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Pork Pie Shop 1960S
Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, renowned for its Melton Mowbray pork pies, named after the town of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

Hispano-Suiza Car 1932
Superb modern art publicity for this renowned marque which more than any other symbolised the great age of motoring

Black Dyke Mills Band
Representatives from the Black Dyke Mills Band proudly showing off their National Championship, Crystal Palace, 1000 Guinea Trophy won on 29th September 1928. Their conductor was William Halliwell

Petrie at Daphne
The Pharoahs Palace at Daphne being excavated by renowned archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) who devoted his life to studying Egyptian culture

Mocking Bird (Card)
(Mimus polyglottus) An American bird renowned for its vocal powers

Hopi Potter 1908
Nampeyo, a renowned pot-maker of the Hopi village of Tewa, northeastern Arizona : her pots are hand-made in every sense - no wheel or elaborate tools are used

Frances Kelly Actress
Frances " Fanny" Kelly, immensely talented and popular Irish actress, appeared mostly at Drury Lane for 36 years with undiminished acclaim, renowned for comedy roles

Josiah Pullen
JOSIAH PULLEN Oxford don, renowned for his eccentricities : very fond of walking; subsequently became a country parson Date: 1631 - 1714

JAGUAR 100
An early member of Britains renowned sports family, this is the S.S. 2.5 litre Jaguar 100, priced at just under a thousand pounds. Date: 1937

Milo of Crotona / Coin
MILO or MILON of CROTONA Greek athlete, renowned for his strength; wrestling champion in the Olympic and Pythian games

METHUSALEH The Old Testament figure, renowned for his longevity, from a 12th century window in Canterbury Cathedral

Jane Lewson (116)
JANE LEWSON a London widow as renowned for her eccentricities as her age, such as a belief that washing in water is unhealthy : she used pigs lard instead

Horsemen 3 - Thessalonia
THESSALONIANS : renowned for their horse-breeding and their equestrian skills, these people of eastern Greece are depicted here defending their country against the Romans

Godfrey Kneller
SIR GODFREY KNELLER artist renowned for his portraits of anybody who was anybody

St. George
This oil painting is a grand portrayal of Saint George, a national saint of England and H.M. The King. The well renowned story of George and the dragon

Henry Lawoson
A portrait oil painting of Australian writer and bush poet, Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson, renowned for writing great short stories, such as The Drover's Wife, and The Loaded Dog. Date: 1900

Marcovitch Cigarettes Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Marcovitch & Co. Ltd. promoting their cigarettes, renowned for distinctive flavor and choice aroma

Vanessa and Corin Redgrave, actors and political activists
Vanessa Redgrave (b 1937), with her brother Corin Redgrave (1939-2010) in the middle. Date: circa 1980s

Vanessa Redgrave, renowned English actress
Vanessa Redgrave (b 1937), renowned English actress of stage, screen and television, and political activist. Date: circa 1950s

Georg Solti, renowned orchestral and operatic conductor
Sir Georg Solti (1912-1997), renowned Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor. Date: circa 1970s

Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso
Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Ukrainian-born violin virtuoso. Seen here with a young pupil. Date: circa 1980s

Maggie Smith, renowned English actress
Maggie Smith (Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, b 1934), renowned English actress of stage, television and film. Date: circa 1960s

Advert postcard for Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. Paris
French advertising postcard for the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. In 1899 the Theatre de la Ville in Paris was renamed Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt after the renowned actress Sarah Bernhardt

Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle GCB RN
Vintage 19th century photograph: Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle GCB RN was a renowned British Royal Navy officer. The city of Fremantle, Western Australia, is named after him

A portait of the dancer Doris Niles, 1930 appearing with Raquel Meller in Paris - she was renowned for her exotic, Spanish, Hindu and Asian dances Date: 1930

A portrait of the Spanish dancer Argentina, New York, 1930, on tour in America 1930-1931. Renowned for her Spanish, flamenco and gypsy dancing Date: 1930

Men reading documents
Advertisement for long-established printers Konig & Ebhardt of Hanover. It was for a long time a printing technology leader that contributed significantly to the cityss reputation as a printing

Ettore Panizza (1875-1967). Born in Buenos Aires. Renowned pianist and orchestral conductor. Date: circa 1912

Advert, Edwards Harlene, hair product
Edwards Harlene, hair product - world renowned hair producer and curer of baldness. 1893

Joseph Hodges Choate - American Ambassador to the UK
His X cellency. Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) - The American Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1899-1905) - very popular

View of the River Teifi at Cenrath, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, renowned for its salmon fishing. Date: 1960s

James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797 - 1868), British military leader and politician, pictured c.1865. Cardigan is renowned as the leader of the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade

LOUIS DUC DE PENTHIEVRE
LOUIS JEAN MARIE de BOURBON, duc de PENTHIEVRE French military commander, aristocrat renowned for his virtues and charities, and encouragement of the arts. Date: 1725 - 1793

Frost on the Thames
The winter of 1814 is renowned as being one of the coldest in history. In London, the Thames froze over and near Blackfriars Bridge the ice was thick enough to carry the weight of an elephant

Sacheverell Cards
Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724) was an English high church Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary 5 November sermon denouncing the Whig government

Hardams tobacco shop
Renowned shop in Fleet Street for snuff and tobacco. Date: 19th century

Al-Farabi - a renowned philosopher and jurist who wrote in the fields of political philosophy, metaphysics, ethics and logic

Colmans Mustard throughout English history
History and the Mustard Pot - promotional booket for Colmans Mustard, looking at the role of Colmans throughout English history

Andrea Tafi
ANDREA TAFI Italian artist, particularly renowned for his mosaics

Francesco Federici
FRANCESCO FEDERICI Italian musician from Genova, renowned for molte belle produzioni, ma spezialmente per La Zaira, Date: 1748 - 1799

Poster, Phillips Bicycles -- renowned the world over. Look for this famous mark -- all the best bicycles carry a lion

Houdini Posing With Female Medium
Escapologist Harry Houdini posing with the confessed fraudulent medium, Anna Clark Benninghoffer in the early twentieth century. Date: circa 1915

Harry Houdini, Tied Up
Harry Houdini the Austrian-Hungarian escapologist (1874 to 1926) being tied up by two members of his audience. Date: circa 1910

Chippy Norton - Late Victorian era Bookmaker
Mathew Dawson (18201898) - a British racehorse trainer based at Newmarket. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898, he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races

Statue by Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder - the most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC

Tunis, Tunisia - Perfume shop
Palace of Flower Essences - a perfume shop belonging to Amadi Smida. His fragrances are so well renowned he has won many medals - displayed above the counter with pride

Portrait of the dancer Maud Allen, London, 1921
Portrait of the dancer Maud Allen, 1921. The renowned expert of classical dancing with a recent success at the Palladium Theatre, London. Date: 1921

Japan - Riogoku Family of Japanese Performers
Japan - The Riogoku Family - An Internationally-famous troupe of touring Japanese Performers, posing for this group photograph in full costume. Date: circa 1905

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