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Sri Lanka - Ceylon. Her tea and other industriesA larger version of this uncommon pictorial poster map was originally published by the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board in 1933
No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars to the Navy pack carefully, include your name and address : send to Naval Observatory Washington D.C
Hand ManicureA hand manicure. Nails are carefully clipped and a choice of stylish nail varnishes in little bottles is offered. Date: 1930s
Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Sohrab looks carefully at some of the tents in the camp. 16th c. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly
Learning to Lunge 1930SA group of children have a fencing lesson and watch the teacher carefully as she demontrates how to lunge!
Vietnam War - Patriotic Poster - Colonialists Beware!Vietnam War - Vietnamese Patriotic Poster. Colonialists and International Traitors! - You should think carefully before you take on Vietnam Date: 2nd half of the 20th century
Hochst GroupAn example of a Hochst group figurine, comprising of some men carefully tending to the appearance of the seated woman, one is holding a mirror
Road sign, drive carefullyA road sign in English and German: Death is so permanent, drive carefully. Date: 1940s
Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny
ROAST PARSNIPSCarefully buttering up large parsnip slices and adding salt and pepper before roasting them in the oven. Date: 1930s
WASHING UP IN A BOWLA housewife carefully washing up her china in an enamel bowl, with plenty of Lux soap suds! Date: 1930s
INDIAN CLOTH MERCHANTA white European woman looks carefully through piles of fabrics, brought to her home by a cloth merchant in colonial India. Date: 1930s
The War of the Worlds - Quietly observing a martian" I began to closely observe this fighting machine, making sure, first, that the hood (cap) contained a species which was actually Martian." Date: First published: 1898
Advertisement for M&B All Bright beer -- male model pouring beer from a bottle into a glass. 1959
Mirror Lapper. Machine designed by Leonardo. Codex AtlanticuMirror Lapper. Machine by to the manufacturing of concave mirrors. During the Renaissance, mirrors are obtained by smoothing carefully bronze, copper or silver surfaces until they reflect perfectly
WW2 poster, Work carefully, avoid scrapWW2 poster, Accidents sometimes happen... Work carefully, avoid scrap. HMSO, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s
Girl with Kitten 1940SIf you are going to let your children keep pets, you must spare the time to see that they learn to treat the animals properly. This girl feeds her kitten carefully. Date: 1940s
Disraeli / Cricket InningsBENJAMIN DISRAELI Lord Derby advises Dizzy to bat carefully against the Liberal opposition (Gladstone, Russell and Bright are waiting to bowl) Date: 7 July 1866
Girl Carries Bowl 1884A small German girl, with her hair in a plait, carefully carries a bowl. Date: 1884
Rice - threshing floor - Rangoon -.about 50 feet square, we could see what they had been watering down carefully yesterday afternoon, was cow dung, smooth and hard as cement. Date: 1952
Your binoculars could prevent this Loan your 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch and Lomb binoculars to your navy : Pack carefully and send to Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C
Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navy 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch and Lomb : Pack carefully and send to Navy Observatory, Washington, D.C
Varnishing NailsNail varnish should be applied very carefully, with a small brush, first horizontally from left to right, then vertically from the fingertips downwards. Do not smear the varnish! Date: 1930s
Knitting BoffinA bespectacled boffin attempts a spot of knitting, carefully following the knitting pattern! Date: 1930s
Vivid Varnish
Victorian Farmyard (The harvest). Workers on a coastal field carefully load the precious corn on to a cart while women tie up the sheaves. Unattributed illustrator Date: circa 1870
Nanny and ChildA small, rather solemn-looking child sits on their carers lap, staring out into the distance. The nanny holds the child carefully, stroking one of the childs tiny, chubby feet
O what a tangled web we weaveCartoon, O what a tangled web we weave. One of those little society scandals which are always carefully hushed up. A woman attached to a spiderweb
Bourgeois WorkingA carefully posed photo showing members of the bourgeoisie forced to clear snow in the streets of Petrograd
Excavated houses unearthed at HerculaneumAn ancient Roman town unearthed beneath thirty feet of solidified mud from the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D
Professional PackerA professional packer at work carefully laying clothing and linens into a trunk of a wealthy client
Butler Ladles SoupMr. Edgar, the stuffy butler of the Edwardian Country House, carefully ladles out the soup into bowls during a formal dinner
Driving Past AnimalsDrive carefully past animals
Fitting shop at the Grand junction railway worksThe fitting shop at the Grand Junction railway engine works at Crewe. Repairs of locomotive engines and the completion of new engines
Baby in IncubatorA nurse carefully handles a premature baby, holding its head in the incubator
Blue-Flowered ShrubA shrub with blue flowers is carefully arranged to form a striking jugendstil composition
Attacking the Police HqAn episode of the February Revolution - insurgents fire on the police headquarters, Petrograd - a carefully posed photograph, with spectators enjoying the show
Making Model TrainsTwo skilled young women making toy locomotives in a British factory. The engines are carefully cut and bent into shape and then hand painted
Racial / Japan / Girl / BridgeA girl walks carefully across a bridge opening her parasol against the rain. She is wearing the distinctive kimono, shoes and hair of a geisha
Aristocratic Couple 1780She watches from beneath her parasol while he helps himself to a pinch of snuff; she moves her head carefully so as not to endanger her elaborately high-piled hair-do
Atlantic Cable CoiledAt Greenwich the cable is carefully coiled in tanks before loading aboard the Great Eastern - enough to stretch from one side of the ocean to the other !
German Anti-AircraftCarefully camouflaged, these Germans wait with a large calibre gun to fire on enemy aircraft such as the one about to fly past them
Judge Checks AppearanceA newly appointed judge contemplates his reflection, before taking his place on the judges bench, presiding over a court : his wife and clerk inspect him carefully
Pince-Nez SpectaclesNegretti & Zambras spectacles, made with finest Brazilian pebbles or the purest glass, carefully adapted to any sight
Storing Printing PlatesOriginal Plates are Stored in Fireproof Vaults and Carefully Indexed
Racial / Arabs / BedouinA Bedouin camp in the desert with carefully tended livestock