Raising Collection (page 5)

Raising a Toast - Can Can Dancer and smart gent
Can Can Dancer (performing on a chair, somewhat precariously!) and smart gent raising a Toast ! Date: 1905

Swiss agricultrual workers take a break from haymaking and scything and share a swift tipple. Date: circa 1910s

Concert in aid of Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital
Drawing done by Phil May to be used to publicise a Flower Concert to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital Date: circa 1890s

Early 20th century actor in the role of a Cavalier
" Heres a Health unto his Majesty." Early 20th century actor in the role of a Cavalier. " Heres a Health unto His Majesty" is an English patriotic song (or glee)

Tom Norman - Auctioneer, raising his gavel
Tom Norman - Showmans Auctioneer, Valuer and Variety Agent from Dallington, East Sussex, raising his gavel. Date: circa 1910

La Journee du Pas-de-Calais Charity card - WWI
A postcard relating to a charity drive in the Pas de Calais region in France, calling on to the generosity of the public. Repeated several times in about 700 communes in the department during World

Smart gentleman raises a toast to the moon / personification of nightime Date: circa 1904

Elisha Raises the Shunammites Son. circa 19th century

Raising Jairuss daughter
Jesus raising Jairuss daughter from the dead. circa late 19th century

Demonstration of Hiram Maxims flying machine Baldwyns Park
Demonstration of Hiram Maxims flying machine at Baldwyns Park, Kent, 3 November 1894. It made a short uncontrolled hop flight on 31 July 1894

Stephensons Railway bridge across the Conway River
The construction of Robert Stephensons tubular railway bridge across the Conway River, North Wales. Preparations for raising the second tube. Coloured lithograph by G Hawkins

Frieze. Constatines period. 4th c. The front part of the sarcofagus. An orator at the center of the frieze. Left side: the Miracle of the seven loaves and fishes (Jesus is between St. Peter and St)

FORTUNY, Mariano (1838-1874). Count Berenguer III Raising the Standard of Barcelona on the Tower of Foix Castle. 1857. The Count with his troops driving the Barcelona standard into the Tower of

Etiquette / Raising Hat
A man raises his hat Date: late 19th Century

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

NFS (London Region) Southall horse rescue, WW2
Firefighters from K2Z Southall fire station area attempting to rescue a horse that fell into a deep, water filled ditch and was unable to get out unaided

Satirical cartoon, raising a balloon
Satirical cartoon, Moyen infaillible d enlever les Ballons -- a group of commedia dell arte characters trying to raise a balloon on a wooden frame. circa 18th century

Alice Paul, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, raising glass with right hand. Date c1920 Sept. 3

Christ raising Jairus daughter. Jesus Christ raising Jairuss daughter from her deathbed. Date c1866

Raising him the limit. Date c1892 Nov. 11

Raising the liberty pole, 1776. Print shows the raising of a liberty pole in a village center on a festive occasion with many spectators, some appear to be disgruntled loyalists; in the background

Sea Scouts with Prince of Wales and Baden Powell
Sea Scouts in a cutter raising their oars, as they row Edward, Prince of Wales, Admiral Hickley and Chief Scout Baden-Powell across the lake at Alexandra Park, North London. 7 October 1922

Raising the Wellington statue atop the Green Park Arch
Raising the great equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, at the time the largest equestrian statue in Britain, to the summit of Green Park Arch

The Prince of Wales Hospital Carnival, North London

Fruiterers Sports Day, Crystal Palace, London

German couple drinking a toast
A German couple raising their glasses in a toast, and looking into each others eyes. The man is wearing a blue and white uniform, together with a ceremonial sword. Date: early 20th century

Georges Clemenceau, French Prime Minister
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (1841-1929), French Prime Minister from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920. Seen here during the First World War, raising his hat, with soldiers in the background

Air Scouts Colour Party
Six Air Scouts stand to attention raising flags at Windsor Castle. 1962

Poster advertising Church Army Flag Day, Liverpool
Poster advertising a Church Army fundraising Flag Day in Liverpool, to support the charitys war work. Showing a recreation hut and a soldier drinking a mug of tea. 1940s

The Toast by W. R. S. Stott
An early 19th century scene showing four jovial gentlemen raising a toast in front of a blazing fire. Date: 1936

Musical Boys Tour of Australasia
His Excellency the Governor of South Australia with Reverend W. J. Mayers and his travelling party. During 1908-10, Rev. W. J. Mayers and a party of Musical Boys toured in Australia and New Zealand

Quarrying Machinery
Steam derrick for raising stone from deep quarries Mount Sorrel granite Company, Leicestershire

David Wright woman in red and cream evening dress
Elegant woman with dark brown hair, wearing a low-cut red and cream patterned evening dress with a red flower at the front. She is raising her skirt to adjust her stockings

Two motorcyclists overtaking a car
Two motorcyclists on one side of a dual carriageway, overtaking a car on the left-hand side. The motorcyclist at the front raises his arms to the photographer

Etiquette, hat tipping / W H Robinson
Many drivers are opposed to hat raising while driving as it involves removing a hand from the wheel. This difficulty can be overcome by cutting a small trapdoor in the roof of the car through which

Sidi-bou-Medine, Algeria - The Koubba Wells
A superb photograph of a man and a young boy at the Wells of Koubba at Sidi bou Medine, Algeria. The gentleman (right) is possibly the Well operator?

French National Loan poster for the Credit Foncier d Algerie et de Tunisie, showing a busy scene in a North African port

Poster depicting Cattle Raising in Australia
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting Cattle Raising in Australia

Bas-relief depicting the raising of an obelisk
A bas-relief from the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, depicting the raising of an obelisk at Constantinople

Antioch - Turkey - Large waterwheel
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed

Raising telegraph poles
A group of workers erect a telegraph pole with the help of a winch on the back of a truck

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Waterwheel at Antioch
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed

Picnic in Iran
Diplomatic staff (both British and Iranian) enjoy a picnic. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Harry Lauder at hospital matinee
The Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder (Sir Henry Lauder, 1870-1950) at the Playhouse Theatre, where he appeared in a special matinee to raise funds for the Miller General Hospital in Greenwich

Memorial Service poster, Titanic disaster
A poster advertising a Memorial Service at Battersea Town Hall, south London, on 28 April 1912, to remember those who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster

Serbian Infantry in Budapest
Serbian Infantry Regiment at the Station in Budapest, Hungary in August 1914

Iraq - Parade of captured Turkish Prisoners, Baghdad
Turkish prisoners captured by the Allies, are marched through Baghdad, Iraq. The left hand section of this card depicts a British soldier raising the Union Jack flag over the city

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