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Fort no. 3 near Liaoyuan on Russian-Chinese border
Russian Fort no. 3 near Liaoyuan (Liao-yuan, Shuangliao) in north east China on the Russian-Chinese border. Date: early 20th century

Two boys at a garden gate on a birthday postcard. 1919

Illustration, Happy Days, showing two young mothers with their five children chatting in the street. 1885

Three little girls sitting on a fence on a hot day in September. first published 1879

German prisoners of war, Somme Offensive, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Somme Offensive in northern France, First World War. Date: July 1916

Dunderpate falling off the fence in surprise at Susans proposal of marriage, and at the thought of working for his living. Date: 1938

Austrian troops marching through Medice, Bosnia, WW1
Austro-Hungarian troops marching through Medice, Bosnia, on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Illustration with music, Playtime, showing a group of children playing in the street, and a vase of flowers on the right. first published 1881

German prisoners at Dernancourt, France, WW1
German prisoners of war arriving at a detention centre at Dernancourt, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Steeplechase at the Rockaway Hunting Club
Annual Steeplechase Race at the Rockaway Hunting Club, Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1908

Tom Clarke, Huntsman, jumping a fence
Full Cry -- Tom Clarke, Huntsman of the Old Berkshire, jumping a fence during a fox hunt. Date: 1870s

Fencing with daggers
A group of men engage in combat with one another, using daggers to fence with. Date: 1570

Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War

Arthur Balfour in France

General Leonard Wood, American army officer
General Leonard Wood (1860-1927), American army officer, at Plattsburgh Barracks, New York State, USA, a military training camp for businessmen. Date: circa 1917

Country scene with trees and fields
A country scene with trees and fields

Little child sitting on a fence
A little child sits in a huddled pose on top of a five-bar gate in the country. first published 1881

Hay Making C16 Germany
Two 16th century German hay makers at work. Date: 1553

1, Chalk Road
No.1, Chalk Road, Chalk, Kent. Over the doorway is a bust by Percy Fitzgerald :" Dickens spent his honeymoon in this house, 1836". etc. Date: 1812 - 1870

Battle of Breitenfeld
A satirical broadsheet showing Gustav defeating Tilly at the Battle of Breitenfeld, just outside Leipzig. 1631

Shelley / Marlow Cottage
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY English poets cottage at Great Marlow, Bucks Date: 1792 - 1822

Guy Fawkes reprimands trespasser
A life-like effigy of the famous Gunpowder Plot conspirator reprimands a schoolboy who has trespassed, having climbed a ladder over a fence to take fruit from the store shed

Middlesex House of Correction, Clerkenwell, London
The Middlesex House of Correction, opened in 1794, was later known as Cold Bath Prison, then Clerkenwell Gaol. It became a debtors prison before closing in 1885

Victorian woman standing behind a rustic fence
A Victorian woman poses for her photograph in the studio, standing behind a rustic fence. She is wearing a stylish dress with pleating and velvet trimmings, a high collar, leather gloves

World War One humorous postcard by George Ranstead
Humorous illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps and produced a large number of hand drawn postcards during the period

Air cadet climbing a fence
Cartoon of an RAF trainee air cadet during World War Two climbing over a fence

Captain Mark Phillips showjumping
Captain Mark Phillips, first husband of HRH Princess Anne competing in a showjumping event

Young woman watering her garden
A young woman waters her garden on a warm day in May. A white cat and two white kittens are playing on the path

Family group outside house, Mid Wales
A family (parents, three children and grown-up daughter) pose for a group photograph in their garden, probably in the Mid Wales area. The two little girls are holding terrier puppies

Railway track at Landore, near Swansea, South Wales
View of the railway track at Landore, near Swansea, on the Great Western Railway, Glamorgan, South Wales

Unidentified house on a country lane
An unidentified house on a country lane, partly obscured by a large tree

Old stone archway overgrown with leaves
An old stone archway overgrown with leaves

Woman looking across fields
An Edwardian woman looking across fields, with trees and hills in the distance

Haverfordwest Castle, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of Haverfordwest Castle from the Prendergast area of the town, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The Castle dates from the 12th century

Slate fence and chapel, Corris, Gwynedd, North Wales
View of a fence made of slate, and a chapel building in the middle distance, in the village of Corris, in the historic county of Merionethshire, Gwynedd, North Wales

Slate covered bungalow, Porthmadog, North Wales
A slate covered bungalow in Porthmadog, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The town of Porthmadog developed in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England

Horse and wind tower in a misty field
A horse stands silhouetted near a wind tower and various wooden fences in a misty field

Boy on a go-kart passing three adults
A boy rides along on his go-kart, watched by three adults who look as if they are waiting for a bus

Man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse
A man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse on a wet day

Bird flying across a misty field in Holland
A bird flying across a field on a misty day, somewhere in Holland. A ramshackle old fence forms an interesting pattern in the foreground

British countryside
A rural landscape in Britain with a wire fence

Smiling woman sitting on a lawn
A smiling woman sitting on a lawn in front of a trellis style wooden fence, somewhere in England

Met Police officer on a country lane
A Metropolitan Police officer on the beat, wheeling his bicycle along a country lane in a rural part of London

Shantytown near Paroa, South Island, New Zealand
General view of Shantytown, a recreation of a typical 1880s West Coast gold mining town near Paroa, Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand

Reconstructed Maori village, Rotorua, North Island, New Zeal
Part of the defence stockade of Tamaki, a reconstructed Maori village south of Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. The village has won awards, and visitors can experience some of the traditions

Treaty House at Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand
View of the Treaty House at Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand. This was the home of the British Resident in New Zealand, James Busby (1801-1871)

Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Woman and child
A Bosnian Turkish Muslim woman, her face completely covered by a white veil and her son, who wears some incredible floral trousers and a surprised gaze

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