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Background imageCivil Collection: Wright Flyer A ( Shorts)

Wright Flyer A ( Shorts)
A Shorts Wright Flyer a Biplane Flying at Low-Level in 1910 Date: 1910

Background imageCivil Collection: PONTEFRACT CASTLE, Yorkshire

PONTEFRACT CASTLE, Yorkshire
Bird s-eye view of Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, as it appeared during the Civil War. Date: 1648

Background imageCivil Collection: Poster advertising Bernard Weatherill Ltd

Poster advertising Bernard Weatherill Ltd, civil and sporting tailors of Conduit Street and Cannon Street, London. A foxhunting scene on the village green is depicted

Background imageCivil Collection: Empire flying boat

Empire flying boat
Poster advertising the most luxurious flying boat in the world, the Empire flying boat. This particular model is the G-ADHL of Imperial Airways

Background imageCivil Collection: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia ironclad naval battle

USS Monitor and CSS Virginia ironclad naval battle
Terrific Engagement Between the USS Monitor with 2 Guns, and the CSS Virginia (aka Merrimac) with 10 Guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The First Fight between Ironclad ships of War

Background imageCivil Collection: Passenger Plane Imperial

Passenger Plane Imperial
An Armstrong Whitworth Ensign of Imperial Airways takes off: it has the same Dunlop tyres as the smart red motor car on the ground

Background imageCivil Collection: Sir Joseph Bazalgette

Sir Joseph Bazalgette
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer

Background imageCivil Collection: Great Orders of Knighthood and other high decorations

Great Orders of Knighthood and other high decorations
Insignia of the chief orders following in importance that of the Garter. The ribbons are represented by the backgrounds, except in the Order of Merit, and that of the Companions of Honour. Date: 1937

Background imageCivil Collection: Hammersmith Bridge

Hammersmith Bridge, west London, was the first suspension bridge over the River Thames. It was designed by noted civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Date: completed 1887

Background imageCivil Collection: Cromwell at Dunbar

Cromwell at Dunbar
Cromwell prepares to fight the Scots at DUNBAR

Background imageCivil Collection: Douglas DC-3

Douglas DC-3
Bea British European Airways Pionair Douglas Dc-3 Flying Date: 1940s

Background imageCivil Collection: Airship Guarantee Co. R-100

Airship Guarantee Co. R-100
R-100 Airship Flying Close to the Docking Tower at Cardington, Bedfordshire Date: 1930

Background imageCivil Collection: The Spiral Bridge - Hastings, Minnesota, USA

The Spiral Bridge - Hastings, Minnesota, USA - completes in 1895, the only one of its kind in the world. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageCivil Collection: The Thames Tunnel between Wapping and Rotherhithe

The Thames Tunnel between Wapping and Rotherhithe, designed and constructed by Marc Isambard Brunel. circa 1840s

Background imageCivil Collection: Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935

Background imageCivil Collection: Events / Britain / Civil War

Events / Britain / Civil War
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER. Parliamentary supporters interrogate the child of a Royalist

Background imageCivil Collection: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Dakota

Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Dakota
Airmen Maintaining a Douglas Dc-3 / C-47 Dakota at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1949

Background imageCivil Collection: Soviet propaganda poster

Soviet propaganda poster: a Red Army officer, fearing civil disorder during a strike, asks the citizens to hand in their weapons

Background imageCivil Collection: Harlech Castle

Harlech Castle, Wales, was built by King Edward I (1239 - 1307) on the site of an older building. The last Royalist castle to hold out for Charles I in the English Civil War

Background imageCivil Collection: BAC 1-11

BAC 1-11
Bea BAC 1-11 Super One-Eleven Airliner Flying over Southern England above Cumulus Cloud Date: 1968

Background imageCivil Collection: Aerospatiale BAC Concorde

Aerospatiale BAC Concorde
Concorde 002 Prototype Roll-Out Ceremony Seen from Roof of the Brabazon Hangars Date: 1968

Background imageCivil Collection: Ukraine Dnieper Dam

Ukraine Dnieper Dam
Dam on the Dnieper river

Background imageCivil Collection: Civil Air Display- 1920S

Civil Air Display- 1920S
A poster for The Civil Air Display with Royal Air Force Assistance held at the Brooklands motor racing circuit at Weybridge

Background imageCivil Collection: Spanish Civil War. Viva Espa񡦱uot;. Propaganda

Spanish Civil War. Viva Espa񡦱uot;. Propaganda
" Spanish Civil War. " Viva Espa񡦱 uot; ". Propaganda poster from the Fascist side with and illustration of la Virgen del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar)."

Background imageCivil Collection: AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2

AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2
An AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) despatch rider and messenger on a motorbike at an LFS sub-station during the Second World War

Background imageCivil Collection: Barton Swing Bridge

Barton Swing Bridge
The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a feat of Victorian civil engineering, at Barton upon Irwell, England. It carries the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. Date: completed 1893

Background imageCivil Collection: Empire flying boat jigsaw

Empire flying boat jigsaw
A jigsaw advertising the most luxurious flying boat in the world, the Empire flying boat. This particular model is the G-ADHL of Imperial Airways

Background imageCivil Collection: 9th Hampshire Regiment in Vladivostock

9th Hampshire Regiment in Vladivostock
The 9th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment march through the streets of Vladivostock, about to set off for Omsk in Siberia

Background imageCivil Collection: the General Locomotive

the General Locomotive
The General featured in a dramatic Civil War incident; captured 1862 by the Andrews Raiders, it was recaptured after a 90-mile chase. Now at Chattanooga Depot, Tennessee

Background imageCivil Collection: de Havilland DH-80A Puss Moth

de Havilland DH-80A Puss Moth
Hillmans Airways de Havilland Dh-80A Puss Moth Parked on Grass with a Pilot in Uniform Standing Date: 1934

Background imageCivil Collection: Bristol B-175 Britannia 102

Bristol B-175 Britannia 102
A Boac Bristol B-175 Britannia 102 Parked (Msn 12904) Date: 1950s

Background imageCivil Collection: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Dakota

Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Dakota
Douglas Dc-3 / C-47 Dakotas Being Loaded at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1945

Background imageCivil Collection: Empire Air Day Poster

Empire Air Day Poster
Poster, Empire Air Day 1934, organised by the Air League of the British Empire. A civil aviation and RAF " at home". With a map of UK showing where the events are taking place. May 1934

Background imageCivil Collection: Detachment of The Black Watch in Dundee, Scotland

Detachment of The Black Watch in Dundee, Scotland
Threatening encounters between rioters and the police in Dundee, Scotland, brought a large detachment of The Black Watch to the city

Background imageCivil Collection: Imperial Airways cut-away

Imperial Airways cut-away
Imperial Airways poster advertising an ensign air liner for Empire services, 2 decks, 200 mph, 20 tons, the G-ADSR. It is shown with the side cut away so the interior features can be labelled

Background imageCivil Collection: Gandhi breaking the Salt Laws - the civil disobedience in In

Gandhi breaking the Salt Laws - the civil disobedience in In
In 1930 Ghandi led the Salt March to Dandi, which was an act of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India

Background imageCivil Collection: 9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in Siberia

9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in Siberia
In Siberia, soldiers of the 9th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment instruct American officers in the British method of physical training

Background imageCivil Collection: Nestor Makhno

Nestor Makhno
Anarchist leader who organised partisan groups to form the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine which opposed both Bolsheviks and Whites : he will die in exile in Paris. Date: 1919

Background imageCivil Collection: American Indians. Billy Bowlegs and his suite of Indian Chie

American Indians. Billy Bowlegs and his suite of Indian Chie
Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco) was a leader of the Seminole people, he went on to serve as a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War

Background imageCivil Collection: Ulyssess Grant / Brady

Ulyssess Grant / Brady
ULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General at Headquarters during the Virginia Campaign

Background imageCivil Collection: Rail / Chat Moss / 1831

Rail / Chat Moss / 1831
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY The railway crosses the Chat Moss peat bog, a major feat of civil engineering on the part of George Stephenson

Background imageCivil Collection: Ww2 Gas Mask

Ww2 Gas Mask
A man demonstrates how to put on a gas mask

Background imageCivil Collection: Members of a Republican Militia; Spanish Civil War, 1936

Members of a Republican Militia; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing two female members of a Republican militia unit taking a break on their march towards the frontline in the Guadarrama Mountains, 1936

Background imageCivil Collection: Battle of Bull Run / Jahn

Battle of Bull Run / Jahn
The first of two battles of Bull Run was the first major clash of the Civil War. Both were major victories for the Confederate forces

Background imageCivil Collection: Prince Rupert at Oxford

Prince Rupert at Oxford
Prince Rupert and his troops march confidently through Oxford

Background imageCivil Collection: Fairfax and Council

Fairfax and Council
Fairfax and the military council

Background imageCivil Collection: Battle of Lansdowne

Battle of Lansdowne
BATTLE OF LANSDOWNE The Royalists under Hopton, advancing on Bath, are halted by the Parliament army under Waller : the Royalists win the day, though with heavy Date: 5 July 1645



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