1915 Collection (page 6)

Orson Welles / Rko Radio
ORSON WELLES American film actor, producer and director

Ww1 / French Mortar
A French shell-launcher

Chinese Doctor / Ca 1915
A Chinese doctor feels the pulse of an aristocratic patient with exceedingly long finger nails

WW1 / 1915 / TRENCH MUSIC
Playing instruments in the German trenches

Ww1 / 18Jun15 / Notre Trench
Notre-Dame de Lorette - a soldier walks through the flooded trenches

Black Watch Trench Wwi
Members of the Black Watch Regiment in the trenches

Naval Cadets. Admiral Sir Gerald Vaughan Gladstone (1901-1978). Gladstone Joined Royal Naval College, Osborne, May 1915 And Then Went To Dartmouth Naval College In January 1917

Self-Portrait, 1915. Creator: Schjerfbeck, Helene (1862-1946)
Self-Portrait, 1915. Found in the Collection of Mantta Gosta Serlachius Art Foundation

Beatrice Hastings, 1915. Private Collection

5064 Gerrard by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale
5064 Gerrard revue by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale; music arranged by Willy Redestone. Artist Harold Smith. The revue was first produced at the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square

Tsavo river near Tembo camp
View of the Tsavo River from nearby Tembo Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1915

Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Tremont Street and Mall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1915

Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Boylston Street (viewed from Arlington Street), Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1915

Suez Canal 1915
A view of the Suez Canal looking along it from Port Said. Date: 1915

Ww1 Postcard India Joins
India joins the war Date: 1915

Georges Guetary / Song
GEORGES GUETARY (Lambros Worloou) Greek-Egyptian singer in French cabaret and musical comedy Date: 1915 -

The loved one far away
Dutch girl sitting on the end of a jetty thinking of her lover. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Drake, a GSN freighter
Drake, a General Steam Navigation freighter, unloads in the busy Port of London. Image from Mrs Strangs Travel Play Book published c.1920.Date: circa 1915

Mrs F G Kimberley
Promotional postcard for Actress and writer of melodramas Mrs F G Kimberley. This probably shows her in Miranda of the Wilds

Lance-Corporal Jarvis in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Charles A Jarvis of the Royal Engineers, winning the Victoria Cross by fixing a firing charge for the demolition of a bridge, under heavy fire

WW1 - Allies use gas, October 1915
WW1 - The British army charging under cover a cloud of gas smoke, using the German Infantrys battle tactics against them. In the war-damaged battle ground landscape between Loos and LA Bassee

WW1 - Lifebelted passengers - Torpedoing of RMS Falaba
WW1 - Aboard the RMS Falaba on 28th March 1915, the photographer captures a moment showing passengers putting on their life-belts

A British Advanced observation post
A ruined house is used as an advanced observation post by British officers. Situated close to German lines, the officers relay information back about the accuracy of artillery fire

Horatio Bottomley, 1915
The man of the hour: Horatio Bottomley(1860 - 1933) journalist, financier, politician and swindler. Pictured here in 1915, being praised by The Bystander magazine for his services to recruitment

Maxine Elliott in her garden at Bushey
Maxine Elliott (1868 - 1940), American actress, reputed lover of J. P. Morgan and later, the New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Wilding who was killed in 1915

Gaby Deslys, 1915
Celebrated French actress and music hall artiste Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), pictured in stage costume for her role of Lady Lil in the new burlesque at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in London, Rosy Rapture

Lady Diana Manners (1891-1981), British society beauty, actress and wife of Duff Cooper. Later became Lady Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich

Tatler cover - Britain abstains from drinking, WW1
Not during the war, thank you. Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a bulldog, representing Great Britain, refusing a tankard of frothy beer

Travelling X-ray car, WW1
A special hospital car with a travelling X-ray given by the Scottish Womens Hospitals on exhibition at Bedford College during the First World War. Date: 1915

Mrs Mabel St Clair Stobart, pictured on horseback on the front cover of The Tatler. Mrs Mabel St Clair Stobart, was founder of the Womens Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps (1912)

Frederick Gorringe advert - cardigans for soldiers, WWI
Advertisement by Frederick Gorringe for wool, khaki cardigans and service scarfs for British soldiers during World War I. The Tommy featured is keen to show off his cardigan and quips

Drawings Prints, Print, Ostrich, Artist, Ernest Haskell, American, Woodstock, Connecticut
Drawings and Prints, Print, The Ostrich, Artist, Ernest Haskell, American, Woodstock, Connecticut 1876-1925 West Point, Maine, Haskell, Ernest, American, 1876, 1925, 1915

CALIFORNIA: ANGEL ISLAND. The immigration station on Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, California. Panoramic photograph, c1915

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969). 34th President of the United States. Eisenhower with his wife-to-be, Mamie Doud, when he was commissioned and stationed in San Antonio, Texas, 1915

TEXTILE MILL, c1915. A foreman inspects a newly-imprinted piece of cotton cloth at a textile mill, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Photographed c1915

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Hospital
Ward blocks at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital

FREDERICK O BRIEN (1869-1932). American writer. O Brien on Samoa, 1915, doing research for his book White Shadows in the South Seas. 1919

Survivors from Blucher, Battle of Dogger Bank, WW1
Survivors from the disabled German armoured cruiser SMS Blucher being picked up from the sea by British destroyers during the Battle of Dogger Bank, in the North Sea, First World War

British 6 inch Howitzer, near Achicourt, France, WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War

Gallipoli trench WWI
Royal Navy Division Sector Lieutenant C.H. Parkes RNVR with Periscope rifle (sniperscope) at Gallipoli during World War I

Customs inspection with X-rays, World War I
An officer examines a bale of cotton with an X-ray machine to try and detect contraband during World War I in March 1915

James Keir Hardie and Jean Jaures
James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish Labour leader and politician with Jean Jaures of the French Socialist Part (left)

Mr. Lloyd George
Photograph of David Lloyd George, created Minister for Munitions in 1915

Flammenwerfer in French hands
German flame-projectors, or flammenwerfer being tested by French soldiers. The Germans used Flammenwerfer against the British at Hooge on August 9th 1915

Social / Piccadilly Grill
Elegant diners-out, all but one (a uniformed soldier) in evening dress, patronise the Piccadilly Grill, a noted restaurant in the fashionable heart of London

Sappers & Miners / Hill 60
Sappers and miners of the Royal Engineers drive a tunnel under Hill 60 at Ypres, obliterated by a mine fired by the British in April 1915

FABRE ( 1823 - 1915 )
JEAN HENRI FABRE - French Entomologist

City Hall Park New York Paul Strand American
City Hall Park, New York; Paul Strand (American, 1890 - 1976); 1915; Platinum print; 34 x 16.5 cm (13 3, 8 x 6 1, 2 in.)

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"1915: A Glimpse into the Turbulent Times of World War I" Step back in time to 1915, a year filled with both heroism and heartache. In the realm of art, Matania's masterpiece "Last Absolution of the Munsters" captures the poignant farewell between soldiers and their chaplain, immortalizing their sacrifice. Meanwhile, Kitchener Poster C. 1915 beckons young men to join the ranks and defend their nation. The Canadians at Ypres by William Barnes Wollen showcases bravery amidst chaos, reminding us of the indomitable spirit that prevailed on those battlefields. Forward. Enlist Now echoes through history as WW1 Kitchener Recruiting posters rally citizens to support their troops. Amidst this tumultuous era, even simple pleasures like a bunch of rhubarb become cherished delights when paired with Birds Custard. The British Royal Navy recruitment poster stands tall as a symbol of strength and unity during these trying times. The haunting painting depicting the ill-fated Lusitania serves as a somber reminder of lives lost at sea. Grape-Shot by Lou Mayer transports us onto war-torn fields where artillery fire reigns supreme. Yet amidst all this chaos, women find solace in activities organized by the Women's Institute during the First World War – knitting socks for soldiers or providing comfort to grieving families. The British submarine HMS E6 emerges from beneath turbulent waters as a testament to technological advancements shaping warfare strategies during WW1. And who can forget Angels of Mons? Its cover design for piano music evokes ethereal beauty amid tales woven around divine intervention on battlefields. In 1915, humanity faced its darkest hour yet found glimmers of hope within these artistic expressions and historical events etched forever in our collective memory.