen consort Alexandra, passage from the Robing-Room to the Lords. Date: 14th February 1901

Opening of Parliament by Queen Victoria 1856
Queen Victoria opening of Parliament with Prince Albert by her side. Date: 31st January 1856

Cartoon, Welcome! Britannia: Come in, ladies and gentlemen! Glad to give you a decent roof over your heads at last!'. A comment on the opening of the National Portrait Gallery on Saturday 4 April

THE BLACKWALL TUNNEL. The opening ceremony, showing the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Date: 22nd May 1897

Council of Trent ; the prince-archbishop of Trent receives Charles de Lorraine in his palace, before the opening of the 19-year Council Date: December 1545

Opening a safe by mind reading (via involuntary muscle movement) Date: 1900

Bell X-1E 46-603 (msn 0002), on display in front of the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center headquarters building at Edwards Air Force Base, California

The State Opening of Parliamanet by King George V, London Pageantry by Charles Howard

State Opening of Parliament Arrival the Royal
State, Opening, of, Parliament, Arrival, the, Royal, Procession, at, Houses, London, Pageantry, England, Watercolour, painting, Charles, T, Howard, 12021972

The Opening of Parliament by King Edward VII: Scenes in the Governmental City of Westminster. Date: 1902

Queen Victoria opening Convalescent Home, Bristol
Queen Victoria opening Convalescent Home, Durdham Down, Bristol, 15 November 1899 Date: 1899

Dail Eirann opened in Dublin - Sinn Fein declaration
The Dail Eirann opened in Dublin - a Sinn Fein declaration of independence. The opening of the Sinn Fein parliament in Ireland - the Dail Eirann at the Mansion House, Dublin. Date: 21st January 1919

Ball at the Mansion House, Dublin 1865
Opening of the Dublin International Exhibition: the ball at the Mansion House, in honour of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). The ball was given by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Right Hon

Soldiers Cottage Homes, Burnley, Lancashire
The opening by Princess Louise of the Soldiers Cottage Homes, on Salus Street, Burnley. Date: 1908

Presentation of the conveners to Princess Louise and the Duke of Fife in the hall of the Fine Art Palace at the Glasgow International Exhibition in 1901. Date: 1901

The dancing Triana sisters Maura and Renee, 1929 opening a new act with their brother Julio and had previously been in stage presentation shows Date: 1929

Fishing family cottage opening onto beach, Staithes, Yorkshi
Fishing family cottage opening out onto the beach, Staithes, Yorkshire. Vintage 19th century photograph

Advertising insert for the newly opened Selfridges department store on Oxford Street, placed in Printers Pie magazine for that year. Date: 1909

Unveiling of Cenotaph, War Memorial 1920
George V seen standing close to the newly rebuilt Cenotaph in Whitehall, London at 11 oclock. As Big Ben begins to chime, the king presses the electric button releasing the two Union Jacks which

Albert Hall
View of the interior of the Albert Hall around the time of its opening in 1872. Date: 1875

The Royal Opening of the new Dry Dock at Southampton on Wednesday, July 26, 1933 by King George V, accompanied by the Queen and the Duke and Duchess of York

Scenes in Egypt, 1820
The great ruins of the Colossi of Memnon in Luxor in south Egypt 73, raft of earthenware pitchers on the Nile 74, and women carrying water pitchers on their heads 74

Customs inspectors opening luggage at the border, 18th century. Searched by the Douaniers at the French frontiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

English tourists watch fishermen opening pearl oysters
English tourists watch Scottish fishermen opening pearl oysters on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Doctor Prosody fishing for pearls in the Isle of Sky

German bunker, Oosttaverne Wood, Oostaverne
This bunker is one that formed part of the German defensive line that was attacked on 7 June 1917, the opening of the Messines prelude to the battle for Passchendaele

Two views of the opening ceremony in the Great Hall of the Congregational Memorial Hall and Library. Date: 1875

Tower Bridge was designed by Sir Horace Jones and Mr. Wolfe Barry, comprises a permanent footway 142ft above high-water level and a drawbridge for passing ships

The Nature of Light - Sir William Braggs experiments
The Universe of Light: Factors in " A Fascinating Problem". The Nature of Light - The famous physicist Sir William Braggs experiments at his opening lecture at the Royal Institution - aimed

Locomotives on Stockton & Darlington and NE Railways
Locomotives on Stockton & Darlington and North Eastern Railways, 1825-1848. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines

Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham, 1642
Opening scene of the English Civil War - Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham. 1642

Cartoon, Seaside Lending Library. 1923

John Hassall (1868 - 1948), prolific and hugely successful artist and designer, best known for his poster creations including the famous " Skegness is so Bracing" poster

Doris and Anna Zinkeisen at the theatre
Doris (left) and Anna Zinkeisen, artist sisters and designers, pictures at the opening night of " Waltzes in Vienna" at Alhambra Theatre in August 1931. Date: 1931

Dinner to celebrate opening of Lancaster-Carlisle Railway
The railway contractors dinner at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Carlisle, to celebrate the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in autumn/winter 1846

Banquet at Metropolitan underground opening, London 1863
Banquet in Farringdon Street Station at the opening of the Metropolitan underground, London, on 9 January 1863. Date: 1863

Underground railway, Waterloo and City Line opening London
Underground railway, Waterloo and City Line opening, London. Starting from Waterloo, a driver working the motor, the entrance to one of the iron tunnels. Date: 1898

Railway station at Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, at the time of its opening. It later became known as Liverpool Exchange railway station

Railway station at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, showing the opening celebrations. Date: 1850

Railway station at Abergele, North Wales, in the year of its opening. It is now known as Abergele & Pensarn Station. Date: 1848

Railway station at Evesham, Worcestershire 1852
Railway station at Evesham, Worcestershire, on the occasion of its opening. Date: 1852

Railway station at Leamington (Spa), Warwickshire 1844
Railway station at Leamington (Spa), Warwickshire, with a large number of people in attendance, probably around the time of the stations opening. Date: 1844

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