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Background imageAway Collection: Indians Seize White Girl

Indians Seize White Girl
The capture by Native Americans of Elizabeth and Frances Callaway and Jenna Boone who are taken away in a canoe Date: 1887

Background imageAway Collection: Fold-Away Bath Advert

Fold-Away Bath Advert
An advertisement for a foldaway bath Date: 1881

Background imageAway Collection: Victorian spirits cabinet 1890

Victorian spirits cabinet 1890
New pattern" Falstaff" spirit case, in a traditional oak barrel design with three bottles with stoppers and glasses that can be lifted out on a tray. Date: 1890

Background imageAway Collection: Refused

Refused
Dutch girl with a bunch of flowers turns away from her suitor with a disdainful look. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Background imageAway Collection: John Gilpins hat and wig run down the road after him

John Gilpins hat and wig run down the road after him
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - his hat and wig run down the road after him - from a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper - here he loses his hat and wig

Background imageAway Collection: John Gilpins loses his hat and wig

John Gilpins loses his hat and wig
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - from a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper - here he loses his hat and wig! Date: 18th century

Background imageAway Collection: Cover - bound volume of The Idler magazine

Cover - bound volume of The Idler magazine
The front cover of a bound volume of The Idler magazine, featuring a young gent relaxing in a hammock. Date: 1895

Background imageAway Collection: Apartment building in Paris

Apartment building in Paris
Home industries in a Paris apartment building, faubourg Saint-Antoine Date: 1885

Background imageAway Collection: The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Illustration of scene from The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene V. Fenton steals away with Anne Page to be married.Date: circa 1904

Background imageAway Collection: The absent one

The absent one
Mother and child give thought at the end of the day to the father who is away at War. Artist: ISW Date: 1916

Background imageAway Collection: Christening 1918 Tree Planting Soldiers Group

Christening 1918 Tree Planting Soldiers Group
Christopher Powell-Cotton (1918-2006) was christenend at All Saints Church, Birchington on 20 April 1918. Afterwards a tree was planted in the grounds of Quex Park

Background imageAway Collection: Mansford House, Birchington as VAD Hospital

Mansford House, Birchington as VAD Hospital
Mansford House, Spencer Road, Birchington. Mansford House was one of the buildings used by the Birchington VAD detachment in the early days of its work in 1914 and 1915

Background imageAway Collection: Michael Gow (right) Australian playwright - Away'

Michael Gow (right) Australian playwright - Away"
Michael Gow (Australian playwright including " Away" and theatre director) in a Tower Theatre production Date: 1978

Background imageAway Collection: Sopwith 2F1 Camel aft, climbing away from carrier HMS F

Sopwith 2F1 Camel aft, climbing away from carrier HMS Furious

Background imageAway Collection: Small fold-out views of Reading, Berkshire

Small fold-out views of Reading, Berkshire
Reading, Berkshire: (from top) Caversham Bridge, The Huntley & Palmers Biscuit Works, The Ruins of Reading Abbey, The Majestic river cruiser leaving from the jetty at Caverham Bridge

Background imageAway Collection: Two men in rowing boat, Coniston

Two men in rowing boat, Coniston, identified as Wilson and Nelstrop the photographers friends, pretending to sleep as the boat drifts away. Date: circa 1907

Background imageAway Collection: Ice skaters skate over a frozen river

Ice skaters skate over a frozen river
Black and white. Ice skaters skate over a frozen river with bridge and trees in the background. The main subject of the photograph is a man skating away from the camera and looking back at it

Background imageAway Collection: Illustration of a wolf standing on a path

Illustration of a wolf standing on a path
Hand coloured. Illustration of a wolf standing on a path in front of a barn, on hind legs like a human. It is dressed in a blue tailcoat and top hat

Background imageAway Collection: India - The residency where Havelock

India - The residency where Havelock
Black and white. Large Westernised building which has fallen into disrepair. There is ivy growing up the outside walls, and some of the walls have fallen away

Background imageAway Collection: Favourite Sayings - A man in a passion

Favourite Sayings - A man in a passion
Black and white lantern slide of a man in the foreground waving his arms and a pitchfork while the painted background is of a man struggling on a galloping horse

Background imageAway Collection: Favourite Sayings - Fight for a bone

Favourite Sayings - Fight for a bone
Black and white lantern slide of painted image of two dogs fighting while a third runs away with a bone in the background.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Background imageAway Collection: Great Tit - ruffles up its plumage in freezing

Great Tit - ruffles up its plumage in freezing weather - tucks in one foot away from cold - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celsius (Parus maior L.)

Background imageAway Collection: Cut-away of the Empress of Ireland

Cut-away of the Empress of Ireland
Cross-section diagram of RMS Empress of Ireland which sank off Father Point at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in the early hours of 29th May 1914. 1914

Background imageAway Collection: Greenwich, National Maritime Museum by G. H. Davis

Greenwich, National Maritime Museum by G. H. Davis
A diagrammatic view of the Historic, National Maritime Museum, in Greenwich, showing the restored Queens House, readiing rooms and Caird galleries Date: 1937

Background imageAway Collection: Suffragettes Ejected Canford Park 1909

Suffragettes Ejected Canford Park 1909. Scene at Canford Park, Dorset, 2nd August, 1909, Suffragette escorted by policeman away from Liberal fete. Annie Kenney and others tried to question W.S

Background imageAway Collection: Suffragette Chicken Chases Cat

Suffragette Chicken Chases Cat. A fearsome chicken chases a cat away from her brood, shouting, You je st leave my chickens alone Whiskers caption reads

Background imageAway Collection: Suffragette Women Writers Suffrage League

Suffragette Women Writers Suffrage League. The W.W.S.L was founded in 1908 by Cicely Hamilton and Bessie Hatton. This shows a banner designed for the league in 1909 by William Henry Margetson

Background imageAway Collection: Meeting tonight, Votes for women

Meeting tonight, Votes for women.. Mr. Asquith scurries away from two suffragettes beside the caption, Meeting tonight, Votes for women. Date: circa 1909

Background imageAway Collection: On the Cromer Beach

On the Cromer Beach. A Scene on a beach when alarmed mother cries Children!! The tide is coming in! You will be swept away! Children - (reassuringly), Oh no Mummy, Don

Background imageAway Collection: Suffragette Policeman Beggar

Suffragette Policeman Beggar. Suffragette is escorted away by three policemen. A beggar or mendicant, cap outstretched, asks, Can you spare a copper, lady? Date: circa 1910

Background imageAway Collection: Suffragettes, The Last Man Driven out

Suffragettes, The Last Man Driven out. Suffragettes succeed in driving away men and the last one leaps into a boat to escape the howling mob. Date: circa 1910

Background imageAway Collection: WW1 knitting postcard - Absent yet Near

WW1 knitting postcard - Absent yet Near
A young wife sits at home knitting comforts for the troops with her soldier husband very much in her thoughts, subliminally sending her a loving, but rather bad poem. Date: c.1915

Background imageAway Collection: Diagrammatic view of home of Great Eight

Diagrammatic view of home of Great Eight
Interior wonders of Inveresk House in the Strand, London, the new home of the Great Eight, containing the offices of the Illustrated London News, Sketch, Sphere, Tatler, Graphic, Bystander

Background imageAway Collection: German World War One commemorative cup and saucer

German World War One commemorative cup and saucer celebrating a Silver Wedding on the 5th March 1914. From your beloved son, Heinrich, Machine Gun Company of Infantry Regiment, Karl (7 Brig) No

Background imageAway Collection: A collection of 8 Bruce Bairnsfathers magazines

A collection of 8 Bruce Bairnsfathers magazines bound together in one volume. This comprises Fragments from France, More Fragments from France, Still More Fragments from France, No

Background imageAway Collection: St Aidans Home, Tynemouth - Boys Camp

St Aidans Home, Tynemouth - Boys Camp
Boys from St Aidans Home, Tynemouth, away at camp. The boys, in naval uniforms, sit with cups and plates around a table bearing a large kettle

Background imageAway Collection: Chester Workhouse Childrens Outing

Chester Workhouse Childrens Outing
A group of children from Chester Unions cottage homes on an outing to the seaside, accompanied by adult helpers. The homes housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925

Background imageAway Collection: North Surrey District Schools, Anerley, Upper Norwood

North Surrey District Schools, Anerley, Upper Norwood
The North Surrey District (or Industrial) Schools at Anerley, Upper Norwood, opened in 1850 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Background imageAway Collection: Reno, Nevada, USA, divorce capital

Reno, Nevada, USA, divorce capital -- a woman joyfully throws her wedding ring into the Truckee River on the day her decree is granted. Date: 1942

Background imageAway Collection: Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm discarding uniforms, WW1

Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm discarding uniforms, WW1
Cartoon showing Kaiser Wilhelm II discarding the uniforms and orders he has previously received from Britain, now that the First World War has started

Background imageAway Collection: Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942

Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942
Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer

Background imageAway Collection: Women with a fan 1922

Women with a fan 1922
Women turned away while holding a fan. Date: 1922

Background imageAway Collection: Gentleman arrested for being in debt

Gentleman arrested for being in debt
Two men arrest a gentleman for being in debt, his son and wife watching helplessly. Date: 1843

Background imageAway Collection: An Old Maids Honeymoon

An Old Maids Honeymoon - she flies away in a lemon balloon with her pet cat, crow and yellow canaries. The anchor bears the word hope. Date: 1910

Background imageAway Collection: Wounded Insurgent

Wounded Insurgent
A wounded insurgent is carried away on a makeshift stretcher, waving to encourage his comrades. Date: 27 July 1830

Background imageAway Collection: Lighthouse Cribbage

Lighthouse Cribbage
The popular card game Cribbage is a fine way for lighthouse attendants to pass away the long duty hours in Australia. Date: 1940s

Background imageAway Collection: Wounded Russian Bear

Wounded Russian Bear
German hunters mock the Russian bear as it slinks away, bleeding, from fighting in the Carpathians... Date: May 1915

Background imageAway Collection: Anna Plumptre

Anna Plumptre
ANNA PLUMPTRE Writer and translator, who hoped Napoleon would invade England and do away with the aristocracy. Date: 1760 - 1818



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