Union Collection

Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway Brooch
The Holloway Brooch, designed by Sylvia Pankhurst, for presentation to W.S.P.U released prisoners. It depicts the portcullis symbol of the House of Commons with chains and broad arrows in purple

Childrens nursery, Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, Styal
View inside a childrens nursery at the cottage homes in Styal, Cheshire, with a large group of girls and boys posing for their photograph

Bolsover Miners
Miners from the Bolsover branch of the National Union of Mineworkers, Derbyshire, collect money for the strike fund Date: May 1984

Foxton Locks, Grand Union Canal (Staircase locks) by Alan Firth

Union-Castle Line
Poster advertising the Union-Castle Line, a shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and freighters between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977

Royal Wedding 1947 - family tree
Family tree showing how Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh are both descended from Queen Victoria. Philip is the son of Princess Alice of Battenburg

Union-Castle shipping line poster
Poster advertising the Union Castle shipping lines services to South and East Africa via the Canary Islands and Madeira featuring a big ship forging through the waves

Shackleton / Wild / Adams
Ernest Shackletons expedition reached within 100 miles of the South Pole. Shackleton, Wild and Adams 178 kilometres from the South Pole

Aberdeen 1950S
Trams, well-dressed pedestrians and a few smart cars on the cobbled Union Street, Aberdeen

Union-Castle Line poster
South and East Africa, Madeira and the Canaries with the Union-Castle Line offering a fast mail service and an address for the head office in Fenchurch Street, London

Together Poster, showing the armed forces of the British Empire marching together

Shotley Bridge General Hospital, County Durham
Aerial view of Shotley Bridge Hospital, County Durham. It was originally opened by the Gateshead Union in 1912 as a TB sanatorium (far right of picture)

Flags of Royal Navy
Some of the signal flags of Royal Navy including the Royal Standard, White Ensign, Union Jack

Soviet propaganda poster - We want Peace
" We want Peace!" Soviet propaganda poster - featuring a happy, singing Communist family, waving flags. Date: circa 1950s

The Hollies Childrens Home, Sidcup, Kent
Aerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

WW2 - British RAF Flying Boat Sunderland Date: circa 1940

Konrad Adenauer Campaign Poster
Campaign poster for poster German statesman, Konrad Adenauer and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) party during the 1957 elections

Union-Castle
Advertising poster for Union-Castle, Mail Steamship Company Limited, featuring a liner running from Southampton to Cape Town and vice versa next to small sailing dinghies

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia Pankhurst
Badge issued by the Womens Social & Political Union with design by Sylvia Pankhurst. This circular tin badge in purple, green and white, shows a young woman

British National Anthem - Rule Britannia - a British patriotic song, originating from the poem " Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson and set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740. Date: 1905

Tazio Nuvolari - D Type Auto-Union
Tazio Nuvolari, probably the finest driver seen in this period, on a D Type Auto-Union with 3-litre, twelve cylinder, 450 hp rear mounted engine

Union-Castle liner
The Windsor Castle, a steamship of the Union-Castle line, recognisable by the lavender hull and red and black funnel

Union Workhouse, Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland
Female lunatic inmates sit in an airing yard at the Cootehill Union Workhouse, County Cavan, Ireland

Lyons Corner House, 1931
LYONS CORNER HOUSE, OXFORD STREET Opened in 1923, the Oxford Street restaurant was one of a chain owned by J Lyons and Co Ltd

Suffragette Cat I Want My Vote. A suffragette cat or kitten against a background of purple, White and green (The colours of the Womens Social & Political Union) says I Want My Vote Date: circa 1908

Poster advertising the Transvaal Castle cruise ship, sailing from England to South Africa with frequent connections from New York via the Cunard Line

Ww1 Postcard Bulldogs
Patriotic British bulldogs: We re Ready !

Whipps Cross Hospital, Essex
Part of Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex. Several patients can be see in beds on the open balconies. The hospital was opened in 1903 by the West Ham Union for the sick poor in the area

Union-Castle Holiday Tours
Advertising travel poster for Union-Castle Holiday Tours depicting a colourful Mediterranean scene with white balcony and blue sea, offering reduced return fares to Madeira, the Canary Islands

King George VI - Coronation Souvenir Postcard
King George VI (1895-1952), Elizabeth, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Dominions (1900-2002) (later, Queen Elizabeth)

Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex
Aerial view of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, Middlesex. The building was originally the Chase Farm Schools, opened in 1886 by the Edmonton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Tolpuddle Martyrs / 1834
Four of the six Tolpuddle Martyrs, transported to Australia for forming a Trade Union

WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together. 1941

RMS Windsor Castle, Union Castle Line, at Capetown
RMS Windsor Castle, Union Castle Line, off the coast of Capetown, South Africa. Date: 1950s

Suffragette Song Anthem March of the Women. Words and music of The March of the Women composed by Ethel Smyth, dedicated to the Womens Social & Political Union, written in 1911

Suffragette Votes for Women Meeting. Leaflet/flyer issued by the National Womens Social & Political Union, advertising a public meeting at the Music Hall, Aberdeen, March 5th 1909, Mrs

King George V Silver Jubilee celebrations, ILN cover, 1935
Soldiers from across the British Empire gather to adore the crown, resplendent on a garlanded pedestal, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of King George V.St Pauls Cathedral can be

West Ham Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Essex
West Ham Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex, viewed across a small lake. The infirmary, better known as Whipps Cross Hospital

Banstead Asylum, Surrey
Banstead Asylum, located on Sutton Lane, Banstead, Surrey, was established in 1877 as the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum

West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex
The West Middlesex Hospital, originally erected as an infirmary for the Brentford Union workhouse on Twickenham Road, Isleworth

Dorking General Hospital, Surrey
Aerial view of Dorking General Hospital on Horsham Road, Dorking, Surrey. Designed by William Shearburn, the building opened in 1841 as the Dorking Union workhouse

St. Georges, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly
St. George s, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly Date: circa 1920s

British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1
Recruitment poster, Its Our Flag. Fight for it. Work for it, 1914 (c). Chromolithograph after a pastel drawing by Guy Lipscoyne, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Poster No 107

The Union Flag over the Lucknow Residency
On 15 August, 1947, British India ended and the two new Dominions of India and Pakistan came into being under Independence. New flags were raised at the new capitals, Delhi and Karachi respectively

Avro Vulcan B1 XA903
Avro Vulcan B1, XA903, used as an engine testbed for the Turbo Union RB199 for the Panavia Tornado

Spangles Coronation advertisement
Lovely advertisement for Spangles fruit sweets - the sweet way to go gay - showing a crowd excitedly watching the Coronation and waving flags. Date: 1953

Pateley Bridge
A aerial view of Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire, viewed from the west. Landmarks include the parish church (just left of centre)

Cardiff Workhouse, Cowbridge Road, Cardiff
The Cardiff Union workhouse (left) on Cowbridge Road, Cardiff. In the street are a tram, horses and carts, pedestrians and a cyclist. Date: circa 1911

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