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Background imageCentennial Collection: Dickens Centenary Stamp, 1912. Artist: Stephen Reid

Dickens Centenary Stamp, 1912. Artist: Stephen Reid
Dickens Centenary Stamp, 1912. The Charles Dickens (1812-1870) centenary was celebrated in 1912, a committee was established to collect funds for the benefit of the descendants of the great writer

Background imageCentennial Collection: Bird s-eye view of the Eiffel Tower at the time of the opening of the Paris Exposition of 1889

Bird s-eye view of the Eiffel Tower at the time of the opening of the Paris Exposition of 1889. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Earl of Dalkeith, President of the Scott Centenary Festival, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Earl of Dalkeith, President of the Scott Centenary Festival, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Earl of Dalkeith, President of the Scott Centenary Festival, Edinburgh, 1871. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. James Russell and Sons. 'The Right Hon

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Centenary: scene from 'Rob Roy', at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Scott Centenary: scene from "Rob Roy", at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary: scene from "Rob Roy", at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 1871. 'No more popular novel could be revived in a dramatic form for Scotland than "Rob Roy."...This "great national drama"

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Centenary Banquet in the Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Scott Centenary Banquet in the Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary Banquet in the Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 1871. The celebration...of the hundredth anniversary of Sir Walter Scott's birth...was a very spirited affair...Our

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Centenary: Jedburgh Abbey, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer

The Scott Centenary: Jedburgh Abbey, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer
The Scott Centenary: Jedburgh Abbey, 1871. 'Jedburgh Abbey owed its architectural magnificence to the patronage of the Scottish King David I., who reigned in the twelfth century

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Centenary: a Dream of the Waverley Novels, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Scott Centenary: a Dream of the Waverley Novels, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary: a Dream of the Waverley Novels, 1871. Sketch which '... will probably not require to be explained to the innumerable readers of Sir Walter Scott's admirable stories

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Centenary: exhibition of portraits and relics at Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Scott Centenary: exhibition of portraits and relics at Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary: exhibition of portraits and relics at Edinburgh, 1871. View inside the '...Loan Exhibition of pictures, sculptures, manuscripts, and various relics

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Centenary - Lasswade; Ashestiel, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Scott Centenary - Lasswade; Ashestiel, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary - Lasswade; Ashestiel, 1871. Houses occupied by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. 'The cottage at Lasswade, near Edinburgh

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Grave of Scott in Dryburgh Abbey, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer

The Grave of Scott in Dryburgh Abbey, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer
The Grave of Scott in Dryburgh Abbey, 1871. Scottish writer '...Sir Walter Scott's tomb, under an arch of St. Mary's Aisle, in the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey' in Berwickshire, Scotland

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Centenary: views at Abbotsford, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Scott Centenary: views at Abbotsford, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary: views at Abbotsford, 1871. '...the reputed "Rhymer's Glen," [was] where True Thomas of Ercildoun had an interview with the Faery Queen...he was a real personage, Thomas Learmont

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Monument, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Scott Monument, Edinburgh, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Monument, Edinburgh, 1871. Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, in in Princes Street Gardens. Designed by George Meikle Kemp, it was built from Binny sandstone

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Scott Centenary Festival: places associated with Scott's Life and Works, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The Scott Centenary Festival: places associated with Scott's Life and Works, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary Festival: places associated with [Sir Walter] Scott's Life and Works, 1871. Engravings of '...the interior of the hall and library at Abbotsford [Scott's home]

The Scott Centenary - Sir Walter Scott, from the bust by Chantrey, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary - Sir Walter Scott, from the bust by Chantrey, 1871. Sculpture of the Scottish writer. A '...Loan Exhibition of pictures, sculptures, manuscripts, and various relics

The Scott Centenary: fete at Newark Castle, Selkirk, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Scott Centenary: fete at Newark Castle, Selkirk, [Scotland], 1871. 'The Duke of Buccleuch had thrown open his grounds at Newark for the occasion...The old tower of Newark stands upon the banks of

Background imageCentennial Collection: The school that commemorates the fish of the miraculous draught...St. Paul's School, 1909

The school that commemorates the fish of the miraculous draught...St. Paul's School, 1909. Creator: Clarke & Hyde
The School That Commemorates The Fish Of The Miraculous Draught. The Fourth Centenary Of St. Paul's School, [London], 1909. '1

Background imageCentennial Collection: 'In Commemoration of the Duke's Birthday', 1869. Creator: Unknown

"In Commemoration of the Duke's Birthday", 1869. Creator: Unknown
"In Commemoration of the Duke's Birthday", 1869. 'The incident which Mr. Friston has put before us, in the picture we have engraved

Background imageCentennial Collection: Rochester Centennial - 'Indian Allen Mill', between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Rochester Centennial - "Indian Allen Mill", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rochester Centennial - "Indian Allen Mill", between c1910 and c1915

Background imageCentennial Collection: National Palace, Mexico, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

National Palace, Mexico, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
National Palace, Mexico, 1910. Shows military parade for the celebration of the Centennial of Mexican Independence

Background imageCentennial Collection: Rochester Centennial - 1st Ct. House, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Rochester Centennial - 1st Ct. House, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rochester Centennial - 1st Ct. House, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageCentennial Collection: General J.F. Bell, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

General J.F. Bell, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
General J.F. Bell, between c1915 and c1920. Shows General James Franklin Bell (1856-1919), Commander of the Department of the East at the exercises held on the steps of City Hall, New York City

Background imageCentennial Collection: Ball on board H.M.S. Victory, At Portsmouth, at the Centenary Festival of the ship, 1865

Ball on board H.M.S. Victory, At Portsmouth, at the Centenary Festival of the ship, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Ball on board H.M.S. Victory, at Portsmouth, at the Centenary Festival of the ship, 1865. The Victory, Nelson's flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar, hallowed by the memory of his death

Background imageCentennial Collection: General view of Merton College, Oxford, 1864. Creator: Unknown

General view of Merton College, Oxford, 1864. Creator: Unknown
General view of Merton College, Oxford, 1864. Among the centenary celebrations held in the present year, that of Merton College, founded six hundred years since

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Centenary Fete of the Asylum for Female Orphans - the Archbishop of Canterbury Saying Grace

The Centenary Fete of the Asylum for Female Orphans - the Archbishop of Canterbury Saying Grace, 1858 Creator: Unknown
The Centenary Fete of the Asylum for Female Orphans - the Archbishop of Canterbury Saying Grace, 1858. The object of the charity is to provide a home for orphan girls

Background imageCentennial Collection: Philadelphia Sketches: Selling the 'Pennsylvania Journal' of One Hundred Years Ago... 1876

Philadelphia Sketches: Selling the "Pennsylvania Journal" of One Hundred Years Ago... 1876. Creator: Unknown
Philadelphia Sketches: Selling the "Pennsylvania Journal" of One Hundred Years Ago, by one of our special artists, 1876

Background imageCentennial Collection: In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: Unknown

In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: Unknown
In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Our front-page Illustration, from a sketch by Mr

Background imageCentennial Collection: Street in Philadelphia on the Opening Day of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: C.R

Street in Philadelphia on the Opening Day of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: C.R
Street in Philadelphia on the Opening Day of the American Centennial Exhibition, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Background imageCentennial 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 imageCentennial Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: the Butchers Procession...1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: the Butchers Procession...1876. Creators: Unknown, Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: the Butchers Procession passing up Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....tradesmen and assistants

Background imageCentennial Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Colonel Sandford delivering...a Catalogue...1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Colonel Sandford delivering...a Catalogue...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Colonel Sandford delivering to President Grant a Catalogue of the British Department, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

Background imageCentennial Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Chorus singing the Centennial Hymn...1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Chorus singing the Centennial Hymn...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Chorus singing the Centennial Hymn, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

Background imageCentennial Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery...1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876....the procession entered Machinery Hall

Background imageCentennial Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Official Procession...1876. Creator: Melton Prior

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Official Procession...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Official Procession through the Exhibition Building, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

Background imageCentennial Collection: The American Centennial Exhibition: one of the Principal Streets in Philadelphia, 1876

The American Centennial Exhibition: one of the Principal Streets in Philadelphia, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Exhibition: one of the Principal Streets in Philadelphia, 1876. The guidebook published by Messrs. J. B

Background imageCentennial Collection: The American Centennial Festival Exhibition: scene in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia'...1876

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition: scene in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia'...1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exhibition: scene in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia - Negro Militia after Drill, 1876. African-Americans enjoying a cultural event

Background imageCentennial Collection: The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Women's Pavilion, 1876

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Women's Pavilion, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Women's Pavilion, 1876. View of...a pavilion erected for the use of ladies visiting the Exhibition'

Background imageCentennial Collection: The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Judges Hall, 1876. Creator: Unknown

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Judges Hall, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Judges Hall, 1876. One of the Exhibition Buildings in Fairmount Park...the hall assigned for the accommodation of the judges'

Background imageCentennial Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Festival Exhibition: a Street in Philadelphia, 1876

Opening of the American Centennial Festival Exhibition: a Street in Philadelphia, 1876. Creator: W. J. P
Opening of the American Centennial Festival Exhibition: a Street in Philadelphia, 1876. The Great Exhibition at Philadelphia

Background imageCentennial Collection: The American Centennial Festival Exbhition at Philadelphia: the Hon. Mr. Alfred T. Goshorn...1876

The American Centennial Festival Exbhition at Philadelphia: the Hon. Mr. Alfred T. Goshorn...1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exbhition at Philadelphia: the Hon. Mr. Alfred T. Goshorn, Director-General, 1876. He is a wealthy manufacturer, owner of extensive white-lead works in Cincinnati

Background imageCentennial Collection: The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia: the Hon. J. R. Hawley...1876

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia: the Hon. J. R. Hawley...1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia: the Hon. J. R. Hawley, President of the Commission, 1876. Major-General in the US army: He practised as a lawyer

Background imageCentennial Collection: The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: transplanting trees in the grounds, 1876

The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: transplanting trees in the grounds, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: transplanting trees in the grounds, 1876. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Background imageCentennial Collection: The American Centennial Exhibition...Residence of the Officers of the British Commission...1876

The American Centennial Exhibition...Residence of the Officers of the British Commission...1876. Creator: Bernstrom
The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: Residence of the Officers of the British Commission, 1876. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Background imageCentennial Collection: Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 2 of 2), 1898

Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 2 of 2), 1898. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika
Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 2 of 2), 1898. Alternate Title: Ichikawa Danjuro Engeki Hyakuban

Background imageCentennial Collection: Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 1 of 2), 1898

Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 1 of 2), 1898. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika
Celebration of the 100th performance of Ichikawa Danjuro (image 1 of 2), 1898. Alternate Title: Ichikawa Danjuro Engeki Hyakuban

Background imageCentennial Collection: Historical parade at the second centenary of the Utrecht University, 1836 (plate 9), 1837

Historical parade at the second centenary of the Utrecht University, 1836 (plate 9), 1837. Creator: Victor Adam
Historical parade at the second centenary of the Utrecht University, 1836 (plate 9), 1837

Background imageCentennial Collection: Dinner in the Crystal Palace, in Celebration of the Centenary of the Society of Arts, 1854

Dinner in the Crystal Palace, in Celebration of the Centenary of the Society of Arts, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Dinner in the Crystal Palace, in Celebration of the Centenary of the Society of Arts, 1854. As the Society of Arts claims the honour of the parentage of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Background imageCentennial Collection: Ohio Centennial Building, 1888. Creator: Unknown

Ohio Centennial Building, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Ohio Centennial Building, 1888. Ohio Centennial Columbus - Opens Sept. 4th - Closes Oct. 19th - 1888'. The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio

Background imageCentennial Collection: A Pageant of Blue Hill, Maine, [193-]. Creator: Unknown

A Pageant of Blue Hill, Maine, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
A Pageant of Blue Hill, Maine, [193-]. A Pageant of Blue Hill - 1762-1939 - Presented by the Blue Hill Schools - in Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the incorporation of the town

Background imageCentennial Collection: Centennial Bank - 1876, c. 1938. Creator: Alf Bruseth

Centennial Bank - 1876, c. 1938. Creator: Alf Bruseth
Centennial Bank - 1876, c. 1938

Background imageCentennial Collection: Celebrating the Centenary of 2nd (The Prince of Wales Own) Bombay Grenadiers, at Poonah, 1888

Celebrating the Centenary of 2nd (The Prince of Wales Own) Bombay Grenadiers, at Poonah, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Celebrating the Centenary of 2nd (The Prince of Wales Own) Bombay Grenadiers, at Poonah, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Highland Games--Hundredth Anniversary at Inverness Scotland, 1888. Creator: Unknown

The Highland Games--Hundredth Anniversary at Inverness Scotland, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Highland Games--Hundredth Anniversary at Inverness Scotland, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Melbourne CentennialInternational Exhibition- Up-country people starting for the exhibition

The Melbourne CentennialInternational Exhibition- Up-country people starting for the exhibition, Creator: Unknown
The Melbourne CentennialInternational Exhibition- Up-country people starting for the exhibition, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Melbourne CentennialInternational Exhibition-Mounted Infantry escorting the Govenor to the exh

The Melbourne CentennialInternational Exhibition-Mounted Infantry escorting the Govenor to the exh Creator: Unknown
The Melbourne CentennialInternational Exhibition-Mounted Infantry escorting the Govenor to the exhibition, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Centenary of the Settlement of New South Wales, 1888. Creator: Unknown

The Centenary of the Settlement of New South Wales, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Centenary of the Settlement of New South Wales, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

Background imageCentennial Collection: Fragment, United States, 19th century. Creator: Unknown

Fragment, United States, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Fragment, United States, 19th century. U.S. of A. Welcome Centennial / In God We Trust - 1776-1876, crossed rifles, American eagle motifs

Background imageCentennial Collection: Cup, 1876. Creator: W. T. Copeland & Sons

Cup, 1876. Creator: W. T. Copeland & Sons
Cup, 1876. American eagle, flags and portrait of George Washington. Probably produced for the centenary of the American Revolution. Made by W.T. Copeland & Sons, Stoke, England, and retailed by J.M

Background imageCentennial Collection: Handkerchief, Pennsylvania, 19th century. Creator: Unknown

Handkerchief, Pennsylvania, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Handkerchief, Pennsylvania, 19th century. Memorial Hall Art Gallery - Centennial 1776-1876. Art gallery in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Herman J

Background imageCentennial Collection: Pillow Cover (Furnishing Fabric), United States, 1876 / 80. Creator: Unknown

Pillow Cover (Furnishing Fabric), United States, 1876 / 80. Creator: Unknown
Pillow Cover (Furnishing Fabric), United States, 1876/80. The American eagle flies above the Memorial Hall and Art Gallery in Philadelphia

Background imageCentennial Collection: Centennial Print (Furnishing Fabric), New Hampshire, c. 1875

Centennial Print (Furnishing Fabric), New Hampshire, c. 1875. Floral patchwork effect design produced to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence

Background imageCentennial Collection: Bookmark, England, 1876. Creator: Thomas Stevens

Bookmark, England, 1876. Creator: Thomas Stevens
Bookmark, England, 1876

Background imageCentennial Collection: 3c Baseball Centennial plate proof, 14391. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

3c Baseball Centennial plate proof, 14391. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
3c Baseball Centennial plate proof, 14391. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Background imageCentennial Collection: Pinback button promoting reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre, ca. 2001

Pinback button promoting reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre, ca. 2001
On 31 May-1 June 1 1921, mobs of White residents, many of them deputised and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed homes

Background imageCentennial Collection: Centennial Textile - Flag, 1935 / 1942. Creator: H. Langden Brown

Centennial Textile - Flag, 1935 / 1942. Creator: H. Langden Brown
Centennial Textile - Flag, 1935/1942

Background imageCentennial Collection: Centennial Quilt, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Unknown

Centennial Quilt, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Unknown
Centennial Quilt, 1935/1942

Background imageCentennial Collection: Five hundred years ago, 1929. Creator: Unknown

Five hundred years ago, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Five hundred years ago, 1929. Il Y A Cinq Cents Ans. The amazing story of Joan of Arc began in Vaucouleurs. The teenage Joan of Arc (1412-1431) travelled to Vaucouleurs in northern France in 1428

Background imageCentennial Collection: Monuments, Kings Mountain. National Military Park, S. C. 1942. Creator: Unknown

Monuments, Kings Mountain. National Military Park, S. C. 1942. Creator: Unknown
Monuments, Kings Mountain. National Military Park, S.C. 1942. Commemorating the Battle of Kings Mountain and Patrick Fergusons grave. From " Souvenir of the Beautiful Carolinas"

Background imageCentennial Collection: Centennial Train passing through the Gate of Peace, Barcelona 1948

Centennial Train passing through the Gate of Peace, Barcelona 1948

Background imageCentennial Collection: Replica of the locomotive Mataro, in the centennial of the first trip by train

Replica of the locomotive Mataro, in the centennial of the first trip by train from Barcelona to Mataro 1848 - 1948, manufactured in the workshops of La Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima

Background imageCentennial Collection: Train Number One, July 1925

Train Number One, July 1925. A re-enactment of the first train journey, made by George Stephensons Locomotion no 1 on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825

Background imageCentennial Collection: Beneath the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889

Beneath the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), the Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition staged in Paris in 1889 to

Background imageCentennial Collection: Procession of the Governors of Australia at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1888 (1908)

Procession of the Governors of Australia at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1888 (1908). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 2, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Background imageCentennial Collection: Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London, 2014. Artist: Sheldon Marshall

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London, 2014. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London, 2014. The installation marks one hundred years since the first full day of Britains involvement in the First World War

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Bartholdi Fountain and the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, late 19th or early 20th century

The Bartholdi Fountain and the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Kilburn Brothers
The Bartholdi Fountain and the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. The fountain was designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Freed Slave, statue in Memorial Hall, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, USA, c1876

The Freed Slave, statue in Memorial Hall, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, USA, c1876
The Freed Slave, statue in Memorial Hall, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, c1876. The exhibition was held to commemorate the centenary of the American Declaration of

Background imageCentennial Collection: The Eiffel Tower under construction, Paris, c1888

The Eiffel Tower under construction, Paris, c1888. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), the Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition staged in Paris in

Background imageCentennial Collection: Lewis and Clark Exposition, Government Building, Guilds Lake, Portland, Oregon, USA, 1905

Lewis and Clark Exposition, Government Building, Guilds Lake, Portland, Oregon, USA, 1905. Artist: HC White
Lewis and Clark Exposition, Government Building, Guilds Lake, Portland, Oregon, USA, 1905. The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition was staged to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the expedition

Background imageCentennial Collection: Centenary of the birth of Alexandre Dumas, 1902. Artist: Yrondy

Centenary of the birth of Alexandre Dumas, 1902. Artist: Yrondy
Centenary of the birth of Alexandre Dumas, 1902. Alexandre Dumas, (1802-1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure such as The Three Musketeers

Background imageCentennial Collection: Ball celebrating a century of the polytechnic school, Trocadero, Paris, 1894

Ball celebrating a century of the polytechnic school, Trocadero, Paris, 1894. The first of the officer training schools in France was the Ecole Polytechnique (Polytechnic School)

Background imageCentennial Collection: Centenary of the Polytechnic School, Paris, 1894

Centenary of the Polytechnic School, Paris, 1894. The first of the officer training schools in France was the Ecole Polytechnique (Polytechnic School) founded in Paris in 1794

Background imageCentennial Collection: Centenary of the French Foreign Legion, 1931. Artist: Roidot

Centenary of the French Foreign Legion, 1931. Artist: Roidot
Centenary of the French Foreign Legion, 1931. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Background imageCentennial Collection: Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas, French organic chemist, 1873

Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas, French organic chemist, 1873. Dumas (1800-1884) did important work on organic analysis and synthesis, and the determination of atomic weights

Background imageCentennial Collection: Henri Etienne St Claire Deville, 19th century French chemist, (c1955)

Henri Etienne St Claire Deville, 19th century French chemist, (c1955). In 1854 Deville (1818-1881) discovered the process for obtaining pure aluminium by reducing aluminium chloride with sodium

Background imageCentennial Collection: Claude Bernard, 19th century French physiologist, 1913

Claude Bernard, 19th century French physiologist, 1913. Obverse of a silver plaquette commemorating the centenary of his birth

Background imageCentennial Collection: Eiffel Tower elevator, 1889

Eiffel Tower elevator, 1889. Elevator built by Otis. An elevator car and one leg of the tower showing the elevator system with (1) hydraulic cylinder; (2) travelling multiplying pulleys; (3)



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