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Cecil Avenue, Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, South Central AfricaAerial view of Cecil Avenue, Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now part of Zambia), South Central Africa. Date: 1940s
Natal Native Contingent (NCC) armed with assegaisPhotograph of members of the Natal Native Contingent (NCC) armed with assegais (short spears) and shields, 1879 (c). The NNC was formed in 1878 to bolster the defences of the British colony of Natal
Barburdar, punkah wallah or fan bearer.. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828
PAXTON, Joseph (1801-1865). Crystal Palace. 1851. First building with revolutionary modular, prefabricated design, and use of glass. Built for the Universal Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London
Empire Marketing Board poster - GibraltarEmpire Marketing Board poster showing a family on the deck of a ship which is sailing close to the rock of Gibraltar
The King of Ashantis Palace at Kumasi, 1874The King of Ashantis palace at Kumasi, the Ashanti capital, viewed from the east in 1874 towards the end of the second Ashanti War (1873-74)
Great Barr Colony, StaffordshireGreat Barr colony for mental defectives, opened circa 1918 by the Walsall and West Bromwich Joint Committee to house people with severe learning difficulties
Ewell Epileptic Colony, Epsom, SurreyLime Villa at the Ewell Epileptic Colony, Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey. The colony, opened in 1903 by the London County Council, was later known as Ewell Mental Hospital and then as St Ebbas Hospital
Fante Soldiers serving with the British against the AshantiSoldiers from the Fante tribe who served under the British in their war against the Ashanti empire on the Gold Coast. In 1873
St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, SussexInmates of the St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, Sussex Date: circa 1924
Vietnam / Map C1930 FrenchCard produced when La Cochinchine was a French colony
Quakers Sail to New WrldWilliam Penn and other Quakers sail to the New World in the Welcome
Under the Cherry Tree (1884). Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941. Born in Belfast, Lavery began his artistic training in Glasgow. During the early 1880s he studied in Paris and made visits to the artists
Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) in Goa (India)Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), Spanish missionary, through the streets of the Portuguese colony of Goa (India) in 1542. French engraving, 1850. Colored
RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Zapotec Civilization. 1947. Mural Pre-Hispanic Mexico and Colony in the corridor of the north wall. Detail
King George V shooting Tigers in India from a howdah - 1911. Date: 1911
Senegal and Niger, French Colonies in Africa - Map showing main transport routes. Date: circa 1909
Hunting Trophies - A Good Bag - British East Africa (Modern Kenya). Date: circa 1910s
Convict transportation to AustraliaList of convicts embarked on the ship Merchantman from Portland to Western Australia, June 1864 Date: 1864
Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, LancashireAerial view of the Langho Colony set up in 1906 by the Chorlton and Manchester Unions for the treatment of patients suffering from epilepsy
Advert, Australian Butter for the Homeland. 1936
Achill Island, Co Galway, Ireland - The Dugort ColonyAchill Island, County Galway, Ireland - The Dugort Colony Date: circa 1903
The Coronation Durbar, Delhi - George V - 1911The Coronation Durbar, Delhi - 12th December 1911. The King Emperor (George V) and Queen Empress (Mary) presenting themselves to their people Date: 1911
Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire (Ceylon)Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire, featuring a member of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery, with the Ceylon badge below, and the names of all the colonial countries listed on either side. 1940s
Punic Wars, attack on Carthage, SicilyPUNIC WARS : war with Carthage begins when the Roman senator Appius Claudius Caudex backs an unjustified attack on the Carthaginian colony in Sicily
c. 1880s India- Lauries hotel Agrac. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - Lauries hotel Agra
Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, South AfricaMethodist Church and Cross Street, Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1905
King George V shooting expedition 1911His Imperial Majesty making his way through the jungle during the great big-game shoot in Nepal. Date: December 1911
The landing of Nuno Tristao in GuineaPortuguese Colonial History Series - The landing of Nuno Tristao (15th century Portuguese explorer and slave trader) in Guinea - purported to be the first European visitor to the country
Poster advertising CasablancaPoster for the PLM, advertising Casablanca, Morocco
India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan 1860s19th century vintage photograph India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan Shepherd and Robertson, 1860s
India - a maharaja, child prince and his officials 1860s19th century vintage photograph India - India - a maharaja and his officials, Shepherd and Robertson, 1860s
India - a maharaja and his officials19th century vintage photograph - India - a maharaja and his officials
Fort Jamrud, Peshawar, Khyber Pass, now PakistanVintage 19th century photograph, India - Fort Jamrud, Peshawar, Khyber Pass, now Pakistan
Imperial Hotel, Parys, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Date: 1910s
Gordons Bay, Western Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: 1906
The Flag of Bermuda Date: circa 1930s
Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire (African Rifles)Wartime poster, The British Colonial Empire, featuring a member of the Kings African Rifles, with the regiment badge below, and the names of all the colonial countries listed on either side. 1940s
Band, Darenth Training Colony Band, KentThe military band at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent. The colony, for adult mental defectives, was set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as an addition to the existing
Darenth Schools and Training Colony, KentThe Darenth Schools (top left), near Dartford in Kent, were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children from London
Dreyfus on Devils IsleALFRED DREYFUS French army officer and victim of injustice as a prisoner on Devils Island
Edmund Y. W HendersonLIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIR EDMUND YEAMANS WALCOTT HENDERSON shown soon after he was appointed as Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1869. He succeed the late Sir Richard Mayne in this post
Trinidad PostmanA postman in the (then) British colony of Trinidad is offered a pineapple by a grateful recipient of mail
c. 1880s India - group of hill peoplec. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - hill people
c. 1880s India - woman beggar and childrenc. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - beggar woman and children
The Grand Hotel - Khartoum, Sudan. circa 1920s
Moyamba, Sierra Leone, Madam Yoko, Chiefs, Colonial OfficersAt Moyamba, the capital and largest city of Moyamba District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone ( Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate - British colonial administration) - D.C
Map, Gold Coast Colony, Ghana, West Africa, with the main cocoa producing areas shaded, a railway line and steamship routes. Also a gold mining area. Date: circa 1920