Earliest Collection (page 2)

Wurzburg Missal, 1470 - 2
Part of a page from the Wurzburg Missal, 1470, one of the earliest printed books Date: 1470

Wurzburg Missal, 1470 - 1
Part of a page from the Wurzburg Missal, 1470, one of the earliest printed books Date: 1470

Earliest Man
- Mama, is that papa ? Date: circa 30, 000 BC

North American P-51A Mustang-this earliest version, with its Allison engine, is seen in service with US forces operating out of Burma in 1942

Two Archeopteryx foraging on the shore.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Portrait of Fulton. Engraving
FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat

Portrait of Fulton. Oil
FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat

Italy - Arezzo - Birthplace of Petrarch
Coloured lantern slide of street scene loooking down a hill with interesting building on left with lots of plaques on the wall

Sydney, Australia - Bondi Aquarium
Slide showing a photograph of Bondi Aquarium which opened in 1887 and was Sydneys first coastal amusement park, and one of the earliest in Australia, at Tamarama.. Boswell Collection

Archeopteryx / Reconstruc
In 1861, the discovery of the first intact specimen of this earliest and most prmitive known bird set off a firestorm of debate re. evolution & the role of transitional fossils Date: late 19th century

Richard Pynson
RICHARD PYNSON one of the earliest printers in England Date: ? - 1530

Mr. Martyns Design for an Aerostatic Globe, 1783 - The earliest English design for a Navigable Balloon. Date: 1783

Archaeopteryx [Berlin specimen]
Cast of the Archaeopteryx fossil specimen held at the Berlin Natural History Museum. It shows clearly the spread-out wings and long clased fingers

Silurian landplants
An artists impression of the the earliest vascular plants which developed beside freshwater pools during the Silurian (443 to 417 million years ago)

Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the earliest published photographs of him. Date 1905

SNOWDROPS
Snowdrops, some of Springs earliest and well-loved flowers. Date: 1950s

British Submarine
One of the earliest submarines in the Royal Navy in Portsmouth harbour, with Nelsons Victory in the background. Date: circa 1910

The Earliest recorded picture postcard from Italy
The Grand Hotel in Venice, Italy - the earliest recorded picture postcard from Italy - March 15th 1888 - very very rare. Date: 1888

Cruck-Beam Gable
A derelict cruck-beam house (being demolished), at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. This was one of the very earliest forms of building construction. Date: 19th century

Budapest - The National Museum (the earliest known Hungarian Picture Postcard! Date: 1896

Swinton Schools, Manchester
The Manchester Union Industrial School at Swinton. The school, where 800 pauper children were housed and educated away from the workhouse, was established in 1843, one of the earliest of its type

Wurzburg Missal 1470
Five lines of print from the Wurzburg Missal, one of the earliest printed books. Date: 1470

Litchis (Lychees)
euphoria litchi A cluster of litchi fruit : introduced to the west from the Chinese province of Fukien in the 1840s, this must be one of the earliest depictions. Date: circa 1845

Lydian Coins
Lydian coins, the earliest known coins

Revolt at Palermo
The people of Palermo, Sicily, revolt against their Bourbon rulers - one of the earliest manifestations of the Risorgimento

Sketching the Lion Gate
The artist for The Illustrated London News talks to local shepherds as he sketches the Lion gate at Mycenae, the earliest relief sculpture on the Greek mainland

First Dissection Pic
This is said to be the earliest depiction of an anatomical dissection

Chiffchaff (Morris)
(Phylloscopus rufus, or collybita) The earliest migrant to arrive in England : its name is derived from its distinctive song

OSWEGO, 1750
The earliest English trading post on the Great Lakes, the fort was contested in the Seven years War and later in 1812 : the Onondago river here flows into Lake Ontario

A Broadcast Ca 1922
A scene from the earliest days of broadcasting : Olive Sturgess and John Huntingdon perform a duet at BBC Marconi House

Early Trade Union C1835
Initiation into a TRADE UNION - due to official hostility (unionists were perceived as revolutionaries) the earliest unions conducted themselves like secret societies

Rail Travel, 1820S
One of the earliest trains - with the carriages adapted from road coaches and the outside passengers liable to be blackened by smoke

Wwi / Russo-German Air War
A dogfight between Russian and German aircraft. One of the earliest pictures of air warfare

Torricellis Barometer
Perier checks the results of Torricellis barometer experiment on the summit of the Puy-de-Dome, France. Torricelli devised the earliest form in 1643

Friedrich Von Hausen
Friedrich von Hausen, German poet, one of the earliest of the minnesingers. Accompanied Emperor Frederick on the 1189 crusade and died at the battle of Philomelium in 1190

Lion Gate at Mycenae
The Lion Gate at Mycenae represents the earliest large relief structure on the Greek mainland. The carvings were placed into an open triangle left by the corbelled blocks. Date: 1855

Metro - Old Station
The classic art nouveau design of the earliest metro stations, in central Paris

Egypt / Step Pyramid
The Great Step Pyramid at Saqqarah, one of the earliest funerary edifices in Egypt

Nurnberg Chronik 1493
The Cities of the Plain are destroyed : Lots wife, who turns to admire the show, is turned to a pillar of salt, but the rest of her family escape with angelic help

Carriage on Rail Wagon
In the earliest days of the rail, a private carriage might be carried on a rail wagon - anticipating todays motorail service by a hundred years !

Domesday Book
THE DOMESDAY BOOK - the earliest surviving public record, a survey of landholding ordered by William I the Conqueror; now housed in the Public Record Office

Leeds Co-Op Store
LEEDS INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE STORE, Yorkshire - one of the earliest co-ops

C17 Carriage
A French CARROSSE - the earliest type of private carriage

Prehistoric Aviation
Our earliest ancestors were surely inventive enough to experiment with flight, even if their efforts were not always crowned with success

Racial / Aborigines 1798
YOO-LONG ERAH-BA-DIANG An aboriginal gathering (One of the earliest depictions of a native Australian ritual occasion)

Henri Lasserre
HENRI LASSERRE author of one of the earliest and most comprehensive books on Lourdes, establishing the Lourdes myth in its widely accepted form

German Dowsers
German miners dowse for metals using a forked stick - this is probably the earliest depiction of a dowser at work

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