british empire

North America, and the West Indies; a new map, wherein the British Emp...

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical notes, "Extract of the treaties of peace, proclamations &c. relative to America & the West Indies," "A particular map of Baffin... More

Ocean liners: OLYMPIC - maiden voyage

Side view, with bow to right, launched at Belfast, northern Ireland. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card traci... More

Sir E. Shackleton, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows arctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham... More

Sir E. Shackleton, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Katie Sandwina, the Lady Hercules (holding up three men)

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Lady Diana Manners, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

OLYMPIC and TITANIC - view of bows [in shipyard construction scaffoldi...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Industry Boats 1909-1911; Ships (2); Shipya... More

C.A. Arthur as "Bearded Lady" - Society Circus, Long Branch

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

British Strike - coal ships tied tied up at Cardiff

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Clyve Bayley and wife

Photograph shows British Consul General in New York, Clive Bayley and his wife Constance Ricardo aboard the "New York" liner from Liverpool. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by th... More

British ambulance drivers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Elsie Knocker,the Baroness de T'Serclaes (1884-1978) and Mairi Chisholm (1896-1981) (left) in their ambulance driver uniforms and helmets at the window of their billet in Pervijze (Pervyse), We... More

Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA

Significance: The Hotel Del Coronado, designed by James W. and Merrit Reid, in 1887, stands as a monument to luxurious resort guesting of the past and present. The hotel has hosted many notable guests including... More

Lloyd George, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows British Liberal Party statesman David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1863-1945) who served as Prime Minister from 1916-1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from da... More

Lady de Blaquiere, in auto, during Bath Pageant

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, George Grantham Bain Collection

English suffragist and political activist Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), leader of the British women's suffrage movement. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title and date from data provided by the Bain Ne... More

Sinking of British ships, HOGUE and ABOUKIR.

Ships sunk by the noted German raider U-9, commanded by Capt. Weddingen, with inset photo of Capt. Lt. Otto Eduard Weddingen, 1880-1915. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card... More

Gen. Sir Henry S. Horne

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Hebrew University and Lord Balfour's visit. Arab protest; black flags ...

Public domain photograph of church or mosque building, Jerusalem, Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Launching the whale boat--Cape Prince of Wales

Eskimos launching whale boat. J299964 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl. v. 20, pl. 707.

British Empire throughout the world exhibited in one view.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Albert Memorial Clock Tower, Belfast, Ireland]

No. 40183.

[Benjamin Disraeli, three-quarter length, seated, facing right]

Photo by Bain News Service. Photograph of a halftone. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[RMS Lusitania, New York City, September 1907, stern-side view, during...

Title from caption card data and item. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Bandages from kit of British Dog

Photograph shows man getting bandages from a dog, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bai... More

British at Etaples, Feb. 1915

Photograph shows British soldier bathing at Étaples, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: ... More

English women finishing a 9.2 shell

Photograph shows women workers inspecting 9.2 explosive shells in a factory during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photogra... More

Sir Youssouf Sadik Pasha

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Lord Rothschild, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Detail of this image was published in The Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, p... More

[Sir W.H. Beveridge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Lady Diane Manners, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Lady Eliz. Bowes-Lyon

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

[Sir James M. Barrie, author, half-length portrait, standing, facing l...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph from the Gilliam Press. No. B32.

Dorothy Cambell, George Grantham Bain Collection

Dorothy Cambell, British golf champion, holding golf club. George Grantham Bain Collection.

Mata Hari (Lady Macleod)

Photograph shows Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod (1876-1917), known by the stage name Mata Hari, exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons... More

Prince of Wales

Photograph shows Edward VIII (1894-1972), later the Duke of Windsor who was later King of the United Kingdom in 1936.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Princess Mary, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bai... More

Sir J.J. Thomson, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Edith Cavell, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows British nurse Edith Louisa Cavell (1865-1915) a British nurse who was executed by the German forces during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013). Title from data provided by the B... More

Mrs. Pankhurst in Wall St

Photo shows a woman suffrage meeting in New York City, where British suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst addressed a crowd near the Subtreasury Building on Wall Street, New York City, on November 27, 1911. (So... More

British enter Lille, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows British soldiers of the 8th Battalion (Liverpool Regiment) with a French boy, entering Lille, France on October 18, 1918 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from da... More

Lady Lavery, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Lady Hazel Martyn Lavery (1880-1935) dressed as Flora in Botticelli's painting, The Spring. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the n... More

Lady Diane Manners, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Christening of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary

Photograph shows members of the British family, identified on negative: standing, (l-r): Duke of Connaught, H.M. the King, Duke of York, Earl of Strathmore. Seated (l-r): [Lady] Elphinstone, H.M. the Queen, Du... More

Admiral Jellicoe, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellico (1859-1935) who served in the British Royal Navy during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title and date from data provided by the Bain... More

The Jews the world over love liberty, have fought for it & will fight ...

Poster shows a soldier cutting the bonds from a Jewish man, who strains to join a group of soldiers running in the distance and says, "You have cut my bonds and set me free - now let me help you set others free... More

British women ambulance drivers (before 1920)

Photograph shows female motor ambulance drivers with their vehicles, Étaples, France, 27 June 1917, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperial War Museums website: http://www.iwm.org... More

Sir Ernest Rutherford, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Lady Diana Manners, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Lady Hadfield, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Lord de Freyne, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Captain Arthur Reginald French, the 5th Baron de Freyne of Coolhaven (1879-1915), husband of Annabel Angus French. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Se... More

Hamenev i.e. Kamenev by Sheridan

Photograph shows a bust of Soviet politician Lev Kamenev (1883-1936) by British sculptor Clare Sheridan (1885-1970). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on t... More

Gen. F.S. Maude, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows British Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude (1864-1917) who served in Mesopotamia during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News... More

British Voluntary Aid detachment dressing station

Photograph shows a British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Dressing Station, Abbeville, France on June 27, 1917 during World War I.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image on Imp... More

Gen. Sir J. i.e. R. S.S. Baden-Powell

Photograph shows Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), founder of the Boy Scout movement. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives. F... More

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930

Half lgth., seated, facing right. Photo by Bain News Service. LC-B2-5073-12 and LC-BT-5692-13 (Deteriorated). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection ... More

Bowles's new map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the ...

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. "Publish'd as the Act directs 2. Jan. 1783." Includes historic notes. Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson Bays [ca. 1:18,000,000]--A map of ... More

Leginska, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Ethel Leginska, born Liggins (1886-1970) who was a British pianist, music teacher, composer and conductor. Leginska is listening to a battery-powered radio. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 201... More

King George of England, in uniform

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Lady Conan Doyle, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Sir T. Lipton, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows merchant and yachtman Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet (1848-1931) who started the Lipton tea company. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News S... More

Your king & country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the B...

Poster showing a Scottish soldier in uniform with kilt, standing on a street corner in a Belgian village. Caption: A wee "scrap o' paper" is Britain's bond. Copyright Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd. Poster no. 17.

British royal family, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows members of the British royal family including: (left to right) Albert (later George VI), George, Duke of Kent; Queen Mary of Teck, Henry, Duke of Gloucester; King George V, Princess Mary. (Sour... More

Sir E. Shackleton, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows arctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham... More

Lord Curzon, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925), a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. Curzon is wearing the robes of Gran... More

British military bridge, Flanders

Photograph shows British infantry soldiers crossing the bridge over the Yser canal at Boezinge, West Flanders, Belgium, August 5, 1917, during the Battle of Passehendaele during World War I. The bridge was cons... More

[British freestyle relay swim team that won the Olympic gold medal in ...

4 girls in swimming suits and woman standing in middle. Title from information published in Time Out London and BBC News. Title transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item was: "Champion Austra... More

[Cartouche from A map of the British Empire in America with the French...

[Cave Hill. Belfast. County Antrim, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12077". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

Lady Cayzer, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Lord Mountbatten (Prince Leopold of Battenberg) seated

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Your king & country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the B...

Poster showing an old veteran, wearing his decorations, shaking hands with a young soldier. Caption: A chip of the old block. Copyright by Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd. Poster no. 18.

American, British, French, & German masks gas

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

[Children protesters with signs: "Mr. Wilson is busy protecting Americ...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

British officers' luncheon in wrecked village

Photograph shows British officers eating lunch in the ruins of a building at Étreillers, Aisne, France on April 25, 1917 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and the Imperial War Museums we... More

Palestine disturbances 1936. Arrival at the war graves cemetry [i.e., ...

Public domain image of aristocratic military leader, general, monarch, 18th-19th century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lady Duff Gordon, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Lord Louis Mountbatten & wife

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Capt. W.R. Hall, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows British Admiral William Reginald Hall who became captain of the H.M.S. Queen Mary in 1913 and served as director of Naval Intelligence from 1914 to 1919. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) ... More

Woman blacksmith -- Eng. i.e. England

Photograph shows a woman blacksmith in England during World War I. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photograph reproduced in British pamphlet "Carry on: British Women's work in... More

Sir F.R. Benson, George Grantham Bain Collection

Full lgth., standing, facing front; in ragged costume with sword. Knighted by King George for his productions of Shakespeare. Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from capt... More

Com. A. K. Atkins, Com. H. T. Dyer, Maj. Jack Davis, Com. L. H. Maxfie...

Photograph shows Commander Arthur Kennedy Atkins (1881-1964), Commander Horace Tyler Dyer (d. 1968), Major Jack Davis, and Commander Louis Henry Maxfield (1883-1921) at the time of the first trans-Atlantic flig... More

A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish set...

Relief shown pictorially. Gift; Mrs. Jefferson Patterson; December 1980. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 569 Index map to Popple's larger, 20 sheet map of the same name. Includes 4 inset views, 18 inset maps, ill... More

Prince of Wales in N.Y.

Public domain image of aristocratic military leader, general, monarch, 18th-19th century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lady Shackleton, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Brothers of Crown Prince Tutor, Lord Rosery. Standing behind a wall

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

King George of England

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Lord Glenconner (Sir Edw. Tennant)

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Sir Alex C. Houston

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Lord Lee of Fareham

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Adm. Lord Beatty, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Sir John Hill, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Sir Eric Geddes, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Sir Geo. Henschell, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Lloyd George at City Hall

Photograph shows British Liberal Party statesman David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1863-1945) who served as Prime Minister from 1916-1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from da... More

Prince of Wales in N.Y.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lady Duli, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Rt. Hon. Noel Buxton

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adm. Lord Chatfield and wife

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Sir. A. Nicholson, British Ambassador to Russia, portrait

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Lord Robt. Cecil, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Lord Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864-1958), who served as British Minister of War Trade and was an advocate of the League of Nations. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) T... More