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THE HIKER & CAMPER 1931Front cover of The Hiker & Camper magazine, giving advice and suggestions to hikers during the 1930s when the hobby was at its peak. Date: August 1931
The War in the Picture-Palaces, French cinemaA French cinema audience during World War One - a newsreel is being shown, giving civilians some idea of what war is really like
MUSSOLINI / ROME SPEECH / 22BENITO MUSSOLINI Italian dictator giving one of his earliest speeches on the entry of the Blackshirts into Rome Date: autumn 1922
MUSSOLINI AT GENOVAMussolini at a rally at Genova, after giving a speech which was very well received by his hearers Date: 14 May 1938
Grumman TBF-1C Avenger NZ2504(ex Royal New Zealand Air Force) - Grumman TBF-1C Avenger NZ2504 (msn 5219, ex INST182, ex BuNo 24336), on gate guard at RNZAF Te Rapa, near Hamilton
Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ARCZDruine D.31 Turbulent G-ARCZ, at Redhill aerodrome circa 1970. Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 1 June 1984 when crashed near Stapleford, Essex
Driver and stoker on the footplate of a night train : by now, their footplate is partially enclosed, giving them reasonable protection from the weather, Date: 1889
Gipsies encampment, France: cooking & preparing food, gambling and giving birth... Date: circa 1630
The General Election - Village PoliticiansComic Postcard series - The General Election - Village Politicians. A local candidate giving a speech to the assembled clientelle at the local rural boozer... 1908
The General Election - True BlueComic Postcard series - The General Election - True Blue. A Candidate takes a few local yokels out for a ride in his carriage to show solidarity with the common man voter... 1908
girl giving bar of soap to dressed up man Date: 1900
Small Town America Date: 1947
Cornucopia with Fruit Spilling Out
Holiday Turkey Date: 1952
Nurses prize giving, Llandough Hospital. Formal group of 16 nurses, matron, probable mayor and mayoress, two other gentlemen. Date: 1936
Formal Nurses? prize giving groupFormal Nurses prize giving group. Group includes 18 nurses, each holding a diploma tube and wearing a badge, some also with a book-like item, plus a senior nurse and elderly lady, both with bouquets
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visiting McVitie & Price Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visitingElizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002) (later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother) visiting the McVitie & Price factory in Edinburgh, Scotland
Prize Giving at the General Hospital, HerefordFormal group of nurses standing and sitting on raised platform with various dignitaries sitting in central row. Two matrons at far left hold bouquets of flowers
Nurses Prize Giving DayGroup of four nurses in uniform inspecting a book prize Date: circa 1949
Hospital prize-giving ceremonyThe prize-giving ceremony at Leeds General Infirmary for graduating student nurses. Presentation of a hospital general nursing certificate to a student nurse. Date: 1930
Christmas present from the farm 1857Stocky man bringing a large turkey and just caught rabbit to a neighbouring family. Date: 1857
King Cheer by James GodwinKing Cheer giving gifts of food and fruit to the poor. Date: 1864
GIVING UP JEWELRYWives of artists donate their jewelry to the National Assembly, to help pay the public debt. Date: 7 September 1789
FIELD HOSPITALA British Red Cross encampment (field hospital) on the Western Front, showing baskets of medical supplies, soldiers carrying a stretcher and an officer giving direction. Date: 1918
SOCIAL / SQUIRES DOOR 18CA lady at the Squires door giving charity to a beggar Date: 1790
KARL MARX / RED PAINT 1933KARL MARX Giving Marxism a fresh coat of red paint, to cover up the cracks in his ideology Date: 1819 - 1883
2 MEN BOXING 1788Boxing made easy, or Humphreys giving a lesson Date: 1788
ROCK STRATA DIAGRAMA diagram giving a detailed explanation of rock strata groups, their uses and localities
MEDEA REJUVENATINGMedea, at her husband Jasons request, rejuvenates his father Aeson, giving him a young mans body but permitting him to retain his memories of being old
Medea Rejuvenates AesonAt her husband Jasons request, she rejuvenates his father Aeson, giving him a young mans body but permitting him to retain his memories of being old
HANDING OUT TRACTSHanding out tracts to drinkers in a public house. Date: 1881
THE FAMILYS RETURNTHE UNEXPECTED RETURN Servants giving a party are disturbed when Master and Mistress come home sooner than expected (scene from a play, Les Cuisinieres)(the cooks) Date: 1823
BUT IS IT MINE ?- Yes, very nice - but whats to prove its mine ? Date: 1909
Charitable children deliver Christmas giftsChildren take Christmas gifts to underprivileged villagers. Date: 1893
Saint Nicholas giving Christmas presents to childrenSAINT NICOLAS visits some children and gives them presents Date: 1907
Father Christmas delivering Xmas presentsFather Christmas lets children dip into his sack and choose a present each Date: 1917
First audience of a British minister with tycoon of JapanFirst audience of a British minister with the tycoon of Japan at Jeddo - from a sketch by S. J. Gowan. The meeting took place on 25 August 1860 at 9am in the morning, the time appointed for Mr
Communist China - Lin Biao giving a speechLin Biao (1907-1971), one of Mao Zedongs closest supporters. Seen here giving a speech to Chinese soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa late 1930s
Scottish Womens Hospitals Elsie InglisShows the second unit from the Scottish Womens Hospitals for Foreign Service, prior to their departure from Cardiff in April 1915
Pope Leo XIII giving a blessing Urbi et Orbi, after the PontLeo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Pope Leo XIII giving a blessing Urbi et Orbi, after the Pontifical Mass from the gestatorial chair
Stunt woman cannonball loses her knickersLiza Knight, an 18-year-old stunt performer from Leicester, felt quite a draught after being shot from a cannon during a rehearsal
The Delivery of the Keys, 1481-1482. By Pietro Perugino (145Pietro Perugino (1450-1523). Italian painter. The Delivery of the Keys, 1481-1482. Lateral fresco. Sistine Chapel. Vatican Museums. Vatican City
Mussolini / 1929 PosterBENITO MUSSOLINI Italian dictator giving a rousing speech Date: 1883 - 1945
Piaggio P108B-35 of these Italian heavy bomber and transport aircraft were to be built, the 24 bomber versions giving a good account of themselves in combat
Bottlenose Dolphin - giving birth - showing new-born having just been delivered (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks
Lenin giving speech from balcony, St Petersburg, RussiaLenin giving a speech from the balcony of the Kshesinskaya Palace, St Petersburg, Russia, in the year of the Russian Revolution. Date: 4 July 1917
Magic LanternUsing a double lantern, which makes it possible to superimpose one image on another, giving a crude illusion of movement
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menuNorddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu for Sunday 14 April 1912. The Prince Frederick Wilhelm was one of the ships in the vicinity when the Titanic hit the iceberg