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Edith Piaf Photo
(born Edith Giovanna Gassion) changed name to Piaf (= slang for sparrow): popular French singer

Bulgaria / Sword Custom
When his troops take Mustapha- Pacha from the Turks, Tsar Ferdinand tramples the enemy flags, and the name of the town is changed to - guess what ? - Ferdinandovo

Maidstone Road, Lenham
LENHAM, KENT, ENGLAND. Maidstone Road, Lenham, Kent. A main thoroughfare into the village, little changed today

The dangers of getting a personal tattoo
" First of All, Mary, theres something awful I must get off my chest." The dangers of getting a personal tattoo - A dapper gent has to admit to a previous romantic liason to his new young

Chinese Pharmacy 1864
Traditional Chinese dispensaries have changed little over time. Herbs are weighed out in daily doses, and patients receive bags of herbs to last the treatment. Date: 1864

Machine gun in German trenches WWI
The weapon which is said to have changed German Infantry tactics: A machine-gun in the German trenches

Battenberg / Louis Alex
PRINCE LOUIS ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG: Austrian noble, naturalised British 1868, naval officer: changed name to Mountbatten 1917, 1st marquis of Milford Haven

Stroukoff YC-123E Provider 55-4031
Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider 55-4031, modified by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp, Trenton NJ. With Pantobase undercarriage and wing-tip floats for operating off water, snow, ice, and sand, as well as land

Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 Dougal, delivered to No.8 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 June 1972 and retired in 1981

Aveling and Porter Road Roller DM 3079
Aveling & Porter BHO class Road Roller, regn. DM 3079, number: 7632. Built in 1912 by Aveling & Porter at Rochester, powered by a 5 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine

Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 1st prototype F-WLKB at the 1964 Paris Air Show, shown with the two 3, 300 lbf Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 turbojet engines originally fitted

Incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium
Seeing Everything - The wild and incredible hallucinations brought on by smoking Opium. Date: 1905

Aaron's Rod Changed Into A Serpent

Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II 0010 - AGT
Aviation legere de l'armee de Terre - Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II 0010 / AGT (msn F406-0010), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 21 to 30 July 1994

Eros Statue removal
The statue of Eros, which for years stood high above the gaiety of Piccadilly Circus with bended bow, moved to the County Hall

Sud Aviation SA. 330 Puma F-ZWWR
Sud Aviation SA.330 Puma F-ZWWR (msn 05, also later registered as F-OCRK, F-ZWWR and F-BRBU') at the June 1969 Paris Air Show, marked with airshow serial 337'

THE TOMB OF PHAETON
After his fatal drive, Phaeton's tomb is flanked by his sisters, changed into poplars, while his friend Cygnus, bitterly mourning his death, becomes a swan. Date:

Ladies undressing in a bathing machine. Date: circa 1910

NARCISSUS INTO FLOWER
Enchanted by his own reflection, he dies of love for himself, and is changed into a flower

Armee de l'Air - Airbus A310-304 F-RADA (msn 421), of ET 03. 060 (Armee de l'Air - French Air Force)
Armee de l'Air - Airbus A310-304 F-RADA (msn 421), of ET 03.060 (Armee de l'Air - French Air Force). Date: circa 1998

Entirely female army, September 1897
Hypothetical depiction of " the next great war", showing an army made up entirely of female soldiers riflemen and artillery, one of which lies dead on the grass

Sud Aviation SA. 330 Puma F-ZWWR
Sud Aviation SA.330 Puma F-ZWWR (msn 05, also later registered as F-OCRK, F-ZWWR and F-BRBU ) at the June 1967 Paris Air Show, marked with airshow serial 350, in company with Puma 07

Klemm L. 25a Coupe SL-aB
Klemm L.25a Coupe SL-aB (msn 166), of Flugsportfreunde Sarrlouis eV, at Ensheim. First registered in France and then in Switzerland as CH-250 with Aero-Club Suisse / Zurich, in 1929, then HB-ETU

Avro 701 Athena T Mk. 2 VW892
Avro 701 Athena T Mk.2 VW892, (second prototype T Mk.2), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. Originally designed for turboprop power to Air Ministry Specification T.7/45 as the Athena T Mk.1

Boeing P-12J 32-42 (msn 1538, Model 234) built as a P-12E, 32-42 was converted to P-12J, by fitting a Pratt & Whitney SR-1340H supercharged engine and a special bomb sight

Former Fascist Headquarters, Milan - now Police Dept
circa 1910s

Advert for Elkington Co - Original date coins June 1902 Advert for Elkington
Advertisement for a selection of medals and coins in bronze, silver or gold, for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on the 26th June 1902

Female WaC RAF motor-cyclist at work 1918
Female WaC RAF motor-cyclist driving a staff officer through the Strand, London, with the famous Russian restaurant, Romanos, in the background

Proteus
A greek sea god who possessed the gift of prophecy, but changed his shape to avoid being questioned

H. M.s Caledonia formerly Majestic 1937
The former Cunard White Star Liner Majestic, changed to H.M.S Caledonia, was bought in 1937 by the Admiralty and was converted at a cost of 391

Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia (Servia) in full uniform
Prince Alexander was appointed Regent in June 1914 and became titular head of the Army. In 1921 he became King and changed the Country's name to Yugoslavia. WW1 Date: 1914

Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, Russia - Avenue 25 October
Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1918, the new Bolshevik government changed the name of the street to " Avenue of 25 October" (as used, interestingly, on this card)

The perennial difficulty of getting changed on the beach when one only has a small wicker handbag and an unhelpful husband for assistance in preserving ones modesty... Date: circa 1950s

Baby having Nappy Change
A three-and-a-half month old baby, having its nappy changed by its mother. Date: circa 1960

R. M. S. Queen Mary in dry dock, Southampton, April 1936
Photograph of the bow of R.M.S. Queen Mary, whilst she was in dry dock to have her hull repainted and her four propellors changed

Albania. Butrint. Roman house changed into palace in the 5th century A.C

Moliere / Medecin Malgre
LE MEDECIN MALGRE LUI Sganarelle : Nous avons change tout cela... We have changed all that, and now we practise medicine in an altogether new way... Date: 1666

Bolide meteorite observed by Padre Secchi
Bolide observed by padre Secchi, Italian astronomer, who stated that the body was brighter than Venus and the two tails changed colour in the course of combustion. Date: 14 November 1868

Man Getting Changed on the Beach, Thought to be at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1960s

Edwardian boy identified by the photographer as Jack Cooke, visiting the Battersby family, hatmakers of Stockport. Well-dressed though he is

Cottage at entrance to Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
Little changed to this day, this buildinghas stood at the bottom of the slope leading to Haddon Hall for centuries. The chimney smoke gives an idea of the exposure time

Entrance to Peveril Hotel, Dovedale
Named after a legendary local figure, the Peveril of the Peak Hotel is still in business today, little changed over 100 years after this photograph was taken Date: 1909

Two men on Cannes seafront
Two men on the seafront at Cannes. On the right is Ernest Battersby, the photographer, who spent time in Southern France as he suffered from tuberculosis towards the end of his life

Japan - Bandai-san volcano
Lantern slide of In the Crater of Bandai-San. Bandai-san is a volcano in the central area of Fukushima Prefecture, southern Tohoku

Tempora Mutantur! Militancy at Buckingham Palace, 1914&1915
The Bystander contrasts the militancy of demonstrating suffragettes outside Buckingham Palace in the summer of 1914, before the outbreak of World War One

Belarus Mahilyow
City on the Dnieper which has changed hands continually through history between Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Russia, to say nothing of the Germans 1941 to 1944. Date: 18th century

Bastille Demolition Plan
Five years before the Revolution, it is proposed to demolish the Bastille prison and replace it with a public square named for Louis XVI. It could have changed history ! Date: 1784

Duc Orleans Egalite
LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH, duc d ORLEANS - sympathised with the Revolution and changed name to Philippe Egalite, but this did not save him from the guillotine. Date: 1747 - 1793

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