Signing Collection

Reagan Chesterfield Ad
RONALD REAGAN 40th American President (1981-89), seen here as a popular actor of the early 1950s in a cigarette advert Date: circa 1951

Magna Carta
King John, pressured by the barons and threatened with insurrection, reluctantly signs the great charter on the Thames island of Runnymede

Signing of the Armistice, Compiegne, France, WW1
Signing of the Armistice in the carriage of Marshal Fochs private train, Compiegne, France, marking the end of the First World War. Illustration by F Chamouin. 1918

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, Soviet officer in the Red Army who played a decisive role during World War Two, including the capture of Berlin

Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
The Pilgrim Monument and Bas Relief Tablet on Town Hill, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA. It commemorates the signing of the Compact and the first landing place of the Pilgrims on 11 November 1620

Signing Venezuelas independence in Caracas (5th August 1811). Replica of a fresco painting by Tovar y Tovar (1883). Engraving

Independence Declaration
The signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia

Treaty of Waitangi
Maori chiefs recognise British sovereignty by signing the Treaty of Waitangi

The first aerial post in England
The first aerial postman receiving the first bag of mail for carriage by airship: Mr Hamel signing the official receipt

The Autograph Album, by William Heath Robinson
A Souperscription. Illustration showing a missionary signing a little boys book whilst being boiled alive

Babe Ruth Signing a $100, 000 Contract, 1926
Photograph showing Babe Ruth (1895-1948), the American baseball player, signing a $100, 000 contract for a twelve-week tour, 1926

The Signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty, San Francisco, 195
Photograph showing Shigeru Yoshida, the Japanese Premier, signing the Peace Treaty at San Francisco, 4th September 1951

Sir Edward Carson signing against Irish Home Rule
Sir Edward Carson signing the Covenant resisting Irish Home Rule. 1912

David Moorcroft, British runner
David Moorcroft (b. 1953), British middle-distance and long-distance runner, signing an autograph at a fun run in Penzance, Cornwall

Richard von Kuhlmann signing Peace Treaty, Romania
Richard von Kuhlmann (1873-1948), German Foreign Secretary, signing a Peace Treaty (known as the Treaty of Bucharest) with Romania in the Cotroceni Palace, near Bucharest

Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri
The Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri, 31st August 1945. All the US naval personnel are wearing Class B uniforms on purpose. The surrender officially ended World War Two

John Signs Magna Carta
King John, pressured by the barons, signs the great charter on the Thames island of Runnymede

The American dancing and signing duo the Hengler Sisters
The American dancing and signing duo, famous on both sides of the Atlantic, the Hengler Sisters @ 1905 Date: 1920s

Covenanting women: signing the anti-Home-rule pledge
Women take part in the demonstration by signing the anti-Home-rule declaration at Belfast. 1912

Signing the Register
A young bride and groom sign the register. The groom is wearing a suit with very wide lapels and the bride wears a satin wedding dress with fur around the cuffs

Armistice between Turkey & the Allies
The signing of the Armistice between Turkey & the Allies on 30th October 1918 at Mudros. Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1864 - 1937). Izzet negotiated the Turkish Armistice at the end of World War One

Gustav Hamel signing receipt for mail, Hendon
The aviator Gustav Hamel in the cockpit of his aeroplane, signing the official receipt for the mail, just before setting out from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor on the very first airmail flight

Scots Sign the Covenant
The signing of the covenant in Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh

Independence Declaration
The signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia

West of England Bantams (Bristol) - recruitment poster
West of England Bantams (Bristol) original recruitment poster calling for shorter men, printed for Recruiting Committee Bristol. Date: circa 1917

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). The signing of
Treaty of San Stefano (3 March 1878). Agreement imposed by the Russian Empire on the Ottoman Empire after its victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878

Siege of Gerona (Girona) (27 June to 10 September)
Siege of Gerona (Girona) (27 June to 10 September 1285)

Hanging the Kaiser at Brackley
After the signing of the Armistace on November 11th 1918 effiges of The German Kaiser

King John signing the Magna Carta. 1215

Treaty of Versailles, 1919 by Fortunino Matania
The Signing of the Peace Treaty with Germany at Versailles. Britains Prime Minister signing the peace treaty with Germany in the Galerie des Glaces at Versailles, June 28, 1919

The signature of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603). Date: late 16th century

Signing the Treaty of Paris (Peace of Paris) between Great Britain, France and Spain, 20 January 1783, part of the set of treaties which ended the American Revolutionary War. Date: 1783

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Willing Volunteers to fight for the cause - We are ready'. Date: 1965

RMS Titanic - Fred Pennal, bathroom steward, victim
RMS Titanic - studio portrait photo of Thomas Frederick Cohen Pennal (1878-1912), bathroom steward First Class, who lost his life when the ship sank

RAF volunteers signing on to be pilots, WW2
RAF volunteers signing on to be pilots Date: circa 1941

Footballer Woodgate signing autograph
T Woodgate, signing autograph, with fellow footballers R Dunn, A Banner, R Carter, J Wood - they all joined Anti-Aircraft Command Date: circa 1940s

Jack's Visit to Greenwich I - signing the register, the Great Harry, cannon taken at Copenhagen, model of the Battle of Trafalgar, a ship adorned

Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others, Geneva
Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others, signing a peace agreement at the conclusion of a summit in Geneva, Switzerland

Signing a contract at Simpsons of Piccadilly, London
A group of men signing a contract at Simpsons of Piccadilly, a large retail shop in Central London selling quality clothing for men which opened in 1936. Date: mid 20th century

Death of Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav statesman
Visiting dignitaries signing the book of commemoration during the funeral of Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman

Jessica Mitford at a book signing event
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Michael Meacher, British Labour politician
Michael Hugh Meacher (b 1939), British Labour politician, served as Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003

Robin Cook with members of the NUPE trades union
Robin Cook (Robert Finlayson Cook, 1946-2005), British Labour politician. Seen here in the street with members of the trades union NUPE (National Union of Public Employees). Date: circa 1990s

Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940

Comic postcard, Hotel guests complaint Date: 20th century

Signing the Treaty of Nankin (Nanking, Nanjing), ending the First Opium War, 29 August 1842. Date: 1842

Comic postcard, Drunkard signing petition to shut the pubs at ten. Date: 20th century

Afghan War: signing the treaty of Gundamuk
The Afghan War: the Ameer Yakoob Khan and Major Cavagnari signing the treaty of Gundamuk, 1879

Green Park rejoicings
The peace rejoicings in the Green Park on the occasion of the signing the treaty of Aachen in 1748. Date: 1875

Portrait of Baroness Beryl Platt of Writtle
Portrait of Baroness Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle signing IMechE Honorary Fellow book. Date: 1984

Jack Buchanan signing records
Jack Buchanan, at the time he was starring in Sunny the hit musical comedy at the London Hippodrome, signing records at a London store assisted by his co-stars in the production

French women signing up for war work, September 1939
A group of Frenchwomen engaged in signing up for Passive Defence and Red Cross work shortly after the outbreak of war in September 1939. Date: September 1939

Little Women - Laurie witnessing Amys will
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Laurie witnessing Amys will. 1880

King John and the Magna Carta, view of Runnymede
King John and the Magna Carta, with a view of Runnymede where it was signed. Date: 1215

America - Garden House Signing Declaration of Independence
The Garden House in Which Thomas Jefferson And Others Celebrated The Signing Of The United States Declaration of Independence In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Date: 1776

James Braid signing an autograph
Golfer James Braid signing an autograph for a young hunter at Banstead Golf Club during the Tooting Bec Challange Cup competition 1911

Mayor signing documents, Brittany, Northern France
Mayor signing legal documents, Brittany, Northern France. His traditional costume includes pleated breeches and heavy wooden clogs. 1922

Women signing on for munitions work 1915
Beating up recruits : Women signing on for munitions work in front of the Houses of Parliament. Large numbers of women stopped to fill forms in, despite the wet and blustery weather. Date: July 1915

Signing of the Peace Pact in Paris, August 1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact, or Pact of Paris, officially named the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy. 1928

Two suffragettes signing a petition for womens suffrage to be presented to the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, following the conclusion of a Womens March from Edinburgh to London Date: 1912

King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede
John, King of England (1166-1216) signs the Magna Carta (Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England) - forced onto him by the feudal barons

CONCORDAT WITH VATICAN
The Pope and Mussolini sign the Concordat (conciliation agreement) between the Italian State and the Vatican Date: 11 February 1929

SIGNING REGISTER FRANCE
Scene in the sacristy of a French church : after God has united the happy couple they sign the register as required by the civil authorities Date: circa 1830

SIGNING ARMISTICE 1918
Admiral Sir David Beatty reads the terms of the Armistice to German delegates aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth Date: 16 November 1918

CAMEL RIDE IN ZOO
Three children ride a camel in the Regents Park Zoo : today wed need them to be strapped on, with safety helmets, after signing a form of indemnity in case of accident... Date: 1926

EDWARD VII / RIRE 1903
EDWARD VII With Emile Loubet, President of France, at the time of the signing of an Entente Cordiale with Britain Date: 1903

Ibo Women, Nigeria - Traditional Dancing - note the Igbo ankle rattles. Date: circa 1950s

Africa. French colonialism. Signing a treaty with the chief
History of Africa. French colonialism. 19th century. Signing a treaty with the chief of the tribe Tamiso. Colored engraving

WW1 - Treaty of Versailles
WW1 - The Foreign Minister of Germany, Hermann Muller, seen here signing the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was signed at he Palace of Versailles on 28th June 1919

Republic of Ireland Act 1948
The severance of the last link with the British Crown: President O Kelly signing the Republic of Ireland Bill in Dublin on 21st December, 1948. This photograph shows Mr

Signing the Treaty of Peace at Vienaa [sic]. Coloured aquatint by J C Stadler after William Heath, published by Thomas Tegg, 1 April 1818

WW1 Royal Navy recruiting poster issued by the Admiralty circa 1914 Date: circa 1914

World War 1 British Soldier, original lithograph printed on reverse of unused advertising posters for cut out standing beckoning figure for use at recruiting station

WW1 - Parliamentary Recruiting poster
Gen. Lord Baden Powell Are you in this, Parliamentary Recruiting poster 1915 Date: 1915

Signing on for Munition Work, WW1
Women signing up for work in munitions factories during the First World War. Date: 1914-18

Princess Michael of Kent signing a book at St Pauls
Princess Michael of Kent signing a book while attending a Carol Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 17 December 1992

Queen Elizabeth at Maumbury Rings, Dorchester, Dorset
Queen Elizabeth II signing the distinguished visitors book at Maumbury Rings in Dorchester, Dorset, a neolithic circular earthwork later adapted as a Roman amphitheatre

Tomas Masaryk, Czech President, in Philadelphia, USA
Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak politician, founder and first President of Czechoslovakia

Richard von Kuhlmann and Count von Czernin, Brest Litovsk
Richard von Kuhlmann (1873-1948), German Foreign Secretary, signing the peace treaty of Brest Litovsk, Russia (now Brest, Belarus)

David Moorcroft, British runner, in Cornwall
David Moorcroft (b.1953), British middle-distance and long-distance runner, signing autographs at a fun run in Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

The Signing of the United Nations Charter, San Francisco on 26th June, 1945 Date: 1945

Pedro Velarde y Santillan (1779-1808). Spanish captain. Sign
Pedro Velarde y Santillan (1779-1808). Spanish artillery captain famous for his death in the Dos de Mayo. Sign manual. Velarde Museum. Muriendas. Cantabria. Spain

John Hancock (1737-1793). Was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution

Parchment. 11th century. Land donation for Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Document signed by the Abbot Oliva (972-1046). Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia. Spain

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