May Day Collection

A GARLAND FOR MAY DAY, 1913. A Garland for May day [The Many Arguments for Socialism]. Drawing by Walter Crane, 1913

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the May Day Parade, Mexico City, 1st May 1929 (b / w photo)
473534 Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the May Day Parade, Mexico City, 1st May 1929 (b/w photo) by Modotti, Tina (1896-1942); (add.info)

Village Fete. Miss Isabella Geddis plays her 200 year old fiddle for the residents of the village of Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire on May Day

May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time 1821 (oil on canvas)
8766680 May Day in Queen Elizabeth's Time 1821 (oil on canvas) by Leslie, Charles Robert (1794-1859); 71.4x91.8 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

May-Day-Hymn, as sung at Magdalen College, Oxford (litho)
8641661 May-Day-Hymn, as sung at Magdalen College, Oxford (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: May-Day-Hymn, as sung at Magdalen College, Oxford)

May Day in the Olden Time (coloured engraving)
8647816 May Day in the Olden Time (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: May Day in the Olden Time)

May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving)
5616001 May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving)
5615997 May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

May Day celebration at Lynn Norfolk: carrying the Lynn garland through the streets. 1/1/1827 (engraving)
5615994 May Day celebration at Lynn Norfolk: carrying the Lynn garland through the streets. 1/1/1827 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving)
5616000 May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving)
5615999 May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The raising of the May-pole (engraving)
5616464 The raising of the May-pole (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting the raising of the May-pole. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

May Day street performer in mask, hat and beribboned suit and Street-strolling Clown in bells and tassles
FLO5003410 May Day street performer in mask, hat and beribboned suit and Street-strolling Clown in bells and tassles. Fellows dismissed from the public places of entertainment

Merrie England: Round the maypole (colour litho)
8642411 Merrie England: Round the maypole (colour litho) by Pearse, Alfred (19th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Round the maypole)

The Milk Maids' dance on May-day (engraving)
5616465 The Milk Maids' dance on May-day (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Milk Maids' dance on May-day. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving)
5615998 May Day celebrations. 1/1/1820 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Superstitions of the month - 1st May (litho)
8673377 Superstitions of the month - 1st May (litho) by James, Gilbert (1865-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Superstitions of the month - 1st May)

May Day demonstrations before the General Strike, London, 1926 (b/w photo)
8626466 May Day demonstrations before the General Strike, London, 1926 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The London May-pole (engraving)
5616463 The London May-pole (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting the London May-pole. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day, 1906
3481053 Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day, 1906; (add.info.: Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day)

Lily of the Valley. Botanical, France, ca 1880 (colour engraving)
3434344 Lily of the Valley. Botanical, France, ca 1880 (colour engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Botanique. Planche botanique, France, fin 19eme. Coll. Part. Science. Botany. Lily of the Valley)

Dancing round the maypole, St Mary Cray, Kent (engraving)
8631365 Dancing round the maypole, St Mary Cray, Kent (engraving) by Hatherell, William (1855-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing round the maypole, St Mary Cray, Kent)

Sir John Tenniel cartoon: May Day, 1851 (engraving)
8657243 Sir John Tenniel cartoon: May Day, 1851 (engraving) by Tenniel, John (1820-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: May Day, 1851)

May Day celebrations. 1/1/1882 (engraving)
5616004 May Day celebrations. 1/1/1882 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Dancing Round the Maypole (engraving)
8647322 Dancing Round the Maypole (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing Round the Maypole)

Folk dancers, Sutton, near Pulborough, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676070 Folk dancers, Sutton, near Pulborough, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

8 hours is enough, 1928. Creator: Deiters, Max (1892-1947)
8 hours is enough, 1928. Private Collection

Cremorne Gardens - the Maypole Dance, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Cremorne Gardens - the Maypole Dance, 1858. Pleasure gardens in Chelsea, London. This delightful place of public resort was...the centre of great attraction, and was crowded by a brilliant company

La Nouvelle Europe; Le regime communiste a Budapest; un arc de triomphe, place Andrassy... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; Le regime communiste a Budapest; un arc de triomphe, place Andrassy, le 1er mai 1919; le pilier de gauche porte, en hongrois

The May Queen, and Going A-Maying, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The May Queen, and Going A-Maying, 1856. May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May

Fête du 4 Mai, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Fete du 4 Mai, 19th century. May Day, or La Fete du Travail. Les Burgraves ornant quelques fleurs la statue de la Republique'. The Burgraves decorate the statue of the Republic with flowers

'The May-Day Festivities at St.Mary Cray, Kent, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The May-Day Festivities at St.Mary Cray, Kent, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

'Jack-In-The-Green'--A May-Day Scene Sixty Years Ago, 1830, 1890. Creator: Unknown
'Jack-In-The-Green'--A May-Day Scene Sixty Years Ago, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

May Ball, 1763. Creator: Jean-Michel Moreau
May Ball, 1763

The New York Sunday herald. May day [..] May 5th 1895. c1895. Creator: Charles Hubbard Wright
The New York Sunday herald. May day [..] May 5th 1895. c1895

May Day - The fifth page of the album from the collection of I.S. Abramova, 1858. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
May Day - The fifth page of the album from the collection of I.S. Abramova, 1858. From a collection of 239 drawings and illustrations which include drawings of artifacts from archaeological finds in

Men Preparing the hobby horse. The origin of the Minehead Hobby Horse Festival has been lost in history although its thought to have started as warding off evil Vikings or is a commemoration of

England, East Sussex, Hastings, The Annual Traditional Jack in the Green Festival aka The Green Man May Day Festival, Jack in the Green Figure

The defeat of the Russians in the battle on May Day, near the Yalu River (colour litho)
2798780 The defeat of the Russians in the battle on May Day, near the Yalu River (colour litho) by Japanese School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Long live May 1! (May 1, International Workers Day), 1920 (colour lithograph)
FIA5409777 Long live May 1! (May 1, International Workers Day), 1920 (colour lithograph) by Russian School (20th century) ; Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Vive le 1er mai)

Birmingham Co-Operative milkman with his dairy float and horse, which has been dressed in flowers to celebrate May Day 1st May 1953

Maypole Dancing at Wishford, Wiltshire 1959

Humour gentility Cruikshank 19th century cartoon
This is a cartoon etching by the well-known Victorian social caricaturist / cartoonist George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), dated May 20th, 1828

Punch or May Day, 1829, (c1915). Artist: Benjamin Robert Haydon
Punch or May Day, 1829, (c1915). The painting is part of the collection of the Tate Gallery, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

May Day festivities, 1891. Plaiting the maypole at St Mary Cray, London. From The Graphic (9 May 1891)

May Day 1920. Artist: Nicolas Kotcherguine
May Day 1920. On the ruins of capitalism the fraternity of peasants and workers marches against the peoples of the world

May Day, 1884 (oil on millboard)
940197 May Day, 1884 (oil on millboard) by Caldecott, Randolph (1846-86); 14.1x22.9 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info)

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA
May Day, c.1811-12 (oil on canvas) (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images)

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"May Day: A Celebration of Tradition, Socialism, and Joy" "A Garland for May Day, 1913: Exploring the Many Arguments for Socialism" "Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the May Day Parade, Mexico City, 1929: Capturing the Spirit of Unity" "Village Fete: Miss Isabella Geddis Plays Her 200-Year-Old Fiddle to Delight Residents on May Day" "Vladimir Lenin: Remembering the Russian Communist Leader's Influence on May Day Celebrations" "May Day, 1884: An Oil Painting Reflecting British Art at Yale Center for British Art" "May Day during Queen Elizabeth I's Reign: Unveiling Historical Traditions and Festivities" "Humour Gentility Cruikshank Cartoon from the 19th Century Adds a Playful Touch to May Day Celebrations" "Punch or May Day, 1829: Benjamin Robert Haydon's Artistic Interpretation of Festive Merriment" "May Day 1920 by Nicolas Kotcherguine Showcases Vibrant Energy and Enthusiasm for Workers' Rights" "Birmingham Co-Operative Milkman Honors May Day with His Dairy Float and Trusty Horse Companion"