Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings, 1909. The Suffragettes found that by chaining themselves to railings they could...
King Manuel II of Portugal shooting at Windsor, Berkshire, 1909. Manuel was visiting King Edward VII. He was the last King of Portugal, coming th the...
Oxford Street' . View of horse-drawn buses and pedestrians in the busy shopping area of Oxford Street, London. From "The Pageant of the Century"....
The Royal house party at The Grove, Watford, Lord Clarendon's residence, in July, 1909 . From Edward VII: His Life and Times, Volume II Edited by Sir...
Iris Hoey , British actress, 1908-1909. Hoey was a British stage and screen actress. She married twice, to Cyril Raymond and Max Leeds, but divorced...
Queen Victoria of Spain with the Prince of the Asturias, Princess Maria Christina and Princess Beatrice', 1911. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg , a...
Palace of Westminster, London, 1909. Aerial view of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and the River Thames taken from the balloon Corona on...
Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London, 1909. Silver gelatin glass plate negative. This view, from the balloon Corona at 2000ft , was taken by the...
Photograph by John Cimon Warburg . Warburg was able to devote his time wholeheartedly to photography because bad asthma stopped him from working in a...
Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe , seen here at the controls, was the first Briton to fly an all-British aeroplane, the Roe I, on 13 July 1909 at Lea...
Hunger strikers waving to Christabel Pankhurst from their cells in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. The fourteen suffragettes went on hunger in protest...
Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney, British suffragettes, 1909. Both Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney were central members to the Suffragette...
Normandy street, 1908-1909. From Penrose's Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble...
Miss Irene Warren, 1908-1909. From Penrose's Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William...
Minoru , 1909 . Minoru pictured with jockey Herbert Jones on board. Also present are the horse's owner, King Edward VII, Lord Marcus Beresford, who...
Great Maythem, Kent, 2017. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and constructed in 1909-1912, Great Maytham Hall is a rebuilding of an earlier house...
Would-be Mafia boss Vito Cascio Ferro, who was driven from New York, back to Sicily by Lt. Joseph Petrosino in the early 1900's.
View of members of the US Senate's Committee on Activities in the Labor and Management Field as they sit a ta table during a hearing, Washington DC,...
Sloane Square, London, 3 April 1909. Aerial view taken from the balloon 'Britannia'. From the EGPN Collection held by the English Heritage Archive....
Kuroki Uri, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol I, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. A Maple Tree Seller; )
Yatsu-Hashi, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol I, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. Eight Folded Bridge; )
Asazuma-bune, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol II, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. A Nobleman on a Boat; )
Shibaraku, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol II, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. Depicts Kamakura Gongoro Kagemas, hero of the play Shibaraku; )
Hanazashi-guruma from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol II, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. A Cart with Flowers; )
Mount Fuji, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol I, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. View of Mount Fuji; )
Hikifune, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol II, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. Pulling the Boat; )
Gyoson, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol I, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. A Fishing Village; )
Sato No Yuki, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol I, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. Snow in the Countryside; )
Yanagi Sakura, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol II, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. A Willow and Cherry Blossoms; )
Momoyo-Gusa, from Momoyo-gusa The World of Things Vol I, pub.1909 colour block woodcut. Moyomo Flowers; )
Color postcard, depicting Uncle Sam wearing a women's, Edwardian style skirt, hat, and shoes, captioned "Uncle Sam, Suffrage, " published by the...
Fonçage d'un caisson dans la Seine lors des travaux de construction du métro vers 1900 à Paris en France.