States Collection (page 20)

A Map of Scotland
A truly outstanding, and rare, original Empire Marketing Board poster by the master of decorative map making, Leslie MacDonald ('Max') Gill

USS Olympia
United States Navy - USS Olympia, a cruiser, at anchor off Gravesend. Date: 1904

Home Sweet Home down South - Kentucky, USA. A slightly-derogatory view of the run-down home of a black family in the deep south of America. Date: 1907

Seaside donkey pulling a car across Block Island beach, USA
A superb photographic postcard showing a Seaside donkey pulling (a pretty stuck-looking!) car acoss a sandy beach at Block Island

A bare-faced steal! A large bear takes a fancy to the contents of a large metal drum on the bacl of a country wagon. Date: 1906

White Star Line - Official Guide, bound volume
White Star Line - 1877 hardbound volume, White Star Line, Official Guide, United States Mail Steamers, Ismay, Imrie & Co, London and Liverpool

White Star Line - brochure and two RMS Baltic postcards
White Star Line, Royal and United States Mail Steamers brochure cover, and two RMS Baltic postcards. Date: early 20th century

White Star Line, Royal & US Mail Steamers, brochure
White Star Line, Royal & United States Mail Steamers, soft cover brochure, covering all three classes of services at the height of the transatlantic immigrant trade

RMS Queen Mary, crackle glass carafe with plaque
RMS Queen Mary crackle glass carafe with engraved plaque around neck and certificate that states Craquelle Glass Carafe as an integral part of the R.M.S

RMS Titanic - Artie Frost's measuring instruments
RMS Titanic - Anthony (Artie) Wood Frost was a member of the Harland & Wolff Titanic Guarantee Group, one of nine employees chosen to oversee the smooth running of Titanic's maiden voyage

White Star Line, Ismay, Imrie & Co, steamers
White Star Line, United States and Royal Mail steamers, Ismay, Imrie & Co, London and Liverpool, cover design. Date: late 19th century

White Star Line, Royal and US Mail Steamers, cover design
White Star Line, Royal and US Mail Steamers, Ismay Imrie & Co, London and Liverpool, cover design

White Star Line, second and third class accommodation
White Star Line, Royal and United States Mail Steamers, Second and Third Class Accommodation brochure, with images of Celtic, Cymric and Oceanic. Date: circa 1904

RMS Titanic - items from Erik Jaer Archive
RMS Titanic - items from the Erik Jaer Archive. Mr Jaer was a Norwegian man working in the United States in 1912. The archive comprises letters and photographs of Mr Jaer, and newspaper cuttings

RMS Titanic - recipe book owned by William Proctor, brother of Titanic chef Charles Proctor. Hardbound volume with his name and date written on the front

Coolidge Oath of Office
Scene from the inauguration of Mr Calvin Coolidge as president of the United states, in Washington DC. Calvin Coolidge was an American politician

Seagulls, New Jersey coast Date: 1925

Portrait of Mr McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 ?? September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States from 1897, until his assassination in 1901

Home-coming of general Buller
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller (December 1839 ?? June 1908) saying good bye at Lydenburg. He was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross

Poster marking returning soldiers from the Boer war
Poster marking returning soldiers from the second Boer war ( 11 Oct 1899 ?? 31 May 1902) Also known as the Boer War, Anglo-Boer War, or South African War

Boer and British munition mementos
Photograph shows the Boer and British munitions (cartridges) shot, used in the second Boer War (11th October 1899- 31st May 1902)

Illustration of man and woman in aeroplane, on aeromoon
Illustration of man and woman in aeroplane with United States flags and flowers, on aeromoon'. Captioned, In the first flight of happiness: The Aeromoon and ?

Photographs of street scenes in Reno, United States of America, where divorce proceedings can be secured promptly. Captioned United we stand; divided we stand it better: Gretna Green reversed; Reno

Photographs of housemaids and secretaries workwear
Photographs of new housemaids and secretaries workwear, women working in trousers. Captioned, Mind work? not in these-!: Flannelled housemaids and secretaries: an idea from the States'. Date: 1911

Prince Alexnder of Bulgaria Entering Philippopolis
Prince Alexander of of Bulgaria entering Philippopolis (Plovdiv) at the head of a regiment of Bulgarian Cavalry during the crisis in Eastern Roumelia, 1885

Margaret Bannerman
Canadian actress Margaret Bannerman (1896-1976) appearing in Camilla States Her Case at the Globe Theatre in London. Later in 1925 her career would be interrupted when she suffered a nervous

Alyse Berton Draped in Raw Silk
Alyse Berton, a Seattle resident, draped in raw silk. Seattle had become the most important silk port in the United States. Date: circa 1925

Virginal, or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Fragment)
Fragment of a bifolium from the Virginal or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Dietrich's First Departure), parchment. An epic poem from the Dietrich cycle

United States, Pantheon of War, WW1
United States, Pantheon of War (Pantheon de la Guerre), Allied participants in WW1 - the painting included the work of 130 artists

Native American Indian children, Ute Tribe
Native American Indian children of the Ute Tribe, Southwestern United States Date: 1913

Philadelphia. City Hall building. Engraving by Traversier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G

History of the United States. Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga. State of New York. Built by the French in 1755 and captured by the British in 1759

United States of America. Pennsylvania Hospital. Philadelphia. Founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. It became one of the leading public hospitals in the country. Engraving

United States. Niagara Falls. Engraving by Van der Burgh. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G

United States. Niagara Falls. Engraving by Milbert. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G

United States, New York State. Little Falls. Mohawk River valley rapids and rocks. A canal was constructed around the rapids about 1795. Engraving by Milbert. Panorama Universal

United States, Ohio, Gambier. Kenyon College
United States, Ohio, Gambier. Old Kenyon at Kenyon College. It was founded by Bishop Philander Chase in 1824. Old Kenyon, the oldest building on campus (1827-1836)

United States, Virginia, Charlottesviile. The University of Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by the United States Declaration of Independence

United States. University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. The University occupied the President's House, built in 1790, from 1801 until 1829

American War of Independence. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783)
American War of Independence. Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783). Spanish Siege of Pensacola (March 9-May 8, 1781). Capture of Pensacola

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). 3rd president of the USA
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Third president of the United States of America (1801-1809), one of the Founding Fathers. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence. Portrait

United States. View of Saratoga city. Engraving by Milbert. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

John Adams (1735-1826). 2nd president of the USA
John Adams (1735-1826). American politician. Leader of the American Revolution. Second president of the United States of America (1797-1801). Portrait. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal

United States. Baltimore Catholic Cathedral. Interior of the temple. It was built from 1806 to 1821 by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe

Timucua Indian tribe
History of the United States. 16th century French expedition. Florida. Timucua Indian tribe. Traditional architecture of the indigenous villages, with the installation of a defensive palisade

Waterfall on Schoole'y Mountain, New Jersey, USA
United States of America. Waterfall on Schoole'y Mountain, New Jersey. Engraving by L. Thienon, drawn by Milbert. Panorama Universal

Cloak that the Hawaiian chiefs wore as a symbol of status
Cloak that the Hawaiian chiefs wore as a symbol of their high social status. Feather and vegetale fibre. Polynesia. Hawaiian Islands, United States. Last third of the 18th century

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