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Aka Collection (page 2)

Background imageAka Collection: Florence Mills in Dover Street to Dixie

Florence Mills in Dover Street to Dixie (aka The Plantation Revue). Florence Mills (1896-1927) singer and dancer who became a major star of vaudeville and revue in the 1920s in both America

Background imageAka Collection: Plato aka Aristocles, with followers

Plato aka Aristocles, with followers
Plato aka Aristocles(428-348/7 BC), Greek philosopher with a group of his followers

Background imageAka Collection: The Siete Partidas (Seven-Part Code), aka Libro

The Siete Partidas (Seven-Part Code), aka Libro de las Leyes or Libro de las Posturas, was a Castilian statutory code first compiled during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile (1252-1284)

Background imageAka Collection: Baynards Castle

Baynards Castle
aka Castle Baynard : a great house on the Thames at Blackfriars dating from the 11th century, though periodically rebuilt until its destruction in the Great Fire. Date: circa 17th century

Background imageAka Collection: SPAIN. Alpera. Alpera Cave paintings Human

SPAIN. Alpera. Alpera Cave paintings Human
SPAIN. Alpera. Alpera Cave paintings.. Human figure at Cueva Vieja, aka Cueva del Venado (8000-4000 BC). Mesolithic art. Cave

Background imageAka Collection: Gym Tunic 1920S

Gym Tunic 1920S
A gym tunic (aka gym slip) like this costs from ten shillings and sixpence, and is available in brown or navy, other colours to order

Background imageAka Collection: Turkey Konya

Turkey Konya
(aka Iconium, Konieh etc) The remains of the Seljuk palace

Background imageAka Collection: Montenegro Ulcinj

Montenegro Ulcinj
[aka Dulcigno) view of the fortress from the north

Background imageAka Collection: Margery Crandon

Margery Crandon
Mina Stinson - aka Margery Crandon - controversial American spirit medium

Background imageAka Collection: Ivory Coast Village

Ivory Coast Village
(aka Cote d Ivoire) scane at the Ebrie Lagoon on the island of Kossiou

Background imageAka Collection: Stiebel / Valerie Hobson

Stiebel / Valerie Hobson
Actress Valerie Hobson (1917- 1998, aka Mrs John Profumo, dressed in a dress by Victor Stiebel for a Royal Command Performance in 1952

Background imageAka Collection: Nerthus / Hertha

Nerthus / Hertha
NERTHUS aka HERTHA German / Scandinavian goddess of fertility, worshipped on the island of Rugen

Background imageAka Collection: Diagram of a Whirlpool

Diagram of a Whirlpool
The form of the whirlpool at the south-east of Sumbo, Sunderoe Island, Faeroe Isles, aka Monck Rock whirlpool, with the soundings

Background imageAka Collection: Aka Khel, Pashtun Afghan tribe, NW Frontier

Aka Khel, Pashtun Afghan tribe, NW Frontier
Men of Aka Khel, a Pashtun Afghan tribe on the North West Frontier. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageAka Collection: Charlotte Duchess Albany

Charlotte Duchess Albany
CHARLOTTE, duchess of ALBANY the illegitimate daughter of Charles Stuart, aka The young Pretender and a miss Walkinshaw. Date: 1753 - 1789

Background imageAka Collection: Koeniggratz - Victory

Koeniggratz - Victory
BATTLE OF KOENIGGRATZ (aka Sadowa) - the victorious kaiser congratulates his men Date: 3 July 1866

Background imageAka Collection: Koeniggratz - Bayonets

Koeniggratz - Bayonets
BATTLE OF KOENIGGRATZ (aka Sadowa) - bayonet charge by the Prussian infantry Date: 3 July 1866

Background imageAka Collection: Pietro Martire Vermigli

Pietro Martire Vermigli aka Peter Martyr (1500 - 1562) Florentine religious and Protestant reformer

Background imageAka Collection: Communications / Writing

Communications / Writing
THOMAS EDWARDS aka Twm o r Nant Welsh Antiquary and poet known as the Cambrian Shakespeare Date: 1738 - 1810

Background imageAka Collection: Effigy of Richard Vernon

Effigy of Richard Vernon
SIR RICHARD VERNON - aka Richard Pembruge (speaker in the House of Commons) Date: ? - 1451

Background imageAka Collection: Sleeping Beauty aka Briar Rose Asleep

Sleeping Beauty aka Briar Rose Asleep
Beauty (aka Briar Rose ) asleep on her bed

Background imageAka Collection: Charles Halle / Anon

Charles Halle / Anon
CHARLES HALLE (aka CARL HALLE) British-German conductor and pianist. Date: 1819 - 1895

Background imageAka Collection: MEXICO. YUCATN. Chich鮠ItzᮠEl Castillo, aka

MEXICO. YUCATN. Chich鮠ItzᮠEl Castillo, aka
MEXICO. YUCATN. Chich鮠 Itzᮠ El Castillo, aka Chichen Itza (at the background) and the Thousand Columns. Maya art

Background imageAka Collection: SPAIN. Romanyࠤe la Selva. Daina Cave. Romany

SPAIN. Romanyࠤe la Selva. Daina Cave. Romany
SPAIN. Romanyࠤ e la Selva. Daina Cave. Romanyࠄ olmen, aka Cova d en Daina. Neolithic art. Architecture

Background imageAka Collection: Switzerland - Basel, Old Bridge and Three Kings Hotel

Switzerland - Basel, Old Bridge and Three Kings Hotel
Coloured lantern slide depicting a view of the Three Kings Hotel, Basel. Old Bridge can be seen in the foreground, as can the River Rhine

Background imageAka Collection: Piel Castle

Piel Castle
The ruins of Piel Castle, aka Fouldrey Castle, on the Cumbrian coast. Date: 1845

Background imageAka Collection: India Elephanta

India Elephanta
Carvings in the rock caves on Elephanta Island, near Mumbai.(aka Gharapuri) Date: 1834

Background imageAka Collection: Israel Mar Saba

Israel Mar Saba
(aka Santa Saba) - the Greek Orthodox monastery, in the Kidron Valley, one of the worlds oldest, once housed some 4000 monks, but now there are only 20. Date: circa 1840

Background imageAka Collection: Israel Sea of Galilee

Israel Sea of Galilee
(aka Lake Tiberias) Distant view, with the ruins of Saphet. Date: circa 1840

Background imageAka Collection: Ecuador Galapagos

Ecuador Galapagos
Scene on Charles Island (aka Santa Maria) one of the Galapagos islands (aka Archipelago de Colon or the Tortoise Islands). Date: 1835

Background imageAka Collection: Russia Arkhangelsk

Russia Arkhangelsk
(aka Archangel) street market under snow Date: 1919

Background imageAka Collection: Cyprus / Citium

Cyprus / Citium
The ruins of Citium (aka Kittim) an ancient port, now Larnaca. Date: 1836

Background imageAka Collection: Vendee : Heroic Woman

Vendee : Heroic Woman
Renee Bordereau, aka l Aangevin, saw her father butchered and lost 40+ relatives fighting the Revolution : usually in male dress, she is captured and imprisoned but survives. Date: circa 1793

Background imageAka Collection: Lassens Butte Ca

Lassens Butte Ca
A U.S. cavalry column deploys near Lassens Butte (aka Lassen Peak, Mount Lassen) in the Cascade Mountains of northern California. Date: 1857

Background imageAka Collection: Korea Inchon

Korea Inchon
(aka Jinsen or Chemulpo) Distant view of the treaty port. Date: 1902

Background imageAka Collection: SPAIN. Alpera. Alpera Cave paintings Man wearing

SPAIN. Alpera. Alpera Cave paintings Man wearing
SPAIN. Alpera. Alpera Cave paintings.. Man wearing a plume at Cueva Vieja, aka Cueva del Venado (8000-4000 BC). Mesolithic art. Cave

Background imageAka Collection: SPAIN. Romanyࠤe la Selva. Daina Cave. Romanyࠅ

SPAIN. Romanyࠤe la Selva. Daina Cave. Romanyࠅ
" SPAIN. Romanyࠤ e la Selva. Daina Cave. Romanyࠤ olmen, aka " Cova d en Daina". Neolithic art. Architecture."

Background imageAka Collection: Spain (1852). Mart�Merino, aka cura Merino

Spain (1852). Mart�Merino, aka cura Merino
Spain (1852). Mart� Merino, aka cura Merino, attempts to kill Isabella II (2nd February 1852). Litography. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Background imageAka Collection: ROJAS, Fernando de (1465-1541). Spanish writer

ROJAS, Fernando de (1465-1541). Spanish writer
" ROJAS, Fernando de (1465-1541). Spanish writer, author of " La Celestina". Title page of " La Celestina", aka " Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea". SPAIN

Background imageAka Collection: Scrum Back Chat, by Fougasse

Scrum Back Chat, by Fougasse
Put the ball down, blast you, Sir! I haven t got it, blast you, Sir! Well, you had it last, blast you, Sir! Full colour humorous illustration by Fougasse aka Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965)

Background imageAka Collection: Antiquities of Samarkand. Tomb of Saint Kassim ibn Abass (Sh

Antiquities of Samarkand. Tomb of Saint Kassim ibn Abass (Shakh Zinde) and adjacent mausoleums. Section of column on the exterior of the facade of Kutuluk Turdi Bek Akas mausoleum

Background imageAka Collection: Germany Schulpforta

Germany Schulpforta
The Cistercian monastery at Pforta, aka Schulpforta, in Sachsen, eastern Germany. Date: circa 1840

Background imageAka Collection: Namibia Luderitz

Namibia Luderitz
(aka Angra Pequena) - the harbour

Background imageAka Collection: Barberry / Berberry

Barberry / Berberry
barberries, aka berberries

Background imageAka Collection: Oh; but I insist! by Fougasse

Oh; but I insist! by Fougasse
Humorous illustration by Fougasse (aka Cyril Kenneth Bird) depicting a man on a Tube train offering his seat to a woman

Background imageAka Collection: Marie Lohr Smoking

Marie Lohr Smoking
Lady Thomasin, aka Miss Marie Lohr striking a masculine stance as she lights a cigarette. Taken during her stint in The Amazons

Background imageAka Collection: Portugal Sao Vicente

Portugal Sao Vicente
(aka Cape St Vincent) anciently regarded as the furthest point of Europe, and indeed, of the known world. The British defeated a Spanish fleet here in 1797

Background imageAka Collection: Poland Gdansk Danzig

Poland Gdansk Danzig
(aka Danzig) view of the harbour in the 16th century, when it was one of the principal ports of the Hanseatic League



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