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Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Coach crossing Umtali riverBlack and white lantern Slide of Coach crossing Umtali river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection
Buckingham Palace prior to Renovation, 1913Photographs showing two views of the facade of Buckingham Palace as scaffolding began to rise for the renovation of 1913. That year the whole of the facade was re-faced with white Portland stone
A furious charge of Irish troops at the taking of GuillemonAn illustration showing Irish troops attacking German positions at Guillemont, September 1916. The image depicts Irish soldiers engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat at a machine-gun post which
Battle of Morval 1916A photograph of British soldiers climbing over the parapet of their trench during the Battle of Morval. The battle, which began on 25th September 1916
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), US inventor and telephone pioneer. Born in Edinburgh, Bell began his career in assisting his father teach elocution
London Cripples Home, Marylebone RoadThe Cripples Home began life in 1851 as the Hill Street Refuge for Girls. It moved to new premises on Marylebone Road in 1864. Date: circa 1877
USA - The World Building. New York - World, or Pulitzer Building. Construction of the New York World Building began on October 10, 1889, at 53-63 Park Row
USA - The World Building. Construction - New York - World, or Pulitzer Building. Construction of the New York World Building began on October 10, 1889, at 53-63 Park Row
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - off to new homesA group of Barnardos emigrants setting off for their new homes. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - mothers and childrenBarnardos emigrants - now mothers with babies. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - repairing a fenceBarnardos emigrants repairing a fence. A horse and wagon carries lengths of timber. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - country schoolBarnardos emigrants outside a country school. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - boy outside homeA Barnardos emigrant outside his new home. A horse and trap stand nearby. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - school houseBarnardos emigrants with a horse and trap outside a school house. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Hotel overlooking StPatricks Cathedral, New YorkSt. Patricks cathedral located on the East side of 5th avenue in Manhattan. Designed by James Renwick Jr in gothic revival style
Henry BelfrageHENRY BELFRAGE Prominent Scottish churchman, precocious child who began preaching at age 10 : he wrote many books on religion in family life and the like. Date: 1774 - 1835
Iraq / Archaeology / MosulExcavations in progress at the site of ancient Mosul. Around 400 AD, the city of Mosul began to eclipse the dominant city of Nineveh, on the other side of the Tigris
Barnardos Emigrants in CanadaPromotional card of a home in Canada where one of Barnardos child emigrants grew up. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914
Northrop XP-56 -another of the crop of novel fighter designs ordered by the US Army Air Force in late 1940 Flying began in September 1943, but later abandoned
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - ZimbabweBlack and white lantern Slide of Zimbabwye - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection
Servants Night-time Visiting Ban at Congleton, CheshireFollowing claims, in 1842, that the practice of allowing young men to pay night-time visits to female servants in agricultural areas of the Wrexham Union resulted in many single mothers at
Giant Ferris Wheel, Earls CourtConstruction work began on the wheel in March 1894 and it was opened to passengers in July 1895. It had a diameter of 300ft, weighed 1, 100 tons and a complete revolution took around twenty minutes
Ginger Rogers (1911-95) - US actress and dancer, in a publicity pin-up image taken from the Paramount film, Lady in the Dark
Josephine Baker (1906-1975)Josephine Baker began her career as an entertainer dancing on Broadway. She travelled to Paris in 1925 to star in La Revue Negre. Her exotic dance style and costume made her an instant hit
Francesco MeranoFRANCESCO MERANO Italian artist from Genova known as Il Paggio because he began life as a page. He died of the plague, like so many others... Date: 1619 - 1657
C. W. A. Scott, right, and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie prio?C.W.A. Scott, right, and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie prior to the start of the Schlesinger Portsmouth to Johannesburg race which began on on 29 September 1936
Focke-Wulf Fw200S-1 Condor D-ACON BrandenburgFocke-Wulf Fw200S-1 Condor, D-ACON, Brandenburg, was the Fw200V1 re-registered for the non-stop flight from Berlin to New York which began on 10 August 1938 and lasted 24 hours
Haughton ChapelThe ruins of Haughton Chapel, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. Building began in the late 11th century, with enhancements and additions up to the 16th century. Date: Medieval
Rothwell Market House, Northamptonshire, England. It was built by Sir Thomas Tresham. Work began in 1577, but he died before the roof had been finished. Date: late 16th century
Farleigh Castle
Farleigh Castle GateFarleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset, England. Building began in the 1370s by Sir Thomas Hungerford and extended by his son, Walter, in the 15th century : Walls & gateway Date: 14th & 15th century
Paris / Notre Dame 1789View of the interior in the year the French Revolution began Date: 1789
Child & HorseshoeGirl with a horseshoe to wish a Good Year - a few months later World War One began... Date: 1914
The Japenese Bombing of Pearl HarbourPhotograph showing the Japenese attack on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, 1941, which began the War in the Pacific
Queen Ena of Spain as a nurseQueen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), second child and only daughter of Princess Beatrice
Wallis Simpson in 1927Mrs Ernest Simpson (Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson), pictured in 1927 when wife of Commander Earl Wingfield Spencer of the US Navy, shortly before her divorce
Prince Leopolds engagementPrince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) and his future wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1881. The fourth son and eight child of Queen Victoria
British soldiers advancing as reinforcementsSoldiers are shown marching to reinforce a British attacking force in France, September 1916. The advance was part of the greater British Somme offensive which began in July of that year