The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885, by Peder SeverinPeder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
Franco-British Exhibition, London - UnityFranco-British Exhibition, White City, Shepherds Bush, London - Unity. The main focus of the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908 was to celebrate the Entente Cordiale
Portolan chart, 1591. Map of the Pacific Ocean. It depicts the western coast of Central and South America, from Mexico to the Strait of Magellan. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting
Arabian-Byzantine coin. Coin. FRANCE. Paris. National Library
Bristol BrabazonDesigned to fly non-stop London-NY, the Bristol 167 is the largest civil aircraft in the air - wingspan 70m, length 54m. It fails for economic not technical reasons
One Million German Mark banknote - 1923 - testament to the hyperinflation experienced by the Weimar Republic in the early 1920s. Date: 1923
Industrial Revolution. England. Mining. Nineteenth-century engraving
Sir Frank Whittle (centre) and his associates experimenting with an early gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet
100 and 50 drachmas bills, Greece. Coin
50000000000 Mark noteThe hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 50 000 000 000 Mark edited iat Hamburg 1/11 1923. Date: 1921-1923
Moscow has a PlanMOSCOW HAS A PLAN - propaganda book by M Ilin describing the Soviet 5-year economic plan in glowing terms. We build in our country a new order
United States (1880). Oil wells in Triumph Mountain, Pennsylvania. Engraving
Gravestone of Sosas and Nostimos. GreeceGravestone of the farmers Sosas and Nostimos the Miletian. 2nd century AD. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece
Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 50 cents note issued by the towns of Albaida and Pau de Sert (Santa Pau). Coin
Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 500 pesetas bill of legal currency at the beginnig of the war on 18th July 1936. Coin
Second Spanish Republic. Reverse of a 50 cents banknote (1937). Coin
Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 5 cents note issued by the Union de Cooperadores of Barcelona (September 1936), of interior currency. Coin. SPAIN. Madrid. National Mint Museum
5 pesetas bill issued by the Generalitat of Catalunya (Barcelona, 1936). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia
Spain. Civil War (1937). 100 pesetas bill issued by the Bank of Spain in Bilbao. Coin
Spain. Republican coin of the Civil War (1936-39). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia
Second Spanish Republic. Obverse of a 50 cents banknote (1937). Coin
Spanish Civil War. Firemen and members of the Passive Defence after a bombardment in Barceloneta (April 1938)
Spanish Civil War. Bills issued by the touwn council of Reus for local use (1937). SPAIN. Bilbao. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation
2 pesetas bill (Spain, 1938)
1 peseta coin (Spain, 1937). SPAIN. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia
Spanish Civil War 3 Elementos Necesarios Paraspanish, civil, war, 3, elementos, necesarios, para, crear, una, nueva, Espana, three, necessary, elements, to, create, a, new, spain, poster, edited, by, the, trade, union, of, and, industry
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The nationalization of industry will accelerate the victory. Poster of the Spanish Communist Party
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Ni un gra de blat perdut (Not even a lost grain). Poster of the General Direction of Agriculture of the Generalitat of Catalonia. SPAIN. Barcelona
Spanish Civil War Poster Edited By The Departamentspanish, civil, war, poster, edited, by, the, departament, of, agriculture, generalitat, catalonia, about, decree, on, redistribution, lands, 14th, august, vertical, upright, colour, color, mule
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El dia 26 de gener comenca la batalla de l'ou (On 26th January begins the battle of the egg). Poster of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Eat More Valencia Oranges. Poster
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La destruccio del bosc es la destruccio de l'economia (Destruction of the forest is the destruction of economy). Poster edited by the Generalitat of Catalunya
James Callaghan, Labour politicianJames "Jim" Callaghan (Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, 1912-2005), Labour politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1964-1967, Home Secretary 1967-1970
Gordon Brown, Labour politician, giving a talkGordon Brown (James Gordon Brown, b 1951), Labour politician, MP from 1983, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997, and British Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010
The Pilgrimage of Grace (October 1536-October 1537) - a massive protest against Henry VIIIs break with the Roman Catholic Church, the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Manufacture of Opium in IndiaRaising revenue of opium saw large profits in the drug to China. Photograph showing an intermediate stage in the process of preparation
Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver -- a satirical comment on taxation putting the strain on John Bull (representing the middle-class British man)
Cartoon, Prosperous John! (high prices)Cartoon, Prosperous John! John Bull, during an inflationary period, is overcome by high prices and high taxes, and not enjoying it one bit. 1872
Mounted police and unemployed demonstrators, LondonCharge of mounted police on unemployed demonstrators near Bow Street Magistrates Court, London, October 1931. 1931
Robert Waithman (1764 - 1833), draper and British politician, employed for some time in a London linen draper s, he opened, about 1786, a drapers shop of his own in Ludgate Circus, London
Woman putting Water in a Tub Date: 1895
Old-Fashioned Iron Date: 1880
Wooden Basin Date: 1880
Barbecuing on a Spit Date: 1954
Woman Packs LunchboX Date: 1954
Woman Broils Steak Date: 1954
Exiting an Elevator Date: 1938
Putting Away Leftovers Date: 1948
