Chairman Collection (#17)

The Irish Petrel: John Edward Redmond (1856-1918) Irish politician. A champion of Home Rule, he became chairman of the Nationalist party in 1900. After cartoon by Spy from Vanity Fair, London, 1904

John Arthur Roebuck (1801-79) English Lawyer and politician. Chairman of the Sebastapol Committee of enquiry into conduct of Crimean War. Engraving c1880

John Laird Mair Lawrence, lst Baron Lawrence (1811-1879) British statesman and administrator. Served in the Indian civil service. Viceroy of India (1864-1859)

Margaret Bondfield (1873-1953) English Labour politician. First British woman cabinet minister: chairman of the Trades Union Congress 1923. Halftone

John Robert Clynes (1869-1949) born in Oldham, Lancashire. British trade union organiser and one of the original members of the British Labour (socialist) Party. Chairman of the party 1921-1922

Charles M Schwab
New York, New York: c. 1937 Charles M Schwab, chairman of the board of Bethlehem Steel, arrives from Europe aboard the S.S. Queen Mary

J. Dumas, Chairman Of Jury Ii. Former Minister Of Agriculture And Commerce, Member Of Institute

Lieutenant-colonel Reid, R.e. Governor Of Malta, And Chairman Of The Executive Committee Of The Great Exhibition

The Opening of Forth Bridge by the Prince of Wales, the Marquis of Tweeddale Chairman
THE OPENING OF FORTH BRIDGE BY THE PRINCE OF WALES, THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE Chairman of the North British Railway Company, engraving 1890, UK, U.K

Sketches at the Meetings of the London School Board 1890, the Rev. Diggle, Chairman
SKETCHES AT THE MEETINGS OF THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD 1890, The Rev. DIGGLE, Chairman, in the middle, engraving 1890, UK, U.K. Britain, British, Europe, United Kingdom, Great Britain, European

Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, Late Chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords, Uk, 1851 Engraving

Livingston Farrand, US anthropologist C017 / 7816
Livingston Farrand (1867-1939), US anthropologist. Farrand studied at Princeton University, qualifying as a medical doctor from Columbia University in 1891

Vladimir Dobrozhansky, satellite engineer C013 / 9126
Vladimir Dobrozhansky. Portrait of the Soviet satellite engineer Vladimir Dobrozhansky. Dobrozhansky was one of the leading designers of the Radio 1 artificial satellite

Lord Snell at London Fire Brigade Annual Review
Lord Snell (Chairman of the Council) at London Fire Brigade Annual Review in Victoria Park, 30 June 1934, inspecting firefighters wearing Proto breathing equipment

Asia, China, Beijing. Chinese Flag, Forbidden Palace, and Mao

Gate of Heavenly Peace, entrance to the Forbidden City

35th President of the United States. Being briefed on the situation in South Vietnam by General Maxwell Taylor
JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963). 35th President of the United States. Being briefed on the situation in South Vietnam by General Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (left)

31st President of the United States. Hoover signing the Agricultural Marketing Act in the Oval Office of the White
HERBERT HOOVER (1874-1964). 31st President of the United States. Hoover signing the Agricultural Marketing Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. 15 June 1929

33rd President of the United States. Truman (left) as Chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884-1972). 33rd President of the United States. Truman (left) as Chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee

38th President of the United States. Meeting with the National Security Council in the Cabinet Room of the White House
GERALD FORD (1913-2006). 38th President of the United States. Meeting with the National Security Council in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. From left to right: William E

President Lyndon B. Johnson (fourth from left) and other U. S. officials conferring with South Vietnamese leaders
VIETNAM WAR: CONFERENCE. President Lyndon B. Johnson (fourth from left) and other U.S. officials conferring with South Vietnamese leaders Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky (both across from Johnson)

United States Postmaster General Will H. Hays, President Warren G. Harding and Vice President Calvin Coolidge
HAYS, HARDING, AND COOLIDGE. United States Postmaster General Will H. Hays, President Warren G. Harding and Vice President Calvin Coolidge. Photograph, c1921

LCC-LFB Firefighters cheering (hip-hip-hooray)
Officers and firefighters give three cheers for the Annual Reviews Inspecting Officer, Lord Snell of Plumstead, Chairman of the London County Council

LCC-LFB- Crystal Palace fire and a Royal visitor
The Duke of Kent at the scene of the Crystal Palace Fire with London Fire Brigade Chief Officer Major Morris. Towards the later stages of the Crystal Palace fire

LCC-LFB Presentation of Silver gallantry medal
Lord Snell, the Chairman of the London County Council, is presenting Fireman J W Roots with the Councils Silver Gallantry Medal in recognition of his extraordinary bravery at a fire at 5 St Peter

CHINA: COMMUNISM CARTOON. New Page in a Long History. American cartoon, 1949, by D. R
CHINA: COMMUNISM CARTOON. New Page in a Long History. American cartoon, 1949, by D.R. Fitzpatrick on the establishment of Communist rule in China and of the Peoples Republic of China

J. BRUCE ISMAY (1862-1937). English businessman, chairman and managing director of the White Star Line of ocean liners. Line engraving, American, 1891

William Waters Butler, who in 1909 was Vice-Chairman of Mitchells and Butlers Brewery. His father, the co-founder of the business, had died in 1907

Right Honorable Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand and chairman of the British war cabinet. Date 1942?

John Wycliffe Wilson

Unveiling of King Edward VII memorial, East London
A memorial bust to the late King Edward VII being unveiled by Mr Edward White, Chairman of the LCC, at Mile End Waste, Mile End Road, East London. 1911

Evelyn Ashley (Cartoon)
EVELYN ASHLEY Statesman, Chairman of the Railway Rates and Fares committee. Date: 1836 - 1907

Edward, Prince of Wales, at the American Officers Club
Edward, Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII), at the American Officers Club, having lunch with Sir Harry Brittain (Club Chairman, centre) and others during the First World War

South Arabian Boy Scouts Association AGM
Officials standing to speak on the panel of the Annual General Meeting of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. Left to right are Rao Sahib Muthaua M.B.E

Sergei Witte, Russian politician
Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (1849-1915), Russian politician who served under the last two emperors. He wrote the October Manifesto (1905), a precursor to Russias first constitution

W J PIRRIE / 1847-1924
WILLIAM JAMES PIRRIE 1st Viscount British shipbuilder, partner and later chairman of Harland & Wolff, who built Titanic Date: 1847 - 1924

LCC-LFB Presentation of Silver gallantry medal
Lord Snell, the Chairman of the London County Council, is presenting Fireman J W Roots with the Councils Silver Gallantry Medal in recognition of his extraordinary bravery at a fire at 5 St Peter

Leonid Sedov, Soviet physicist
Leonid Ivanovitch Sedov (1907-1999), Soviet physicist, at a session of the presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Sedov carried out pioneering work during World War II on the mathematics of blast

Leonid Brekhovskikh, Soviet oceanographer
Leonid Brekhovskikh (1917-2005), Soviet oceanographer, giving a lecture. Brekhovskikhs major work was on the study of acoustic waves underwater

Mikhail Lavrentyev, Soviet mathematician
Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev (1900-1980), Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist, giving a lecture. Lavrentyevs work included studies of the physics of explosions

Nikolai Kurnakov, Soviet chemist
Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860-1941), Soviet inorganic chemist and industrialist. Kurnakovs most famous discovery was a reaction used to distinguish between optical isomers of platinum compounds

Matt Ridley, caricature
Matt Ridley (born 1958). Caricature of the British journalist, writer and businessman Matthew White Ridley holding a copy of one of his book The Red Queen

CHINESE COMMUNIST POSTER. Chinese poster, 1967, honoring Mao Tse-Tung (1898-1976) and his book

CHINA: POSTER, 1973. New Year in Yenan (Mao Tse-tung and his followers at Yenan)
CHINA: POSTER, 1973. New Year in Yenan (Mao Tse-tung and his followers at Yenan, the Chinese Communist base established after the Long March of 1934-35). Chinese poster, 1973

Boys Band at Erdington Homes, Birmingham
Boys military band at Erdington Cottage Homes, Birmingham. As well as the boys and their instruments, the picture includes the Union Chairman (left)

Sir Henry Strakosch 1871-1943 GBE, mining magnate and chairman of The Economist between 1929 and 1943. He became chairman of the Union Corporation of South Africa in 1924

Will Crooks, Labour MP
Will Crooks (1852-1921) was a socialist politician who grew up in the Poplar district of East London where his family spent some time in a workhouse

Manchester Board of Guardians, Officers and Ex-Chairmen
The Chairman (Hugh Fay, centre), Vice Chairman (William Reid, left of centre) and Clerk (F.W. Greenhalgh) of the 1930-31 Manchester Board of Guardians

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"Chairman: A Symbol of Power, Revolution, and Unity" From the Cultural Revolution in China to football teams and political figures around the world, the term "chairman" has taken on various meanings throughout history. In China's tumultuous era, Chairman Mao Zedong emerged as a prominent figure through cultural revolution posters that depicted his leadership and ideology. These Chinese Communist propaganda posters showcased Chairman Mao's influence over the masses, with images of him greeting Red Guards in Tiananmen Square. Beyond politics, football teams like Barnet FC in 1936 and Millwall Athletic also had their own chairmen who guided them towards success. The Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Team of 1908 exemplified unity under their chairman's guidance. Similarly, Aston Villa Football Club established its legacy since 1896 with strong leadership at its helm. Not limited to sports or politics alone, individuals such as Eleanor Roosevelt made significant contributions as humanitarian leaders. As chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission, she championed equality and justice for all. The concept of a chairman extends beyond geographical boundaries too; South Yemen leader found common ground with Chairman Mao during an official visit where they exchanged greetings. This encounter highlighted how different cultures can connect through shared values. In popular culture references like Ouija boards caution against potential dangers associated with seeking guidance from unknown forces by referring to a "chairman. " It serves as a reminder that power should be handled responsibly. Lastly, no discussion about chairmen would be complete without mentioning Chairman Mao's iconic red book - an embodiment of his teachings and principles that influenced millions across China during his reign.