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Documentation Collection

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Statement of Poor Relief in St Lukes Parish, 1854

Statement of Poor Relief in St Lukes Parish, 1854
A printed summary statement of the poor relief statistics for the London parish of St Luke for the week ending 5 August 1854

Background imageDocumentation Collection: RMS Titanic - Probate of the Will, Ernest Tomlin, victim

RMS Titanic - Probate of the Will, Ernest Tomlin, victim
RMS Titanic - third class passenger and victim Ernest Portage Tomlin. Original probate and legal documentation dated 6 July 1912 relating to Mr Tomlin's estate after his death on the Titanic

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). War correspondent

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). War correspondent card of the Popular Army (1938) and identity card issued by the Generalitat of Catalonia (1937). SPAIN. Monistrol de Montserrat

Background imageDocumentation Collection: America - The Stamp Act - Celebrating the repeal of the Act

America - The Stamp Act - Celebrating the repeal of the Act of March 22, 1765 in May 1766 with The Liberty-Pole Festival. The Liberty Pole was known to be a symbol of dissent against Great Britain

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Honeywell T-Hawk (Tarantula Hawk) Micro Air Vehicle

Honeywell T-Hawk (Tarantula Hawk) Micro Air Vehicle, 2013. Associated with Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan (2001-2014) 2004

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Marriage Certificate - 1904

Marriage Certificate - 1904
Marriage Certificate of William Cottee Woods and Edith Frances Pooley. Woods Father was a Shipowner and Pooleys Father was a Stockbroker. Date: 1904

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Horseracing Trainers Licence

Horseracing Trainers Licence
A Horseracing Trainers Licence for a Mr C Wilkinson of Holland Park, London. Signed bys M Weatherby for the Stewards of the Jockey Club Date: 1906

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Spain. Philip Vs reign. Nueva Planta Decrees (1716)

Spain. Philip Vs reign. Nueva Planta Decrees (1716). SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Watling Drawing 194

Watling Drawing 194
Caption describing a lizard in New South Wales, Australia

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Notebook of Alfred Russel Wallace

Notebook of Alfred Russel Wallace
Notes and illustrations on the insects and birds by Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) observed in many different locations around the Malay Archipelago

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Robert Browns diary

Robert Browns diary
A record by Robert Brown of the Endeavour voyage, 14 June-31 July 1801

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Title page from Carl Linnaeuss Systema Naturae (1758)

Title page from Carl Linnaeuss Systema Naturae (1758)
A compendium and classification of the natural world published by Carl Linnaeus. Volume 1, 10th Edition, published 1758

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Collinsonia canadensis, horse weed

Collinsonia canadensis, horse weed
A hand written description of horse weed from Flora Nov Eboracensis, part of the the Banks Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Title Page (French) Volume 2

Title Page (French) Volume 2
Title page from Pomona Franconica, Vol 2 (1779) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Letter addressed to Lord Rothschild

Letter addressed to Lord Rothschild
Paula the Famous Reptile Conqueror letter writing paper. The sensational attraction of the Royal Aquarium, London. The only act of its kind in the world

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloanes voyage of Jamaica

Frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloanes voyage of Jamaica
Account of the natural history of Jamaica and its neighbouring islands by Sir Hans Sloane. Published London 1707

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Page 217 from Herbarium (1532) by Otto Brunfels

Page 217 from Herbarium (1532) by Otto Brunfels
Herbarum vivae eiconeb (1532) by Otto Brunfels (1488-1534). Illustrations by Hans Weiditz the Younger (1495 Freiburg im Breisgau - c1537 Bern). Tom I, 2nd edition

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Title page from Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771

Title page from Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771
Title page from Illustrations of the Botany of New Zealand during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Solander

Background imageDocumentation Collection: PUJADES, Jer󮩭o (1568-1635). Soanish lawyer

PUJADES, Jer󮩭o (1568-1635). Soanish lawyer
" PUJADES, Jer󮩭 o (1568-1635). Soanish lawyer and historian. Main page of the " Semanario Hist󲩣 o Erudito"."

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Examining fraudulent financial documentation

Examining fraudulent financial documentation - cheques and credit cards are checked for authenticity by the Metropolitan Police force

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Census tabulation in former Lambeth workhouse

Census tabulation in former Lambeth workhouse
Data from the 1931 census being transferred to punched cards in the former Lambeth workhouse - presumably the one on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road), Lambeth, south London

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Salpetriere Photography

Salpetriere Photography
PHOTOGRAPHING THE PATIENT At La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, doctors working with Charcot obtain photographic documentation of hysteria patients in various states

Background imageDocumentation Collection: Wills / Probate Warrant

Wills / Probate Warrant
Filling in warrant for probate and administration stamps


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