Examining Collection (page 3)

Dinner party disrupted
A woman examines the eye of a gentleman, trying to see if he has something stuck in it. Date: 1885

Damage caused by British mines and guns on the Western Front
Officers examining the damage caused by an explosion of a British mine underneath the enemies position during the Battle of the Somme

Results of British mines and guns on the Somme
Officers examining the damage caused by an explosion of a British mine underneath the enemies position during the Battle of the Somme

Stanford and Student
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD musician, examining a student at the Royal College of Music, London. Date: 1852 - 1924

Hugh Miller and Stone
HUGH MILLER Scottish geologist, depicted in the act of examining a rock sample. with his autograph Date: 1802 - 1856

Advertisement for Cadburys chocolate -- male model (Jack Todd) posing in an antique shop. 1959

Advertisement for Knights Castile soap -- female model (Sandra Paul) holding a pair of nylon stockings. 1959

Bridge Illustrated - Gone on Diamonds
A pretty young lad and her adoring (and rich, although perhaps the Pawnbroker sign top right may mean he isn t all he appears) husband spend some of (his) money on something sparkly at the Jewellers

South Africa - Two women, a witchdoctor and a child
Two women negotiating with a witchdoctor concerning the blessing of a new house in the village - South Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital examine bomb
Nurses from The Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital examine fragments from the bomb which struck the building but (thankfully) caused no loss of life - September, 1940

Looking through loose prints on the Paris quais, on the bank of the River Seine. Date: 1929

Two chaps unsure which end of a hairy dog is which
Fido. " Which is is ead and which is is tail, Billie?" " I dunno. Pinch im an see which end of im barks." Date: 1895

Pretty girl in white dress looking through photograph album
Pretty girl in a thin and off-the-shoulder white dress looking through a photograph album. What are the contents ?? Date: circa 1910s

Grandma peering at the Christmas Cake - 1950s
Grandma peers at the Christmas Cake - Family Christmas Dinner, 1950s. Note the lack of icing on the cake - sugar was still being rationed at this time. Date: early 1950s

French Colonial Soldiers from Morocco - WWI
French Colonial Soldiers from Morocco examining war booty at Neufmoutiers-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne departement) - WWI Date: 1915

Selecting turtles to sell at market, Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s

Baby and Pug Dog
A Baby examining the face of a pet Pug Dog, which has also been dressed in a small hat. Date: 1904

Wilbur Wright examining the engine of the Delage which won the coup des Voiturettes at Dieppe, at Camp dAuvours, Le Mans, 1908. Date: 1908

Physeter catodon, sperm whale
A 52 ft male sperm whale stranded at Atwick, Humberside in Dec 1993. Teeth removed for sectioning determined the animals age at 35 yrs. Whale stranding programme -nhm.ac.uk/zoology/stranding/

Scientist working in Entomology Department
Entomologist working with arachnid collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Scientist identifying specimens
Entomologist identifying arachnid specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lyme Regis field trip, 2003
Scientists examining the Lower Jurassic, Lower Lias, Charmouth Mudstone Formation (Belemnite Marl Member) at Golden Cap, between Charmouth and Seatown, Dorset, UK

Mammal Study, Natural History Museum, 1924
Published in Life Through A Lens, Photographs from the Natural History Museum 1880-1950 by Susan Snell & Polly Tucker, 2003

Scientist at work in the Darwin Centre
A stranded harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, is examined to establish its age, diet, the number of parasites it bears, and the likely cause of death

Street market in Yugoslavia
Scene at a street market in former Yugoslavia. A woman examines a pair of shoes the stallholder is trying to sell her. To the left is a colourful jewellery stall. Date: September 1965

Blind monks examining an elephant

Market Reports Series - Miniature Fish for Breakfast
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Fish: There was a poor supply this morning. A gentleman baulks at the miniature nature of his breakfast kipper

Men examining ledgers with two men to side, one wearing expression of concern. Date 1891

Farmer examining phonograph. Auction near Tenstrike, Minnesota. Date 1939 Sept

21st Lancers - Scouting - Service Dress. Date: circa 1916

Cartoon - WWI Food Substitute Satire
Mummy duck says to baby duckling (closely examining a horseshoe): " Don t touch it dear, its a worm subsititute!" Date: circa 1915

Recruiting his health 1917
The healthy manpower was simply not there, and in 1917 only 36% of men examined were suitable for full military duties. 1917

Geology Students
Sixth form A level Geology students, sorting through their booty after a day on nearby May Hill. The Wilderness Field Study Centre, Britain. Date: early 1970s

Damaged plane on an airfield, WW1
Men examine a damaged plane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German army officer examining a map, WW1
An unnamed German army officer examining a map during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Examining a Dog
Two vets examine a sick little dog, they are perhaps getting ready to take an x-ray. Date: circa 1960

People examining lots at an auction
A room full of people examining lots at an auction. Date: 1788

Metropolitan Police scientific investigator
A Metropolitan Police scientific investigator examining evidence from a crime scene

Metropolitan Police forensic investigators
Two Metropolitan Police forensic investigators gathering evidence at a crime scene

Examining fraudulent financial documentation - cheques and credit cards are checked for authenticity by the Metropolitan Police force

Police experts examine stolen property

Dr. Wilson at work
Dr Wilson, zoologist and artist, at work in the Antarctic (during the Discovery" 1901-3 expedition) examining a thermometer

Admiring jewellery in the sunshine
A woman examines her emerald jewellery in the sunlight, her partner looking on anxiously, hoping she will approve

Doctor with stethoscope examines boy
A general practitioner (Dr Meredith) listens with his stethoscope to a boys chest in a rather unconventional looking surgery with tapestries on the walls

Rug Seller - Grand Bazaar, Constantinople
Rug shop in the Grand Bazaar, Constantinople, with the proprietor examining a rug

They both examined the outspread chart
A couple on board a ship, with a vast stretch of open sea behind them, examine a map in the hope they may be nearing land

French cavalrymen 1918
French cavalrymen examining a pill box, trench mortar and shells, gas alarm horn and other trophies taken by the 29th Division at Gheluvelt on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in

Scene at Richmond Horse Show
A scene at the Richmond Horse Show in Surrey, with judges examining the horses

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