The Steel hand of Carslogie
The Steel hand of Carslogie 'said to have been made by order of the Bruce for De Clephanes, who lost his hand in one of Bruce's battles'. Robert I, King of Scots/ Robert the Bruce: King of Scotland from 1306 until his death in 1329.
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Adolf Hitler and Benito
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini shaking hands May 1938 - From travel brochure published by the Third Reich Committee for Tourist Travel, Berlin,1938. Cap reads: Two nations, personified by their Leaders, join hands. Adolf Hitler: 20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945, Benito Mussolini 29 Juli 1883 - 28 April 1945, Nazi. Nazis. Fascist.
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Bull fight in Madrid
Bull fight in Madrid, Spain with fatally injured bullfighter Espartero. Captions reads: Espartero tue par un taureau a Madrid'. From front cover of 'Le Petit Journal', Monday 11 June 1894. Bizet / Carmen connection.
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Viennese romance - early
Viennese romance - early 19th century couple drinking red wine, raising a toast in the 'Red Deer'. Schubert style. Viennese romance - early 19th century couple drinking red wine, raising a toast in the 'Red Deer'. Schubert style.Published by Wiener-Boh Verlag, Wien 1921. roses, carriage, wine glasses, dress, woman wearing long gloves. Romantic. Taken from score cover.
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Russo-Japanese War - 1905
Russo-Japanese War - 1905. Convoy of wounded Russian soldiers with red cross flag being attacked by Khongouses. Le Petitt Journal of 12th March 1905 . Caption reads 'Apres la bataille'. Describes them as 1000 times crueller than the Japanese,- thought to be from Manchuria.revolvers. Spears, rifles.
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Emporer Franz Josef /
Emporer Franz Josef / Joseph I of Austria - commemoration card with a portrait and two views of Vienna. Commemorating 60 years, 1848-1908. Emperor of Austro-Hungarian Empire. 18 August 1830 - 21 November 1916.
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'The Races for those
'The Races for those who don't go' - illustration of people in a cafatching the results of a horse race being printed on a telegraph machine. Communication developments in early 1900s. From 'L'Illustration', 15 June 1901.
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Declaration of peace in
Declaration of peace in war between England and the Declaration of peace with Boers in South Africa - ecstatic crowds celebrate in Trafalgar Square - news story in Le Petit Journal 22 June 1902. Caption reads: La Paix avec Les Boers: Londres en delire. Union jack. Policemen on horses. Mounted. Flag. Flags.
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Russo-Japanese War - Russian
Russo-Japanese War - Russian patrol discovers Japanese soldiers frozen to death in 1905. News article from Le Petit Journal 12 February 1905. Caption reads 'L'hiver en Mandchourie; une patrouille russe decouvre des soldat japonais morts de froid.' Rifles. Manchuria.
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Olga Nikolayevna - portrait
Olga Nikolayevna - portrait - Queen of Wurttemberg - 1822 - 1892 Nikolajewna
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Gottfried Baron van Swieten
Gottfried Baron van Swieten -director of Imperial Hofbibliothek, Vienna. Profile 1734-1803. Friend of young Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart
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Nationalism in Italy- postcard
Nationalism in Italy- postcard depicting female personification of nation. Patriotic cause during World War I. Army in background.
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Bookbinding in the 15th
Bookbinding in the 15th century - illustration from 'Stunde und Handwerker' by Jobst Amman. Book production. Craft. Workshop. Craftsman
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Paper making in the
Paper making in the 15th century - illustration from 'Stunde und Handwerker' by Jobst Amman. Early book production. Craft. Workshop. Craftsman
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Catherine of / de
Catherine of / de Medici, daughter of Lorenzo Medici, married Henry II of France in 1533. Italian noblewoman / queen 13 April 1515 - 5 January 1589, Patron of arts - including Ronsard
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Admiral of the Fleet
Admiral of the Fleet Prince Louis of Battenberg, portrait. 24 May 1854-11 September 1921. A minor German prince who married into the British Royal Family and pursued a distinguished career in the Royal Navy.
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Valery Chkalov Russian pilot
Valery Chkalov, Russian pilot, relates the story of his flight to Joseph Stalin. Idealised painting showing Stalin, paternal leader with Soviet children. Chkalov's aeroplane in background. Hero of World War II talking to leader of Soviet Union. Dictator, dictatorship.
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Allied Leaders: Air Chief
Allied Leaders: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and General Sir Bernard Montgomery. (T:1890-1967) (E:1890-1969) (M:1887-1976)
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Fighting at the Vienna
Fighting at the Vienna Reichsrat - Illustration in Le Petit Journal, supplnt illustr12 December 1897 (Scandaleuse sce au Reichsrath de Vienne). Viennese parliament. Austrian politics.
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L' affaire Dreyfus On
L' affaire Dreyfus. On cover of Le Petit Journal, supplnt illustr16 July 1899. Illustration by Damblans entitled 'Dreyfus et ses dnseurs' (Dreyfus and his defendants). Dreyfusards. Polemic. Zola.
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