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Kitchener Poster C. 1915
Your Country Needs You This direct and graphic recruitment poster featuring Lord Kitchener, aimed to command and inspire

Poster advertising Pan American World Airways
Poster for Pan American World Airways, later known as Pan Am, advertising a direct service between Paris and New York. Enfin!

Aviator John Alcock 1919
Captain in the Royal Air Force, he was the pilot of the first direct transatlantic flight in June 1919 with navigator Arthur Whitten Brown

Poster, French Line CGT, Plymouth to New York
Travel poster, French Line CGT, designed by Rodmell, Harry Hudson (1896?1984), Plymouth direct to New York, lithograph in colours backed onto linen. Printed by EDIA, Paris. 40ins. 25ins

Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Finsbury, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters clearing debris at what was their sub-fire station in Hugh Myddleton Primary School, Finsbury, EC1. The building took a direct hit from a high explosive bomb

Nord Air Express Poster
Nord Air Express Air France - Sabena Poster, the direct route for Scandinavia, with a map showing routes between cities. 20th century

Arthur Whitten Brown
Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, he was the navigator of the first direct transatlantic flight in June 1919 piloted by Captain John Alcock

Advert, Rolls-Royce, Vickers Vimy biplane
Advert for Rolls-Royce, 25th anniversary of a Vickers Vimy biplane with Rolls-Royce engines, first direct Atlantic crossing by air, June 1919. 1944

Studies in Femininity, The Minx, by Suzanne Meunier. 1928

Natal Line of Steamers, passenger ships, London to Natal direct, sailings every ten days. 1905

Wright (Armstrong Siddeley) J65 Sapphire turbojet engine
Wright J65 (Armstrong Siddeley) Sapphire turbojet engine. The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was a British turbojet engine licence- Built in the United States by Curtiss-Wright of the Wright

WW2 - Atlantic Spy
A front cover illustration for a WW2 children's story book, Atlantic Spy, written by Frank Elias. The image depicts an explosion from a direct hit on a large ship. Date: 1940

RMS Titanic, table of English composer Archibald Joyce
An important piece of musical and Titanic history, a late 19th/early 20th century oak barley twist gateleg table on which the composer and ?English Waltz King? Archibald Joyce (1873)

Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

The Dreamer
A portrait painting of a young figure, with short black hair, seated, holding her little finger to her mouth. Her eyes are staring without a direct focus, in a day dream. Date: 1879

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Charles Crumplin letter
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - First Class Bedroom Steward and victim Charles Crumplin, handwritten letter on Titanic stationery with White Star Line watermark, undated but written from Queenstown

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - two items
Captain John Treasure Jones Archive. Born and raised on a small farm in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, John Treasure Jones (1905-1993) went to sea at the age of 15

The Edison Shop Advertisement
An advertisement picture for The Edison Shop, promoting The New Edison, accompanied by a female model. Embodies a New Art?

Painting of a Pipe Smoking Man
Oil portrait painting of a man smoking a pipe, from a direct front angle, wearing uniform, with orange scarf. Date: circa 1929

Building workers dispute, Lambeth, South London, 19 July 1977. Date: 1977

Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II G-MAFB (msn F406-0080), operated by Direct Flight for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Date: circa 2004

British Aerospace BAe 146-301ARA G-LUXE (msn E3001), of Direct Flight / Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 8 July 2012

Young woman in car with open roof
Young woman looks back from the passenger seat of an open-roofed car. Date: 1930s

Woman at the wheel of her car
Stylish woman at the wheel of her car looks round quizzically. Date: circa 1930s

Policeman on traffic duty, London
Policeman directs traffic in Central London during rush hour. Date: circa 1930s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Here is the News
The Caption is Here is the News, and this is yours truly reading it. With radio being the most direct source of News, the broadcasts were avidly listened to

British artillery covering the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
British artillery (25-pounders) firing over open sights, while French and British infantry use their machine guns, to cover the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France

Aberdeen Line of Direct Steamers for Natal & East Africa
Advert for Aberdeen Line of Direct Steamers for Natal & East Africa. 1905

Advert, Samson Barnett Mineral Water Machinist and Engineer
Advertisement for Samson Barnett, Mineral Water Machinist and Engineer. 1862

Advert, Orient Line of Steamships to Australia, direct service in 40 days. 1880

A Direct Hit, by Geoffrey Watson, WW1
A Direct Hit, watercolour by Geoffrey Watson, First World War. 1918

Cartoon, The Automatic Policeman -- Put a penny in the slot and he stops the traffic. 1889

Anti-nuclear demonstrators at North Pickenham
Members and supporters of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War crouching in front of a lorry leaving a rocket base at North Pickenham, near Swaffham

Merryweather single cylinder steam fire engine
Merryweather single cylinder direct acting steam fire engine. Date: early 20th century

GERMAN TOYSHOP
Toys on display at the historic Leipzig Trade Fair, including (for the first time) American toys exhibited in direct competition with German toys. Date: 1930s

APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)
Applebys direct-action hoist (hydraulic). Date: late 19th century

STAMPING THE PRESS
Delivering the ILN to Somerset House to receive the official stamp : though not direct censorship, this is seen as a tax on knowledge, an infringe- ment of freedom of the press. Date: 1842

JUDGMENT DAY, PISA
At the Last Judgment, we shall rise from our graves to be judged according to our deeds, good and bad, and angels will direct us to Heaven or Hell, as the case may be

Jewish man, El Ghriba synagogue - 2
Jewish man in the El Ghriba Synagogue, also known as Djerba Synagogue. It is on the Tunisian island of Djerba in the Jewish village of Hara Seghira, southwest of Houmt Souk Date: circa 1987

Jewish man, El Ghriba synagogue - 3
Jewish man in the El Ghriba Synagogue, also known as Djerba Synagogue. It is on the Tunisian island of Djerba in the Jewish village of Hara Seghira

Parisian Officer directing traffic on Les Grand Boulevards
A French Traffic Gendarme with a VERY fine moustache and beard combo direct traffic at a junction on the Grand Boulevards, Paris at the Porte Saint-Denis. Date: circa 1920

Lady on 1912 Sunbeam motorcycle
Lady on a 1912 Sunbeam 500cc direct drive motorcycle, circa 1912

A tuberculosis patient being given a direct blood transfusion from a goat, at Dr Simon Bernheims clinic. France, ca. 1891. Engraving

WWI Poster, Have you a reason or only an excuse?
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Which? Have you a reason or only an excuse for not enlisting? Now! Date: 1915

Bathing-time by Rene Vincent
Art deco illustration depicting bathers with billowing towels and cloaks gathered around a car at the beach. The caption reads: Modern summer holiday-makers seen through an artists eyes

Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, WW2
Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, East London, being used as a fire sub-station, received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb on 1 November 1940

Traffic Policeman at Heyls Corner, Hamilton, Bermuda. Date: circa 1963

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