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Committee Collection (#7)

"Committee: Uniting Forces, Shaping History" In times of war and peace, the power of a committee knows no bounds

Background imageCommittee Collection: Palestine Disturbances Lord Peel Right Hon Sir Horace

Palestine Disturbances Lord Peel Right Hon Sir Horace
Palestine Disturbances. Lord Peel & the Right Hon. Sir Horace Rumbold, Chairman & Vice Chairman of the Palestine Royal Commission leaving the offices after taking evidence from Arab Higher Committee

Background imageCommittee Collection: Palestine disturbances 1936 Members Arab Higher

Palestine disturbances 1936 Members Arab Higher
Palestine disturbances 1936. Members of the Arab Higher Committee. Front row from left to right Ragheb Bey Nashashibi, chairman of the Defence Party, Haj Amin eff

Background imageCommittee Collection: Free Church Committee Robert Adamson Scottish

Free Church Committee Robert Adamson Scottish
Free Church Committee; Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821 - 1848); October 19, 1843; Salted paper print from a Calotype negative; 14.3 x 18.6 cm (5 5, 8 x 7 5, 16 in.)

Background imageCommittee Collection: Hon Elihu B Washburne Illinois Chairman Committee

Hon Elihu B Washburne Illinois Chairman Committee
Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, of Illinois, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, 1860. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving

Background imageCommittee Collection: A French Revolutionary Committee In Session. After The Drawing By Louis-Ren

A French Revolutionary Committee In Session. After The Drawing By Louis-Ren

Background imageCommittee Collection: Pierre Fr

Pierre Fr

Background imageCommittee Collection: The Russian Duma In Possession Of The Committee Of Workers And Soldiers Deputies After The

The Russian Duma In Possession Of The Committee Of Workers And Soldiers Deputies After The Revolution Of 1917 From The Year 1917 Illustrated, Published London 1918

Background imageCommittee Collection: Hudibras The Committee Engraved By C Mottram After Hogarth From The Works Of Hogarth Published

Hudibras The Committee Engraved By C Mottram After Hogarth From The Works Of Hogarth Published London 1833

Background imageCommittee Collection: The Committee Of Five Drafting Declaration Of Independence From Left Franklin Jefferson Adams

The Committee Of Five Drafting Declaration Of Independence From Left Franklin Jefferson Adams Livingston Sherman After Alonzo Chappel From Life And Times Of Washington Volume 1 Published 1857

Background imageCommittee Collection: Rally Round The Flag. Every Fit Man Wanted. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, 1914

Rally Round The Flag. Every Fit Man Wanted. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, 1914. World War I Propaganda Poster. From The Story Of 25 Eventful Years In Pictures, Published 1935

Background imageCommittee Collection: Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee
in a scene from Dunkirk (1958)

Background imageCommittee Collection: St. Georges School football Team - Jerusalem, Israel

St. Georges School football Team - Jerusalem, Israel in 1910. The St. Georges team includes Izzat Tannous, a Protestant Palestinian who became a medical doctor

Background imageCommittee Collection: Your Countrys Call. Isn t this worth fighting for Enlist

Your Countrys Call. Isn t this worth fighting for Enlist Now, 1915. Chromolithograph recruiting poster; Published as Number 87 by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, printed by Jowett and Sowry

Background imageCommittee Collection: Corridor to the Committee-Rooms of House of Commons

Corridor to the Committee-Rooms of House of Commons
View showing the corridor leading to the committee rooms of the House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London (1853). Date: 1853

Background imageCommittee Collection: Panayot Ivanov Hitov (1830 A?o??n? 1918). Was a Bulgarian

Panayot Ivanov Hitov (1830 A?o??n? 1918). Was a Bulgarian hajduk, national revolutionary and voivode. Engraving. The Spanish and American illustration, 1876. Colored

Background imageCommittee Collection: French Revolution (1789-1799). the Committee of Public Safe

French Revolution (1789-1799). the Committee of Public Safe
French Revolution (1789-1799). During the Revolution, special courts were created. The most important was the Committee of Public Safety. Colored engraving. 19th century

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight

WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight
Come into the ranks and fight for your King and Country. Don t stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the Front. Enlist today. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, Halt! Who goes there?

WWI Poster, Halt! Who goes there?
Halt! Who goes there? If you are a friend, join the British ranks and help the brave lads at the front. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, Come and do your bit, join now

WWI Poster, Come and do your bit, join now
Come and Do Your Bit, Join Now. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster, with a smiling, beckoning soldier in khaki. Date: 1916

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, Fill up the Ranks

WWI Poster, Fill up the Ranks
We re both needed to serve the Guns! Fill up the ranks! Pile up the munitions! Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster showing the importance of the munitions worker as well as the need for troops

Background imageCommittee Collection: Seated Buddha. 751. White granite statue (3. 5 m

Seated Buddha. 751. White granite statue (3. 5 m
Seated Buddha. 751. White granite statue (3.5 m. In height) located in the center of the rotunda in the temple built during the time of the united kingdom of Silla. World Heritage Site. Korean art

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, Single Men First

WWI Poster, Single Men First
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Single Men First, How the Group System Works. Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, Step into your place

WWI Poster, Step into your place
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Step into your place, showing civilians joining in at the back of a long marching line of soldiers. Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation

WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Key to the Situation, Munitions, Men and Money, are YOU helping to turn it? Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, What Will Your Answer Be

WWI Poster, What Will Your Answer Be
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, What will your answer be when your boy asks you, Father, what did you do to help when Britain fought for freedom in 1915? Enlist Now. Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, Help to end the War

WWI Poster, Help to end the War
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Help to end the War by enlisting in the gallant British Army, which is fighting Britains Battle for Freedom. Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, More Men are wanted for His Majestys Army

WWI Poster, More Men are wanted for His Majestys Army
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, More Men are wanted for His Majestys Army... Enlist Now. Including details of pay and pensions. Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Recruitment Poster (Welsh version)

WWI Recruitment Poster (Welsh version)
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster (Welsh version), with dramatic red text superimposed on a map of Wales. Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, War Loan, Invest Five Shillings

WWI Poster, War Loan, Invest Five Shillings
WWI Parliamentary War Savings Committee Poster, War Loan, Invest Five Shillings and help your country to win. Date: 1916

Background imageCommittee Collection: WW2 Poster -- Buy Savings Certificates

WW2 Poster -- Buy Savings Certificates
Back them up! Buy Savings Certificates. Photolithograph poster, published by the National Savings Committee. Date: 1940

Background imageCommittee Collection: WW1 Recruitment Poster -- To the Women of Britain

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- To the Women of Britain
To the Women of Britain -- Some of your men folk are holding back on your account. Won t you prove your love for your Country by persuading them to go

Background imageCommittee Collection: WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Halt

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Halt
Halt! Go into Training and Help the Boys at the Front. Recruitment poster, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee as Poster No. 45

Background imageCommittee Collection: WW1 Recruitment Poster

WW1 Recruitment Poster
Come Now - Your arms, uniform and accoutrements are ready waiting for you (quotation from Lord Kitchener at the Guildhall, July 1915) - Be honest with yourself

Background imageCommittee Collection: At the Oldway military hospital in Paignton, Devon, WW1

At the Oldway military hospital in Paignton, Devon, WW1
A group taken at the military hospital established at Paignton, Devon during the First World War. From left to right, front row, Dr FitzSimon, Mr Paris Singer (owner of the mansion)

Background imageCommittee Collection: Advert from the National Savings Committee 1945

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1945
Rhyme and reason. Sing a song of spare cash, a song to make you sigh; Four and twenty shillings spent on a buy. When the buy was open the bug began to sing Wasn t that a lot to pay for such a foolish

Background imageCommittee Collection: Advert from the National Savings Committee 1943

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1943
Go on, buy it! Its not worth quarter the price. When he whispers in your ear, Go on, buy it ! be firm. Say No, I m going to have a little nest-egg for the time when money will buy something worth

Background imageCommittee Collection: DIES COMMITTEE, 1938. Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

DIES COMMITTEE, 1938. Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), also known as the Dies Committee, at the final hearing of 1938. Seated, left to right: Rep

Background imageCommittee Collection: New Village Hall, Fittleworth, 5 Oct 1963

New Village Hall, Fittleworth, 5 Oct 1963
Construction of the new village hall George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N64097

Background imageCommittee Collection: Saigon PeopleOs Committee Building, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Saigon PeopleOs Committee Building, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Background imageCommittee Collection: Sir Morien Bedford Morgan, RAE, 1912-1978, chairman of t?

Sir Morien Bedford Morgan, RAE, 1912-1978, chairman of t?
Sir Morien Bedford Morgan, RAE, 1912-1978, chairman of the Supersonic Transport Aircraft Committee. circa 1971. Also Royal Aeronautical Society President 1967-1968

Background imageCommittee Collection: Bombay - Arrival of King George V and Queen Mary

Bombay - Arrival of King George V and Queen Mary
The arrival at Bombay (Mumbai) of King George V and Queen Mary for the Coronation Durbar (held in Delhi in December, 1911 to proclaim the new Emperor and Empress of India)

Background imageCommittee Collection: The opening of Riseley Maternity Home in Horton Kirby, Kent. 1938

The opening of Riseley Maternity Home in Horton Kirby, Kent. 1938

Background imageCommittee Collection: WWI Poster, There are three types of men

WWI Poster, There are three types of men
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, There are three types of men, those who hear the call and obey, those who delay, and the others. To which do you belong? Date: 1915

Background imageCommittee Collection: Manchester Central station, Cheshire Lines Committee, 29 October 1929. View of the

Manchester Central station, Cheshire Lines Committee, 29 October 1929. View of the station frontage from Windmill Street, with the covered way to the Midland Hotel on the left. It is raining

Background imageCommittee Collection: Greater London Council (GLC)-LFB Press Conference

Greater London Council (GLC)-LFB Press Conference
The Leader of the GLC (standing), Paddy Henry, Chairman of the GLCs Fire Brigades Committee (to his left) and Joe Milner, Chief Officer of the LFB (far right)

Background imageCommittee Collection: SYMBOLS: WORLD WAR II. American symbols for various organizations and war funds during World War II

SYMBOLS: WORLD WAR II. American symbols for various organizations and war funds during World War II

Background imageCommittee Collection: EVRV2A-00053

EVRV2A-00053
Delegates signing the Declaration of American Independence, July 4, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCommittee Collection: EVRV2A-00027

EVRV2A-00027
Thomas Jefferson reading his rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to Ben Franklin, 1776. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration




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"Committee: Uniting Forces, Shaping History" In times of war and peace, the power of a committee knows no bounds. From the World War II posters rallying support for the British Army to the Select Committee in 1891, committees have played a pivotal role in shaping our world. As we gaze upon the map of the British Army on that iconic WW2 poster, we are reminded of how committees strategized and coordinated efforts to defend our nation. Their meticulous planning ensured that every journey was truly necessary, as depicted on another wartime poster urging citizens to think twice before traveling. But it wasn't just during wars that committees made their mark. In times of dire need during World War I, they called upon men from all corners of the Empire through powerful posters like "The Empire Needs Men. " These messages echoed through communities as instruction booklets like "Knitting for the RAF" were distributed far and wide. Amidst these calls to action, there was also a plea to protect what mattered most - home. The haunting question posed by a WWI poster asked if your home was here and urged citizens to defend it at all costs. This sentiment resonated deeply with those living in Liverpool slums in 1912 or seeking solace within Alexandra Palace's walls while listening to broadcasts from B. B. C. , reminding us that unity is essential even beyond military endeavors. Recruitment posters further fueled this spirit by inviting individuals whose cap fit perfectly into an army life or encouraging Sheffield residents not to panic but be prepared for potential invasion threats. Through these glimpses into history captured by various images and artifacts, one thing becomes clear - committees have been instrumental in mobilizing nations towards common goals. Whether it be defending our homes or fighting alongside comrades on distant battlefields, their influence has shaped generations past and present. So let us remember those who served on committees throughout history; their dedication paved the way for a better tomorrow.