Return Collection (page 12)

Return of the guards from Crimea, Parliament Street
The return of the Guards from the Crimean War: the welcome in Parliament Street, London, where bouquets of flowers were thrown. Date: 1856

Reception of Queen Victoria by review of guards, Hyde Park
The rapturous reception given to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, by the Guards at the review in Hyde Park, London, after the regiments return from the Crimean War

Louis Restrained
Louis and Marie would rather be at Versailles, but when they try to leave Paris, they are prevented and forced to return to the Tuileries. They ll try again in June. Date: 18 April 1791

Men of HMS Prince Eugene at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Men of HMS Prince Eugene clearing up HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after her return from the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium

Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - A Weak Return A Policeman aids a totally sozzled young gentleman to return to his abode into the rather shocked care of the housemaid. Date: circa 1903

British prisoners of war arriving at Hull from Germany, WW1
British prisoners of war arriving at Hull, being repatriated from Germany towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Royal Evasion - 4
The escaping royals make it as far as Varennes, but there they are recognised and forced to give up their journey and return to Paris. Date: 22 June 1791

Royal Evasion - 5
The escaping royals make it as far as an inn at Varennes, but there they are recognised and forced to give up their journey and return to Paris. Date: 22 June 1791

Return of the Penguins
The penguins return in the spring. Date: 1907 - 1909

Albert I at Brussels
After the Allied victory, ALBERT I is able to return to Brussels on 22 November 1918. Date: 1875 - 1934

Roumanian Horse Show
A Romanian officer giving a magnificent horse jumping display for King Carol II of Romania during his visit to Timisoara, following his return from exile. Date: 1930s

Falconry : the Return
The falconer holds out his arm as the bird returns to him. Date: 1930s

Gladstone - the return of the vanquished
The return of the vanquished! Cartoon of William Gladstone on the front cover of Funny Folks, after the defeat of his Irish Home Rule bill. Date: 1886

British prisoners from Kut returning to London, WW1
British prisoners captured after the Siege of Kut (1916), seen here on their return to London via Cannon Street Station. They are NCOs and other men, officers having returned a few days earlier

Brtish troops returning from fighting, France, WW1
British troops returning to a French town by bus for a rest after heavy fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American troops arriving home, Hoboken, USA
American troops arriving home by ship at Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, after the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1919

Wartime poster advertising Savings Certificates, said to be safe as the British Empire (marked red on the map). Showing returns on investments over 5 years and 10 years. 1940s

Italian soldiers leave reminder card
Remember when I come on leave - card to be filled in by soldiers to give to their loved ones to inform them when they will be returning on leave

Fete, Alsace
The people of an Alsace town celebrate the return of their department to France after more than 40 years of German occupation Date: 1920

Selling Indulgences C15
Jesuits sell indulgences to the people of Lucerne, Switzerland - the populace give the Church money in return for spending a shorter period in Purgatory... Date: 15th century

Irving / Rips Return
Rips return to the village. Date: First published: 1819

Retour Des Fleurs
RETOUR DES FLEURS The return of the flowers each Spring Date: 1847

RETURN OF SATAN (Robert Moore Williams) Fighting desperately against the super-brain... Date: 1939

Paranormal / Apparitions
LE TOUSSAINT (Hallowe en) Departed loved ones return to their Breton homes once a year, on All Saints Eve Date: 1895

Siegfried & Maidens
Act three : the Rhinemaidens beg Siegfried to return the Ring

Waltraube, Brunnhilde
Act one : Waltraube begs her sister Brunnhilde to return the ring to the Rhinemaidens, but she refuses

Return of the Tripeds
THE RETURN OF THE TRIPEDS (Neil R Jones) The Professor (as a metal man) fights the flying beings until his rescue ship arrives. Date: 1932

Scouts on Bikes 1930
The Happiness of the Road: A batch of happy boy scouts on their return from a weekend camping near Windsor, Berkshire, England. Date: 18 May 1930

Girl awaiting for Fathers return
A beautiful photograph of a young girl patiently awaiting the return of her Father, who has possibly serving in the British Armed Forces overseas

Home for Christmas by Matania
Home for Christmas - a real Santa Claus at the door. Many surprise visits home characterised the Christmas of 1915. Owing to late arrivals

Over the Top by Bernard Hugh
The demobilisation of the army at the end of World War I was a slow process as this picture, from January 1919 confirms. Some units remained to police the Rhineland region

Census tabulation in former Lambeth workhouse
Data from the 1931 census being transferred to punched cards in the former Lambeth workhouse - presumably the one on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road), Lambeth, south London

The Warriors Return, satirical postcard
A wounded soldier, drawn as a wooden puppet and carrying his own broken-off leg, looks at a WD (War Department) signpost pointing to the workhouse

The Return by Ethel Parkinson
The Return -- three children bring a large log home with them, to the delight of their little dog. Two girls are pulling the log along, while a smaller girl sits on the log, cradling her doll

Coronation Procession in Whitehall, London
The Royal Coach containing King George V and Queen Mary in Whitehall on the return journey to Buckingham Palace

Les Robinsons Lunaires, title page
(The lunar family Robinson) A balloon is carried to the Moon, but make a successful return to Earth

German troops return 1918
German troops return to Berlin, Germany in 1918. Crowds cheer as the soldiers pass beneath the Brandenburg Gate

Returning home postcard
A lovely postcard of a donkey wagon laden with luggage to be sent to inform friends and relatives of the date of return from holiday in Bermuda

Returning from Fatigue 1915
Fatigue parties returning to camp from daily work and return duty on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1915

Pierrot Offers a Rose
A Pierrot offers a lady, also in fancy dress, a rose in return for a kiss

Stanley Returns England
Mr H.M. Stanley is greeted by crowds of well-wishers on his return to Victoria Station in London after the Emin Pasha Relief Exhibition

Orient Line trips
Orient Line poster advertising boomerang trips and first class fares to Australia and back from 230

The return of Captain Dreyfus: 1st landing on French soil
Dreyfus disembarks at Port-Haliguen in Quiberon, France on 30th June 1899

The Ashanti War (1873-74) The return from Kumasi, 1874
The return of the British and native troops from their expedition to Kumasi. They are seen here crossing a river. This was sketched during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

Christmas Leave
Two soldiers return home to join in the peace celebrations in time for Christmas. They are accompanied by a number of ravishing women with newly cropped hair

A Christmas Visitor
A woman is interrupted from her Christmas decorations by the sight of her husband returning home from the war. A truly filmic moment

Sir Robert Baden-Powell leading a cavalry charge, 1899
Illustration showing Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, leading a cavalry charge in South Africa, 1899. He is shown in the uniform of the Special Corps

Captain Frederick Burnaby on the Road to Khiva, 1875
Engraving showing Captain Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885), the English soldier and explorer, travelling, with a companion, across the Russian Steppes in the winter of 1875

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