Prior Collection (#3)

DEATH/REGIONAL/CELTIC
A singer chants a vocero, the lament for the dead, over the body of a warrior, prior to his burial

Government Aircraft Factories N. 22 Nomad VH-UVI
Government Aircraft Factories N.22 Nomad VH-UVI, with Australian registration, prior to delivery to the Royal Thai Air Force. Date: circa 1983

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1 XX162
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1 XX162 (msn 009/312009), at the 1976 SBAC Farnborough Airshow from 5-12 September 1976. prior to customer delivery. Date: 1976

de Havilland Dove AP-AGJ
de Havilland Dove 2B AP-AGJ (msn 04084), of Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. at Karachi Airport, in storage, prior to sale in the UK, with Dove G-AJBI and Heron G-AOGO of Morton Air Services

BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk. 84 G-AYHS 314
BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk.84 G-AYHS / 314 (msn EEP/JP/1934, RSingAF 314 ), of the Republic of Singapore Air Force prior to delivery, at the 1970 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, on 11 September 1970

Lockheed T-33A 53-5265, in storage, prior to delivery to the Hellenic Air Force. Date: 1955

Bill of Rights ratified before Coronation of William & Mary
The Bill of Rights ratified prior to the Coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II Date: 1689

Macedonian Gipsies at Royston, Hertfordshire
Groups of Roma Gypsies came to England from Germany Eastern Europe just prior to the First World War and again after tensions in the 1930s

Arrest of one of the Illustrated London Newss special artists, Melton Prior, at Ragusa (Dubrovnik) by Austrian police where he was detained a short time. Date: 1875

World War II fires burning on Tarakan Island Borneo
World War II vintage photograph - fires burning on Tarakan Island Borneo prior to invasion

Pilot Officer T G W Appleby in a Talbot Ten Sports Tourer - photographed outside the Clement Talbot Motor Works prior to competing in the Monte Carlo Rally (he finished 64th)

White Hart Inn, Southwark
This historic Southwark coaching inn is long gone, but a plaque marks the spot. The address is White Hart Inn Yard, 62 Borough High Street in 1869 and earlier, prior to street renumbering. Date: 1875

Old Rectory Stoke Newington
View of the Old Rectory, Stoke Newington, London just prior to its demolition. It was a weatherboard building on the south side of Church Street opposite the church. Date: 1875

St Mary Abbots Church
Interior of St Mary Abbots church in Kensington Church Street, prior to its demolition and rebuilding in 1872 designed by Sir Gilbert Scott. Date: 1875

Maidens defending a castle from invading knights, 13th C
Maidens defending a crenellated castle from invading knights by throwing flowers, from a carved ivory mirror. Women combing their hair and making floral wreath from a parchment drawing 13th century

Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling Company
Captain Oliver Woodward was one of the heroes of the underground war at Hill 60. He had trained as a mining engineer and during his military career won the MC and two bars

Prior Park Industrial School, Bath - Swimming Bath
Boys in the swimming bath at the Prior Park Industrial School, Bath. Date: circa 1920

St Pancras Church, Chichester, West Sussex, prior to its 1869 rebuild. circa early 1860s

Motor racing champion Major Sir Henry Seagrave prior to his death in a speedboat on Lake Windermere, Lake District, June 1930. 1930

Columbus at the La Rabida Monastery in Palos Spain 1475. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) sits talking to his young son Diego

Matthew Prior - England cricketer Date: 1990s - 2000s

Old Spread Eagle Tavern 1865
Old Spread Eagle Tavern, Gracechurch Street, London, about to be demolished in 1865. Date: 1865

Priors door, Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, dating back to the 11th century, showing detail of ornate stone carving. Date: circa 1900s

Loading Bombs onto an RAF Bomber prior to a patrol flight. Date: circa 1940

Slaves for sale, New Orleans, 1861
Engraving showing a row of slaves, lined up prior to auction in New Orleans, USA, 1861. Seven men in top hats and suits, four women in calico dresses and two children are ready to be sold

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S. 50 425
South African Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.50 425, at an airshow in the UK, prior to delivery, circa 1965. Date: circa 1965

Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander G-51-56 (msn 136), on 6 March 1970, at Ford airfield, prior to delivery to Air Tahiti. G-51-56: Britten-Norman F-OCOZ: Air Tahiti N6522T: 28 August 1990 N6522T

Bell 47G-3B-1 N73955 (msn 2825), of Bell Helicopters, prior to delivery. Date: circa 1963

Cessna F172 616
Royal Saudi Air Force - Cessna F172 616, at Hurn airport, prior to delivery. Date: circa 1965

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar 51-2702
United States Air Force - Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar 51-2702 (msn 10691), seen at an air display in the UK, prior to, or during, delivery to the Belgian AF as CP-11, radio call sign OT-CAK

United States Air Force - Lockheed T-33A 53-5903
United States Air Force - Lockheed T-33A-1-LO 53-5903 (msn 580-9379), in storage prior to delivery to the Hellenic Air Force. Date: circa 1955

Indian Air Force - Folland Gnat - Ajeet - IE-1071
Indian Air Force- Folland Gnat (Ajeet) IE-1071 (msn FL-30), at an airshow in the UK prior to delivery to India. Date: 1964

United States Air Force - Bell P-59B Airacomet 44-22650
United States Air Force - Bell P-59B-1-BE Airacomet 44-22650 (msn 27-58) at Wright-Patterson AFB. 30 October 1944 :taken on strength by USaF, (delivered prior to contract cancellation)

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

United States Navy - Lockheed VC-121J 131623 8
United States Navy - Lockheed VC-121J 131623 (msn 1049B-4124) 8. The Blue Angels aerobatic team support aircraft. Built as a Lockheed R7V-1and re-designated C-121J in 1962

Old wooden Temple Bar in London, built housing a small prison above it. Date: 17th century

The preliminary ploughing of fallow land, prior to afforestation, at St. Harmon, Radnorshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

EVACUEES AT CATFORD
Children enter Catford station, southeast London, prior to boarding the train which will take them to where they will be safe from German bombs Date: summer 1940

LONDON / CUSTOM HOUSE
Wrens Custom House, prior to the fire of 1718. Date: Circa 1710

Last heraldic court
The court was established some time prior to the late 14th century with jurisdiction over certain military matters, which came to include misuse of arms

The Old Temple Bar
The old, predominantly wooden structure that existed prior to the Great Fire in 1666, before it was redesigned by Sir Christopher Wren. Date: 19th century

Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, from the main entrance. Where Charles I was imprisioned prior to his trial in 1649. Date: 1885

Handley Page (Reading) H. P. R. 1 Marathon G-AMAY
Handley Page (Reading) H.P.R.1 Marathon G-AMAY in storage at Woodley prior to conversion to T.11 Date: circa 1951

Handley Page (Reading) H. P. R. 1 Marathon G-ALVW
Handley Page (Reading) H.P.R.1 Marathon G-ALVW in storage at Woodley prior to conversion to T.11 Date: circa 1951

Convair C-131B Samaritan O-53-7793 (MSN 245) assigned to NASA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA 1974 designated NC-131B prior to re-engining as NC-131H

Grumman FF-1 9350
The first production Grumman FF-1, Bureau of Aeronautics number 9350, (company designation Grumman G-5), photographed prior to delivery to the United States Navy in 1933

Sopwith 2F. 1 Camel N7366
RNAS - Fleet Air Arm Sopwith 2F.1 Camel N7366 being started prior to flight.This photo of a Ships Camel shows the lack of hump

Farnborough 92 - SaB 340B - SE-C12
Farnborough 92 - American Eagle SaB 340B - SE-C12. A fresh off the production line SaB 2000 prior to delivery to American Eagle, still bearing the secondary registration of SE-C12. Date: 1992

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