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Wayne County Home, Lyons, New YorkA view of the County Home at Wayne, Lyons, New York - a publicly funded home for the elderly poor. Date: Date unknown
Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V. CField-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C. (1838-1919), British military commander, still riding to hounds in Essex, where he was a well-known figure, at the age of seventy-eight Date: 1916
War work for the elderly, WW1An old farm labourer in Essex returns to the plough to help in the war effort during the First World War. The gentleman pictured was nearly eighty years of age and had several sons in the Army
Elderly couple, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Shinto priest, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Korean man with long pipe, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Village elder, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Street barber at work, India. Date: circa 1890s
Egyptian knife-grinder, Egypt. Date: circa 1870
British padre with elderly woman, Western Front, WW1A British padre helping an elderly local woman down the street of a town during shelling, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Nazareth House, Lancaster, LancashireNazareth House, Lancaster, was established in 1899 by the Sisters of Nazareth as a care home for the elderly. Date: Date unknown
Sketch of workman and old womanSketch of a workman carrying something on his shoulder, and an old woman. Date: 1922
Woman aged 108, JapanWoman claiming to be 108 years old, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, Our Society Portraiture, Mrs Grundy. Showing just the face, hat and folded hands of a docile-looking Mrs Grundy, the proverbial Mary Whitehouse figure of the early 20th century
Cottage at Barra, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandA cottage on the island of Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with two men sitting outside. Date: 1930s
Russian Farmer Tending to his LandA bearded and elderly Russian Farmer delicately sowing seeds by hand. Date: 1924
Peasant Market TradersA Russian peasant market full of femail clothes traders and eager customers. Date: 1878
Russian Farmer with his HarvestAn elderly and substantially bearded Russian Farmer carrying a large sack over one shoulder. Date: 1925
A Market Holder in Moscow, RussiaAn elderly femail market holder in Russias capital Moscow. Date: pre - 1917
Russian Peasants Experience ElectricityRussian Peasants experience the first Electricity in their village in 1925. Date: 1925
Russian CommuneWithered looking Men and women eat lunch in a 1920s Russian commune. Date: circa 1920
Pierre-Auguste Renoir - French artistPierre-Auguste Renoir (18411919) - French artist. A leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. Date: 1917
Nursery Rhymes -- Tom the Pipers Son. Tom with his pipe did play with such skill, that those who heard him could never keep still; as soon as he played they began for to dance
Edinburgh street sceneAn Edinburgh street scene, showing two elderly neighbours chatting in the sunshine on washday
Woman in garden with caged parrotAn elderly woman in a garden, holding a caged parrot
Elderly workman in a yardAn elderly workman standing in a yard
General Sir Herbert Plumer, WW1General Sir Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857-1932), who commanded the British Second Army during the First World War. Date: 1917
Elderly man and little girl in a gardenAn elderly man and little girl sitting on deckchairs in a garden. He is reading a newspaper, she is looking at a picture book
Nursery Rhymes -- couple arguing, blacksmithNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an elderly couple argue in a bare room, with bags of gold and silver on the floor
Cover design, Library List, showing an elderly man and a young woman in a library, selecting books
Elderly Chinese couple outside houseAn elderly Chinese couple outside their house which appears to be built by a rocky mountain face. Date: c.1911
Elderly Swiss Couple - ValaisAn elderly couple from Loueche les Bain in the Valais region Switzerland. The old man fills his pipe and carries a large conical wicker basket on his back
Advertisement for Emu sherry -- smiling male model (George McGrath) holding up a glass. 1959
Buddhist Tibetan Lama holding a prayer wheel. Date: circa 1910s
China - Chinese Farmers (one v. old) from the Ningpo DistrictChina - Chinese Farmers (one v.old) from the Ningpo District. Card produced by the United Methodist Free Churches: Home and Foreign Missions. Date: 1905
Sir John Eldon Gorst sends 8th Duke of Devonshire into wellThe Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst (cont.). Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout
Ticinese Woman - Canton of Ticino, SwitzerlandElderly Ticinese Woman from the Republic and Canton of Ticino - the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Listening to Winston ChurchillChurchill: " We Shall never stop, never weary, and never give in." Old Lady to her military officer son/Grandson
Interior of a Northern Irish Cabin Date: circa 1903
South Africa - Elderly Malay Man of the Cape Date: circa 1903
Thessaloniki, Greece - An Old Fellah Date: circa 1910s
Thessaloniki, Greece - Tinman - specialist in tinning copper vessels to make them useable for food/drinking/cooking. Date: circa 1910s
Lebanon - Two Bedouin Musicians playing masenqoLebanon - Two Bedouin Musicians, both playing the masenqo. Date: circa 1910s
Distinguished elderly Japanese Gentleman with pipeDistinguished elderly Japanese Gentleman with elegant long-stemmed pipe. Date: circa 1903
An elderly Russian peasant with basket and staff Date: circa 1901
A. D. Nineteen FiftyCartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, originally published in The Bystander magazine on 29 September 1915 and subsequently issued as part of his Fragments from France, and, as here
Lifou Isle, New Claedonia, Pacific OceanConverted Cannibals of Lifou Isle (Drehu), Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean (a French Overseas territory). Date: 1910
Age and Smile - Two happy elderly Eskimos of Polar regionAge and Smile - Two happy elderly Eskimos of the Polar region. Date: circa 1910s