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Paris Expects Germans
With the German invaders less than 50 kilometres from Paris, the city prepares for attack : trenches are dug near the Porte Maillot - fortunately, they will never be needed

Germans Invade France
The German invasion of France - passing through a village some 50 kilometres from Paris, watched by villagers who have no reason to expect anything but the worst

Queen Anne / Players / 36 / 50
QUEEN ANNE Reigned 1702 - 1714

Copperfield / Mr Peggotty
Mr Peggotty (pointing) in his search for lost little Emily

Copperfield / Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep rubbing his hands and generally being " ever so humble"

Copperfield / Mcawber
Mr Micawber and David

Edward Ii / Players / 10 / 50
EDWARD II Reigned 1307 - 1327

William I / Players / 1 / 50
William I the Conqueror

Zachary Taylor President
ZACHARY TAYLOR known as Old Rough-and-Ready 12th American President (1849-50)

JAMES I / PLAYERS / 28 / 50
JAMES I of England James VI of Scotland

Henry Vii / Players / 19 / 50
HENRY VII Reigned 1485 - 1509

Improved Sow (Bewick)
A mixture of Chinese Black Swine with the larger British breed, this busy sow produced three litters (50 pigs) in ten months for Arthur Sherburn of county Durham

Wilhelm Voigt
WILHELM VOIGT German shoemaker who in 1906 successfully passed himself off as the Captain von Kopenick, making fools of Prussian bureaucracy

Scene at a feast of Hortensius, Ancient Rome
Scene at one of the many lavish feasts laid on by the rich orator and advocate, Quintus Hortensius Hortalus (114-50 BC), in Ancient Rome. He was the first to include peacocks on the menu

Pope Alex VI & Friends
POPE ALEXANDER VI (Roderigo Borgia) To celebrate his daughter Lucrezias marriage, he invites 50 courtesans to dine &c at the Vatican

7 Wonders / Pahros / Picart
Constructed by Sostratus of Cnidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus: iIts light could be seen 50 km out to sea

Edisons Electric Rail
Edisons experimental electrical railway, at Menlo Park : the locomotive picks up power from the track and can reach some 50 km/h - but the ride is bumpy !

50 Chess Games at Once
Playing fifty games of chess simultaneously. Bogoljubow wins forty games, loses two and draws eight to Aljechin at Monaco

Dickens / Copperfield
Steerforth and Mr Mell

Pan Chao, Chinese Author
PAN CHAO - Chinese writer and historian

Marcellus Sent to Pompey
The Senate sends consul Marcellus to invite Pompeius to defend the Roman Republic from the ambitious Caesar, though Pompeius too has ambitions

HENRY V / PLAYERS / 14 / 50
HENRY V OF ENGLAND Reigned 1413 - 1422

William Iv / Players / 44 / 50
WILLIAM IV OF ENGLAND Reigned 1830 - 1837

George I / Players / 37 / 50
GEORGE I OF ENGLAND Reigned 1714 - 1727

David Copperfield
David at the inn on his journey from Yarmouth to London

Meneliks Subjects Rebel
When 50 of his subjects rebel, Menelik, Ethiopian ruler, cuts off their right hands and hangs them round their necks

NOBEL (1833 - 1896)
ALFRED NOBEL Swedish inventor, manufacturer and prize-giver aged about 50 (ca 1883)

World Map c. 50BC
World Map according to Poseidonius, Greece

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