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Man in a bath chairAn elderly man in a bath chair at his front door, with a young man about to take him for an outing
Window ShadowA man in a flat cap reading a book on a window sill, The sun shining through the windows casts a giant shadown across the bare room. Date: 1930s
Hic Jacet - Here Lies - drunken man collapsed in gutter(hic!) jacet (translated from the Latin: " Here Lies" ) - a drunken Londoner collapsed in gutter, his umbrella and hat discarded onto the street in his stupor. Date: circa 1890s
Sri Lankan Village Chief - Traditional Hat - Colombo Date: circa 1907
Flat Earth PuzzleThe Puzzled Cleric - torn between his faith and science - how can he reconcile what God (via the Bible) tells him and what the scientists tell him about the Earth ? Date: 1895
Flat Earth MagazineA typical issue of the Flat Earth Societys journal, The Earth not a Globe Review which also argues that universal gravitation is a delusion. Date: December 1896
Old Man Smoking PipeAn unshaven man in flat cap and pullover, smoking a pipe. Date: 1950s
Old Man, Flat Cap & PipeA characterful old man wearing a flat cap smokes his pipe. Date: 1950s
Skewen Colliery workmen, Glamorgan, South WalesWorkmen and apprentices of the Skewen Colliery repair shop in Glamorgan, South Wales, in a group photograph
Senghenydd Colliery canary, Glamorgan, South WalesTwo miners at the Universal Pit, Senghenydd Colliery, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales, with a caged canary which was used to test the air for gas, or lack of oxygen
Young collier, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA young collier, about 14 years old, at a colliery in the Saundersfoot area of Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The mines employed children as young as ten
Men with dram, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South WalesThree men with a loaded dram (truck) of coal at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
New York / 5th Avenue 1906New York: Fifth Avenue
Enclosed planet earth as perceived by CosmasThe enclosed planet earth as perceived by Cosmas, with the planet in the form of a tabernacle
Elegant Ladies in ShowerCostumes by Doeuillet: narrow line skirts with wrap-over front or button detail & tunic style belted jackets. Hats: cocked brim & flat crown or tall cloche style with plume
Cylindrical EarthAnaximanders cylindrical Earth
RNLI lifeboat crew, St Ives, Cornwall, just returned from a rescue mission. Includes Tommy Cocking, coxswain (second from left). Date: circa 1980s
Fish Sellers - Cairo, Egypt. The taller gentleman on the left (holding the scales) appears to be blind. Date: circa 1910s
General view of Kano City, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: circa 1930
Cornish Arms Hotel in New York City, USACornish Arms Hotel at 23rd Street at 8th Avenue right next to the Grand Opera House (right) in New York City, USA. The hotel now functions as an apartment building called Broadmoor. Date: circa 1936
Group photo, St Ives football team (Huntingdonshire)Group photo, St Ives football team. Back row, left to right: H Mence, E Kiddle, G B Ulph, Houghton, Gifford (goalkeeper), F Russell; middle row: Freeman, H Copley, F M Warren
Algeria - Nomadic Women performing cooking and textile tasks outside their tent. Date: circa 1910s
Man on 1913 / 14 Norton motorcycleMan on his 1913/14 Norton 600cc side valve Flat Tank Big Four Norton motorcycle circa 1914
Ladies on a 1914 Douglas motorcycle & sidecarThree ladies on a 1914 Douglas 3.5 HP 500ccFlat Twin motorcycle & sidecar combination roadside circa 1914
Miners racing whippets, Illustrated London News front coverFront cover of the Illustrated London News showing coal miners, on strike, partaking in one of their favourite pastimes, whippet racing
SIR JOHN CHEKE 1514-1557SIR JOHN CHEKE, M.A Professor of Greek at Cambridge University. Adopted principles of the Reformation. Date: 1514 - 1557
Stanton Village 1940SSTANTON VILLAGE A man in a flat cap walks his horse through the quiet village one early summer morning Date: 1940s
Woman saving child by walking narrow ledgeTo save her child from fire, Madame Pauquelin of rue St Maur, Paris, walks a narrow ledge from her 5th floor apartment, which she could not have done in her normal state of consciousness. Date: 1906
Cut away of a French apartment building in ParisA high-rise apartment building, Paris; a cut-away showing people in the apartments, including a fencing scene 1 of 2 Date: circa 1880
Fred Archer, English jockeyFrederick James (Fred) Archer (1857-1886), English flat-race jockey. Date: late 19th century
Fisherman with large coley fish, St Ives, CornwallFisherman with large coley fish or pollock, St Ives, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s
East of Ilot Gabriel island sea shore with black basalt rocks a wind-battered Common screwpine tree with aerial roots visible endemic for Mascarenes (Mauritius and Reunion) June North of Mauritius
Two old men on bench outside Winton library, EcclesTwo old men sitting on a bench outside Winton library in Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977
Young man on a fruit stall in outdoor market, EcclesA young man works on a fruit stall in the Eccles outdoor market. Date: circa 1977
Twenty Embassy. Stockton on Tees 1970s 1970s
Officers sword, 51st Foot, 1809 (c); blade is curved, flat backed, unfullered with a spear point, and is double edged for the last 10 in; steel stirrup guard; steel hilt mounts
Harry Vardon, professional golferHenry William (Harry) Vardon (1870-1937), professional golfer from Jersey. He was famous for the Vardon Grip, an overlapping grip which he appears to be using here. Date: 1926
Charles Whitcombe, English golferCharles Albert Whitcombe (1895-1981), professional English golfer, seen here at Walton Heath Golf Club on 20 September 1927. Date: 1927
Chepstow Mansion, Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, LondonView of Chepstow Mansion, Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, West London. Date: circa 1905
View from Blunsdon, VWH (Cricklade) Hunt area, WiltshireView from Blunsdon, in the Vale of the White Horse (Cricklade) Hunt area, Wiltshire. Date: 1936
Living room with painted panels by Eric RaviliousLiving room in Sir Geoffrey Frys flat in London, with folding door panels painted with tennis scenes by Eric Ravilious. Date: 1933
Solea solea, or Common Sole, also known as Dover Sole and Black Sole, a species of flatfish. Date: 1864
Pleuronectes platessa, or European Plaice, a species of flatfish. Date: 1864
Carter, Mary Sole or Queens Sole, a flatfish of the Soleidae family, also known as Whiff. Date: 1864
Mugil cephalus, or Flathead mulletMugil cephalus, or Flathead Mullet, also known as Grey Mullet, Great Mullet and (simply) Mullet. Date: 1864
Leucoraja circularis, or Sandy RayLeucoraja naevus, known as Cuckoo Ray or Cuckoo Skate. Date: 1862
Skate, of the Rajidae family. Date: 1862
Raja rhina, or Longnose Skate. Date: 1862