Returns Collection (page 3)

To a Mother at Churching
Document with instructions to mothers at the Christian ceremony of churching, where a woman returns to church after giving birth and is blessed

British Tommy on leave returns home to his family
From a Somme dugout to the Home Fireside A British Tommy on leave returns home to his family - just in time for Christmas Dinner. Date: 1916

Pulling down German frontier pole at Alsace, WW1
Alsace Returns -- for a Moment. Frenchmen pulling down a German frontier pole at Alsace on the border between France and Germany at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

Mimi Crawford in Many Happy Returns
Actress Mimi Crawford, who performed a daring monologue in the revue, Many Happy Returns iat the Duke of Yorks Theatre. She spoke the thoughts of a young girl of the very modern type

Tommy Hampson returns home after Olympics
Thomas " Tommy" Hampson (1907 1965), British athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Los Angeles Olympics, pictured on the shoulders of boys from St

The Queen arriving home after a royal tour
The Queen driving to Buckingham Palace after her 20, 000 mile tour of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Iran. Date: 1961

Cover design, Silhouette Calendar -- Many Happy Returns. Showing a little girl sitting at a table sewing. Date: 20th century

Birthday card, the Many Happy Returns Inn
Birthday card, depicting the Many Happy Returns Inn, a colourful toadstool where special birthday teas are served. Various elves are making preparations and enjoying tea in the foreground

Greek Harbour
A Greek warship returns to its home port. Date: BCE

Weber Returns to Germany
WEBERs remains are brought back to Germany from England, where he died. Hamburg harbour is filled with sightseers welcoming him back to his native land. Date: 1845

Rochefort Returns
HENRI ROCHEFORT French radical journalist and politician, dining with supporters at Calais station on his return from exile in England. Date: 1830 - 1913

Lola Lecturing
LOLA MONTEZ, who had taken London by storm with her Spanish dancing in 1843, returns in 1859 to tell Londoners of her interesting experiences in Bavaria... Date: 1818 - 1861

The D-Day Landings - 6th June 1944 - General de Gaulle - WW2
WW2 - The D-Day Landings - Operation Overlord - Normandy, France, 6th June 1944 - General de Gaulle surveys the beaches. Date: 1944

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Torpedo Boat Squadron returns to base having engaged the enemy. Date: circa 1904

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home
Evacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s

German Birthday Greetings Postcard - Many Happy Returns! Date: 1912

Two Royal Navy Divers return to deck. Date: 1903

View toward St Marks Square, Venice, Italy
Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day. View toward St Marks Square, Venice, Italy Date: 1732

Charles I Returns 1623
Prince Charles (later King Charles I) is welcomed home from Spain by his father James I, where he had been negotiating marriage with the Spanish Infanta Date: 1623

Girls in Class / Iln 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911

Many happy returns of the day. Illustration shows Puck giving a bouquet of roses labeled With the Compliments of the People to President and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Date 1902 December 31

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

Young woman on a birthday postcard
Many Happy Returns of Your Birthday -- a young woman surrounded by a lacy mat and flowers on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century

Heart and flowers on a birthday postcard
A heart-shaped scene on a lake, with three pink roses below, on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century

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

French Victory Algeria
The duc d Aumale, in command of the French forces, returns in triumph through the plain of Mitidja, after the taking of the smala of Abd-el Kader. Date: May 1843

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

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

Persian King & Captives
A Persian shah (king) returns from a military victory with a string of prisoners

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Sir Garnet Wolseley returns home
Sir Garnet Wolseley returns to England from the Ashanti expedition. He lands at Portsmouth and is seen here raising his hat and shaking hands

Leopold I Acclaimed
Though republican feelings are strong in the country, Leopold I is still generally popular and when he returns to Brussels after an illness he is enthusiastically acclaimed

Return from Italy
The French expedition to Italy returns in triumph and parades through the streets of Paris to tumultuous applause

Louis XVIII returns triumphantly to Paris, re- establishing the monarchy and the Bourbon dynasty : but Napoleons return will make him flee again

Frederik VI Returns
Frederik VI ill-advisedly sides with Napoleon in his wars, costing his country Norway and more : his homecoming to Copenhagen is applauded, none the less

Alexander Deposed 5
Prince Alexander is rescued from his abductors and returns to Sofia where is welcomed home by his subjects : but he will soon abdicate again, voluntarily this time

Skirmish with Turks
Intermittent hostilities continue to occur between Greece and Turkey : the Greek warship Enosis returns to Syra after a skirmish with a Turkish frigate

Louis XVIII Satire
Louis XVIII returns somewhat less than triumphantly to Paris, re-establishing the monarchy and the Bourbon dynasty for a while

Napoleon Returns
Napoleon leaves Elba, travels to Paris and re-enters the palais des Tuileries, but 100 days later he ll have to vacate it again

Franco-Prussian War. A Friend in Need
A Lady and her maid catch their pigeon as it returns home with a message

Saint George Returns
SAINT GEORGE St George is given a heroes welcome after vanquishing the dragon - which is dragged by a team of horses in his wake

Hugo Returns
VICTOR HUGO He is received enthusiastically when he returns to France from exile, landing at Bordeaux in early September 1870

Pius IX Returns
Now that the French have rescued Rome from those awful Republicans, it is safe for Pius IX to go back : he lands at Naples where the pious citizens fall to their knees

Roman Legion
The Roman Legion returns with drums beating to Rome, after taking Velletri

Pius VII Returns
Pius VII returns from exile following Napoleons defeat : his feet are kissed by Carlo Emanuele IV as he enters St Peter s, and he forms a reactionary government

Woman under Laburnum
A housewife in a red overcoat returns to her suburban semi- detached house. A laburnum tree with lovely yellow blossom frames the picture

Homage to Louis 2
When 11-year old Louis returns to Paris, people stand in line to tell him what a splendid chap he is : but will so much praise go to his head ?

Louis in Paris - 2
Louis bravely returns to Paris where he is enthusiastically welcomed to the Hotel de Ville by Bailly, the mayor and by the citizens of Paris

Louis in Paris
Louis bravely returns to Paris where he is welcomed enthusiastically by the people and greeted by Bailly, mayor of Paris

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