Images Dated 2nd August 2015 (#15)

Winston Churchill in Sidney Street, East London, 1911
Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, together with policemen and members of the Scots Guards, during the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London

British sailors at German naval surrender, 1918
British sailors, the crew of a gun-ship, with gas masks at the ready in case of need wait for the first sight of the surrendering German fleet going to their berths in a British harbour after

American postcard of the stars and stripes. " The star spangled banner in triumph shall wave." lyrics from the American National Anthem

American 4th of July postcard. The day we celebrate

Oranges and Lemons
How many miles to Barneybright? Three score there are, and more. Shall we get there by candlelight? Oh! yes, and long before

Portrait photograph of an American army officer with a bugle

Happy Birthday record
A 78rpm Kidditunes disc of the popular ditty Happy Birthday To You! The sleeve features illustrations of popular Nursery Rhymes. " Fun and Joy for Girl and Boy" Date: circa 1960s

American 4th of July themed postcard. Ye spit-devil is a wily beast that comes but once a year; and wriggle about maidens ankles on mischief bent, I fear

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1945
No placket for modern miss! How much neater smarter and more convenient, too, than the ordinary placket, is the man-style Zwow pocket featured in every Gor-ray skirt. Date: 1945

American War Memorial, Gibraltar
American War Memorial (Naval Monument), Gibraltar, relating to the First World War, dedicated in 1937. Date: circa 1930s

The Battlefield of Gettysburg. Photograph from Huidekopers relief map of the battlefield. As it was in 1863. Date: 1901

St Joseph De Chamberlayne. In Birmingham Cathedral. His spear of fiscal reform has overcome Uncle Sam and Deutscher Michel

Abingdon Union Workhouse, Berkshire
The front page from The Mirror, 27th February 1836, with a picture of the then newly-built Abingdon Union Workhouse, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire)

Phyllis Neilson-Terry, actress, with dog
Phyllis Neilson-Terry (1892-1977), actress, seen here leaning on a cushion holding a dog. She was about to leave for America

German prisoners in Britain, baking bread, 1946
German prisoners in Britain post-World War Two. Rolling dough for the camps bread, a highly skilled job performed by prisoners who were all bakers before the war, with excellent results

Cartoon, The Cult of Queer Pets, showing people in the street, taking their various odd pets for a walk. A lady had recently been seen in Bond Street, London, with a small pig on a lead. Date: 1914

Laura Cowie, actress, in costume
Laura Cowie (1892-1962), actress, seen here in costume peeping from behind a curtain. She was about to sail for America with Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as his leading lady. Date: 1914

Dried egg recipes 1945
Dried egg recipes: Scrambled omelet eggs, curried eggs, rissoles, meat vegetable cakes, cabbage rissoles and Spanish bread. Date: 1945

Continental field voles
Two continental field voles

Farmyard scene, c. 1860
A farmer feeds his chickens amidst free range cows and pigs in his farmyard. Date: c. 1860

Gas iron by Littgow, 1861
A lady using Littgows gas iron, Denmark, 1861. Date: 1861

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1945
Come the dawn. The great day will dawn when there will be once more unlimited supplies of unrestricted styles in Gor-ray skirts. Till then and afterwards a Gor-ray is always smart for work or play

Iron, stand and holder, 1888
An iron, stand and holder, as featured in Mrs. Beetons Household Management, 1888. Date: 1888

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1943
Blackberrying is a traditional custom that most of us have enjoyed at one time or another. There are other Hedgerow Harvests too, that provide good things for the larder

Laundry irons, 1923
A selection of irons, as featured in a catalogue: a patent gas iron, a flat iron with galvanised stand, and a convex polishing iron. Date: 1923

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1945
To help you with your Christmas fare. Three recipes: Dark Christmas pudding, Christmas cake with holly leaf icing and stuffing. Date: 1945

South Mexico City, Mexico - Restaurant Moctezuma and decorated gondolas for the Venice of Mexico! Date: circa 1930

Vladivostok Market, Russia Date: circa 1910s

Allied Intervention in Vladivostok - Russian Civil War
In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic, the Provisional Priamurye Government

Main Railway Station, Vladivostok, Russia Date: circa 1918

Czech Forces in Vladivostok - Siberian expedition
In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic, the Provisional Priamurye Government

Bringing Christianity to China - Missionary Card
The quest to bring Christianity to China - Missionary Card Date: circa 1910

Primitive ox-pulled threshing device
Simple threshing device pulled by a team of oxen. Possibly in India (?). Date: circa 1910s

China Inland Mission - Stone Masons Date: 1904

HMS Suffolk in harbour at Vladivostok, Russia
January 1918. British Royal Naval Cruiser HMS Suffolk in harbour at Vladivostok, Russia. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution

Funeral Procession - Vladivostok, Russia Date: 1916

Vladivostok, Russia - Port View
View of part of the Russian Port of Vladivostok Date: circa 1915

Vladivostok, Russia - Trans-Siberian Railway Terminus
Trans-Siberian Railway, Vladivostok, Russia. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic

Funeral Procession - Vladivostok, Russia. The American naval vessel USS Brooklyn can be seen in the distance. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution

Vladivostok, Russia - Allied Soldiers and Red Cross train
January 1918 - Allied Soldiers shelter behind the wagons of a Russian Red Cross train, Vladivostok. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution

Village Evangelists training - Hyderabad, India. Date: circa 1908

Hindu Priests in India - " Warsudav" (Vasudeva) - worshipping ancestors (below). Date: circa 1910

Village - Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean. Date: circa 1910s

Danish Missionary in India, M. Andersen and staff
Danish Missionary in India, M. Andersen and his native employees (staff). Date: 1908

Five boys at a Christian Mission, Africa Date: circa 1910s

CMS Missionaries travelling in West Africa
Church Missionary Society (C. M. S.) Missionaries travelling in West Africa Date: circa 1910

Old Glory on Armistice Day
American soldiers and sailors with the Stars and Stripes flag in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace on Armistice Day at the end of World War One. Date: 11th November 1918

The Reverend James Boyle, West Africa
The Reverend James Boyle, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa Date: circa 1910

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