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Demonstration in Whitehall, December 10th, 1936, 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]
Fireman using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910Fireman on a training exercise using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firemen in brass helmets demonstrating motor fire escape vehicle ladder and first aid spray
Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1909Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump through top windows onto the courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909
Firemen demonstrating motor steamer hoses, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters in brass helmets demonstrate the use of hoses
Firemen demonstrating the magirus ladder, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. A fireman perches at the top of an extendable ladder
Firemen demonstrating a horse-drawm escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910Uniformed firemen demonstrating a horse-drawn escape vehicle in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Ropes, extendable fire escape and fire bell visable
Demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910Firemen demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters practise techniques for rescuing people overcome by smoke
Political meeting at Smithfield, London, 1819. A meeting of radical reformers presided over by Henry Hunt on July 21st 1819
Columbus breaking the egg, 1753. Artist: William HogarthColumbus breaking the egg, 1753. Christopher Columbus demonstrates how an egg can be made to stand upright on a table. Prepared by Hogarth as a subscription ticket for his essay The analysis of
HG Pope driving a GWK through water at a demonstration event, Frensham Common Pond, Surrey, 1922GWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BL9673. Driver: Pope, H.G.. Place: Frensham Common Pond, Surrey. G.W.K. Frensham demonstration. Date: 31.8.22
GWK cars at a demonstration event at Frensham Pond Hotel, Surrey, 1922. Artist: Bill BrunellGWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Reg. No. BL3619. Centre: GWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. B?L9420. Left: GWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Reg. No. BL9673. Frensham Pond Hotel, Surrey. G.W.K
GWK fitted with tyre chains at a demonstration event, Frensham Common, Surrey, 1922GWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BL9673. Driver: Pope, H.G. Fitted with tyre-chains. Frensham Common, Surrey. G.W.K. Frensham demonstration. Date: 31.8.22
Two suffragettes celebrating their release from Holloway Prison, London, on 22 August 1908. Mary Leigh (left) (1885-c1978) and Edith New (1877)
The suffragettes of Ealing, London, 1912. A group of suffragettes holding placards publicising a public meeting to be held on Ealing Common on 1 June, 1912
Spectators gather on Portland Place to watch the Womens Sunday procession, London, 21 June 1908. On Sunday 21 June 1908 thousands of people gathered in London to watch six processions organised by
Ada Flatman, British suffragette, at a demonstration she organised in Liverpool, 1909. Ada Flatman (1876-1951) is second from the right
Britsh suffragette Emmeline Pethick-Lawrences release from prison, 17 April 1909. The procession in her honour of her release marched from Marble Arch to the Aldwych Theatre
British suffragette Elsie Howey as Joan of Arc, London, 17 April 1909. Elsie Howey (1884-1963) dressed as Joan of Arc on the day of Joans beatification
The Womens Social and Political Union fife and drum band out for the first time, 13 May 1909. On 13 May the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)
The arrest of suffragette Dora Marsden, 30 March 1909. Dora Marsden (1882-1960) was the standard bearer at a demonstration organised by the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)
The Human Letters dispatched by Jessie Kenney to Mr Asquith at 10 Downing Street, London, 1909. Part of the campaign by the suffragette movement to win the vote for women
Procession to welcome the early release of suffragettes from prison on 19 December 1908. Procession in Trafalgar Square to welcome Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)
The Womens Freedom League attempting to enter the House of Commons, London, 1908. On 28 October, as part of the campaign to secure the vote for women
The head of the Womens Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. ArtistThe head of the Womens Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. On Sunday 21 June 1908 thousands of people gathered in London to watch six processions organised by the suffragettes which
Members of both Houses watching suffragettes in Parliament Square, London, 30 June 1908. Lord Rosebery, Lloyd George, Winston Churchill and Herbert Gladstone all watched from Palace Yard
Keir Hardie addressing the first womens suffrage demonstration, London, 19 May 1906Keir Hardie addressing the first womens suffrage demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London, 19 May 1906. Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist
May Day parade, East Fourteenth Street, near Union Square, New York, USA, early 1930s. Marchers holding up placards with satirical portraits of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler
Demonstration against Hitler in front of City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, USA, early 1930s. Protesting against the Nazi persecution of the Jews
Radical hunger marchers gathering in New York, USA, Great Depression, November 1932. Prior to a march on Washington. The marchers carried red banners and chanted the Internationale
Bonus Army in Anacostia Park, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. ArtistBonus Army in Anacostia Park, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. The Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force) was a protest by First World War veterans
Bonus Army demonstrating outside the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, Great Depression, 1932. The Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force)
Russian children demonstrate for education and a better life, February 1917. ArtistRussian children demonstrate for education and a better life, February 1917
Peaceful demonstration regarding the treatment of British ex-servicemen, 1923. ArtistPeaceful demonstration regarding the treatment of British ex-servicemen, 1923. They hold placards protesting at the sacking of over 3000 civil servants who were former members of the armed services
The suffragette housemaid, 1908. Artist: Central NewsThe suffragette housemaid, 1908. A suffragette wearing a pinafore advertising a protest on Londons Victoria Embankment. The campaign to secure the vote for women in Britain saw women adopting a range
The welcome to the victims of masculine tyranny, 1908. Artist: Central NewsThe welcome to the victims of masculine tyranny, 1908. The campaign to secure the vote for women in Britain saw women adopting a range of protests, direct action and civil disobedience
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call between New York and Chicago, USA, 1892. Scottish-born American inventor Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
Russian revolutionaries in Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, 1917
SA members being searched by the police in Berlin, c1920-1933. The paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, the SA were often involved in violence at political gatherings
King Canute failing to hold back the waves, early 11th century (c1900). Artist: TrelleekKing Canute failing to hold back the waves, early 11th century (c1900). Canute (Sveinsson Knut) (d1035) was King of England from 1016, Denmark from 1018 and Norway from 1030
Danish Bacon Company exhibition day, Wilsic, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961. Danish Bacon organised this meeting of grocers from the Doncaster area at the Wilsic Cricket Club for a
Butcher from Danish Bacon giving a demonstration, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1961. A butcher from the Danish Bacon Company giving a demonstration at their depot in Kinhurst
Cooking demonstration for East Midlands Gas Boards gas cooker promotion, 1961. ArtistCooking demonstration for East Midlands Gas Boards gas cooker promotion, 1961. During the 1950s and 1960s the gas board were in compertition with the locally produced coal gas
CND demo, Horley, Surrey, c1969. Protesters from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marching in Horley. The CND was founded in 1958 after Britain agreed to the siting of American atomic weapons
CND demo, Horley, Surrey, c1968. Protesters from the Highgate branch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marching in Horley
Members of Bromley Young Communists leading a CND demonstration, Horley, Surrey, c1964-1970Members of Bromley Young Communists at the forefront of a CND demonstration, Horley, Surrey, c1964-1970. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
Columbus breaking the egg, 1753, (1833). Artist: William HogarthColumbus breaking the egg, 1753, (1833). Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) demonstrates how an egg can be made to stand upright on a table. (Colorised black and white print)
Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, demonstrating his electric pile (battery), c1800 (c1870). Voltas (1745-1827) voltaic pile, an early form of battery, was the first source of current electricity
They were seen to fall evenly, c1918. In 1589 the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) dropped two balls of different masses from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their time of