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Giant Octopus & US DiverA huge octopus nearly succeeds in overcoming American diver Martin Lund, but is eventually beaten off
Albert KesselringALBERT KESSELRING Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe : condemned at Nuremberg for action in Italy but imprisoned, and eventually pardoned
Abdul Hamid Ii / LithABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed
De Gaulle DeclarationDe Gaulles declaration to occupied France that France has lost a battle but has not lost the war, reassuring his country that victory will eventually restore France
The Man Who Broke The Tube by H M Bateman, a man who does not heed the instructions on the glue. He brakes the tube, glues himself to the table, then his wife
Barking CreekA small sailing boat makes its way down Barking Creek, which eventually joins the River Thames; in the 1850s, the creek was home to Englands largest fishing fleet
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg with familyPrincess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg (1884-1966), fourth and youngest daughter of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and his wife, Maria Alexandrovna (later Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg)
A Fish Auction in Columbia MarketIn 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens
David WrightLANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942
Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricityA lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
New dial operated telephone systemSeries of three photographs showing a new automatic system of telephoning introduced in Britain in 1911
ENDYMIONEndymion, beloved by the Moon- goddess Selene, sleeps - eternally young - on Mount Laetmus, where she visits him nightly, eventually bearing him fifty daughters
Ruth GleaningAt Bethlehem, the widowed Ruth goes gleaning in a newly- reaped field where she catches the attention of Boaz, who eventually marries her : her great-grandson will be David
Fable / Fox & GrapesTHE FOX AND THE GRAPES The fox spies juicy ripe grapes and tries to reach them but in vain; eventually he gives up, proclaiming the grapes to be probably sour
De Gaulle Declaration 2De Gaulles declaration to occupied France that France has lost a battle but has not lost the war, reassuring his country that victory will eventually restore France
Jerome of Prague (1360-1416). Czech scholastic philosopher and preacher. Jerome came under the influence of John Wycliffe and defended Jan Huss's thesis in various places in Europe
Jaroslaw Dombrowski (1836-1871). Polish nobleman and military officer who served in the Imperial Russian Army
Jochebed, Moses mother, sits by the Nile wondering what to do with her son : eventually she decides to set him adrift in a boat made of reeds, hoping someone will find him
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980
United States Air Force - Consolidated XC-99 43-52436. First flight 23 November 1947
Underwood AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for the Underwood Typewriter Company Ltd, featuring a professional woman using the product, quoted, The machine you will eventually buy. Date: circa 1914
Cat punting postcard by Louis WainWain had a disturbed life and eventually died in a mental hospital in 1939. His cats became more agitated images as he grew older. Date: 1903
Canadair C-4 Argonaut G-ALHS (msn 164), of the Republic of Biafra government, at Castle Donington in October 1969
Children of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena of SpainPhotographic postcard showing the three eldest children of King Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) and Queen Ena of Spain (1887-1969)
Die Dame of a woman wrapped in fur. The picture was eventually printed in black and white hardly larger than a postage stamp
Wreck of the ship Gipsy at BristolThe stranded Waterford Steam Navigation Companys steamer, the Gipsy, on, May I2th, 1878. The boat left Cumberland Basin for Waterford in the early morning. It was then high water
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Happy BirthdayThe ration book is clearly drawn, and cancelled coupons can be glimpsed. Petrol was the first to be rationed after the war began and eventually practically all commodities were
Tottenham Street TheatreA view of Tottenham Street Theatre in 1830. it was opened in 1772 on Charlotte Street and Tottenham Street, London
Old manor houseThe Old Manor House in what is now Marylebone Gardens, had been converted into a hunting lodge by Henry VIII and was later used as a boarding school, eventually being demolished in 1791. Date: 1875
Entrance to site of German POW Camp FoucarvilleEventually the camp held 40, 000 prisoners including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals. It was effectively a full blown town with a 1, 000 bed hospital, a cinema, electric lights, a ballroom and shops
Colonel F. Carneiro de Campos: Prisoner of WarColonel Frederico Carneiro de Campos, was imprisoned by Paraguayan soldiers shortly before the initial act and declaration of war by Paraguay
Bell 209 Cobra N209J (given the spoof serial 64-7015)
Dornier Do 28A-1 D-IBIF (msn 3008), with Channel Airways Douglas DC-3 G-AGZB, which crashed on St. Boniface Down, I.o.W. on 6 May 1962
Royal Aircraft Factory SE. 5a - NC2679Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a NC2679, of Skywriters Incorporated of New York
United States Air Force - North American AT-28D 51-3681 (msn 174-219), in storage at the Sacramento Air Materiel Area (SMaR), McClellan AFB, CA
Guarding the coast, France, 9th centurySentinels on the Atlantic coast of France keep watch for the Norsemen, who harass the country before eventually settling in Normandie, named for them. Date: early 9th century
PERSEPHONE (BOISSARD)Persephone (= Proserpina) is abducted by Hades (= Pluto); eventually it is agreed that she will spend half the year down there, returning to Earth for the summer months
(Royal Naval Air Service) Sopwith Dove / Pup N5180(Royal Naval Air Service) Sopwith Dove/Pup N5180. This aircraft was built by Sopwith in 1919 as a 2-seat Sopwith Dove, registered G-EBKY, eventually acquired by Richard O
Lady Patricia Ramsay and her sonLady Patricia Ramsay, formerly Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886-1974) with her son, Master Alexander Ramsay of Mar (1919-2000) around 1927
Achilles & HectorApollo intervenes between Hector and Achilles and warns Hector that Achilles might slay him. (Which eventually happens)
Porgy and Bess Mus SheetA fine item of period artwork depicts the opera which, though not successful at first, eventually achieved immense popular acclaim as Americas greatest opera. Date: first performed 1935
Sibyl of CumaThe Sibyl of Cuma offers the Sibylline Books to Tarquinius Superbus : he considers them overpriced, but eventually buys one for the price of the whole set Date: circa 520 BC
Max Holste MH-250 Super Broussard F-WJDA ParisPrototype of a 14 to 17 seat short haul airliner built by Nord Aviation and designated the Max Holste MH-250 Super Broussard. Eventually developed into a military transport built by Nord
Avro Lancaster Mk VII NX611 Aeronavale BankstownAvro Lancaster Mk VII NX611 in French Naval Air Arm livery at Bankstown in Sydney Australia
Avro Tudor Mk. V G-AKBZ BOAC StanstedAvro Tudor 5 G-AKBZ was originally built for British South American Airways and named Star Falcon. Used as a fuel freighter during the Berlin Airlift. It was taken on by BOAC in 1949 but never used
Boeing Stratocruiser N1024V Pan Am SingaporeOriginally named Clipper America N1024V was refitted as a Super Stratocruiser and renamed Clipper Kathay and used on the Pacific routes
Avro Vulcan XA903 FarnboroughFirst public appearance of the then unnamed stand-off bomb. Eventually called Blue Steel it became the standard British air carried nuclear weapon
The Sketch front cover: Mrs Ernest SimpsonFront cover of The Sketch magazine in March 1935, featuring a portrait by Dorothy Wilding of Mrs Ernest (Wallis) Simpson. The caption reads: Mrs Simpson is the beautiful wife of Mr
Roman PraetorA Roman PRAETOR : originally magistrates, as time goes on the praetors acquire increasing authority and eventually become consuls
Honour Was Satisfied by H M Bateman, or, The Seasons Retrospect. This illustration shows a man hunting, but is such a bad shot that he hits nothing
The Artistic Smoker by H M Bateman - or, Practice Makes Perfect. This illustration shows an artist teaching himself to blow smoke rings. His easel is abandoned in the background
Multnomah Falls, Columbia River, Oregon, USAThe cascading Multnomah Falls in Oregon. - its flow eventually becoming the Columbia River, Date: circa 1895
Telegram mobilising VAD 1914This telegram, sent to Birchington late in the day on 14 October 1914, was the call to mobilise the local Voluntary Aid Detachments to set up their hospitals
Alfred DreyfusALFRED DREYFUS French soldier, wrongfully accused of espionage and condemned to Devils Island; eventually exonerated after a series of sensational trials. Date: 1859 - 1935
Jean CavalierJEAN CAVALIER French Camisard leader of Protestant resistance, successfully defied the government. Eventually governor of Jersey. Date: 1681 - 1740
Floki Vilgerdasson / ExplFloki Vilgerdasson sends out ravens on his voyage of exploration that eventually led him to Iceland, where he wintered in 865. Date: circa 865
Saint BeggeSAINT BEGGE (Begga) Belgian noblewoman, sister of Gertrude de Nivelles : when her husband died, she became a nun and eventually abbess of Ardennes, near Namur Date: ? - 698
Buckingham (Droeshout)GEORGE VILLIERS, first duke of BUCKINGHAM statesman, royal favourite, eventually assassinated (and not before time !) Date: 1592 - 1628
Georges Couthon / DuereuxGEORGES COUTHON ruthless French revolutionary, loyal supporter of Robespierre whom he eventually accompanied to the guillotine. Date: 1755 - 1794
Masons and PoliceWhen Paris magistrates led by police commissioner Jean de Lespinay seek to break up a Masonic meeting, the duc d Antin defies them, but the Lodge is eventually closed Date: 10 October 1737
Canada : Defiant FrenchCANADA : FRENCH RESISTANCE Le chevalier de Levis, Montcalms successor, defies the English and refuses to surrender, but eventually the French agree to British terms Date: summer 1760
The Capitals Lacrosse Club of Canada (which is apparently still in existence today) visiting the Battersby Hat Factory in Stockport in 1906
Boeing Stratocruiser N74606 North West IdlewildStratocruiser Washington of North West Airlines was delivered in 1949. Initially used on the Honolulu route it eventually flew the long distance Tokyo route as well. Date: 1954
Beagle Basset CC1 XS772 RAF Transport Command MildenhallThis Beagle Basset XS772 was flown by 207 and 32 Squadrons Royal Air Force before eventually being re-registered as G-BCJB Date: 1967
Wellingborough Boys Home PicnicBoys and staff from the Hatton Home, Broad Green, Wellingborough, on an Easter picnic. The homes premises, previously known as Hatton Hall, was donated to the Waifs and Strays Society in 1913
A German 15cm Siege gunA photograph showing a German gun captured by French soldiers during the Battle of the Somme
India Yamuna RiverThe source of the Yamuna (Jumna) river in the Himalayas; it will eventually flow into the Ganges, by way of Delhi and Agra. Date: circa 1835
Waldeck-Rousseau PhotoPIERRE MARIE RENE WALDECK- ROUSSEAU French statesman who eventually pardoned Dreyfus, photographed in 1902. Date: 1846 - 1904
Albrecht WallensteinALBRECHT von WALLENSTEIN German military commander, generally but not consistently supportive of the Empire, eventually assassinated. Date: 1583 - 1634
Raphael Semmes - 2RAPHAEL SEMMES American naval captain, as captain of the Alabama he sank or captured 80+ merchant vessels but she was eventually sunk by the Kearsage, 1864. Date: 1809 - 1877
The Civil war in America. Portaits of notable officers in thRAPHAEL SEMMES American naval captain, as captain of the Alabama he sank or captured 80+ merchant vessels but she was eventually sunk by the Kearsage, 1864. Date: 1809 - 1877
Edward Pease, FabianEDWARD PEASE Political and social thinker, co-founder and secretary of the Fabian Society and eventually its historian. Date: 1857 - 1955
Fouquier-Tinville - 1ANTOINE-QUENTIN FOUQUIER- TINVILLE, revolutionary lawyer and statesman, prosecutor who sent thousands to the guillotine and was eventually guillotined himself. Date: 1746 - 1795
Abdcation crisis: sloganed carSloganed car in support of King Edward VIII during the Abdication crisis of December 1936. The kings desire to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson split the government
The Marriage TieA man is torn between duty to his family and duty to his country during World War One. Eventually, conscription would include married men also
Battle of OstrolenkaLed by Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki, Polish forces fight valiantly at Ostrolenko, but are eventually defeated by the Russians and forced to retreat to Warsaw. Date: 26 May 1831
Antwerp TakenThe French come to the assistance of Belgium : they besiege Antwerp and will eventually take it from the Dutch
Charles VI InsaneCharles VI alarms his entour- -age by bouts of insanity which though at first intermittent will eventually make him unfit to rule : the feuding ducs govern instead
Riots in CroatiaJust who will rule Croatia is much disputed, leading to riots such as these at Agram : eventually count Khven- Hedervary will be installed as Ban of Croatia
Turks Quit BelgradeThe Turkish forces of occupation evacuate Belgrade, which will now become the capital of Serbia, and eventually of Yugoslavia
J. B. Hobbs Batting, 1924Photograph of Jack Berry Hobbs (1882-1963), the Surrey and England batsman, in attacking pose, during the 1924 season. Hobbs was the first cricketer to surpass W.G
Fable / Fox and TurkeysTHE FOX & THE TURKEYS Some turkeys who have escaped from a fox into a tree, are unable to sleep for the foxs tricks and contrivances, and eventually fall to the ground
Miss Gabrielle RayGabrielle Ray (1883-1973), British stage actress brushing her hair and wearing pyjamas. Ray was a star of the Gaiety Theatre and was adored by fans for her beauty and dancing