People Collection (#25)

Ration Cards WWII
People queuing for temporary ration cards during World War II

The Maske of Flowers at Grays Inn given in commemoration of Queen Victorias Jubilee

Poster advertising Cunard from Europe to the USA and Canada
Poster advertising Cunard departures from Cherbourg and Le Havre to the USA and Canada

Mountain travellers in Kashgar, western China
Travellers making their way through the mountains of Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Poster advertising Holy Isipatana
Poster by Dorothy Newsome advertising Holy Isipatana, at Sarnath, a Buddhist site in Benares, India

The Cavalcade of Crufts
A humorous sequential picture showing the changing tastes of dog breeds in Britain through the years from the Victorian period to 1932

Alcibiades Acclaimed
Alcibiades is acclaimed by the people of Athens when he returns after victories over the Spartans

London Rat Catcher
A rat-catcher at work in the London sewers

David Lloyd-George (1863-1945) speaking in Rochdale, 1923
Photograph of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, addressing a large crowd at Rochdale during the election campaign of 1923

China Yankee Imperialist
Representatives of the Chinese people, including a soldier, a sailor and an airman, drive Yankee imperialists out of Korea

Lloyd George and Family
MARGARET LLOYD GEORGE wife of David L G, statesman, with their children Gwilym, Mair, Richard, Olwen, and Megan in the foreground

Social / Empress Ballroom
People enjoying a gala night in the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool

Social / Lapin Agile 1912
People in a bohemian cafe, Le Lapin Agile, Paris

Social / Italy / Dance Hall
Elegant people in a dance hall Date: 1930

The cook and Mr Maynard, survivors of the Titanic disaster
Scene showing the Titanic survivors arriving in Plymouth docks. The cook, Mr. Maynard, was one of the last people to see Captain E. Smith before he died

Dingwall & Schrenck N
Psychical researcher with Schrenck-Notzing at Munchen, circa 1923

Bournemouth Sea Front
A crowded beach scene at Bournemouth. People sunbathe in deckchairs and swim in the sea

Pet Gazelle
Gazelle brought to England from Africa by Captain Denham of the Avon steamship : though a popular pet, it is sufficiently unusual to be mentioned by the ILN

Spring Blossoms on Sale
Two pretty & fashionable German flower girls offer ready-made bouquets from their stall

Placid Girl with Cat
Placid girl with tranquil cat

Mer-People and God
Merman and mermaid feature in the device of London printer John Rastell = a rare, maybe unique, instance of mer-people depicted as part of Gods creation

Exeter Hall / Entrance
Exeter Hall: the Strand entrance, with people arriving for a meeting

Japanese Giant Carp
In a Japanese legend, O Tsuru sees a giant carp, dead, washed up on the shore of Lake Biwa : it is a monster that eats dogs, cats and even swimming people

Samuel Wesley (Father)
SAMUEL WESLEY churchman, rector of Epworth, poet, father of John and Charles

On Board Britannic
People on board the Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic, taking part in a service; the ship, requisitioned as a hospital ship in WW1 was sunk by a mine

Professor Jaeger
Professor JAEGER Norwegian psychical researcher

Farandole at Aix
LA FARANDOLE The people of Aix-en-Provence perform their traditional dance

Stroll / Stjames Park / Pugh
Fashionable people promenade in St James Park, London

Ww1 / 1915 / German Optimism
The German people favours OPTIMISMUS rather than PESSIMISMUS [though isn t it ironic that the sign should be rose-tinted spectacles ?]

Louvre Courtyard / Bayot
People milling about in the courtyard of the Louvre (where the pyramid now stands)

18th Century Taxation
Satire on the taxes with which people were burdened in the latter 18th century

Demonstration against the toll on Chelsea Bridge, London
A demonstration against the charging of a toll on the new Chelsea Bridge, London

Blanchard Flies Channel
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies are the first people to cross the English Channel by air : their flight from Dover ends in the forest of Guines, near Andres

Bear Attacks Hunter
A bear attacks a Swedish hunter, disregarding his barking dog

Stevenson / Vailima / Vaea
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers home at Vailima, Samoa, with Vaea Mountain in the background

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

The Real Enemy
The real social enemy is the capitalist who tramples the people and grabs the gold

Piccadilly Hippies
Young people enjoying the sunshine at Piccadilly Circus under Eros

St Annes / Lancs / 1925
St Anne s-on-Sea, Lancashire: a group of people admire a large windmill

Woman & Wheelbarrow
A woman gardening with her wheelbarrow in a very well- kept garden full of roses, hanging baskets and other flower borders

Jane Lewson (116)
JANE LEWSON a London widow as renowned for her eccentricities as her age, such as a belief that washing in water is unhealthy : she used pigs lard instead

Ojibway Picture Writing
Picture-writing of the Ojibway people of North America

Charles Byrne, Giant
Charles Byrne (1761-1783) known as the Irish Giant, who was 8 feet 4 inches tall, depicted with various Edinburgh notables

Sniffer Cats at Customs
At a London customs office, two cats on the payroll at 3d a day, to detect smuggled goods

Strong Man at a Fair
A man plays a fanfare on a cornet to herald the great feat of strength being performed by a strong man at a fair, while a few people stand looking on

Charles Lamb / Enfield
CHARLES LAMB English writers home at Enfield

Wagner / Faustin
RICHARD WAGNER German opera composer and conductor extraordinaire, astonishing everybody with his Music of the Future

Japanese Arrangement - 7
MAPLE and WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM an Autumn arrangement

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