Images Dated 16th December 2004 (page 2)

Ninette de Valois, c. 1925
Photograph of Dame Ninette de Valois (1898-2001), the Irish ballerina, who was christened Edris Stannus

Jack Dempsey (1895-1983)
Photographic portrait of Jack Dempsey, the American heavyweight boxer. Date of portrait unknown

Immigrants getting on trains at New York, 1886
Engraving showing immigrant families waiting to board a train at New York Cental Station, 1886. This train was bound for the Mid-West of America

A Sailor Heaving the Lead, at sea, 1884
Engraving showing a seaman, on the side of an emigrant ship, heaving the lead to check the depth of the water with a plumb line, 1884

A Visitor to an Emigrant Ship being soaked by Seamen, 1884
Sketch showing sailors scrubbing the decks and an early visitor getting soaked by them, 1884

Irish emigrants, in a tender, coming aboard an Atlantic stea
Engraving showing a small steam tender coming alongside a trans-Atlantic steamer with Irish emigrants, 1884. These emigrants were bound for Canada

Below Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1849
Engraving showing a family of emigrants, below decks, poring over a large map, working out the position of the ship on its long voyage to Australia

British Emigrants waving goodbye, 1903
Illustration showing a group of British emigrants standing on the deck of their ship, waving goodbye to Britain, 1903

Singer Six Car Advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for a six cylinder, 16hp Singer Six, published in The Tatler, 1931

British Emigrants at Gravesend, Kent, 1850
Engraving showing the British emigrants and their ships who set out to settle in Canterbury, New Zealand, in September 1850

Emigrants boarding a ship for the USA, 1909
Illustration showing European emigrant families coming alongside and boarding a transatlantic liner, bound for the USA, 1909

The Canterbury Association Ships in East India Dock, London
Engraving showing the Canterbury Association Ships, Bangalore, Dominion, Duke of Portland, Lady Nugent, Midlothian and Canterbury, in the East India Docks, London, 1851

Woman reading on the deck of an Atlantic Steamship, 1888
Portrait of a very pretty young woman reading in her deck chair with hat and parasol, during a trans-Atlantic passage, 1888

Irish Peasants attacking an Eviction Party, Ireland, 1887
Engraving showing several poor Irish farmers preparing to attack an eviction party with boulders, Ireland, 1887. Absentee landlords evicted tenant farmers who could not pay their rent during

German Emigrants at Liverpool Railway Station, 1884
Engraving showing German emigrants waiting at Liverpool railway station for the next stage of their long journey to Canada, 1884

Young Emigrants singing Grace on their ship, 1884
Engraving showing emigrant boys from Dr. Stephensons Home singing Grace before a meal on board an Atlantic steamship, 1884

Immigrants landing at Castle Garden, New York, 1886
Engraving showing a group of emigrants from Europe arriving at Castle Garden, New York, watched by a customs official, 1886

The Gateway of Bejar, Spain, 1908
Photograph showing the gateway of the Spanish town of Bejar, whose 9, 000 inhabitants decided to emigrate South America in 1908

Examining Passports at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing immigrants queuing up at the passport control on Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Prince and Princess Louis of Battenburg feeding rescued emig
Illustration showing Prince and Princess Louis of Battemberg feeding rescued emigrants from the ship Cairnrona, which caught fire in the Channel, at Dover Docks, 1910

Sir Wilfred Laurier looking at emigrants on the Empress of
Illustration showing the Canadian Prime Minister, Sir Wilfred Laurier, and his wife looking at the new immigrants on board RMS Empress of Britain, as they cross the Atlantic to Canada, 1907

New World Gas Cooker Advertisement, 1928
Advertisement for a gas cooker produced by the New World company, 1928

The Great Assembly Hall, Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing the Great Assembly Hall of the immigration centre on Ellis Island, New York, with a large number of immigrants waiting in queues, 1911

Passengers on the deck of a Trans-Atlantic steamer, 1888
Engraving showing passengers on a trans-Atlantic steamship gathered round the capstan on the deck of the ship, 1888. The passengers shown were involved in buying and selling of pool tickets

Crew members of the emigrant ship, Indus, 1872
Engraved portraits of some of the ships crew: a black cook and other weathered faces

Emigrants leaving Britain for Canada, Liverpool, 1909
Photograph showing British emigrants boarding the Allan Liner Virginian at Liverpool Dock, bound for Canada, 1909

Zena Dare, 1925
Photograph of Zena Dare (1887-1975) the English actress, who was christened Florence Hariette Zena Dones, pictured in 1925

The Bachelors accomodation on the emigrant ship, Indus, 1
Engraving showing the quarters occupied by single men on the emigrant ship Indus, 1872. The men are shown playing music to pass the time on the long voyage from Britain to Australia

Departure of British Emigrants for New Zealand, 1862
Engraving showing emigrants on board the Matilda Wattenbach, as their ship heads down the River Thames on the journey to New Zealand, 1862

Immigrants arriving at Winnipeg, Canada, 1909
Photograph of crowds of immigrants arriving at the train station in Winnipeg, Canada, 1909. Winnipeg was at that time the chief distributing centre for Western Canada

Serving food on the Refugee Ship North Britain, 1882
Engraving showing the doling out of food, by Egyptian men in fezes, to a group of Egyptian and European refugees on board the North Britain, 1882

Putting the Mail on the Viceroy, Galway, 1850
Engraving showing sacks of mail leaving Galway in rowing boats to be put aboard the Viceroy, on its maiden voyage to New York, 1850

Cherry Blossom Toiletries Advertisement, 1887
Engraved advertisement for the Cherry Blossom line of perfume, toilet powder and soap, with the assurance - Nun Nicer

Examining Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing an American doctor checking immigrants for infectious eye diseases on Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Jack Dempsey, c. 1925
Photographic portrait of Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) the American heavyweight boxer. The date of this picture is unknown, but probably c.1925

Live Provisions on the deck of the emigrant ship, Indus
Engraving showing some of the crew of the emigrant ship Indus, forcing sheep and pigs to take up residence in their pens, 1872

Passengers on a Trans-Atlantic Steamship, 1888
Portrait caricatures of three passengers on the trans-Atlantic steamship, Moselle, originally entitled Our Foreign Contingent

Passengers claiming luggage at Liverpool Railway Station, 18
Engraving of the crowded Liverpool railway station, with children sitting on baggage in the foreground, and a huge luggage trolley holding hundreds of trunks in the background

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