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Koko the Pekinese dog with Jack Sparrow -- unfortunately Kokos bowl is empty. Date: 1937

Rhapsody, by Brunelleschi
Lovely illustration showing an 18th century couple, the man in cloak and mask, listening to the birdsong of a small bird that has been released from its cage. 1927

Havana, Cuba - The Morro Castle on a stormy day Date: circa 1903

Aberdeen - humourous card
Aberdeen on a flag day... and on a house-to-house collection day! Satire on the more frugal nature of the Scottish psyche. Date: circa 1930s

Oslo National Gallery
The empty picture frames left behind in the National Gallery, Oslo, Norway, following the removal of the paintings due to the imminent threat of World War Two. Date: late 1930s

Susan empties a pail of water on Dunderpate, to test to see if he has the sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938

French customs sign, Western Front, WW1
A French customs sign (possibly a joke) at the side of the road on the Western Front during the First World War. With an empty open-topped car at the side. Date: 1914-1918

Scene in market place, Moorslede, Flanders, WW1
Scene in the market place of Moorslede, West Flanders, Belgium, during a defensive battle, First World War. Date: July-September 1917

Jack Sparrow shocked to find the nest empty
Jack Sparrow returns to the nest, and is shocked to find it empty. Date: 1937

Transporting the Mahmal to Mecca onboard a British ship from Cairo to Jeddah - on pilgrimage to Mecca. The Egyptian Mahmal was an empty camel litter containing the Quran

Women and military men in a pub
Women and military men enjoying a drink in a pub, while a barmaid collects some empty glasses. circa 1940s

Guinness Brewery, Dublin - Scald Bank
Unloading empty casks at the Guinness Brewery, Dublin - Scald Bank. Date: 1920

Portslade Industrial School - classroom
Empty desks in classroom at Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex. Maps hang on the wall. The school opened in 1902 to house children placed there for reasons such as vagrancy, begging

Coronation The empty coach passes the Abbey
The Coronation coach, which is empty, passes by the Abbey. On its way to pick up The Queen. 1953

Abstract design with various shapes
An abstract design with various shapes, including an empty set of shelves and a red brick wall floating in the air

Bangor, Pennsylvania, USA - Wiliam H Bowers & Co. Department Store can be seen on the left. This is view of Broadway from First Street

Empty Thames Punts
Empty punts on the banks of the River Thames, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Shoe shop, New York
Bates & Co. 176 Duane St. Interior of the empty A.J. Bates & Co.s 176 Duane Street shoe store; shoes and plants visible

Stunt cyclist
Bicyclists (trick), Prof. Fourcher at Manhattan Beach. Trick bicyclist Professor Fourcher practicing in an empty outdoor auditorium at Manhattan Beach, N.Y

Trial Room
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Trial Room. Empty trial room at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Save-all
Save-All. A man frugal with his money, possibly Scottish judging by his outfit, sits by candle light with his feet in a tub of water eating an unappetising bowl of something

Large country house gutted by fire, Mid Wales
A large country house gutted by fire, probably in the Mid Wales area. The fire is recent, as smoke is still drifting from the building

Berck, France - Market and Hotel de Ville
The Marketplace and Town Hall at Berck, France

I passed by your window
The Modesty Blind, which will be welcomed for dealing with delicate situations at the seaside Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary

Addison Road North, London
Addison Road North and St. James Church

The Music of the East
Humourous postcard entitled The Music of the East, depicting a braying Egyptian donkey, singing out to an empty desert... Date: 1908

Chinook, Montana - Third Street West
Montana - Chinook - Third Street West. A perfect encapsulation of the bleakness of the American midwest. Even today, the streets in this part of America have this deserted feel

A road sweeper
A rather ragged dustman or road sweeper with his sweeping brushes and shovel, cart and empty bottle of ale! Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Taxi cab drivers strike, Charing Cross, London
The almost empty forecourt of Charing Cross Station in Central London, during a brief taxi cab drivers strike (31 October to 9 November)

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Centre
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Right
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Left
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Chicago by night 1911
As the sun goes down, the electric lights go on, illuminating shop fronts in Chicagos commercial centre. Empty tram lines run down the middle of the street

The Woman Who Spent 10 In A Woolworth Store, by H. M. Bate
A humorous illustration showing a lady who has bought everything in a department store. Woolworths was particularly renowned for its low-cost goods

Lake scene with boat and three birds
A lake scene with an empty boat floating in the middle of the water, and three birds flying across

The Queen of Ashantis bed, 1874
A British soldier enters the empty bedchamber of the Queen of Ashanti which has a bed on the floor and is nowhere near as grand an affair as the Kings bedchamber

Ingeniously improvised upholstery
A group of British officers of a moter machine-gun battery are pictured relaxing upon chairs made from empty ration boxes

An Artists Notes in California. Three Card Monte Sharps
Scene in an empty hut with a card table and professional card players, chips and cards on the table. A mangy dog sits under the table and an indian girl looks from the doorway

Stacking Shelves
Two female employees stack the shelves of an almost empty supermarket

A Merry Christmas
A Christmas scene from the early 17th century showing seven men round a table raising goblets in the air for a toast. Several empty bottles or flasks are scattered about suggesting that a lot of wine

Luxor Temple (Detail)
The front Pylon at Luxor showing the massive seated statues of Rameses II and the empty base of the obelisk now standing in the Place de la Concorde, Paris

Empty Motorway 1960S
King of the Road: This lucky vehicle driver has the motorway to itself in the early days of motorways in Britain

Drury Lane Theatre 1775
Three figures looking around the virtually empty ornate interior of Drury Lane theatre

London / Newgate Street
A fine view of Newgate Street and the Old Bailey, City of London, on a summers day, only one month before the outbreak of World War Two. Date: August 1939

London / Cheapside 1939
A fine view of Cheapside, City of London, on a summers day, only two months before the outbreak of World War Two

Brunette with Beer
Smiling brunette model, wearing a white cap sleeve blouse with the collar turned up & a red & white chevron pattern cravat, holds up a half empty glass of beer

Egan / Play to Empty House
Playing to an empty house

Blackheath / Photo C1895
A photograph looking up Tranquil Vale showing the now very busy junction as a wide empty road with a few horses and carts. A Penny Farthing leans against a lamp post

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