Demonstration Collection (page 6)

GWK fitted with tyre chains at a demonstration event, Frensham Common, Surrey, 1922
GWK 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

Police on Horseback controling crowds during the Great Strike at Hyde Park Corner, pub. 1926 (photogravure)

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. Artist
The 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 1906
Keir 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. Artist
Bonus 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. Artist
Russian children demonstrate for education and a better life, February 1917

Peaceful demonstration regarding the treatment of British ex-servicemen, 1923. Artist
Peaceful 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 News
The 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 News
The 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: Trelleek
King 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. Artist
Cooking 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, c1964-1970
Members of Bromley Young Communists at the forefront of a CND demonstration, Horley, Surrey, c1964-1970. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

Womens Suffrage Demonstration on the Nevsky Prospect in Petrograd on March 8, 1917, 1917. Found in the collection of Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Manifestation of revolutionary troops in front of the State Duma during the February Revolution, 191 Artist: Steinberg
Manifestation of revolutionary troops in front of the State Duma during the February Revolution, 1917. Found in the collection of State History Museum, Moscow

Government Troops Firing on Demonstrators, July 4, 1917, 1917. Artist: Bulla, Karl Karlovich (1853-1929)
Government Troops Firing on Demonstrators, July 4, 1917, 1917. Found in the collection of State Museum of Revolution, Moscow

Interior of the Soviet pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne. Artist: Lissitzky, El (1890-1941)
Interior of the Soviet pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne. Found in the collection of Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow

The May Day, 1929. Artist: Kuptsov, Vasili Vasilyevich (1899-1935)
The May Day, 1929. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Development of Transportation, The Five-Year Plan (Poster), 1929. Artist: Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938)
The Development of Transportation, The Five-Year Plan (Poster), 1929. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Cover of the of the catalogue of the Soviet Union Pavilion on International Presse Exhibition, Cologne, 1928. From a private collection

Columbus breaking the egg, 1753, (1833). Artist: William Hogarth
Columbus 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

Cavalry Demonstration in the Arab Quarter, Cairo, c1882-85
Cavalry Demonstration in the Arab Quarter, Cairo, c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Procession of Match-Makers To Westminster, 1892. Artist: William Douglas Almond
Procession of Match-Makers To Westminster, 1892. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI. by John Cassell. [A. W. Cowan, Cassell & Company Limited, London, Paris, Melbourne, c1890]

Reform Leaguers at Marble Arch, London, 1866 (1906). Police trying to stop campaigners for voting reform from entering Hyde Park. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

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