Police Collection (#47)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Cottage Homes, Ponteland
Childrens cottage homes at Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne. The homes were erected in 1901 by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union to accommodate pauper children away from the workhouse

General Macready / Stamp
General SIR CECIL FREDERICK NEVIL MACREADY (1862 - 1946) British Army officer serving in senior staff appointments in the First World War

British Colombia border over to the Yukon
The British Colombia border over to the Yukon - The Royal Canadian Northwest Mounted Police steam launch Gladys on a windy arm of the Tagish Lake

Selection of Toy Cars
A selection of toy motor vehicle, some with their original boxes, including the land speed record-breaking cars John Cobbs fabulous Railton Special and Major Henry Segraves Golden Arrow

The Kitchenmaid and the Constable
A humourous photograph of a kitchenmaid, busy doing the washing up, being proposed to by her policeman admirer. The photograph is entitled Cupboard Love

Conscription Act of 1917
Some 5000 women appeared outside New York City Hall on 16th June 1917 to present an anti-registration petition to the mayor. Two women rioters are arrested for fighting with police

Kings X Demolished
Demolition of the Kings Cross, a monument to George IV that served as an exhibition hall, a police station and finally a beer shop. It was not much mourned

Sierra Leone Frontier Police
Photograph of Sierra Leone frontier police who joined with the Mendi expedition of West Indian Regiment troops to put down the insurrection of the native population in what is known as the Hut Tax

Policeman on Traffic Duty
A London Policeman directing the traffic on a busy crossing point

Blackheath Pony Racing
Pony racing on the Heath. Equestrian sports are discouraged today, but you can occasionally see mounted police, or ride sedately on a donkey

Bloody Sunday Riot - Parliament Street 1887
Bloody Sunday, London, 13th November 1887, the name given to a demonstration against coercion in Ireland and to demand the release from prison of MP William O Brien

Bombay (Mumbai) Policeman
Policeman in uniform from Bombay (Mumbai), India

Opportunity by William Heath Robinson
Sequential cartoon by William Heath Robinson showing a lady and man walking from opposite directions and deciding to throw caution to the wind when they spot a sprig of mistletoe clasped behind

London Policeman in a classic static pose!

Police Squad
Led by their sergeant, a clutch of constables march to their duties, passing a shoe black who uses only Carrs Blacking - no doubt this is an advertisement ?

1957 nuclear test: Student protest in Japan
Tokyo, Japan: a small group of Japanese students, entirely surrounded by police, demonstrating against the British nuclear tests

Arresting a Dog
Doing their duty : ordered by the Lord Mayor of London to clear the streets of stray dogs, police arrest the companion of a poor blind beggar

Childrens Strike of 1894
Procession of children, heading to Hyde Park in London, to demonstrate against their treatment by organ grinders. These children were part of the Organ Dancers Union

The Removal of Kings Cross, London, 1845
Engraving showing the dismantling and removal of the Kings Cross building in London, 1845. The building served as exhibition hall, police station and beer shop in its time

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

Sketches of the Socialist Meeting in Trafalgar Square, 1886
Engraving showing a series of sketches of the Socialist Meeting in Trafalgar Square, London, in November 1886. The images show (clockwise from top left)

Royal Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall, Islingto
Illustration showing a series of scenes from the Royal Military Tournament, held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, in 1897

The Thames Embankment, London, 1869
Engraving showing an aerial view of the Thames Embankment, from the Temple to Somerset House, London, 1869. This area had just been reclaimed from the river and had not yet been built

Sergeant and Recruits of the Palestine Police Force, 1945
Photograph showing an Arab Drill Sergeant (centre) instructing some recent recruits to the Palestine Police Force, in Ceremonial Drill, at their barracks in Jerusalem, November 1945. Date: 1945

Officer and Sergeant of the Palestine Police Force, 1945
Photograph showing an Arab Drill Sergeant (on left) and Officer of the Palestine Police Force at their barracks in Jerusalem, November 1945

Natalie Expelled
Though her son Alexander has succeeded to the throne, Natalie long-suffering wife of Milan I is expelled, but she is popular with students who rescue her from the police

Political Riots
Demanding universal suffrage, rioters in the streets of Brussels fire on troops and police

Hungarian Workers
In Budapest a demonstration by discontented workers alarms the populace but is suppressed by mounted police

Arrival of Californian gold and Mexican dollars at the Bank
An image showing Californian gold and Mexican dollars arriving at the Bank of England. Transported to London from the coast by South Coast Railway

American Indians. The American Indian rising. Pine Ridge Ag
The headquarters of the government agent in charge of the Sioux Indians Reservation in Dakota. Indian police at the Pine Ridge

Police breaking up a fight in Soho, London, 1911
Illustration showing the aftermath of a street brawl between immigrants in Soho, London. The original caption emphasised that although many of these foreigners were hard working handcraftsmen

Speedometer testing
Gongsters on parade; police cars of the police traffic patrol waiting to have their speedometers tested against a stopwatch, to ensure they drive within the 30 miles and hour speed limit

May Demo Broken Up / 1906
May 1st demonstration is broken up by the Paris authorities

Victoria / Cocorico / Advert
An advertisement banned by the Paris police because it ridiculed Queen Victoria; nevertheless it was reproduced as an advertisement for Dr Trabants little pills

Emile Henry Arrested
Police arrest anarchist Emile Henry, responsible for the Cafe Terminus bomb attack

1901 Riots in Moscow
Police and Cossacks break up riots at the Governors Palace in Moscow. February saw riots by students and workers in Russia, over the repression of political activity

Anarchist Bomb / Police
An anarchist bomb explodes at the Commisariat de Police in the Rue des Bon-Enfants in Paris

Armed Police Collect Tax
French Government officials seeking to make an inventory of church property meet resistance from peasants who regard it as an attack on the Church

Police Prevent Polka
Polka Mania : the Police intervene to prevent the perceived excesses of this immoral dance

Sir Robert Peel, 1846
K0 Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, sketched speaking in the House of Commons, January 1846

Sir Robert Peel, c. 1850
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, surrounded by illustrations of his political achievements

Drayton Bassett Church, 1850
Engraving of Drayton Bassett Church during the funeral of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister

The Crowd, Band and Police at the F. A. Cup Final, 1923
Photograph of the crowd at Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United

Sir Robert Peel on horseback, c. 1850
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, on horseback. Peel was a Conservative MP who held strong views on Irish Catholicism

Norman Shaw Building
The former headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard designed by Norman Shaw

Murderers pursued by police in Tottenham
A chase between police and Russian Anarchists. Charles Wyatt, the conductor, was forced at gun point to drive the tram. A second Russian fired at the pursuing police from the back platform during

French Suffragettes in Paris, 1936
Photograph showing a policeman attempting to end a suffragette demonstration in the Rue Royale, Paris, 1936. The suffragettes had formed a human barrier across the road to stop traffic

Traffic Policeman 1930S
A (dis)mounted traffic policeman directing traffic, mainly double decker buses, in central London, England

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