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Family Camping Meal
Mealtime for this close family on their camping holiday. Date: 1950s

Tiger Close-Up
Close-up photograph of a tiger. Date: 1960s

Kaskaskia, Illinois
This village is located close to the oldest town in the American West (1703). Date: 1850

Close of Play by Harold Earnshaw
Family going to the railway station after a tiring holiday. Date: 1927

Close of the 1948 Olympic Games
Closing the Olympic Games ceremony at Wembley Stadium, London, on the 14th August 1948. The white Tribune of Honour was placed before the Royal box (occupied by the Duke of Edinburgh)

Sunbeam Sedanca
The stylish and costly (close on L1500) Sunbeam Twenty Sedanca De Ville is a brave bid for the up-market buyer. Date: 1937

Bomb damage to a house next to Reims Cathedral
A photograph of a family, along with their pet dogs, as they survey the damage caused by a heavy German artillery shell which has blown out the walls of their house

FROG SPAWN
A close-up photograph of frog spawn. Date: 1960s

Marble Arch
A close-up of the fine Neo Classical Corinthian capitals and fluted columns of Marble Arch, designed by John Nash in 1828. Date: 1828

English Bluebells
A close-up photograph of English bluebells. Date: 1950s

Brazilian Beauty Queen
A camera woman films a close- up of the winner of a beauty contest held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. Date: 1930s

Foxglove Flowers
A close-up photograph of foxglove flowers. Date: 1930s

London Farmhouse
The picturesque Farm House, Farm Street, London, a leftover from a bygone era, when farming still took place close to the city centre. Date: 1950s

Iris Flower
A close-up of an Iris flower. Date: 1960s

Aldeburgh Moot Hall
Aldburgh Moot Hall, a fine red brick and timbered building, which was once in the centre of this quaint Suffolk town, before coastal erosion caused it to be close to the sea. Date: 16th century

Puddletown, Dorset
Sheep constitute a traffic hazard in the main street of the village, close to Dorchester, Dorset. Traffic ? What traffic ? Date: circa 1910

Tilly Whim Caves
Tilly Whim caves, near Swanage, close to Durleston Head, Dorset coast, England. Date: 1950s

Intimate Sledge Ride
A young couple get close as they share an intimate sledge ride in the snow at Hampstead Heath, north London! Date: 1930s

Cathedral Close, Lincoln
The fine entrance gate to the Close, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1930s

Nuclear Computer 1973
Inspection of nuclear reactor fuel element components at Springfields Laboratories : Close-up of the computerised measurement of the grids. Date: 1973

Gambling Takings
The truth about gambling : after close of play, the takings are locked away in a safe. Date: 1930s

Fresh Furrows
A close-up photograph of freshly turned furrows. Date: 1960s

Coscoroba Swans
Two Coscoroba swans, native to South America, where it lives close to wetlands and marshes. Regarded by some as a species of duck rather than swan. Date: 1960s

Hammerblow Cure
In the Correges, France, there is a tradition that a child can be cured of certain ailments if laid on a black- smiths anvil and a mighty blow struck close to its head. Date: 1901

Horse Racing - Neck and Neck by Antonio Donadini. Two jockeys battling it out at the head os the field in thsi steeplechase race. Date: circa 1920s

Horse Racing - Won by a Short Head. A very close finish to this race, with one horse managing to stick its neck out enough to claim the race. Date: circa 1920s

I m in love with my Tailor (2/2) A woman with a definite crush on her tailor, asks him to move his measuring tape a little higher please ! Date: circa 1910s

Close Friends - a little girl and her favourite horse
Close Friends - a little girl holding on to the head of her favourite horse Date: circa 1910s

Couple cuddling during WW1
A couple cuddling a sofa during the First World War, with a picture of a saluting officer on the wall behind them -- no doubt her absent husband

A Motor Tour of Lakeland If you desire to go the pace, try motoring through this lovely place !! circa 1920s

Head Shot of Kitten
A close up shot of a cute little kitten. Date: 1930s

Model of Concorde
A model of the first prototype Concorde 001 stands in a glass case, close to the main assembly area (of the real aeroplane) at the St. Martin plant of Sud-Aviation, France. Date: 1967

Disguise for Ostrich Pic
How to take a close-up photograph of an ostrich... Date: 1927

Helmet Hats 1929
A black helmet shaped hat with irregular brim, a green and black turban and a green hat fitting close to the head and with a flaring brim at the back. Date: 1929

US Football Match 1903
The player with the ball is tackled by an opposing player, as others close in. Date: 1903

Nash garage
Warren. Nash Motor Corporation, Greasing Front Wheels. - Close up of a mechanic working on a Nash auto at the Warren

Naubauer engine
Auto Motor, Six Cylinder Naubauer. Close-up of a Naubauer automobile engine

Car engine
Automobile (Cars). Close-up of an automobile engine

Chimpanzee. Close-up of a chimpanzee in a cage

Seal in water with its mouth open
A seal in water with its mouth open, probably at a zoo

Sir Charles Wyndham (1837 - 1919). English actor, who was born Charles Culverwell."

The Discomforts of the carriage - a young man suffers the result of Nanny attentiveness to Babys botty needs!!!

Westminster C16
Map of Westminster at the close of Elizabeths reign

Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire
North east view of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, from the Close

Greenwich Pensioners
Pensioners leave the Hospital, which will close in 1869 and be converted into a Naval College

Lioness Cub in Scarf
A lioness cub wears a scarf and keeps close to the hot water pipes in order to keep warm in her chilly London zoo

EDINBURGH
A narrow, steep close, believed to date from 1544, named after Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees, Lord Advocate of Scotland 1692-1709 and 1711-13

A 1930s British film studio by Alfred Bestall
An impression by Alfred Bestall of the making of a close-up in a British film studio in the 1930s. A host of lighting and camera men are focused on a single actress

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