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Background image50 Collection: RMS Titanic - postcard from Ernest Tomlin, victim

RMS Titanic - postcard from Ernest Tomlin, victim
RMS Titanic - postcard from third class passenger and victim Ernest Portage Tomlin. His body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett on 21 April 1912

Background image50 Collection: New Year card in the shape of a cigar box

New Year card in the shape of a cigar box. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background image50 Collection: Invitation, Queen Victoria Jubilee Reception, Glasgow 1887

Invitation, Queen Victoria Jubilee Reception, Glasgow 1887
Invitation to a Reception to celebrate Queen Victorias Jubilee, St Andrews Halls, Glasgow, 16 June 1887. 1887

Background image50 Collection: Caractacus before Claudius

Caractacus before Claudius. Caractacus was a British King who fought against the Roman invaders. The Romans won the battle by ambushing the Britons, capturing Caractacuss wife, daughter and brother

Background image50 Collection: Man wearing a toga. Roman statue. 1st century AD

Man wearing a toga. Roman statue. 1st century AD
Roman statue of a man wearing a toga. 1st century AD. Marble. Found in La Colonna (ancient Labicum), Italy. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background image50 Collection: Quintus Hortensius

Quintus Hortensius
QUINTUS HORTENSIUS Roman statesman, orator Date: 114 - 50 BC

Background image50 Collection: Door of 50 Wimpole Street, London

Door of 50 Wimpole Street, London, where Elizabeth Barrett lived before her elopement with Robert Browning in 1846. Date: circa 1910

Background image50 Collection: WW1 - RMS Laconia torpedoed, 25th February 1917

WW1 - RMS Laconia torpedoed, 25th February 1917
WW1 - RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed by SM U-50 while returning from the USA to England with passengers. The first torpedo struck the liner, but did not sink her

Background image50 Collection: Portrait of Paquius Proculus. and his wife. Roman fresco

Portrait of Paquius Proculus. and his wife. Roman fresco
Portrait of Paquius Proculus and his wife. 50-75. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco. ITALY. CAMPANIA. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. CAMPANIA. NAPLES. Pompeii

Background image50 Collection: French bank note, 50 Francs

French bank note, 50 Francs
French bank note, Banque de France, 50 Francs, issued on 19 May 1949. With a portrait of the French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877) on the front

Background image50 Collection: American flush decker destroyer by G. H. Davis

American flush decker destroyer by G. H. Davis
One of 50 made over to Britain during the Second World War: an American flush decker destroyer in cross section. In the inset (bottom right) it is compared with a standard British destroyer

Background image50 Collection: French Revoluton / French Republic - Assignat note - 50 sols

French Revoluton / French Republic - Assignat note - 50 sols
French Revoluton / French Republic - Assignat note for 50 sols, series 369, France, issued on 23rd May, 1793. From 1789, the new revolutionary government of France tried to raise money by issuing

Background image50 Collection: Aucklands advance from its battalion headquarters

Aucklands advance from its battalion headquarters
This drawing relates to an incident on the 14th/15th September 1916 and is described in a book entitled A Saga of the Sword by Austin F. Britten, published by Arrowsmith, London 1928

Background image50 Collection: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg after its arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 10 May 1936, following its first flight to North America from Friedrichshafen

Background image50 Collection: LCC-MFB Escape cart stands ready in station

LCC-MFB Escape cart stands ready in station
A picture of an MFB headquarters station showing the escape cart, designed by Chief Officer Captain Wells, carrying the 50 foot wheeled escape

Background image50 Collection: Monument, North Korean Communist Party, Pyongyang

Monument, North Korean Communist Party, Pyongyang
View of the monument to the founding of the North Korean Workers Party, in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. Commissioned by Kim Il Sung (1912-1994)

Background image50 Collection: Q Victoria / Players / 46 / 50

Q Victoria / Players / 46 / 50
QUEEN VICTORIA Reigned 1837 - 1901

Background image50 Collection: 7 Wonders / Pharos / Anon

7 Wonders / Pharos / Anon
Constructed by Sostratus of Cnidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus: its light could be seen 50 km out to sea

Background image50 Collection: Australian Convicts

Australian Convicts
Tasmanian convicts sentenced to hard labour are made to carry a hundredweight of shingles - 50 kilos - for up to 50 kilometres, but this will be abolished by the 1850s

Background image50 Collection: 7 Wonders / Pharos / White

7 Wonders / Pharos / White
Constructed by Sostratus of Snidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus. Its light could be seen 50 km out at sea

Background image50 Collection: First Punic War, Catulus wins naval victory at Aegusa

First Punic War, Catulus wins naval victory at Aegusa
PUNIC WARS : Gaius Lutatius Catulus wins a major naval victory, defeating Hanno the Greats Carthaginian fleet at the Battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (the Aegadian Islands)

Background image50 Collection: The Home (between 1842-46) of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Home (between 1842-46) of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Home of Victorian Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (between 1842-46 - the year of her marriage) at 50 Wimpole Street, London. Date: circa 1910s

Background image50 Collection: Princess H鬨ne and Crown Prince Michael of Romania

Princess H鬨ne and Crown Prince Michael of Romania
Princess H鬨 ne and Crown Prince Michael of Romania at the official celebration of fifty years of Romanian autonomy

Background image50 Collection: Officers of the Royal Engineers in a communication trench

Officers of the Royal Engineers in a communication trench on the Somme, 1 July 1916. Lantern slide from a box of 50 lantern slides associated with the Navy, World War One, 1914 (c)

Background image50 Collection: Sikh tank commander in the turret of his vehicle

Sikh tank commander in the turret of his vehicle
Photograph of a Sikh tank commander in the turret of his vehicle. The tank is armed with a 50. calibre machine-gun for close fire support

Background image50 Collection: Anigozanthos flavidus, Tall kangaroo paw

Anigozanthos flavidus, Tall kangaroo paw - Tall kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos flavidus, by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, pencil, watercolour. Unfinished Drawings of Plants, vol. 5, no. 50

Background image50 Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a cigar box

Greetings card in the shape of a cigar box
Greetings card in the shape of a box of Havana cigars with white flowers on top -- May all your troubles end in smoke. circa 1890s

Background image50 Collection: Divers with underwater house off the coast of Malta

Divers with underwater house off the coast of Malta
Divers attempt to anchor an Underwater House to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. The inflatable house was equipped with lighting

Background image50 Collection: Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta

Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta
Diver attempts to anchor an Underwater House to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. The inflatable house was equipped with lighting

Background image50 Collection: Prehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. 50 BC. N

Prehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. 50 BC. N
Prehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. Carriage sacrificed in a west Jutland. Ceremonial carriages. Probably made in central Europe by Celtic artisans. 50 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Background image50 Collection: Vases and jar. Tomb 50. Meidum, Egypt. 2613-2589 BC

Vases and jar. Tomb 50. Meidum, Egypt. 2613-2589 BC
Vases of limestone and jar of granite. Tomb 50 of Meidum, Egypt. Reign of Snofru. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty. 2613-2589 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background image50 Collection: Limestone grave stele with greek epitaph of Theudaisios of E

Limestone grave stele with greek epitaph of Theudaisios of E
Limestone grave stele with greek inscription, epitaph of Theudaisios of Euesperides. 300-50 BC. From Amathus, Cyprus. British Museum. London. England, United Kingdom

Background image50 Collection: Frank Dicksee - Photo

Frank Dicksee - Photo
FRANK DICKSEE artist, aged about 50, holding brush and pallette. Date: 1853 - 1928

Background image50 Collection: Sea Scouts 1933

Sea Scouts 1933
The Chiswick Sea Scouts have been given the Fairwind, a 50 ton ex-coastal sailing barge, as their headquarters. Here they are on board the barge doing Knot Lessons ! Date: 27 May 1933

Background image50 Collection: Sir William Dugdale 2

Sir William Dugdale 2
SIR WILLIAM DUGDALE Antiquary, Garter-king-of- arms, author of important books on ecclesiastical architecture. At age 50. With his autograph. Date: 1605 - 1686

Background image50 Collection: Sir William Dugdale 1

Sir William Dugdale 1
SIR WILLIAM DUGDALE Antiquary, Garter-king-of- arms, author of important books on ecclesiastical architecture. At age 50. Date: 1605 - 1686

Background image50 Collection: Mrs Alexander Photo

Mrs Alexander Photo
MRS ALEXANDER author of some 50 novels under the name of MRS ALEXANDER Date: 1818 - 1895

Background image50 Collection: Dryden / Washing Lambs / 50

Dryden / Washing Lambs / 50
A girl uses Persil washing powder to keep her lambs white - she then pegs them out to dry on the washing line! Date: 1930s

Background image50 Collection: Corner shop, 50 Dorset Street, Baker Street, London

Corner shop, 50 Dorset Street, Baker Street, London
Large corner shop at 50 Dorset Street, Baker Street, London -- Larrad greengrocer, fruiterer and florist, with a large display of produce out on the pavement. Date: circa 1910s

Background image50 Collection: Germans & Romans 50 Bc

Germans & Romans 50 Bc
A conference between the Germans and the Romans. Date: circa 50 BC

Background image50 Collection: Siege weapon, a Roman movable tower

Siege weapon, a Roman movable tower
A siege weapon, a Roman movable tower, utilised in one of the many sieges of Namur, Belgium, between the 15th and 19th centuries. Date: circa 50 AD

Background image50 Collection: Cartoon, Round figures, WW1

Cartoon, Round figures, WW1
Cartoon, Round figures. A French gendarme officiously challenges a civilian man about his age. The document says 47, but he is sure the man looks nearer 50. Date: 1916

Background image50 Collection: Fokker 50 pair of Minoan Air at Oxford - PR 250113

Fokker 50 pair of Minoan Air at Oxford - PR 250113

Background image50 Collection: Fokker 50 of Minoan Air inaugural sat Oxford, 4 March 2

Fokker 50 of Minoan Air inaugural sat Oxford, 4 March 2013

Background image50 Collection: Amplex Two Stroke 36-50 Vintage Car

Amplex Two Stroke 36-50 Vintage Car, England. Date: 1912

Background image50 Collection: Department store in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Department store in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Hahne & Co, a large department store in Newark, New Jersey, USA, on Broad, New and Halsey Streets. Seen here celebrating a 50-year anniversary. Date: circa 1910

Background image50 Collection: Giovanni Battista Doni, Italian musicologist

Giovanni Battista Doni, Italian musicologist
Giovanni Battista Doni (1594-1647), Italian musicologist who studied ancient music. He changed the name of the tonic note Ut, renaming it Do after his own family name. Seen here at the age of 50

Background image50 Collection: Helmet with Mask. 50. Iron and silver. Roman art

Helmet with Mask. 50. Iron and silver. Roman art. Early Empire. SYRIA. Damascus. National Museum. Proc: SYRIA. HOMS. Homs. Necropolis of Emesa



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