Members Collection (#37)

Victoria / Edward / Baptism
Victoria, Albert and other family members at the baptism of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) Date: 1842

Soviet children and model rocket, 1964
Soviet children launching a model rocket in 1964. This was the era when the Soviet Union and the USA were engaged in the Space Race, vying to outdo each other with their achievements in space

BRT Band
Locker Room. Railroad Mens Building. - Members of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association Band in the locker room of the mens building

British in Mexico, 1914
Front cover of the Illustrated London News showing members of the British colony in Mexico city preparing to defend themselves in anticipation of unrest in the capital

Carmarthen fire crew, Carmarthen, South Wales
Ten members of the Carmarthen fire crew pose for their photograph outside Coopers Goods in Carmarthen, the county town of Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Local police and milita in Brunei
Members of the local police and militia hold captured rebels who were rounded up during the recent action. On the 17th December 1962 it was officially announced that the rebellion was over

Golf Clubs at Home - Woodcote Park, Coulsdon
Page from the Bystander with photographs of the club house and various members of the Woodcote Park golf club, in Coulsdon, Surrey in 1935

Two donkeys in a field. Used as a visual aid for propaganda purposes, used to describe two MPs as a pair of donkeys

Training Ship, Mount Edgcumbe Band, Saltash, Cornwall
The Mount Edgcumbe Industrial Training Ship for Homeless and Destitute Boys was established at Saltash in Cornwall in 1877

Mikado cast members with sailor
Six female cast members of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado, with a man in a sailor suit who looks as if hes wandered in from HMS Pinafore

Seven Mikado cast members
Seven cast members of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado -- six women and one man. The women are wearing kimonos and holding fans, and one has an open parasol over her shoulder

Mikado cast members in kimonos with fans
Six female cast members of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado, wearing their kimonos and brandishing their fans

Gaula couple dancing, Funchal, Madeira
Two members of a folklore group from Gaula, seen here dancing in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. The couple are wearing traditional costume, including black skull caps with points

Boa Nova group couple dancing, Funchal, Madeira
Two members of a Boa Nova folklore group, seen here dancing in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They are wearing traditional costume, including black skull caps with points

Orchestra members at a festival, Haimhausen, Bavaria, German
Members of an orchestra wearing historical uniforms during a rococo festival in Haimhausen, just north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Boys Band, Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland
Members of the Boys Band posing on the deck of the Training Ship Empress, operated at Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire, Scotland) on the Clyde, by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

The Imperial Russian Family
Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna with their children, surrounded by portraits of other family members: Grand-Duc Alexis, Alexandre Nicolaievitch, Grand-Duc Vladimir

Bootblack at Prince of Wales investiture, Caernarvon

London taxi cab attacked by drivers during strike
A London taxi cab is attacked in the street during a taxi cab drivers strike which took place from 31 October to 9 November

Duke of Connaught and Scots Guards
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), on a station platform watching members of the Scots Guards depart for Egypt

Duke and Duchess of York returning home
The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) arrive home by train to Victoria Station and are greeted by family members, including King George V and Queen Mary

The Concert
Two women and a gentleman, all dressed in their best evening attire, watch a performance intently with admiring glances from all three

Household Brigade at Hawthorn Hill Meeting
Prince Alexander of Teck (Queen Marys brother), with his wife Princess Alexander of Teck (Princess Alice of Albany) standing behind the fence on his right, watching the riders at the water jump

French civil war
Members of the French national guard hanging on to a rope that leads down far into the ground, during the civil war

Boys club members in transportation, circa 1930
At least 33 happy exited young members of a boys club are transported, unceremoniously in the back of a truck for a week of camping and adventure in the countryside

Boys Club tug of war 1931
One half of a tug of war with members of a Boys Club. Their supporters shout encouragement and one small girl look on bewildered

Twelve boys have fun in dilapidated car 1928
Twelve members of a boys club have a jolly time of it as they sit for a photograph in the remains of an old dilapidated car body

Boys club members say Goodbye and board bus, 1931
A group of happy exited young members of a boys club say their farewells to their families before boarding a bus, taking them for a week of camping and adventure in the countryside

Boys club members in transportation 1928
At least 27 happy exited young members of a boys club are transported, unceremoniously in the back of a truck for a week of camping and adventure in the countryside

Boys Club members with horses 1934
Five members of a Boys Club get to grips with the countryside and meet some of its local residents

Boys Club at Herne Bay 1923
Seventeen members of a boys club and their group leader sit and relax by the sea at Herne Bay, England. One boy sports a smart sailors outfit

Rememberance Sunday in London, 1957
A general view looking down on the scene in Whitehall during the rememberance service at the Cenotaph. The Queen stands on the far side of the memorial

A Rose Show at the Horticultural Societys Gardens
Smartly dressed ladies and gentlemen stroll around a marquee at a rose show held in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Societys gardens in South Kensington, London

International Horse Show, Olympia, London
View of the arena inside the Grand Hall at the International Horse Show, Olympia exhibition centre, West Kensington, London

Members of the Russian Imperial Family during their captivit
Members of the Russian royal family resting from their work of laying out a kitchen garden at Tsarskoe-selo, during the 16 months of their captivity

House of Commons - early 17th century
A depiction of the House of Commons at the time of the reign of King James I

Members of the rescue parties at Gresford Colliery, Wales
Equipped with oxygen apparatus, these are some of the men who battled for a day and a half to save the lives of miners who had been trapped by flames following an explosion in the mine

Tom Titt / Will Thorne
William James Thorne, known as Will Thorne. British trade unionist, activist and one of the first Labour Members of Parliament

1957 nuclear test: The men who dropped Britains H-bomb
Britains first nuclear weapons test took place on May 15th 1957, when a nuclear device was successfully exploded high in the air over Christmas Island in the Central Pacific

1957 nuclear test: Student protest in Japan
Tokyo, Japan: a small group of Japanese students, entirely surrounded by police, demonstrating against the British nuclear tests

Cairo, Egypt - a Royal visit
Cairo, Egypt - a visit from Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - here she meets the families of serving members of the Royals Scots Guards regiment, stationed in Egypt at this time

Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954), as a member of the Borussia Corps of Bonn University in about 1904

Queen Victoria greeting the Duke of Edinburgh and the Grand
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh together with his new wife, the Duchess of Edinburgh (formerly the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia)

Family Golf at Burhill
Four members of the Worplesdon Golf Club - the Frame family seen taking part in a family foursomes tournament at Burnill near Walton-on-Thames

Election Results at the Carlton Club, London, 1892
Engraving showing the hall of the Carlton Club, with a large group of members watching the notice boards for news of the General Election of 1892

Their Masters Voice
Members of the Hunt testing the carrying power of the Masters View Halloo before the opening of the season. Robinson was a regular contributor to the Sketch

I Remember that in 1870
Indignant members of a gentlemens club line up to write to the papers during World War I, no doubt to expound their views on the mishandling of the war

Wait Your Turn
Disgruntled members of a gentlemens club must take a ticket and wait their turn to read a copy of The Bystander during World War One - a humorous comment on the paper shortages affecting the press

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