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Background imageAiding Collection: Augusta Ada Byron

Augusta Ada Byron
AUGUSTA ADA BYRON daughter of the poet Byron, later countess Lovelace mathematician, arguably the worlds first computer programmer, aiding Babbage

Background imageAiding Collection: Michelin Tyre Advert

Michelin Tyre Advert
A Michelin Tyre Advertisement, showing the Michelin Man aiding the local workers in rubber collection!

Background imageAiding Collection: US War effort postcard - 1941 - Keep em Flying

US War effort postcard - 1941 - Keep em Flying
Keep em Flying Propaganda postcard from 1941 (after the USA had entered the War following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour), encouraging productivity to aid the War effort

Background imageAiding Collection: Chad - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise

Chad - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise
Chad, Central Africa - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise. Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin; practitioners believe this

Background imageAiding Collection: Handley Page HP-42

Handley Page HP-42
Imperial Airways Handley Page Hampden Hp-42 Hanno Being Pulled out with Propellers Helping Date: 1932

Background imageAiding Collection: Gentleman assists a lady to board a small rowing boat

Gentleman assists a lady to board a small rowing boat
Chivalry - A Gentleman assists a lady in boarding a small rowing boat - 1900s America. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageAiding Collection: Older girl helps her younger sister read a book

Older girl helps her younger sister read a book - formal studio portrait taken on 17th May 1930. The girls are Vera and her sister Doris Dingley

Background imageAiding Collection: Belgian Proverb - Needing help, no matter whom provides it

Belgian Proverb - Needing help, no matter whom provides it
Belgian Proverb - " Everyone needs someone to look down on" - It simply means you may need help from a " lower class" person

Background imageAiding Collection: The National Vigilance Association - NVA Workers, London

The National Vigilance Association - NVA Workers, London
The National Vigilance Association - NVA Workers at work at a London Railway Station. The NVA was a society established in August 1885 " for the enforcement

Background imageAiding Collection: The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel

The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel
One of four photographs: The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel 1944. From a collection of 48 photographs relating to the Burma Campaign, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)

Background imageAiding Collection: Education in China - Teacher and Pupil

Education in China - Teacher and Pupil
Education in China - a teacher helping a young girl with her Mathematics. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageAiding Collection: A Message From Mars by Richard Ganthony

A Message From Mars by Richard Ganthony
Promotional postcard for A Message From Mars by Richard Ganthony. First produced at the Avenue Theatre, London on 22nd January 1899

Background imageAiding Collection: Sphere cover - evacuation of civilians in France, WW1

Sphere cover - evacuation of civilians in France, WW1
A Knight-Errant on wheels - an incident in the evacuation of civilians in France. A British motor cyclists helps an old French lady

Background imageAiding Collection: Bystander- Lady Diana Manner

Bystander- Lady Diana Manner
A photograph of Lady Diana Manners (1892-1986), later known as Lady Diana Cooper, a prominent social figure who helped raise funds for the Red Cross and other war charities during WW1

Background imageAiding Collection: Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Changing wedding dress

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Changing wedding dress
Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - The bride changing her wedding dress (Shiromuku) for another ceremonial dress, mostly embroidered silk. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageAiding Collection: Russian Mother helps teach her daughter to read

Russian Mother helps teach her daughter to read by pointing to words on posters on a brick wall. Date: 1902

Background imageAiding Collection: US President Roosevelt signs the Lease-and-Lend Bill

US President Roosevelt signs the Lease-and-Lend Bill
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lease-and-Lend Bill onMarch 11th 1941. Lend-Lease was the programme under which the USA aided the Allied nations with material between 1941 and 1945

Background imageAiding Collection: The French Red Cross

The French Red Cross
" The French Red Cross never forgets them..." A superb stylised postcard praising the efforts of the French Red Cross in World War Two - entering the warzone with supplies to aid

Background imageAiding Collection: Japanese Imperial Princesses making bandages

Japanese Imperial Princesses making bandages during the Russo-Japanese War. Date: circa 1905

Background imageAiding Collection: Sea Scouts helping at 1948 Olympics

Sea Scouts helping at 1948 Olympics
Sea Scouts assisting with the boats at Torquay during the 1948 Olympics. 1948

Background imageAiding Collection: From Cinderella by Katharine Cameron

From Cinderella by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Background imageAiding Collection: Putting on a corset - with assistance

Putting on a corset - with assistance
A lady requires some assistance in the tightening of the laces of her corset. The rather caustic caption reads: " Reducing the Surplus" !! Date: circa 1905

Background imageAiding Collection: Turkish gallantry

Turkish gallantry
A Young Turkish man helps his pretty girl into his rowing boat for a jolly row across the Golden Horn, Constantinople

Background imageAiding Collection: Breuillards device to assist walking

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Background imageAiding Collection: British landing at Salonika

British landing at Salonika
The first British troops arriving at Salonika in Greece. The British landed at Salonika on October 5th 1915 with the intention of aiding Serbia. Driven back by Bulgarian forces, the expedition failed

Background imageAiding Collection: Wilson as Hypocrite

Wilson as Hypocrite
WOODROW WILSON depicted as a hypocrite, pretending to be neutral but in practice aiding the English

Background imageAiding Collection: Recording Eye Prints

Recording Eye Prints
An invention by two doctors: the eye print; recording the pattern made by veins on the retina, which differs for every individual. Science aiding the criminologist

Background imageAiding Collection: Aiding Location

Aiding Location
To help aviators know where they are, the roofs and walls of buildings in various locations will be painted in distinctive colours


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