Special Collection (page 18)

Nash Sedan
Warren. Nash Motor Corporation, Auto Nash, Sedan Special Partition

The Dog Derby special train from Birmingham
Showing the vogue for greyhound racing during the 1930s, the Dog Derby special steam train from Birmingham arrives at Euston, carrying visitors who will become one of the 75

Procession of dignitaries, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A special occasion in the High Street and Castle Square area of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, possibly for the unveiling of a memorial to Boer War soldiers

William Whitelaw at Met Police cadets parade
William Whitelaw (1918-1999), Conservative politician, with police commissioners, inspecting Metropolitan Police cadets during a parade

Duchess of Gloucester at Met Police cadets parade
Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (b 1946) with police commissioners at a parade of Metropolitan Police cadets

Group of Special Constables, London
A group of eleven Special Constables of the Metropolitan Police, London, pose for their photograph. They are all in uniform, and some have decorations from the First World War above their left pocket

Group of policemen, Battersea, London
A group of policemen pose for their photograph at Battersea in south west London. They are all in uniform, some wearing helmets, others (the Special Constables) in peaked caps

Well, I m Blowed
The Heath Robinson Mark VII Extra Special Pneumatic Candle Flame Extinguisher, specially devised for blowing out the candle when the dressing table is a long way from the bed

German crack troops WWI
German crack soldiers on the Western front during World War I

Coronation Procession in Whitehall, London
The Royal Coach containing King George V and Queen Mary in Whitehall on the return journey to Buckingham Palace

Reopening of Blackfriars Bridge, London
Scene at the reopening of Blackfriars Bridge, London, showing Sir Melvill Beachcroft, Chairman of the London County Council, shaking hands with the Lord Mayor of London after the ceremony

Feed the Guns Campaign - War Bonds
A Feed the Guns campaign week to attract the populace in Britain to buy War Bonds to help " End the War". Separate campaigns of special weeks were " led off " by spectacular

Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon for Windsor
The aviator Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor and back again

Coronation Procession leaving Buckingham Palace
The Coronation Procession leaving Buckingham Palace, with King George V and Queen Mary in the coach

Bootblack at Prince of Wales investiture, Caernarvon

Ford Model T (taxi?)
Ford Model T with special body and radiator (possibly in use as a taxi cab?)

German artist at the Front during WWI
An artist, somewhere along the German line in France or Belgium during World War One, paints the scene in front of him. Several German soldiers

Hay Harvesting, National Childrens Home, Edgworth, Lancs
Boys harvesting hay at the National Childrens Home, Edgworth, near Bolton, Lancashire. They carry pitchforks and a horse-drawn wagon is fully loaded

Special fraud-proof double cage sance table
Undated double photograph on one card of special fraud-proof double cage sance table for testing telekinesis, showing inner cage raised and trap door open, and inner cage raised and trap door closed

Childrens Home on the Moor, Edgworth, Lancashire
The Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton, Lancashire, was founded in 1872 by the Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

A Night to Remember, film studio scene
An artists colour sketch of a film studio scene for the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

Selection of Toy Cars
A selection of toy motor vehicle, some with their original boxes, including the land speed record-breaking cars John Cobbs fabulous Railton Special and Major Henry Segraves Golden Arrow

Special Old Scotch Whisky Label
Special Old Scotch Whisky from T. Pease, Son and Co. Darlington and Leith

Finest Malt Old Irish Whisky Label
Special Reserve Finest Malt Old Irish Whisky, from William S. Firth, Darlington

Harry Lauder at hospital matinee
The Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder (Sir Henry Lauder, 1870-1950) at the Playhouse Theatre, where he appeared in a special matinee to raise funds for the Miller General Hospital in Greenwich

The Bystander Special Flying Number
Front cover from The Bystander special flying number showing a group of elegantly-dressed passengers boarding an Imperial Airways flight

The International Exhibition, Dublin
A large colour engraving by the Leighton brothers, issued as a special supplement by The Illustrated London News, depicting the International Exhibition at Dublin in 1865

The General Strike - strikers in Plymouth
Strikers at Plymouth arriving at St. Andrews Church for a special daily service during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

Bma Approves Nhs
The British Medical Association special representative meeting lasts seven hours, and agrees to co- operate in the new national health service

Dr Guy Dain Speaks / 1948
Dr H.Guy Dain, chairman of the British Medical Association, speaks at a special meeting in opposition to the terms of the proposed national health service

Winston Churchill surrounded by V-E Day crowds
On 8th May 1945 Winston Churchill left Downing Street for the House of Commons, he was immediately engulfed by happy crowds waiting to pay tribute to him

Amedee Forestier
Amadee Forestier special artist of The Illustrated London News from 1882, covering ceremonial & state occasions. WWI and archaeological subjects

Frederic Villers
Frederic Villiers, the famous war artists and " special" artist for The Illustrated London News pictured at the front from where he was reporting during World War One

Cyrus Cuneo
Cyrus Cincinnato Cuneo, special artist of the Illustrated London News, pictured at work

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Special Artist and native chief
The Illustrated London News Special Artist drinking to the Queens health with the Abrakrampa Native Chief. The second Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari

Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice at Osborne House
Engraving showing Queen Victoria at her writing desk in a room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice is playing the piano nearby

Princess Beatrice visiting cottagers at Osborne
Engraving showing Princess Beatrice, Queen Victorias youngest daughter visiting the inhabitant of a cottage on the Osborne estate on the Isle of Wight

Cars of the special motor transport corps of South Africa

Sir Robert Baden-Powell leading a cavalry charge, 1899
Illustration showing Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, leading a cavalry charge in South Africa, 1899. He is shown in the uniform of the Special Corps

Sketches of the evictions in Ireland
These sketches show scenes of evictions, trial, and Irish Land League activity in south west of Ireland. In the first sketch, the special artist of this publication is misunderstood by the crowd

The Gun Control Room, Britain; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing the interior of the Gun Control Room, the headquarters of Londons anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War, 1944

Victoria Cross, The New Order of Valour
Special colour supplement from the ILN, June 1857 to commemorate the introduction of the Victoria Cross, a new order of valour first bestowed by Queen Victoria upon Crimean War veterans

Gold Shovelled like Coal. A Curiosity of a Siberian Mine. Spa
Illustration from sketches by Special Artist Julius Price in Siberia showing Russian women working on the Siberian gold mines, shovelling ore like coal. Women are paid badly, worse than men

Rough Hospitality in Siberia. A Post-House on the Way to the
Special Artist Julius Price sent sketches of his journey to the Orsk gold mines in Siberia back to the Illustrated London News Office and the sketches were then drawn up by R. Caton Woodville

The Harbour at Hamburg, 1892
Aerial view of the harbour at Hamburg, with a large number of ships along the quayside, 1892. At that time cholera had broken out in Hamburg, meaning that shipping was unable to proceed normally

Emigration. The Cholera at Hamburg. Sketches by our Special
Illustration showing customs officials at Hamburg, with ladies and gentlemen having their belongings examined

Heinrich II at Verdun
The newly-elected Holy Roman emperor receives an ecclesiastical blessing at the cloister of saint Vitus, to whom Germans have a special devotion

Woman, Car & Dog C1930
A woman, her car and her dog: special auto edition

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