Support Collection (page 17)

Bust Supporter
MAKE YOUR HUSBAND PROUD OF YOU - what greater incentive could a lady need to rush out and buy a Joujou to support her bust ? Can be worn next to the skin, whats more. Date: 1920

Russells Reform Bill
Foreign Secretary Lord John Russell proposes his Reform Bill. The Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, did not support it and it failed to become law. Date: 1860

Communications Officer - Metropolitan Police

Radio Operator - Metropolitan Police. A list of a name form of the phonetic alphabet is propped up on his desk Date: circa 1940s

Police radio operator

Municipal bench, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
Close-up view of a municipal bench with a decorative iron dragon support, in the Nantlle Valley, North Wales. A pile of slate waste indicates that the bench is not far from a closed-down slate quarry

Rent, Profit and Interest, supported by two miners
A propaganda cartoon by W E Jones, made for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union. It shows three plump gentlemen representing Rent, Profit and Interest

Neglected boy from a South Wales mining district
A neglected boy from a South Wales mining district. Images like this were copied by W E Jones for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union

Woman suffering the effects of poverty, South Wales
A woman in despair, suffering the effects of poverty in South Wales. This photograph, entitled Poverty, was used to illustrate talks designed to raise support for the South Wales Miners Federation

Timber supports in a South Wales mine
Timber supports in a mine in South Wales

Two Little Sleepyheads by Muriel Dawson
Two children make their way to bed wearing dressing gowns and with their arms around each other

Armoured truck and support vehicle, Middle East
An armoured truck and a support vehicle with soldiers, somewhere in the Middle East

Ground support vehicles in desert, Iraq
A line of six ground support vehicles lined up in the desert, somewhere in Iraq, with arab drivers and others

Parked ground support vehicles, Iraq
Parked ground support vehicles in Iraq, with drivers and passengers

Indian driver and vehicle in desert, Middle East
A soldier pushing a British ground support vehicle with an Indian driver in hilly desert, somewhere in the Middle East

British ground support convoy in desert, Middle East
A convoy of British ground support vehicles with an Indian driver in hilly desert, somewhere in the Middle East

British ground support vehicles, Iraq
British ground support vehicles outside a fort in Iraq

French armoured car WWI
French Armoured car supporting British troops in Meteren during the Battle of the Lys, World War I

The Occupation of Egypt
A humouous postcard entitled The Occupation of Egypt - depicting two Egyptian men supporting a very rotund woman as she takes a ride on a donkey to see the Pyramids

D-Day - Naval Artillery support
A converted landing craft fires rockets to support the landing allied troops. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied

Coal Merchant, showing a classic example of a leather back support, which enabled such potentially heavy and awkward loads to be transported

Battle of the Canal du Nord 1918
Infantry support from the 4th Canadian Division advancing amongst the caterpillar tracks at the Battle of the Canal du Nord on the Western Front in France during World War I in September 1918

Battle of Pilkem Ridge
British soldiers in the new support line after the first objectives were taken at the Battle of Pilkem Ridge, Western Front, Belgium during World War I on 31st July 1917

A District Nurse standing in the doorway of her single-storey thatched cottage

Silhouette American Bras
Advertisement for Silhouette American bras, the figure secret of American women, providing the perfect fifties silhouette underneath clothing whether you have a small bust

Kestos advertisement
Advertisement for Kestos brassieres giving reassuring and firm support under the most revealing of bathing and beach suits in 1933

Great Native Procession
Great Native (= Nativist) Procession in New York, proclaiming support of truly American ideals, attacking foreigners especially Catholics and foreigners

The Russian Armys Support of the Revolution
The photograph shows a regiment with the red flag outside the Tauris Palace, ready to assist the Duma

Ancient Iraqi Cannon
An ancient Iraqi Cannon (Abu Khazama) captured by the British in Baghdad

The General Strike - an overturned motor-van
A motor-van overturned by Strike sympathisers in Blackfriars Road, London. Though largely peaceful, there were several violent incidents during the General Strike

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

The General Strike - travelling by trailer
Londoners travelling by a steam-wagon and trailer combination past the Royal Exchange in the City of London during the General Strike

The General Strike - volunteers

The General Strike - Labour politicians
Labour leaders during the General Strike: (left to right), Arthur Henderson, Ramsay MacDonald (leader of the opposition) and Mr J. H. Thomas

The General Strike: Listening to speakers in Hyde Park
Labours May Day in London: Listening to the open-air speaker in Hyde Park during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike - food convoys leaving docks
The last food convoy to leave the Royal Albert Docks before the termination of the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike - peeling potatoes in Hyde Park
A Snap-Shot of Striketime Society: Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper and Lady Carmichael-Anstruther peeling potatoes in Hyde Park. Front cover of The Sketch emergency issue produced during the General Strike

The General Strike - a food convoy
Armoured convoy leaving Hyde Park at daybreak during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike
Cartoon sketch of a society lady helping out during the General Strike, accompanied by her pet poodle. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

British Soldiers advance in Tunisia; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing British infantrymen advancing towards enemy positions in Tunisia, North Africa, during 1943. The explosion

Queen Marie of Romania with her daughter Ileana
A portrait of Queen Marie of Romania with her daughter Ileana, Marie was British by birth and the eldest daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh

Demo at Warsaw
A huge popular demonstration in the streets of Warsaw, at the end of World War One, in support of the Allies who, they hope, will at last give them independence

Abd El Qadir
Abd-el Qadir (variously spelt) agrees to support Napoleon as emperor and to call an end to Algerian resistance to French dominion

Henri IV before Paris
Henri of Navarre (the future Henri IV) unable to take Paris because hes a Protestant, decides that Paris is worth a mass and accepts the Catholic faith to gain support

Council of Vienne
At the Council of Vienne (on the Rhone) pope Clemens V (from Avignon) supports Philippe IV by withdrawing support for the Templars, thus ensuring their destruction

Masons Support Commune
Paris Freemasons support the Commune, thereby damning themselves even further in the eyes of the Catholic Church

Canine camp
A terraced colony of dug-outs for French ambulance dogs. Dogs were used extensively during World War I as scouts, sentry and ambulance support

Mary Lady Curzon
MARY VICTORIA (nee Leiter), marchioness CURZON, wife of George, Viceroy of India. Daughter of an American millionaire, she was a great support in his career

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