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This is an original press photograph of Sir Winston S. Churchill taken on 11 April 1963 capturing him waving while smoking a cigar as he leaves his Hyde Park Gate home for a holiday in Monte Carlo. This image measures 10 x 7.625 in (25.4 x 19.4 cm) on glossy photo paper. Condition is very good. The paper is crisp with only some light bruising to the corners and light scuffing visible only under raking light. The verso bears the copyright stamp of "P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd.", a purple received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from April 1963, and a typed caption. The quite voluble original caption is titled "SIR WINSTON'S PARTING WAVE: EASTER IN MONTE CARLO" and reads: Wave from 88-year-old SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL as, clenching a cigar, he leaves his London home at 28, Hyde Park Gate, S.W., by car for London Airport to-day (Thursday). He was to fly off for a holiday in Monte Carlo, where he will spend Easter. It is Sir Winston's first holiday abroad since he fell and fractured his left thigh in his Monte Carlo hotel room last June. As he set off for the airport, people shouted 'Happy Easter, Sir Winston.' He will be in Monte Carlo for about a fortnight. April 11 1963" This photograph was taken in the twilight of Churchill's remarkable life, less than two years before his death. Six years earlier, on 5 April 1955, Churchill had resigned his second and final premiership at the age of 80. "It was during April" of 1963, when this photograph was taken, "that Churchill was pressed, albeit discreetly, both by his wife and by Christopher Soames, to announce that he would not contest the coming General Election." (Gilbert, Vol. VIII, p.1343) By May 1, Churchill had made up his mind and announced his decision not to stand again for Parliament, to which he had first been elected in 1900 while Queen Victoria was still on the throne. During the final years of his life, Churchill passed "into a living national memorial" of the time he had lived and the Nation, Empire, and free world he had served. The day after Churchill died, on25 January 1965, the Queen sent a message to Parliament announcing: "Confident in the support of Parliament for the due acknowledgement of our debt of gratitude and in thanksgiving for the life and example of a national hero" and concluded "I have directed that Sir Winston's body shall lie in State in Westminster Hall and that thereafter the funeral service shall be held in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul."Churchill's state funeral was attended by the Queen herself, other members of the royal family, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, and representatives of 112 countries. It was the first time in a century that a British monarch attended a commoner's funeral. This press photo once belonged toThe Daily Telegraph's working archive. During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events.Newspapers assembled expansive archives, including physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art.

London: Keystone Press Agency Ltd., September 1960. Photograph. This original press photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill arriving in Nice for holiday on 29 September 1960, his frailty evident as he is helped in disembarking from the aircraft. This image measures 10 x 8.125 in (25.4 20.6 cm) on glossy photo paper. Condition is very good minus. The paper is crisp and clean with only some minor edge wear, creases to the lower left and upper right corners, and light scuffing visible only under raking light. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Keystone Press Agency Ltd.” along with an additional stamp indicating that this is a foreign picture, a received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from September 1960, and a slightly wrinkled typed caption. The original caption is dated “30-9-60”, titled “SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ARRIVES ON FRENCH RIVIERA” and reads “KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: - SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL is helped from the aircraft – on arrival in NICE yesterday on way to his holiday as guest of millionaire Onassis at Monte Carlo.” On 28 September 1960 Churchill, along with Clementine and his private secretary, Montague Browne, left for holiday at the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, owned by Churchill’s friend, shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. There his spirits were revived with days spent painting. On 22 October he called on President de Gaulle in Nice where the two spent half an hour discussing world politics. As the image testifies, Churchill was clearly in decline. “Churchill’s family and closest friends watched his decline with infinite sadness. At times it was almost unbearable to see so great a life in such a reduced and ever dwindling span.” (Gilbert, VIII, p.1313) This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events. Newspapers assembled expansive archives, including physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art. This original press photograph was taken in the twilight of Churchill’s remarkable life and career. Winston S. Churchill was 80 years old when he resigned his second and final premiership on 5 April 1955. During the last decade of his long life, Churchill passed "into a living national memorial" of the time he had lived and the Nation, Empire, and free world he had served.  Just few weeks after returning to England from this holiday, , Churchill would visit his alma mater, Harrow School, giving what would prove to be his last speech in public. (Gilbert, VIII, p.1316) The day after Churchill died, on 25 January 1965, the Queen sent a message to Parliament announcing: "Confident in the support of Parliament for the due acknowledgement of our debt of gratitude and in thanksgiving for the life and example of a national hero" and concluded "I have directed that Sir Winston's body shall lie in State in Westminster Hall and that thereafter the funeral service shall be held in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.”  Churchill's state funeral was attended by the Queen herself, other members of the royal family, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, and representatives of 112 countries. It was the first time in a century that a British monarch attended a commoner’s funeral.

Hyde Park Gate, London: P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd. , 25 February 1961. Photograph. This original press photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill meeting the son and daughter of his bodyguard, Edmund Murray. This image measures 11.5 x 9.5 in (29.2 x 24.1 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is good plus. The paper is crisp, clean, and free of scuffing with only minor edge wear, original crop marks, and finger prints in the right margin original to the photograph’s developing. The verso bears the copyright stamp “P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd.”, a received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from February 1961, and a typed caption. The original caption is titled “THE NIGHT WILLIAM AND EILEEN MET SIR WINSTON” and reads in full “A smile, a word and a handshake from SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL… It’s a moment to remember for WILLIAM MURRAY, 10 1/2, and his 12-year-old sister EILEEN as they are presented to Sir Winston by their father, Detective-Sergeant EDMUND MURRAY (hatless, left), outside Sir Winston’s London home at Hyde Park Gate to-night (Saturday). Sir Winston and Sergeant Murray, his personal detective, had just driven in from London Airport. They had flown back from the Riviera after Sir Winston’s two-weeks’ holiday. February 25th 1961” Edmund Murray served in the Foreign Legion and the London Metropolitan Police before becoming Churchill’s bodyguard in 1950, a role that he filled until Churchill’s death in 1965. The two men shared a warm friendship and a mutual interest in amateur painting. It was to Murray that Churchill gifted the last painting he ever completed. At the Ninth International Churchill Conference of 13 June 1992 Murray spoke warmly of his former employer, “Ladies and gentleman, the Churchill I knew was the epitome of all that was ever good and fine in our island race, and he was always proud as well of his American heritage. Yes, he made mistakes, but then only those who do nothing do not. Always his aim was to make Britain great, and to join all European countries together as one in peace and freedom." This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events. Newspapers assembled expansive archives, including physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art. This original press photograph was taken in the twilight of Churchill’s remarkable life and career. Winston S. Churchill was 80 years old when he resigned his second and final premiership on 5 April 1955. During his final decade, Churchill passed "into a living national memorial" of the time he had lived and the Nation, Empire, and free world he had served.   The day after Churchill died, on 25 January 1965, the Queen sent a message to Parliament announcing: "Confident in the support of Parliament for the due acknowledgement of our debt of gratitude and in thanksgiving for the life and example of a national hero" and concluded "I have directed that Sir Winston's body shall lie in State in Westminster Hall and that thereafter the funeral service shall be held in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.”  Churchill's state funeral was attended by the Queen herself, other members of the royal family, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, and representatives of 112 countries. It was the first time in a century that a British monarch attended a commoner’s funeral.

London: Planet News Ltd., 9 December 1958. Photograph. This original press photograph shows Sir Winston S. Churchill smoking a cigar with his hearing aid prominently visible. This image measures 8.125 x 10 in (20.6 x 25.4 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is good plus. The paper is clean with a crease to the upper left corner, a closed tear to the left edge, and some lights scuffing visible only under racking light. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Planet News Ltd.”, a received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from December 1958 and a typed caption. The original caption is titled: “HEARING-AID FOR SIR WINSTON.” and reads “LONDON: The Grand Old Man, Sir Winston Churchill, bowing to the stresses of old age, now wears a hearing-aid. He is seen leaving No. 10 Downing St. today after he had lunched with his old colleague Harold Macmillan. Lady Churchill was with them, but she left early. The caption is dated “December 9th 1958”. Churchill does not seem to have been eager for his hearing loss to be made public; images of Churchill wearing a hearing aid are unusual. Churchill’s primary physician, Lord Moran, whose diaries were later published, first notes Churchill’s hearing loss in late 1944. Following Churchill’s second election to Prime Minister in 1951, Lord Moran wrote, “The election has played the devil with Winston’s hearing; his deafness has been much worse during the past fortnight.” (Churchill, taken from the diaries of Lord Moran, p. 372) Churchill was first fitted for a hearing device in 1952. As is so often the case with Churchill, the story is not without drama. Initially, Churchill’s hearing aids were made by an electronics company owned by Russian émigré Alexander Poliakoff who would visit Churchill at 10 Downing Street to ensure the device was properly working. In 1953 the Poliakoff contract was abruptly terminated due to MI5 concerns that the Soviets could place a bug on the Prime Minister through his hearing aid. This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events. Newspapers assembled expansive archives, including physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art. This original press photograph was taken in the twilight of Churchill’s remarkable life and career. Winston S. Churchill was 80 years old when he resigned his second and final premiership on 5 April 1955. He would be succeeded in the premiership by Anthony Eden, who was in turn succeeded by Harold Macmillan in January 1957. Both Eden and Macmillan had served in the Cabinet during both of Churchill’s premierships. During the last decade of his long life, Churchill passed "into a living national memorial" of the time he had lived and the Nation, Empire, and free world he had served. The day after Churchill died, on 25 January 1965, the Queen sent a message to Parliament announcing: "Confident in the support of Parliament for the due acknowledgement of our debt of gratitude and in thanksgiving for the life and example of a national hero" and concluded "I have directed that Sir Winston's body shall lie in State in Westminster Hall and that thereafter the funeral service shall be held in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.”  Churchill's state funeral was attended by the Queen herself, other members of the royal family, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, and representatives of 112 countries. It was the first time in a century that a British monarch attended a commoner’s funeral.

London: Keystone Press Agency Ltd., September 1961. Photograph. This original press photograph shows Sir Winston S. Churchill after arrival at London Airport on 4 September 1961, having returned home from a holiday at Monte Carlo. This image measures 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is very good. The image is clean, crisp, and free of scuffing with only some light wrinkling along the top edge. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Keystone Press Agency Ltd.”, a purple received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from September 1961, and a typed caption. The original caption is dated “4-9-61”, is titled “SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL RETURNS HOME. ARRIVAL AT LONDON AIRPORT.” and reads “KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS:- SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL seen in his car – at London Airport this afternoon when he returned from his Riviera holiday… Sir Winston had a slight fall when he boarded the aircraft in Nice – but was not hurt.” A letter written by Churchill in his own hand to his wife during the trip poignantly limns his decline: “My dearest Clemmie, Here is a letter in my own paw. All is vy pleasant and the days slip by… I find it vy hard to write a good letter and wonder at the rate with which my friends accomplish their daily tasks. It is amazing they can succeed so well. But now here I have written what is at least the expression of my love Darling. When I was young I wrote fairly well, but now at last I am played out. You have my fondest love…” On this trip, Churchill’s namesake grandson, now an undergraduate at Christ Churchill, Oxford, was with him. In a postscript to his letter to Clementine, Churchill wrote of young Winston: “I am daily astonished by the development I seen in my namesake. He is a wonderful boy. I am so glad I have got to know him.” (Gilbert, VIII, p.1328) This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events. Newspapers assembled expansive archives, including physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art. This original press photograph was taken in the twilight of Churchill’s remarkable life and career. Winston S. Churchill was 80 years old when he resigned his second and final premiership on 5 April 1955. During the last decade of his long life, Churchill passed "into a living national memorial" of the time he had lived and the Nation, Empire, and free world he had served.   The day after Churchill died, on 25 January 1965, the Queen sent a message to Parliament announcing: "Confident in the support of Parliament for the due acknowledgement of our debt of gratitude and in thanksgiving for the life and example of a national hero" and concluded "I have directed that Sir Winston's body shall lie in State in Westminster Hall and that thereafter the funeral service shall be held in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.”  Churchill's state funeral was attended by the Queen herself, other members of the royal family, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, and representatives of 112 countries. It was the first time in a century that a British monarch attended a commoner’s funeral.

London: Keystone Press Agency Ltd., 30 June 1962. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill raising his arm as he is being lifted out of an ambulance on 29 June 1962 outside of Middlesex Hospital, London, after his dramatic return from Monte Carlo via R.A.F. Comet. This image measures 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is very good. The paper is crisp with only some light bruising to the corners, original crop marks, and light scuffing visible only under raking light. This image features original, hand-applied retouching of Churchill’s face, hand, and sleeve. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Keystone Press Agency Ltd.”, a purple published stamp of The Daily Telegraph from April 1963 hand amended to read 2 April 1963, a clipping of the caption as it was printed in the newspaper, and handwritten printing notations. On the morning of 28 June 1962 while on holiday in Monte Carlo Winston Churchill slipped off the edge of his bed and broke his hip. At Monaco Hospital he was fitted with a plaster cast “enclosing his left leg, his stomach and his lower chest.” Churchill’s private secretary Montague Browne later recalled, “he sent everyone out of the room and said to me, ‘I want to die in England.’ I relayed this to No. 10. Harold Macmillan sent an RAF Comet to pick him up in Nice. The Monte Carlo doctors were furious and said that I was killing him.” (Gilbert Vol VIII, p. 1335) When he arrived in London Churchill was carried from the plane, giving the V sign while flat on a stretcher. Churchill’s hip was successfully pinned, and he remained in the hospital for his recovery. Each evening his doctor joined him for cigars and brandy, and his visitors included Eisenhower and Macmillan. He left the hospital on 21 August, returning to his house on Hyde Park Gate which had been newly renovated with a lift. This press photo once belonged to The Daily Telegraph’s working archive. During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events. Newspapers assembled expansive archives, including physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art. This original press photograph was taken in the twilight of Churchill’s remarkable life and career. Winston S. Churchill was 80 years old when he resigned his second and final premiership on 5 April 1955. During the last decade of his long life, Churchill passed "into a living national memorial" of the time he had lived and the Nation, Empire, and free world he had served. The day after Churchill died, on 25 January 1965, the Queen sent a message to Parliament announcing: "Confident in the support of Parliament for the due acknowledgement of our debt of gratitude and in thanksgiving for the life and example of a national hero" and concluded "I have directed that Sir Winston's body shall lie in State in Westminster Hall and that thereafter the funeral service shall be held in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.”  Churchill's state funeral was attended by the Queen herself, other members of the royal family, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, and representatives of 112 countries. It was the first time in a century that a British monarch attended a commoner’s funeral.

London: Copyright Keystone Press Agency Ltd., 14 November 1945. Photograph. This original November 1945 press photograph features a humorous image of a man lighting his cigar with a French novelty lighter modeled after the visage of Churchill and his iconic cigar. The photograph was received on 13 November 1945 for publication in the following evening’s papers. It measures 8.25 x 6 inches (20.96 x 15.24 cm). The glossy photo paper shows some mild curling, trivial edge wear, and light surface wear visible only under raking light. Some crinkling appears on the left border and extends about an inch into the photograph. The verso features an original typed caption stipulating "FOR PUBLICATION IN THE EVENING PAPERS OF WEDNESDAY Nov. 14th 1945" and titled "LATEST FRENCH NOVELTY - CHURCHILL CIGAR LIGHTER". The caption reads "KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: France hasn't forgotten Mr. Churchill. From NR (sic) an invention by GROUPCAT, people now light their cigars from a table lighter modeled in the shape of Mr. Churchill smoking his famous cigar." The caption provides an identification number and specifies a "REPRODUCTION FEE" for "London Evenings & Dailies". Below the caption and directly on the verso is a "RECEIVED" stamp dated "13 NOV 1945", a "REPRODUCTION FEE" stamp, and the stamp of "KEYSTONE Press Agency Ltd." of London. There’s no shortage of odd Churchill tchotchkes, ranging from tea cozies to bad porcelain figurines, but the table lighter might be a contender for the strangest one we’ve seen. The slip attached to the verso reads, “FRANCE HASN’T FORGOTTEN | MR. CHURCHILL. FROM AN INVENTION BY | GROUPCAT, PEOPLE NOW LIGHT THEIR OWN CIGARS FROM | A TABLE LIGHTER MODELED IN THE SHAPE OF MR. CHURCHILL SMOKING HIS FAMOUS CIGAR.” Of course, the French could and should not have forgotten Churchill. A lifelong Francophile, during Churchill’s Second World War premiership he harbored both the unsubstantiated fantasy of French sovereignty and the petulant hubris of the galling Charles de Gaulle. On 25 August, 1944, at the Hotel de Ville in Paris, de Gaulle gave a speech proclaiming a “Paris liberated! Liberated by itself, liberated by its people with the help of the French armies, with the support and the help of all France…” An amusing puff indeed.

London: Central Press Photos Ltd., February 1956. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Sir Winston S. Churchill attending the 21 February 1956 funeral of Lord Trenchard, the first Chief of Air Staff and instrumental in firmly establishing the Royal Air Force. This image measures 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is very good minus. The paper is crisp, clean, and free of scuffing. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Central Press Photos Ltd.”, a received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from February 1956, and a typed caption. The original caption is titled “FUNERAL OF LORD TRENCHARD” and reads “21.2.56 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL leaving the Abbey after attending the funeral service of Marshall of the Royal Air Force, Lord Trenchard.” One year Churchill’s senior, Hugh Montague Trenchard (1873-1956) was a central figure in the development of the RAF. Like Churchill, Trenchard had served as a cavalry officer. In 1912, after two decades of military service, Trenchard learned to fly. At the Central Flying School in Upavon he again met Churchill, an old polo opponent. They shared both personal passion for flying and a keen, perceptive interest in flight’s military potential. The First World War saw Trenchard command the Royal Flying Corps in France. In 1918 he served briefly as Britain’s first Chief of the Air Staff. He returned to the post in 1919 at the invitation of then Secretary of State for War and Air, Winston Churchill, remaining until 1930. He spent the decade securing and shaping the RAF that would play such a crucial role in the next world war. Both Churchill and Trenchard might lay claim to fathering the RAF. In the immediate aftermath of the First World War, Churchill and Trenchard labored together to firmly establish and viably sustain the fledgling service. At that time, "The Air Ministry was small and new; it had few friends." (Gilbert, Vol. IV, p. 208) Nonetheless, both men overcame resistance to build resources and organizational capacity. "The problem of forming the Royal Air Force on a peace basis differs in many essentials from that which confronts the older services. The necessities of war created it in a night, but the economies of peace have to a large extent caused it to wither in a day, and we are now faced with the necessity of replacing it with a plant of deeper root." (Churchill & Trenchard, Permanent Organization of the Royal Air Force, 1919) Churchill and Trenchard’s vision of air power as integral to an effective future military was prescient; two decades later, Prime Minister Winston Churchill would famously praise the British pilots ("Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.") who played the vital role in preventing Nazi invasion. Even before the First World War, Churchill was fully engaged in powered flight’s possibilities. As first Lord of the Admiralty, he “sought out the small band of adventurous officers who were the pioneers of naval aviation” and “In 1912 he founded the Royal Naval Air Service – a precursor of the Royal Flying Corps and, later, the Royal Air Force… Because of his efforts, England became the first country to equip a plane with a machine gun, and the first to launch an airborne torpedo.” (Manchester, The Last Lion, Vol. I, p.444) Churchill’s farewell to Trenchard in February 1956 came in the twilight of Churchill’s own life. Less than a year before, on 5 April 1955, Churchill had resigned his second and final premiership at the age of 80. During his final decade, Churchill passed "into a living national memorial" of the time he had lived and the Nation, Empire, and free world he had served. As can be read in Churchill’s countenance in this image, he would spend his final decade saying goodbye to many things - friends and colleagues, the power and majesty of Imperial Britain, and his own vitality and place in world affairs. Churchill’s own death came on 24 January 1965, honored with a remarkably elaborate state funeral.

London: Copyright by N. P. A. Rota, supplied by Graphic Photo Union, published by The Daily Telegraph, 1941. Photograph. This original Second World War press photograph shows British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill on 7 January 1941 accepting presentation of Canada’s “Victory Torch” at 10 Downing Street. Churchill’s countenance in profile in this image is noteworthy for being particularly crisp, with him looking down, smoke curling up from the end of the lit cigar clenched between his teeth, as the Canadian dignitary looks on. The gelatin silver print is on glossy photo paper measuring 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm). The condition is very good with a clean, crisp appearance, light wear confined to the white margins. The verso features an oval ink stamp attributing the copyright to “N. P. A. ROTA” and indicates that the image was “SUPPLIED BY GRAPHIC PHOTO UNION”. A second ink stamp confirms that the image was “RECEIVED” by The Daily Telegraph Art Department on “1 July 1941”. An original typed caption tipped onto the verso is titled “PRESENTATION OF CANADA’S “VICTORY TORCH” TO THE PRIME MINISTER AT NO 10 DOWNING STREET.” The caption text reads: “Canada’s ‘Torch of Victory’ which arrived in England on Saturday last was brought by air [xx] to this country by Mr Ian Mackenzie, Canadian Minister of Pensions. The torch which passed through the Dominions chief cities to arouse interest in the Canadian War Loan was this afternoon presented by Mr Mackenzie to the Prime Minister. P.S. [Ian Mackenzie crossed out] Mr Winston Churchill reading the roll of the names of Mayors which was sent over in the torch. I/7/41.” In two places the typed caption is hand-emended. This press photo once belonged to the working archive of The Daily Telegraph. During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events. Newspapers assembled expansive archives, including physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art.

This original press photograph captures then-Leader of the Opposition Winston S. Churchill on 7 April 1949 upon his return to England from his trip to America, where he addressed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The gelatin silver print on matte photo paper measures 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm). Condition is very good. The paper is clean and the image clear with only some light wear to the edges. This photograph features hand-applied retouching to Churchill's face and clothes and painted crop markings. The verso features the copyright stamp of "The Associated Press Ltd." beneath a typed caption titled "WINSTON HOME" and reading, "MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, HIS WIFE AND FAMILY PARTY ARRIVED AT SOUTHAMPTON ABOARD THE "QUEEN MARY" TODAY APRIL 7 AFTER THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA, WHERE MR. CHURCHILL ADDRESSED THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. THE QUEEN MARY WAS 24 HOURS LATE, HAVING BEEN DELAYED BY BAD WEATHER OFF CHERBOURG. PHOTO SHOWS: MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL DISEMBARKS FROM THE "ROMSEY", TENDER IN WHICH HE WAS TAKEN FROM THE QUEEN MARY TO THE QUAYSIDE." The caption provides identification numbers for the photo and attributed it to "ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON". There are additional hand-written notations on the verso.In the spring of 1949, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology held an international convocation to explore some of the principal pressing problems that had been raised by science for the twentieth century. Forty leading scientists and scholars met to discuss these implications of scientific progress. Among the speeches delivered was Churchill's, titled "The Twentieth Century - Its Promise and Its Realization," which he delivered at the start of the convocation. Churchill's speech was a tour de force survey of the period 1900-1945 that is, at once, incisive and lyrical, humbling and inspiring: "In 1900 a sense of moving hopefully forward to brighter, broader, easier days predominated. Little did we guess that what has been called the Century of the Common Man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries put together in the history of the world. but it is not in the power of material forces in any period. to alter the main elements in human nature or restrict the infinite variety of forms in which the soul and genius of the human race can and will express itself." During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events.Newspapers assembled expansive archives, with physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art.