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Britains Sea Power Is YoursWorld War Two propaganda poster for the Royal Navy - Britains Sea Power Is Yours - showing destroyers in line ahead
Robin Hoods BayA boy runs ahead of his grandparents to the beach at Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire, a charming old town from whence, legend has it, Robin Hood escaped by sea
Womens Suffrage Millicent FawcettPhotograph shows Millicent Garrett Fawcett ahead of a banner proclaiming Woman Citizens Mrs. Fawcett, President of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies
Ghost Delivers WarningA spectral figure materialises in a candlelit room where two men are roused from their books. The older man points ahead while the ghost points upwards. A ghostly warning?
January - A year of good reading ahead. Poster for statewide WPA Library Project, Illinois, showing a child pulling a sled full of books toward a house. Date between 1936 and 1941
WATSONs WHISKY 1905Watsons No 10 Whisky is miles ahead of any other Date: 1905
Oxford V Cambridge 1877(L) Danger Ahead (R) At Barnes Race which had a controversial dead heat finish
The Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania in full flow Date: 1922
WW2 production posterWorld War Two poster issued by the British Admiralty, demonstrating full steam ahead on production, presumably of wartime equipment and munitions. A naval commander with ensign flying gives the order
Hayes winning the Marathon Race. Olympic Games, London 1908Photograph of John Hayes, American athlete, in the final leg of the marathon race at the London Olympic Games in 1908. Dorando Pietri of Italy collapsed after entering the stadium ahead of the pack
WW2 poster, Britains Sea Power, Destroyers in line ahead, maintain it with your savings. Date: circa 1940
The past is behind us, the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ever was. Soldier shaking hands with worker holding sledgehammer. Date 1918
Suffragettes Chalking Pavement Deputation. A group of W.S.P.U members in replica prison dress chalk the pavement announcing the deputation to Mr. Asquith, 24th february 1909
Tragedy of the Marathon Race... London Olympics 1908Front cover from The Graphic. Dorando Pietri of Italy collapsed after entering the stadium ahead of the pack during the 1908 London Olympics
Railway LinesThe view from the drivers cab of a mainline electric train leaving Surbiton Station, Surrey, England, showing the the track and bridge ahead
Trouble Ahead! by Muriel Dawson -- an inquisitive little girl tips a bowl towards her to see what is inside. Date: 1925
Fashion looks ahead, Dream of Fair Women ballFashion looks years ahead - and at present and past: frocks of the future for the " Dream of Fair Women" ball tonight (i.e)
Royal Navy captain on bridge of warshipRoyal Navy captain on the bridge of a warship, leaning on the brass engine room telegraph set at Full Ahead. Date: circa 1950s
WW2 - Train Driver Watches AheadA photograph of a WW2 train driver looking on ahead, as signals sound for an oncoming raid. Date: circa 1944
WW2 Birthday Card, Keep Smiling!A WW2 birthday greeings card, Blessed are they who do not keep awake at night - But dream of happier times ahead! The image portrays a content old man asleep in bed
WW2 Birthday Card, Full Speed Ahead!A WW2 birthday greetings card, the illustration shows an old man riding his Penny Farthing, wearing a soldier's tin hat and satchel and a priority sign hung around his neck. Date: circa 1940s
The Lonely RoadA dark, pastel painting which shows a seated fox, alone in a barren landscape, with a long, winding road ahead of him. Date: circa 1920
Three Japanese Gifts for Felicitous Events, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Osaka. Top: Symbol of Supreme Felicity - red and white silk crepe, pine foliage, crane and tortoise
David JonesA coloured reproduction for a David Jones Advertisement, portraying the man himself, whose abounding enterprise and enthusiasm, coupled with a business vision ahead of his time
Constitutionalists Repair Railway Destroyed by FederalistsA group of Constitutionalists repair a railroad destroyed by federalist forces. Several men repair the metal tracks as others move wood, clear the track, or watch from a parked locomotive ahead
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Adelante luchadores de la libertad! (Go Ahead Freedom Fighters!). Poster of the anarchist organization CNT-AIT-FAI
HUNTING ALPHABET - TT for the Thruster - who pushes ahead : some wish him well, but most wish him dead... Date: 1929
The Boat Race by Margaret Tempest circa 1910s
22nd Dragoons Memorial, Cresserons, NormandyThe Dragoons were equipped with Sherman flail tanks. Rotating metal chains were attached to a roller at the front of the tank and as the tank moved slowly forward
Poster, Full Ahead Production, WW2. 1940s
The climb of Rio-Frio barricaded by the MexicansA battalion of soldiers march up the Rio-Frio pass, with two officers on horseback watching as groups of soldiers ahead try to drag fallen trees and logs from the path. Date: 1863
Two drivers on the Monaco Grand Prix circuitThe Monaco Grand Prix 1935, with a Maserati leading Lord Howes Bugatti on a bend. 1935
Alfa-Romeos, opening lap of Grand Prix de la Marne, FranceThree Alfa-Romeos at about 140 mph during the opening lap of the Grand Prix de la Marne, France, with Louis Chiron ahead of Achille Varzi and Guy Moll. 1934
Keeping ahead of fashion 1937Selection of womens straw hats in delicate contrasting shades, using swirls and curls and single bow knots. Date: 1937
Kathleen Leigh Hunt is walking upstairs in Hyde Park Place, London, when a phantom housemaid appears, walking ahead of her and vanishing at the top of the stairs Date: July 1884
Full Steam Ahead Date: 1880
Buying Travel Insurance Date: 1950
Captain Steers Boat Date: 1950
TRINITY ALMSHOUSESThe Trinity Almshouses at Mile End : thats the chapel, straight ahead, with the residential buildings on either side of the avenue. Date: 1895
CHILDREN RUNNING / NEG2016Children running along the pavement ahead of a milkfloat in Liverpool Date: 1960s
MALE TYPE / MEN ABOUT TOWNMen about town - dressed up for the evening ahead Date: 1927
SMS Breslau - Re-named Midilli for the Ottoman Fleet - WW1SMS Breslau was a Magdeburg-class cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in the early 1910s. Following her commissioning
Children / Liverpool 1960SChildren running along the pavement ahead of a milkfloat in Liverpool
Ufos / Cash, LandrumBetty Cash, Vickie & Colby Landrum see a diamond of fire over the road ahead of them, accompanied by black helicopters; subsequently they suffer from radiation
RMS Victorian - Allan Line - Route to Canada. Date: 1910
The Sky Devils Air Circus PosterPoster, The Sky Devils Air Circus, Great 1944 Display, 10 years ahead of its time! Come and win 500. Issued by Air Pageants Ltd. 1944
Warship trailing a Fog Buoy, 1912Photograph of a British warship trailing a fog buoy. When a group of warships travelling line ahead entered fog they would stream fog buoys
Christmas card, motoring snow scene. 1939
The Olde Mole - Black and white view along walk- cannons on right, harbour on left, rock ahead Date: circa 1890s
A narrow build up street on a Greek Island. Errol Holders back to the camera to the left, a Unisex salon sign to the right and three men further ahead Date: 1978
Runner holding an accordion - Istanbul, TurkeyA Turkish Fireman - a runner who ran ahead to warn of a fire, making an almighty wail and a racket on his accordion. Date: 1873
Suffragettes Demonstrating Chelmsford 1908The scene on a Saturday in late November 1908, outside an inn, Chelmsford, Essex. The W.S.P.U organised a colourful demonstration ahead of the forthcoming by-election
Startling Stories - The Giant Atom by Malcolm Jameson. A man holds a woman protectively as they both look fearfully out of a spaceship window, the view ahead shows the sun orbiting planet earth
Tram Construction at Belfast, Electro-Motor Carriage and Tram Base in Finishing Shed - a view of the undercarriage and wheels of a tram and a finished tram base ahead in a large indoor workplace
Cloughy, Co. Down - a view along the sea wall to the village up ahead, there is a motor car on the road. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Cloghy). Date: circa early 1900s
Woodside, Rostrevor, Co. Down - a view from the trees and mountain road ahead, to the bay of Rostrevor, where buildings are visible to the right. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Rostrevor)
Future Prediction - Flying Machines in the Year 2000Future Prediction - How flying Machines would transform everyday life in the Year 2000 (as one flies over the Rhine...) - for him, for her and for the whole family! Date: 1900
Snap Playing Card - Sailor with telescope. circa 1910s
Cajun Pass AscendedTwo powerful engines are required to haul trains up to the summit of Cajun Pass, on the Santa Fe line : behind lies the Mohave Desert, ahead is welcoming California. Date: 1923
Driver Peers AheadThe driver peers ahead from his open footplate which gives him only minimum protection from rain and wind, hail and snow. Date: 1888
Danger aheadDutch boy eyeing a pretty girl is in danger of tripping over a basket of eggs. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915
Sicily IntroductionBlack and white Victorian lantern slide of an illustrated Sicilian scene. Theres a mountain ahead and a farmer with his cow-drawn wagon walks through a landscape of trees and fields
Spain - Plaza de San FernandoBlack and white lantern slide of a scene outside the Plaza de San Fernando. There are trees towering up ahead, while ladies and gentlemen meander across the front grounds
Suffragette In Police Van Womens Parliament. A W.S.P.U publicity stunt ahead of the Womens Parliament at Caxton Hall and the deputation to the Prime Minister Asquith, 24th February 1909
Battleship v. destroyer by G. H. DavisBattleship versus destroyer: an important question explained. Should a destroyer attack a battleship from astern or ahead
Rufus the cat watches a mouseFull Speed Ahead! -- Rufus the cat watches a mouse and plans to track it down. Date: 1912
Danger Ahead - Cover by David WrightFront cover of Danger Ahead by Peter Saxon, in the Sexton Blake Library series, designed by David Wright and featuring an elegant looking dark-haired woman wearing a strapless dress relaxing against
Full Speed AheadHaving persuaded his lady friend to come for a ride, a little Dutch boys commands his wooden hobby horse to travel " Full Speed Ahead" ! (2/3) Date: circa 1920
Ahead of all, N. L. Hansen & Co s. Magnolia Tobacco, unsurpasAhead of all, N.L. Hansen & Co s. Magnolia Tobacco, unsurpassed by any in use. For sale here. Print shows an African American man with arms stretched out holding tobacco leaves in each hand
A tight race ahead. Illustration shows Alton B. Parker, William Jennings Parker, David B. Hill, Arthur P. Gorman, an unidentified rower, William Randolph Hearst, unidentified rower
I guess I can keep right ahead. Illustration shows a well-dressed, contented, obese capitalist labeled Trusts wearing skates labeled Protective Tariff
Trouble ahead for the trainer. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a trainer in a circus, holding a whip and getting tangled in ropes attached to a hippopotamus labeled The Trusts
Get ahead! Adult education classes : For adults at no charge. Poster encouraging adults to attend adult education classes. Date between 1936 and 1941
Bon Ton Burlesquers 365 days ahead of them all. Date c1898
The Fast Denver Ltd. Locomotive climbing Soldier SummitThe Fast Denver Ltd. climbing Soldier Summit, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s
Gentleman smoking a cigarette while deep in contemplationA middle-aged man sits facing a fireplace with his legs stretched forwards, resting infront of the open fire; he smokes a cigarette whilst staring ahead
Waterloo PlaceDuke of Yorks column and St Jamess Park ahead, Pall Mall off to the right, Trafalgar Square out of sight on the left : the prominent building is the United Service Club
Journeys EndCouple dancing on ice, not aware of the hazard ahead of them
Superstition. By A. E. BestallA humorous cartoon showing a young woman driving her uncle through the countyside. She is reassuring her passenger about how safe and experienced she is, not concentrating on the road sign ahead
Struth by Bruce BairnsfatherOle Bill, the soldier creation of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather during World War I, stands amidst his luggage at the end of the war, and contemplates his new life ahead
Dollar in Trouble / 1933Americas false optimism at the time of the depression - not noticing the leak in the dollar balloon blue skies ahead are promised
LOOK AHEADTom sees a group of fortune- tellers and prophesiers coming towards him but refuses to be tempted to look at the future
An electric portable cleanerDomestic vacuum cleaners began to appear in households from around 1907. This particular version seems ahead of its time
Overtaking in TownsOvertaking in towns : never overtake unless you can see sufficiently far ahead to do so with safety
