Welcoming Collection

The American Great White Fleet arrives in Australia - Uncle Sam meeting a Kangaroo. On 20 August 1908 well over half a million Sydneysiders turned out to watch the arrival of the Fleet

Advertisement for Cadburys Golden Key -- male and female models (Barry Trengove and Geraldine Hill) posing. 1959

Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium, Cooks World Travel Service. A young woman in a short green dress stands on the beach waving a handkerchief

Great Expectations: The Dickens Christmas Spirit by Matania
A Dickensian Christmas as imagined by the Italian-born artist, Fortunino Matania, who in his later career concentrated on historical genre subjects

Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday
Jesus entering Jerusalem on the back of a donkey on Palm Sunday

Poster, Don t be afraid of Soap and Water. Showing a little boy welcoming a humanised jug and a bar of soap. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Grandfather welcomes his Granddaughter
A Grandfather, fishing in the shade of a tree by a quiet pool, welcomes his Granddaughter with open arms. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Soldiers in Lille 1918
British soldiers greeted by children in Lille on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918

Men of the Stone Age worshipping the sun
Men of the Stone Age (Palaeolithic Era) worshipping the sun as it rises

King Leopold III of Belgium and Queen Astrid
King Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983) and Queen Astrid (formerly Princess Astrid of Sweden) (1905-1935) arriving at an official function. Queen Astrid tragically died in 1935 in a car accident

We want to be Annexed, Mafeking Arch welcomes Chamberlain
We want to be Annexed, Mafeking Arch welcoming Mr Joseph Chamberlain

WW2 - The Girls Of Today, Bus Conductress
A WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. The image shows a cheery and comforting wartime bus conductress welcoming her passenger. Date: circa 1940s

La Fete Bat Son Plein
This illustration depicts a party in full swing, with a host or supervisor graciously welcoming a fashionably dressed young lady, accompanied with an older gentleman

Bon Odori Of japan
A Japanese watercolour painting which depicts some figures wearing patterned robes, performing a dance known as Bon Odori, a form of Nenbutsu folk entertainment

Lile Heureuse
A painting which translates as The Happy Island, which shows a number of women, reclined on the edge of a lake, eating and drinking, a faun is sneaking behind a large statue

Tree By A Cottage
An etching which shows a large, gnarled tree, the branches have grown through a low formation of leaves. A welcoming countryside cottage with a smoking chimney sits behind. Date: 1911

Aurania Ocean Liner
The Aurania ocean liner with the City of London Imperial Volunteers (C.I.V's) aboard, left Cape Town on October 7 where she had been used during the Boer war (11 Oct 1899 ?? 31 May 1902)

Jim Mollison and Kangeroo
Scottish aviator James Allan Jim Mollison (1905-1959) was greeted by a kangaroo in Croydon, at the end of his record breaking flight from Australia to England

Howard Johnson Restaurant, Springfield, New Jersey, USA Date: early 1950s

Dining room at teatime with open window Date: 1943

Prime Minister, Joseph Chamberlain in the House of Commons, introducing the Commonwealth of Australia Bill. The Bill which installed for Australia, under one Government

Welcoming Kaiser - Warings Shop Illuminated 1907
Warings shop in Oxford Street, London decorated the front of their with bright lights with mottoes staying Our Common Aim: Peace, Progress, Civilisations and Blood id Thicker than Water

Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester and the Garter Mission in Japan to bestow upon Emperor Showa (Hirohito) (1901-1989) the Stranger Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG); conferred in 1929

Entry of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (fighting on the Parliamentarian side) into London after his victory in the First Battle of Newbury, Berkshire, September 1643

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot won t we do
The Caption reads Wot won t we do - when I gets you home! Most such captions are more frequent towards the end of the war when one could look forward to the soldier boys coming home

The Months Welcoming the Young Year. 1860

Cottage, armchair and rural scene on a New Year card. Date: circa 1900s

Decorated tram in Tokyo, Japan - Anglo-Japanese Alliance
A decorated tram in Tokyo - part of the celebrations following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902 and to welcome the arrival of the British Naval contingent to the city

1920s Christmas card with snowy scene
Christmas greetings card from 1927 featuring a family in Victorian garb standing in front of a snow covered cottage. Date: 1927

British propaganda welcoming the Americans
Little uniformed British girl gives a pointed thankyou to a little girl in stars and stripes I have waited for you for so long'. WW1 Date: 1917

French propaganda card welcoming the Americans
French soldier has his arm around a young woman wearing an outfit of stars and stripes. WW1 Date: 1917

Lord Arthur Balfour - Electrical Station, Tel Aviv, Israel
Lord Arthur Balfour (1848-1930) visit to the Electrical Station, Tel Aviv, Israel in March, 1925. (see also: 11093260) Date: 1925

Decorated tram in Tokyo, Japan - Anglo-Japanese Alliance
A decorated tram in Tokyo - part of the celebrations following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902 and to welcome the arrival of the British Naval contingent to the city

The ship Victoria in Seville. Engraving, 1807. Colored
The ship Victoria sited in Seville, Spain, having been around the world. Engraving, 1807. Colored

Welcoming the Chief Scout, British Honduras
Scouts in boats on the sea, welcoming the Chief Scout, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Bombay - Arrival of King George V and Queen Mary
The arrival at Bombay (Mumbai) of King George V and Queen Mary for the Coronation Durbar (held in Delhi in December, 1911 to proclaim the new Emperor and Empress of India)

James Buchanan welcoming native American Indians into the Wh
Illustration showing the President of the United States, James Buchanan, welcoming warring factions of American Indians into the White House, 1858

Advertisement for Nice, South of France. circa 1938

Home for Christmas
A festive scene showing a snow-covered but brightly lit house with its occupants outside waving to some Christmas visitors who are approaching in an open top car. Date: 1932

Khartoum, Sudan - welcoming Ramadan
Khartoum, Sudan - welcoming the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran was revealed

General Allenby enters Jerusalem during the First World War
WW1 - General Allenby enters Jerusalem on 9th December 1917. Date: 1917

British camera man filming the Omani guards, at a welcoming parade for King Hussein of Jordan, in Salalah Oman Date: 1977

Mao Zedong greeting visitors from North Korea
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) - Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the Peoples Republic of China

WW1 poster, YMCA and YWCA
Poster, His Home Over There, YMCA and YWCA. More than 2000 Such Homes for Our Boys, United War Work Campaign, 11-18 November. circa 1918

Advert for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge 1912
Advertisement for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge - A Royal Usher gestures his guests to enter (the Palace?). Date: 1912

Tour of the Colonies - St Kilda Pier Melbourne - Band waiting under welcoming Arch for Royal Couple. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Welcome to the British Squadron to Japan
Following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902 British Military contingents arrived in Japan. The Alliance was to run for five years before being renewed

The ship Victoria in Seville. Engraving, 1807
The ship Victoria sited in Seville, Spain, having been around the world. Engraving, 1807

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