Politics Collection

Satirical ballooning cartoon, Lord Grenville
He Steers His Flight. Satirical cartoon on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

Winston Churchill with Randolph by David Wright
Winston Churchill, once again re-elected as Prime Minister in 1951, pictured making a speech by David Wright, with his son, Randolph, seated behind

Winston Churchill entering No 10 Downing St by David Wright
Painting by David Wright showing Prime Minister Winston Churchill entering No. 10 Downing Street after winning the General Election in 1951

Satirical cartoon, A Rising Statesman
Satirical political cartoon, A Rising Statesman. Showing a young politician with an older man in a balloon gondola, waving his hat to an imaginary crowd below

Satirical cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon
Satirical political cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon, showing ten politicians travelling in a hot-air balloon

Lord Lansdowne, Viceroy of India
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (1845-1927), British politician and Irish peer. Probably at the time he served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1888-1894)

Partisan Coffee House, Soho, London
A view through the window of the Partisan Coffee House in Soho, London. It was an influential left-wing venue, opening in 1958 and closing in 1961. Date: 1959

Lord Lansdowne, British politician, in group photo
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (1845-1927, seated, second from left), British politician and Irish peer

Lord Lansdowne and circle, India. Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (1845-1927, seated in chair, left), British politician and Irish peer

Lenin Monument, Sevastopol, Ukraine
Statue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) on the Lenin Monument in Sevastopol, Ukraine. early 21st century

Memorial to Soviet murder victims, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Detail of a memorial listing the names of the victims of Stalins mass murder in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 1937-1938. early 21st century

Lenin Statue, Vladimir, Russia
Statue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) in front of a bank in the city of Vladimir, Russia. early 21st century

Scene at the Rochdale by-election
A group of Rochdale residents sit in a school classroom listening to the Liberal candidate, Ludovic Kennedy, during the Rochdale by-election. Election day was 13 February 1958

Street scene with striking men
A street scene with striking men demanding more pay

Newton D. Baker, American Secretary of War, France, WW1
Newton D. Baker (1871-1937), American Secretary of War, with others in France during World War One circa 1916

Soviet posters, WW2
Soviet posters of Stalin (centre), Zhukov (left) and Vasilevsky (right). circa 1940s

Aldermaston Marchers at Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square in Central London full of several thousand people with banners on the first day of the Aldermaston March

Centre 42 at Rilex Works in Wellingborough
The playwright Arnold Wesker making an announcement during a Saturday night dance in the Rilex Shoes Ltd works canteen in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Children in North Kensington
A group of seven children, five girls and two boys, hang out on the pavement in North Kensington, London

Aldermaston Marchers at Turnham Green

Aldermaston March, second day
The rather foggy second day of the Aldermaston March. It took four days to walk from Central London to Aldermaston in Berkshire. Date: 5 April 1958

Aldermaston Marchers, final day
A group of Aldermaston Marchers on the final day of their march

Street in Algeciras, Southern Spain
A street in Algeciras, a port city in the south of Spain on the Bay of Gibraltar

Aldermaston Marchers with placards and banners
A group of Aldermaston Marchers walking along a road with placards and banners, as part of their protest against the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world. Date: April 1960

Aldermaston Marchers on a country road
Aldermaston Marchers walking along a country road carrying placards, on the second day of their march from Aldermaston to London. Date: 1959

Rally in Trafalgar Square
A large, well behaved crowd of people at a rally or demonstration in Trafalgar Square, Central London. Date: 1959

Aldermaston Marchers at Reading
Aldermaston Marchers walking through Reading, Berkshire, carrying placards, on the second day of their march from Aldermaston to London. Date: 1959

Royal Court Theatre group on Aldermaston March
Members of the Royal Court Theatre entering a field at Aldermaston with their banners for the first day of the 1959 Aldermaston March

Aldermaston Marchers with placards, marching from Aldermaston to London. Date: 1959

Polish anti-war poster -- Nie
Polish anti-war poster of a ruined city in the silhouette of a falling bomb, with the single word Nie (No). Date: 1952

Aldermaston Marchers in a field
A group of Aldermaston Marchers in a field, ready to set off on their march to London. A cameraman with a tripod stands on top of a car, ready to make a film of the event

Anti-Polaris campaign outside Ministry of Defence
A group of people sitting outside the Ministry of Defence in London as part of an anti-nuclear campaign against the introduction of the Polaris missile. Date: 1961

Arnold Wesker in anti-Polaris campaign
The playwright Arnold Wesker (born 1932) at the centre of a group of people sitting outside the Ministry of Defence in London

Aldermaston Marchers at the Albert Memorial
Aldermaston Marchers resting at the Albert Memorial in Central London on the last day of their march from Aldermaston to London

Aldermaston March onlookers at Reading, final day

Best Dressed Girl Competition
Vic Feather, leader of the TUC, announces the winner of the Best Dressed Girl Competition at a dance. The winner is wearing a flared knee length dress with a wide belt

Centre 42 in Wellingborough
The playwright Arnold Wesker and his assistant Beba Lavrin discuss arrangements with a trades union representative in the Wellingborough Technical College hall

Aldermaston Marchers walking along a road on a sunny day, carrying CND placards and flags. Date: 1959

French poster warning against Communism. They want to destroy the army... remember Budapest, Berlin, Prague, Dantzig... 1940s

Vaccinating Voters
Black voters who have been vaccinated while they wait to cast their votes, Newark, U.S.A. early 1930s

Empire Day Flags 1930S
British women making Union Jack flags for Empire Day, when the British Empire was celebrated in Britain and the Commonwealth. Date: early 1930s

Lenin monument in Zaporozhye, Ukraine
View of the statue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) on a monument in Zaporozhye (or Zaporizhia), in south central Ukraine

Magic lantern show during French Revolution
An imaginary magic lantern show during the French Revolution -- a sans culotte operates the lantern for the benefit of Georges Dandin (King George III) and the British Prime Minister William Pitt

Asquith & Lloyd George in the boxing ring by Bairnsfather
Humorous satirical illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather showing the politicians, Asquith and Lloyd George, both of whom served as Prime Minister during World War I, in a boxing ring facing each other

University Tutorial
Two undergraduates at Oxford University discussing Politics with their tutor. Date: 1958

British Fascists 1930S
The office of the British Union of Fascists Date: 1930s

Russell Anti-Nuclear
ANTI-NUCLEAR DEMONSTRATION - Bertrand Russell addresses the crowd in Trafalgar Square, London. Date: 1961

60S Model & Union Jack
A British model with a fringe & straight dark hair, covers her modesty with the Union (British) flag, as she strikes a pose. Date: 1960s

Racist Graffiti
Racist graffiti, aimed at West Indians, seen on a London wall. It reads go home nigers (sic). Date: 1965

Anti-Polaris Demo 1961
A long line of anti-Polaris demonstrators walk down Whitehall towards Westminster, past the statue of Earl Haig. Date: February 1961

Colonial Troops 1930S
Native Libyan troops in Tripoli, North Africa, receiving directions in the mountains from European, probably Italian, officers. Date: 1930s

Pompeii Election Poster
An election poster, carved into a wall at Pompeii, Italy. Date: 1st century A.D

Empire Day Flags
Women at sewing machines making Union Jack flags for Empire Day, (May 24, Queen Victorias birthday), which was celebrated between 1904 and 1958. Date: early 1930s

Japanese Parliament
Officials putting up name signs in the Japanese Houses of Parliament, Tokyo, Japan. Date: early 1930s

Finnish Parliament
The new Houses of Parliament at Helsinki, Finland, built by the firm Borg-Siren-Aberg 1926 - 1931 and officially inaugurated on 7 March 1931. Date: early 1930s

Labour would Stop War
The British Labour Party makes Stop War ! a main plank in its platform Date: 1936

Turnham Grn Nuke Demo
Campaigners for nuclear disarmament at Turnham Green on the first day of the Aldermaston March Date: March 1958

Turnham Green Nuke Demo
Campaigners for nuclear disarmament at Turnham Green on the last day of the Aldermaston March Date: 1959

Aldermaston March 1958
Second day of the Aldermaston March Date: 1958

Aldermaston March Day 2
The Aldermaston March at Turnham Green Date: 1958

Ban the Bomb or Human?
" Which is to be Banned ? The Bomb or the Human ?" Campaigners for Nuclear Disarmament marching at Aldermaston. Date: 1958

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