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Training Ship Arethusa IITraining Ship Arethusa - sometimes referred to as Arethusa II since it replaced the original long-serving Arethusa in 1933. Date: circa 1930s
Ludlow CastleThe ruins of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England, first referred to by chroniclers in 1138, but parts of the gatehouse keep appear to be late 11th century
East View of Old SarumEast view of the ancient city and castle of Old Sarum, above Salisbury Plain. The Celts referred to it as Sorviadum meaning the fortress by the gentle river (the River Avon)
Eight Bells, HatfieldThe Eight Bells inn at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, referred to in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Bill Sykes met the pedlar here. Date: 1950s
Ross Monument, Rostrevor, Co. Down - a view of the monument referred to as the Obelisk. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Rostrevor). Date: circa early 1900s
Sketch map of proposed improvements, BirminghamSketch map of a locality around Stafford Street in Birmingham with the proposed new street running through it. The boundary of the unhealthy area referred to in the Birmingham Improvement Scheme as
England / BroadwayThe village of Broadway, Worcestershire, often referred to as the Jewel in the Cotswolds, the main street being lined with 16th century limestone buildings
Bradford School for Deaf and Disabled ChildrenChildren, some in wheelchairs, others sitting on buses, outside the City of Bradfords special school for what were then referred to as crippled and physically defective children
IsisA Sculptural portrait depiction of the Ancient Egyptian Goddess, Isis also referred to as Aset, seen by many as the Mother of Horus, her worship was spread throughout the Greco Roman world
Madonna and ChildA famous oil painting after Jan Van Eyck, portraying a virgin and child reading, now referred to as the Ince Hall Madonna
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor cigarette card. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) British composer of mixed race ancestry. His father came from Sierra Leone & his mother was English
Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2666United States Air Force - Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Designated Constant Phoenix to collect atmospheric samples for the purpose of detecting
United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185)
Bradstock Lockett Hospital HomeGirls, one holding a crutch, and staff in a dormitory at the Hospital Home - sometimes referred to as the Home for Crippled Children - opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1902 at Southport
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Heres another blue-pencil P. CThe Caption refers to..another blue pencil postcard. In WW2 Bue Pencil referred to the Censor who crossed out in indelible blue any text that he thought might be of use to the enemy
Australian Road to Passchendaele Marker StoneThe Third Battle of Ypres, generally referred to as Passchendaele began on 31 July 1917 and staggered on in dreadful weather conditions until it floundered in mud and resulted in some 300
Curtis British Entomology Plate 448Hymenoptera: Lasioglossum tricingulum Curtis (Long-tongued Melitta), = Halictus xanthopus. This is the type description of Lasioglossum Curtis
Boeing Model 83 NX7133 (msn 1039, aka XF4B-1 number 1, A8129), first flown on 25 June 1928. The first of two XF4B-1s (Model 83 and Model 89), which remained Boeing-owned
NRC tailless research glider from the National Research Council in Canada (sometimes referred to as Pterodactyl VIII, referring to its lineage from Prof. Hills pre-war Pterodactyls)
United States Navy - Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune 89082 The Turtle (msn 26-1003), (often incorrectly referred to as The Truculent Turtle)29 September 1946
Bradstock Lockett Hospital Home, SouthportThe Hospital Home - sometimes then referred to as the Home for Crippled Children - opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1902 at St Annes Road, Marshside, Southport, Lancashire Date: Circa 1921
Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Mexico CityThe ornately decorated Church of the Most Holy Trinity, popularly referred to as La Santissima, in Mexico City. Date: circa 1895
Tour of the Colonies - Leaving Singapore Pier - Harbour departure, troops, crowds etc. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies.Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore
USA - City Prison, New York. Referred to as The Tombs - The Tombs, New York. The Tombs is the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex (formerly the Bernard B)
Disabled Children in London Going to School by AmbulanceAn ambulance provided by the London School Board takes what were then referred to as crippled children to school. Date: early 1900s
Old Sarum CastleA rather fanciful depiction of the castle of Old Sarum, above Salisbury Plain. The Celts referred to it as Sorviadum, meaning the fortress by the gentle river. Date: 1798
Spoon BonnetsSPOON BONNETS Two examples of a shape of bonnet referred to as spoon bonnets shown here trimmed with broad ribbon & flowers. Date: 1863
The Cottage Homes of EnglandA verse from Felicia Dorothea Hemans poem The Homes of England (often referred to by its first line, The Stately Homes of England ) illustrated with an archetypal Englishman outside his cottage
Thomas Barnardo with some physically disabled boys (then invariably referred to as cripples ) at one of his homes. Date: circa 1900
Melbourne Hospital, Lonsdale StreetBlack and white image of the exterior of the Wesley Church, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Australia. The hospital was rebuilt and renamed the Queen Victoria Hospital in 1911-1912
Princes Bridge, East Side, viewed from South MelbourneBlack and white image of Princes Bridge (now referred to as Princes Bridge), Melbourne, Australia. Part of Box 100, Melbourne, Boswell Collection. Slide number 20. Date: circa 1890
Sydney, Australia - Silver Mine - Broken HillSlide showing a photograph of a Silver mine. Broken Hill is Australias longest-lived mining city. In 1844, the explorer Charles Sturt saw and named the Barrier Range
Henry Wilmot RochesterHENRY WILMOT, earl of ROCHESTER sometimes referred to as the first earl : royalist Date: 1612 - 1658
Shardlow Union Workhouse, StaffordshirePart of Shardlow Union Workhouse or Shardlow Institution as it was sometimes referred to. The site later became Grove Hospital. Date: Date unknown
Lady Charlotte Bacon (1801-1880)Two engraved portraits of Lady Charlotte Bacon (1801-1880), who was the Ianthe referred to in Lord Byrons Childe Harold of 1817
Wesley Church LondonWesleys Chapel. City Road, London EC1, designed by George Dance and built by Samuel Tooth in 1778. It is often referred to as " The Cathedral of Methodism"
George Inn, SouthwarkFirst referred to in 1554, when it was owned by Mr Collet, MP for Southwark. Destroyed in the great fire of 1676, rebuilt in about 1677
Israel Caesarea PhilippiIn the Golam Heights, the main source of the river Jordan and the rock referred to by Jesus as the Churchs foundation. [Do not confuse with Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast]
Johannes HuszgenJOHANNES HUSZGEN German clergyman, scholar and Humanist. Also referred to as Johannes Oecolampadius (Latin)