Handshake Collection

The Great Rapprochement - Great Britain and USA
Card illustrating The Great Rapprochement - a term that was used to specifically describe the convergence of social and political objectives between the United Kingdom

Come Lad, Slip Across and Help, recruiting poster from World War I, pub. by The
" Come Lad, Slip Across and Help", recruiting poster from World War I, pub. by The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London, 1915 (colour litho)

Heres a new kind of mermaid with ten peculiar hands and the same number of feet - webbed. Actually, the subwater goddess effect is formed by five beauties who invaded a beach at Hamburg, Germany 1954

Brian Clough manager of Nottingham Forest Football Club and Stuart Pearce greet Princess Diana before the start of the FA Cup final at Wembley. Forest lost the match 2-1 to Spurs. 18th May 1991

WASHINGTON: FAREWELL, 1783. George Washington taking leave of his officers in Fraunces Tavern in New York City, 4 December 1783. Chromolithograph illustration by Henry Alexander Ogden, c1893

English League Division One match at Stamford Bridge Chelsea 3 v Arsenal 0 Arsenal captain Peter Storey shakes hands with Chelsea captain Peter Osgood before the game September 1969

George Kay and Joe Smith before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 1923, (1935)
George Kay and Joe Smith shake hands before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 28 April 1923, (1935). George Kay (1891-1954), captain of West Ham United

The Opening of the Universal Exhibition by the President of the Republic, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Winston Churchill, British statesman, World War II, 1939-1945. Churchill (1874-1965), Britains wartime Prime Minister, smiling and smoking a cigar, shakes hands with a soldier

The Benefit cricket match at Cobham, Surrey for Tom Rushby.s F Bryant, the Surrey Captain
The Benefit cricket match for former Surrey cricketer, Tom Rushby, at Cobham, Surrey. Francis H Bryant shakes hands with Thomas Rushby. 19 August 1922

Arrival of Major Marchand at Toulon (colour litho)
2819051 Arrival of Major Marchand at Toulon (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arrival of Major Marchand at Toulon)

FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Liverpool 2 v Leeds United 1. Leeds manager Don Revie with players Jack Charlton and Billy Bremner before kick off. 1st May 1965

Jockey Tommy Cullinan is congratulated after winning the 1930 Grand National on the 100/8 shot Shaun Goilin. 29th March 1930

COBB & WAGNER, 1910. Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Photograph by Louis Van Oeyen, 1910

Speech Day, Swanley College. 1937

Blackpool footballer Stanley Matthews shakes hands with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as his team are presented the FA Cup trophy following their victory over Bolton Wanderers in the 1953 FA Cup

Hand drawn Human and green Nature shaking Hands - collage

Birmingham City chairman Harry Morris welcomes new joint manager Pat Beasley as Arthur Turner gives his hand on it as well. 4th February 1958

Willie Johnston, new West Bromwich Albion signing from Rangers, shaking hands with new manager Don Howe at the Hawthorns. 4th December 1972

Frank Sinatra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1989. Creator: Brian Foskett
Frank Sinatra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1989. In April 1989, three of the greatest icons of American popular music, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr, came together in Frank

Naval disarmament, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Naval disarmament, 1930. Le Desarmement Naval. King George V (1865-1936) welcomes delegates of the United States, Japan, France and Italy to the London Naval Conference

First Meeting of Lenin and Stalin, Tammerfors (Finland), December 1905, (1939). Russian communist revolutionaries Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) and Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)

Meeting John Wayne JLP01_08_099434
ST THOMAS HOSPITAL, LAMBETH PALACE ROAD, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. The actor John Wayne meeting staff working at the St Thomas Hospital construction site

2008 European GP
VALENCIA STREET CIRCUIT, SPAIN - AUGUST 24: Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen during the European GP at Valencia Street Circuit on August 24, 2008 in Valencia Street Circuit, Spain

John McGraw, New York, NL & Davis, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
John McGraw, New York, NL & Davis, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1911

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

Gen. F.D. Grant; Sec'y Stimson, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. F.D. Grant; Sec'y Stimson, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island, greeting Secretary of War Henry I

Hal Chase, New York, AL and John McGraw, New York, NL (baseball), 1910. Creators: Bain News Service, Hal Chase
Hal Chase, New York, AL and John McGraw, New York, NL (baseball), 1910

Johnny Evers, Boston NL and Eddie Plank, Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Johnny Evers, Boston NL and Eddie Plank, Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914. Baseball players on opposing teams; Evers and Plank shaking hands

Smokey Joe Wood, Boston AL, & Jeff Tesreau, New York NL (baseball), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Smokey Joe Wood, Boston AL, & Jeff Tesreau, New York NL (baseball), 1912

Harry Wolverton, New York AL, at left and John McGraw, New York NL, at right at the Polo...1912
Harry Wolverton, New York AL, at left and John McGraw, New York NL, at right at the Polo Grounds, NY, 1912 (baseball)

Jack Barrett [i.e. Barnett], Barnum's, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Jack Barrett [i.e. Barnett], Barnum's, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Jack W.C. Barnett (right) who was a performer with the Barnum and Bailey circus

Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e. Cockran], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e. Cockran], 1912. Shows Oscar Straus (1850-1926), Bull Moose Party candidate for governor of New York in 1912; shaking hands with Mrs. B. Cochran while Eleanor B

German officers in N.Y. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German officers in N.Y. between c1910 and c1915

Elkus and Morgenthau, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Elkus and Morgenthau, 1916. Shows U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Abram I. Elkus (1867-1947), shaking hands with former ambassador Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946)

Presentation of the Freedom of the City of Glasgow to the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone...City Hall, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of the Freedom of the City of Glasgow to the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone, in the City Hall, 1865. The hall was, of course, filled with spectators in every part...At two o'clock Mr

Col. Wm. Wallace & Gen. Guglielmotti, Apr 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. Wm. Wallace & Gen. Guglielmotti, Apr 1919. William Arthur Wallace (1867-1945), commander of the 332nd U.S. Infantry Regiment which served on the Italian front during World War I

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French Minister receiving Admiral Seymour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French Minister receiving Admiral Seymour, 1865....the Duke of Somerset and the members of the Board of Admiralty

The Elcho Challenge Shield to be shot for by...rifle volunteers at the Wimbledon Meeting, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Elcho Challenge Shield to be shot for by English and Scotch rifle volunteers at the Wimbledon Meeting, 1865. Designed by Auguste Willms and made by Elkington

Garibaldi in England: the meeting of Garibaldi and Tennyson at Faringford House, Isle of Wight, 1864. Italian hero General Garibaldi at Tennyson's house in Freshwater

2008 European GP
VALENCIA STREET CIRCUIT, SPAIN - AUGUST 24: Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton during the European GP at Valencia Street Circuit on August 24, 2008 in Valencia Street Circuit, Spain

1971 Italian GP
AUTODROMO NAZIONALE MONZA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 05: Peter Gethin is congratulated by the spectators for his win in one of the closest finishes in F1 history during the Italian GP at Autodromo Nazionale

Enlisment during WW I, c.1914-1917 (poster)
8698393 Enlisment during WW I, c.1914-1917 (poster); (add.info.: History. United Kingdom. First World War. "Come lad, Step across and help." Poster about the enlisment, United Kingdom)

Engraving depicting a couple greeting a stranger with a handshake, 19th century
5308931 Engraving depicting a couple greeting a stranger with a handshake, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a couple greeting a stranger with a handshake)

Three times three (engraving)
8673122 Three times three (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Three times three)

Pass Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving)
8673111 Pass Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pass Grip of a Mark Master Mason)

Fragment of sarcophagus with scene of dextrarum iunctio, luni marble, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome
6384469 Fragment of sarcophagus with scene of dextrarum iunctio, luni marble, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome

A merry Christmas (colour litho)
8635591 A merry Christmas (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A merry Christmas. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Pass grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving)
8673099 Pass grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pass grip of a Fellow Craft)

A B Swales and Tomsky, British and Soviet Russian trade unionists (b/w photo)
8673320 A B Swales and Tomsky, British and Soviet Russian trade unionists (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A B Swales and Mikhail Tomsky)

Peace with the Vendeers, 1795 (engraving)
8822253 Peace with the Vendeers, 1795 (engraving) by Kuffner, Abraham Wolfgang (1760-1817); 11 x 6, 9 cm; JMK Archiv, Bremen

two freemasons greeting each other. 1905
5305969 two freemasons greeting each other. 1905; Universal History Archive/UIG

King Albert I and General Ferdinand Foch, 1914-15 (b/w photo)
XEE4168913 King Albert I and General Ferdinand Foch, 1914-15 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: First World War (1914-1918): King Albert I (1875-1934) visited General Ferdinand Foch

Exchanging hand shakes, 1892
3479448 Exchanging hand shakes, 1892; (add.info.: Illustration of shows two males and a female exchanging hand shakes. From the Quiver, London, 1892.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Real grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving)
8673200 Real grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Real grip of a Fellow Craft)

Past Master's grip (engraving)
8673151 Past Master's grip (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Past Master's grip)

Real Grip of a Master Mason (engraving)
8673108 Real Grip of a Master Mason (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Real Grip of a Master Mason)

The grip of an Entered Apprentice (engraving)
8673094 The grip of an Entered Apprentice (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The grip of an Entered Apprentice)

Pass Grip of a Master Mason (engraving)
8673201 Pass Grip of a Master Mason (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pass Grip of a Master Mason)

Grip of a Most Excellent Master (engraving)
8673119 Grip of a Most Excellent Master (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grip of a Most Excellent Master)

Och! My blessin go wid ye (colour litho)
8656037 Och! My blessin go wid ye (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Och! My blessin go wid ye, every inch of the way that ye go)

Prologue to the Adventures of Don Quixote, 1869 (engraving)
8822170 Prologue to the Adventures of Don Quixote, 1869 (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info)

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Wilhelm I (1797-1788)
863346 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Wilhelm I (1797-1788); (add.info.: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Wilhelm I (1797-1788) king of Prussia and first Emperor of Germany

French aviator Georges Barbot after crossing the English Channel in a Sperry monoplane, 1923 (b/w photo)
8626476 French aviator Georges Barbot after crossing the English Channel in a Sperry monoplane, 1923 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Hands across the sea (colour litho)
8656014 Hands across the sea (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hands across the sea. United South Africa)

Real Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving)
8673127 Real Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Real Grip of a Mark Master Mason)

Amerigo Vespucci and others greeting natives upon landing in the Americas
2623778 Amerigo Vespucci and others greeting natives upon landing in the Americas; (add.info.: Lithograph print of Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) an Italian explorer, financier

Let our indestructible friendship live and strengthen!, 1951 (litho)
FIA5373549 Let our indestructible friendship live and strengthen!, 1951 (litho); Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Laissons notre indestructible amitie vivre et se renforcer)

William Penn arrives in Upland, Chester, Province of Pennsylvania in 1682. William Penn, 1644 - 1718
2956615 William Penn arrives in Upland, Chester, Province of Pennsylvania in 1682. William Penn, 1644 - 1718. English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher

1980 Belgian GP
ZOLDER, BELGIUM - MAY 04: Gilles Villeneuve during the Belgian GP at Zolder on May 04, 1980 in Zolder, Belgium. (Photo by Ercole Colombo / Studio Colombo)

Fletcher and Badger shaking hands, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fletcher and Badger shaking hands, between c1910 and c1915

At stadium reception to Italians, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
At stadium reception to Italians, 23 Jun 1917. Children in costume shaking hands, at a ceremony honoring Prince Ferdinando of Udine, head of the Italian War Commission to the United States

King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. King George V decorating the colonel in charge at the French Mission at Blendecques Chateau, July 7, 1917 during World War I

Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Queen Mary of Teck leaving the aerodrome at Royal Flying Corps Headquarters at St. Omer, France on July 5, 1917, during World War I

Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Native American "Chief Bald Eagle" shaking hands with Lieutenant Wells Hawks (1870-1941)

American War Correspondent, Germany, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
American War Correspondent, Germany, between c1915 and c1920. Wilbur H. Durborough, an American correspondent who went to Germany in 1915 to shoot film footage of World War I

Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the... 1912
Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the Deck of the Ship Before Going to Sea, 1912

1964 German GP
NuRBURGRING, GERMANY - AUGUST 02: John Surtees, 1st position, celebrates on the podium, with Graham Hill, 2nd position, and Lorenzo Bandini, 3rd position

British racing drivers Betty Haig and Dorothy Patten, Goodwood, Sussex, 1948
British racing drivers Betty Haig (standing) and Dorothy Patten in her Peugeot at Goodwood, Sussex, 1948

Winston Churchill and President Truman shake hands on the steps of the latters residence in Potsdam. This was the first time they had met since Mr Truman became President. 23rd July 1945

Winston Churchill greeting President Truman on arrival at the Prime Ministers residence in Potsdam for a dinner party with Josef Stalin. 23 July 1945

Fred Perry (right) walks out onto the centre court with his opponent Jack Crawford (left) of Australia for the 1934 Mens Wimbledon Final

Fred Perry (GB) shakes hands with his opponent George Lott (USA at the Wimbledon Mens Quarterfinals 1934 Fred Perry won 6-4 2-6 7-5 10-8 Fred Perry won Wimbledon in 1934, 1935)

Liverpool FCs new chief coach Reuben Bennett is welcomed to Anfield by clubs first team captain Johnny Wheeler, watched by Billy Liddell, Harrower, Hughes and manager Mr Phil Taylor

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"Capturing Moments of Connection: A Glimpse into Handshakes Throughout History" Jockey Tommy Cullinan is congratulated after winning the 1930 Grand National, a victorious handshake marking triumph and camaraderie in the world of horse racing. "Come Lad, Slip Across and Help. " - a recruiting poster from World War I depicts a firm handshake symbolizing unity and shared responsibility during times of conflict. Brian Clough, manager of Nottingham Forest Football Club, shares an encouraging handshake with his team, embodying leadership and mutual respect in the realm of sports. "The Great Rapprochement" - The historic handshake between Great Britain and USA signifies diplomatic reconciliation and strengthened ties between nations. "Here's a new kind of mermaid with ten peculiar hands. . " - An intriguing image showcasing an unconventional creature with webbed hands emphasizes diversity and uniqueness within nature. The arrival of Major Marchand at Toulon is commemorated by a colorful lithograph capturing his welcoming handshake, representing international diplomacy and collaboration. WASHINGTON: FAREWELL, 1783 - George Washington bidding farewell to his officers in Fraunces Tavern illustrates the power of goodbyes through heartfelt handshakes that signify gratitude for service rendered. At the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, Liverpool's victory over Leeds United culminates in celebratory handshakes among players as they revel in their achievement on football's grandest stage. COBB & WAGNER, 1910 - Ty Cobb (Detroit Tigers) shaking hands with Honus Wagner (Pittsburgh Pirates) showcases sportsmanship transcending rivalries as two baseball legends acknowledge each other's greatness. The Benefit cricket match at Cobham sees Surrey Captain Tom Rushby receiving support from fellow cricketers through warm handshakes; displaying solidarity within the sporting community.