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Paris: Le Mot 1914-1915 Bound folioParis: Le Mot. 1914-1915. Bound folio with a book cover by A.G. Gonon and a book plate for H.P. Gassier (French cartoonist - 1883-1951)
London Orphan Asylum and School, WatfordA view of the London Orphans Asylum and School. The institution was founded in 1813 and moved to Watford in 1871. Date: Date unknown
John Grooms Home at Sekforde Street, LondonJohn Groom and the Afflicted, Blind and Crippled Workers at the home he founded for their care on Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell. Date: Date unknown
Mothers and children wait for admission to a Cecil House, LoMothers and children at one of the womens lodging houses known as Cecil Houses. The hostels, for homeless and vagrant women
Mothers and children at a Cecil House, LondonMothers and children at one of the womens lodging houses known as Cecil Houses. The hostels, for homeless and vagrant women
Drumcondra Magdalen Home, Dublin - Side ViewSide view of the Drumcondra Magdalen (or Magdalene) Home, Dublin. The home was founded in 1858 as a girls reformatory but later became a laundry home for single mothers. Date: Date unknown
Drumcondra Magdalen Home, Dublin - Recreation RoomRecreation room at the Drumcondra Magdalen (or Magdalene) Home, Dublin. The home was founded in 1858 as a girls reformatory but later became a laundry home for single mothers. Date: Date unknown
Drumcondra Magdalen Home, Dublin - Hand Ironing RoomThe hand-ironing at the Drumcondra Magdalen (or Magdalene) Home, Dublin. The home was founded in 1858 as a girls reformatory but later became a laundry home for single mothers. Date: Date unknown
Drumcondra Magdalen Home, Dublin - Penitents ChoirThe Penitents Choir stalls at the Drumcondra Magdalen (or Magdalene) Home, Dublin. The home was founded in 1858 as a girls reformatory but later became a laundry home for single mothers
Drumcondra Magdalen Home, Dublin - Front EntranceFront entrance of the Drumcondra Magdalen (or Magdalene) Home, Dublin. The home was founded in 1858 as a girls reformatory but later became a laundry home for single mothers. Date: Date unknown
Drumcondra Magdalen Home, Dublin - DormitoryA dormitory at the Drumcondra Magdalen (or Magdalene) Home, Dublin. The home was founded in 1858 as a girls reformatory but later became a laundry home for single mothers. Date: Date unknown
Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, LondonThe Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum was founded in 1841 by Congregational minister Andrew Reed to provide a home for orphans below the age of seven. Date: Date unknown
Nutters Orphanage, Bradford, West YorkshireBoys stand in front of the orphanage founded in 1889 by Joseph Nutter at Bradford, West Yorkshire. Date: Date unknown
Dr T. B. Stephenson, Found of the National Childrens HomeDr Thomas Burchell Stephenson who in 1869 founded the National Childrens Home. Its first premises were a disused stable in Lambeth. In 1994, the NCH was renamed Action For Children. Date: Circa 1905
Waifs and Strays Society Corporate SealThe corporate seal of the Church of Englands Waifs and Strays Society, founded in 1881 by Edward Rolf. Date: Circa 1921
Bermondsey AbbeyThe remains of Bermondsey Abbey, a Benedictine house founded in 1082. Date: 1772
A portrait of Sidney WebbSidney James Webb (1859-1947) founded the Fabian Society in 1884 and became an active member of the Labour Party between 1924-1931. Date: 6th June 1894
London Zoo GiraffesAn 1885 photograph showing a pair of giraffes in London Zoo. London Zoo was founded in 1828 and opened to the public for the first time in 1847. Date: 1885
Abbaye De LivryThe abbaye Notre-Dame de Livry was founded in 1197 : among its notable visitors was madame de Sevigne, circa 1667. Date: circa 1800
Escorial MonasteryThe Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain, was founded by Philip II and built between 1563 and 1584. Date: 16th century
Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, founded in 1030. The present ruins, built by King Harold Godwinson, date from 1060. He was buried here after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Date: 11th century
Boxley Abbey, near Maidstone, Kent, England, was founded by William de Ypres, King Stephens military commander of the whole of Kent during the civil disorder. Date: founded 1146
Hillborough ChurchThe little flint church of St. Mary at Hillborough, Kent, England, built from the ruins of Reculver Church in 1809. Only the twin towers were left behind at Reculver. Date: founded 13th century
Ernest Cognacq PhotoERNEST COGNACQ Paris shopkeeper who with his wife Louise Jay founded the Samaritaine department store : art collector and philanthropist photo 1912. Date: 1839 - 1928
India SuratSurat is the location of the first British trading station in India, founded circa 1608 : it can be seen as the first element in the British Empire. Date: circa 1770
Grevin PhotoALFRED GREVIN French artist who founded the Musee Grevin at Paris, a celebrated waxworks. Photo 1887. Date: 1827 - 1892
Ecole MilitaireFounded in the 1750s by Louis XV : located southeast of the Champs de Mars. Date: circa 1830
Rape of the SabinesThe abduction of Sabine women by the Romans provides Rubens with the occasion to depict lots of well-founded ladies. Date: circa 749 BCE
Rugby School, Warwickshire, England, was founded by a bequest from Lawrence Sheriff, wealthy grocer to Elizabeth I. The famous Victorian parts are by William Butterfield (1875). Date: founded 1567
William ShipleyWILLIAM SHIPLEY public-spirited gent who founded the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Date: 1714 - 1803
Laurence OliphantLAURENCE OLIPHANT Writer, war correspondent and mystic who for a while was a disciple of Thomas Lake Harris, later founded his own commune in Palestine. Date: 1829 - 1888
Jan Pieterszoon Coen 2JAN PIETERSZOON COEN (or Koen) Dutch merchant, pioneer in the (Dutch) East Indies, where he founded Batavia. Date: 1587 - 1629
EMERY HILL London merchant, probably, who founded the Alms Houses and Free School in Rochester Row, Tothill Fields, Westminster. Date: ? - 1677
The Patron, or the Festival of St Kevin at the Seven Churches, Glendalough (1813). Peacock, Joseph c.1783-1837. This work shows the festivities surrounding the feast day of St Kevin
Samuel Edward Saunders with his wife about the time of t?Samuel Edward Saunders with his wife about the time of their golden wedding anniversary. Samuel Saunders founded Saunders-Roe with Alliot Verdon Roe
Alexander Nevsky Monastery (Lavra), St Petersburg, RussiaView of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery (Lavra), St Petersburg, Russia. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevski Prospekt to house the relics of Alexander Nevsky
The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos, CyprusThe Holy, Royal and Stavropegic Monastery of Kykkos, Cyprus - founded around the end of the 11th century by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081 - 1118). Date: circa 1910s
Geneva - Palais de Nations - Woodrow Wilson plaqueGeneva, Switzerland - Palais de Nations - plaque commemorating Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, who founded the League of Nations in 1919 following WW1. Date: circa 1920s
Chudov Monastery, Kremlin complex, Moscow, RussiaView of the Chudov Monastery (also known as Alexius Archangel Michael Monastery) in the Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1358 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow
Bermuda - The Grave of Sir George Somers - St George sBermuda, a Brtish Overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean - The Grave of Sir George Somers (15541610), an English naval hero - at St George s
Lester Durand Gardner (1876-1956) founded the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences which became the AIa. Date: 1956
Australia (1880). The life of the gold diggers in Botany-Bay (founded in 1788). Engraving
BARCENA, Catalina (1896-1977). Soanish theatre" BARCENA, Catalina (1896-1977). Soanish theatre actress.; MARTINEZ SIERRA, Gregorio (1881-1947). Spanish writer. He founded the first " Teatro del Arte"
Document of July 20th 1810s revolution, when Republic of Colombia was founded. COLOMBIA. Bogotᮠ Quinta de Bol r House Museum
SPAIN. AlcaCalatrava Castle. Detail of theSPAIN. Alca Calatrava Castle. Detail of the wall painting depicting Capture of Valencia (1229-1245) by James I. Soldiers from Order de Calatrava