500 Collection (page 6)

Recruiting for the War in 1914
Photograph showing the recruiting offices at Whitehall besieged by crowds of young men hoping to serve King and country, shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914

Sainte Genevieve
This remarkable picture depicts Genevieve tending her flocks in the centre of a pagan stone circle

SS Lusitania, 1907
Photograph of the bows of the Cunard Liner, SS Lusitania, in dry dock 1907. Lusitania was then the largest liner afloat, weighing 32, 500 tons and capable of twenty-six knots

A JACOBIN
Originally a club of Breton deputies, the Jacobins eventually number about 500, 000 members throughout France, representing the hard, uncompromising viewpoint

Lorimer automatic exchange
Photograph of the Canadian Lorimer automatic telephone exchange, a system which dispensed with the need for telephone girls

Battle of Morat - 2
The Burgundians under Charles le Temeraire are decisively defeated by the Swiss under Hans Waldmann, losing - say Swiss chroniclers - 8000 men to the Swiss 500

Battle of Morat - 1
The Burgundians under Charles le Temeraire are decisively defeated by the Swiss under Hans Waldmann, losing - say Swiss chroniclers - 8000 men to the Swiss 500

Greek Family Meal
A Greek family at mealtime

Battle of Zenta
Battle of ZENTA : the Austrians under prince Eugene defeat the Turks under Elwas Mohammed : the Turks lose 29000 men, the Austrians only 500

Gulliver Transported
Gulliver is transported by the Lilliputians: " We rested at night with 500 guards on each side of me, half with torches, & half with bows & arrows."

Clovis Becomes Christian
Clovis, pagan king of the Franks, invokes Gods help in defeating the invading Germans. He converts to christianity after victory

Bronze Age Man & Woman
A German man and woman of the Bronze Age; they wear shoes, and a lot of ornament : both are armed with daggers

Ancient Greek Traders
Sea traders from ancient Crete

Greece / Playing with Ball
A girl playing with a ball

Puynipel (Bonibai), Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean
View of Puynipet (Bonibai), in the Caroline Islands, a group of around 500 coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Seen here with surrounding coral reef and natives in boats

Symbolic cutting of pigtails in Shanghai, China
At Shanghai, 500 young men voluntarily relinquish their traditional pigtails, symbolising a new modernising spirit in China

Xerxes War Council
Xerxes council at the time of the war with Greece. Date: 5th century BC

A Saxon Homestead 5th C
A Saxon Homestead

Olympics / Paris 1900 Bois
The 500 metre race is run in the Bois de Boulogne between trees and spectators!

Ploughing Etc, Saxon
Fieldwork in the Saxon period - ploughing, harrowing and sowing are all in progress near the Bartlow Hills, Essex

Saxon Farmyard
Scene in a Saxon farmyard, with pigs and poultry, carts and various implements

Cambridge Uni. Library
Putting the last rivets into the framework of the great tower - the new Cambridge University Library. Sir Giles Scott designed this 17 storey tower which cost 500, 000."

Greece / Costume / Objects
Various Ancient Greek things, such as necklaces, instruments, shoes, vases, fans &c

Greece / Costume
Various Ancient Greek costumes; left to right - One female flute player and the rest are womens everyday costumes

Fire Motor-Cycle / Sidecar
A motor-cycle fire-fighting unit, with a sidecar accommodating 500 feet of hose standpipes, branch-pipes, turncocks and tools

Napoleon Coup D etat 4
THE 19TH BRUMAIRE With fellow consuls Sieyes and Ducos, Bonaparte stages his coup d etat at Saint-Cloud, dissolving the Conseil du 500 overthrowing the Directoire

Napoleon Coup D etat 3
THE 19TH BRUMAIRE Bonaparte, with fellow consuls Sieyes and Ducos, stages his coup d etat at Saint-Cloud, dissolving the Conseil du 500 overthrowing the Directoire

Napoleon Coup D etat
THE 19TH BRUMAIRE Bonapartes coup d etat : he dissolves the Conseil du 500 at Saint-Cloud and overthrows the Directoire

Church Altar
Harvest Festival in Bicknoller church, Somerset. The carved screen and bench ends are 500 years old

Confucius & I-Ching
Chinese philosopher CONFUCIUS consults the I-ching

Greece / Banquet
A banquet in the time of Pericles, 5th century BC

Bronze Age Warrior
a Bronze Age Warrior

Greek Workmen / Industry
Two Greek workmen in a forge

Weaving, Bronze Age
Rudimentary spinning, and quite sophisticated weaving, as practised during the Bronze Age

Bank Note - Brazil
BRAZIL - 500 REIS

Confucius Exorcising
CHINA Kung Chiu, known as Confucius, supervises the ritual exorcism of evil influences from his house

Greece / Athens Market
The market place in Athens

Napoleon 1799
THE 19TH BRUMAIRE Napoleons coup d etat : he dissolves the Conseil du 500 at Saint-Cloud and overthrows the Directoire

Ottoman Wars / Zenta
OTTOMAN WARS Prince Eugene defeats the Turkish army at ZENTA, losing 500 to their 29, 000

Emile Aubrun spotting submarines from his aeroplane
The French aviator Emile Aubrun (1881-1967) at Cherbourg demonstrates that submarines under water can be detected from aircraft flying at a height of 500 metres

ANAXAGORAS Greek philosopher

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