Promoter Collection

Sebastian Kneipp
SEBASTIAN KNEIPP Bavarian priest, promoter of hydropathy (cold water cure) and herbalism

Emma Hardinge Britten
EMMA HARDINGE BRITTEN English-born spiritualist in America, author, actress, musician, medium and tireless promoter of the spiritualist cause

Baltemore / Cecil Calvert
CECIL CALVERT 2nd BARON BALTEMORE Irish nobleman and colonial promoter in America

A portrait of Oscar Mouvet, Parisian cafe
A portrait of Oscar Mouvet (the brother of the celebrated ballroom dancer Maurice Mouvet), Parisian cafe, night-club and cabaret owner and promoter, 1924 Date: 1924

Cartoon, Alexander Meyrick Broadley, barrister for Arabi Pacha (Ahmed Urabi or Ourabi), author, company promoter and social figure, founder of the Drury Lane Masonic Lodge, London. 1886

General Tom Thumb, Lucia Zarate, General Mite and Frank Uf
Engraving showing General Tom Thumb, real name Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883), Lucia Zarate (1864-1890), General Mite, real name Francis Joseph Flynn (b.1864), and Frank Uffner

Terry McHale - Liverpudlian Bantamweight Boxer
Terry McHale (1934-2011) - from Gerard Street, the heart of Liverpools " Little Italy" - a Bantamweight Boxer, later a boxing promoter and pub landlord

Macpherson Distributing Home, Knowlton, Quebec
The Distributing Home in Knowlton, Quebec, operated by childrens emigration promoter Miss Annie Macpherson to receive a distribute children she brought to Canada from England

Cartoon, Wilhelm Kuhe, German musician
Cartoon, Wilhelm Kuhe (1823-1912), German pianist, piano teacher, composer, administrator, and promoter of concerts, including an annual festival, in Brighton -- Brightons Grand (Pianoforte) Old Man

Our Western Home, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Inmates at the gate of Our Western Home at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, opened in 1869 by emigration promoter Miss Maria Rye. Date: circa 1906

Thomas Britton (1657-1714). Colored enEngraving
Thomas Britton (1657-1714). English charcoal and Concert Promoter. Engraving at Picturesque Family Weekly, 1879. Colored

Thomas Elder
THOMAS ELDER Australian promoter of exploration, founder of the Australian Exploring Expedition. Date: 1818 - 1897

Bart. Prosper Enfantin
Barthelemy Prosper ENFANTIN French social reformer, follower of Saint-Simon and promoter of Saint-Simonism Date: 1796 - 1864

Duke of Bridgewater
Francis Egerton, 3rd duke of BRIDGEWATER landowner and canal promoter Date: 1736 - 1803

Sir Eward Watkin (ILN)
Sir Edward Watkin (1819 - 1901) engineer, railway promoter, chairman of the Channel Tunnel Company

Sir Edward Watkin (Photo)
Sir Edward Watkin (1819 - 1901) engineer, railway promoter, chairman of the Channel Tunnel Company 1889

Constance Stewart-Richardson - British dancer and author
Lady Constance Stewart Richardson (1883-1932), British dancer and author, society figure, dancer and promoter of the healthy benefits of exercise. Date: 1910

Macpherson Home, Stratford, Ontario
The distributing home at Stratford, Ontario, operated by emigration promoter Miss Annie Macpherson. A horse-drawn sledge stands in the snow. Date: early 1900s

Mrs Louisa Birt
Louisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. From 1873 to 1915 she was Superintendent of the Liverpool Sheltering Home. Date: circa 1910

Miss Elizabeth Meiklejohn
Elizabeth Meiklejohn became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1877 ran the Macpherson distribution home in Knowlton, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

Mrs Rachel Merry
Louisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. Rachel and her husband Joseph Merry superintended Macphersons Home of Industry for several years

Miss Emma Barber
Emma Barber, a resident of Knowlton, Ontario, became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1872 to 1877ran the Macpherson distribution home in the town

Miss Ellen Bilbrough
Ellen Bilbrough, an assistant of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson, went to Canada to run the Marchmont House distribution home at Belleville, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

Miss Annie Macpherson
Annie Macpherson was a promoter and organiser of the emigration of poor and orphan children to Canada in the latter part of the 19th century

Parmentier, Antoine Augustin (1737-1813). Vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe. Engraving

Albert Grant, Vanity Fair, Ape
ALBERT GRANT (1831-1899) (born Abraham Gottheimer) Irish born British company promoter. Established many companies which were to fail at the expense of the shareholders leading to claims of fraud

Sir Edward Watkin
Sir Edward William Watkin (1819 - 1901) Engineer and railway promoter 1881

Benjamin Silliman
BENJAMIN SILLIMAN American chemist, geologist and naturalist, and promoter of science generally. Date: 1779 - 1864

Robert Raikes
ROBERT RAIKES promoter of Sunday schools Date: 1735 - 1811

Edward Pease
EDWARD PEASE British railway promoter Date: 1767 - 1858

Theobald Mathew
THEOBALD MATHEW Irish churchman and temperance promoter, persuading people to take the pledge. with his autograph Date: 1790 - 1856

Sir John Macartney
SIR JOHN MACARTNEY Irish promoter of canals Date: ? - 1812

Samuel Laing, Railways
SAMUEL LAING English railwayman, chairman of the London and Brighton Railway Company, a promoter of railway excursions. Date: 1812 - 1897

King Hudsons Home
The home of KING HUDSON, railway promoter, at York. Date: 19TH CENTURY

Thomas Guthrie - 2
THOMAS GUTHRIE Scottish churchman and philanthropist, promoter of the ragged schools. Date: 1803 - 1873

Thomas Guthrie - 3
THOMAS GUTHRIE Scottish churchman and philanthropist, promoter of the ragged schools. Date: 1803 - 1873

Thomas Guthrie - 4
THOMAS GUTHRIE Scottish churchman and philanthropist, promoter of the ragged schools. with his autograph Date: 1803 - 1873

Edward Vct Cardwell
EDWARD, viscount CARDWELL statesman, Secretary of State for the Colonies, promoter of army reform. Date: 1813 - 1885

The trust promoters nightmare. Illustration shows a man, possibly Robert A. Ammon, waking up from a nightmare that shows a criminal labeled Miller and 520 per cent breaking stones in a prison

The Union matrimonial promoter. Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Frederick Coombs dressed in military uniform. Date c1866

Albert Visits Factory
ALBERT I was a keen promoter of Belgian industry and commerce : here he visits a steelworks circa 1930. Date: 1875 - 1934

Anabaptist Matthiesson
Jean Matthiesson, promoter of Anabaptism, travels and preaches. Date: 16th century

Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891)
Portrait of Phineas Taylor Barnum, the American showman and promoter, pictured in 1884

R J Campbell (Rev)
R J CAMPBELL theologian, promoter of the new theology, influential in his day but little seems to be known about him even on Google

Joseph Pease
JOSEPH PEASE railway promoter of Darlington, associated with George Stephenson

3rd Duke of Bridgewater
FRANCIS EGERTON, 3rd duke of BRIDGEWATER promoter of canals, creator of the Bridgewater Canal

Robert Raikes / Drummond
ROBERT RAIKES Promoter of Sunday Schools

John Law (Schenk)
JOHN LAW Scottish financier in France, promoter of the Mississippi Scheme

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