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Background imageCorrectly Collection: Scottish Curling 1885

Scottish Curling 1885
Soop her up! Two Scottish curlers brush vigourously to melt the top of the ice, and allow the curling stone to slide correctly

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Africa / Exploration / Congo

Africa / Exploration / Congo
CONGO - French and German officials, determined to correctly map the boundary between their territories, make their way through the marshy Lobaye valley

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Hatcher Levitates

Hatcher Levitates
A F Hatcher, about whom little is known, levitates at a seance, holding a luminous tambourine enabling photographer Harold T Brown to focus his Kodak correctly

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Correct Loading

Correct Loading
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster draws attention to correctly loading packages. Date: circa 1950

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Load Barrows so as to Avoid Crushing

Load Barrows so as to Avoid Crushing
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster draws attention to correctly loading packages in order to avoid crushing or dropping packages

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Showing men, formerly soldiers of the Republican Army, who became refugees at the end of

Showing men, formerly soldiers of the Republican Army, who became refugees at the end of the Spanish Civil War, in Perthus, France

Background imageCorrectly Collection: A group of Spanish refugees, at the end of the Spanish Civil War, in Perthus, France

A group of Spanish refugees, at the end of the Spanish Civil War, in Perthus, France. When the Nationalist Army finally won the Spanish Civil War, in 1939

Background imageCorrectly Collection: MESMER AND WATELET

MESMER AND WATELET
Mesmer correctly predicts the death of the singer Watelet

Background imageCorrectly Collection: READING A ROAD MAP

READING A ROAD MAP
To the adventurous schoolboy there is high romance in following the line of a road, even on paper and the mature motorist delights in following the route correctly. Date: 1940s

Background imageCorrectly Collection: DINNER PARTY SETTING

DINNER PARTY SETTING
Setting a dinner party table does not end with putting the glasses, silver & cutlery in their proper places. Food & decoration should be colour co-ordinated for effect. Date: 1940s

Background imageCorrectly Collection: BOYS ATHLETICS

BOYS ATHLETICS
A group of boys are taught how to hurdle correctly Date: 1930s

Background imageCorrectly Collection: CALCHAS

CALCHAS, Greek soothsayer who correctly predicted duration of Trojan War, saw necessity for sacrificing Iphigenia &c, but died of disappointment when defeated by rival Mopsus

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Waiting for the Train

Waiting for the Train
This young lady knows she is dressed correctly for her train journey, since she is wearing a toilette de promenade ou de voyage pour une jeune femme. Date: 1899

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Edward Cocker

Edward Cocker
EDWARD COCKER penman and mathematician whose name became a byword for accuracy - something that was according to Cocker was correctly done Date: 1631 - 1675

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Telephone Girls 1897

Telephone Girls 1897
At the Berlin Telephone Exchange, the women do the work, the men make sure they do it correctly Date: 1897

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Cosimo II De Medici

Cosimo II De Medici
COSIMO II DE MEDICI Ruler of Florence, grand duke of Tuscany. (Though here called Cosimo III, he is correctly Cosimo II) Date: 1590 -1621

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Loading up a camel - Algeria

Loading up a camel - Algeria. There is a set of scales (and administration desk) in the background to make sure the weight of the goods is correctly recorded prior to departure

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Money Changer / China

Money Changer / China
A money changer examines a coin to check against others which he stoes on strings to correctly assess size and weight

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Agrippas Prophecy

Agrippas Prophecy
Cornelius Agrippa predicts to Francois I of France, correctly, that he will be utterly defeated at Pavia, 1525

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Lunchtime at Nursery

Lunchtime at Nursery
Small children being taught to eat correctly at a North London nursery school. During the fine weather, meals are taken outside

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Portable Sun Dial

Portable Sun Dial
Combined PORTABLE SUN-DIAL, with a compass so that it can be correctly oriented : made by Butterfield, an Englishman working in Paris

Background imageCorrectly Collection: Rolling the Lawn

Rolling the Lawn
A lady makes sure that her husband rolls the lawn correctly

Background imageCorrectly Collection: JEROBOAM

JEROBOAM
He meets the prophet Ahijah, who tells him - correctly, as it turns out - that he will rule over the ten tribes of Israel


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