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1911 Collection (page 8)

In the year 1911, a time of great change and diverse events unfolded

Background image1911 Collection: InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel, Cannes, South of France

InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel, Cannes, South of France

Background image1911 Collection: Nude Girl with Arms Outstretched, 1911. Creator: Egon Schiele

Nude Girl with Arms Outstretched, 1911. Creator: Egon Schiele
Nude Girl with Arms Outstretched, 1911. Egon Schiele never conformed to the canons of beauty in his portrayal of the human body, which he showed in uninhibited poses imbued with eroticism

Background image1911 Collection: Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Italians taking possession of Tripoli, 1911. Shows Italian troops entering Tripoli, Libya during the Turco-Italian War (Italo-Turkish War) which took place between September 1911 and October 1912.

Background image1911 Collection: Wagner by Matzen, [1911?]. Creators: Bain News Service, Herman Matzen

Wagner by Matzen, [1911?]. Creators: Bain News Service, Herman Matzen
Wagner by Matzen, [1911?]. Shows a statue of Richard Wagner by Herman N. Matzen dedicated in 1911 in Edgewater Park, Cleveland, Ohio.

Background image1911 Collection: Gen. Virbeck [i.e., Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911

Gen. Virbeck [i.e., Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Virbeck [i.e., Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows men on the Lusitania welcoming Japanese admiral Togo Heihachiro to New York City

Background image1911 Collection: BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915.

Background image1911 Collection: Traffic Squad Police, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Traffic Squad Police, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Traffic Squad Police, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Oasis of Misturata, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Oasis of Misturata, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Oasis of Misturata, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Misratah (Misrata), a seaport in Libya located in an oasis. Image may be related to the Italo-Turkish War of 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: J.E. Harriman's Aerocar, 1910 or 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

J.E. Harriman's Aerocar, 1910 or 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
J.E. Harriman's Aerocar, 1910 or 1911. Shows patent drawing of John Emery Harriman.

Background image1911 Collection: Postmaster Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Postmaster Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Postmaster Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Sopwith & Mrs. Chudoba, woman passenger, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Sopwith & Mrs. Chudoba, woman passenger, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Sopwith & Mrs. Chudoba, woman passenger, 1911. Shows aviator Thomas Sopwith (1888-1989) in an airplane.

Background image1911 Collection: Watching warships 10/28/11, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Watching warships 10/28/11, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Watching warships 10/28/11, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Farley [and] O'Connell, [1911?]. Creator: Bain News Service

Farley [and] O'Connell, [1911?]. Creator: Bain News Service
Farley [and] O'Connell, [1911?]. Shows John Cardinal Murphy Farley (1842-1918), Archbishop of New York, and William Henry Cardinal O'Connell (1859-1944), Archbishop of Boston

Background image1911 Collection: President William H. Taft at Grand Army of the Republic Convention, Rochester, N.Y., 1911

President William H. Taft at Grand Army of the Republic Convention, Rochester, N.Y., 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
President William H. Taft at Grand Army of the Republic Convention, Rochester, N.Y., 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Breaking garbage strike at $5 day, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Breaking garbage strike at $5 day, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Breaking garbage strike at $5 day, 1911. Shows horse-drawn garbage wagons collecting trash during a New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: White Wings under police protection, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

White Wings under police protection, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
White Wings under police protection, 1911. Shows men dressed in white uniforms and hats sweeping garbage in the streets, during a New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Garbage strike, crowd around carts, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Garbage strike, crowd around carts, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Garbage strike, crowd around carts, 1911. Shows crowd in foreground with garbage wagons and police in background, during a garbage strike in New York City, Nov. 8-11, 1911

Background image1911 Collection: White Wings who have not struck, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

White Wings who have not struck, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
White Wings who have not struck, 1911. Shows men in white uniforms and hats with brooms in the street to sweep trash during the New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Police protecting garbage carts, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Police protecting garbage carts, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Police protecting garbage carts, 1911. Shows the garbage strike in New York City, Nov. 8-11, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Garbage carts protected by police, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Garbage carts protected by police, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Garbage carts protected by police, 1911. Shows the garbage strike in New York City, Nov. 8-11, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Garbage strike, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Garbage strike, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Garbage strike, 1911. Shows the garbage strike in New York City, Nov. 8-11, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Balloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Balloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Balloon at Wanamakers, 1911. Shows the hydrogen balloon, "Wanamaker no. 1," lifting off from the roof of the John Wanamaker store at Broadway and Tenth Ave., New York City.

Background image1911 Collection: Ban Johnson, Garry Herrman, Thos. Lynch, World Series N.Y., 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Ban Johnson, Garry Herrman, Thos. Lynch, World Series N.Y., 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Ban Johnson, Garry Herrman, Thos. Lynch, World Series N.Y., 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Royal Progress, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Royal Progress, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Royal Progress, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Keel of NEW YORK, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Keel of NEW YORK, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Keel of NEW YORK, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Adm. Ching Kwong and Mayor Gaynor, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Adm. Ching Kwong and Mayor Gaynor, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Adm. Ching Kwong and Mayor Gaynor, 1911. Shows Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy and New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor, with their hats off

Background image1911 Collection: Work of mob at St Quentin in food price riots, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Work of mob at St Quentin in food price riots, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Work of mob at St Quentin in food price riots, 1911. Shows broken windows at a cafe in Saint-Quentin, France.

Background image1911 Collection: Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows aviator James J. Ward in New York at the start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight

Background image1911 Collection: Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Chinese sailors, 1911. Shows sailors who accmpanied Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy to Grant's Tomb in New York City on Sept. 18th, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Chinese sailors, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Chinese sailors, 1911. Shows Chinese marines, with (on right) Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy and New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor

Background image1911 Collection: Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry, 1911. Shows Japanese naval hero Admiral Togo Heihachiro with Major General Thomas Henry Barry, superintendent of the U.S

Background image1911 Collection: Col. C.B. Winders [i.e, Winder], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Col. C.B. Winders [i.e, Winder], 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. C.B. Winders [i.e, Winder], 1911. Shows Ohio marksman C.B. Winder who served as a Corporal in the Ohio Army National Guard, with a gun.

Background image1911 Collection: Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Shows Helene Dutrieu (1877-1961), Belgian aviator, cyclist, hospital director and journalist.

Background image1911 Collection: House in session. May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

House in session. May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
House in session. May 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Rings and poles, Bronx Park, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Rings and poles, Bronx Park, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Rings and poles, Bronx Park, 1911. Shows children playing on equipment, probably including girls from the Washington Irving High Schools New York City

Background image1911 Collection: House in session. May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

House in session. May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
House in session. May 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: House in session. May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

House in session. May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
House in session. May 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: N.Y. Americans, 4/22/11, Baseball, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

N.Y. Americans, 4/22/11, Baseball, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. Americans, 4/22/11, Baseball, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Polo Grounds, New York (baseball), c1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Polo Grounds, New York (baseball), c1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Polo Grounds, New York (baseball), c1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Harvard - Yale Athletes, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Harvard - Yale Athletes, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Harvard - Yale Athletes, between c1910 and c1915.

Background image1911 Collection: Boies Penrose, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Boies Penrose, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Boies Penrose, 1911. Shows Boies Penrose (1860-1921) a lawyer and Republican Senator from Pennsylvania.

Background image1911 Collection: Washburn with Rube Marquard & Mike Donlin, New York, NL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Washburn with Rube Marquard & Mike Donlin, New York, NL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Washburn with Rube Marquard & Mike Donlin, New York, NL (baseball), 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: Dreamland burned, Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Dreamland burned, Coney Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Dreamland burned, Coney Island, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: King and Queen leaving St. George's Chapel, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

King and Queen leaving St. George's Chapel, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King and Queen leaving St. George's Chapel, 1911. Shows the soon-to-be King of England, George V, and his wife Mary of Teck leaving the St

Background image1911 Collection: King George V at Trooping of Colors, May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

King George V at Trooping of Colors, May 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King George V at Trooping of Colors, May 1911. Shows King George V Trooping the Colour, for the first time in May 1911 in front of the Admiralty Extension Building

Background image1911 Collection: Blind stenographer using dictaphone, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Blind stenographer using dictaphone, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Blind stenographer using dictaphone, 1911.

Background image1911 Collection: 5th Ave. - Easter 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

5th Ave. - Easter 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
5th Ave. - Easter 1911. The 5th Avenue Easter Parade - the Sunday morning Fifth Avenue Easter bonnet stroll.




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In the year 1911, a time of great change and diverse events unfolded. The world witnessed the rise of capitalism, symbolized by the iconic Capitalist Pyramid that showcased wealth distribution. Meanwhile, American socialists rallied for equality with their powerful poster advocating for a fairer society. Amidst this backdrop, Sherlock Holmes delved into his detective work while occasionally slipping into moments of reverie, pondering life's mysteries. In an unexpected twist, a dachshund choir had a dress rehearsal, showcasing their adorable talents to captivated audiences. The majestic RMS Olympic sailed across oceans under the White Star Line flag, carrying passengers on unforgettable journeys. Simultaneously in Spain, Alcazar Tejedor left behind his artistic legacy as he bid farewell to the world in 1911. Leamington Spa flourished as a vibrant town during this era; its charm and beauty attracting visitors from far and wide. Cid Officers took on new roles as dockers - adapting to changing times and embracing different professions. A garden guide demonstrated expertise by delicately extracting weeds from meticulously maintained lawns - ensuring nature's splendor remained untarnished. A chromolithograph devotional card featuring The Virgin Mary brought solace and comfort to those seeking spiritual guidance. Winston Churchill made history at Sidney Street Siege in East London - displaying courage amidst chaos and leading with conviction. The suffrage movement gained momentum with Votes For Women posters spreading across America in 1911 - marking an important step towards gender equality. Meanwhile, Marie Curie continued her groundbreaking scientific research that would forever shape our understanding of radioactivity and earn her well-deserved recognition throughout history. As we reflect upon the year 1911 through these intriguing hints scattered across various realms of human endeavor – politics, artistry, exploration – we are reminded of how each moment shapes our collective narrative and propels us forward into an ever-evolving future.