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Bridal Party - West Bromwich, Birmingham, England
Bridal Party - fantastic pin-sharp photograph taken in the back garden at home in West Bromwich, Birmingham, England. Date: 1910s

Front cover of How to be Happy though Married, E J Hardy
Colour front cover of How to be Happy though Married, Being a Handbook to Marriage by Reverend E J Hardy. Published by T Fisher Unwin, London, 1885. Date: 1885

Front cover of Manners and Rules of Good Society, or Solecisms to be Avoided, By a Member of the Aristocracy, published by Frederick Warne and Co, London, 1887 Date: 1887

Front cover of Manners for Men By Mrs Humphry
Colour front cover of Manners for Men by Mrs Humphry, " Madge" of " Truth", showing a lady and gentleman greeting each other cordially

Advertisement for Peter Pans Playground, Southend-on-Sea
Advertisement for Peter Pans Playground, a paradise for children of all ages, both sides of the pier at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Date: 20th century

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (back cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (back cover). Advertising the most unique ballroom novelty yet introduced - an electric lantern, for lantern dances. 1939

Music cover (back), Happy Families, music and jingles by John Tobin, cards designed by Myrrha Bantock

Barricade on the Rue de Lechelle, Paris, France
Barricade in the Rue de Lechelle, Paris, France, 28 July 1830. Swiss and Lancers wanted to drill the passage but the intrepid workmen resisted so much that they forced their way back. 1830

Stork with baby in pink on its back on a greetings postcard
Stork with baby in pink bonnet on its back on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Stork with baby riding on its back on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Black cat with red ribbon on a Belgian postcard, advertising the Universal and International Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium, 1935. Date: 1935

Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud

Two children looking over a wall on a Christmas card with a decorative ivy border. Date: circa 1890s

Dickens scrap - Newman Noggs in Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens scrap - Newman Noggs entertaining three children in the novel Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 65. 19th century

Cartoon, General Gordon, Called Back -- Gladstone sees a vision of Gordons death in the Sudan. 1884

Man carrying a heavy weight. Date: circa 1910s

Italian Porter in a Roman square. early 19th century

Back view of a Mahomedan Mosque
Back view of a mosque built for wounded Indians on the French sand dunes during the First World War. The semi circular recess represents the direction of Mecca. Date: 1916

Woman wearing a velvet cloak 1905
Edwardian woman wearing a black velvet pelisse with fur trim Date: 1905

Miss Florence West in Called Back - The Theatre Magazine
Miss Florence West, actress, in Called Back - The Theatre Magazine, September 1885. 1885

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove corsets 1925
Back view of a model wearing laced ribbon corset. Date: 1925

New type of motor cab for Paris 1909
Motoring excursions at Christmas-time were becoming more popular, many people made longer journeys by road to reach family and friends. Showing the mororist sitting at the back, above the passengers

Advert for Dearborn Ltd, the Ambedia Back Puff 1922
A womans difficulty overcome. Curved silver-plated Ambedia Back Puff, can be applied to any part of the back and shoulders with the greatest of ease

Meat porter working at Les Halles, Paris, France
Meat porter working at the market, Les Halles, Paris, France. Date: 1960s

Two sailors leaving for War - WW2 - Don t Worry, they ll soon be back. Date: circa 1910s

William Thomas Stead - Newspaper editor and Peace campaigner
A Pushing Stead. William Thomas Stead (18491912) - English newspaper editor who, pioneer of investigative journalism and peace campaigner. Died in the sinking of the Titanic

Sir George Alexander and Dame Irene Vanburgh in The Thief
Sir George Alexander (1858-1918) - British Actor, Theatre Producer and Theatre Manager and Dame Irene Vanburgh (1872-1949)

2nd Dragoons - Royal Scots Greys - Insignia
2nd Dragoons - Royal Scots Greys - A mounted soldier, his field cap, collar badge, shoulder strap, bearskin headdress badge (back) and field cap badge. Date: circa 1910

American mule kicks out at Japanese Agressor - WW2
American mule kicks out at Japanese Aggressor (Emperor Hirohito?) - WW2 - USA - Propaganda First Day Cover envelope Date: 1943

Womens fashion 1912
Delicate colouring in chiffon and gauze, swathered round the straw hat and hanging in graceful folds at the back which almost reaches the waist. Date: 1912

Dead Polar Bear, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Photograph of a Polar bear shot dead by Frederick Jackson, during the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKT
Tipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team

North-American TB-25N Mitchell N1042B (msn 108-34098, ex 44-30823A), circa 1965. Built as a North American B-25J-25/27-NC 44-30823 for the United States Army Air Force and converted to TB-25N

United States Air Force - Lockheed C-130B Hercules 58-0741 (msn 282-3538) of Tactical Air Command. 0741 was converted to WC-130B and back to C-130B

Curtiss-Cox Model 22 - Cactus Kitten
Curtiss-Cox Model 22 Cactus Kitten still crated at the Morane-Saulnier factory in France, being readied for shipment back to the US. In the spring of 1920, Texas oil millionaire S. E. J

United States Navy - North American AJ-1 Savage 124161 of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC - NAS Patuxent River) call-sign 161. Struck off charge on 19 July 1957

Fokker V. 39
Fokker V.39 parasol lightweight sport, powered by a 90 hp Thulin A rotary engine, (Le Rhone 9C rotary, licence- Built in Sweden by AB Thulinverken)

Saunders ST-27 C-GYCR (msn 004 - 14059) of Cite Express. This aircraft was converted by Saunders Aircraft in Canada from ex Royal Air Force Heron CC.3 XH375

Back view of four geishas, showing their obi sashes, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

A lifeboat on its way back to shore and safety. Date: 1886

An old lady in a bath chair relaxes with a younger female companion outside The Flask public house, a hostelry dating back to 1767, Highgate, North London, England. Date: built 1767

The Whit Sunday custom of strawing the floor of the Nave of the church with rushes, dating back to 1493. St. Mary Radcliffe Church, Bristol, England. Date: 1930s

Even back in the 1960s, car exhaust pipes caused air pollution! Date: 1960s

An elderly Dutch woman wearing a headscarf, long dark dress and clogs, carrying a large bundle of hay on her back Date: 1930s

A yellow evening dress with low cut corsage ornamented with bows. Her hair is dressed in long, soft ringlets. A decorative comb is visible at the back of her head. Date: circa 1840

After a siege lasting almost a year, Calais is forced to surrender to the English under Edward III : it will be more than 200 years before the French get it back again Date: 4 August 1347

Turkish Porter with a heavy load - Istanbul, Turkey
1964

Comic postcard - Two Street Urchins with their soapbox racer
Comic postcard - She ain t exactly a Rolls Royce, but she rolls fine don t she? 1934

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