Poll Collection

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General Election Result
The declaration of the result of the General Election Poll at the Town Hall, Leeds, in which Gladstones Liberals have a majority

Communications During the British Advance 1916
A shell-stricken tree as a telegraph pole in the Western Front. Date: 1916

SCOTTISH EXCURSION
A few weeks before his death, Victoria and Albert go riding in the Scottish countryside ; here they ford the Poll Tarf. Date: 9 October 1861

Gentleman crashing a carriage in a Belfast street, 1822
Brian Boru in top hat and cockle-picker Peg O Shambles crashing a two-horse carriage in a Belfast street, 1822. Hawkers knocked on the street, urchins eating potatoes, a man with shillelagh

Poll Tax demonstrators in the roadway, Central London
Poll Tax demonstrators in the roadway in Central London. One man stands in fighting pose, with his fists clenched. Another man holds a placard with the words: Bog Off Thatcher

Poll Tax demonstrator and Met Police van, Central London
A Poll Tax demonstrator aims a metal barrier at the back of a Police van, during a violent demonstration in Central London. Date: 31 March 1990

Balfours defeat and Churchills victory
The extraordinary turn of the tide at Manchester: Arthur Balfour was beaten in the East Division by Mr T. G. Horridge who had a majority of 1980

Winston Churchill returning as Prime Minister
Winston Churchills first term of office as prime minister in peacetime: the leader of the conservative party with Mrs Churchill after hearing the declaration of the poll at Woodford

Slender Salmon and Blue Pole
Slender Salmon (Salmo hucho, Salmo gracilis) and Blue Pole or Poll (Salmo albus, Salmo trutta, also known as Whitling, Herling, Phinock and Blue Cocks). Date: 1865

American yellow warbler, Setophaga petechia.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Flying Terms Defined - Flier Education. A jolly cartoon dog demonstrates some flight terminology: Power Diving (attempt to grab a bone thwarted)

Poll Tax demonstration, Central London
A Metropolitan Police officer in the middle of a peaceful crowd of demonstrators during the Poll Tax demonstrations in Central London

Humours of Electioneering
Humorous illustration depicting a fresh-faced young farm worker casting his first vote in a General Election while a short-sighted gentleman marks his cross in another polling booth

The Declaration of the Poll
Illustration depicting a lively crowd scene in an unidentified town or city during the declaration of the poll in the 1892 General Election

The General Election: On the way to the Poll
Engraving by R.Caton Woodville showing people occupying horse-drawn carriages making their way to the poll to vote. 1886 saw Salisbury

Punch and Pretty Poll

Vet Gives Tb Jab to Cow
A pedigree Red Poll heifer being inoculated against tuberculosis

Voting / General Election
A general election scene in Britain before the introduction of the secret ballot: voters coming to the poll at Westminster

Picnic on Stage
A scene from " The Head of the Poll", at the German Reeds Entertainment. Having a picnic on stage!

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