Ve Collection

Swanking at Whitley Bay
I M SWANKING LIKE AN HEIRESS AT WHITLEY BAY - I VE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT WORK ! Date: circa 1910

VE Day - royal family and Churchill on balcony
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) together with their daughters, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in ATS uniform and Princess Margaret Rose, and Prime Minister

Winston Churchill and Ernest Bevin
The photograph shows Winston Churchill and Ernest Bevin on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day

VE Day. Outside Buckingham Palace
Crowds seen cheering and waving outside the gates of Buckingham Palace on May 8th 1945 (VE Day). George V and Queen Mary with Princeses Elizabeth

Suffragette Hen Pecked Husband Suffers. Poor Hen-Pecked husband cleans out the fire while wife tells him what to do. Caption reads, My Wifes joined the suffrage movement

Winston Churchill makes his VE Day Broadcast

VE Day Celebrations
Winston Churchill and members of the Royal family waving to the crowds at Buckingham Palace on Victory in Europe Day

Royal Navy losses in both World Wars, 1945
Illustration showing the ships lost by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War (main picture) compared with those lost during the First World War (inset bottom right)

WW II King George VI Buckingham Palace, VE Day celebration
Vintage World War II photograph - the King, George VI of Great Britain accompanies by the Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, VE Day celebration

Fruit and ve seller, London Date: early 1900s

Winston Churchill Cabinet Room 10 Downing Street
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CONJURING BACK BUFFALO
A Native American seeks to conjure back the buffalo. Alas, it's too late - they've been hunted to death, and there's nothing that magic can do about it. Date: 1892

LIFE-IN-DEATH WINS
Life-in-Death dices with Death himself to decide the fate of the sailors; Life-in-Death wins the Mariner alone The game is done! I've won, I've won! Date: First published: 1798

NOT A DEATHBED AFTER ALL
They've ordered the coffin, the wreaths, the flowers - and now it turns out that Jean Granet, farmer at Comiac, France, isn't as dead as they thought he was... Date: 1901

World War II 1945 VE Day revellers Fleet Street, London
Vintage World War II photograph - 1945 VE Day revellers in Fleet Street, London

WW II crowds in London on VE day, end of war in Europe
Vintage World War II photograph - crowds in London on VE day, end of the war in Europe

WW II - view of celebrating crowds on VE Day, London
World War II - view of celebrating crowds on VE Day, victory in Europe, Whitehall, london

Crowds celebrate VE Day London, 1945, end of WW II
Crowds celebrate VE Day in the centre of London, 1945, end of World War two in Europe

WW II 1945 St Pauls Cathedral, London, lit up on VE night
World War II 1945. St Pauls Cathedral, London, lit up on VE night - May 8th - the first time it had been illuminated in nearly 6 years

VE Day - children celebrating
VE Day. A little girl patriotically dressed in a Union Jack dress, helps a chubby baby wave a flag. Date: 1945

VE Day - crowds at Buckingham Palace
VE Day. Huge crowds at Buckingham Palace cheering for the royal familys appearance on the balcony. Date: 1945

VE Day - crowds cheer Winston Churchill
VE Day. Aerial view of the huge crowds cheering on VE Day as Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes his progress through London. Date: 1945

VE Day - aerial view of crowds in London - Churchill
VE Day. Incredible aerial view of a multitude of people in London celebrating VE Day with mounted police parting the crowds to make way for Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Date: 1945

VE Day - celebrations in London
VE Day. Jubilant crowds waving from a balcony in London. Date: 1945

VE Day - patriotic baby
VE Day. A baby sits proudly in a pram festooned with a Union Jack flag on VE day. Date: 1945

VE Day. A group of people celebrating VE Day including an excitable terrier and a flag-waving little boy. Date: 1945

VE Day - Crowds on VE night
VE Day. Crowds in London celebrating VE night. Date: 1945

An estimated crowd of 60, 000 waiting in Parliament Square on VE Day for Prime Minister Winston Churchill to emerge on the balcony of the Ministry of Health to address people. Date: 1945

Crowds congregating in Piccadilly Circus, one of the focal points of celebrations on VE Day, 8 May 1945. Date: 1945

People celebrating VE Day congregating in front of Buckingham Palace where eventually the royal family and Prime Minister will emerge to wave from the balcony. Date: 1945

A VE Day party in Pontardulais, Glamorgan, a strict methodist community. The party was probably dry and there isn t much food on the table; maybe it had all been eaten but it wouldn t have been a

Sentinel Wagon Pendle Lady VE 9963
Sentinel S4 Type Wagon, regn. VE 9963, number 9003, Pendle Lady. Built in 1934 by the Sentinel Waggon Works in Shrewsbury. Date: 1960s-1970s

NEW YORK LODGINGS
Midnight in a two-cent doss, New York : five cents might get you a bed, but if youve only two to rub together, a chair, a barrel or a packing crate is all you get. Date: 1894

THE STROWGERPHONE
Decide NOW to instal the Strowgerphone - as Ive done ! Date: 1933

JINGO MEETING 1878
Anti-Russian jingoes meet in the Guildhall, London - We dont want to fight, but by Jingo, if we do, weve got the ships, weve got the men, weve got the money too ! Date: 1878

POST-WW1 AMERICAN FARM
HOW YA GONNA KEEP EM DOWN ON THE FARM AFTER THEYVE SEEN PAREE ? - a perceptive social observation concerning those young Americans who fought in Europe during World War One Date: 1919

BOOKSHOP 1850
Weve calld in, Mr Deen, to look out of your stock a pretty book... Date: circa 1850

Royal Family - VE Day - Buckingham Palace
The Royal Family on the Buckingham House balcony, VE Day 1945. Date: 1945

Suffragette, Cat In Muzzle, the Vote. A Cat sits with a muzzle round its head, while caption reads, The Vote, I ve Had some! Date: circa 1912

Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, 1945
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) together with their daughters, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II)

ILN VE Day number
Special edition of the Illustrated London News to celebrate the end of World War II

VE Day celebrations: their Majesties visit bomb sites
A page from The Illustrated London News, showing their Majesties visiting bomb sites and thanksgiving services on VE Day. Date: 8th May 1945

VE Day celebrations: vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace
A page from The Illustrated London News, showing the vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day. Date: 8th May 1945

VE Day celebrations: crowds in Whitehall
A page from The Illustrated London News, showing the crowds cheering Winston Churchill on the balcony of the Ministry of Health on VE-Day afternoon

VE Day celebrations: London buildings floodlit
London buildings floodlit to celebrate Victory in Europe: Buckingham Palace, St Pauls Cathedral, Mansion House, Horse Guards Parade and the Tower of London. Date: 8th May 1945

VE Day celebrations: crowd greets Churchill at Whitehall
Front cover of The Illustrated London News, showing Winston Churchill being cheered by an excited crowd as he made his way to the House of Commons via Whitehall, on VE Day. 8th May 1945

Winston Churchill VE Day Broadcast 1945. Prime Minister Winston Churchill pictured making his broadcast to the nation at 3pm 8th May 1945. Date: 1945

Asylum Pregnant Woman
" I ve noticed you re treating this poor creature more kindly?" " Yes, the chief nurse has got her pregnant." Date: 1904

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