Shaking Collection

The Central Powers of WWI
With United Forces (the motto of Emperor Franz Josef I) - patriotic depiction of the Central Powers of WWI - Germany, Turkey and Austro-Hungary

The Right Spirit by William Heath Robinson
Christmas is sure to be a success if one keeps smiling on all occasions. The right and seasonable way of behaving in an unexpected encounter

Le Strange Coat of Arms
An elaborate coat of arms for the Stigleman Le Strange family of Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK

Tennis Chivalry 1930S
A chivalrous gentleman tennis player bows as he shakes the hand of his attractive female opponent over the net!

Ulyssess Grant / Freedom
ULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General, and later President, receiving the Freedom of the City of London at the Guildhall

Harry Pollitt, Communist Party leader, with Mao Zedong
Harry Pollitt (1890-1960), Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and head of its trade union department. Seen here shaking hands with the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976)

Mao Zedong greeting South Yemen leader
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) - Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the Peoples Republic of China

Peter Hugo with Cornish beauty queen
Peter Hugo (Prince Charles lookalike) with a beauty queen (Miss Homework) in West Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln shaking hands

Greeting from Ireland - postcard
Greetings from Ireland - a souvenir postcard

Poster, Experienced Travellers Fly British - BOAC and BEA offer services to and from nearly 70 countries Date: circa 1955

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Jimmy Carter / Sadat / Begin
JIMMY CARTER 39th American President (1977-81) seen here during the Palestine-Israeli peace talks with Sadat and Begin Date: 1924 -

The Duke of Edinburgh taking over HMS Magpie at Malta
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, being met by Lt.-Cmdr A. Harber (sp?) at the time he took over command of HMS Magpie at Valletta harbour in Malta. Date: 1950

Wet dog shaking off water Sizewell beach

Modern Athenians plate 2 - Edinburgh
Rev. David Dickinson (1780-1842) of St, Cuthberts church, approaching and shaking hands with Rev. Robert Candlish (died 1873) of St Georges Church

The King with the English cricket team
King George V, accompanied by Lord Cromer, President of the M.C.C and Mr. R.E.S Wyatt, the captain, shakes hands with the English cricke players at Lord s. Left to right are:- Mr. C.F Walters, H

Christmas 1914 Football Match Statues, Messines - Mesen
This life sized statue of a German and a British soldier shaking hands over a football, was sculpted by Andy Edwards and was unveiled on 22 December 2015

Lady Malcolms Great Servants Ball, Albert Hall, London
Lady Malcolms Great Servants Ball, Royal Albert Hall, London. Wife of Sir Ian Malcolm, she is seen here welcoming her guests to the annual ball

Entente Cordiale, Butter carving, Franco-British Exhibition, London - Canadian Pavilion. King Edward VII (1841-1910) (left) shaking hands with Emile Loubet (1838-1929), President of France. Date: 1908

Avenida de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Patriotic card. Date: 1913

Duke of York shakes hands with Lacrosse teams - Manchester
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) shakes hands with Lacrosse teams (Cheadle Hulme and Manchester University) - Manchester, October 1934. Date: 1934

May Collection, Saxonia, Mauretania, Corsican silk postcards
THE MAY COLLECTION: Five silk postcards, Saxonia, Mauretania and Corsican

May Collection, RMS Lusitania two silk postcards
THE MAY COLLECTION: RMS Lusitania, two silk postcards

Children Collecting Fir Cones Date: 1925

Ladies Race at Sonning
The winner of the Ladies Adjacent Hunts Race, organised by the Berks and Bucks Farmers Staghounds, being congratulated by the runner-up. Date: 1932

Cilly Aussem and Hilde Krahwinkel at Wimbledon
Cilly Aussem (1909-1963) had just won the women's singles final at Wimbledon - becoming the first German competitor, male or female, to win a singles title there

Leslie Howe of Tottenham Hotspur with chimney sweep
Leslie Howe of Tottenham Hotspur, lucky handshake with chimney sweep supporter William Carpenter Date: 1946

RMS Empress of Britain, CPR Line

Illustration, White-Ear discovers a dead fox in the coach house. Date: 1912

Churchill, Truman and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), American President Harrys Truman (1884-1972) and Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)

Michael Stewart, British Foreign Secretary
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (1906-1990), British Labour politician, Fabian Socialist and government minister

Oliver Tambo and Norman Willis shaking hands
Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993), South African anti-apartheid politician and prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC)

John Ogdon, British concert pianist, with Nikita Khrushchev
John Ogdon (1937-1989), British concert pianist, shaking hands with the Soviet Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan with Ernesto Che Guevara
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician under Stalin and Khrushchev. He made key trips as an international diplomat to Communist Cuba and to the USA

Nikita Khrushchev and Harold Wilson shaking hands
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian Soviet leader, seen here shaking hands with Harold Wilson (James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, 1916-1995)

Mao Zedong meeting Che Guevara
Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), also known as Chairman Mao. Seen here meeting and greeting Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), the Argentinian Marxist revolutionary

Mao Tse Tung Chinese China Communism Communist
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Nikita Khrushchev with Mao Zedong
Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) and Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976) greet each other warmly. The USSR was giving substantial aid to China at the time. Date: 1950s

EARTHQUAKE PANIC
At San Giovanni Gemini, Sicily, a woman in church thinks the organ is shaking and screams Earthquake !'; all rush out in panic, and three are trampled to death Date: 1907

SICILIANS PANIC
At San Giovanni Gemini, Sicily, a woman in church thinks the organ is shaking and screams Earthquake !'; all rush out in panic, and three are trampled to death Date: 1907

Walter Espec (d Espec) and the Earl of Aumale (Albemarle) at the Battle of the Standard (Battle of Northallerton), 22 August 1138

The Wedding of the World Champion Sculler Mr George Towns to Miss Amy Roslyn Harding at Southsea, prior to Towns return to his native Australia

Winston and Clementine Churchill with Free French boys
Winston and Clementine Churchill with Free French Forces boys, aged between 16 and 20, at Downing Street. The boys crossed the English Channel one dark night in canoes, in a dangerous 36-hour trip

Original Artwork - Circular Christmas Place Marker
Original Artwork - Design for a circular place marker, showing a young boy shaking little red stars from his Christmas stocking. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Woman and man diving into the sea, with the mans annoyed wife standing watching Date: 20th century

The Kings Service, Gale & Poldens Animated Pictures of Naval and Military Life Afloat and Ashore. Showing at the Pier Pavilion Theatre, Lytham, for three nights only. Date: circa 1900s

Fishermen shake their nets, Deal, Kent
Fishermen on the beach at Deal in Kent shaking sprats out of their nets. Date: circa 1950s

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