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Picket Collection (#4)

"From Boys Watching Brass Band to Lions Protest: A Picket's Journey Through History" Boys Watching Brass Band: In the heart of Guildford Cathedral

Background imagePicket Collection: Kavanaghs journey, Relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny

Kavanaghs journey, Relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny
Scenes from Thomas Henry Kavanaghs (1821-1882) perilous journey leading to the Relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross

Background imagePicket Collection: Market Square Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Market Square Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Market Square Tavern, outbuildings and gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePicket Collection: SUFFRAGE PROTEST, 1916. Suffragettes protesting against Woodrow Wilson in Chicago, Illinois

SUFFRAGE PROTEST, 1916. Suffragettes protesting against Woodrow Wilson in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph, 20 October 1916

Background imagePicket Collection: NYC: PROTEST, 1956. The Lincoln Square Residents Committee protesting the Lincoln

NYC: PROTEST, 1956. The Lincoln Square Residents Committee protesting the Lincoln Square Renewal Project, which would demolish tenement housing to build Lincoln Center

Background imagePicket Collection: PROHIBITION PROTEST, 1931. Members of a labor union protesting prohibition in Newark, New Jersey

PROHIBITION PROTEST, 1931. Members of a labor union protesting prohibition in Newark, New Jersey. Photograph, 31 October 1931

Background imagePicket Collection: RICHMOND: PROTEST, 1960. Policemen with a dog haul a picketer, Ruth Tinsley, away

RICHMOND: PROTEST, 1960. Policemen with a dog haul a picketer, Ruth Tinsley, away from a department store in Richmond, Virginia. Photograph by Malcolm O. Carpenter, 1960

Background imagePicket Collection: FARM STRIKE, 1938. The picket line at the King Farm strike in Morrisville, Pennsylvania

FARM STRIKE, 1938. The picket line at the King Farm strike in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Photograph by John Vachon, August 1938

Background imagePicket Collection: Women chatting over fence

Women chatting over fence
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Women with rake clippers and trowel chatting over picket fence. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imagePicket Collection: Ashley Lodge, Ringwood, Hampshire

Ashley Lodge, Ringwood, Hampshire - on the edge of Ringwood Forest Date: circa 1907

Background imagePicket Collection: Ashford Valley Hunt Meet

Ashford Valley Hunt Meet
The Ashford Valley Foxhounds meet outside the Hare & Hounds Pub, Kent, England. Date: 1950s

Background imagePicket Collection: EVRV2A-00011

EVRV2A-00011
Valley Forge soldier on picket duty in the snow, awaiting his relief shift, American Revolution Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration by F.C. Yohn

Background imagePicket Collection: 1930S SEMI

1930S SEMI
A typical British suburban semi-detached house with green paintwork, actually No. 17, Braemar Gardens, West Wickham, Kent, the house used in the TV series The 1940s House

Background imagePicket Collection: Picket On The Danube, 1878-1879. Artist: Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904)

Picket On The Danube, 1878-1879. Artist: Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904)
Picket On The Danube, 1878-1879. Found in the collection of the Museum of Russian Art, Kiev

Background imagePicket Collection: French dragoon, delivering passport to alert Belgian picket, First World War, 1914

French dragoon, delivering passport to alert Belgian picket, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Background imagePicket Collection: Auto Club building, Antofagasta, Chile, South America

Auto Club building, Antofagasta, Chile, South America
Auto Club building in the port city of Antofagasta, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1910

Background imagePicket Collection: Women and children posing on front steps of house, USA

Women and children posing on front steps of house, USA
Women and children posing on the front steps of a large house, North America. Date: 1910

Background imagePicket Collection: North West Frontier Province - Picket of Afghan Infantry

North West Frontier Province - Picket of Afghan Infantry at the boundary line between the British and Afghan Territory. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePicket Collection: People in a shopping centre

People in a shopping centre (possibly in Gateshead), designed to look like an olde worlde shopping street. Date: circa 1980

Background imagePicket Collection: Austria 19th century. Labour movement

Austria 19th century. Labour movement. Charge of Austrian hussars against the strikers mutineers in the neighborhood of New-Lerchenfeld (Vienna), April 8, 1890. Colored engraving

Background imagePicket Collection: Kensington Palace 1930S

Kensington Palace 1930S
Children and adults enjoying themselves in Kensington Gardens, outside Kensington Palace, London. Date: 1930s

Background imagePicket Collection: 1857 MUTINY / PICKET / 1857

1857 MUTINY / PICKET / 1857
An outlying picket. Date: 1857

Background imagePicket Collection: Edwardian spectators at an event

Edwardian spectators at an event
An all-male crowd of smartly dressed spectators observe proceedings from behind a picket fence, perhaps at a sporting event in the north east of England. Date: c.1910s

Background imagePicket Collection: Winter scene in Greystone, USA

Winter scene in Greystone, USA
Winter scene in Greystone (unidentified location), USA. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePicket Collection: NWFP - Khyber Pass - Showing Railway Bridge, Tunnel

NWFP - Khyber Pass - Showing Railway Bridge, Tunnel and defences. Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePicket Collection: Railway strike 1911: Affecting holiday crowds

Railway strike 1911: Affecting holiday crowds
Strikes causing massive disruptions for holiday makers leaving and entering London. Crowds of people escaping from London trying Margate steamers at London Bridge

Background imagePicket Collection: Danish Village, Scarboro, Maine, USA

Danish Village, Scarboro, Maine, USA
View of front gardens in the Danish Village (Den Danske Landsby), Scarboro, Maine, USA, on the Boston Road, eight miles from Portland. The village was a replica of a small medieval Danish town

Background imagePicket Collection: Ruth Hargrove Seminary, Key West, Florida, USA

Ruth Hargrove Seminary, Key West, Florida, USA
Ruth Hargrove Seminary (or Institute), a boarding and day school for boys and girls in Key West, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePicket Collection: Hairdressers Strike, 1919

Hairdressers Strike, 1919
A motor cycle and sidecar on duty outside the picket line at the Assistants headquarters during the Hairdressers Strike at the end of the First World War

Background imagePicket Collection: Tent for picket post, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent

Tent for picket post, White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment. Studied At Lambeth School Of Art, St

Background imagePicket Collection: 6 studies - WWI soldiers

6 studies - WWI soldiers
6 studies, including The Bread Winner, When the boys go back, The Picket and a Scottish soldier at Victoria Station.On reverse - man playing a flute

Background imagePicket Collection: The innocent games 1914

The innocent games 1914
Women playing blind mans buff outside in the garden. Date: 1914

Background imagePicket Collection: Boxley Abbey

Boxley Abbey, near Maidstone, Kent, England, was founded by William de Ypres, King Stephens military commander of the whole of Kent during the civil disorder. Date: founded 1146

Background imagePicket Collection: USA, Florida, Ponce Inlet, lighthouse

USA, Florida, Ponce Inlet, lighthouse

Background imagePicket Collection: St. Peters Episcopal Church; Seward; Alaska; USA

St. Peters Episcopal Church; Seward; Alaska; USA
St. Peters Episcopal Church, Seward, Alaska, USA

Background imagePicket Collection: Transfiguration of Our Lord Church; Ninilchik; Alaska; USA

Transfiguration of Our Lord Church; Ninilchik; Alaska; USA
Transfiguration of Our Lord Church, Ninilchik, Alaska, USA

Background imagePicket Collection: SOBELL FAMILY, 1962. The family of Morton Sobell, engineer and convicted spy for the Soviet Union

SOBELL FAMILY, 1962. The family of Morton Sobell, engineer and convicted spy for the Soviet Union, protests his imprisonment in front of the White House, Washington, D.C. Photograph, 1962

Background imagePicket Collection: MEDICARE RALLY, 1965. A group of retired men and women with pro-Medicare signs

MEDICARE RALLY, 1965. A group of retired men and women with pro-Medicare signs picket outside of the Hotel Americana in New York City during an American Medical Association convention

Background imagePicket Collection: NYC: PROTEST, 1933. Women from the Association of Unemployed Single Women demanding

NYC: PROTEST, 1933. Women from the Association of Unemployed Single Women demanding jobs on the picket line in New York City. Photograph, 1933

Background imagePicket Collection: SUFFRAGE PROTEST, 1917. Suffragette picketers marching around the White House in Washington, D

SUFFRAGE PROTEST, 1917. Suffragette picketers marching around the White House in Washington, D.C. Photograph 4 March 1917

Background imagePicket Collection: SUFFRAGETTE MARCH, 1917. Hazel Hunkins-Hallinan leading a picket line of suffragettes

SUFFRAGETTE MARCH, 1917. Hazel Hunkins-Hallinan leading a picket line of suffragettes in Washington, D.C. Photograph, 14 February 1917

Background imagePicket Collection: SUFFRAGETTES, 1917. American suffragettes Florence Youmans and Annie Arniel being

SUFFRAGETTES, 1917. American suffragettes Florence Youmans and Annie Arniel being arrested while picketing in front of the White House. Photograph, June 1917

Background imagePicket Collection: CHICAGO: PROTEST, 1941. A picket line protesting low wages for African Americans

CHICAGO: PROTEST, 1941. A picket line protesting low wages for African Americans, outside of Mid-City Realty Company on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by John Vachon, July 1941

Background imagePicket Collection: WAITERS STRIKE, 1941. Striking waiters picketing outside a nightclub in Washington D

WAITERS STRIKE, 1941. Striking waiters picketing outside a nightclub in Washington D.C. Photograph by John Collier, 1941

Background imagePicket Collection: SOLIDARITY DAY, 1981. Portrait of an elderly Puerto Rican man at the Solidarity

SOLIDARITY DAY, 1981. Portrait of an elderly Puerto Rican man at the Solidarity Day march in Washington, D.C. picketing for the rights of migrant workers

Background imagePicket Collection: NYC: PICKET LINE, 1954. City employees picketing outside City Hall. Photograph

NYC: PICKET LINE, 1954. City employees picketing outside City Hall. Photograph, Dick DeMarisco, 1954

Background imagePicket Collection: EQUAL RIGHTS OPPONENTS. Demonstrators opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment outside

EQUAL RIGHTS OPPONENTS. Demonstrators opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment outside the White House, 4 February 1977

Background imagePicket Collection: SCHUYLER HAMILTON HOUSE. Also known as the Dr. Jabez Campbell House. Morristown, New Jersey

SCHUYLER HAMILTON HOUSE. Also known as the Dr. Jabez Campbell House. Morristown, New Jersey. Photograph, 1936

Background imagePicket Collection: UNION PROTEST, 1939. Members of the National Maritime Union picketing the U

UNION PROTEST, 1939. Members of the National Maritime Union picketing the U.S. Commerce Department Building in Washington, D.C




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"From Boys Watching Brass Band to Lions Protest: A Picket's Journey Through History" Boys Watching Brass Band: In the heart of Guildford Cathedral, a group of young boys stands in awe as a brass band fills the air with enchanting melodies. Little do they know that this moment will forever be etched in their memories as their first encounter with the power of music. Fire at Arding & Hobbs, Clapham Junction: Amidst chaos and smoke, brave pickets stand united outside Arding & Hobbs during a devastating fire. Their unwavering presence symbolizes solidarity and support for those affected by this tragic event. Observation - Picket watching Salmah from the Worm, WW1: In the trenches of World War I, a lone soldier finds solace in observing a picket standing guard nearby. Despite the horrors surrounding them, this simple act reminds him of humanity's resilience even amidst adversity. Kensington Palace 1930s: Against the backdrop of elegance and opulence at Kensington Palace in the 1930s, an unexpected sight catches one's attention – a solitary picket silently protesting against social injustices that plague society. Houses and Gardens: As spring blooms around an old cottage nestled in Hartley, its picturesque charm is interrupted by an unlikely visitor – a determined picket advocating for change within these idyllic surroundings. Official picket line outside Vauxhall Motors, Dunstable: The gates of Vauxhall Motors become both battleground and meeting ground as workers unite on an official picket line demanding fair treatment and improved working conditions. Building workers dispute, Lambeth South London: Construction sites echo with shouts and chants as building workers take to the streets to voice their grievances through peaceful protests on vibrant picket lines across Lambeth in South London. NALGO union members campaigning with placards.