Serve Collection (page 3)

They serve France - How can I serve Canada? Buy Victory Bonds. Poster showing three women pulling a plow. Date 1918

Wright brothers rebuilding their glider in a wooden shed erected in July to serve as a workshop and to house the glider in bad weather, August, 1901; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1901 Aug

European Gentlemans Kedmutgars or Table Servants bringing in dinner. (Plate 7 of 20) Date: 1813

Hms Bellerophon
The fourth vessel of this name to serve in the Royal Navy, this Dreadnought-style battleship will take part in the battle of Jutland 1916, and be sold for scrap in 1921. Date: launched 1907

HMS SUPERB
The seventh vessel of this name to serve in the Royal Navy. She will be sold in 1922. Date: built 1907

Tennis Poser
A fashionable young woman strikes a pose as she attempts to serve, during a game of tennis. Date: 1940s

Patriotic French postcard, showing the description which was unanimously voted (by the French Senate) to be displayed in all Town Halls and Schools in France

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 2 of 8
all on a summers day

Waiting for D Day
British women serve coffee and talk to American Army Ordinancemen waiting to cross the channel to France for the D Day landings in 1944

Hungerford Bridge
Built by Brunel in 1841-5 to serve Hungerford Market, the bridge will be demolished in the 1860s when Hawkshaws railway bridge is built

Recruitment Poster
Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War? A young girl reading about World War One poses a difficult question to her Father; a clever campaign to promote duty to serve

Kenilworth - Varney
May not my poor poniard serve, honoured madam? - Robert Varney, steward to the Earl of Leicester, presents his wrapped knife to Queen Elizabeth I

Fred Perry returning a serve
Fred. J. Perry playing on the centre court at Wimbledon

Departure of the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise from L
Engraving depicting Princess Louise with her husband, the Marquis of Lorne (Duke of Argyle) seen departing from Liverpool for Canada where the Marquis was to serve as Governor General

Edward White Benson (1829-1896)
Photographic portrait of Edward White Benson (1829-1896), pictured when serving as Bishop of Truro between 1877 and 1883. Benson went on to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury

Womens Right-to-Serve march
A woman dressed as Belgium during a right-to-serve procession through Westminster, London. The demonstration, which took place on July 17th 1915

The Allies - Right-to-Serve march
A woman representing the Allies during a right-to-serve procession through Westminster, London. The demonstration, which took place on July 17th 1915

Recruiting for the War in 1914
Photograph showing the recruiting offices at Whitehall besieged by crowds of young men hoping to serve King and country, shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914

The Civil War in America. Claiming exemption from the draugh
During the American Civil War, the rich could pay $300 or find a substitute willing to serve in the army in his place, the so-called rich mans law was used by many notable Americans

The Half Hour Before Dinner
Humorous scene showing a family and guests, dressed in evening attire, waiting for Christmas dinner to be served. An old man dozes in an armchair

Air Hostesses
Two blonde air hostesses stand back to back as they serve drinks to passengers

Edward I Threatens Roger
Edward I threatens Roger, Earl of Norfolk who refuses to serve in Gascony

ZEBRA
An early depiction of a male zebra (equus or hippotigris zebra) : the stripes, which serve as camouflage in the wild, are beautifully delineated

Swedish Werewolves
Some men transform themselves into wolves, the better to serve their Master, the Devil

Mrs Wheatley in 1788
The artists wife is wrapped up against the winter cold and carries a big muff, and her elegant hat is almost big enough to serve as an umbrella

Crinoline Spoils Dancing
The men are forced out of the ballroom. There is barely enough room to accomodate the crinolined belles. A page in an attempt to serve tea tilts forward precariously

Mania / Railway Juggernaut
THE RAILWAY JUGGERNAUT OF 1845 Anyone who has any savings, offers them as a sacrifice to the speculators who serve as priests to the Great Railway God

Vichy Water
VICHY Waitresses ready to serve you with a glass of Vichy Water

Elsie Marley / Greenaway
Elsie Marley has grown so fine, she won t get up to serve the swine, but lies in bed till eight or nine, and surely she does take her time !

Womens Right to Serve
Part of a mass demonstration in London expressing the readiness of women to take part in the war effort

William IV & Wellington
READING THE TIMES William IV with Wellington : both were strongly opposed to Reform, but Wellington refused to serve as Premier, saying Peel was the right man

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