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Handshake Collection (#2)

"Capturing Moments of Connection: A Glimpse into Handshakes Throughout History" Jockey Tommy Cullinan is congratulated after winning the 1930 Grand National

Background imageHandshake Collection: two freemasons greeting each other. 1905

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: King Albert I and General Ferdinand Foch, 1914-15 (b/w photo)

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: Exchanging hand shakes, 1892

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: Real grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: Past Master's grip (engraving)

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: Real Grip of a Master Mason (engraving)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: The grip of an Entered Apprentice (engraving)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: Pass Grip of a Master Mason (engraving)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: Grip of a Most Excellent Master (engraving)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: Och! My blessin go wid ye (colour litho)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: Prologue to the Adventures of Don Quixote, 1869 (engraving)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Wilhelm I (1797-1788)

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: French aviator Georges Barbot after crossing the English Channel in a Sperry monoplane

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: Hands across the sea (colour litho)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: Real Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: Amerigo Vespucci and others greeting natives upon landing in the Americas

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: Let our indestructible friendship live and strengthen!, 1951 (litho)

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: William Penn arrives in Upland, Chester, Province of Pennsylvania in 1682. William Penn, 1644 - 1718

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: 1980 Belgian GP

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)

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

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: At stadium reception to Italians, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

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)

Background imageHandshake Collection: American War Correspondent, Germany, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: 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... 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

Background imageHandshake Collection: 1964 German GP

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

Background imageHandshake Collection: 1980 Italian GP

1980 Italian GP
AUTODROMO NAZIONALE MONZA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 14: Gilles Villeneuve during the Italian GP at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 14, 1980 in Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy

Background imageHandshake Collection: Two lawyers shake hands // Deux avocats: la poignée de main, 1818-1879. Creator: Honore Daumier

Two lawyers shake hands // Deux avocats: la poignée de main, 1818-1879. Creator: Honore Daumier
Two lawyers shake hands // Deux avocats: la poignee de main, 1818-1879

Background imageHandshake Collection: Departure of King George of Hanover from the Victoria Station, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Departure of King George of Hanover from the Victoria Station, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Departure of King George of Hanover from the Victoria Station, 1876. King George and Princess Frederica of Hanover, after a visit of nearly five weeks to England

Background imageHandshake Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant...1876. Creator: Unknown

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant...1876. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant at Mr. G. W. Child's Reception, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The popularity and high esteem which Mr

Background imageHandshake Collection: Return of the Prince of Wales from India: the Governor of Bombay...on board the Serapis...1876

Return of the Prince of Wales from India: the Governor of Bombay...on board the Serapis...1876. Creator: Unknown
Return of the Prince of Wales from India: the Governor of Bombay taking leave on board the Serapis, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII returns to England

Background imageHandshake Collection: Illustration for Uprightness and Hypocrisy, 1793. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Illustration for Uprightness and Hypocrisy, 1793. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Uprightness and Hypocrisy, 1793. From almanac: Pocket Calender of Gotting for the year 1794

Background imageHandshake Collection: The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor...1876. Creator: Unknown

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Background imageHandshake Collection: Belgian Bell Recovered; The victors of Messines were commanded... 1917. Creator: Unknown

Belgian Bell Recovered; The victors of Messines were commanded... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Belgian Bell Recovered; The victors of Messines were commanded by General Plumer; to transport and hand over the bell of the church of Wytschaete

Background imageHandshake Collection: Coup d'etat in Portugal; The head of state defeated and exiled: in the station.. 1917

Coup d'etat in Portugal; The head of state defeated and exiled: in the station.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
Coup d'etat in Portugal; The head of state defeated and exiled: in the station of Entre-Campos, bids farewell to a last faithful before departure of the special train for the border, 1917

Background imageHandshake Collection: The Parting of the Apostles. Creator: Hans Cranach

The Parting of the Apostles. Creator: Hans Cranach
The Parting of the Apostles, Unknown date

Background imageHandshake Collection: Illustration for Six Great Events of the Last Decade, 1791. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Illustration for Six Great Events of the Last Decade, 1791. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Six Great Events of the Last Decade, 1791

Background imageHandshake Collection: Garci Fernandez and Gonzalo Gustos, Father of the Infantes, Persuade Ruy Velazquez to Make... 1612

Garci Fernandez and Gonzalo Gustos, Father of the Infantes, Persuade Ruy Velazquez to Make... 1612
Garci Fernandez and Gonzalo Gustos, Father of the Infantes, Persuade Ruy Velazquez to Make Peace, 1612. Series: The History of the Seven Sons of Lara, pl. 10

Background imageHandshake Collection: Roma and Batavia, published 1612. Creator: Antonio Tempesta

Roma and Batavia, published 1612. Creator: Antonio Tempesta
Roma and Batavia, published 1612. Series: The War of the Romans Against the Batavians, pl. 1

Background imageHandshake Collection: Farewell visit of Garibaldi to Admiral Mundy on board the 'Hannibal' at Naples, 1860. Creator: W

Farewell visit of Garibaldi to Admiral Mundy on board the "Hannibal" at Naples, 1860. Creator: W. L. Thomas
Farewell visit of Garibaldi to Admiral Mundy on board the "Hannibal" at Naples, 1860. The Liberator of the Two Sicilies left Naples for his island home, Caprera

Background imageHandshake Collection: Illustration for History of the First Crusades, 1800. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Illustration for History of the First Crusades, 1800. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for History of the First Crusades, 1800. Tankred's and Baldwin's reconciliation

Background imageHandshake Collection: Esquisses Parisiennes, (Parisian Sketches), 1827-1828. Creator: Francis Conscience

Esquisses Parisiennes, (Parisian Sketches), 1827-1828. Creator: Francis Conscience
Esquisses Parisiennes, (Parisian Sketches), 1827-1828. A reserved man is greeted exuberantly by an excited man. He arrive donc farceur, nous sommes deja au champagne

Background imageHandshake Collection: After Atbara: Brothers in Arms, 1898, (c1900). Creator: F. D

After Atbara: Brothers in Arms, 1898, (c1900). Creator: F. D
After Atbara: Brothers in Arms, 1898, (c1900). Second Sudan War: Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated 15, 000 Sudanese rebels, called Mahdists or Dervishes, on the banks of the River Atbara

Background imageHandshake Collection: Allegory of the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the States General of the United

Allegory of the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the States General of the United Netherla Creator: Anon
Allegory of the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the States General of the United Netherlands and the United States of America, The Hague, 7 October 1782, 1782-1785

Background imageHandshake Collection: Deux departs; sur le quai, avant l'embarquement, 1919. Creator: Unknown

Deux departs; sur le quai, avant l'embarquement, 1919. Creator: Unknown
Deux departs; sur le quai, avant l'embarquement, 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageHandshake Collection: The Speaker of the House of Commons Levee, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The Speaker of the House of Commons Levee, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Speaker of the House of Commons Levee, [London], 1857. The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his last Parliamantary full-dress dinner on Saturday evening

Background imageHandshake Collection: The Soldier's Farewell, 1828. Creator: Charles van Beveren

The Soldier's Farewell, 1828. Creator: Charles van Beveren
The Soldier's Farewell, 1828




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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.