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Advent Collection

Background imageAdvent Collection: Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714

Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714
Royal Air Force - Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714. Seen fitted with chin-mounted ASV Mk. III radar, retractable Leigh Light in the Ventral turret position and RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch)

Background imageAdvent Collection: Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII PZ467 Tse-Tse. Armed with a 57mm (6 pounder) Molins quick-firing gun, the first Mk.XVIII was flown on 25 August 1943

Background imageAdvent Collection: CHARLES DARWIN CARTOON

CHARLES DARWIN CARTOON
CHARLES DARWIN The advent of mankind is celebrated by a congregation of apes, who hold a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871). Date: 1809 - 1882

Background imageAdvent Collection: APES, MONKEYS & BABY APES, MONKEYS & BABY

APES, MONKEYS & BABY APES, MONKEYS & BABY
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871)

Background imageAdvent Collection: Evolution - Baby - Monkeys

Evolution - Baby - Monkeys
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871)

Background imageAdvent Collection: Record Greetings - record and greetings card shop, Croydon

Record Greetings - record and greetings card shop, Croydon
Record Greetings, a record and greetings cards shop at 77 George Street, Croydon in the days when vinyl was king, long before the advent of digital streaming

Background imageAdvent Collection: Spitsbergen, Norway - Adventfjorden (Advent Bay)

Spitsbergen, Norway - Adventfjorden (Advent Bay). Depicted here is the former mining camp of Longyearbyen (located on its southwestern shore)

Background imageAdvent Collection: Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 54, December 1926 B

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 54, December 1926 Bonne Annee - an amusing take on the advent of the newyear with a mock punch and judy show 1926

Background imageAdvent Collection: WW1 Recruitment Poster -- A Resolution

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- A Resolution
Recruitment poster, printed by A Thom and Company, Dublin. A Resolution passed in the Trenches. By an Irish Regiment (2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment)

Background imageAdvent Collection: Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway

Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageAdvent Collection: Tverdalen at Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway

Tverdalen at Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageAdvent Collection: Midnight sun in Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway

Midnight sun in Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageAdvent Collection: Snebrae at Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway

Snebrae at Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageAdvent Collection: Sandwichboard men proclaiming advent of the ILN

Sandwichboard men proclaiming advent of the ILN
Lines of men holding up placards proclaiming the advent of the first issue of the Illustrated London News, 30 engravings, price 6d

Background imageAdvent Collection: Trapping in Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway

Trapping in Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway
A trapper at work in Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway Date: circa 1907

Background imageAdvent Collection: Sandbach Crosses

Sandbach Crosses
In the market square of Sandbach, Cheshire, are these two Anglian Crosses, completed in the 9th century to commemorate the advent of Christianity in 653 A.D. Date: early 1940s

Background imageAdvent Collection: The Crosses, Sandbach

The Crosses, Sandbach
The Sandbach Crosses were completed in the 9th Century A.D. to commemorate the advent of Christianity in the Kingdom of Mercia about 653 A.D. during the reign of the Saxon King Penda (626-655 AD)

Background imageAdvent Collection: The Bystander Special Flying Number

The Bystander Special Flying Number
Front cover from The Bystander special flying number showing a group of elegantly-dressed passengers boarding an Imperial Airways flight

Background imageAdvent Collection: American Indian Country. A Manitoba Dog Train

American Indian Country. A Manitoba Dog Train
Before the advent of horses, the American Indians used teams of dogs to pull carts for transporting goods

Background imageAdvent Collection: Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable

Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable
Machines covering the Atlantic cable wire with gutta percha at the Gutta Percha Companys works in Wharf Road, London. Before the advent of man-made materials, gutta percha

Background imageAdvent Collection: Evolution / Baby & Monkeys

Evolution / Baby & Monkeys
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book " The Descent of Man" (1871)

Background imageAdvent Collection: Music Cover / Crinoline

Music Cover / Crinoline
THE CRINOLINE SCHOTTISCHE: a piece of music probably written in 1857 to mark the advent of the cage crinoline. A woman in a crinoline walks down the street


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