Extensive Gallery
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Choose from 85 pictures in our Extensive collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. Popular choices include Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Posters and Jigsaw Puzzles. All professionally made for quick delivery.
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4th Indian Division in action, April 1943
Photograph of the 4th Indian Division in action, April 1943.4th Indian Division, also known as the Red Eagle Division, was formed in Egypt in 1939. The Division saw extensive service in Africa, Syria and Italy during the Second World War. This photograph was taken during the Tunisian Campaign (November 1942 ? May 1943), during which the Division gained a formidable reputation for mountain fighting and had the honour of capturing the Axis commander in North Africa, General von Arnim. From a collection of 52 photographs taken and collected by Lt Col J A C Greenwood, 4th Indian Division, World War Two, Eritrea, North Africa, the Middle East, 1941-1943, and Italy 1944. Date: 1943
© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library
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A Sectional Drawing of The Empress Club, 13 Berkeley Street
A Sectional Drawing through the extensive premises of The Empress Club, sitting between Dover Street and 13 Berkeley Street, W1, London. One of the very first 'Ladies' Clubs, The Empress Club was founded in 1897. The palaial building covered upwards of a quarter of an acre and was palatial in scope, boasting two drawing room -offering a choice between the Louis Quinze or the Venetian style, a dining room, a lounge, a smoking gallery and a smoking room, a library, a writing room, a tape machine for news, a telephone, and a staircase decorated with stained glass windows depicting Shakespeares heroines. On the night of the 1901 census Otho Oliver, the owner and club secretary, was living on the premises, together with a female manager and a large domestic staff, comprising around 40 female and 12 male servants (including an engineer). There were around 30 women guests staying at the club, as well as several family groups, including husbands. At one time the Empress had 70 bedrooms available to its 2700 members. Date: 1904
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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Workmen's dwellings damaged by the mass German airship raid
On the night of the 31st January 1916, Zeppelins of the German Navy attacked the Midlands causing extensive damage. Air raid sirens were used for the first time to warn the civilian population of the incoming aerial attack. Police ensured that a black-out was in place. Workmen stand in the rubble.
1916
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
