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Local businesses were on protest against the increase charges of the Metropolitan Water Board on their registered meter. Photograph showing London City workers drawing water from the free Aldgate
WW1 - Thessaloniki - The Konak - an Ottoman-era building built in 1891 as the residence of the governor-general of the Salonica Vilayet and the seat of the Ottoman authorities
BUILDING COUNCIL FLATSThe construction of a block of flats on the Woodchurch Estate, at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Date: 1960s
Papal Tiara - Pope Pius XPope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority Date: 1903
HUSBAND / WIFE ANON 19CA middle-aged couple pose for their photograph. Date: late 19th century
KINGS BENCH PRISON / 1812This prison came under that authority of The Marshal of the Kings Bench. It opened in 1370 and closed in 1879, having moved once in 1758. Date: 1812
NEW YORK NEWSTAND / 1951Men and women browse through an array of newspapers and magazines on sale at the Garfield News Company stand at New York port authority bus terminal Date: 1951
Cartoon, Theres Always Something. Having recognised Napoleon IIIs government without cabinet authority, foreign secretary Palmerston is sacked by PM Lord John Russell. Date: December 1851
ATTACKING PEASANTS WARAt Seeburg, Luther condemns the Peasants who think that his rebellion against the Pope authorises them to rebel against secular authority. Date: 1525
Roman LictorsRoman lictors carrying fasces - an axe within a bundle of sticks - which are used as symbols of their authority. Date: circa 200 BC
PAPAL TIARAPope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority Date: 1903
Two young women pose proudly with their bicycles at Moffat in Dumfriesshire, which is now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland. Date: 1909
Sultan, ruler of Islamic states, sultanate
The Delaware River Bridge, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDepiction of the intended Delaware River Bridge (now The Benjamin Franklin Bridge) between Camden, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political structures by Genghis KhanThe image shows the Khagans deputy reading the regulations governing the meeting. 13th century
Ferry boat and Suez Canal Company office in Port Said, EgyptView over the Suez Canal to the administration building of the Suez Canal Company on the left with a ferry boat driving past, now housed by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) - Port Said, Egypt
Government House, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. circa 1930
Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II. StatueAshurnasirpal II. King of Assyria (883-859 BC). Statue. 865 BC. From the Temple of Ishtar Sharrat-niphi, Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Princess Margaret meeting Metropolitan Police officers during a visit to the Commissioners Mess. Among those present are Assistant Commissioner John Gerrard
Council Houses 1950STerraced council houses with uniform turquoise front doors and roses in their front gardens. Date: 1950s
House Flags and Funnels. circa 1910
Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation of 1863Postcard celebrating the centenary of President Abraham Lincolns Birth in 1809, illustration his Emancipation Proclamation of January 1st 1863. Date: 1909
Metropolitan Police officers teaching road safety to children. The man in the white outfit with traffic lights on his front is Safety Sam
Rural Guard on horseback, Cuba. Date: circa 1904
Suez Canal Company office in Port Said, EgyptThe administration buildings of the Suez Canal Company as seen from the Mediterranean Sea, now housed by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA)
The Arrest of Diepo Negoro by Lieutenant-General Baron De KoNicols Pieneman (1809-1860). Dutch painter. The Arrest of Diepo Negoro by Lieutenant-General Baron De Kock, c. 1830-1835, Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands
Maximilian I (1459-1519), Holy Roman EmperorMaximilian I (1459-1519). King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death. Colored engraving
Margaret Thatcher meeting Metropolitan Police officersMargaret Thatcher (Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, nee Roberts, 1925-2013), who served as British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990
International code of Signals flags and House Flags. circa 1910
Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray
Boy scouts of Penang Free School Troop, MalaysiaGroup photo, boy scouts of Penang Free School Troop, Malaysia. Seen here are the Officers, Patrol Leaders and Seconds. Date: 20th century
Suffragette Trampling on Policeman CeramicA gloriously victorious suffragette stands with arms outstretched on the head of a prostrate policeman. She is dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green
If Germany Wins -- the Kaisers sons, WW1A rather sickening and defeatist (or perhaps tongue-in-cheek) item, suggesting what might happen if Germany wins the First World War
150th Anniversary of the Bow Street RunnersPC Carol Price chats to PC Dave Edwards with his horse, and PC Stephen Cass. Carol Price was the last policewoman ever to wear this uniform on the streets of London
A Sydney Larrikin. Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety
Industrial School, Kirkdale, LiverpoolThe driveway of the Industrial School at Kirkdale opened in 1845 by Liverpools poor law authority. The School housed and educated more than a thousand pauper children away from the workhouse
Smithdown Road Workhouse, Toxteth Park, LiverpoolThe Smithdown Road Workhouse, built in 1859 by Liverpools Toxteth Park poor law authority. Date: 1925
Sir James Alexander SwettenhamSir J. A. Swettenham, Governor of Jamaica between 1904 and 1907 at his offical residence in Kingston. Swettenham entered the Ceylon Civil Service and had great colonial experience
Metropolitan Police photographer at workA Metropolitan Police photographer at work, focusing his attention on a car engine
Metropolitan Police headphones and radio
Shirley Warren Infirmary, SouthamptonWard interior at Shirley Warren Infirmary, Southampton. It was erected by Southampton Incorporation (Southamptons poor relief authority) in 1902 at a site on Tremona Road, Shirley Warren
Colindale Hospital, Hendon, North LondonAerial view of Colindale Hospital, Hendon, North London. The hospital was originally the Central London District Sick Asylum
Roman PraetorA Roman PRAETOR : originally magistrates, as time goes on the praetors acquire increasing authority and eventually become consuls
Hindu God Indra / ElephantIndra, King of the hindu gods in an early collection of hymns, the Rig Veda. He had authority over the sky; he could rend clouds apart with thunderbolts to make rain
Tax office in Toamasina, MadagascarTax office in Toamasina (Tamatave), Madagascar. Date: circa 1910
Law Courts, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. 1923
Soho, London - Westminster City Council building works - to contain 52 dwellings, plus office and showroom accommodation. 1973
Prince Henry seizing the Royal TreasuryPrince Henry (c1068-1135), brother to King Rufus (who had just been killed in a hunting accident), seizing the Royal Treasury and thereby becoming King Henry I. 1100