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BRITAIN / C18TH / RURALCountry people leaving a village due to enclosures
TRADES UNION INITIATIONInitiation into a TRADE UNION - due to official hostility (unionists were perceived as revolutionaries) the earliest unions conducted themselves like secret societies Date: circa 1835
United States Navy Grumman XFF-1 A8878United States Navy Grumman G-5 XFF-1 A8878, prototype of the Grumman FF-1 two-seat fighter first flown on 29 December 1931, redesignated FF-1 in 1936
Short SA. 6 Sealand prototype G-AIVXShort SA.6 Sealand prototype G-AIVX (msn SH.1555). Retained by Short Brothers and Harland, G-AIVX was scrapped in 1955 when the CofA was due renewal. Date: circa 1950
Pilatus PC-6-A Turbo-Porter HB-FCT at a Paris Air Show ca 1964 with Air Show serial 137. The Turbomeca Astazou powered variant, as seen, was not popular due to poor engine reliability
Pilatus PC-6-A Turbo-Porter HB-FBG at a Paris Air Show ca 1964. The Turbomeca Astazou powered variant, as seen, was not popular due to poor engine reliability. Date: circa 1964
North American T-28A Nomad N7708C at Paloima 49-1515 (MSN 159-27) Assigned to 3300th Pilot Training Group, Graham AFB, FL December 1955; To the Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch [aSB]
Avro York C. 1 LV639Avro York C.1 LV639, the fourth prototype York, used for paratroop dropping trials from a hatch in the belly, but was found unsuitable due to slipstream effects. Date: circa 1943
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom beside his Mercury space?Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom beside his Mercury spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7, at Cape Canaveral for a second attempt at his sub-orbital flight following the earlier cancellation due to bad weather
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom approaches his Redstone ?Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom approaches his Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to t?Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to the Mercury capsule at the top of the Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather
NYC Stock Exchange forced to closed due to gas bomb fumesThe trading floor New York Stock Exchange is forced to close due to tear gas bomb fumes - noon on 4th August 1933. The bombs had apparently been tossed into the ventilating apparatus
Virtues win to Vices. Flemish tapestry 1510 cCrucifixion and Virtues win the battle to Vices. ca. 1510. Victory due to the sacrifice of Christ. Cloth number 7 of the series known as Redemption of Man or Vices and Virtues
Paal Roschberg in 1938, Berlin Date: 1938
Bolide meteorite with a serpentine shapeBolide forming a serpentine shape due to the influence of gravitational forces on the fragments forming the tail Date: 1954
Peregrine Falcon - adult warms a chick after feeding him in the nest (a single chick because of the bad year due to the lack of lemmings as food, a natural fluctuation), (Falco peregrinus)
Siberian Lemming - skull in tundra (typical scene due to a high lemming population), next to a flowering White Dryas (Dryas octopetala) plant (Lemmus sibiricus)
Bodiam CastleIn 1385, due to the impending invasion of French forces, King Richard II permitted Sir Edward Dalyngrigge to crenellate the manor house into this Sussex castle. Date: 14th century
A walk on a windy dayA girl with a billowing dress struggles to maintain her composure due to high winds. Artist: Xavier Sager Date: circa 1925
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Queen Victorias fourth son and eighth child shown reading. The most academic of the Queens sons, Leopold led a closeted existence due to his haemophilia
Colonel Archie Christie, c. 1926Photographic portrait of Colonel Archie Christie, first husband of Agatha Christie, pictured in his flying gear, c.1926. The Christies divorced in 1928
The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945Photograph showing the Empire State Building on fire, between the eighty-fifth and ninetieth floors, as a result of a Mitchell bomber accidently crashing into the building, 28th July 1945
Eddystone Lighthouse cross-section, 1759Engraving, showing the rooms of John Smeatons Eddystone Lighthouse (built 1759). This lighthouse operated between 1759 and 1882, being replaced due to erosion of its foundations
Rolls Royce car accidentA photograph of an upturned Rolls Royce, belonging to Mr. Benjamin Guinness on the road between Pisa and Rome. All the passengers were saved due to the body pillars in the car which withstood
Paal Roschberg in the film Es Leuchten due Sterne, 1938, Berlin Date: 1938
Portrait of H. R. H Princess Mary, London, 1921Portrait of H.R.H Princess Mary, London, 1921, who is due to mary Viscount Lascelles Date: 1921
The Yellow JacketPhotograph showing various scenes from The Yellow Jacket, staged at the Duke of Yorks theatre in London in 1913. Date: 1913
Willow Park, PhiladelphiaWillow Park, also known as Willow Grove Park due to its location within Willow Grove, Philadelphia. Operated as an amusment park from 1896-1975
Flatiron building, Broadway / 5th Avenue, New YorkFlatiron building in its year of completion. Originaly named The Fuller building upon it completion in 1902. Now widely known as the Flatiron building due to its resemblance to a cast iron cloths
Claudian, Latin PoetCLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS Boot-licking Latin poet, born in Alexandria, went to Italy where panegyrics honouring royals and propaganda verses earned their due rewards. Date: ? - CIRCA 370
William AtkinsWILLIAM ATKINS London doctor specialising in the treatment of gout - a very prevalent affliction at this time due to the quantities of port drunk by gentlemen. Date: late 17th century
TELEPHONE TALKIEAn engineer testing the latest telephones, due to be shown at the Physical Societys Annual exhibition of scientific instruments at Imperial College, London, England. Date: early 1930s
Fleet Laid Up / Gen StrikeFishing trawlers and liners laid up at the Fleetwood docks, owing to shortage of coal due to the General Strike Date: 1926
Laodicea RuinsPeople camp amid the ruins of Laodicea, an important religious centre in the Byzantine era, due to it having one of the seven most sacred Christian churches. Date: 19th century
Victoria / Camperdown 1Due to error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryons part, the battleships Victoria and Camperdown collide : the Victoria sinks, Camperdown damaged. The crew jump clear. Date: 22 June 1893
Edward C R RooseEDWARD C R ROOSE Fashionable physician whose successful practice was due to his social popularity rather than his medical skills; his writings are equally valueless Date: 1848 - 1905
Cosmic Facial LinesMETOPOSCOPY : Even the furrows in your brow are due, not to intense mental effort or worry, but to the activities of the stars in their courses... Date: 16/17th century
An interior view of Le Capitole night-spot in Paris, 1924An interior view of Le Capitole night-spot, restaurant and dancing in Paris, 1924, located at 58 Due Notre Dame de Lorette Date: 1924
Manor Cars - House made of Trams, Great Cowden, Hull, EnglanManor Cars - House made of Trams, Great Cowden, Hull, near Hornsea/Aldbrough, Yorkshire, England. Built C1906 by a Bradford wool merchant, lost due to coastal erosion in the 1920s. Date: 1907
San SebastiᮮFestival 2009. Lola DueDUEс S, Lola (1971). Spanish actress. Poses at Kursaal Palace, after the screening of her film Yo, Tambien (Me, too). 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival. September 23, 2009. SPAIN
San SebastiᮮFestival 2009. Me, tooSPAIN. Donostia. Lola Due and Pablo Pineda pose for photographers after winning the Silver Shell award to the best actress and actor, for their film Yo, Tambien (Me, too)
Sicily - Ancient Quarries at CampobelloBlack and white Victorian lantern slide of the ancient quarries at Campobello. Two men sit on the Rocks of Cusa, stone that was once used to construct the Greek Selinunte temple
Sicily - Catania CathedralBlack and white Victorian lantern slide of the Catania Cathedral. Entitled to Saint Agatha, the church has been destroyed
Ladys - slipper Orchid - flowering wild - plants grows in clusters due to mostly vegetative reproduction - side of an abandoned road in Scots Pine forest (Cypripedium calceolus )
Lady Slipper - flowering wild - plants grows in clusters due to mostly vegetative reproduction - side of an abandoned road in Scots Pine forest (Cypripedium calceolus )
Peregrine Falcon - adult feeds a chick in the nest (a single chick because of the bad year due to the lack of lemmings as food, a natural fluctuation) (Falco peregrinus)
Peregrine Falcon - chick in the nest (a single chick because of the bad year due to the lack of lemmings as food, a natural fluctuation (Falco peregrinus)
India BenaresTemple on the banks of the Ganges : due to erosion, two of the towers have collapsed. Date: 1835