Strike Collection (page 7)

Strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Cutters - Manage
A strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Engravers / Cutters from the Glassworks at Manage, Hainaut, Belgium - the board notice on the building behind them demands an end to having to work throughout

Fashion respond to emergency calls during the General Strike, with practical suggestions, 1926 Date: 1926

A scene of a London street during the General Strike, 1926 Date: 1926

Alfs Button, a play by W A Darlington, a version of the Aladdin story. First produced Portsmouth, 25 August 1924, then Golders Green, London, 22 September 1924, then the Princes Theatre

National Health Insurance stamp - Forcible Feeding
Forcible Feeding - Lick! A double-meaning postcard, primarily relating to the introduction of the National Health Insurance stamp under the 1911 National Insurance Act

The unrest in Spain: stormy scenes in Madrid
Spanish infantry charge the strikers who refuse to disperse. Date: 1917

Spanish general strike
Three photographs showing respectively some soldiers charging a group of strikers; the machine gun section installed in the gardens; the infantry, backed up by cavalry

London tube strike, 1919
London takes to walking: incidents of the 1919 tube strike, as reported in The Illustrated London News. The strike began on 3rd February, with Londoners taking a philosophical attitude

Ancient Lightning Rod. Colored engraving
Ancient Lightning Rod with a long iron rod. It was invented in 1752 by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Colored engraving

Austria 19th century. Labour movement. Charge of Austrian hussars against the strikers mutineers in the neighborhood of New-Lerchenfeld (Vienna), April 8, 1890. Colored engraving

Labor movement. Strike in Paris protected by the army. 19th
Labor movement. Strike in Paris protected by the army. Late nineteenth century. Colored engraving

History of France. Decazeville strike. Military patrols crossing the Duke of Decazes square occupied by the strikers in the coal mines and steel mills. Engraving in 1886 by Comba. Colored engraving

Police officers dispersing the strike of employees of Streetcar in New York, March 4, 1886. Colored engraving

Fleet Laid Up / Gen Strike
Fishing trawlers and liners laid up at the Fleetwood docks, owing to shortage of coal due to the General Strike Date: 1926

Great railway strike, newspapers by aeroplane 1919
Railway strike brought aerial transport even more to the front than usual, daily newspapers and mail were delivered, even at the very beginning of the strike, almost at normal times. October 1919

Great railway strike, trekking to business 1919
When the railway strike first happened Londoners used other means of transportation, buses and trams to find their way to town, needless to say they could not cope with the amount of commuters

Great railway strike, london commuters 1919
Londoners having a lift on the back of a horse-van. 1919

Rail Strike, queing for the tram-car 1919
Hundreds of commuters in london queing patiently for the already over utilsed tram-car. October 1919

Midinettes Strike, Paris
The midinettes who work for the Paris couturiers go on strike for better pay, singing the International in the streets, to the applause of sympathetic passers-by Date: September 1910

Police Strike 1944
When the Germans plan to disarm them, the Paris police are ordered to go on strike; those who don t will be treated as traitors and collaborators Date: 15 August 1944

General Strrike 1926: Request for lift
The official request that drivers of cars in which there was a spare seat should pick up any pedestrian who needed a lift was well responded to. May 1926

Great railway strike, available tram-car 1919
Crowd of London commuters waiting patiently for the next available tram-car, during the Great railway strike of 1919. October 1919

Advert / Lucky Strike Cigs
Lucky Strike cigarettes - they ll never let you down Date: 1935

Arresting Strike Leaders
Police arrest the leaders of the miners strike Date: 1906

Rail Strike / Berlin 1910
An overloaded train at Berlin during a rail strike Date: circa 1910

Great railway strike, crownded car 1919
RAIL STRIKE Londoners caught out by the sudden rail strike cram into whatever means of transport they can find: here seen overloading a motorcar Date: October 1919

General Strrike 1926: The Lever Brakes
The Lever Breakes the Trades Union Congress tries, unsuccessfully, to use the General Strike to topple the Government. May 1926

Strike / Overturned Van
An overturned vehicle in Blackfriars Road, the work of a crowd of strike sympathisers Date: 1926

Strike / Constables
A detachment of the new civil constabulary - volunteers to act as transport guards and help quell disturbances Date: May 1926

Strike / Communications
Wireless news in the form of a leaflet being sold for a penny in aid of hospitals Date: 1926

Strike / Womens Corp
Volunteers join the Womens Auxiliary Corps Date: 1926

Strike / Wireless Bulletin
Writing down the wireless bulletin so it may be displayed Date: 1926

Strike / Bus Volunteer
A volunteer bus conductor during the General Strike Date: 1926

Strike / Military Strength
Armoured cars on Londons streets provide protection for food convoys and evoke cheers from the watching crowds Date: 1926

Strike / Enrolment / 1926
Volunteers queuing at a Foreign Office building to enrol for duties during the General Strike Date: 1926

Strike / Armoured Cars
A crowd of onlookers watch an armoured car on the streets of Aldgate during the General Strike Date: 1926

Penguins / Neziere
Three penguins look skywards while their chums strike various poses in the background (Aptenodytes pennanti) Date: early 20th century

Strike / Milk Depot / Hyde
Hyde Park used as a milk depot during the General Strike. Date: May 1926

General Strike 1926 - procession in Manchester
Strike scenes in Manchester - a great procession of corporation tramwaymen starting from Albert Square, led by their band. Date: 1926

London bus strike 1891
Front cover of The Penny Illustration Paper showing the first strike by London transport workers in 1891, over working conditions and pay. Date: 1891

Meteorite strike in India
Spectacular meteorite which exploded over the town of Queennggouch in India in fine weather Date: 26-27 December 1857

Meteorite burning up in the atmosphere
A meteorite burns up as it enters Earths atmosphere, exploding in a shower of glowing debris Date: 1954

Railway strike 1911: Attempt to paralyse the port of London
Several scenes where rioters are attacking wagons, buses and boats to cause damage and chaos. August 1911

Railway strike 1911: Aftermath
Several scenes in Liverpool where rioters have vandalised public property. Date: August 1911

General Strike 1926: Armoured car in London streets
Armoured car escorting food wagons through the busy streets of Oxford Circus to Hyde Park. Date: May 1926

Railway strike 1911: Magistrate reading the riot act
Magistrate reading the riot act in Vauxhall Road, Liverpool, during the mobs attack on prison-vans. Saying: " Our Sovereign Lord the King Chargeth

Railway strike 1911: Tramcar damage by strikers at Glasgow
One of thousands of tramcars damaged by strikers at Glasgow. Date: August 1911

Great hop-pickers demonstration 1908
Dense crowds in Trafalgar square, demonstrating against a threatened industry of foreign hop imports, large crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, estimated forthy to fifty thousand people

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