Optimistic Collection

E. Hamel & Co. advert - There are busy times ahead!, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Going to Yaphank, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Going to Yaphank, between c1915 and c1920. A group of men riding a train, probably to Camp Upton, located at Yaphank on Long Island, Suffolk County, New York, during World War I

Monternier & Pegoud, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Monternier & Pegoud, between c1914 and c1915
Monternier & Pegoud, between c1914 and c1915. Monternier with French aviator Adolphe Ce´lestin Pe´goud (1889-1915) during World War I.

Boillot & Rigal, 7 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service. Boillot & Rigal, 7 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Boillot & Rigal, 7 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). Race car drivers Georges Louis Frederic Boillot (1884-1916)

Boillot & Rigal in Army, 21 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service. Boillot & Rigal in Army, 21 Oct 1914
Boillot & Rigal in Army, 21 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). Race car drivers Georges Louis Frederic Boillot (1884-1916) and Victor Rigal who served in the French Army during World War I.

Pegoud & Monternier, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Pegoud & Monternier, between c1914 and c1915
Pegoud & Monternier, between c1914 and c1915. Monternier with French aviator Adolphe Ce´lestin Pe´goud (1889-1915) during World War I.

Naval recruits police, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Naval recruits police, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. French naval recruits with a police officer, Paris, France, at the beginning of World War I.

Troops in Tournai R.R. [i.e., railroad] station, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Troops in Tournai R.R. [i.e., railroad] station, between c1914 and c1915. French soldiers in Tournai, Belgium during World War I.

Guarding subway entrance, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Guarding subway entrance, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. French soldiers guarding a subway entrance in Paris, France at the beginning of World War I.

Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A group of American doctors including Dr

French soldier in service uniform, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French soldier in service uniform, between c1914 and c1915. A French soldier during World War I.

French Reservists going to R.R. station in Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French Reservists going to R.R. station in Paris, between c1914 and c1915. French reservist soldiers marching in front of the Brasserie Bougeneaux (9 Rue de Strasbourg), Paris, France

Sven Unander, 1891. Creator: Oscar Bjorck
Sven Unander, 1891

Costumes de Différent Pays, Marchand d'Agneaux des Landes de Bordeaux, c1797
Costumes de Different Pays, Marchand d'Agneaux des Landes de Bordeaux, c1797

"Christian and Hopeful at the stile leading into By-Path Meadow", from "The Pilgrim's Progress", 1860. The personages of the book, as they appear in Mr

"KULTUR"; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut... 1914. Creator: Unknown
"KULTUR"; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut de la guerre au plus grand journal illustre d'Allemagne, l'Illustrierte Zeitung

"KULTUR"; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut... 1914. Creator: Unknown
"KULTUR"; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut de la guerre au plus grand journal illustre d'Allemagne, l'Illustrirte Zeitung

"KULTUR"; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut... 1914. Creator: Unknown
"KULTUR"; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut de la guerre au plus grand journal illustre d'Allemagne, l'Illustrirte Zeitung

House sparrow, 1650-1719. Creator: Jan Weenix
House sparrow, 1650-1719

Seymour, Ruth, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Apr. 2. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Seymour, Ruth, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Apr. 2

Whitley, Marion, Miss, portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Whitley, Marion, Miss, portrait photograph, 1916

Lasky, Jesse, Mrs. portrait photograph, 1914 Sept. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Lasky, Jesse, Mrs. portrait photograph, 1914 Sept. 4

Sampson, R.W. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1914 Nov. 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Sampson, R.W. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1914 Nov. 13

Paige, H. Roy, Mrs. portrait photograph, 1912 or 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Paige, H. Roy, Mrs. portrait photograph, 1912 or 1913

Henshaw, Mr. portrait photograph, 1913 Apr. 30. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Henshaw, Mr. portrait photograph, 1913 Apr. 30

Drum, John S. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Drum, John S. Mrs. portrait photograph, 1913

Portrait of Boyd Raeburn, Edwin A. Finckel's home, Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y. ca. July 1946

Clarence White, 1900. Creator: Katharine Sheward Stanbery
Clarence White, 1900. Half-length portrait of photographer Clarence H. White, seated, facing front

Kerrigan, J.J. Mrs. baby of, portrait photograph, 1926 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Kerrigan, J.J. Mrs. baby of, portrait photograph, 1926

Children, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass housing project. Children

Boys overlooking the project, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass housing project. Boys overlooking the project

The Spirit of the Ark, - sailors of the Royal Navy, c1942. Creator: Unknown
The Spirit of the Ark, - sailors of the Royal Navy, c1942. A British aircraft carrier of the Second World War, HMS Ark Royal was designed to carry a large number of aircraft

Delicious Dreams! Castles in the air! Glorious prospects!, 1821. Queen Caroline and her supporters (Flinn, Hume, Lady Anne Hamilton, Alderman Wood)

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York City, USA, c1905. Ellis Island served as the main immigration point for the US from 1892-1943, processing some 20 million immigrants

Immigrants to the USA landing at Ellis Island, New York, c1900. They head for the processing centre, each carrying a paper with an entry number which they hope will soon be traded for a visa

Their hearts are high, 1941. From Bomber Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

R. A. F Contributes Its magnificent Quota, 1943-44
R.A.F Contributes Its magnificent Quota, 1943-44. Members of The Fighting Cocks, a famous North African fighter squadron, take a moments rest after the successful invasion of Sicily by allied troops

H. R. H Prince Viggo of Denmark, 1908. Artist: WD & HO Wills
H.R.H Prince Viggo of Denmark, 1908. Portraits of European Royalty, Willss Cigarette Cards, Bristol & London

British Horse drawn artillery in Rouen, France, August 1914, (1926)
British Horse drawn artillery in Rouen, France, August 1914. Enthusiastic crowds greeting the arrival of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

The Franco-Russian Alliance, 1897. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
The Franco-Russian Alliance, 1897. French president Felix Faure shaking hands with Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, in front of an angel of peace

Our Hope for the New Year: Peace, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st January 1894

Le Chant du Depart, song sheet, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. French patriotic song to inspire the troops as they set out for war. From a private collection

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