Stripes Collection (page 18)

Betsy Ross Home - and note from her Great Grand-daughter
The Betsy Ross Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA where Ross sewed the first American Flag of the United States - June 14th 1777 - and note (on left) from her Great Grand-daughter

Traditional costume from Valencia, Spain
Traditional costumes from Valencia, Spain. Date: 1910s

Patriotic Postcard WWI - American - Sending sons to serve
What can we (the American people) do for Home and Country? We can give our sons for service for Old Glory. The sender of the card has (rather touchingly)

Baldwin Home, Leper Colony, Kalawao Molokai, Honolulu
Baldwin Home, Leper Colony on Kalawao Molokai, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1910s

The Summit of White Pass, Alaska - Two flags
The Summit of White Pass, Alaska - Under two flags. White Pass is a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of the US state of Alaska

Herbert Smith - Captain of Reading Football Club in 1906
Herbert Smith (1877-1951) - Captain of Reading Football Club in 1906. Went on to win gold for the England team at the 1908 Olympic Games. Also played for Oxford, Stoke and Derby County. Date: 1906

Dutch patriotic postcard - WWII - Victory
Victory Sounding from all mouths: The Victory is won! Peace has been recovered. The " Ball" (referring to the unity of the Allies as depicted here) has not failed. No

Patriotic Propaganda Postcard - WWII
Belgian Soldier returnd from war and is reunited with his girl - Happy Days are here again! Date: 1945

The American war effort at home - WWI - the benefits of growing ones own food on a allotment, smallholding or in the garden and also the benfits of then bottling/canning fruit and veg

Portola Festival, San Francisco, USA
A night scene during the Portola Festival in full swing on Market Street, San Francisco, USA. The inset photograph shows Queen Virgilia (Virgilia Bogue), the Carnival Queen in 1913

Family group - Yacht - Southampton Harbour, Hampshire
Large family group on board a sprightly yacht during a regatta - Southampton Harbour, Hampshire. The boat is flying a number of flags (including the Stars and Stripes) and (at least)

Design for Dress Silk or Print with vertical stripes. Gouache on drawing paper. Silver Studio. circa 1930

Design for Printed Textile with thin stripes. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1919

Rainbow flowers and stripes
A fabric design featuring rainbow coloured flowers and stripes. Date: 1922

Floral printed linen design
Pattern for fabric with brightly coloured flowers on a background of green and purple stripes. Date: 1922

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray skirts 1948

Blanchards balloon ascent, Little Chelsea

Count Zambeccaris balloon

Balloon ascent from Tuileries Chateau, Paris

Return of a balloon, Paris
The ceremonial return of a balloon to Paris, with various people of distinction. Charles and Robert made the ascent from the Tuileries Gardens the previous day. 2 December 1783

Ballooning celebration for Queen Victorias birthday
Front page of The Penny Satirist - A cheap substitute for a weekly Newspaper. Showing a large image of the Montgolfier balloon ascending from the Surrey Zoological Gardens with about ten people in

Large balloon image on a prospectus
Large balloon image, part of a prospectus promoting the purchase of shares in the balloon company. Aeronautic Association - For promoting geographical surveys of some of the remaining undiscovered

Charles Green in the Coronation Balloon
An imaginary depiction of Charles Green on a horse, riding in the Coronation Balloon, in which he ascended from White Conduit Gardens, London. 13 August 1828

Balloons and parachutes
Full front page from The Penny Dispatch, giving five images of balloons and parachutes. Top left: the Royal Nassau Balloon, first ascent

Balloon with parachute, tragic accident of Mr Cocking
The Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon with Mr Cockings Parachute attached as they ascended from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. At the bottom are two sketches of the release hook. 24 July 1837

Robertson balloon flight, Munich, Germany
Robertson ascending in a balloon from a square in Munich, Germany, watched by a crowd of spectators. A small parachute is attached to one side of the balloon

Balloon in flight
A crowd of people watching a balloon in flight. circa early 19th century

Lunardi ascent from Artillery Grounds
Lunardis ascent from the Artillery Grounds in Moorfields, London. He landed at Ware, Hertfordshire, 20 miles away. 15 September 1784

Ra (Usumono gauze weave) Sha gauze weave with stripes. Drawings show two weaving patterns. Date between ca. 1750 and 1900

Faithful stripes of the night robe. Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with scroll and brush, writing; also, shows folded striped fabric in upper left corner

The flag that has waved one hundred years--A scene on the morning of the fourth day of July 1876. People raising American flag, with U.S. Capitol in background. Date c1876

The two standards bearers, the day after battle. Music cover showing wounded soldier seated on ground in battlefield, holding up flag in one hand and a sword in the other. Date c1864. Detail

Then, now, and forever!. Betsy Ross sewing flag, and George Washington standing alongside. Date c1908. Note: Some screening on image

Abraham Lincoln in 1861, standing, full-length, facing right, holding rope of flag(?), arm upraised. Date c1908

Don t touch my flag!. Boy wearing Union Army cap and holding U.S. flag putting up his fists. Date c1898

The lost bet. Parade with banner showing head-and-shoulders portraits of Grover Cleveland, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Gov. John Peter Altgeld. Date 1893

Welcome home our gallant boys. Poster showing a woman in white robes, wearing a Liberty cap, with the flags of the Allies; names of battles are inscribed in the borders. Date 1918

The three cardinal principles of the grand army of the republic. Date c1884

Day we celebrate. 1876. Date c1875

The flag of our union. A dramatic Unionist print in much the same mold as The Union Volunteer (no. 1861-14). Here a young, mustachioed Union soldier is shown in three-quarter length

An assortment of mens ties, hankies and shirts 1937

Cymbidium ensifolium, purple striped orchid
Cymbidium ensifolium haematodes, a purple striped orchid. 1893

Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers
Silhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair

Siena Cathedral, Italy - Interior - Pulpit designed and carved by Nicola Pisano. Made of Carrara marble and considered Pisanos masterpiece. Date: circa 1910s

Sewing and repairing Metropolitan Police uniform
A long line of tailors sewing and repairing Metropolitan Police uniforms at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London

Ottoman Naval ship the Abdul Medgid Date: circa 1910s

Siena Cathedral, Italy - Interior showing the fabulous black and white marble striped columns and ornate pulpit. Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette of a WaF Corporal
Full-length silhouette of a woman standing with her hands held behind her back. December 1933

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