Won Collection (page 6)

How we won the battle

How the day was won. Charge of the Tenth Cavalry Regiment U.S.A. San Juan Hill; Cuba, July 1st 1898. How the day was won. Charge of the Tenth Cavalry Regiment U.S.A. San Juan Hill; Cuba, July 1st 1898

V is the Victory thats won
Advertising for Simple Simon Soap. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

The Great International Boat Race on the River Thames
The Great International Boat Race August 27th 1869. Between Oxford and Harvard on the River Thames near London 4 miles 2 furlongs. Won by the Oxfords by a half length clear water. Time 22 min

The Olympic Games - London, 1908
Scenes from the 1908 Olympic Games, held at Shepherds Bush stadium in London. 1. R. W. Rose (U.S.), winner of Putting the Weight, 46ft 7 1/2 in. 2. Gymnastic Team Competition - Swedish. 3. H

Arthur Knyvet Wilson
Sir ARTHUR KNYVET WILSON V.C. Distinguished British naval commander who won his VC at the battle of El Teb. Date: 1842 - 1921

Horse Racing - Won in a Canter. The victor in this race trots back to the paddock having taken the win. The jockey has been adorned with a victory wreath. Date: circa 1920s

Lagonda Coupe
At L1125 the Lagonda drop-head coupe is a pricey buy, but for your money you get a car that has won the Le Mans, plus excellent road-holding. Date: 1936

Jesse Owens (1913-1980)
Photograph of Jesse James Cleveland Owens, the US athlete, pictured with his Olympic oak-trees and medals, 1936. Owens won four gold medals at the the 1936 Berlin Olympics - the 100 metres

Prize Winning Cat 1931
A proud lady owner shows off her cat, which won first prize in an American cat show. Date: 1931

Triple-crown winner, Gainsborough
Lady James Douglass thoroughbred racehorse, Gainsborough, who won the Triple Crown in 1918. Gainsboroughs father was Bayardo and his mother, Rosedrop. Date: 1918

Gainsborough wins the 2000 Guineas
The British bred, thoroughbred racehorse Gainsborough, owned by Lady James Douglas won the English Triple Crown in 1918. This article celebrates the 2000 Guineas

14 year old swimming champion with six trophies
A 14-year-old swimming champion poses with the six trophies he has won. (1 of 2) Date: 1924

English International Football Team
Portraits of the English International Football Team -- Evans, Pennington, Sturgess, Woodger, Williamson, Wedlock, Shepherd, Crompton, Warren, Fleming and Simpson

Working Class Mp- Satire
ELEVATION (Wife of newly-elected Working-man MP): " Ow D e Do, Mrs Fuzbush? Though I ham a Lady, won t change my manners Date: 1886

Exorcism, Medieval
Priests exorcise a man who has been possessed by a demon; with four crucifixes held over him, the demon won t have a chance... Date: 4th/5th century

Ballad / False Lover
THE FALSE LOVER WON BACK When John tells her he loves another, the fair maid goes after him and by the end hes as deep in love wi her as she was ower again. Date: traditional

Game / Balloon Football
The ladies have balloons on the end of their strings - the gentlemen try to jump on them. He who succeeds in bursting a balloon has won... its all frightfully jolly... Date: 1911

Schoolboy with Prizes
A schoolboy is delighted to have won two school prizes: a cup and a book. Date: circa 1900

Fourteen year old swimming champion with trophies
A 14-year-old swimming champion with the six trophies he has won. (2 of 2) Date: 1924

Jack Hatfield, British Olympic swimming champion
Jack Hatfield (John Gatenby " Jack" Hatfield, 1893-1965), British Olympic swimming champion, seen here at the time of the Stockholm Olympics in 1912

Gonville Bromhead
GONVILLE BROMHEAD Military : second-in-command at Rorkes Drift, (Zulu-British war, January 1879) when he won a VC : later in India where he died of typhoid. Date: 1845 - 1892

Silver trophy
Autos, Decauville Auto Co. 2 gallon efficiency cup. Silver trophy cup engraved: The Automobile Club of America, May 1906, Two Gallon Efficiency First Prize Won By 12 H.P. Franklin

Football match between police and strikers
A unique event of the General Strike was a football match between police and strikers on the Plymouth Argyle ground. The strikers won by 2-1

Miss Helen Wills, American Tennis Player and Artist
MISS HELEN WILLS in 1927, American tennis player and artist, seen here in mufti, ie ordinary clothes rather than her tennis gear

Oxford V Cambridge 1895
Spectators on board a boat watch as the university boat race teams head towards the finish at Mortlake. Oxford won this race, for the sixth year in succession

Poster for War Savings Certificates
Poster encouraging people to buy War Savings Certificates. The bayonets have won through -- its your turn now

RICHARD SEAMAN Grand Prix driver
RICHARD SEAMAN in 1938 by Rudy Zeeman. Richard John Beattie " Dick" Seaman was one of the greatest pre-war Grand Prix drivers from Britain

Richard Byrds attempt to fly the Atlantic
The Fokker Trimotor aeroplane, America, in which the American aviator and naval officer Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957) attempted to fly the Atlantic non-stop from the USA to France in the hope of

Prince Albert playing tennis
Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future King George VI (1895-1952), was a keen tennis player in the 1920s; in July 1920 with his partner Louis Greig he won the RAF doubles competition

Flight-Lt. Learoyd attacking the Dortmund-Ems Canal; Second
Illustration showing a Royal Air Force Handley-Page Hampden bomber, commanded by Flight-Lieutenant R.A.B. Learoyd, bombing the Dortmund-Ems canal near Munster in Germany, 12th August 1940. Flight-Lt

Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns, 1908
Photographs showing Jack Johnson (1878-1946)(left) and Tommy Burns (1881-1955), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in Sydney, Australia, in 1908

Tommy Farr and Clarence Burman, 1939
Photograph of Tommy Farr (1914-1986)(left) and Clarence Red Burman, after their heavyweight boxing match, Harringay, London, 1939

A Game of Pushball, Crystal Palace, 1902
Photograph showing a game of pushball between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground, 4th October 1902

Lance-Sergeant John D. Baskeyfield VC (1922-44)
Photographic portrait of Lance-Sergeant John Baskeyfield of the South Staffordshire Regiment, First Airborne Division, pictured c.1943

Bicycle Race at the Catford Cycling Club, 1892
Engraving showing one of the bicycle races between Catford Cycling Club and a Dutch team, held at Catford, August 1892. The Dutch team won the event by 9 points to Catford Clubs 11

An airman who won the V. C
Captain John Aidan Liddell of 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Royal Flying Corps who won the Victoria Cross after safely flying

The Conqueror in the Clipper Barge Match, September 1879
Engraving of The Conqueror rounding the West Oaze buoy in the Clipper Barge Match of the 18th September 1879, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

French Liner Normandie at sea, June 1935
Photograph of the French luxury liner, Normandie, in the Atlantic on her maiden voyage, seen from the deck of the Champlain

Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929)
Engraving of Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery, made in 1886 when he was serving as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Olympics / 1932 / Javelin
Javelin won by Jarvinen (Finland) 72.71m

Lapithes V Centaurs
A people of Thessaly, they won renown by overcoming the centaurs at the marriage feast of Briseis

Cricket Match between Actors and Authors at Lords Cricket G
Illustration showing a number of the players in a one-day match between actors and authors held at Lords cricket ground, June 1905. The actors won the match by 8 wickets and 7 runs

Everton and Manchester City Football Teams walk onto the pit
Photograph showing the Everton (light shirts) and Manchester City (dark shirts) teams walking onto the pitch at Wembley Stadium, prior to the start of the F.A. Cup Final of 1933

Bryn Jones Tackling Gillick, Arsenal vs. Everton, 1938
Photograph of Bryn Jones of Arsenal (right) tackling Gillick of Everton, during the First Division Match played at Highbury, London, September 1938. Jones scored for Arsenal, but Everton won 2-1

The Australian Cricket Team at the Oval, 1938
Photographic montage of the Australian Cricket Team, that toured England in 1938, imposed onto the Oval Cricket Ground, Kennington, London

Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 1909
Illustration showing Windridge scoring for Chelsea Football Club, during the First Division, Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur match of December 1909

Oxford University vs. Cambridge University Football Match, 1
Illustration showing Berry of Oxford University scoring a goal in the 1908 varsity match, played at the Queens Club, February 1908. The match was won by Oxford 4-1

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