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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
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
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
Testicle Growth DrainedRemoving fluid from a large testicular growth
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
Cocoa bean pods - Trinidad - West Indies Date: circa 1930s
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
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
Healthcare for children under five years 1947If your child is under five. Issued by the Ministry of Food. It isn t only the tiny baby, but the child right up to five years, who needs cod liver oil and orange juice every day
Lady Maud Hoare, wife of the Air Minister Sir Samuel HoareThe Lady Maud Hoare, wife of the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, christening one of five Handley Page airliners, built to cope with the rapid growth of traffic on Imperial Airways
Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1940A true mother. Every true mother can know the bliss of perfect content even if she is unable to feed her baby naturally. Cow & Gate is the exact substitute science has found for babys natural food
Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1928Cow & Gate formula, made of pure milk only
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
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
Tree growing in damaged stand at Manchester UnitedThe damaged main stand at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United Football Club. W G Roughton views the tree that grew in the Grandstand. Date: 1944
Growth of big German liners by G. H. DavisThe growth of the big German liners: how they are spreading into the great ocean passenger routes
Bringing home some jumbo spudsA farmer brings home a splendid crop of giant potatoes.... Date: circa 1910s
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns homeEvacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s
Tree atop a chimney - Burlington Sugar Estate, JamaicaTree growing out of an old chimney on the Burlington Sugar Estate, Jamaica Date: circa 1910
The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton Girls SchoolThe tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton School - an Independent Girls school near Bristol
Chart shewing growth of racing speeds, 1895 to 1906 Date: circa 1906
Woodland animalsPage 32 and 33 from Introducing Ecology Nature at Work
Marcasite comprises of (iron sulphide). It is similar in appearance to pyrite, but has a different structural composition
Raphanus spp. radish and Daucus carota, carrotWatercolour of a radish with intertwined growth & carrot also intertwined by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever
Dendritic gold growthGold (Au) is an elemental metal. Dendritic or branching gold growth on a specimen from Hopes Nose, Devon, England, length 5cm
Adult gall waspGall wasps are dark-coloured tiny insects only a few millimetres long. Most gall wasps form galls which are abnormal growths on a plant or tree which develop as a result of the attack
Adult gall waspsGall wasps are dark-coloured tiny insects only a few millimetres long. Most gall wasps form galls which are abnormal growths on a plant or tree which develop as a result of the attack
Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1942Ready for anything ! His mother took the best advice and gave her child the food that has won a supreme reputation all over the world
The British Empire at War: The growth between 1914 - 1916An Illustration attempting to reflect the growth of the British Army, Navy, overseas and the industrial forces, during the years 1914 - 1916
National Savings - Growth up to 1945See how your Savings Certificates have grown already The healthy growth of value of National Savings plotted against a growing boy. Date: 1945
Ireland / GlengarriffGlengariff, the lovely land- locked harbour in County Cork, Ireland, where the vegetation luxuriates in the warmth of the Gulf Stream and the growth is almost tropical. Date: 1950s
Weatherbeaten HawthorneGone With The Wind. This quaint formation of a hawthorne tree shows how the prevailing wind - westerly - affects the growth. Taken at Bude, Cornwall, England. Date: 1930s
Healthcare for children under five years 1948Issued by the Ministry of Food, to make adults aware what food and drink to give their under fives, so they will grow healthy
Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growthThe dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites
British Naval personnel, 1913An illustration attempting to reflect the growth in the number of personnel in the British Navy, which, according to First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill
Growth of the Worlds DreadnoughtsThe Dreadnought Fever visualised in The Sphere by diagrammatic illustrator, G. H
Surgery on a North African ladyEuropean surgeons operate on a North African lady. Date: circa 1930s
Population Postcard 1930French postcard encouraging population growth - If France is to live, join the Alliance against depopulation... Date: 1930s
Market garden produceA selection of market vegetables including artichokes, displayed in baskets in front of greenhouses and vegetable plots
Alices Adventures Underground: Alice growsAlice after she has grown large in the house of the white rabbit. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground, his story that pre-dated Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Great Scot, Some GrowthA comment on the impressive growth of contribution by Canada to the Allied effort during World War I. The towering Canadian soldier here is a symbol of numerical force
Encouraging MarriageNapoleon encourages population growth by presenting dowries to 28 happy couples at Notre Dame de Paris
Map / Europe / Germany 1866The growth of Prussia between 1815 and 1866
Underground HarvestingCrops will be cultivated underground under ideal conditions, using chemicals to enable accelerated growth and so greatly enhance production
Advert / Hair Growth CapA remarkable invention for the culture of hair, the Evans Vacuum Cap promises a new healthy growth of hair or your money back
Sclerotium ClavusERGOT of rye seed, a diseased transformation by a fungus, which can lead to poisoning by contaminated bread. Right : TILLETIA CARIES, another harmful growth