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British propaganda for America
A young woman in the form of the Statue of Liberty is wearing part of the American flag. The Caption is My Country tis of thee, the name of the current National Anthem. WW1 Date: 1918

Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Barker Limousine
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (1919) Barker Limousine, for Maharajah Holkar of India, current owner M Spedding of Torquay. Seen here with a woman in historical servant costume. Date: circa 1970s

Marquis Ito of Japan - Taro Katsura, Prime Minister of Japan
Marquis Ito Hirobumi (1840-1909), former Prime Minister of Japan, pictured alongside Prince Katsura Taro, then current Prime Minister of Japan (1848-1913). Date: circa 1901

Fancy Dress Ball 1900
Madeleine Lemaires Exposition ball, at which guests come in costumes which reflect some aspect of the current Exhibition Date: 1900

MENDOZA, Alonso de (16th century). Spanish captain, conquistador, and the founder of the city of Nuestra Se񯲡 de La Paz, current capital city of Bolivia. Oil

Princess Margarita of Greece & Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe
Princess Margarita of Greece (1905-1981) and Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897-1960)in 1931, the year of their marriage

Oersted Experiment 2
Christian Oersted, at the university of Copenhagen, discovers the deviation of a compass needle when subjected to an enclosed electric current

Dorothy Raymond and George Saunders and Paula Desborough
Current dancers: Dorothy Raymond and George Saunders (exhibition dancers at the Waldorf Hotel) and Paula Desborough (teacher with the army of occupation on the Rhine now teaching at Princes)

Advert for Electropathic Belt 1882
Electropathic Belt for gentlemen and ladies, consists of a series of constant current electric generators, which are constantly in action while the belt is being worn. 1882

Advert for Electropathic Belt of Life 1882
Professor Barkers Belt of Life for women and men, helps stimulate, invigorate strengthen and exhilarate. 1882

Advert for Patent Electropathic socks 1882
Patent Electropathic socks, simply put inside the shoes or boots, and after a short time a continued and most beneficial warmth creating a bodily comfort

Cartoon, satire on the British government and its current issues. Politicians depicted include Gladstone and Salisbury, respective Liberal and Conservative leaders. 1890

Magnetoelectric Machine by E. M. Clarke. 19th century. Color
Magnetoelectric Machine by E. M. Clarke. 19th century. Induction machine that amplifies induction currents. These devices are called electrovoltaicos induction apparatus. Colored engraving

Louisa Demont
LOUISA DEMONT Female who gave evidence during the trial of Queen Caroline. Her hat is very much in the current fashion ! Date: CIRCA 1820

Travellers Drown / Mekong
A French General and Doctor and native crew drown in the Mekong River rapids, Vietnam Date: 1910

Cooke / Wheatstone Telegr
The discovery of current by Volta in 1800 and the electro- magnet in 1824, led to the invention of the magnetic telegraph. This is Cooke and Wheatstones 5-needle machine. Date: 1837

Four C14 Notables
Four men in short garments, three with unmatching hose, evidently the current fashion; two carry swords, one at the side, the other in front Date: 14th century

Cartoon, The electric underpants, WW1
Cartoon, The electric underpants, showing a new invention by a German scientist. Not only do the underpants keep the soldier warm in the trenches

North Melbourne Town Hall
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Town Hall in the city of Melbourne in Australia. The foundation stone of the Town Hall was laid on 29 November 1867 by the visiting Prince Alfred

Fresh-water crab (unidentified) waits for prey to come with the current in a small stream in primary rainforest. river Danum valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

River Negustyah in middle current. Dark water is coloured by peat. Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia. Spring. Note: Bird cherry flowering on the bank

Current Camp at Bellerey Dated June / July 18
Current Camp at Bellerey. Dated June/July 18. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Menace of Cloudland by G. H. Davis
Cumulo-nimbus -- the menace of Cloudland. Majestic masses which were a danger signal to aircraft during the Second World War

A popular new sport, the glider, by G. H. Davis
The coming vogue of the glider. A popular German sport -- motorless flight -- about to start in England. Flying for men of moderate means: the motorless aeroplane -- catapult launching

Cuttens pendulum recorder for psychical research
John Cuttens pendulum recorder (general view above, close-up below), for use in psychical research. This electronic device detects the movements of a pendulum which are recorded on the chart

Mechanical water raising device
1588 complex mechanical water raising device that uses the current to lift large quantities of water. Date: 1588

Water raising wheel
A 1588 engraving of a wooden water raising wheel, the wheel was designed to float in a river, using the rivers current to lift the water. Date: 1588

Lithograph of Andr魊acques Garnerins parachute descent
Lithograph of Andre

Terra Brasilis (Brazil). Miniature painting by Antonio de Holanda. A coat of arms to north (French Guiana) and other to the south (current Argentina)

Curb service 10, 000 current books - convenient, free, time saving : Chicago Public Library, Randolph St. corridor. Poster for bookmobile service of the Chicago Public Library

The curtain rises... Contemporary plays and books on the Current Theatre. Poster about contemporary works on the Current Theatre, showing a conductor standing before an open theatre curtain

Emile Lowitz demonstration at Royal Botanic Society

Scene of Welsh floods with damaged bridge, Aberdare
Scene of Welsh floods, with people standing near a damaged bridge in Aberdare, South Wales. Two lives were lost when the bridge collapsed due to heavy rain -- two youths

Girls Reading War News
Schoolgirls reading the latest war news (World War Two) in their common room during their break in between lessons. Date: early 1940s

Costume / Sem 1901
Depicted in caricature actress Liane de Pougy illustrates the current silhouette with extra height suggested by the plumed picture hat & trained skirt. A white feather boa is also worn Date: 1901

Joules Calorimeter
Joules current calorimeter Date: 19th century

Electricity & Face
French doctor Duchenne (de Boulogne) demonstrates how facial expressions can be altered by applying electrical current to different muscles of the face Date: circa 1860

Measuring the current of a large electronic device
A man measures the current running through a large electronic device, possibly an early computer or exchange. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Duke of Kent & Edward
GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT, younger brother of Edward VIII and George VI, pictured his eldest son, Prince Edward, now the current Duke of Kent

Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar on board H. M. S. Vic
In commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, the current Lord Nelson distributes prizes to the scholars of the Portsmouth Church High Schools, on 21 October 1886

Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg (1854-1921), photographed in 1912 on succeeding Sir Francis Bridgeman as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty

The Marquis of Salisbury opening the Liverpool Docks Overhea
Engraving showing the Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) turning on the current at the generating station, Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, 4th February 1893

England / Westward Ho
Looking down on Westward Ho, North Devon, famous for its Peeble Ridge and the associations with the novel of the same name, by Charles Kingsley

Jasons Argo
This is the boat used by Jason in his successful expedition to steal the Golden Fleece : though equipped with a sail, it has to be rowed up the Bosphorus against the current

Edisons electric lamp
Components of the electric lamp patented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1879. The lamp worked by passing an electric current through a carbon filament enclosed in a vacuum in a sealed glass bulb

Fly-wheel at St. Denis
A huge fly-wheel dynamo at St. Denis station, used to light Paris. There were eight dynamos at the St. Denis station, producing a high tension current of 2250 volts and 210 amps

Grammes dynamo-electrical machine
Engraving by W. Bazzett Murray showing Grammes direct-current dynamo. Zenobe Theophile Gramme (1826-1901) built the first successful dynamo in 1869

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine
Sketch of the Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

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