Shaven Collection

Hegel / Schlesinger
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL German philosopher

WW1 Oath of Allegiance - Women's Battalion of Death, Russia
Oath of Allegiance taken in Moscow by members of the famous Battalion of Death, composed entirely of Russian women and led by Madame Botchkareva - June 1917

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Priest
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WW1 - German soldiers pose on a battle-scarred French street
A fascinaing WW1-era postcard showing a large group of German soldiers posed in the setting of a battle-scarred street scene in France (note the sign Restaurant Jeanne D Arc - number 19)

Ranulf Flambards escape from The Tower of London
The escape of Bishop Ranulf Flambard (circa 1060-1128) from The Tower of London (he had been imprisoned by William Rufus successor Henry I of England)

The Induna - Zulu headman - Natal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Alex Aberg - Estonian Wrestler
Aleksander Richard Aberg (1881-1920) - Russian-Estonian professional Greco-Roman and free-style wrestling world champion of the early 20th century. Date: circa 1910

Turkish Army Officer - Adana, Turkey
Turkish Army Officer - Bezmi Bey - Adana, Turkey. Sent as a Bayram card (religious festival in Turkey) to his family in Isanbul from the Far East of Turkey - 28th January, 1939

Elisha Kent Kane / Mexican
ELISHA KENT KANE American traveller during his time as an aide in the Mexican War Date: 1820 - 1857

Group of Buddhist Monks, Myanmar
Group of Buddhist Monks (Pongyi), Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

Abraham Lincoln / Lawyer
ABRAHAM LINCOLN As a young lawyer, circa 1848 Date: 1809-1865

Laos - Group of Bonzillons at Luang-Prabang
Laos - Group of Bonzillons (Trainee Boy Buddhist monks) at Luang Prabang. Date: circa 1908

Capi Aga, Chief of the White Eunuchs
The Capi Aga, the Governor of the Gates of the Seraglio and Chief of the White Eunuchs. He is wearing a high white turban and crimson fur-trimmed robes. He has no beard. 1803

Moroccan - Recif Man
Moroccan - A Recif man with a dyed pigtail and white tunic

Penitent / Sedan Chair
A shaven-headed religious man (possibly a monk) spends reflective time in a spike - lined sedan chair in China in penitent repose

Elisha Kent Kane / 1843
ELISHA KENT KANE American traveller as a young man in May 1843

Bald French Boy C1870S
A shaven-headed young Frenchman in a continental sailor suit poses for the camera

Lincoln (Brady / Pound)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN U.S. President, early in his political career

Buddhist Anaesthesia
BUDDHIST NOVICE PRIESTS at Setchuan, China, have burning incense placed on their shaven heads; it leaves deep scars but their training enables them to disregard the pain

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