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Chicago City HallThe City Hall and Court House covers an entre block in the center of the city, and cost more than ten million dollars. Date: 1916
Chicago Stock YardsUnion stock yards, Chicago, handle 14+ million cattle, hogs, sheep and horses in 1914. Upton Sinclairs The Jungle describes the dreadful conditions. Date: 1916
10000000 Mark noteThe hyperinflation the Weimar Republic Front of a Banknote on 10 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 25/7 1923. Date: 1923
2000000 Mark noteThe hyperinflation the Weimar Republic. Front of a Banknote on 2 000 000 Mark editedin Berlin 9/8 1923. Date: 1923
20000000 Mark noteThe hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 20 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 18/9 1923. Date: 1921-1923
1000000 Mark noteThe hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 1 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 9/8 1923. Date: 1921-1923
Anti-French cartoon, Prime Minister Viviani, WW1An anti-French cartoon by a German cartoonist, depicting the French Prime Minister Rene Viviani as the head of a travelling circus, encouraging people to roll up
Chicago Railway StationThe new Chicago and Northwestern railway station, the second largest in the USA, able to handle a quarter million passengers a day on 16 railroad tracks. Date: 1916
Chicago Post OfficeNothing in Chicago is modest : the Post Office built in 1905 occupies an entre city block and cost 5 million dollars. Date: 1916
Chicago Union Station(under construction) - terminal of Pennsylvania, Burlington, Alton and St Paul railways - estimated cost 65 million dollars. Date: 1916
Art Institute ChicagoAttracting one million visitors each year, this is Americas most popular museum until they build Washingtons Air & Space museum. Date: 1916
Chicago BankAmerican banks are not like your High Street Barclays : this is Chicagos New Continental and Commercial National Bank which will cost 6 million dollars in 1916. Date: 1916
50000000 Mark noteThe hyperinflation the Weimar Republic. Front of a Banknote on 50 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 25/7 1923. Date: 1923
The Dolly Sisters in The Million Dollar DolliesAdvertising lobby card (1 of 2) for the film The Million Dollar Dollies starring the Dolly Sisters, 1918 (the Dolly Sisters and Dolores Cassinelli as the Princess) 1918
Zip Goes a Million theatre programmeTheatre programme front cover designed by Arthur Ferrier with George Formby, star of the musical revue, Zip Goes a Million, playing his banjo, wearing a crown and trailing a number of enthusiastic
Zip Goes a Million / George FormbyColour theatre programme cover for a music revue, Zip Goes a Million with George Formby in a starring role. The front cover picture depicts a caricature of George playing his banjo
Poster advertising The Million Dollar Girl, a theatre production by Con Conrad and Alfred Zeitlin
German Workers Re-erecting a Free Passage Sign, Berlin, 19Photograph showing German workers re-erecting a Russian and German sign declaring Free Passage on the border between West Berlin and the Soviet Sector at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949
Interior of a Transport Airplane filled with coal, 1948Photograph showing the interior of a Dakota airplane loaded with kitbags full of coal, destined for Berlin during the airlift of 1948
Unloading an airplane, Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948Photograph showing a generator set being unloaded from a York aircraft at Gatow Airport, during the Berlin Airlift, 1948. Between April 1948 and May 1949 Stalin, leader of the USSR
Royal Air Force York at Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1949Photograph showing a Royal Air Force York transport airplane, after landing at Gatow Airport, carrying the millionth ton of supplies during the Berlin Airlift of 1949
Exchanging Clothes at a Second-hand Depot, Berlin, 1948Photograph showing several citizens of West Berlin bringing their old woollen garments to a second-hand clothing depot, Berlin, August 1948
West Berlin Train Crew Prepare to Travel, Berlin, 1949Photograph showing the crew of a West Berlin locomotive hoisting the banner Greetings to Western Germany onto the front of their train at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949
The First Bus out of West Berlin after the Blockade, 1949Photograph showing the first civilian bus to leave West Berlin after the end of the Soviet blockade, May 1949. The bus shown was heading for Hanover and proudly bore the banner Hurra
Citizens of West Berlin outside the Schoeneberg Town Hall, 1Photograph showing up to 500, 000 West Berliners gathered outside the Schoeneberg Town Hall to celebrate the end of the Berlin Blockade, 12th May 1949
The Statistics Board at Frankfurt Airport during the BerlinPhotograph showing American aircrew studying the achievement board at Frankfurt-on-Main showing the daily and overall tonnage of supplies flown from Frankfurt to Berlin, during the airlift of 1948
Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948Photograph showing a York transport airplane at Gatow Airport, during the Berlin Airlift, 1948. In the background of the image, extension work on the runway can be seen being undertaken
The East-West Frontier in Berlin, 1949Photograph showing a West Berlin policeman (on left) talking to a Soviet Sector policeman over an East-West frontier barrier, in Berlin, 1949
Map at the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the Berlin AirliPhotograph showing a large wall map of Berlin and its air corridors, in the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the airlift of 1948
German Boys on a disused Railway, Berlin, 1948Photograph showing two German boys playing on a railway track leading into the American Sector of West Berlin, November 1948
French National LoanLong queues form when the French government announces an Emprunt (loan) of 429 million francs
Blown-up bridge in WarsawA bridge over the Vistula at Warsaw, blown up by the Russians in their retreat through Poland. In May 1915, the combined forces of Austria-Hungary
America, Street View in San Francisco, from a sketch by a coSan Franciscos commerce was growing by the day in 1850, as gold fever reached its height. Four rivers produced gold worth over 30 million dollars in the last 5 months of 1850
German Limbless SoldierA German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs. With around one million amputees worldwide following the First World War
The Tsar saluting troopsPhotograph showing Tsar Nicholas II saluting troops during army manouevres. Russia was traditionally seen as the protector of the Slavs and after Austria attacked Hungary in 1914 mobilised troops
Cross-Channel Ferry Dragon, November 1967Illustration of the passenger / vehicle cross-Channel ferry Dragon, November 1967. Built for 2-million in 1967, she was the largest contemporary Channel ferry
Polish refugeesAn exodus of Polish peasants from the Warsaw area of Poland. Around 10 million refugees accompanied the Russian army as it retreated through Galicia
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The Civil War in America: Riots in New YorkDestructiion of the coloured orphan asylum. Anti-draft riots in New York caused at least 120 deaths and $2 million worth of damage
Chicago Stockyards 15Every year, between 3 and 4 million cows enter the Chicago stockyards, ending up as carcases in refrigerated rooms before being despatched to their destinations
Pyramid of Cheops / GizaThe Pyramid of Cheops at Giza. 146.6 metres high, 13 acre base, 6 million tonnes of stone, 20 years in construction
The Great Wool-floor at the London DocksThe great wool-floor at the London Docks. The London Dock Company enlarged the warehouse for receiving wool imports from the colonies in the 1840 s
Oil Cook Stove 1919The New Perfection Oil Cook Stove is used by 3 million American housewives - You, too, should have a dependable New Perfection !
Club Des JacobinsOriginally a group of Breton deputies, the Jacobins take their name from their HQ in an old convent : with some half million members, they hold uncompromising views
the fires that spread across the city of San Francisco fromThe conflagration which swept across the city from the harbour shore. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale
A burning street after the San Francisco earthquakeA burning street in San Francisco, a few men try to reach their offices to salvage what they can. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale