Dies Gallery

Typhoid Mary

MARY MALLON, (1869-1938) known as 'Typhoid Mary' ; though herself healthy, she is a carrier of typhoid and, employed as a cook, infects 22, one of whom dies

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1869, 1909, 1938, 22, Ailments, Carrier, Contagion, Cook, Cooking, Dies, Disease, Employed, Healthy, Historical, History, Illness, Infection, Infects, Mallon, Mary, Medical, Typhoid

Willst Du dies? Vereinigung zur Bekamphung des Bolschewismus

Willst Du dies? Vereinigung zur Bekamphung des Bolschewismus. Poster shows a grieving woman clutching a child and infant; next to her stands an evil-looking man holding a blood-soaked knife. In the background a mass of people with weapons and a house in flames. Text: Is this what you want? Association to Fight Bolshevism. Date 1919. Willst Du dies? Vereinigung zur Bekamphung des Bolschewismus. Poster shows a grieving woman clutching a child and infant; next to her stands an evil-looking man holding a blood-soaked knife. In the background a mass of people with weapons and a house in flames. Text: Is this what you want? Association to Fight Bolshevism. Date 1919. Date:

© Mary Evans / Library of Congress

Palemon kisses Ondine and dies in her arms

Palemon kisses Ondine, despite knowing that this will be fatal, and dies in her arms. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812, and performed as a ballet by the Royal Ballet in 1958.

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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