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British and Indian machine gunners with Vickers machine gun
Photograph of British and Indian machine gunners with a Vickers machine gun, Lewis gun and range-finder, 1917. By the end of 1918 the British had deployed 112

Volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943
Photograph of volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943 (c).Potential recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry undergo weight tests at the regimental depot at Belgaum

Telegraph map of Upper Egypt 1882, compiled by the Intelligence Branch, War Office; scale 1:4 000 000; one of five maps, probably belonging to Capt George Frederick Wilson, Royal Engineers

Sennacherib (Barlow)
Assyrian ruler Sennacherib comes down on the Jews like a wolf on the fold, but the Angel of the Lord (in the form of bubonic plague) destroys 185, 000 of them... Date: circa 701 BC

Sir Charles Hall
SIR CHARLES HALL lawyer, earning 10 000 per annum in the Chancery Court (say 1m today); no wonder he turned down the offer to become a judge Date: 1814 - 1883

Argosy over Croydon
An Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy flies over the air-station at Croydon, which cost 260, 000 ! Date: 1927

Bristol Riot / 1831 / Dawson
In Bristol, where only 6000 of the 104, 000 population had the vote in 1830, a crowd protest against the House of Lords defeat of the Reform Bill by burning 100 houses Date: 31 October 1831

Making Remembrance Poppy
MAKING POPPIES It takes 300 men a full working year to produce the 40, 000, 000 poppies required for remembrance day. Each one is hand finished. Date: 1940

Bombario the Hunchback, was used as a writing-desk by brokers and is reputed to have earned 6, 000 pounds in a few days Date: circa 18th century

Battle of Crecy 1346
9000 English soldiers under Edward III defeat 30, 000 French under Philippe VI Date: 26 August 1346

Earliest Man
- Mama, is that papa ? Date: circa 30, 000 BC

Discovery of Fire
The discovery of fire by Palaeolithic man Date: circa 30, 000 BC

Palaeolithic L scape
A paleolithic landscape Date: circa 30, 000 BC

Have a Plunge by George Ray
Promotional postcard for Have A Plunge revue by George Ray; music Burton Manning. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, Chester, 1st March 1915. Ray Brothers Present Londons Latest Water Revue

North American P-51D-Over 15, 000 Mustangs were produced, this one belonging to the US Armys UK-based Mighty 8th Air Force

Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 Zeke -nearly 11, 000 of the long range, agaile fighters were produced for the Japanese Navy

Avro 652A Anson I - were used by both Bomber and Coastal Commands early in war, but found their true value as pilot and gunnery trainers, Over 11, 000 built between 1935 and 1952

Libya. Tadrart Acacus. Archaeology
LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Representation of a village (12.000-8000 a.C.). Neolithic art. Cave

Jules Verne. 20. 000 Leagues
Cover of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Paris, 1870)

The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906
Cartoon showing a globe-headed American character nursing his bandaged head; a humorous look at the effects of the San Francisco earthquake on the American economy

Slavers Raiding a Village on the Aruwimi River, Central Afri
Engraving showing Arab slavers raiding a village beside the Aruwimi River, as seen from the Yambuya Camp occupied by Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Tippoo Tibs Grand Canoes on the Congo River, 1888
Engraving showing Tippoo Tibs grand canoes travelling down the Congo River during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Lithuanian Jews
150, 000 Jews are expelled from Lithuania (at this time part of Russia), by the orders of tsar Nikolai I, with the greatest brutality. Date: 1844

James Lackington - 2
JAMES LACKINGTON London bookseller and publisher, who claimed to sell 100, 000 books yearly. Date: 1746 - 1815

Jerome De Lalande - 2
JOSEPH-JEROME LE FRANCAIS DE LALANDE French astronomer, directory of Paris Observatory, catalogued nearly 50, 000 stars. Date: 1732 -1807

Russo-Japanese War - Captured Wagons, Office and Train
Russo-Japanese War - Captured Russian baggage wagons, The Head Office of the Military Railways at Dairen (now Dalian, formerly Dalny)

Firework Display for the Shah of Persia - 1902
Firework Display for the Shah of Persia at Crystal Palace, 24th August 1902. There were 70, 000 spectators! Date: 1902

200, 000 bushels of Oyster Shells, Hampton, Virginia, USA - adjoining an oyster packing plant Date: 1914

Martin Bomber - US Navys New Aerial Sentries of the Sea
The Martin PBM 40, 000 lb Navy Patrol Bomber - The US Navys " New Aerial Sentries of the Sea" during World War Two

Franco-Russian Alliance - Troop Manoeuvres at Betheny
On September 19th, 1901 manoeuvres (as part of the Franco-Russian alliance) took place on the Betheny Plain (near Reims, France), involving the participation of 120

The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail prize
The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British in September 1909. Horace Short is on the right

The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1000
The Short Biplane No2 which won the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British in September 1909. Horace Short is on the right

J T C Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1000 prize
J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon winning the Daily Mail 1, 000 prize for the first flight of one mile in a closed circuit by a British pilot in an all-British aeroplane in the Short Biplane No2 at Leysdown in

Lunardi ascending from the Artillery Ground Moorfields
Lunardi ascending from the Artillery Ground, Moorfields, September 15 1784 in the presence of 150, 000 spectators. After a passage of 3 hours and 40 minutes he safely alighted near Ware

The Hon Esmond Harmsworth the son of Lord Rothermere
The Hon Esmond Harmsworth, the son of Lord Rothermere, presents Amy Johnson with the Daily Mail cheque for 10, 000 and a gold cup from the youth of Great Britain at a luncheon in her honour at

A line up of Avro Lancaster Is at Gravely Huntingdonshire
A line up of Avro Lancaster Is at Gravely, Huntingdonshire. These aircraft from No35 (Madras) Squadron had just returned from a 15, 000 mile goodwill tour of the USA

Battle of Eylau (Anon)
BATTLE OF EYLAU Inconclusive battle in which the French, Prussians and Russians between them lost some 35, 000 men without any appreciable gain either way Date: 8 February 1807

Cathedral, churchyard and 1, 000 year old rose tree, Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Peytona and Fashion: in their great match for $20, 000. over the Union Course L.I. May 13th. 1845, won by Peytona, time 7:39 3/4 7:45 1/4. Date between 1835 and 1856

24, 000, 000 acres of government land in Dakota still vacant...Liberty, Uncle Sam and Dakota. Date c1887 October 24

A correct view of the battle near the city of New Orleans, on the eighth of January 1815, under the command of Genl. Andw

Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga. as it appeared August 1st 1864 when it contained 35, 000 prisoners of war. Date 1864 or later

Knoxville, Tenn. county seat of Knox County. 1886. Population: 30, 000. Date c1886 Dec

Portland, Oregon, population 22, 000, looking east to the Cascade Mountains. Date c1880

The Queens Excitement over the Struggle in the Stadium: Th
The image depicts a scene from the the 1908 Olympics held in London. The marathon was watched by 80, 000 spectators, including Queen Alexandra

Kiwi Christmas
A typical New Zealand Christmas holiday scene, on Lake Rotoiti, North Island, which ranks high among places which enjoy more than 2, 000 hours of sunshine annually. Date: 1950s

Chicago in 1833
Eighty years ago the place where now stands a city of over 2, 000, 000 people was little more than a trading post... No other city has grown with such rapidity. Date: 1916

Forest of Dean
A charming glimpse of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, a wooded area of over 20, 000 acres of beech and oak trees. Date: 1950s

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