Aircraft Shows 1
Original ILN coverage of early flight exhibitions and displays. 1950 to 1955
Anaglyph Images (3D) 2
Three-dimensional photographs and illustrations from the ILN archive.1924
The first Boer War Coverage 1880 - 1881 3
Engravings, photographs, and reports covering the period.1880 - 1881
Books 4
First published in 1842, The Illustrated London News brought history to life and has since inspired books on wars, railways, science, and far-off lands.
BP Adverts 1963 5
Full page colour adverts on a historical theme
Robert Burns 6
1844 Robert Burns Festival
Cars 7
The London Motor shows 1950 - 1955
Cathedrals 8
Cathedrals of Britain 1895
Chartists 1842 9
Attack on the chartists at Preston
Chess 10
Chess Problems and Solutions from the pages of The Illustrated London News 1920 to ...
G. K. Chesterton 11.
The very first "Our Notebook" 1905 by GK Chesterton and then there was a gap until January 5th 1907
China from 1842 12.
The Illustrated London News - some images and articles of China that appeared since 1842
World of the Cinema 1954 13
What was happening on the silver screen January to April 1954
Haig Clubland in London 14.
Full page adverts on a historical theme e.g. Dr Johnson's Club etc
The First Computer 1949 Manchester 15.
A calculating machine with a memory at Manchester University, UK
The Crimean War 16.
(1853-1856)
was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the
Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia.
Election Poster 17.
1923 to 1935
1927 Electricity in daily life 18.
A fortnightly series of articles on the uses of electricity in daily life (most house did not have it in the UK
Wood Engraving 19
The Illustrated London News was renowned for its exquisite box wood engravings, which were utilised to reproduce the images in the publication
Conquest of Everest 1953 20
On the night of June 1 - 2, the eve of the Coronation,
The Times received from
the British Mount Everest Expedition,
1953, the message that EP Hilary and Sherpa
Tensing Bhutia
had reached the summit of the mountain 29,002 feet high on May
29.
Edinburgh International Festival 21
First edition: The inaugural Edinburgh International Festival—officially the
International Festival of Music & Drama—ran from 22 August to 11 September 1947
Eva Peron 22
Eva Perón, known affectionately as Evita, was Argentina’s First Lady from 1946 until her death in 1952
The 1851 Great Exhibition 23
The Illustrated London News (ILN) had the exclusive publication of Sir Joseph Paxton’s original and final designs for the building that would become known as the Crystal Palace, created for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
The Ireland Famine 24
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In 1845, potato blight hit England and Scotland, then spread to Ireland, ruining crops.
The blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans originating in Mexico, returned in 1846,
triggering the Irish Potato Famine from 1845-1852.
1951 Festival of Britain 25.
May 3rd -King George VI declared the Festival of Britain 1951 open in London.
It was inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851,
a tonic , a pat on the back for the nation
after the austerity of the war years.
The Franklin Expedition 1845 26
(1853-1856)
was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the
Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia.
Gold Bound covers 27
The Illustrated London News was collected by individuals and institutions, often bound, from the outset unlike many other papers which were thrown away.
The Great Eastern 1857 28
Launched in 1858, Brunel’s Great Eastern was the largest ship of its time. Best remembered for laying the first successful transatlantic cable in 1866, it transformed global communication
Old Guinness Adverts in the Illustrated London News 29
Vivid full-page Guinness advertisements in the Illustrated London News combined bold design with wit, creating some of the most memorable magazine adverts of the 20th century.
Guinness Labels from 1970s 30
My private collection of 27 Guinness labels put on bottles exported from Liverpool in the 1970s
The Xmas covers of ILN Supplements from 1842 - 2001 31.
Illustrated London News Mastheads 32
Over the 160 years of The Illustrated london News
the masthead of the paper changed several times
and quite often in very subtle ways - see if you can spot some
of the changes in earlier editions?
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE IN MASTHEADS
DO YOU KNOW OF ANY MORE?
The illustrated London News November 22nd - Read the whole paper 33
Illustrated London news special event publications Covers index 34
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The illustrated London News November 22nd - Read the whole paper 35
Map of India 1857 36
German inflation 1923 37
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Isle of Man - King William College fire 38
VJ Day 1945 39
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Illustrated London news special event publications Covers index 34
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The illustrated London News November 22nd - Read the whole paper 35
Map of India 1857 36
German inflation 1923 37
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