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Fossils in ColoradoHuge fossil bones belonging to gigantic antediluvan animals found in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: 1878
Mining for Tin / CornwallThe tin mine at Camborne, Cornwall. Tin is found in the Cornish mines in the form of veins of cassiterite Date: nineteenth century
Mark RidleyMARK RIDLEY medical, found favour at the Russian court as doctor to Tsar Boris Godunov, returned to England, wrote scholarly books on magnetism and such Date: 1560 - 1624
Thomas MuirTHOMAS MUIR - Scottish parliamentary reformer, found guilty of sedition, sent to Botany Bay, rescued by Americans, feted as hero in revolutionary France Date: 1765 - 1798
D ayllon & ChicoreansVasques d Ayllons attempt to found a colony in Florida is foiled by the Chicoreans Date: circa 1512
Thomas Guy / Bookshop / DixoTHOMAS GUY English bookdealer as a young apprentice in his bookshop; he went on to found Guys Hospital, London, in 1722 Date: 1645? - 1724
Speke / Grant / CartoonSpeke and Grant confirmed the source of the Nile (1860-63). Britannia finds the Nile: " Ah, Mr Nile! So I ve found you at last!" Date: 1862-63
Esterhazy & PicquartEsterhazy attacks Picquart in the Avenue Victor Hugo; Picquart had found convincing evidence that Esterhazy was the true traitor in the Dreyfus Affair Date: 1898
Mrs Fletcher on TrialSusie (Willis) Fletcher is found guilty of obtaining the property of Mrs Hart Davies by spiritualistic fraud, and is sentenced to twelve months hard labour Date: January 1881
Hendrik BerkmansHENDRIK BERKMANS Dutch artist who did good battles but found he could make more money doing portraits Date: 1629 - 1690
Moses Found in the NileAs a baby he is abandoned on the Nile but is fortunately rescued by no less than Pharaohs daughter
The Ogham Stone / IrelandAn Ogham Stone, found at Fortwilliam, Kerry. Ogham stones were covered in strange runic scripts, translated by scholars as possible Christian writings or even Norse text. Date: mid 19th century
Common Rattle Snake / DuhnCommon rattle snake (Crotalus durissus) Found in North America Date: circa 1850
Jerusalem / Holy CrossCavern where the Holy Cross was found
Relics of ill-fated Franklin polar expeditionRelics of the ill-fated Franklin polar expedition, found by searchers. Date: 1845
Prospectors in Australia rejoice at finding gold at last. Date: 1850s
Iraq / Archaeology / NinevehIron artifacts found in excavations at the site of ancient Nineveh. These include a chain, a socketed pick head and ring-mounted hooks. Date: 1874
Syria / Archaeology / AryanOne of the monumental door supports, shaped in the form of a lion, found at the Tell site of Aryan in the Khabour river valley. Date: 1853
Abandoned French CarWhen the French gave up the project in 1889, they left their equipment behind : a tree has grown inside this abandoned car, found by American engineers Date: circa 1913
Music cover, The Five-Pound-Note They Never Found, written and composed by A J Mills and Bennett Scott, sung by Michael Nolan. circa 1893
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, study of a ChowIllustration by Cecil Aldin, a black Chow named Sun-Yat-Sen, or Sunny, who went missing, and was reunited with his master, exhausted and thin. Date: 1927
Heinkel He 111H -the Luftwaffe standard bomber at the time of the Battle of Britain, some later found a useful role as test aircraft-seen here carrying a Henschel Hs 293 missile
Curtiss P-40L -most later versions of the Warhawk found extensive use in the Pacific theatre - Photo Hugh W Cowin
Bristol 156 Beaufighter IC found its way into the RAF sBristol 156 Beaufighter IC found its way into the RAFs Coastal Command to worry enemy shipping, especially E-Boats
Avro 652A Anson I - were used by both Bomber and Coastal Commands early in war, but found their true value as pilot and gunnery trainers, Over 11, 000 built between 1935 and 1952
Armstrong Whitworth AW 41 Albermarle-found unsatisfafctory as a bomber, most of the 602 built were used as transports
Four men on a bench at golf club, believed to be Llandudno at Whit week 1913. Second from left is the photogrpahers brother Edgar who was to become a WW1 casualty just 4 years later
Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, found at Colle de las Escalerilla. Aztec art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology
Gold Rython. 16th C. BC. Object found in the Fourth Tomb of A-level Tombs. Mycenaean art. Jewelry. GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae
Jamaica - Bog WalkSlide showing a photograph of the countryside outside of Bog Walk. Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica
Visit to Madeira - The twenty-five springs - RabacalBlack and white lantern slide of the twenty five springs found in Rabacal - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
BA Swallow G-AEVZPrivately owned BA Swallow G-AEVZ was built in the 1930s and can now be found in a Spanish Air Museum at Cuatro Vientos, one of Madrids 3 civil airports. Date: circa 1957
Suffragette Arson Wargrave. Crowds gather outside St. Marys Church, Wargrave, Berkshire to see the damage caused by fire on 1st June 1914
Charlotte Despard Suffragette. Mrs. Charlotte Despard (1844-1939) portrait, Mrs. Despard left the W.S.P.U in 1907 to found the Womens Freedom League. Date: circa 1906
Goss model of a Romano-Salopian ewer found at Uriconium, now in Shrewsbury Museum. Badge of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Commemorative Ware
British soldier with rescued canaries, Western Front, WW1A British soldier with two rescued canaries in a cage, on the Western Front in France during World War One. The birds were the only living creatures found amongst the ruins. Date: circa 1916
British soldier with birdcages, Western Front, WW1A British soldier finds birdcages in the ruins of Ovillers, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Abandoned German howitzer, Western Front, WW1An abandoned German howitzer found during the British advance on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Three different species of tropical birds, found in northern India during the rainy season Date: 1839
Louis XVI Found WantingA hundred times to blame, a hundred times forgiven - Louis the Last is weighed in the balance and found wanting... Date: circa 1791
Juniperus OccidentalisAlso known as the BLUE DOUGLASS FIR, a species of spruce found notably in northern California. Date: 1857
Abies MenziesiiAlso known as the BLUE DOUGLASS FIR, a species of spruce found notably in northern California. Date: 1857
Tsuga MortensianaThough captioned ABIES WILLIAMSONII, this tree is identified by an internet contributor as Tsuga mortensiana, a species of spruce found in N California. Date: 1857
Quercus HindsiiA species of oak found in California and Oregon. Date: 1857
Manzanita TreeThere are 60+ species of this tree which is found throughout western North America including Canada. Date: 1857
Hester TradescantHESTER TRADESCANT wife of John Tradescant the elder (and mother of the younger), found drowned in her pond at Lambeth. Date: ? - 1678
James ShermanJAMES SHERMAN English dissenting churchman who for a time worked at Blackheath where our Library is also to be found. Date: 1796 - 1862
Frederick Holt RobeLieutenant-Colonel FREDERICK HOLT ROBE Governor of South Australia 1845-1848 during which period he found time to found the town which bears his name. Date: CIRCA 1845