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Sixth Column StrategyStout patriots dislodge an enemy machine gun post from the dome of St. Pauls using the usual Heath Robinson cunning! Please note
Tuba on its OwnThere are three sizes of tuba - the smallest is the Euphonium : the Bombardon is the most usual; there is also the Contrabass Tuba, used in military bands and by Wagner. Date: 1897
Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194Drawing showing Royal Engineers and men of the Pioneer Corps, under Government orders, busily unloading ships in Surrey Docks, London, August 1945
Sorting Post 1930SOne of the hundreds of groups of auxiliaries at the General Post Office (GPO), dispatching parcels to distant colonies during the usual Christmas postal rush
Tennis Court OathRepresentatives of the non- privileged classes held a meeting in a tennis court after finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall in Versailles
The late Charles DarwinArticle on Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) with illustrations of his statue at the Natural History Museum, the exterior of his house at Down, near Beckenham, his study and green-house
Can-Can (Postcard)A girl with skimpier underwear than usual for can-can dancers shows us her matching knickers
Cartoon, Business as Usual, by Rodo Pissarro, WW1Cartoon, Business as Usual during the alterations of the Map of Europe, watercolour by Rodo Pissarro, First World War. Showing a London greengrocer standing defiantly outside his shop. circa 1915
USN - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNoUnited states Navy - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo 131630 or 131631. Turbo-Prop conversion of the R7V-1 for the US Navy
Everything As UsualA wartime children's short story illustration of an argument between a young man and woman, her aggressive tone causes him to stand uncomfortably. Date: circa 1940s
Sir William Gull (1816 - 1890), studied medicine at St Guy's in London. In 1872 Gull was made a Baronet and became physician to Queen Victoria, treating the Prince of Wales for typhoid
IRISH WAKEAn Irish Wake - relatives and friends gather round the deathbed, grieving or mourning in various degrees, while the pigs and poultry carry on as usual. Date: 1882
WAGNER, DIE FEENPrince Arindal and his fairy wife, Ada, whose origins he is forbidden to inquire into, but of course curiosity gets the better of him, with the usual consequences... Date: First performed 1834
DRUNK ZENO BURIED ALIVEZENO, Byzantine Emperor, drunk as usual, is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: 491
ZENO ENTOMBED ALIVEZENO, Byzantine Emperor, drunk as usual, is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: 491
EMPEROR ZENO DIESZENO, Byzantine Emperor Drunk as usual, he is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: ruled 474 - 491
On this occasion there was the usual confusion, illustration by Percy Horton for Labour Weekly. 1925
The branches of autumn beech leaves will keep their glossy surface longer if ironed after the usual pressing, with a little beeswax on the iron. Date: 1930s
Caffeine Rush For Santa Date: 1948
Advert for Amorphophallus Campanulatus, plant seeds 1891Amorphophallus Campanulatus, two or three feet across, with spotted stem which rises several feet and unfolds at the top an umbel of beautiful palm-like foliage which spreads out several feet like an
Cartoon, Hats That Have Helped Me (Churchill)Cartoon, Hats That Have Helped Me - Winston Churchill. Colonial headgear is very becoming - but on the small side as usual! Date: 1921
TELEPHONE RATES UP / PUNCHTelephone Im going to cost you more Householder Why? Telephone Oh, the usual reason - increasing inefficiency Date: 1920
Scaffolding & observatory on St PaulsIt was when the cross of St Pauls was taken down in 1821 to be repaired and reguilt, that the noted surveyor, Thomas Hornor
Seoul, South Korea - Shinshi Men smoking long-stemmed pipes. Date: circa 1920s
South Korea - A Shinshi smoking a long-stemmed pipeSouth Korea - A venerable Korean man smoking a long-stemmed pipe and wearing a traditional style of top hat. Date: circa 1910s
WW2 Christmas card, cat in air raid shelterWW2 Christmas card, showing a black cat in an air raid shelter -- Christmas As Usual. Date: circa 1942
Fake Spirit PhotoThe usual " spirit photograph", obtained by photographing the sitter with a positive of the ghost concealed in the dark-slide
Business As Usual revue by F. W. Mark and A. P. de CourvilleBusiness As Usual revue by F. W. Mark and Albert P. de Courville (1887 - 1960). First produced at the London Hippodrome on the 16th November 1914
Arm knife and scabbard, nd. Long, double edged blade of usual leaf shape. With semi-circular gear-wheel type stamps. Yellow bone hilt with usual double concave shape
Miniature Egg BeaterThis egg beater is small enough to beat up one egg in a cup, where the usual size would be unwieldy Date: 1930s
Painters Overrun London" The usual Good Friday invasion of London by painters was in evidence today." A group of painters work on ladders. Date: 18 April 1930
Englishman of 1635He has wrapped his blue cloak over his arm, a usual way of carrying the cloak indoors; his clothes are finely cut and decorated at almost every point, without exaggeration Date: circa 1635
Business as Usual revue - Knitting and Sewing sceneA scene from Business as Usual a new revue at the London Hippodrome with a vicar addressing a group of ladies who are knitting and sewing comforts for troops. Date: 1914
WW2 Christmas card, Business As Usual (inside). Date: circa 1942
WW1 cartoon, Somme Post Office, showing business as usual with a pile of mailbags. Cartoon by H. H. Knight. Date: 1916
Switzerland - Grindelwald, the WetterhornColoured lantern slide of a view of Mount Wetterhorn from the town of Grindelwald. Long famed as a winter tourist destination with slopes for beginners
Suffragette Carried off by Policeman. A Suffragette who is not the usual stereotype old maid, is held in the arms of a burly policeman
Business as usual - despite air raids, 1915Business as usual - despite air raids: an amourous couple carry on regardless during an air raid. Date: 1915
Jelks in wartime, second hand furniture merchant, WW1Advertisement for Jelk s, W. Jelks & Sons of Holloway Road, London, with fifty years experience in house removals and second hand furniture
Keep the Workers Working, Buying fur coats during WW1A spread from The Tatler featuring four designs for fur coats from a Parisian design house and ladies to continue to buy luxury fashion in wartime
Cartoon, Holidays as Usual, WW1Cartoon, Holidays as Usual. Mr Jones goes bathing at a seaside resort in the early days of the First World War, not heeding the warnings about submarines being on the lookout for the enemy
Man banging a drum to advertise public entertainmentA man banging a large drum to advertise some public entertainment -- business as usual, even though a war is on. Date: August 1914
Bonzo gets into the usual seaside snapshot! by George StuddyBonzo gets into the usual seaside snapshot, surrounded by leggy bathing beauties. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo
Camille Desmoulins 1At the Palais Royal, the usual Sunday afternoon crowd are harangued by a young lawyer who rouses them to action with an impassioned speech. Date: 12 July 1789
Thankin Nus Peace Pagoda - Rangoon - Peace Pagoda being built (U Nu - President of Burma at the time). It is a different style from the usual bell shaped ones that cannot be entered
A man servant with usual meal table. Drawing shows a male servant, full-length, standing, facing left, holding a small table with dishes for dining. Date ca. 1890
Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day
La tete decapitee every afternoon & eve g. : all other entertainments as usual. Date 1874. La tete decapitee every afternoon & eve g. : all other entertainments as usual. Date 1874