Convention Collection (#14)

BLACK CONVENTION, 1876. The Colored National Convention in session in Nashville, Tennessee, 5-7 April 1876. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

COLORED MENs CONVENTION. The National Convention of Colored Men in session at Washington, D. C. in 1869
COLORED MENs CONVENTION. The National Convention of Colored Men in session at Washington, D.C. in 1869. Contemporary wood engraving

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, 1786. The State House, site of the Annapolis Convention of 1786. Steel engraving, 19th century

WOMENS RIGHTS MOVMENT. A mass meeting of the Young Womens Industry Association at New York on 6 March 1845: contemporary engraving

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT, 1855. Constitutional Convention in the Kansas Territory, 1855. Contemporary American wood engraving

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, 1854. The first Republican convention, held outdoors at Jackson, Michigan, on 6 July 1854. Contemporary American line engraving

KNIGHTS OF LABOR, 1886. Machinist Frank J. Farrell, black delegate of District Assembly no. 49, introducing General Master Workman Terence V

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, 1786. The State House at Annapolis, Maryland, site of the Annapolis Convention of 1786. Line engraving, 1789

A hint to the Democratic convention. Illustration showing Puck holding an artists palette and brushes, with a box of paints at his feet, gesturing toward a portarit of Richard Olney

The convention spring at Saratoga

His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L. L. D. Late commander in chief
His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L.L.D. Late commander in chief of the armies of the U.S. of America & president of the Convention of 1787

16 to 1... the speech that won the nomination... at the N
16 to 1.... the speech that won the nomination... at the National Democtratic Convention at Chicago, 1896. Print shows the Cross of Gold speech by William J. Bryan; portraits of William J

Jean Louis Carra, ne e Pont de Veyle le 11 mars 1742, depute du Dept. de Saone et Loire, e la Convention nationale de 1792. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean-Louis Carra

The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing signatures to petitions to be presented to the constitutional convention - scene at Sherry s. Date 1894

Convention entre la Republique Francaise et les Etats, unis d Amerique. 1800

Compromise with the South - Dedicated to the Chicago Convention. Picture showing Confederate and Yankee shaking hands over grave

The city of Saint Louis welcomes the National Democratic Convention, 1888. Presidential campaign convention poster with portraits of candidate President Grover Cleveland

Boy shooting during carnival at firemens convention, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Date 1940 July

The cradle of the G. O. P. First Republican convention held at
The cradle of the G.O.P. First Republican convention held at LaFayette Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 22d 1856. Print shows exterior

Attaque de la convention nationale; journee memorable du 13 vendemiaire - an 4eme de la republique francaise. Print shows battle scene on Paris street during the attack on the National Convention

Convention number. Illustration shows a stork with the face of Theodore Roosevelt delivering William H. Taft, bundled as an infant, to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois

The Republican convention. Illustration shows at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Theodore Roosevelt is passing the pike of Policies to William H

Supreme being Taught
Placard for use in schools, intended to inculcate devotion to L Etre Supreme instead of the old Christian deity, proposed by Robespierre and approved by the Convention. Date: 7 May 1794

Matthew Campbell Browne
Citizen MATTHEW CAMPBELL BROWNE sympathiser with the French Revolution, delegate from the Sheffield & Leeds constituency to the British Convention. Date: CIRCA 1794

The Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Destroyed by fire on August 29th, 1910. Date: circa 1908

1850s woman smoking - flouting convention
A charming water colour of an early female smoker, very much a flouter of the conventions of her day. Date: 1850s

GAY RIGHTS MARCH, 1976. Gay rights demonstration during the Democratic National Convention in New York City, 11 July 1976. Photographed by Warren K. Leffler

CONSTITUTION CARTOON. Mid-20th century American cartoon showing the stages from the Articles of Confederation to the Federal Constitution of 1787

Cameo Room at the Morrison Hotel, Chicago
The Cameo Room (Ballroom and banquetting hall) at the Morrison Hotel, Chicago with convention attendees Date: 1920s

Bankers Convention 1904
Bankers Conventions, to Westpoint, N.Y. Guests of Charles W. Morse aboard C.W. Morse. Four men standing on the deck of the C.W. Morse at a bankers convention in West Point, N

Revolution / Louis Trial
Louis XVI appears before the convention to hear the charges against him

British gas mask
A British soldier wearing a respirator or gas-mask with an air-valve on the top. The Germans first used poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd 1915

Ladies at a Christmas ball, c. 1902
Convention; an illustration of evening dress for ladies in 1902

Republican Outbreak - 2
A convention of the Montagnards - Republican extremists - at the Conservatoire des Arts & Metiers, Paris, leads to trouble with authorities

Republican Outbreak - 1
A convention of the Montagnards - Republican extremists - at the Conservatoire des Arts & Metiers, Paris, leads to trouble with authorities

A Spy!!! Or the Blessings of a Convention Bill

Goddess of Reason
Chaumette proposes to the Convention a Goddess of Reason and a reasonable-looking lady is carried in procession through the streets of Paris. Date: 10 November 1793

Couthon at Lyon
Couthon is sent by the Convention to suppress the insurrection in Lyon : he takes the city, and orders aristocratic homes to be destroyed

Goddess of Reason - 1
By order of the Convention, the cathedral of Notre-Dame is transformed into a Temple de la Raison, where a Goddess of Reason is to be worshipped

Committee Public Safety
This committee is invested by the Convention with almost dictatorial power : made up of extremists such as Danton and Robespierre, it becomes an instrument of terror

Police at the I Count climate change rally in London
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Protestors at the I Count climate change rally in London
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Posters at the I Count climate change rally in London
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steward at the I Count climate change rally in London
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1st Republican Convent
The first Republican Convention Held " Under the Oaks" at Jackson, Michigan. A large crowd has gathered to hear the speakers who are raised up on a stage

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