Political Event Collection (page 6)

Westminster Races... 1784. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
Westminster Races... 1784. Showing the three candidates for the Westminster constituency in the 1784 general election, Samuel Hood, Charles James Fox and Cecil Wray

City election candidates of 1812. A View of the Starting Post and List of the Horses and their Riders who Started for the City Plate October 5th 1812

Westminster Election, 1780. Three candidates stand under the portico of St Paul s, Covent Garden. Charles James Fox, in the centre, is supported by Britannia

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

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

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

Edward VIII leaving Windsor Castle, after his abdication speech, 11 December, 1936. King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, (1894-1972)

New York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, 1928
New York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, August 1928. Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr (1873-1944) giving his acceptance speech in the Assembly chamber at Albany

Republican supporters outside Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, New York, USA, 15 October 1940. A crowd of more than 10, 000 people

Wendell Willkie, American politician, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, 1940. Wilkie (1892-1940) at a frontier celebration at Cheyenne during the 1940 presidential election campaign

The wedding party at the marriage of the Duchess and Duke of Windsor, France, 3 June 1937
The wedding party at the marriage of the Duchess and Duke of Windsor, Cha teau de Cande, France, 3 June 1937. Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David)

Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, 2nd August, 1914. Artist
Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, London, 2 August, 1914. James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician

King John signs the Great Charter, Runnymede, Surrey, 1215 (1864). John (1167-1216) became King of England in 1199. The Angevin kings of England, Henry II

The abdication of Napoleon and his departure from Fontainebleau for Elba, 20th April 1814. The defeat at the Battle of Leipzig

The Labour Service ready for work, Germany, 1936. Uniformed members of the Labour Service line up with their shovels in front of crowds of people

Stormtroopers lined up on parade during a Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, Germany, 1936. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Adolf Hitler, escorted by SS leaders, inspects the SA at a Nazi rally in Nuremberg, 1933
Adolf Hitler, escorted by SS leaders, inspects the SA on a Nazi Party Loyalty Day in Nuremberg, 1933. From Deutsche Gedenkhalle: Das Neue Deutschland compiled by General Von Eisenhart Rothe, 1939

Rally in honour of Albert Leo Schlageter on a heath near Dusseldorf, Germany, 29th March 1933. A member of the Freikorps, a paramilitary organisation founded by German ex-soldiers after World War I

Parade of the Banner Company of the Steel Helmets, Berleburg, Germany, 18-19 June 1932. The Stahlhelm (Steel Helmets) was a large nationalistic paramilitary organisation opposed to the policies of

Nazis listening to an address by Bruno Doehring, Bad Harzburg, Germany, 11th October 1931. Doehring (1879-1961) was Court Chaplain in Berlin during World War I

Edward VIII giving his abdication broadcast to the nation and the Empire, 11th December 1936. Edward abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee

Mr. Churchill was returned for Epping, as a Conservative, 1929, (1945). In the General Election of 1929 the Labour Party secured a majority, but Mr

In the General Election he was defeated at Manchester, but was returned for Dundee, 1908, (1945). Sir Winston Churchill standing on a tram as he speaks to the public during the North West Manchester

Edward II. resigning his Crown, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
Edward II. resigning his Crown, c1860, (c1860). On 20 January 1327, Henry of Lancaster and the bishops of Winchester and Lincoln informed Edward that if he were to resign as monarch

Reform demonstration in Hyde Park, London, 19th century (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Fourth Churchill-Roosevelt Conference, 1943-44. At the Second Quebec Conference in 1944 Winston Churchill drafted and, together with Roosevelt

Pratap Singh (1845-1922), British Indian Army officer and Maharaja, 1914
Pratap Singh (1845-1922) British Indian Army officer and Maharaja of the princely state of Idar (Gujarat), c1914. Pratap Singh (1845-1922), British Indian Army officer

Statue of Jose Maceo in Cuba, c1910
Statue of Jose Maceo in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, c1910. Lt General Jose Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (1845-1896) was second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence

Storming of the Bastille, Paris, 14th July 1789 (1882-1884). The Bastille was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, State Opening of Parliament, Westminster, c1902-1909

Constabulary guarding a government reporter at a plan of campaign meeting, Ireland, 1887. The Plan of Campaign was a strategy adopted by the Irish National League in support of tenant farmers in

The election riot at Hawick, Scottish Borders, 1837 (c1895). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume VII (c1895)

A mass meeting outside Fort Vigilant, Sacramento, California, 1856 (1937). Artist: Britton & Rey
A mass meeting outside Fort Vigilant, Sacramento, California, 1856 (1937). The meeting was held on 14 June 1856 to endorse the Acts of the Vigilance Committee

Napoleon Bonaparte (1721-1818) dissolving the Council of Five Hundred, 1845. Artist:s Freeman
Napoleon Bonaparte (1721-1818) dissolving the Council of Five Hundred, 1845. Napoleon enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

Prince Edward (1894-1972), the future King Edward VIII, with Sir Charles Cust, 1908. Artist: Queen Alexandra
Prince Edward (1894-1972), the future King Edward VIII, with Sir Charles Cust, 1908. From Queen Alexandras Christmas Gift Book, Photographs from My Camera, by Queen Alexandra

Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), American lawyer and politician, 1926. Hughes was a lawyer and Republican politician from the State of New York

King Richard II resigning the crown to his cousin Bolingbroke, 1399, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The second general election of 1924 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Document confirming the abdication of Kaiser Wilhel II of Germany, 9 November 1918 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

General Bartolome Maso (1830-1907), c1910. Maso was a Cuban politician and patriot for Cuban independence from the colonial power of Spain; and later President of the Republic in Arms

Lt. General Jose Antonio Maceo Grajales (1845-1896), Cuban Army of Independence, c1910
Lt. General Jose Antonio Maceo Grajales (1845-1896), second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence, c1910. Known to fellow Cubans as the Bronze Titan (Spanish: El Titan de Bronce)

General Modesto Diaz (1826-1892), Major General of the Cuban Liberation Army, c1910
General Modesto Diaz (1826-1892), born in the Dominican Republic he became Major General of the Cuban Liberation Army. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

General Calixto Garcia Iniguez (1839-1898), general during the Cuban War for Independence, c1910
General Calixto Garcia Iniguez (1839-1898), general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence, c1910

General Vicente Garcia Gonzalez (1833-1886), Cuban President, c1910. Garcia was a general in the Cuban Ten Years War and later a Cuban President who was assassinated by the Spanish after the war

Fernando Figueredo (1846-1929), Cuban Patriot and journalist, c1910. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

General Donato Marmol, one of the primary leaders in the Cuban liberation movement, c1910
General Donato Marmol (1843-1870) one of the primary leaders in the Cuban liberation movement, c1910. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

Admiral Cervera and his principle officers including Captain Eulate, c1910
Admiral Cervera (1839-1909) and his principle officers including Captain Eulate, c1910. Cervera was admiral of the Spanish Caribbean Squadron during the Spanish-American War

Attack on a fort, January 1897, (c1910). Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

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