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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
Mayor signing documents, Brittany, Northern FranceMayor signing legal documents, Brittany, Northern France. His traditional costume includes pleated breeches and heavy wooden clogs. 1922
Adolf Max, Burgomaster of Brussels, 11 May 1922. 1922
Poster, take care! Official Secrets ActsPoster, take care! you must not lose documents or drawings, see the notice, Official Secrets Acts, it concerns you. circa 1950
The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of England, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: circa 1085
Lawyers books, brief and wig in a leather chair. Date: circa 1990s
Joseph Chamberlain in his Library, Princes Gardens, LondonJoseph Chamberlain in the Library of his Princes Gardens home in SW London. circa 1900
Washington D. C. - Shrine of the Declaration of IndependenceWashington D. C. USA - Shrine of the Declaration of Independence and the Constiution in the Marble Hall of the Library of Congress. Date: circa 1930s
Sri Lanka - Sinhalese Government Peon. A peon in this region was mainly an attendant, orderly, office boy or person kept around for odd jobs. Date: circa 1910s
Hargreaves Spinning Jenny plans Date: C. 1764
Press ganging. Log of the HMS Harwich, 1744 Date: 1744
Robert Morrison, Protestant missionaryRobert Morrison (1782-1834), Anglo-Scottish Protestant missionary to Portuguese Macao, Qing-era Guangdong and Dutch Malacca, seen here with Li Shigong (left) and Chen Laoyi (centre)
Find the Fault card No. 21 -- office desk. circa 1930s
CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley BeckeWinifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960
Chief Superintendent Winifred Barker in her officeWinifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960
Dorothy Peto, first Woman Superintendent, Met PoliceDorothy Olivia Georgiana Peto (1886-1974), first Woman Superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police. She served from 1930 until 1946, receiving the OBE in 1920 and the Kings Police Medal in 1944
The Tide Letter from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary ILetter from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Mary I (The Tide Letter) 16 March 1554 after her arrest during Wyatts Rebellion - Page 2 Date: 16 March 1554
Marriage Certificate - 1904Marriage Certificate of William Cottee Woods and Edith Frances Pooley. Woods Father was a Shipowner and Pooleys Father was a Stockbroker. Date: 1904
Papal bull appointing Torquemada as InquisitorTORQUEMADA, Fray Tomas de (1420-1498). Papal bull of Innocent VIII in which Fray Tomas de Torquemada is appointed Inquisitor General (1482). 1482
Mary, Queen of ScotsAllegorical sketch of Mary Queen of Scots as a mermaid
Letter from Katherine HowardKatherine Howard to Thomas Culpeper, early August 1541 Date: 1541
Will of William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare, English poet Will 2 25th March 1616
Treaty of Perpetual Peace 1502Ratification of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace, and marriage contract between King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor 17th December 1502 Date: 17th December 1502
Titanic letterLetter from Ismay, Imrie & Co. to Marine Department, Whitehall, suggesting passengers saved from RMS Titanic by rescue ship, 15 April 1912 Date: 15th April 1912
The Bungalow, Whiteway Colony, GloucestershireThe Bungalow, Whiteway Colony, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, was established in 1898. A group of Tolstoyan anarchists bought 40 acres of land
Bhutan / Ashley Eden / 1864BHUTAN Ashley Eden forced by the people of Bhutan to sign a treaty
Susi - with books and papers at a desk. 1950s
Susi - on a writing deskSusi - with papers on a writing desk. 1950s
British passport from Gibraltar to Madrid, one journey, made out to Captain J Coulson, Army Service Corps, Bearer of Despatches. 1900
British passport from Madrid to Gibraltar, made out to Captain John Coulson, British subject, travelling with despatches, dated 3 November 1900. 1900
The Calendar by Edgar Wallace - scene in the Stewards Room, where a jockey is speaking to five men. First produced at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and Wyndhams Theatre, London. Date: 1929
Cartoon, The Treasury -- a commentary on British politicians attempting to balance the books through cutbacks and taxes. late 18th century
ANCXF Signal Office, Minden, GermanyMan working in the ANCXF (Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force) Signal Office, Minden, Germany, August 1945, at the end of the Second World War. 1945
People waiting with luggage in OmanOman. People waiting with luggage. Man wearing yellow t-shirt holding documents. White man with glasses on holding cigarette. Date: 1976
Caricature of W E Gladstone and the ghost of Palmerston, his predecessor as Liberal Party leader. Palmerston wonders at Gladstone being in the House of Commons on Derby Day
Woman police officer taking oath in court, LondonWoman police officer taking the oath from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s
Woman police officer giving evidence in court, LondonWoman police officer giving evidence from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s
Chief Inspector Celia May Cundy, Met Police, London. Seen here sitting at her desk, working on documents with WPC Ethel Walker. Date: circa early 1970s
Obituary notice form, Daily Express newspaper, LondonBlank obituary notice form, Daily Express newspaper, Fleet Street, London EC4. Date: circa 1930s
Louis XIV & ColbertIn an agreeable garden setting, he looks through some documents prepared for his inspection by his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, in the 1670s/1680s Date: 1638-1715
Hastings Green WatsonWARREN HASTINGS Governor General of India. Date: 1732 - 1818
Discovery of relics of the Franklin polar expeditionDiscovery of the cairn containing documents and relics of the Franklin polar expedition. Date: 1845
Cartoon, The paper crisis, WW1Cartoon, The paper crisis. A French officer on horseback asks a civilian why he has no papers (identity documents). The civilian replies that the newspapers are short of paper too! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The disciple of Kant, WW1Cartoon, The disciple of Kant. Showing a German follower of Kantian philosophy, with illustrations of Kants theory of Cause, Effect, and Sufficient Reason
Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament, ie Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett at the centre
Cartoon, The French Consular Triumverate [Triumvirate], settling the New Constitution, with a peep at the constitutional pigeon holes of the Abbe Sieyes in the Background, by James Gillray
German delegates listen to peace terms after WW1The Fate of the German Empire. The German delegates listen to the reading of the Peace Terms. They are: Dr Melchior; Herr Leinert (President of the Assembly), Dr Landsberg (Minister of Justice)
Scout helping in Post Office, Accra, Ghana, West AfricaA boy scout helping out in the General Post Office, Accra, Ghana, West Africa, by carrying documents from one office to another