Reids Palace Hotel advertisementReids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins
St Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line Benoist Xiv / 14 Biplan?St Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line Benoist Xiv / 14 Biplane Seaplane, 43 Lark of Duluth - the Original Flight of the Worlds First Scheduled Airline over Tampa Bay, Florida
SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 1900Photograph of the North German Lloyd Liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at sea, 1900. This liner was built by the Vulcan Shipyards at Stettin with the aim of winning the Blue Riband
Waterloo - HighlandersBattle of WATERLOO The Highlanders form a square to withstand the cavalry charge of the French cuirassiers
Scots Greys charge at the Battle of WaterlooBattle of WATERLOO : Scotland for ever ! the charge of the Scots Greys Date: 18 June 1815
Poster, Zeppelin to South AmericaPoster advertising the German Zeppelin Hamburg-American Line, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship service from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. circa 1934
The Days Work by Muriel DawsonA little boy in dungarees or overalls and with a wide brimmed hat stands on the end of a jetty fishing with a makeshift rod and line. Swans fly overhead
Wigan PierBoys in swimming shorts jump off Wigan Pier into the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990
Scotland Forever! The Charge of the Scots Greys, the British heavy cavalry regiment thatBattle of WATERLOO : Scotland for ever ! the charge of the Scots Greys
Imperial Airways Poster, flights to AustraliaImperial Airways Poster, advertising flights to Australia taking ten and a half days. 1935
Map / Afghanistan C1860SMap of Afghanistan and Beluchistan (note camel routes are measured in days, not miles)
Mayflower in Full SailThe Mayflower carried the Pilgrim Fathers to America in 63 days, reaching New England in December 1620
St Swithin / Dudley / MaximsSAINT SWITHIN or SWITHUN Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastic, Bishop of Winchester, associated with a prediction of rain for 40 days
Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 Piston-Engine Date: 1942
Art deco illustration for Christmas Card, 1920sArt deco illustration fro Christmas Card, 1920s 1920s
Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli
Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmittAlexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great ChangeThe Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Cretaceous Period - a time of great change, about 80 Million Years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton)
Perch Rock Lighthouse - New Brighton LighthouseLiverpool - Rock Lighthouse New Brighton - Lighthouse and crowds. Part of Box 62 Boswell Collection - Liverpool. The New Brighton Lighthouse was originally known as Perch Rock Lighthouse
Broadstairs 1950SAn incredibly crowded beach at Broadstairs in Kent, showing how popular British holiday resorts used to be in the days before package holidays. Date: 1950s
Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. UMary Jane Clarke W.S.P.U. Mary Jane Clarke, (1863-1910) Younger sister of Emmeline Pankhurst. In 1909, she was organiser for the W.S.P.U, living in Brighton, a year later
Fridays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903
Quatre Bras / HamiltonWellington defeats Ney at QUATRE BRAS, foiling Napoleons plan to prevent the joining of the British and Prussian armies
Ships trapped in Suez Canal, Six-Day WarFifteen ships trapped in the Suez Canal as a result of the Six-Day War (5-10 June 1967) between Israel and Egypt. Although the war was short
Shakespeare quotation on a greetings card (inside pages) -- Heaven give you many, many merry days (The Merry Wives of Windsor). With a colourful spray of flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Jack London * WifeJACK LONDON with his second wife CHARMIAN photo taken six days before his death
Hiawatha / Minnehaha DiesHiawatha mourns the death of Minnehaha: " Seven long days & nights he sat there."
Icis Imperial ImageICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) helps Britannia rule the waves in the great days when the word imperial is one to be proud of !
LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine at Clapham fire stationA former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape at Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council
England / RickmansworthA solitary vehicle leaving Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, in the days when it was more like a country lane. Date: 1950s
RICHARD BEAU NASH The dandy in his younger days when Beau was an appropriate sobriquet : later, alas, he put on weight, despite the health-giving waters of Bath
Phenomena at Basel (Col)Curious phenomena seen over the city of Basel, Switzerland, at sunrise and sunset on two days in July and again on 7 August
Three Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2s from 120, 201 and 206 Squadrons, RAF Kinloss, preparing for the following days flypast over London at the conclusion of the Falklands parade on 12 October 1982
Soviet Heavy Tank in Berlin; Second World War, 1945Photograph showing a Soviet heavy tank moving through Berlin, with the Brandenburg Gate in the background, May 1945. Berlin fell to the Russian Army on 2nd May 1945
Alexandra Palace, north London, England. The original 1873 building dramatically burnt down, only 16 days after it had opened. It was quickly rebuilt and re-opened in 1875
Customs / Saint Swithin sAccording to tradition, if it rains on the 15th of July - St Swithins Day - it will continue to rain for the following 40 days
Mary Baker Eddy / BostonMARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science: a picture of her from her early days at Boston
Poe / Raven Flies In / DoreA stately Raven of the saintly days of yore flies in through an open window
Battle of Ligny / NapoleonGneisenau at the battle of LIGNY, where Napoleon defeats Bluchers Prussians
USA / Pacific GroveThe wide Light House Avenue, in the days when horse drawn carriages and carts were still in use, Pacific Grove, California, USA
England / West WycombeAn atmosphere of the coaching days and memories of the eccentric Sir Francis Dashwood still lingers in West Wickham, Buckinghamshire, England
RAF Squadron Gloster Meteor Based at Duxford in 1950S
Boeing F-15 EagleMcdonnell Douglas / Boeing F-15 Eagle
The pirates ruse luring a merchantman in the olden days. Date c1896 Feb. 21
Fireboat tackling fire at Colonial Wharf, East LondonA fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, East London, 27 September 1935. This was a typical big Thamesside fire of the sort which the London Fire Brigade has tackled for over
The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923Aerial photograph of Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United
SS Deutschland, 1900Illustration of the Hamburg-American Liner Deutschland, launched in 1900 and holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing from 1900-1906
The Re-cut Koh-i-noor Diamond, 1852Engraving of the re-cut Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, 1852. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab
