Striking Collection (page 5)

Contributors to the Bystander Christmas Number 1929
Advertisement IN The Bystander magazine for its forthcoming Christmas number with contributions from artists and writers whose portraits are featured - Miss Storm Jameson, D. B

Clock striking midday, Berne, Switzerland
People in the street, listening to the 16th century clock striking midday, in Berne, Switzerland

General Electric strike, Schenectady, New York, USA
General Electric strike on pay day, 8 October 1913, in Schenectady, New York State, USA. 1913

Suffragette Striking Scene at Demonstration. At a demonstration, its hand to hand combat as suffragette attacks policeman with umbrella, hands and ankle boots. Date: circa 1911

Carving a baron of beef at the Lord Mayors Show, 1847
Carving a baron of beef at the Guildhall on the Lord Mayors day, November 1847. Both barons of beef were raised on pedestals draped in crimson, making a striking feature at the banquet. Date: 1847

Fire safety for children -- a boy and girl playing near a wrecked car. The boy is about to strike a match near the open fuel cap

Hairdressers Strike, 1919
A motor cycle and sidecar on duty outside the picket line at the Assistants headquarters during the Hairdressers Strike at the end of the First World War

Tatler cover - Mrs Dudley Coats
Mrs Dudley Coats, formerly Miss Audrey Evelyn James (1902-1968), society beauty and friend of the Prince of Wales. Married Captain Muir Coats of the Scots Guards in 1922 and divorced him in 1927

SS Monte Pascoal in Norway
SS Monte Pascoal in Hardanger fjord, Norway. She was German built and owned and made cruises to The Mediterranean and Norway until 1940

Carnival by F. Woolrich
Striking illustration of a woman dressed in a flamboyant, theatrical costume, having her hand kissed (at least I think its her hand) by a man in a Pierrot costume. Date: 1914

Checked Tipperary costume from Paris, womens fashion, WW1
A striking outfit of Celtic-inspired checked or tartan material with a cap and cape by Maison Lewis and Maison Dolnillet, a style guaranteed to be popular in both Paris and London in autumn 1914

Erasmic Soap advertisement, 1917
Striking advertisement for Erasmic soap from the First World War era featuring a fashionable lady wearing a full-skirted outfit with a parasol or umbrella

Regional music: Japanese gong and cymbals, c. 1870
Two Japanese bonzes or priests striking a gong and playing on cymbals, c.1870. Date: c. 1870

Tatler front cover, Rome Boutiques, 1963
Striking front cover of The Tatler magazine for 1963, featuring a model wearing a yellow and black striped sweater with black sailor collar

Kladno 1918
Striking workers gather in the centre of Kladno, a city north west of Prague Date: 19 January 1918

Castle Rock, Oregon
A striking natural feature of the Cascade mountains, Oregon. Date: 1857

River Rheidol
A striking view of the River Rheidol and the outskirts of the town of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales. By the river can be seen the Vale of Rheidol narrow gauge railway Date: 1960s

Pierre Joigneaux
PIERRE JOIGNEAUX A striking portrait of this French statesman, whose ardent republican values earned him imprisonment and exile. with his autograph Date: 1815 - 1892

Salusbury Pryce Humphrey
SALUSBURY PRYCE HUMPHREYS Captain in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. A striking face - a good model for a naval hero ! Date: circa 1812

Dorset Coastline
A striking impression of the Dorset (England) coastline, with its cliffs and sands, seen here at Durdle Dor, a fine cliff formation, with an arched rock. Date: 1950s

Profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya
A stunning profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya. Note the elongated earlobe piercing and remarkably decorative hair braiding. Date: circa 1930s

Egytian Coptic Woman. Copts in Egypt constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East, as well as the largest religious minority in the region. Date: circa 1907

Marthe Chenal - French operatic soprano
Marthe Chenal (1881-1947) French operatic soprano singer, in her time the most celebrated singer in France, frequently required to sing the Marseillaise on state occasions

Lily Brayton - English actress
Lily Brayton (1876-1953) English actress - she was married to the actor Oscar Asche Date: circa 1910

Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital examine bomb
Nurses from The Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital examine fragments from the bomb which struck the building but (thankfully) caused no loss of life - September, 1940

Striking Arabian Girl - Morocco. Note the primitive-form Hamsa (Fatimas hand) amulet, worn throughout the Middle East and North Africa

A Beauty of the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands
A Beauty of the island of Rarotonga, part of the Cook Islands. Date: circa 1920s

German female dance troupe striking a sculptural pose! Date: 1907

Spakenburg, The Netherlands - Negotiations for a horse sale - rural community, one of the last where Dutch women wore traditional costume. Date: early 1930s

Dutch Fashion Model
A very striking 1940s Dutch Fashion Model, wearing a plaid jacket and floppy hat and smoking a cigarete, whilst leaning nonchalantly on her elbow. Date: 1943

Abinger Hammer, Surrey, England - Famous Clock
Abinger Hammer, Surrey, England - The clock (visible left) - which overhangs the main road portrays the figure of " Jack the Blacksmith", who strikes the hour with his hammer

Buland Khan of Dagshai - Indian Fencer
Vintage British Indian postcard showing Buland Khan of Dagshai (Northern India) - The Fence and Swords Man. Dagshai is a cantonment town in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India

French beauty in profile before a stained glass backdrop Date: 1906

Czech Republic - 14th All Sokol Rally in Prague
14th All Sokol Rally in Prague. A rally to promote public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Holding on to hat in a strong breeze
" Close to Shore" A striking young American beauty holds onto her hat as she stands on the shoreline in a stiff breeze. Date: circa 1915

Happy New Year greetings
Two children hold up a clock that is chiming midnight 1910

Modes et Travaux 1940
Woman in full length white coat shows off her striking black and white striped dress and matching hat Date: 1940

Lumiere at 1900 Expo
Lumieres Cinematograph Geant in the Salle des Fetes is a striking early demonstration of the new medium Date: 1900

GLC-LFB Refuse collection strike and rubbish fires
The extended refuse collection strike in the early 1970s resulted in piles of rubbish and uncollected waste lying for weeks in London streets

Samurai striking a beat with clappers. Print shows a samurai with a pair of clappers, a man pulling a rope, and a man fallen on the ground in front of the samurai. Date between 1830 and 1844

Young man striking a drum. Print shows a young man practicing on a tsuzumi; wall hanging in the background shows the figure of a man, possibly Hotei, one of the seven lucky gods

Syrian Tribal Girl
A very striking Syrian Tribal Girl in traditional costume. Date: circa 1930s

Caravan of striking cotton pickers south of Tulare, California. Date 1933 Oct

Police and strikers during railway strike, Dublin
Police holding strikers back to allow non-union men to pass to Kingsbridge Station (now known as Heuston Station) in Dublin, Ireland. 1911

Striking dockers attacking transport, London
Striking dockers attacking transport during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

Striking dockers attacking horse-drawn van, London
Striking dockers attacking a horse-drawn van during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

Street scene during the London Dock Strike

Police arriving during London Dock Strike
London policemen arriving at the scene of disturbances caused by dock strikers. 1911

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