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de Havilland D. H. 104 Dove 8 G-ARJB
de Havilland D.H.104 Dove 8 G-ARJB Exporter (msn 04518), of JCB (J.C. Bamford Excavators), at Biggin Hill in 1960. Date: 1960

Arrow Active Mk. 2 G-ABVE
Arrow Active Mk.2 G-ABVE, of the Tiger Club, with race number 49. Date: circa 1960

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream III JY-AMN
Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A Gulfstream III JY-AMN (msn 418) of Alia-Royal Jordanian Airlines at London Heathrow Airport. JY-ABL - Alia-Royal Jordanian Airlines - 10 September 1985JY-AMN - Alia-Royal

Sarah Grand (1854 - 1943), Irish feminist writer active and author. Date: 1897

Prince Albert onboard HMS Collingwood
Prince Albert, Duke of York, later King George VI (1895-1952), as a midshipman on HMS Collingwood, in the summer of 1914. Prince Albert was the only child of George V, other than Prince Edward

Prince Albert preparing for flight in a Handley-Page bomber
Prince Albert, later Duke of York and King George VI (1895-1952), as a Captain in the Royal Air Force to which he transferred from the Navy in 1918

Arrow Active 2 G-ABVE at Old Warden Date: circa 1965

Active Mk. 2 - G-ABVE
Arrow Active Mk.2 - G-ABVE

MiG 29s at Fairford
Mikoyan MiG-29s from the Gromov Flight Institute in Ukraine, flying in formation, minutes away from colliding over the active aircraft parking area at Fairford. Date: 1993

Mount Bromo, Tengger massif, Sand Sea, East Java, Indonesia. Date: 1910s

Naples, Italy - View toward Vesuvius in strong moonlight Date: circa 1920s

Berastagi and Mount Sibayak, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
The town of Berastagi, showing Hotel Brastagi and Mount Sibayak, an active volcano in Northern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1920

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?
Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

George Sand Age 32
GEORGE SAND French writer and folklorist, also known for her active social life and affairs. Here in her thirties. Date: 1804-1876

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Miss Isobel McLean
Isobel McLean, daughter of Mrs Loudon McLean, society hostess. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait and commercial photographer active between 1915 and 1975

Franz Rudolf Weiss
FRANZ RUDOLF WEISS Swiss soldier and author, active in America

Space Memorabilia - lunar meteorite
Space Memorabilia - stunning NWA 11303 Lunar Meteorite weighing eight grams and measuring 37mm. Moon rocks are incredibly rare, making up only 1 per cent of meteorite falls

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy on a silk postcard
There were various different types of sllk cards - woven, embroidered and machine woven. Victor Emmanuel took an active part in the War, moving to the Front when Italy declared war on Austria

Children on a frozen pond on a Christmas card
Three children sledding on a frozen pond on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Juan de Flandes (1460-1519). Early Netherlandish painter. Ec
Juan de Flandes (1460-1519). Early Netherlandish painter, active from 1496-1519. Ecce Homo. Before 1496. National Gallery. Prague. (Sternberg Palace). Czech Republic

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1470, by Master of the Sta
Master of the Statues of Koudewater (active c. 1460-1480). Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1470. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Virchow (Spy)
RUDOLF VIRCHOW German pathologist associated with tuberculosis, rickets etc. : also an active politician who opposed Bismarcks policies Date: 1813 - 1902

WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight
Come into the ranks and fight for your King and Country. Don t stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the Front. Enlist today. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

Turkey (1839). Istanbul
Ottoman Empire (1839). Istanbul. Fountain of Amet III. Litography. TURKEY. THRACE. Istanbul. Library of Ahmed III (Topkapi Palace)

WW2 Poster -- Your Release can be delayed with VD
Your Release can be delayed with VD! Colour lithograph, British Army anti-venereal disease medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria
but my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

J. C. Vickery advertisement with Fums Up lucky mascot, WW1
Advertisement for J C. Vickery, Their Majesties Jeweller, featuring an active service watch with luminous hands and figures and FUMSUP" for luck, a popular lucky charm or talisman for soldiers

Pocket battleship Deutschland by G. H. Davis
A hunted German raider believed to be active in the Atlantic: the pocket battleship Deutschland. A photograph (above), and a cross-section drawing (below). Date: 1939

Sorrento and Vesuvius, Italy
Sorrento, Italy, with Vesuvius smoking in the background. Date: late 19th century

Advert for the Olva sleeping blanket, WW1
Advertisement for the Olva improved sleeping blanket, a great improvement on the ordinary sleeping bag. Invaluable for officers on active service

H. M. S. Fearless
An Active class scout cruiser of the Royal Navy, the Fearless was launched in 1912 and in World War One led the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Battles of Heligoland Blight, 1914, and Jutland 1916

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Queen Victorias fourth son and eighth child shown reading. The most academic of the Queens sons, Leopold led a closeted existence due to his haemophilia

Cutting the first turf of the Bristol and North Somerset Rai
Mrs Milward, wife of the Rev. Prebendary Milward (an active advocate for the railway), seen cutting the first turf at Clutton of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway

People on Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia
People on Mount Bromo, an active volcano in the Tengger massif, East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910

English Packet Boat passes Stromboli
An English Packet Boat passes Stromboli, a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy

Advert for Shoolbreds wristwatch 1915
Shoolbreds service wristwatch, with self closing cover. 1915

Lighthouse, Ramsgate - Across water ( with sailing ship) to lighthouse. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. The lighthouse situated on the West harbour arm was built in 1842

Spain. Aragon. Tarazona. Altarpiece of chapel of the Purificacion, 1493. Nuestra senora de la Huerta Cathedral. Pentecost. Descent of the Holy Spirit

Phyllis and Zena Dare roller skating at Olympia
Actress sisters Phyllis and Zena Dare pictured on roller skates on the rink at Olympia at a time when roller skating was all the rage. Date: 1910

Wolsey bathing suits and beach suits advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for Wolsey bathing and beach suits made of smooth, soft wool, with an elastic, close-ribbed knit that makes them fit, in the water or out of it, just like an extra skin. Date: 1931

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

Smoke rising from Mount Asama, Honshu Island, Japan
Smoke rising from Mount Asama - an active complex volcano in central Honshu, the main island of Japan. The volcano is the most active on Honshu. Date: circa 1907

Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani - rising steam
Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1904

Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani with man on horseback in foreground Date: circa 1904

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