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American mule kicks out at Japanese Agressor - WW2American mule kicks out at Japanese Aggressor (Emperor Hirohito?) - WW2 - USA - Propaganda First Day Cover envelope Date: 1943
WICKER MAN (2)The WICKER MAN in which the ancient Britons are supposed to have placed victims, setting it alight as a burnt offering to their gods Date: BC
WICKER MAN (1)The WICKER MAN in which the ancient Britons are supposed to have placed victims, setting it alight as a burnt offering to their gods Date: BC
Photograph showing a time-fuse from a German shrapnel-shell which burst over British lines. Date: 1915
The Calais Ferry Boat leaving the Pier, Dover, Kent - setting off across the English Channel. 1934
Hospice du Grand St Bernard on the Great St Bernard Pass, Switzerland. A hospice for travellers was founded in 1049 and named after Saint Bernard of Menthon
Sunset at Kynance Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall, with a silhouetted couple. Date: circa 1970s
TEA SERVICE 1930SLovely cups and saucers with matching milk jug, sugar lumps in a glass bowl and biscuits on a plate, but sadly, no tea! Date: 1930s
CREAMED POTATOES & PEAS CREAMED POTATOES & PEASCreamed potatoes and peas, topped off with a poached egg. What could be nicer? Date: 1950s
JACKET POTATOESStuffed baked potatoes, an excellent supper dish for a cold evening. The potatoes can cook without attention and the filling can be left waiting until a moment before serving. Date: 1940s
POACHED EGG & PEAS POACHED EGG & PEASThe rather unappetising combination of poached egg, mashed potatoes and peas. Date: 1940s
FRESH SALADA fresh salad, including lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onions and raddishes. Date: 1930s
STUFFED TOMATO SALADTomatoes stuffed with cottage cheese, served with watercress, lettuce, etc. Date: 1930s
DINNER PARTY SETTINGSetting a dinner party table does not end with putting the glasses, silver & cutlery in their proper places. Food & decoration should be colour co-ordinated for effect. Date: 1940s
WOOD WITH BLUEBELLSA fine display of bluebells in an English woodland setting. Date: late 19th century
REDHILL FARM SCHOOL 1856Boys setting off for the days work at the Philanthropic Farm School at Redhill, Surrey, England. Date: 1856
WATER MILL / RUSTIC FRANCEThe water mill at Eu, France in an ideal rustic setting Date: circa 1840
Duke of Wellington visits the Great Exhibition 1851The Duke of Wellington visits the Great Exhibition site, as items are unpacked by workmen. Date: 1851
FASHIONS FOR SHOOTINGA well dressed shooting party, in tweeds, plus-fours and trilbies, stop for a spot of luncheon in a pleasant rural setting. Date: 1938
Dairy Woman in Her CartA milkwoman poses for the photographer before setting out on her rounds in a two- wheeled horse-drawn cart holding two churns from which she will ladle out milk Date: circa 1905
WOMENS WORK TEAM CHINAWomens mutual aid team setting off for work on a communal farm Date: 1951
BILLINGSGATE - DORE 5Setting out the fish at BILLINGSGATE market Date: 1870
Blackmore Vale - WessexBlackmore Vale, Dorset: the setting for one of the episodes in Thomas Hardys novel, Jude the Obscure Date: 1906
CHARLES VI & WENCESLAUS CHARLES VI & WENCESLAUSGerman Emperor Wenceslaus of Luxembourg With Charles VI of france holding ultimately unsuccessful negotiations to end the Papal Schism (setting is probably Rheims Cathedral). Date: Ca 1390
WATER PUMP (GIGUET)A cutaway view of a water pump in a French rural setting. Date: circa 1880
GRAPEFRUIT BREAKFASTWhat could be nicer than tucking into a dish of fresh grapefruit for breakfast, with the prospect of a boiled egg, followed by a pot of tea in fine China cups? Date: 1930s
Setting up at the Great Exhibition 1851SETTING UP Goods arriving for the Great Exhibition Date: 1851
KLONDIKE GOLD RUSHProspectors buying stores at Victoria, British Columbia, before setting out for the Klondike Date: 1898
GEORGE ELIOT / MILBYGEORGE ELIOT Market Day at Milby, the setting for Janets Repentance in Scenes of Clerical Life Date: 1819 - 1880
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito B Mk. IV DK336Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk.IV DK336. Seen in the photo is the common affliction of the Mosquito; drooping main Undercarriage doors
Anna Zinkiesen - Johns Noah and Jack Tars! The Chelsea Arts Club Ball. It was Noahs Night at the Royal Albert Hall, with a Noahs Ark designed by Augustus John. Date: 1930
Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Izeyl at Dalys Theatre - Izeyl watching Prince Siddartha from the porch of her house. Date: 1894
Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1980s
An Exotic Oriental Beauty - Western Fantasy Card. Date: circa 1910s
Java, Indonesia - Small shelters on the riverbank Date: circa 1930s
Girl wearing high-quality skirt with remarkable hairstyle, redolent of the late 17th century... Date: circa 1910s
Ashtabula, Ohio, USA - Shoreline of Lake Erie Date: circa 1920
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Sunset on Lake Erie Date: circa 1931
Rio Girardini - Canal in Venice, ItalyRio Girardini in the late afternoon light - Canal in Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1905
Kabuki Theatre - Japan - Three performersTraditional Japanese Kabuki Theatre - Japan - Three performers, one seated in an outdoor moonlight setting by a fence, the other two inside. Date: circa 1902
The River Nile and the Pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s
Sudan - Dinka PortersPorters of the Dinka people, the major ethnic group of South Sudan - shown here as part of a group transporting the baggage of (seemingly) a group of colonial officials. Date: circa 1910s
Panorama. Red Riding HoodRed Riding Hood. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the fairyland figures & place them in a theatrical setting. Date: 1921
Alphonse MuchaFemale piper in an Art Nouveau setting. Date: circa 1895
Carole Lombard & William Powell sailing to HonoluluAmerican actress Carole Lombard pictured on board a boat ready to set sail for Honolulu with her first husband, actor William Powell
Fox hunting sceneHorses & hounds chasing a fox in a rural winter setting. Date: circa 1903
Halifax Childrens Holiday Home, Norland, West YorkshireThe rural setting of a holiday home for poor children from Halifax. The picture was taken from Ladstone Rock. Date: Date unknown
Primula Juliae (Juliana Primrose), a flowering plant of the Primulaceae family, named after the person who discovered it in April 1900 in the Caucasus Mountains of south west Russia