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The Men who fought at Arnhem, WW2The men who fought at Arnhem in a struggle against the odds during the Second World War. A double page spread of seven photographs, picturing Major-General Urquhart
ALARCON, Hernando de (1500- )-. Spanish navigator and explorer. He drew the first geographical map of the peninsula of California and the western coast of Mexico
Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road, Westcombe Park
Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Invisible CityTHE INVISIBLE CITY - Searching for a legendary city in Turkestan, American explorers are menaced by a plane of pure light. Date: 1932
Convicts being searched, Portland Prison, DorsetPortland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows prison officers searching convicts on their return from work
D-Day - Metal Detectors in use after invasionAmerican GIs stroll through a captured village close to the Normandy coast following the invasion. Two metal detector operators check the road ahead of the troops for hidden/buried mines or booby
Lost Ball by George StuddyA smug looking Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy in The Sketch magazine, knows exactly where his has hidden the golf ball his owner is so anxiously searching for
Searching a CypriotPhotograph: Searching a Cypriot. From a group showing the 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment security duties, Cyprus, 1955-1958. From a collection of 97 photographs relating to the Middlesex Regiment
Professors T Child dowsing for Water, Pemfega, PortugalProfessors T Child of Ipswich dowsing for water in a vineyard, Pemfega, Portugal.. In 1902 twelve residents of Flowton (a small village near Ipswich)
Young fashionable lady searches for linen in her Dower ChestA fashionable young lady kneels in front of an Old English oak Dower chest, searching for a specific item of household linen! Date: 1923
Views of Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa -- De Beers diamond mines, searching tables, original mine workings. Date: 1899
Air crash investigators with sniffer dogThree air crash investigators with a sniffer dog in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s
Air crash investigator examining debrisAn air crash investigator examining a vast pile of wreckage following a plane crash. Date: 1960s
Air crash investigator with sniffer dogAir crash investigator Ken Jones with Rusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, whose task it is to search a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder)
Air crash investigation sniffer dogRusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, searches a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder), following a plane crash. Date: 1960s
Police officers with dogs, conducting a search, LondonA group of police officers, male and female, belonging to the Special Patrol Group, with police dogs, conducting a search. The WPCs are wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968
Police officers preparing to conduct a search, LondonA group of police officers (including June Paterson, left), belonging to the Special Patrol Group, preparing to conduct a search with the aid of police dogs
Woman police dog handler with drug sniffer dog, LondonWoman police dog handler Sandra Kertzen with drug sniffer dog Snoopy in action, Met Police, London. The yellow labrador was one of the first to be trained by a WPC. (4 of 5) Date: 1971
Electrical gold finderExperiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892
French police searching a suspectSearching a suspect at a prefeture Date: 1869
Water Divining - A Book of Practical Instruction by S. N. Pike MBE. Date: 1945
British troops in Palestine patrolling near Jerusalem, 1947British troops in Palestine keep ceaseless watch against terrorist activities of every description. Men of the 1st Battalion The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry are here seen patrolling the railway
Testing Candidates by William Heath RobinsonTesting candidates for the position of water diviner on the Metropolitan Water Board. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947
Foxhunters and hounds in pursuit of the fox. Date: 1926
Illustration, The Water of Life -- Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are? Date: 1909
WW1 - Zeppelin holding up Norwegian Vessel, North Sea, 1915WW1 - An illustration from a German paper, showing a German airship holding up a Norwegian steamer, the Muyrek, in the North Sea
Atlas Moth - male (has feathery antennae used for searching females by their pheromones) - in hand - taken from a window of a house in the morning (its active at night) (Attacus atlas )
HEDGEHOG - searching for food (Erinaceus europaeus). Ural Mountains, near Ekaterinburg, Russia
The Last Man by William Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoonThe Last Man by William Heath Robinson, showing a gentleman perched precariously on the top of Nelsons Column while numerous women search for him below - a comment on the shortage of men
Searching for a German sniper in ruined farmhouseBritish soldiers searching for a German sniper in the ruins of a farmhouse within the firing line on the Western Front. Date: 1916
Blitz in London -- searching for casualties, WW2Blitz in London -- rescue personnel searching an upper floor of J T Hart & Sons for casualties. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- searching debris for casualties, WW2Blitz in London -- rescue personnel searching for casualties but being severely hampered by smoke from the smouldering debris. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- rescue squad at sub-station, WW2Blitz in London -- a rescue squad at work, searching the debris at 72Z fire sub-station following an air raid, 18 September 1940. Date: 1940
The Missing Mas-Cat by H. M. BatemanThe crew of a Royal Navy battleship search high and low for the ships cat, which is hiding mischievously in the barrel of one of the large guns. Date: 1918
Boy scouts tracking, South AfricaBoy scouts belonging to a South African troop, doing a tracking activity
Homeless women at Melle, Belgium, WW1Homeless women searching through rubble for lost belongings at Melle, Belgium, in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914
Vis頩n the hands of the GermansThe town of Vis頷 as the primary objective of the German army after crossing the border into Belgium on 4th August 1914. Here German troops are seen searching the ruined buildings. Date: 1914
Piltdown Man: Dawson and Smith-Woodward search for more boneSeeking remains of the oldest known Englishman: looking for relics of the Piltdown Man. Charles Dawson and A. Smith-Woodward searching for other parts of the skeleton on the site of the first
Up the Bole! by William Heath RobinsonCurious disguise assumed by wireless enthusiast to escape payment of his licence. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1925
Children CrabbingChildren searching the rock pools for crabs, etc. at Beer, Devon, England. Date: 1960s
Searching the Scriptures (1841). Thompson, Thomas Clement c. 1780-1857. Date: 1841
WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in King Street, St James. Date: circa 1941
Digging for gold in British Guiana (now Guyana). Placer washing as carried out by the tributor or Port Knocker. Date: circa 1910s
Kimberley, South Africa - Convicts sorting for diamonds Date: circa 1903
Searching for dinosaur fossils, Tendaguru, 1924A team of scientists from the British Museum of Natural History travelled to Tendaguru, Tanganyika territory, Tanzania after the end of World War One in order to locate and collect dinosaur fossils
Two small children take to the air in search of Santa, using binoculars in the hope that they might be able to spot him. c. 1920
The African city of Zanzibar
Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams (in overalls) and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road