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Eighty Collection

Background imageEighty Collection: Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant - Blackpool, Lancashire

Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant - Blackpool, Lancashire
The decaying hulk of Horatio Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant wrecked on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire. On 16 June 1897 during a violent storm when under tow

Background imageEighty Collection: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great Change

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great Change
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Cretaceous Period - a time of great change, about 80 Million Years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton)

Background imageEighty Collection: Belgium Indepence - Patriotic Postcard

Belgium Indepence - Patriotic Postcard
The first 80 years of Belgian Indepence (1831-1911) celebrated in this patriotic postcard featuring the King and other Royal family members past and present plus technological advances

Background imageEighty Collection: Edward, HRH Prince of Wales wearing the Robes of the Garter

Edward, HRH Prince of Wales wearing the Robes of the Garter
Edward, HRH Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII 1894-1972) wearing the Robes of the Garter. Taken at Windsor Castle by David Knights Whittome on June 10th 1911 after the Investiture

Background imageEighty Collection: Ambrogio Spinola

Ambrogio Spinola
A portrait painting of the 1st Marquess of Los Balbases and 1st Duke of Sesto, Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1569-1630. He was an Italian condottiero of Genoa

Background imageEighty Collection: Phileas Fogg is the protagonist in the 1872 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days

Phileas Fogg is the protagonist in the 1872 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Date: 1872

Background imageEighty Collection: The Taking of Zutphen, Siege of Zutphen (present day Gelderland, Netherlands)

The Taking of Zutphen, Siege of Zutphen (present day Gelderland, Netherlands), 19-30 May 1591, part of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)

Background imageEighty Collection: Saxon, shears, marsh dagger, brown-spot pinion, white-line

Saxon, shears, marsh dagger, brown-spot pinion, white-line
Saxon moth, Hyppa rectilinea 1, shears moth, Hada plebeja 2, 3, marsh dagger, Acronicta strigosa 4, brown-spot pinion, Agrochola litura 5, white-line dart, Euxoa nigrofusca 6, Opigena polygona 7

Background imageEighty Collection: Horse and knight in amour

Horse and knight in amour
Sir Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565 - 1635), English military leader during the Eighty Years War and the Thirty Years War. Riding a armoured horse

Background imageEighty Collection: Cartoon, 80 in the Shade

Cartoon, 80 in the Shade. circa 1833

Background imageEighty Collection: Young Prince william on a swing, pushed by Prince Charles

Young Prince william on a swing, pushed by Prince Charles
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982-present), pictured here as a young child aged between three and four on a swing being pushed by his father Prince Charles (1948-Present) in 1985 Date: 1985

Background imageEighty Collection: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on a bench

Prince Charles and Princess Diana on a bench
Prince Charles (1948-Present) and Princess Diana (1961-1967) pictured sitting on a bench during 1985, likely watching their son William Date: 1985

Background imageEighty Collection: Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Sack of Antwerp (4 November 1

Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Sack of Antwerp (4 November 1576) by Spanish tercios during the reign of Philip II of Spain. Facsimile of a copper engraving of F. Hogenberg. Colored

Background imageEighty Collection: Royal Family- Prince Charles, William and princess Diana

Royal Family- Prince Charles, William and princess Diana
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982-present), pictured here as a young child aged between three and four on a bench inbetween his parents Prince Charles (1948-Present)

Background imageEighty Collection: A young Prince William on a swing next to his parents

A young Prince William on a swing next to his parents
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982-present), pictured here as a young child aged between three and four on a swing next to his parents Prince Charles (1948-Present) and Princess Diana (1961-1967)

Background imageEighty Collection: The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945

The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945
Photograph showing the Empire State Building on fire, between the eighty-fifth and ninetieth floors, as a result of a Mitchell bomber accidently crashing into the building, 28th July 1945

Background imageEighty Collection: The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of G

The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of G
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen (c.1577-1633). Dutch painter. The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, c.1621. Detail. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Background imageEighty Collection: Albert Verwey (1865-1937). Dutch poet. Portrait by Jan Veth

Albert Verwey (1865-1937). Dutch poet. Portrait by Jan Veth
Albert Verwey (1865-1937). Dutch poet. Portrait, 1885, by Jan Veth (1864-1925). Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Background imageEighty Collection: Sir Winston Churchills eighty adventurous years

Sir Winston Churchills eighty adventurous years
Article by Sir Charles Petrie with accompanying photographs celebrating the 80th birthday of Sir Winston Churchill. Photographs from top to bottom: Mr Randolph Churchill with his son

Background imageEighty Collection: Scenes from the life of Sir Winston Churchill

Scenes from the life of Sir Winston Churchill
Eighty adventurous years: scenes from an eventful life- Sir Winston Churchill from infancy to the fulfilment of his great destiny. In celebration of Churchills 80th birthday on 30th November 1954

Background imageEighty Collection: Prince Charles and William in a garden

Prince Charles and William in a garden
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982-present), pictured here as a young child aged between three and four, next to his father Prince Charles (1949-present) in a garden during 1985. Date: 1985

Background imageEighty Collection: Young Prince William infront of Media

Young Prince William infront of Media
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982-present), pictured here as a young child aged between three and four, next to his father Prince Charles (1949-present) infront of media Date: 1985

Background imageEighty Collection: Prince William as a young child

Prince William as a young child
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982-present), pictured here as a young child aged between three and four, playing in garden with a ball Date: 1985

Background imageEighty Collection: German lottery game

German lottery game
A German lottery game, Neues Bilder Lotterie Spiel. With eighty miniature pictograms depicting various technologies, including a balloon. circa early 19th century

Background imageEighty Collection: Blackwells Island, East River, New York

Blackwells Island, East River, New York from Eighty Sixth Street, New York, America Date: 1862

Background imageEighty Collection: Respectfully dedicated to loyal subjects of liberty who pave

Respectfully dedicated to loyal subjects of liberty who paved the way to womans enfranchisement in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Background imageEighty Collection: Eighty-three year old settler to be resettled, near Chillico

Eighty-three year old settler to be resettled, near Chillicothe, Ohio. Date 1936 Apr

Background imageEighty Collection: Interior of cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads

Interior of cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads, showing some of the eighty homesteaders at their work and some of the ladies coats made by them. Hightstown, New Jersey. Date 1936 Nov

Background imageEighty Collection: Boy scouts at The Sketch offices

Boy scouts at The Sketch offices
Photograph of a party of boy scouts from South-East London, invited to the offices of The Illustrated London News and Sketch in 1911

Background imageEighty Collection: Chicago in 1833

Chicago in 1833
Eighty years ago the place where now stands a city of over 2, 000, 000 people was little more than a trading post... No other city has grown with such rapidity. Date: 1916

Background imageEighty Collection: Wolseley car advertisement, 1950

Wolseley car advertisement, 1950
Advertisement for Wolseley cars, featuring the Six Eighty - long, low, graceful, it fits in the Ritz entrance...fives company but never a crowd

Background imageEighty Collection: The Flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, February 193

The Flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, February 193
Photograph of the 37-ton flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris during public trials on the Etang de Biscarosse in the Landes, France

Background imageEighty Collection: The Grasshopper

The Grasshopper
A cross-bow device, nicknamed, La Sauterelle or The Grasshopper, used by French soldiers to throw bombs twenty to eighty metres from the trenches

Background imageEighty Collection: The peak of Ngaurrhoe, New Zealands only active volcano

The peak of Ngaurrhoe, New Zealands only active volcano
Volcanic activity within eighty miles of Napier earthquake area. The peaks of Ngaurhoe in the Tongariro National Park giving off a spectacular display of smoke

Background imageEighty Collection: Creswell colliery, where eighty men perished in a fire. Aeri

Creswell colliery, where eighty men perished in a fire. Aeri
Creswell colliery where eighty miners perished in a fire at the junction of two conveyer belts. An aerial view showing ambulances approaching the pithead and anxious families gathered at the offices


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