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General Santa Claus - WW1Christmas cartoonGeneral Santa Claus distributes the orders of the day. Cartoon in The War Budget shown in a great coat distributing gifts and comforts to Allied soldiers fighting around Europe during Christmas 1915
Old Testament. Original sin. Adam and Eve disobeying God. Banishes from the Garden of Eden. Engraving
Pears Soap advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Pears soap showing a mother and her daughters wrapping up a bar of the famous soap to be sent to her boy at the front. Date: 1915
The Twelve Spies sent to explore CanaanThe Twelve Spies sent by Moses to explore Canaan - Numbers 13. circa 1690
The Cutting Short of a Long Story by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a man blowing up the tire on his bicycle. An old man possibly a vicar comes along and starts to tell a story
Unrecognised Heroism by H M Bateman, is an illustration of " The couple who go to a wedding without sending a present"
Industrial Ireland in wartime: how Belfast is doing its bit, including with making ships and munitions, gathering sphagnum moss for wound dressings, and sending men for the front. 1916
A display of shamrock boxes on a table for sending to the troops in the Great War. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
A Dyke of Basalt (A) Piercing Triassic SandstoneA Dyke of Basalt(A) Piercing Triassic Sandstone(C) and Sending Intrusive Sheets Or Sills(B) Into It - a diagram of Volcanic activity. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
Girl sends a letter to her loveVictorian Christmas card. Girl sending or receiving a greeting, watches a swallow flying with a sealed missive. Date: circa 1885
Pigeons for message-carrying WWIGoing going gone! During the First World War, homing pigeons were used extensively to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. 1917
Rubin in a castle sending a message to his loved with a crosRubin, Tyrolean ministerial from 12th century, in a castle sending a message to his loved with a crossbow. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 169v
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - off to new homesA group of Barnardos emigrants setting off for their new homes. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - mothers and childrenBarnardos emigrants - now mothers with babies. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - repairing a fenceBarnardos emigrants repairing a fence. A horse and wagon carries lengths of timber. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - country schoolBarnardos emigrants outside a country school. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - boy outside homeA Barnardos emigrant outside his new home. A horse and trap stand nearby. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - school houseBarnardos emigrants with a horse and trap outside a school house. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Government office buildingOttawa, Canada - showing a government building in which various meetings took place about sending volunteer firemen to England
Brighton PostcardsSending postcards is part of the holiday ritual : this display is at Brighton. Is this one too saucy for Auntie Glad ? Date: 1962
Publication of The Times daily newspaper 1862Publication of The Times newspaper, inside the office. Printing House Square, the sub-editors have benn for some time in their rooms. Date: 1862
ESP, sending and receiving a telepathic message Date: 1900
Barnardos Emigrants in CanadaPromotional card of a home in Canada where one of Barnardos child emigrants grew up. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Seven cats on a Christmas card, sending tender greetings. Date: circa 1890s
WW2 poster, King Georges Fund for SailorsWW2 poster, Help all who go down to the sea in ships, their families and their dependants by sending a donation to King Georges Fund for Sailors, Trinity House, London EC3. Date: 1944
Semaphore. Edwardian Valentine card depicting a cherub sending the message I love you in semaphore.Date: circa 1905
Daddys Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front
Countess Zia and Nada Torby packing mittens for troops, WW1Countess Zia Torby (later Lady Zia Wernher) and Countess Nada Torby (later Mountbatten), daughters of Grand Duke Michael and prominent figures in society organised this group of society ladies who
Departure of mail to British SoldiersThe regular despatch of soldierss letters and parcels throughout World War One. Several million letters and cards are sent weekly to different fronts
Children making mail bags for sending parcels to the frontFarnborough children making mail-bags for sending Christmas presents to the men in the trenches during the First World War. Date: 1915
Pigeon loft on Western Front, France, WW1A pigeon loft near the front lines on the Western Front in France during World War One. The pigeons were used for sending messages. Date: circa 1916
New element in British Navy by G. H. DavisThe new element in the British Navy: how the four corners of the Empire are combining to support the central Home Navy. Showing how Canada, Australia
Military post using an optical telegraphA military post showing the use of an optical telegraph, using the daylight to send and receive messages. Date: 1885
Message ValveA London office worker sending messages through a valve. Date: early 1930s
Box of Oranges from California. Date: circa 1910s
Sending a new pipe and a heart of love to the frontFrance, WW1 - A pretty girl sends her beau a new pipe and a heart of love to the front, where her brave man is fighting. Date: circa 1916
John Bull coming to the aid of Victims of Messina EarthquakeJohn Bull coming to the aid of the personification of Italy (Italia Turrita) following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 at Messina, Sicily
LEO XIII (1810-1903). Pope (1878-1903). His Holiness the Pope sending a Jubilee phonographic message to the American people. Engraving
Some Barnardos EmigrantsA promotional picture showing some of the children from Barnardos homes destined to emigrate to new lives overseas. In 1872, Thomas Barnardos childrens homes began sending children to Canada
Bell Demonstrates PhoneALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL successfully demonstrates his device at Boston, sending a message to North Conway, a distance of about 230 km. Date: 1877
Advert for Mackintoshs Toffee de Luxe 1914Christmas eve. Santa Claus: " If I don t stop eating this Toffe de Luxe there won t be any left for the stockings - and I orderec an extra supply this year so folks could send some to their
Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps
And sent them to bed
Big Game hunter sending his last postcardA big game hunter who has (what rotten luck!) become a lunchtime snack for his intended victim (a very jolly lion) sends his last address which is: In Red Lion, Timbuktu !!!!!!! Date: 1906
Sending Message to MarsCommunicating with Mars - sending a message with a massive beam of light. Date: 1907
Francisco Borgia - 3Saint FRANCISCO DE BORGIA Spanish noble and churchman at court of Carl V, when his wife died became a Jesuit, General of the order sending missions to America. Canonised. Date: 1510 - 1572
Christmas Post by Ethel ParkinsonA woman, accompanied by a small girl, posts a rather large stash of Christmas cards off to lots of lucky recipients
Romanian Troops attacking Ghemesh Station, Austro-HungariaIllustration showing the surprise attack launched by Romanian troops on Ghemesh railway station in Austro-Hungaria, 1916. On the first day of hostilities between these two countries the Romanians
