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German Easter card with chicks and eggshells. circa 1890s
Master and maid on a sepia greetings card - All are good maids (But whence come the bad wives?). Date: circa 1900s
Ice skating accident with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Cupids repairing broken hearts on a Valentine postcardCupids repairing broken hearts with glue on a Valentine postcard -- Sincere Love. Date: circa 1890s
Boiled egg in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Clowns face on a hat-shaped New Year cardClowns smiling face on a hat-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card with a pen breaking through it. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card with a pencil breaking through it. Date: circa 1890s
Two yellow chicks on a Christmas cardTwo newly hatched yellow chicks on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
The end of the world and the Last Judgment. All housesCristoforo de Predis (1440-1486). Italian miniaturist. Miniature depicting The end of the world and the Last Judgment. All houses and villages be destroyed. 6th time
Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Leap Year ProposalA dis-shevelled suffragette with a hammer and a bag of stones appeals to John Bull. Militant suffragette - I have smacked policemen, broken windows, assaulted ministers, broken up meetings
Wall mural of Frederick Douglass at BelfastBelfast. Wall mural of Frederick Douglass - It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults. Date: 2011
Moses and Joshua descend from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the Law broken and found the Israelites worshiping the golden fleece. Engraving in Liber Chronicarum by Hartman Schedel, 15th century
London. Picadilly. Socialist agitation. February 8, 1886. EnGreat Britain. London. Socialist agitation. Protesters encouraged to theft and looting in shops Picadilly during the meeting of the Socialist leader Burns in Trafalgar Square. February 8, 1886
Head of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). Marble. 2nd centurAlexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Macedon. Head in marble. First half of the 2nd century. From Pergamon. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Head of a statue of prince Khaemwaset. EgyptHead of a statue of prince Khaemwaset, son of King Ramesses II. Quartzite. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. 1260 BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Amasis II (570-526 BC). Pharaoh of Egypt. Head of an statue. Dynasty 26. C.550 BC. From Sais. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Head of greek philosopher PlatoPlato (428-348 BC). Greek philosopher. Head. Roman copy. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany
Detail of a head of the statue of a goddess. Roman copyDetail of a head of the statue of a goddess, probably Aphrodite. Roman copy of a greek original of the 3rd century BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany
Man wearing a toga. Roman statue. 1st century ADRoman statue of a man wearing a toga. 1st century AD. Marble. Found in La Colonna (ancient Labicum), Italy. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). The Man With the Broken Nose (MasAuguste Rodin (1840-1917). French sculptor. The Man With the Broken Nose (Mask). Bronze. Before (1918).1862-63. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Pharaoh Akhenaten. Head. El-Amarna. EgyptHead from an statue of pharaoh Akhenaten. From el-Amarna, Egypt. C. 1360 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Vespasian (9-79). Roman Emperor. Bust. Marble. 1st centuryVespasian (9-79). Roman Emperor. Founder of the Flavian dynasty. Head from an statue. 70-80 AD. From Carthage, Tunisia. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Statue of the goddess Artemis, perhaps Artemis Bendis wearing a Phrygian cap. Limestone. Made in Cyprus. 300-200 BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Pyla. British Museum. London. England
Cartoon, Enigma, WW1Cartoon, Enigma. A French soldier says he doesn t understand it -- hes drunk nothing but Pinard (cheap wine or plonk) since the war started, and now hes got water on the knee! Date: 1916
At work in the English Army Remount Camp Depot, WW1Scenes at a British Army Remount Depot where horses were trained, broken in and reconditioned for service during the war. 1. hard at work at the forge. 2. trimming a draught horse, 3
Tsar Bell, Kremlin complex, Moscow, RussiaThe Tsar Bell, also known as the Queen of Bells, Tsarsky Kolokol or Royal Bell, on display in the Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia
Alexander the Great and the broken ladder, 326 BCSoldiers, enthused by Alexander the Greats example, swarm up a ladder, used to attack the fortified city walls of the Mallians
Cartoon satirising German soldiers, WW1Cartoon satirising German soldiers during the First World War: Goot gracious me! Here kom der 16th Royal Scots. Date: 1914-1915
Men pushing car on wet beachA group of men pushing a car on a wet, sandy beach
Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution - FloodingNamur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution to those stranded by the flooding of the River Meuse in January 1926. Date: 1926
GLC-LFB Damaged compressed air BA setsThe compressed air set of a firefighter caught in a flashover during a fire, showing the heat and smoke damage caused to the set and the obscuring of the face mask by the heat damage
Sheet music back cover, Francis, Day & HunterSheet music back cover, advertising Francis, Day & Hunters Fox Trots, the latest and greatest Anglo-American successes. Listed are several titles, including Broken Doll, That Raggy Refrain
Wrecked train, Llanelli railway strike riots, WalesA troop train in Llanelli, Wales, wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed. What started out as a peaceful strike by railway workers in Llanelli turned
Debris following Llanelli railway strike riots, WalesNewspapers strewn over the railway lines, with a train in the background wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed
The ruins of Tiwanaku - BoliviaThe ruins of Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) - Bolivia. An important pre-Columbian archaeological site in the west of the country, Tiwanaku flourishing as the ritual
Herzogin Cecilie wrecked off Starhole Bay, DevonThe Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), on the rocks off Starhole (Starehole) Bay
Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South WalesScene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK
Fylde Union Workhouse, Medlar-with-Wesham, LancashireThe newly erected Fylde Union workhouse at Medlar with Wesham in about 1907. It replaced a previous building at Kirkham. The Wesham site served as a military hospital during World War One
The Studdy Dog - Whos Calling Me Names by George StuddyThe Studdy Dog, later known as Bonzo, the canine creation of George Studdy, featured in an article on animal caricatures in The Strand magazine
Buzzard in the late afternoon lightA Buzzard visible only as a white silhouette flies up over a broken wooden fence on the lower levels of a hilly countryside scene. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Old Kate, seller of race cardsAn elderly woman known as Old Kate, who makes her living from the sale of race cards. She is seen here sitting in an open carriage
Buzzard and countryside landscapeA Buzzard visible only as a white silhouette flies up over a broken wooden fence on the lower levels of a hilly countryside scene
The Scarborough Cricket Festival, 1908Photographs of the Scarborough Cricket Festival which featured a match between Lord Londesboroughs England XI vs. the MCC Australian XI, September 1908
Girl and Dog / Drum C1880A little girl and her dog lament over a broken drum
Pigeon Saves the DayA broken down seaplane in the North Sea sends out a pigeon carrying an SOS message of help during the First World War
Bears Find the ChairsFather Bear, Mother Bear and Baby Bear come home to find that someone has been sitting in their chairs, and has broken Baby Bears chair
Vestal Virgin buried alive as a punishmentA Vestal Virgin, who has broken her vow of perpetual virginity, is buried alive