Politics Collection (page 4)

TANKS RECYCLED
German tanks from World War One are scrapped and recycled Date: 1920

Cartoon, The Futurist (House of Lords reform)
Cartoon, The Futurist -- Bonar Law and Asquith on the failure to reform the House of Lords. Date: 1913

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

Covenanting women: signing the anti-Home-rule pledge
Women take part in the demonstration by signing the anti-Home-rule declaration at Belfast. 1912

Amadeo I (Turin, 1845-Turin, 1890). Duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1871-1873). Engraving

Caricature of Lord Salisbury, Conservative party leader
Caricature of Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1830-1903), the newly appointed Conservative party leader

The Arms Race
The more the nations try to outdo their neighbours in the arms race, the more their own people suffer... Date: 1909

Ramsay MacDonald leaping into the limelight
Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) British Labour politician, leaping into the limelight over the backs of Bonar Law (Conservative) and Lloyd George (Liberal) when he won the General Election in 1922

William Henry Waddington, French statesman
William Henry Waddington (1826-1894), French statesman and Prime Minister of France. He was also involved in archaeological research. Date: circa 1880

Margaret Wintringham (1879 - 1955), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Louth between 1921 and 1924. She was the second woman, and the first British-born woman

James Griffiths
James Jim Griffiths, Labour M.P. for Llanelli, Wales from 1936 to 1970. Pictured here before the 1950 election, he had served in the 1945 - 50 Labour Government as Minister for National Insurance

Charles Parnell, 1880
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL(1846 - 1891) Irish Nationalist politician pictured in 1880. Date: 1880

House of Lords Interior
The Royal Gallery, House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. Date: early 1930s

To begin with, I ll paint the town red. Cartoon showing Democracy portrayed as the devil holding a bucket labeled Bourbon Principles and a paintbrush

The Labour Party Cabinet under Ramsay MacDonald
The Labour Party Cabinet under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald Date: 1929

Police guarding Liverpool Station during transport strike
Policemen on horseback guarding Liverpool Station during the general transport strike of 1911. The strike began with two of the seamens unions, resulting from a range of grievances

Disraeli as Pm / 1868
Disraeli addresses the Commons for the first time as Prime Minister, following Lord Derbys resignation. Date: March 1868

Key figures behind tariff reform from Birmingham area
The key figures behind tariff reform from the Birmingham area. Tariff Reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903

Illustrated political chart, a cartoon of American politics and the Tapeworm Party. Print shows James G. Blaine as the head of a tapeworm made up of various government scandals over a map of

Strike action, with London trams at a standstill
The scene near the Elephant and Castle, London, with a continuous line of double-decker trams all heading in the direction of London Bridge during the 1911 strike. 1911

Lloyd Georges Maternity Insurance Benefit
In the early twentieth century a free National Health Service did not yet exist and the poor could not usually afford medical services

Lloyd George and Balfour in Paris, WW1
David Lloyd George (left), British Prime Minister, and Arthur James Balfour (right), British Foreign Secretary, riding in an open topped car

Lloyd George, General Wilson and General Foch
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson (1864-1922) and General Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), meeting around the end of the First World War

A suffragette in Holloway Prison
A nervous looking and well-dressed suffragette sits on a stool at Holloway Prison after being arrested during a demonstration

James Winstone, South Wales Miners Federation
James Winstone, Vice President of the South Wales Miners Federation (1912-14), and President in 1915

Demonstration to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey
A group of people on a demonstration in the middle of a road, holding banners and placards, determined to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey

Mikhail Ivanovich Tereschenko, Russian politician and financier, seen here in August 1917. In this year he was appointed Finance Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, then Foreign Minister

Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London
A hansom cab trots past Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London, the town residence of Lord Palmerston

Brookes and Whites Clubs, London 1796
Wealthy gentlemen patronise the exclusive Brookes (Whig) and White s(Tory) Clubs, at Pall Mall, London. Brookes is shown on the right

Sudetenland Elections
Schoolgirls counting the votes during the Sudetenland elections, which had become part of the new Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and included many German speakers

Kerensky & Cabinet
Alexander Kerensky and his military cabinet. From left to right: General Baranovsky; Colonel Yakubovich; Savinkov; Kerensky; and Prince Tumanov

Communist Group 1984
A smartly-dressed group of boys and girls, the Red Pioneers, a communist youth organisation, Irktusk, USSR

Workman & Boss / Doffs Cap
A workman walking in the street with his wife puts his finger to his cap when his employer rides past

Britannia a LA Beardsley
A Punch artist depicts Britannia as he thinks Beardsley might draw her

Pitt in Commons / 1804
William Pitt (the Younger) addresses the House in 1804, the year he began his second spell as Prime Minister

Military Education / Japan
Military education in Japanese primary schools A Naval officer presents a model of a warship to students

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

Women trying to vote at New York polling station, 1871
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), noted American feminist, with her sister Jennie Claflin, try to vote in the New York election of 1871, but are turned away

Communism in Russia 1934
Standing by to hoist the flag when Europe turns communist may mean a long wait, but at least its a steady job!

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

United Europe (1950S)
The flags of European nations are the building blocks from which the new Europe will be rebuilt, following World War Two

Edward Vii / French Fleet
Edward VII welcomes the visit of the French fleet to Portsmouth - an outward expression of the growing rapprochement between the two countries

Kpd Poster 1919
You are invited to vote Communist (KPD = Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, formerly the Spartakusbund) in the German elections

Edward Vii / As King 1903
An allegory of Empire : Edward VII stands surrounded by his loyal and devoted imperial subjects Date: 1902

Society & Shop Girls
Two elegant, society ladies are attended to by a shop girl who sees to their every whim. Several pairs of discarded shoes lie about the floor for the assistant to pick up later

Poster; Peace
MEN AND WOMEN, LET US SAFEGUARD PEACE ! Cosmonaut Gagarin is permitted to utter a politically innocuous statement

Czechoslovaks! Join
Recruiting poster for Czechs in the United States: Czechoslovaks! Join our Free Colors!

Choose your Ideology
Choose whichever ideology suits you - church or conservative, scientist or communist, none is any better than the others

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