Early Collection (page 18)

Montem Street Higher Elementary School, London - Chemistry
The London School Boards Montem Street Higher Elementary School - boys in a laboratory are surrounded by bottles of chemicals and other chemistry apparatus. Date: early 1900s

Two early women police officers -- one of them is Millicent Duncan (right). Date: 1910s

Dr Guthrie Preaching
Scotland : Dr Guthrie preaching in the glen Date: early 19th century

Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- An early and interesting type of signal. Date: 1935

St Marys Industrial School, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow
St Marys Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. Entrance to main building. Date: Early 1900s

Ichthyosaurus, extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic period.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Mass of Saint Gregory. 15th c. Attributed to Juan de Nalda. Castilian Spanish-Flemish School. It comes from the Convent of Santa Clara (Palencia). Gothic art. Painting. SPAIN

Codex Capodilista, 1442. Falconer
CAPODILISTA, Giovanni Francesco (15th c. - 15th c.). Capodilista Codex. 1434. Carlotus Capodilista de Transelgardi, nobleman of the lineage Capodilista, dressed in a falconers costume

Temple of Winds on Blackdown / Black Down hill - 280 m / 919 feet high - end of May - early morning. South Downs National Park - Sussex - UK

Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames
Busy street scene looking down Hart Street toward St. Marys Church, Henley-on-Thames. Taken during the regatta in the early 1900 s. Date: early 1900s

Life on a barge, Henley-on-Thames - early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Palaeanthropus of Palestine
A reconstruction drawing of Palaeanthropus of Palestine based on discoveries made in the Valley of the Caves at the foot of Mount Carmel during an archaeological expedition led by Dorothy Garrod Date

Elizabeth Smith - 1
ELIZABETH SMITH oriental scholar and writer who died at a sadly early age Date: 1776 - 1806

LYONS NIPPIE CLEARING
A Lyons Nippie clearing tables at a Lyons Corner House. Date: early 1930s

Waltham Abbey Haymaking
Haymaking with a horse and plough on a farm at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Date: early 1930s

Mary had a Little Lamb
A lady shopper with her pet lamb on a lead, at Minnis Bay, Birchington, Kent, England. Date: early 1930s

Dog Dentist 1930S
Girls watching a dog undergoing a dental check at Bellmead Kennels, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England (the Country Annexe of Battersea Dogs Home). Date: early 1930s

Hyde Park Shepherd
A Scottish shepherd with his flock of sheep in Hyde Park, central London, England. Date: early 1930s

Public Laundry 1930S
The supervisor of a public laundry demonstrates how to fold clothes properly to a group of young women. Date: early 1930s

Trainee Chefs 1930S
Two student chefs at the Gordon Fellowes School of Domestic Service. Date: early 1930s

House of Lords Interior
The Royal Gallery, House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. Date: early 1930s

Esther Hammerton, Sexton
ESTHER HAMMERTON Female sexton of Kingston on Thames : the work was evidently too much for her, she dug herself into an early grave aged only 35. Date: 1711 - 1746

Congratulations from Lord Kitchener to Sir John French
Postcard detailing the congratulations sent from Lord Kitchener to General Sir John French on August 25th 1914, at the very start of the First World War

Cooksonia pertoni, fossilised plant
A fossilised pin-sized plant. The earliest land plants were very small as seen in the minute bifurcating stems terminating in expanded spore sacs of Cooksonia pertoni, 10 mm in length

Engraved title page. From: The anatomy of melancholy. Date: 1632

LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark
An early electric wheeled escape ladder vehicle, Cedes battery-driven pump/50ft escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard at Southwark Headquarters

LCC-LFB battery-electric pump-escape at Southwark HQ
An early electric wheeled ladder escape vehicle, a Cedes battery-driven pump/50 foot escape, based at Bow fire station, seen here in the drill yard of Southwark Headquarters

Maxim-Dunne glider
The Maxim-Dunne glider at Crystal Palace 1904 Date: 1904

The perils of our forefathers

England / Haddenham
The old church and thatched cottages at Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Royal Naval College
The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London. Established as Greenwich Hospital in 1694, Sir Christopher Wren planned the site and in the early 18th century

Dentist Dog
A doggy dentist treats a client with toothache! Date: early 1930s

The Old Time Sportsman by A. K. Macdonald
A double page spread of vignettes showing an early 19th century gentleman indulging in some winter sport, shooting anything that moves with his muzzle loading gun. Date: 1930

Ancient Irish Judges
A BREHON, a judge of ancient Ireland, with his FILIDH, whose job it was to know all the laws and be able to quote them. With them is an Irish wolfhound. Date: early centuries AD

Dog and Donkey Team
This dog and donkey pulling a cart make a great team! Date: early 1930s

Music sheet cover for Queen of the May Quadrille
Music sheet cover for the Queen of the May Quadrille, composed by the French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), and dedicated to Mrs Robert Arkwright (the actress Frances Crawford Kemble)

French Shrimpers
Shrimp-girls of Arcachonin southwest France, in their traditional dress

Fireworks Factory
Women from Brooks fireworks factory, one of the oldest British fireworks companies, show off a selection of their huge rockets and catherine wheels!

Finsbury Park Boaters
The first large pleasure boat launch on the lake at Finsbury Park, north London, England

England / Tunbridge Wells
The pleasantly shaded Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, a truly picturesque colonnaded promenade

Guildford Cathedral
The partially built Guildford Cathedral, Surrey, England, photographed during World War Two when the war suspended building works. Started in 1936, finally completed 1961

Athena / Minerva Bust
A colossal head of Minerva, an example of very early Greek sculpture. The goddess is shown in a heavily restored form with later additions of a helmet crest and owl motifs

Dog and New Baby
ome ain t wot it was ! - a dogs tranquil existence is shattered when a baby arrives in the household

Bramhope Tunnel Card
A passenger train of the North-Eastern Railway emerges from Bramhope Tunnel

Plane Spotters
Silhouettes of two plane spotters at London Gatwick Airport, England

Caravelle Jets
Three Societa Aerea Mediterranea Caravelle Jets being refuelled at London Gatwick Airport

Robins and Crackers
Two robins pull a cracker - a very early Christmas card

Sankey Viaduct
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY : The Sankey Viaduct

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