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Months of the year. August. Depicting Ceres who in Roman mythology embodied agriculture and growth. Date: circa 1903
The Tatcho Bomb by Heath RobinsonIn this Heath Robinson cartoon, the Germans fill large balls with Tatcho, a popular hair growth product, and hit the British lines with catapults. Chaos ensues, in the British forces. Date: 1915
Growth of the big ship by G. H. DavisGrowth of the big ship: examples now being built by the great naval powers. A diagram illustrating the latest ships produced by France, Germany, the USA, Britain, Russia, Italy and Austria
Growth of the US Navy by G. H. DavisThe rapid growth of the US Navy during the Second World War: the vast array of warships built since the beginning of 1940. Showing US warships, from submarines to battleships. Date: 1945
Advert Mellins fresh milk for babiesMellins food, fresh cows milk food infants, medical opinion places the superiority of fresh milk over dried milk foods beyond all question. Date: 1916
Healthcare for children under five years 1947If your child is under five. Issued by the Ministry of Food. It isn t only the tiny baby, but the child right up to five years, who needs cod liver oil and orange juice every day
Tree growing in damaged stand at Manchester UnitedThe damaged main stand at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United Football Club. W G Roughton views the tree that grew in the Grandstand. Date: 1944
Growth of big German liners by G. H. DavisThe growth of the big German liners: how they are spreading into the great ocean passenger routes. A comparison of German and British examples
Bringing home some jumbo spudsA farmer brings home a splendid crop of giant potatoes.... Date: circa 1910s
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns homeEvacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s
Tree atop a chimney - Burlington Sugar Estate, JamaicaTree growing out of an old chimney on the Burlington Sugar Estate, Jamaica Date: circa 1910
The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton Girls SchoolThe tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton School - an Independent Girls school near Bristol. Pictured are Mertyl Webb-Johnson (the shorter) and Mary Feaver (the taller)
Chart shewing growth of racing speeds, 1895 to 1906 Date: circa 1906
Woodland animalsPage 32 and 33 from Introducing Ecology Nature at Work
Marcasite comprises of (iron sulphide). It is similar in appearance to pyrite, but has a different structural composition
Raphanus spp. radish and Daucus carota, carrotWatercolour of a radish with intertwined growth & carrot also intertwined by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever
Dendritic gold growthGold (Au) is an elemental metal. Dendritic or branching gold growth on a specimen from Hopes Nose, Devon, England, length 5cm
Adult gall waspGall wasps are dark-coloured tiny insects only a few millimetres long. Most gall wasps form galls which are abnormal growths on a plant or tree which develop as a result of the attack
Adult gall waspsGall wasps are dark-coloured tiny insects only a few millimetres long. Most gall wasps form galls which are abnormal growths on a plant or tree which develop as a result of the attack
Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1942Ready for anything ! His mother took the best advice and gave her child the food that has won a supreme reputation all over the world
Advert for Cadburys Bournville Cocoa 1941It gives you: Extra food value. - Iron - the blood enricher. - Phosphates - for healthy growth. - Aid to digestion. - Vitamin D - vital to health. Date: 1941
The British Empire at War: The growth between 1914 - 1916An Illustration attempting to reflect the growth of the British Army, Navy, overseas and the industrial forces, during the years 1914 - 1916
National Savings - Growth up to 1945See how your Savings Certificates have grown already The healthy growth of value of National Savings plotted against a growing boy. Date: 1945
Ireland / GlengarriffGlengariff, the lovely land- locked harbour in County Cork, Ireland, where the vegetation luxuriates in the warmth of the Gulf Stream and the growth is almost tropical. Date: 1950s
Weatherbeaten HawthorneGone With The Wind. This quaint formation of a hawthorne tree shows how the prevailing wind - westerly - affects the growth. Taken at Bude, Cornwall, England. Date: 1930s
Healthcare for children under five years 1948Issued by the Ministry of Food, to make adults aware what food and drink to give their under fives, so they will grow healthy
Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growthThe dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites. The amphitheatre grand stands at the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun in British Honduras(today Belize)
British Naval personnel, 1913An illustration attempting to reflect the growth in the number of personnel in the British Navy, which, according to First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill
Growth of the Worlds DreadnoughtsThe Dreadnought Fever visualised in The Sphere by diagrammatic illustrator, G. H. Davis showing the huge growth in the building of dreadnoughts (all-big-gun battleships)
Surgery on a North African ladyEuropean surgeons operate on a North African lady. Date: circa 1930s
Population Postcard 1930French postcard encouraging population growth - If France is to live, join the Alliance against depopulation... Date: 1930s
Market garden produceA selection of market vegetables including artichokes, displayed in baskets in front of greenhouses and vegetable plots
Alices Adventures Underground: Alice growsAlice after she has grown large in the house of the white rabbit. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground, his story that pre-dated Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Great Scot, Some GrowthA comment on the impressive growth of contribution by Canada to the Allied effort during World War I. The towering Canadian soldier here is a symbol of numerical force
Encouraging MarriageNapoleon encourages population growth by presenting dowries to 28 happy couples at Notre Dame de Paris
Map / Europe / Germany 1866The growth of Prussia between 1815 and 1866
Underground HarvestingCrops will be cultivated underground under ideal conditions, using chemicals to enable accelerated growth and so greatly enhance production
Advert / Hair Growth CapA remarkable invention for the culture of hair, the Evans Vacuum Cap promises a new healthy growth of hair or your money back
Sclerotium ClavusERGOT of rye seed, a diseased transformation by a fungus, which can lead to poisoning by contaminated bread. Right : TILLETIA CARIES, another harmful growth
Hideous DeformityHideous growth observed and reported by Dr Georg Abraham Mercklin, German physician
Tunguska Kulik CampKuliks winter quarters near the Southern swamp. New growth rivals the older trees that perished in the blast