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HMS Implacable, 1920
Photograph of HMS Implacable, formerly the Duguay-Trouin, 1920. This ship was built in France in 1789, served at Trafalgar, and was captured by the Royal Navy shortly thereafter

Margaret of Anjou
MARGARET OF ANJOU Queen of Henry VI, she played an active part in the Wars of the Roses. Date: 1430 - 1482

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
One of eighteen photographs of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, mostly passing out parades, 1943-1968. Includes visit by Marshal Alphonse Juin

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Baba Beaton
Miss Baba Beaton is the younger of the two beautiful and attractive Beaton girls. They are among the most popular of the blonde ex-debs, and no party is complete without them

Yakov Sverdlov
YAKOV SVERDLOV Russian revolutionary, virtual creator of the new Soviet state : very active 1917-1919, but died of illness, cutting short an eminent career

JOSE MARTI Cuban poet and freedom- fighter, active in cause of Cuban independence, killed fighting the Spanish

Mount Fuji, Japan - Shoji Hotel with Lake Shoji Date: circa 1920s

WWII - Pin-up showing a lot of leg, accompanied by the caption: " This Front is quite active!" Date: 1943

Edward VIII & Patailas
EDWARD VIII When Prince of Wales, meeting Pataila soldiers who lost limbs whilst on active service during World War One

Calvin / Whole Length
JEAN CALVIN French reformer, active in Switzerland

Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills, WW1
Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills for Active Service, showing a man undergoing an army medical examination during the early stages of the First World War. Date: 1914

London Life - The Busy Docks of the Port of London Date: circa 1940

Princess Helena with Prince Christian Victor
Princess Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1923) with her eldest child, Prince Christian Victor, born at Windsor on 14 April 1867

Saint Barbara, c. 1470, by Master of the Statues of Koudewat
Master of the Statues of Koudewater (active c. 1460-1480). Statue of Saint Barbara, c. 1470. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Advert for Bensons luminous wrist watch 1915
Bensons active service wristlet watch, fully luminous figures and hands and self closing cover. Date: 1915

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Kawaibashi Date: circa 1910s

The Trojan War: The Destruction of Troy. ca. 1470. Detail. Hecuba entrusts her daughter Polyxena to Antenor during the assault of the Achaeans

Travel poster using an active woman with a ball (globe) to suggest that Denmark is a healthy and cosmopolitan place to take a vacation Date: 1936

Prince of Wales with the Grendiers Guards, 1914
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972), King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, on a route march with the Grenadier Guards in 1914

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Lady Daphne Finch-Hatton
Lady Daphne Finch-Hatton was the eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Winchilsea and Nottingham. The photograph shows her in a serious mood, with Whisky

Gloster Meteor T. 7 WA669 27
Royal Air Force - Gloster Meteor T.7 WA669 27, of the Central flying School, at RAF Little Rissington, on 1 August 1970. (RAF Little Rissington is the highest active airfield in the British Isles)

No. 2 Squadron, Canadian Air Force
Canadian Air Force - The assembled men and machines of No. 2 Squadron Canadian Air Force (1918-1920), probably at Shoreham aerodrome (or, less likely, Upper Heyford)

Kilauea Volcano, National Park, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars
Quick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! Date: 1940

Patrick Geddes / Photo
Sir PATRICK GEDDES Scottish biologist and sociologist; active in city planning

Mathieu Dutilh
MATHIEU DUTILH French physicist, associated with Franklins electrical experiments concerning lightning etc. Date: active 1750s

Sir Charles Brisbane
SIR CHARLES BRISBANE English naval commander who had an active and adventurous career in many oceans of the world, surviving shipwrecks and hurricanes. Date: 1769 - 1829

Cardinal Joseph Fesch
CARDINAL JOSEPH FESCH half-brother of Napoleons mother, active during Napoleonic period as negotiator between France and the Vatican

Dolgoch - narrow gauge steam loco of the Talyllyn Railway
Dolgoch a narrow gauge 0-4-0 well tank steam locomotive built by Fletcher, Jennings & Co in 1866, still in active service to the Talyllyn Railway. Date: 1953

Womens wrestling school in Vauxhall, 1928
Gladiators of the feminine age. A wrestling school for women recently opened in Vauxhall, London. Miss Dot Butler, the schools champion wrestler

Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 60-0008
United States Air Force - Boeing B-52H-135-BW Stratofortress 60-0008 (msn 464373)of the 19th Bombardment Wing, with a humorous caption on the nose: - Dear Rocky, not to win is a very Bad Thing

The Crater of Kilauea - an active shield volcano on Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. 1902

WW2 - Wireless Operators Instruction Class
A photograph of an active British WW2 Royal Air Force wireless operators instruction class, aloft in the latest (of the time) type of training plane. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Christmas Card, F. A. N. Y
A WW2 Christmas greetings card illustration which portrays a saluting woman working for The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, a British independent all female charity which was heavily active in nursing

WW2 Birthday Card, Standing By The Flag
A WW2 birthday greetings card, the illustration shows a Scottish terrier dog wearing a tin hat and armed with a rifle, standing guard beside a Union Jack flag, with the radio active. Date: circa 1941

WW2 Greetings Card
An illustrated WW2 greetings card complete with ribbon, To my son on active service. The image shows a Union Jack flag hung below some green shuttered windows. Date: circa 1940s

At The Sea Baths La Potiniere
This illustration provides a broad view of an event at the sea baths, attendants are dining outside a row of huts, with a game of tennis active in the background, by a ship in dry dock

Sada Yacco, La Belle Otero and Le Bargy
A selection of three caricature sketches, including a portrait of Japanese geisha, actress and dancer, Sada Yacco, 1871-1946, a side profile study of Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias

Trainee paratroops descending from a Barrage Balloon
Royal Air Force - Trainee paratroops descending from a Barrage Balloon, during training. The RAF's Balloon Operations Squadron, flying barrage balloons, was active training paratroops

A Breezy Day
A landscape oil painting of an old sherpherd with his wife, and a large flock of sheep on a field, with active windmills visible in the background. Date: circa 1919

Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops, an establishment which finds work for men who have become permanently disabled on active service

Outdoor Market
This painting shows an active market, customers are showing interest at a nearby cloth merchant stall, among others in the background. Date: circa 1915

A Lancashire Ironworks
A landscape etching of an active ironworks in Lancashire, northwest England. The chimneys all have smoke billowing into the sky. Date: circa 1915

A West Lancashire Coal Mine
This etching shows some active smoke stacks of a coal mine in Lancashire, steam and smoke can be seen billowing into the sky. Date: circa 1915

Returning To The Trenches
This painting shows an active flurry of French soldiers in WW1, dressed in their distinctive red and blue uniform, with raised bayonets. Date: circa 1915

Marabout Oasis near Misrata, Gulf of Sidra, Libya Date: circa 1940s

National School of Equitation Advertisement
A painting of the interior of the National School of Equitation, with an active game of ladies indoor polo in play. The picture is used as part of an advertisement for the school to attract customers

Owakidani, hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

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