Shaking Hands Collection

Judy Garland, American actress, singer and dancer, in concert at The Talk of the Town nightclub in London, where she has a five week residency, pictured Thursday 16th January 1969

Billy Bremner Leeds United captain being presented with the F. A
Billy Bremner Leeds United captain being presented with the F.A. Cup by Queen Elizabeth II after their one nil victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup Final. 6th May 1972

Queen Elizabeth II, Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) and Leo Sayer attend the Royal Windsor Big Top Show held at Billy Smarts Big Top in Home Park, Windsor

The Duke of Gloucester greeted by Councillor H Lazarus, Mayor of Stepney, on his arrival to open the Bernard Baron Jewish Settlement, Fairclough Street, London, 30th June 1930

Legendary English footballer Stanley Matthews as a young boy (left) Circa 1928

Fragment of the Panorama of the battle of Rezonville (16th August 1870), 1883 (oil
XIR163422 Fragment of the Panorama of the battle of Rezonville (16th August 1870), 1883 (oil on canvas) by Detaille, Jean-Baptiste Edouard (1848-1912); 180x210 cm; ChAteau de Versailles

Jim Callaghan MP shakes hands with Doris Speed March 1966 (Annie Walker) as the cast of Coronation Street visit 10 Downing Street

John Major PM 1997 Election walkabout at Baxters factory at Fochabers. Workers hold a Banner: We Only Have Eyes For You. April 1997

George Kay and Joe Smith before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 1923, (1935)
George Kay and Joe Smith shake hands before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 28 April 1923, (1935). George Kay (1891-1954), captain of West Ham United

The Opening of the Universal Exhibition by the President of the Republic, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Winston Churchill, British statesman, World War II, 1939-1945. Churchill (1874-1965), Britains wartime Prime Minister, smiling and smoking a cigar, shakes hands with a soldier

The Golden Spike Ceremony, 10th May 1869 (b / w photo)
PNP246752 The Golden Spike Ceremony, 10th May 1869 (b/w photo) by Savage, Charles Roscoe (1832-1909); Private Collection; (add.info)

Southport v. Bradford. February 1931. McConnell of Southport shakes hands with Elwood of Bradford. DM17275B

Kirkland Laing (right) seen here with his opponent Colin Jones, Laing and Jones will fight at the Whyte and Mackays Whisky Championship at the Wembley Conference Centre, London, 11th March 1980

Rugby League Cup Final. St. Helens U. Halifax St. Helens wins the Rugby League Cup. Ackerley (Capt. of Halifax) on left, congratulates Prescott (St. Helens Capt) holding cup, after St

Speech Day, Swanley College. 1937

Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United football club, shaking hands with businessman & United director Michael Knighton

Douglas Park, left, Businessman and Hearts Football Club Director, pictured with Wallace Mercer & Pilmar Smith. 20th October 1988

Coventry City Chairman John Poynton (right) shakes hands with City vice-president Graham Ratcliffe in front of the clubs trophy cabinet following the teams victory at the 1987 FA Cup Final

Princes Charles visits Ninos restaurant in Middlesbrough 19th March 1987

Sub-Lieutenant David Bingham (l) receives the sword of honour in 1970 two years before being jailed for selling secrets to the Russians to pay off debts. 14th March 1972

HM Queen Elizabeth ll 1953 presenting medals at the FA Cup Final. Blackpool 4-3 Bolton Wanderers Empire Stadium, Wembley 2 May 1953

To-nights fight-Hazell V. Sullivan. At Harringay this evening Bristol Tobbaco worker Gordon Hazell fights Johnny Sullivan, of Preston for the vacant British and Empire middleweight championship

Frank Sinatra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1989. Creator: Brian Foskett
Frank Sinatra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1989. In April 1989, three of the greatest icons of American popular music, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr, came together in Frank

Naval disarmament, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Naval disarmament, 1930. Le Desarmement Naval. King George V (1865-1936) welcomes delegates of the United States, Japan, France and Italy to the London Naval Conference

First Meeting of Lenin and Stalin, Tammerfors (Finland), December 1905, (1939). Russian communist revolutionaries Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) and Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)

John McGraw, New York, NL & Davis, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
John McGraw, New York, NL & Davis, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1911

Ward says good by [i.e. goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Ward says good by [i.e. goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows aviator James J. Ward in New York at the start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight

Gen. F.D. Grant; Sec'y Stimson, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. F.D. Grant; Sec'y Stimson, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island, greeting Secretary of War Henry I

Hal Chase, New York, AL and John McGraw, New York, NL (baseball), 1910. Creators: Bain News Service, Hal Chase
Hal Chase, New York, AL and John McGraw, New York, NL (baseball), 1910

Johnny Evers, Boston NL and Eddie Plank, Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Johnny Evers, Boston NL and Eddie Plank, Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914. Baseball players on opposing teams; Evers and Plank shaking hands

Smokey Joe Wood, Boston AL, & Jeff Tesreau, New York NL (baseball), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Smokey Joe Wood, Boston AL, & Jeff Tesreau, New York NL (baseball), 1912

Harry Wolverton, New York AL, at left and John McGraw, New York NL, at right at the Polo...1912
Harry Wolverton, New York AL, at left and John McGraw, New York NL, at right at the Polo Grounds, NY, 1912 (baseball)

Jack Barrett [i.e. Barnett], Barnum's, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Jack Barrett [i.e. Barnett], Barnum's, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Jack W.C. Barnett (right) who was a performer with the Barnum and Bailey circus

Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e. Cockran], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e. Cockran], 1912. Shows Oscar Straus (1850-1926), Bull Moose Party candidate for governor of New York in 1912; shaking hands with Mrs. B. Cochran while Eleanor B

German officers in N.Y. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German officers in N.Y. between c1910 and c1915

Elkus and Morgenthau, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Elkus and Morgenthau, 1916. Shows U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Abram I. Elkus (1867-1947), shaking hands with former ambassador Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946)

Presentation of the Freedom of the City of Glasgow to the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone...City Hall, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of the Freedom of the City of Glasgow to the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone, in the City Hall, 1865. The hall was, of course, filled with spectators in every part...At two o'clock Mr

Col. Wm. Wallace & Gen. Guglielmotti, Apr 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Col. Wm. Wallace & Gen. Guglielmotti, Apr 1919. William Arthur Wallace (1867-1945), commander of the 332nd U.S. Infantry Regiment which served on the Italian front during World War I

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French Minister receiving Admiral Seymour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French Minister receiving Admiral Seymour, 1865....the Duke of Somerset and the members of the Board of Admiralty

The Elcho Challenge Shield to be shot for by...rifle volunteers at the Wimbledon Meeting, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Elcho Challenge Shield to be shot for by English and Scotch rifle volunteers at the Wimbledon Meeting, 1865. Designed by Auguste Willms and made by Elkington

Garibaldi in England: the meeting of Garibaldi and Tennyson at Faringford House, Isle of Wight, 1864. Italian hero General Garibaldi at Tennyson's house in Freshwater

Enlisment during WW I, c.1914-1917 (poster)
8698393 Enlisment during WW I, c.1914-1917 (poster); (add.info.: History. United Kingdom. First World War. "Come lad, Step across and help." Poster about the enlisment, United Kingdom)

French and Italian customs officers shake hands at the border, early 20th century (postcard)
PCT5618261 French and Italian customs officers shake hands at the border, early 20th century (postcard) by Unknown photographer

Three times three (engraving)
8673122 Three times three (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Three times three)

Pass Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving)
8673111 Pass Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pass Grip of a Mark Master Mason)

Fragment of sarcophagus with scene of dextrarum iunctio, luni marble, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome
6384469 Fragment of sarcophagus with scene of dextrarum iunctio, luni marble, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome

A merry Christmas (colour litho)
8635591 A merry Christmas (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A merry Christmas. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Pass grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving)
8673099 Pass grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pass grip of a Fellow Craft)

A B Swales and Tomsky, British and Soviet Russian trade unionists (b/w photo)
8673320 A B Swales and Tomsky, British and Soviet Russian trade unionists (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A B Swales and Mikhail Tomsky)

French postcard with floral elements, 1900
3665720 French postcard with floral elements, 1900 by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: French postcard with floral elements 1900.); Universal History Archive/UIG

King Albert I and General Ferdinand Foch, 1914-15 (b/w photo)
XEE4168913 King Albert I and General Ferdinand Foch, 1914-15 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: First World War (1914-1918): King Albert I (1875-1934) visited General Ferdinand Foch

Exchanging hand shakes, 1892
3479448 Exchanging hand shakes, 1892; (add.info.: Illustration of shows two males and a female exchanging hand shakes. From the Quiver, London, 1892.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Real grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving)
8673200 Real grip of a Fellow Craft (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Real grip of a Fellow Craft)

Past Master's grip (engraving)
8673151 Past Master's grip (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Past Master's grip)

Real Grip of a Master Mason (engraving)
8673108 Real Grip of a Master Mason (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Real Grip of a Master Mason)

The grip of an Entered Apprentice (engraving)
8673094 The grip of an Entered Apprentice (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The grip of an Entered Apprentice)

Pass Grip of a Master Mason (engraving)
8673201 Pass Grip of a Master Mason (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pass Grip of a Master Mason)

Grip of a Most Excellent Master (engraving)
8673119 Grip of a Most Excellent Master (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grip of a Most Excellent Master)

Prologue to the Adventures of Don Quixote, 1869 (engraving)
8822170 Prologue to the Adventures of Don Quixote, 1869 (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info)

French aviator Georges Barbot after crossing the English Channel in a Sperry monoplane, 1923 (b/w photo)
8626476 French aviator Georges Barbot after crossing the English Channel in a Sperry monoplane, 1923 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Real Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving)
8673127 Real Grip of a Mark Master Mason (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Real Grip of a Mark Master Mason)

Let our indestructible friendship live and strengthen!, 1951 (litho)
FIA5373549 Let our indestructible friendship live and strengthen!, 1951 (litho); Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Laissons notre indestructible amitie vivre et se renforcer)

Fletcher and Badger shaking hands, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fletcher and Badger shaking hands, between c1910 and c1915

At stadium reception to Italians, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
At stadium reception to Italians, 23 Jun 1917. Children in costume shaking hands, at a ceremony honoring Prince Ferdinando of Udine, head of the Italian War Commission to the United States

King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. King George V decorating the colonel in charge at the French Mission at Blendecques Chateau, July 7, 1917 during World War I

Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Queen Mary of Teck leaving the aerodrome at Royal Flying Corps Headquarters at St. Omer, France on July 5, 1917, during World War I

Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Native American "Chief Bald Eagle" shaking hands with Lieutenant Wells Hawks (1870-1941)

American War Correspondent, Germany, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
American War Correspondent, Germany, between c1915 and c1920. Wilbur H. Durborough, an American correspondent who went to Germany in 1915 to shoot film footage of World War I

Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the... 1912
Georgii Iakovlevich Sedov and Members of the Expedition with Those Seeing Them off on the Deck of the Ship Before Going to Sea, 1912

British racing drivers Betty Haig and Dorothy Patten, Goodwood, Sussex, 1948
British racing drivers Betty Haig (standing) and Dorothy Patten in her Peugeot at Goodwood, Sussex, 1948

Bobby Charlton pictured after playing his last game for Manchester United against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge April 1973. Background, Sir Matt Busby

Cup Final at Chelsea. Aston Villa 1 v. Huddersfield 0. Captains shake hands A. Ducat of Villa and Bullock of Huddersfield, 24th April 1920

Manchester City v. United. Captains shake hands before the Derby. 20th September 1947. Mr C Fletcher of Northwich. He refereed the 1947 Manchester derby wearing a jacket and shorts, a high neck

Picture shows (right) Mr Alan Pegler, who bought The Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, receiving a silver replica of the engine from a British Rail official

Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit the set of Coronation Street in the fictional town of Weatherfield, Manchester, Wednesday 5th May 1982, as part of Her Majestys Golden Jubilee Tour

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh shakes hands with Manchester United manager Matt Busby at the Royal Derby between United and City at Manchesters Maine Road

Bobby Charlton leaving the pitch at Old Trafford with young fans rushing to shake his hand or pat him on the back after Manchester Uniteds last game of the season against Leicester

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Cosmonaut, the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth (12th April 1961), visits Britain, Tuesday 11th July 1961

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit Coventry. The Lord Mayor of Coventry and the Mayoress, Alderman and Mrs T. H Dewis say goodbye to the Queen

The Queen visits Sutton Coldfield Town Hall before the start of the Jubilee Jamboree. 3rd August 1957

Queen Elizabeth II visits Wrekin College, 17th March 1967

Middlesbrough manager Bryan Robson and assistant Viv Anderson unveiled as the new dug out team 14th September 1994

Princess Diana, HRH The Princess of Wales, meets Mr Mohamed Al Fayed at Harrods for a breakfast reception, as she attends the " Heart of Britain" book launch

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"Capturing Moments of Connection: A Tribute to the Art of Shaking Hands" Judy Garland, with her radiant smile and outstretched hand, embraces her adoring fans during a mesmerizing concert at The Talk of the Town. Billy Bremner, the esteemed Leeds United captain, graciously accepts the F. A presentation as he firmly shakes hands with pride and determination. In a timeless black and white photograph from 1869, The Golden Spike Ceremony immortalizes the historic moment when two hands united to complete America's transcontinental railroad. Kirkland Laing exudes sportsmanship as he respectfully shakes hands with his opponent Colin Jones before stepping into the boxing ring for an unforgettable match. St. Helens emerges victorious in the Rugby League Cup Final as their players exchange heartfelt handshakes with Halifax after an intense battle on the field. A young Stanley Matthews extends his tiny hand in anticipation of greatness, foreshadowing his legendary career that would grace English football for decades to come. Through a captivating oil painting capturing fragments of history, we witness soldiers shaking hands amidst chaos during the Battle of Rezonville in 1870 – a poignant reminder of humanity's resilience even in times of war. Speech Day at Swanley College becomes an occasion for camaraderie and celebration as students proudly shake hands while embarking on new journeys towards knowledge and success in 1937. Southport's McConnell shares a sincere handshake with Bradford's Elwood on a chilly February day in 1931 – an emblematic display of respect between rivals on the football pitch. The Duke of Gloucester is warmly greeted by Stepney's Mayor Lazarus through a firm handshake, symbolizing unity and mutual respect between royalty and local leadership.