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Girl in a pink dress on a Best Wishes card. Date: circa 1890s

Little girl in a meadow on a Good Wishes card
Little girl gathering flowers in a meadow on a Good Wishes card. Date: circa 1890s

Four cats with toothache on a New Year card, quoting from Charles Dickens characters (Sairey Gamp, Mrs Harris, Betsy Prig and Tiny Tim) -- Its best to grin and bear it! Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a cross, with flowers, a woman, a girl and a kitten. Date: circa 1890s

Booklet cover, A New Year Greeting, with kind regards and best wishes. Date: circa 1880s

Cartoon, The best evidence, WW1
Cartoon, The best evidence, showing a French couple challenging a German man (living in France but near the German border)

Mae Marsh in Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

Mae Marsh and G. K. Arthur in Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923
Mae Marsh and G.K. Arthur in Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

Darby Foster and Lillian Douglas in Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

Darby Foster in Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

The Pompadour scene from Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923)
The Pompadour scene at Mourne Lodge from Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

A scene from Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

Patent Triplex Grates Pattern with Best Black Porcelain Enamelled finish. Date: circa 1920s

Advertisement for Beechams Lung Syrup
Mother Knows Best - Advertisement for Beechams Lung Syrup - for throat and chest, coughs, bronchitis, catarrh and whooping cough. Date: 1930

Best room, the O Hanlon Pub, Shannon Bridge, Ireland - 1970s
The O Hanlon Couple 2. Best room, the O Hanlon Pub, Shannon Bridge Republic of Ireland - 1970s 1970s

People picnicking in a wood, Silver Creek, Mississippi, USA
A large group of people picnicking in a wood at Silver Creek, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1908

Van Louis McDaniel, Miss Arkansas 1948
Van Louis McDaniel (1929-1987) of Forrest City, Miss Arkansas for 1948. Date: 1948

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Rough and Tumble -- Tumble pulls Aunt Janes best hat out of its box, watched by Rough from under the bed. Date: circa 1910

Hungry Peter the pig in his best clothes, ready to go out for tea. Date: 1914

Group of people in a garden
Group of people, including a clergyman, in a garden. Date: early 20th century

Group of people in the countryside
Group of people, including two clergymen, relaxing in the countryside in their best Sunday clothes. Date: early 20th century

Barnardos Home, Stepney, London - Her Majestys Hospital
Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. Her Majestys Hospital was purpose built for Barnardos and in its day was one of the best equipped childrens hospitals in London. Date: circa 1906

French Theatre -- Le Monologue du Resolu
Le Monologue du Resolu (Monologue of a Determined Man), by Roger de Collerye. Date: 16th century

Advertisement for Johnsons dry cleaners, Maidenhead
Advertisement for Johnsons dry cleaners, High Street, Maidenhead, with some amazing temporary reductions to three shillings and sixpence, and a four-day turnaround. Date: 20th century

Woman and two boys in their best clothes. Date: circa 1920s

Sopwith Tabloid single seater bomber, the best of RNAS front-line equipment at the start of the war. Seen here is serial no. 394. Date: circa 1914-1915

Rumpler CI two-seat reconnaissance German biplane
Rumpler CI 53/16 two-seat reconnaissance German biplane. The CI was considered to be the best and most reliable of all C types produced. Date: circa 1916-1918

Nakajima Ki-84-1a Frank -first flown in March 1943, the type entered service at the end of 1944 One of the best Japanese fighters

Girl in Best Frock, Fawley, Hampshire
Girl in Best Frock, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Advert for Log Cabin Maple Syrup, Towle Syrup Co
Advertisement on a trade card for Log Cabin Maple Syrup, produced by the Towle Syrup Company of St Paul, Minnesota, USA. Each sentence begins with a letter -- LOG CABIN MAPLE SYRUP

WW2 greetings card, Best of Luck
WW2 greetings card, Wishing you the Best of Luck, showing a soldier, a sailor and an airman with flags. Date: circa 1942

Coach near Grasmere, Lake District, most likely a tourist outing. The coach is pulled by three horses, one of which has moved during the exposure

Edwardian gentleman and his son identified by the photographer as a Mr Cooke and his son Jack. They were visiting the Battersby family, hatmakers of Stockport

Finishers in front of hat factory in readiness for a works outing in August 1907. A fine depiction of Edwardian working men in their best clothes, even down to buttonholes! Date: 1907

The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men, by Bairnsfather
The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men - Old Bill had thought of a splendid idea for the next battle, and, frankly, was rather hurt when a Staff Officer condemned it A cartoon by Captain Bruce

RENAN, Ernest (1823-1892). French philosopher and historian. Best known for his historical works on early Christianity and his political theories concerning nationalism. Renan at his desk. Engraving

SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

TORRICELLI, Evangelista (1608-1647). Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer. Opera Geom鴲 ica. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

BABBAGE, Charles (1792-1871). English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered now for originating the concept of a programmable computer. Engraving

San SebastiᮮFestival 2009. Javier Rebollo
SPAIN. Donostia. Spanish director Javier Rebollo recieves the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festivals Silver Shell to the best director

San SebastiᮮFestival 2009. Ana Kokkinos
SPAIN. Donostia. Australian director Ana Kokkinos recieves the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festivals award to the best script, por her film Blessed. September 26, 2009

San SebastiᮮFestival 2009. Me, too
SPAIN. Donostia. Lola Due񡳠 and Pablo Pineda pose for photographers after winning the Silver Shell award to the best actress and actor, for their film Yo, Tambien (Me, too)

San SebastiᮮFestival 2008. Yesim Ustaoglu
SPAIN. Donostia. 56th International Film Festival. Turkish director Yesim Ustaoglu receives the Golden Shell award to the best film, for her film Pandoranin Kutusu (Pandoras Box), on September 27

San SebastiᮮFestival 2008. Tsilla Chelton
SPAIN. Donostia. 56th International Film Festival. French actress Tsilla Chelton receives the Silver Shell award to the best actress, for her film Pandoranin Kutusu (Pandoras Box), on September 27

San SebastiᮮFestival 2008. Melissa Leo
SPAIN. Donostia. 56th International Film Festival. US actress Melissa Leo receives the Silver Shell award to the best actress, for her film Frozen River, on September 27, 2008

Novice nun. Mexican art
Novice nun dressed in her best habit taking her vows. 18th c. Popular Mexican art. Colonial baroque. Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Americas Museum

Jonathan Swift
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

Switzerland - Berne. From Schaenzli
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Berne. The city lies on the Swiss plateau in the Canton of Bern, slightly west of the centre of Switzerland and 20 km (12 mi) north of the Bernese Alps

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