Powers Collection (page 5)

WW1 Allies - Emblems of Freedom
WW1 Allied flags flying above a British Destroyer - Emblems of Freedom Date: circa 1915

WW1 - Austrian, German and Turkish Prisoners put to work on Italian streets. Postcard issued by the Y.M.C.A. Hut Fund Date: circa 1917

WWI - Turkish soldiers take an air bath. Date: circa 1918

WWI - Red Cross Nurse, bearing flags of the Allied Powers
WWI era - Beautiful postcard depicting a Red Cross Nurse, bearing flags of the Allied (Entente) Powers. She stands before the English Flag - The Cross of St. George. Date: 1917

China (19th c. ). Qing dynasty. Commercial relations
China (19th c.). Qing dynasty. Commercial relations between China and the Great powers. Caricature by G. Bigot. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Occupying French troops in front of the Bank of Crete
Crete - Greece - Occupying French troops parade in front of the Bank of Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

The belligerent powers of Europe. Date c1854 April 5

James T. Powers in The blue moon. Date c1906

Charles Frohman and David Belasco present a new play entitled, The first born by Francis Powers. Date c1897. c.1897

Allied Intervention in Vladivostock - Russian Civil War
In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic, the Provisional Priamurye Government

Diplomats of the Central Powers
Gathering of foreign diplomats of the Central powers during World War one, indluding Count Lajos Szechenyi de Sarvar-Felsovidek

Annexation of Crete by Great Powers
Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands. A Greek force arrived to annex the island in 1897 and the Great Powers acted

Dutch wartime poster, Moscow recommends. Showing a large, angry man (Russia) banging his fist on a red map of Europe, with a soldier (Germany) standing behind him

Kaiser Wilhelm on Ottoman Battle Cruiser
The German Emperor Wilhelm II (centre) and German militaries inspecting Ottoman troops on board of the battle cruiser " Javus Sultan Selim", the former SMS " Goeben"

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Mehmed V of Turkey
The Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed V (1844 - 1918) entertaining his ally the German Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941), during his visit to Istanbul in 1917, during WWI. Date: 1917

Kaiser Wilhelm II in Constantinople (1 / 2)
The German Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Constantinople, Turkey in 1917, during World War One. He is paying his respects by leaving flowers at a grave of Wilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz

Audience / Tung Chih / 1873
Emperor Tung Chih grants an audience to representatives of foreign powers in China. Date: 29 June 1873

Fergus Fionnliath
Fergus Fionnlaith hated dogs & threw rocks at them, but the powers that protect animals gave him a squint so that he always threw crooked. From the story of the Birth of Bran

Turkey Loses Crete
Abdul-Hamid II, sultan of Turkey, grieves as the international powers take Crete away from him and give it to Greece Date: 1901

Bulgarian officers in Serbia 1915
Bulgarian officers in Serbia, during the Serbian campaign. Bulgaria entered the war on the side of the Central Powers when the latter offered them the territory in Serbia that Bulgaria claimed was

English and Scottish Soldiers on Crete
English and Scottish Soldiers (more specifically the Seaforth Highlanders and Highland Light Infantry) on Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s

Russian and Montenegrin Soldiers in Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

Italian troops on Crete, including cavalry, artillery and carabinieri. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

French Officers on Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

Greece, Crete - Chania - Departure of Italian Policemen
From 1898-1907, Crete was under the control of The Great Forces with Chania controlled by the Italians. This card shows the departure in 1907 of the Italian Policemen

French Soldiers on Crete and various views of the Island. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

Some of the Great Powers Troops in Crete
Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands. A Greek force arrived to annex the island in 1897 and the Great Powers acted

Italian Infantry on Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

Kaiser Wilhem I in Turkey - WWI
Turkey - Kaiser Wilhem II and Sultan Mehmet Rashad V meet in Istanbul during WWI. As is evident in this photograph, the Kaiser had a withered left arm as a result of a traumatic breech birth

The German allies of WW1
The Kaiser and the leaders of his fellow allies during the First World War, depicted within a lucky four-leaf clover. It was not to prove ultimately very lucky

Turkish veiled beauty and Battleship
A veiled Turkish beauty in a decorative inset oval, above an illustration of a Turkish World War One era Battleship

An Automobile Column - Bulgarian Soldiers - WWI
A column of Bulgarian automobiles returning from the frontline during World War One

German troops in Przemysl 1915
German troops march through the Polish city of Przemysl, watched by the local populace. The city was the scene of fighting in 1914 and 1915, Following brief occupation by Russian forces

Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive 1915
German troops advance unopposed during the Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive at the southern end of the Eastern Front. Taken by surprise, Russian forces were pushed back by the offensive

Locarno Peace Conference 5th-16th October 1925
The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland on 5th October to the 16th October 1925 and formally signed in London on December 1

Egyptian Dragoman
A Dragoman - a multilingual Interpreter, translator and official guide between Arabic and Persian countries and consulates / vice-consulates of European / Christian powers

Map at the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the Berlin Airli
Photograph showing a large wall map of Berlin and its air corridors, in the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the airlift of 1948

A Serbian Dragoon regiment in the Battle of Borenitza
A Serbian Dragoon regiment, part of the Allied army based in the Greek port of Salonika, are pictured riding to repel an attack by the Bulgarian army, October 1916

A French heavy-gun battery on the Macedonian border A French heavy-gun battery is pictured moving uphill through lines of barbed wire on the Balkan front, October 1916

Duc D anjou Quits Paris
Le duc d Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, leaves Paris to become Felipe V of Spain, but this is opposed by England and other powers, triggering the Spanish Succession War

Conference at Warsaw
Representatives of the great powers meet at Warsaw to discuss the future of Poland

French in the Tagus
Disputed succession to the Portuguese throne leads to intervention by the great powers : a French fleet sails up the Tagus to promote French interests

Warsaw Conference
Conference of the powers at Warsaw to consider the fate of Poland

Cavaignac Proclaims
General Cavaignac, given dictatorial powers, posts proclamations to restore order in Paris

European Ambassadors in Constantinople, 1896
Photograph of the ambassadors of the leading European powers, photographed in the garden of the Austrian Embassy, Constantinople (now Istanbul), 1896. Those pictured are (from left to right) P

Schneider Seance / Price
Rudi Schneider sitting in seance with Harry Price, who conducted experiments into his spiritualist powers

Coastguard Galley
Eight stalwart tars row a coastguard galley, protecting Englands shores from invasion by foreign powers

Faust in Auerbachs Wine Cellar
Faust in Auerbachs wine cellar. Faust, is a legend dating back to early Christianity but in its present form based on Dr. Johann Faust who lived in Heidelberg during the sixteenth century

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