Ago Collection

Cave art paintings, prehistoric discovery
A cave painting of small brown and red stags with horses, composed in Greek style, between two large black bull heads. Cave art discoveries in the Dordogne were by the Aurignacians who sought refuge

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great Change
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Cretaceous Period - a time of great change, about 80 Million Years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton)

Neanderthal Man
An illustration of Neanderthal man 500, 000 years ago based on a skeleton found at La Chapelle-aux-Saints in 1908. It had been proven since then that man was by no means in the gorilla stage

Brazilian Rainforest
The Brazilian rainforest 150 years ago. Date: 1850

Thaxted / Essex / Guildhall
Built over six hundred years ago, the Guildhall in Thaxted, Essex continues to represent the civic life of the town and is still in daily use

A goddess and her handmaidens - in unique figurines of 4500 years ago, part of the royal treasure of Dorak from the Yortan culture

A long time ago. The Kick of the Stirrup
This illustration depicts a man riding on horseback, raising himself up to meet the kiss of a young woman, leaning out of the window. Date: circa 1901

A Long Time Ago
This painting shows a romantic array of couples, lying by a rose bush, with musicians playing and dancing in the background. Date: circa 1901

The Minuet Dance of Long Ago Date: 18th century

The Nun. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966

Kaiserliche Marine - Ago C. IIW 539
Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) - Ago C.IIW 539, one of two floatplane versions of the 3-bay C.II landplane reconnaissance aircraft delivered to the Marine-Fliegerabteilung

PHOTO OF FRANK 1850S?
Studio photograph of Frank, 4 yrs ago. Date: 1850s?

Bridge Fight, Pisa
PISA : the long-ago defeat of the Saracens is celebrated by two groups of warriors who battle it out on a bridge over the Arno Date: 18th century

STAGECOACH / 100 YRS AGO
A stagecoach makes a quick stop to pick up an extra passenger. Date: late 18th century

Three views of a wolf bone excavated at Vestonice
Proof that the mammoth-hunters of 30, 000 years ago knew how to count: three views of a wolf bone (the radius) marked with numerical notches

The Glozel Alphabet Tablets
A large clay tablet from Glozel, near Vichy in France inscribed with alphabetical signs. The tablets were said to date back to the Neolithic period

Skull of Paranthropus aethiopicus with prominent sagittal crest. Pliocene. Located in Lomekwi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Brabyns Brow, Marple, Cheshire
Although no longer cobbled, this view remains much as it was over 100 years ago when this photogrpah was taken. George Potter

Leicesters Roman forum reconstructed
Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell of the city of Leicesters Roman forum in Roman times. The Roman remains excavated by Kathleen Kenyon in 1936, beside the Roman-era Jewry Wall in Leicester

Tatler cover - 60 years of social change - 1959
Front cover of The Tatler for 30 December 1959 with two opera-bound couples gazing across a span of sixty years. The contemporary girls wears a Susan Small dress in pale coffee-coloured pure lace

Nursery Rhymes - Bells of Long ago
Bells of Long ago - words of Bells of Long Ago. Part of Box 52 Boswell collection. Nursery Rhymes. Date: circa 1890s

Skeleton of Myotragus balearicus. Spain
Myotragus balearicus. Small mammal like antelope feeding on bark and lichens. He lived in Majorca and Minorca until about 5000 years ago. Skeleton. Museum of Paleontology. Sabadell. Spain

Jaw of Australopithecus anamensis. Pliocene. Located in Kanapoi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Skull probably from Homo sapiens. From Laetoli. Tanzania. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Girl and Baby Bear
This adorable bear, born at the Paris zoo only a few months ago, is so tame that children are allowed to play with him. They much prefer him to a stuffed teddy bear! Date: early 1930s

Dunstall Castle Folly
DUNSTALL CASTLE FOLLY This ruin was built by a former Earl of Coventry about 100 years ago to improve the landscape as seen from his mansion at Croome Park. Date: 1950s

Music cover, I am One of the Olden Time or Fifty Years Ago
Music cover, I am One of the Olden Time, or Fifty Years Ago, sung by Harry Clifton. 1860s

Ago C II twin-boom fuselaged German plane, operating from late 1915 on the Western Front. Seen here is a late production example, serial no. 371/15. Date: circa 1915

Funeral Flowers at Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport. They are for the funeral of Charles Harold Battersby who died on 12th January 1913 in Amiens, France and was buried on the 16th in Stockport

Japan - Temple of Kwannon at Mizusawa
Lantern slide of Temple of Kwannon at Mizusawa. Mizusawa Temple, founded over 1000 years ago, plays an important religious role as one of the 33 sites of the Kanto Kannon Pilgrimage

Japan - Hot Springs of Kusatsu
Lantern slide of Japan Hot Springs of Kusatsu. There are several theories about the origin of Kusatsu Onsen. One theory, for instance, was that it was discovered by a legendary hero about 1

Sunset somewhere in. WWI drawing
Sunset somewhere in. On verso - Dearest Ciss, Just a few lines hoping you are in the best of health. I wrote you a few days ago and expect you will have received some ere this. Love. Yours always. B

Ancient boat building by G. H. Davis
Boat building over 2500 years ago: Humber craft reconstructed. The skill of primitive man exemplified in a recent find of two carvel-built canoes. Date: 1946

Cartoon, One Who Might Have Helped, WW1
Cartoon, One Who Might Have Helped. Showing Lord Kitchener and General Pau, defenders of France at the start of the First World War, sitting at a desk with books and maps

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Cocktail lounge of the Boeing Stratocruiser
The smartly appointed cocktail lounge of the Boeing Stratocruiser provides the air transportation field with a luxury undreamed of a few years ago

SPAIN. Castell de Castells. Pla de Petrarcos, old Moorish settlement. Levantine Art. Cave paintings from more than 8 thousand years ago. World Heritage Site. Neolithic art. Cave

United States (1870) Post train from New York to Chicago (24 horas). In the upper section, the same route 100 years ago

ferry landing - Moulmein
Ferry landing - Moulmein - Two days ago a river ferry was heavily laden with rubber and seventy passengers. In midstream suddenly split open with rot. None survived the ebbing tide

Hyman Bachwald, 167 Allen Street, New York. Neurotic and epileptic. Mother worked in factory previous to marriage, and while Hyman was coming. Her mentality is questioned

Chicago in 1833
Eighty years ago the place where now stands a city of over 2, 000, 000 people was little more than a trading post... No other city has grown with such rapidity. Date: 1916

The Marriage House, Coldstream Bridgehead, Berwickshire, Scotland, where up to a hundred years ago Blacksmith Weddings took place; the smithy was the priest! Date: 1950s

Llywelyn Banqueting
LLYWELYN THE GREAT after a banquet, he listens as a bard with a harp tells of old forgotten far-off things and battles long ago. Date: ? - 1240

Escaped Kangaroo
Regents Park, London : an escaped kangaroo causes consternation at the London Zoo, which was opened two years ago. Date: 1828

Ruins of Old Panama destroyed by Morgan 250 Years ago

Greece Antiparos
Visitors to the Grotto - a tourist attraction more than two centuries ago

Seamen Missing at Sea
A letter informing a mother that there is still no news about her son, since his ship Inverness was sunk one month ago by the enemy. He is presumed drowned

Chester City Walls
The city walls at the Northgate, Chester, built over 2000 years ago, known to the Romans as Deva or Castra Devana. It was built as a fortress against Welsh Celts

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