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Growth Collection

Background imageGrowth Collection: Penicillin Culture / 1929

Penicillin Culture / 1929
Original culture plate on which Sir Alexander Fleming first observed the growth of penicillin notatum in 1929

Background imageGrowth Collection: Map / Europe / France / Paris

Map / Europe / France / Paris
Map showing the growth of Paris from its earliest origins to the latest projects under Napoleon III

Background imageGrowth Collection: Just two words! Nestles Milk 1915

Just two words! Nestles Milk 1915
Nestles 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Lion & Unicorn Pavilion

Lion & Unicorn Pavilion
The Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the South Bank Exhibition, containing exhibits on the use of the English language, growth of British parliamentary government, etc

Background imageGrowth Collection: Testicle Growth Drained

Testicle Growth Drained
Removing fluid from a large testicular growth

Background imageGrowth Collection: Growth of the submarine by G. H. Davis

Growth of the submarine by G. H. Davis
The 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Cocoa bean pods - Trinidad - West Indies

Cocoa bean pods - Trinidad - West Indies Date: circa 1930s

Background imageGrowth Collection: Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics

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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Margaret Vergh Gryffyth, horned woman

Margaret Vergh Gryffyth, horned woman
Margaret Vergh Gryffyth, Welsh woman who exhibited herself with a 10 centimetre horn growing from her forehead

Background imageGrowth Collection: Wellington poster

Wellington poster
Poster advertising Wellington, New Zealand contrasting the comparatively rural looking town of 1844 with a contemporary photograph of a sprawling Wellington of the twentieth century

Background imageGrowth Collection: Evans Vacuum Cap advertisement, 1906

Evans Vacuum Cap advertisement, 1906
Advertisement for the Evans Vacuum Cap, an invention intented to promote the re-growth of hair, 1906

Background imageGrowth Collection: Alexander Tvardovsky

Alexander Tvardovsky
ALEXANDER TVARDOVSKY Russian poet, whose subjects were peasant life, collective farms, and the spiritual growth of the soldier during the Great Patriotic War

Background imageGrowth Collection: Shocking result of binding girls feet, China, East Asia

Shocking result of binding girls feet, China, East Asia
The 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Map showing the growth of CWS production locations

Map showing the growth of CWS production locations between 1913 and 1938

Background imageGrowth Collection: Laird's Garden, Dunfermline

Laird's Garden, Dunfermline
The top photograph shows a view of Dunfermline Abbey, from Laird's Garden, the bottom photograph provides the same view

Background imageGrowth Collection: Autumn

Autumn
A 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: World War 1 patriotic advert for Pratts Motor Spirit

World War 1 patriotic advert for Pratts Motor Spirit
The First World War was the first mechanised war. This advrtisement postcard reflects the rapid growth in motor vehicles during this period Date: 1915

Background imageGrowth Collection: Gordon Brown, Labour politician, giving a talk

Gordon Brown, Labour politician, giving a talk
Gordon 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Some Rejected Posters by John Hassall - Makes the Hair Grow

Some Rejected Posters by John Hassall - Makes the Hair Grow

Background imageGrowth Collection: Thanking the Last Post Buglers at the Menin Gate

Thanking the Last Post Buglers at the Menin Gate
The 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Outline of growth of the locomotive engine, 1841-1884

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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Outline of growth of the locomotive engine, 1771-1840

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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Group of people, possibly family members, including a man of restricted growth (dwarfism)

Group of people, possibly family members, including a man of restricted growth (dwarfism), 1920s. Date: 1920s

Background imageGrowth Collection: 1911 Census - John Bull being measured

1911 Census - John Bull being measured
Front cover of The Sphere, of John Bull being measured to see if his waist has grown from the decade before. Date: April 1911

Background imageGrowth Collection: GROWTH OF PRUSSIA / MAP

GROWTH OF PRUSSIA / MAP
The growth of Prussia between 1815 and 1866 Date: 1866

Background imageGrowth Collection: Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - A new town - street scene. Date: circa 1909

Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - A new town - street scene. Date: circa 1909

Background imageGrowth Collection: WW2 - Home Front - Girl Guide Rangers and Guiders doing forestry work in the West

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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Advert for Evans vacuum cap for growth of hair 1906

Advert for Evans vacuum cap for growth of hair 1906
Practical 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Advert for Koko hair tonic 1897

Advert for Koko hair tonic 1897
Unquestionably the best dressing for the hair. Prevents hair falling and promotes growth. 1897

Background imageGrowth Collection: Maison Lyons Corner House - Marble Arch, London - Interior

Maison Lyons Corner House - Marble Arch, London - Interior
Quote from The Kalevala (Kalewala) a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology

Background imageGrowth Collection: May. Goddess Maia

May. Goddess Maia
Maia, the Roman goddess of growth. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903

Background imageGrowth Collection: Sprouts of fern (fragment close-up) in mixed forest

Sprouts of fern (fragment close-up) in mixed forest, (Polypodiaceae spp). near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

Background imageGrowth Collection: Healthcare for children under five years 1947

Healthcare for children under five years 1947
If 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Lady Maud Hoare, wife of the Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare

Lady Maud Hoare, wife of the Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare
The 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1940

Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1940
A 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1928

Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1928
Cow & Gate formula, made of pure milk only

Background imageGrowth Collection: Which is the tallest, by Hilda Cowham

Which is the tallest, by Hilda Cowham
Two 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Happy Easter - Norwegian card

Happy Easter - Norwegian card, printed shortly after the German Surrender in WW2. Date: 1946

Background imageGrowth Collection: American wapiti (elk) in the New York Zoological Park

American wapiti (elk) in the New York Zoological Park
Postcard showing an American wapiti or elk with velvet antlers about two months growth in the New York Zoological Park. Date: circa 1920

Background imageGrowth Collection: X-Ray - Growth on Branch

X-Ray - Growth on Branch. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

Background imageGrowth Collection: Changes which marriage and children bring - Comic postcard

Changes which marriage and children bring - Comic postcard
Comic 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Hair on Back

Hair on Back
A lady with an abnormal growth of hair on her back Date: late 19th century

Background imageGrowth Collection: Page of a postwar leaflet about Germany

Page of a postwar leaflet about Germany
Page 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Bureaucratic staff in ministries in 1919

Bureaucratic staff in ministries in 1919
A diagram showing the inflation in temporary and female personnel in various Ministries in Westminster and Whitehall necessitated by the First World War

Background imageGrowth Collection: Sprouts of fern in mixed forest, typical

Sprouts of fern in mixed forest, typical (Polypodiaceae spp). near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

Background imageGrowth Collection: Sprouts of fern in mixed forest

Sprouts of fern in mixed forest (Polypodiaceae spp.). typical, near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

Background imageGrowth Collection: The Growth of Democracy, by Bairnsfather

The Growth of Democracy, by Bairnsfather
The 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Months of the year

Months of the year. August. Depicting Ceres who in Roman mythology embodied agriculture and growth. Date: circa 1903

Background imageGrowth Collection: The Tatcho Bomb by Heath Robinson

The Tatcho Bomb by Heath Robinson
In 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Growth of the big ship by G. H. Davis

Growth of the big ship by G. H. Davis
Growth of the big ship: examples now being built by the great naval powers

Background imageGrowth Collection: Growth of the US Navy by G. H. Davis

Growth of the US Navy by G. H. Davis
The 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Advert Mellins fresh milk for babies

Advert Mellins fresh milk for babies
Mellins food, fresh cows milk food infants, medical opinion places the superiority of fresh milk over dried milk foods beyond all question. Date: 1916

Background imageGrowth Collection: Tree growing in damaged stand at Manchester United

Tree growing in damaged stand at Manchester United
The 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Growth of big German liners by G. H. Davis

Growth of big German liners by G. H. Davis
The growth of the big German liners: how they are spreading into the great ocean passenger routes

Background imageGrowth Collection: Bringing home some jumbo spuds

Bringing home some jumbo spuds
A farmer brings home a splendid crop of giant potatoes.... Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGrowth Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home
Evacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s

Background imageGrowth Collection: Tree atop a chimney - Burlington Sugar Estate, Jamaica

Tree atop a chimney - Burlington Sugar Estate, Jamaica
Tree growing out of an old chimney on the Burlington Sugar Estate, Jamaica Date: circa 1910

Background imageGrowth Collection: The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton Girls School

The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton Girls School
The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton School - an Independent Girls school near Bristol

Background imageGrowth Collection: Chart shewing growth of racing speeds, 1895 to 1906

Chart shewing growth of racing speeds, 1895 to 1906 Date: circa 1906

Background imageGrowth Collection: Woodland animals

Woodland animals
Page 32 and 33 from Introducing Ecology Nature at Work

Background imageGrowth Collection: Marcasite

Marcasite comprises of (iron sulphide). It is similar in appearance to pyrite, but has a different structural composition

Background imageGrowth Collection: Raphanus spp. radish and Daucus carota, carrot

Raphanus spp. radish and Daucus carota, carrot
Watercolour of a radish with intertwined growth & carrot also intertwined by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Background imageGrowth Collection: Dendritic gold growth

Dendritic gold growth
Gold (Au) is an elemental metal. Dendritic or branching gold growth on a specimen from Hopes Nose, Devon, England, length 5cm

Background imageGrowth Collection: Adult gall wasp

Adult gall wasp
Gall 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Adult gall wasps

Adult gall wasps
Gall 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1942

Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1942
Ready for anything ! His mother took the best advice and gave her child the food that has won a supreme reputation all over the world

Background imageGrowth Collection: The British Empire at War: The growth between 1914 - 1916

The British Empire at War: The growth between 1914 - 1916
An Illustration attempting to reflect the growth of the British Army, Navy, overseas and the industrial forces, during the years 1914 - 1916

Background imageGrowth Collection: National Savings - Growth up to 1945

National Savings - Growth up to 1945
See how your Savings Certificates have grown already The healthy growth of value of National Savings plotted against a growing boy. Date: 1945

Background imageGrowth Collection: Ireland / Glengarriff

Ireland / Glengarriff
Glengariff, 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Weatherbeaten Hawthorne

Weatherbeaten Hawthorne
Gone 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Healthcare for children under five years 1948

Healthcare for children under five years 1948
Issued by the Ministry of Food, to make adults aware what food and drink to give their under fives, so they will grow healthy

Background imageGrowth Collection: Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growth

Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growth
The dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites

Background imageGrowth Collection: British Naval personnel, 1913

British Naval personnel, 1913
An 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Growth of the Worlds Dreadnoughts

Growth of the Worlds Dreadnoughts
The Dreadnought Fever visualised in The Sphere by diagrammatic illustrator, G. H

Background imageGrowth Collection: Surgery on a North African lady

Surgery on a North African lady
European surgeons operate on a North African lady. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageGrowth Collection: Population Postcard 1930

Population Postcard 1930
French postcard encouraging population growth - If France is to live, join the Alliance against depopulation... Date: 1930s

Background imageGrowth Collection: Market garden produce

Market garden produce
A selection of market vegetables including artichokes, displayed in baskets in front of greenhouses and vegetable plots

Background imageGrowth Collection: Alices Adventures Underground: Alice grows

Alices Adventures Underground: Alice grows
Alice 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Great Scot, Some Growth

Great Scot, Some Growth
A 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

Background imageGrowth Collection: Encouraging Marriage

Encouraging Marriage
Napoleon encourages population growth by presenting dowries to 28 happy couples at Notre Dame de Paris

Background imageGrowth Collection: Map / Europe / Germany 1866

Map / Europe / Germany 1866
The growth of Prussia between 1815 and 1866

Background imageGrowth Collection: Underground Harvesting

Underground Harvesting
Crops will be cultivated underground under ideal conditions, using chemicals to enable accelerated growth and so greatly enhance production

Background imageGrowth Collection: Advert / Hair Growth Cap

Advert / Hair Growth Cap
A remarkable invention for the culture of hair, the Evans Vacuum Cap promises a new healthy growth of hair or your money back

Background imageGrowth Collection: Sclerotium Clavus

Sclerotium Clavus
ERGOT of rye seed, a diseased transformation by a fungus, which can lead to poisoning by contaminated bread. Right : TILLETIA CARIES, another harmful growth



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