Year Collection (page 6)

An avenue in the West of Madrid after bombardment by the Nationalist airforce and artillery, November 1936. A barricade made of cobbles and bricks can be seen on the right of the photograph

Wassail Bowl on New Years Eve
A tradition on New Years Eve where people in the village go door-to-door, singing and offering a drink from the bowl full of hot mulled wine, a mix of cider

STEPAN THE GREAT
Stepan the Great, ruler of Moldova, declares his will in the year of his death : though he has achieved significant victories over the Otttomans, they will regain power. Date: June 1504

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GIOVANNA DI NAPOLI
15-year old Giovanna (Joanna) cedes her dominions to pope Clemens VI ; in return he crowns her queen of Naples which she rules till her death, marrying frequently. Date: 1343

RODOLPHE SALIS PHOTO
RODOLPHE SALIS - French singer and artist, legendary Paris impresario of the Chat Noir cabaret, known for his fine posters : photographed in, alas, the year of his death. Date: 1851 - 1897

FERDINAND DE LESSEPS OLD
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French engineer, depicted in the year of his death. Date: 1805 - 1894

EMANUEL GEIBEL - 4
FRANZ EMANUEL GEIBEL German writer, in the year of his death. Date: 1815 - 1884

ALEXANDER BLOK 1921
ALEXANDER BLOK Russian poet, in the year of his death. Date: 1880 - 1921

A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water, either the walnut comes together or drawn to the side, according to their movements it brings good luck or ill-luck. Date: 1908

PHOTO OF DEAD 3 YR OLD
Isa Jane Cumming, born on 15th July 1866 and who died on 1st July 1869, was photographed by her grieving parents in order that they might remember how she looked. Date: 1869

ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE 3RD MARQUIS OF SALISBURY (1830 - 1903), English MP and Prime Minister in the year of his death

VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR
The forty-year old warship carries Nelson to victory and death at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 Date: 1805

SUSANNA EXONERATED
Falsely accused of adultery, her reputation and her life, are saved when 12-year old Daniel (the future prophet) forces a re- trial ; her accusers are stoned to death

ELI FALLS AND DIES
When 98-year old High Priest Eli learns of the misfortunes of his family - including the death of his two sons - he falls and breaks his neck

MARIA EDGEWORTH/HOME
MARIA EDGEWORTH Home of the novelist at Edgeworthstown, near Dublin, in the year of her death Date: 1767 - 1849

DICKENS/GADSHILL
HIS HOME AT GADSHILL An exterior view of the house, Gadshill Place, in Kent, in the year of the novelist's death 1812 - 1870

BROWNING AND SON
ROBERT BROWNING the English poet in the year of his death, in Venice with his son Robert Barrett Browning Date: 1812 - 1889

POPE FORMOSUS
FORMOSUS, pope 891-896 A year of his death his corpse was exhumed and put on trial by his successor, Stephanus VI, who was strangled for his lack of respect Date: 897

CATALEPSY, ARGENTINA
CATALEPTIC TRANCE ? At Rawson Hospital, Cordoba, Argentina, a 19-year old girl, supposed dead, recovers consciousness in the mortuary Date: 1940

EVENTS/AUSTRALIA
11-year old Harry Hawson defends his father's cattle station against marauding aborigines in New South Wales, but dies of a spear-wound Date: 1840

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star MM51-9145 - 3-145
Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star MM51-9145 - 3-145 (msn 580-6929, ex 51-9145), in storage at Beja (B.A. 11) (LPBJ), Portugal, in a special 38 year - 65

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star 1930
Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star 1930 (msn 580-9093, ex 53-5754), in storage at Beja (B.A. 11) (LPBJ), Portugal, in a special 38 year - 65, 000 hours (of T-33 service) anniversary scheme

Assorted flowers on a Christmas and New Year card, with a decorative gold and white border. Date: circa 1890s

Children (Months of the Year - Painting) by Flora White

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

HMS Forward - Forward-class Scout Cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Forward, a Forward-class Scout Cruiser. Forward was built by Fairfield???s S.B. & E. at Govan, in 1904. The ship was in reserve for most of the first decade of her existence

Page from The Bystander reporting on the nature documentaries made by Strand Films under the supervision of Julian Huxley. The Birth of the Year followed animals in their early years. Date: 1938

Original Artwork - Christmas greetings from eight teddies
Original Artwork - Christmas greetings from eight teddy bears. Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Good Luck at School card design
Original Artwork - design for a Good Luck at School greetings card with a boy and a girl in new school uniform and a cat wearing a matching school tie! Date: circa 1937

Happy Family gift card - Little boy and parcel with tag
Happy Family gift card - Little boy holding up a small square Christmas parcel with a gift tag. Date: circa 1937

Happy Family gift card - Little boy and stocking
Happy Family gift card - Little boy looking into his striped Christmas stocking. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Manufacturer of ladies bloomers Date: 20th century

The Birth of the Year, Evelyn Spice film
Zoo shots from the film The Birth of the Year, dealing with young life, directed by Evelyn Spice, produced by Stuart Legg, from Strand Films, an English documentary film company

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

Betty Beryl in A E Smiths Revue, All Bluff, now in 20th year of tour. Date: early 20th century

Poster advertising the NSPCC, Diamond Jubilee Year Appeal - In 60 years the NSPCC has come to the rescue of 5.5 million children - please help us, if you can. Date: circa 1944

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, Almanack 1869 - Puss in Boots, Christmas Pantomime Date: 1869

Pantomime, Puss in Boots, Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, produced by Ernest E Norris, direct from the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London Date: early 20th century

Crystal Palace interior - Christmas and New Year greetings Date: late 19th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Piece of Cake
The Caption is A piece of cake. This latter was an RAF expresssion for an easy fight. Through the window can be seen an aeroplane. This was the year of the Battle of Britain

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whether you ve gone
Comic cards were much brighter at this stage of the war when the end seemed to be in sight. The little girl is anticipating the return of her loved one whether you ve gone for a year or a day

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Swell
Clothes wee rationed from June 1941 wth a ration book supposedly sufficient for one new outfit a year. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

Christmas and New Year Greetings Card - Skiing Date: 1946

The labours of the XII months set out in new pictures and old proverbs. Illustration from the English Illustrated Magazine featuring a mummer arriving at a home on a cold December night while a

New Year
Bells ringing in the New Year and out with the Old. Artist: Annie French

Advert for Tatler Man Dolls, 1926 - designed and dressed in Paris Date: 1926

Christmas and New Year
An embossed New Year greeting postcard depicting a boy in tudor costume pulling along a young girl on a sledge in a winter scene. Artist: Florence Hardy Date: circa 1905

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