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Central America - Gold Mining - Lantern Slide seriesGold Mining in Central America - A coloured lantern slide of two small white buildings in a hilly landscape, with trees and various foliage in the foreground.. Slide from Box 270B. Date: circa 1900
Destruction of rainforest: preparation for oil-palm plantation which replaces rainforest in a river-valley, (Elaeis guineensis). Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June
German inventions for war on land by G. H. DavisThe ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war on land. Illustrating the German armys exploitation of scientific and technical inventions during the Second World War. Date: 1945
Tippoo Tib (1837-1905)Photograph of Tippoo Tib, then Chief of the Manyema, c.1887. His real name was Hamid ibn Mohammed and he was an African-Arab adventurer and warrior, who controlled a large section of Central Africa
A Burmese Oilfield - showing a vast forest of wooden drilling rigs. Date: circa 1910s
Wind-tunnel model of Nord N600 from Air Bus Compraison de Configurations (Exploitation des essays a
United States (19th c. ). Oil exploitation in" United States (19th c.). Oil exploitation in Pennsylvania. Picture from " L Illustration". Engraving."
Java Textiles FactoryYoung girls working in a textiles factory, Java, Dutch East Indies, guarded by foremen. Date: 1930s
Rent, Profit and Interest, supported by two minersA propaganda cartoon by W E Jones, made for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union. It shows three plump gentlemen representing Rent, Profit and Interest
Production and Plunder, campaigning statisticsA slide entitled Production & Plunder, used for a lecture about the South Wales Miners Federation. Statistics are listed, comparing the royalties on the use of coal on the luxury steamer
Stanley and Tippoo Tib leaving Matadi, 1887Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre right on horse) and Tippoo Tib (1837-1905) (right of Stanley, with sword) leaving Matadi, on the Congo river, 1887
Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls, Lualaba River, cPhotograph of Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls on the Lualaba River, c.1887. Stanley Falls are now known as the Boyoma Falls and are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Advertising ChristmasChildren carrying boards like sandwichmen advertise the coming of Christmas
Solicitor cheating a coupleAn elderly couple are cheated by a solicitor