Penicillin Culture / 1929Original culture plate on which Sir Alexander Fleming first observed the growth of penicillin notatum in 1929
Map / Europe / France / ParisMap showing the growth of Paris from its earliest origins to the latest projects under Napoleon III
Lion & Unicorn PavilionThe Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the South Bank Exhibition, containing exhibits on the use of the English language, growth of British parliamentary government, etc
Just two words! Nestles Milk 1915Nestles milk for yourself and baby. Don t - as you value your childs life - experiment with " foods" of unknown composition; the lives of millions of children have been lost in that way
Testicle Growth DrainedRemoving fluid from a large testicular growth
Cocoa bean pods - Trinidad - West Indies Date: circa 1930s
Growth of the submarine by G. H. DavisThe growth of the submarine from 1901 to 1912. In chronological order, they are: 1901-2 Holland Class, 1903-5 A Class, 1904-6 B Class, 1906-9 C Class, 1911 D Class and 1912 E Class
Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics: an Interesting Account of the Growth and Achievements of All Kinds of Aerial Craft, by Charles C Turner, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912
Margaret Vergh Gryffyth, horned womanMargaret Vergh Gryffyth, Welsh woman who exhibited herself with a 10 centimetre horn growing from her forehead
Wellington posterPoster advertising Wellington, New Zealand contrasting the comparatively rural looking town of 1844 with a contemporary photograph of a sprawling Wellington of the twentieth century
Evans Vacuum Cap advertisement, 1906Advertisement for the Evans Vacuum Cap, an invention intented to promote the re-growth of hair, 1906
Alexander TvardovskyALEXANDER TVARDOVSKY Russian poet, whose subjects were peasant life, collective farms, and the spiritual growth of the soldier during the Great Patriotic War
Shocking result of binding girls feet, China, East AsiaThe shocking result of binding girls feet in China, East Asia, meaning that in adult life the woman cannot walk properly, but only hobble. Date: 1922
Map showing the growth of CWS production locations between 1913 and 1938
Laird's Garden, DunfermlineThe top photograph shows a view of Dunfermline Abbey, from Laird's Garden, the bottom photograph provides the same view
AutumnA landscape painting of a red roofed countryside house, nestled amongst the growth of large, colourful trees, with a large backdrop of fields and hills. Date: circa 1915
World War 1 patriotic advert for Pratts Motor SpiritThe First World War was the first mechanised war. This advrtisement postcard reflects the rapid growth in motor vehicles during this period Date: 1915
Gordon Brown, Labour politician, giving a talkGordon Brown (James Gordon Brown, b 1951), Labour politician, MP from 1983, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997, and British Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010
Some Rejected Posters by John Hassall - Makes the Hair Grow. John Hassall reigned supreme as the poster king during the first two decades of the twentieth century
Thanking the Last Post Buglers at the Menin GateThe Last Post at the Gate has been played at 8pm under the arches by Ypres firemen (with only an interval during WW2) since the unveiling on 24 July 1927
Outline of growth of the locomotive engine, 1841-1884. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines. Also illustrated with scenes such as zig-zag over the Blue Mountains. Date: 1885
Outline of growth of the locomotive engine, 1771-1840. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines. Also illustrated with scenes such as Hetton Colliery. Date: 1885
Group of people, possibly family members, including a man of restricted growth (dwarfism), 1920s. Date: 1920s
1911 Census - John Bull being measuredFront cover of The Sphere, of John Bull being measured to see if his waist has grown from the decade before. Date: April 1911
GROWTH OF PRUSSIA / MAPThe growth of Prussia between 1815 and 1866 Date: 1866
Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - A new town - street scene. Date: circa 1909
WW2 - Home Front - Girl Guide Rangers and Guiders doing forestry work in the West Country - pictured here cutting down bracken and foliage to promote the straight growth of young saplings. Date: 1941
Advert for Evans vacuum cap for growth of hair 1906Practical invention for Evans vacuum cap, develops a natural and permanent growth of the hair, supplying the apparatus on a sixty day trial, wholly at the expense of the company. 1906
Advert for Koko hair tonic 1897Unquestionably the best dressing for the hair. Prevents hair falling and promotes growth. 1897
Maison Lyons Corner House - Marble Arch, London - InteriorQuote from The Kalevala (Kalewala) a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology
May. Goddess MaiaMaia, the Roman goddess of growth. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903
Sprouts of fern (fragment close-up) in mixed forest, (Polypodiaceae spp). near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring
Which is the tallest, by Hilda CowhamTwo small children attempt to measure their height, though it looks as if the little boy is giving himself some artificial help by standing on a book. Date: 1914
Happy Easter - Norwegian card, printed shortly after the German Surrender in WW2. Date: 1946
American wapiti (elk) in the New York Zoological ParkPostcard showing an American wapiti or elk with velvet antlers about two months growth in the New York Zoological Park. Date: circa 1920
X-Ray - Growth on Branch. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900
Changes which marriage and children bring - Comic postcardComic postcard - " Look before you leap" - A cautionary tale of the changes which marriage and children bring - Alone = one pair of boots. Sallie and I = Two pairs of boots
Hair on BackA lady with an abnormal growth of hair on her back Date: late 19th century
Page of a postwar leaflet about GermanyPage of a postwar reconstruction leaflet -- Germany under control, with three photographs of wheat harvesting for food, a classroom with teacher and children, and the reactivated coal industry
Bureaucratic staff in ministries in 1919A diagram showing the inflation in temporary and female personnel in various Ministries in Westminster and Whitehall necessitated by the First World War
Sprouts of fern in mixed forest, typical (Polypodiaceae spp). near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring
Sprouts of fern in mixed forest (Polypodiaceae spp.). typical, near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring
The Growth of Democracy, by BairnsfatherThe Growth of Democracy Colonel Sir Valtravers Plantagenet gladly accepts a light, during a slight lull in a barrage, from a private in the Benin Rifles
Months of the year. August. Depicting Ceres who in Roman mythology embodied agriculture and growth. Date: circa 1903
The Tatcho Bomb by Heath RobinsonIn this Heath Robinson cartoon, the Germans fill large balls with Tatcho, a popular hair growth product, and hit the British lines with catapults. Chaos ensues, in the British forces. Date: 1915
Growth of the big ship by G. H. DavisGrowth of the big ship: examples now being built by the great naval powers. A diagram illustrating the latest ships produced by France, Germany, the USA, Britain, Russia, Italy and Austria
Growth of the US Navy by G. H. DavisThe rapid growth of the US Navy during the Second World War: the vast array of warships built since the beginning of 1940. Showing US warships, from submarines to battleships. Date: 1945
Advert Mellins fresh milk for babiesMellins food, fresh cows milk food infants, medical opinion places the superiority of fresh milk over dried milk foods beyond all question. Date: 1916
