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Background imageGuinea Collection: Black Dyke Mills Band

Black Dyke Mills Band
Representatives from the Black Dyke Mills Band proudly showing off their National Championship, Crystal Palace, 1000 Guinea Trophy won on 29th September 1928. Their conductor was William Halliwell

Background imageGuinea Collection: Map / East India Islands

Map / East India Islands
Map of the East India Islands, including Borneo, the Celebes, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines

Background imageGuinea Collection: Crested Guinea Fowl

Crested Guinea Fowl
BLACK-COLLARED CRESTED GUINEA- FOWL guttera cristata

Background imageGuinea Collection: Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, and capybara

Guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, and capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Background imageGuinea Collection: PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1895

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1895
Papua New Guinea: village scene in the north-east of the island Date: 1895

Background imageGuinea Collection: The landing of Nuno Tristao in Guinea

The landing of Nuno Tristao in Guinea
Portuguese Colonial History Series - The landing of Nuno Tristao (15th century Portuguese explorer and slave trader) in Guinea - purported to be the first European visitor to the country

Background imageGuinea Collection: Map of Malaysia 1908

Map of Malaysia 1908
A map showing all the islands that make up Malaysia Date: 1908

Background imageGuinea Collection: Papua New Guinea - Elevara Mission and L. M.s Mission

Papua New Guinea - Elevara Mission and L. M.s Mission
Papua New Guinea - Elevara Village and the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans

Background imageGuinea Collection: The Man Who Bid Half-A-Guinea At Tattersall s, by H. M. Bat

The Man Who Bid Half-A-Guinea At Tattersall s, by H. M. Bat
A humorous illustration showing a man who has caused havoc at the races. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Background imageGuinea Collection: Easter Custom

Easter Custom
Every Easter Eve, choirboys sing a hymn over the grave of William Hulbard, who left a guinea to the Parish Choir when he died. c. 1806, St. Mary in Arden Church, England

Background imageGuinea Collection: Victorian Greeting Card - Dining Guinea-Pigs

Victorian Greeting Card - Dining Guinea-Pigs
Mother guinea-pig about to feed 4 young guinea-pigs at the dining table. Date: circa 1890

Background imageGuinea Collection: Guinea baboon, Papio papio

Guinea baboon, Papio papio. Petit papion. Copperplate engraving by Baron after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffons Histoire Naturelle, Imprimerie Royale

Background imageGuinea Collection: Guinea fowl

Guinea fowl and young. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Background imageGuinea Collection: Covent Garden Advert

Covent Garden Advert
A stall at Covent Garden would cost you a guinea in the 1880s, (say x 100 today) showing that opera-going has always been an expensive, elitist affair. Date: circa 1880

Background imageGuinea Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Fennec Foxes

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Fennec Foxes (New Guinea). Date: 1933

Background imageGuinea Collection: Poster advertising the Orient Line

Poster advertising the Orient Line
Poster advertising Orient Line cruises to Norway, 13 days from 20 guineas

Background imageGuinea Collection: Volcano Seen 1700

Volcano Seen 1700
Volcano in the Bismarck Archipelago, off New Guinea, seen by English navigator William Dampier and his crew

Background imageGuinea Collection: HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class

HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class
Royal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter

Background imageGuinea Collection: Victorian Greeting Card - Hungry Guinea-Pigs

Victorian Greeting Card - Hungry Guinea-Pigs
Mother guinea-pig carring a bowl of food being chased by three young guinea-pigs. Date: circa 1890

Background imageGuinea Collection: Diola Man from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa - at a Festival

Diola Man from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa - at a Festival Date: circa 1907

Background imageGuinea Collection: Guinea, Africa - A Susu Girl

Guinea, Africa - A Susu Girl
A girl of the Susu tribe (Soussou) in Guinea, West Africa. The Susu are a major Mande ethnic group and are descendants of the thirteenth century Mali Empire. Date: 1910

Background imageGuinea Collection: Ufos / Gill / New Guinea

Ufos / Gill / New Guinea
At Boianai, Papua New Guinea, missionary William Gill and 37 others see a hovering saucer whose occupants wave to them : it returns the next night

Background imageGuinea Collection: Ufos / Papua, New Guinea

Ufos / Papua, New Guinea
Missionary William Gill and 37 natives see a disc with waving occupants, which hovers over the mission two nights running

Background imageGuinea Collection: Plants From New Guinea and Australia

Plants From New Guinea and Australia

Background imageGuinea Collection: Birds of Paradise and Guinea Fowl

Birds of Paradise and Guinea Fowl

Background imageGuinea Collection: Guinea, Benin and Sierra Leone

Guinea, Benin and Sierra Leone

Background imageGuinea Collection: Treehouse, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Treehouse, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Background imageGuinea Collection: Preaching Christianity in Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Preaching Christianity in Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Background imageGuinea Collection: Tribal headdress, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Tribal headdress, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Background imageGuinea Collection: Women dress making in Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Women dress making in Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Background imageGuinea Collection: Nurse weighing a baby, Christian Missionary, Port Moresby

Nurse weighing a baby, Christian Missionary, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Background imageGuinea Collection: A Mission Hospital, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

A Mission Hospital, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Victorian period

Background imageGuinea Collection: Patients at a Mission Hospital, Port Moresby, PNG

Patients at a Mission Hospital, Port Moresby, PNG
Patients at a Mission Hospital, Port Moresby, Papua new Guinea, Victorian period

Background imageGuinea Collection: Tugan LJW. 7A Gannet VH-UXE

Tugan LJW. 7A Gannet VH-UXE
Tugan LJW7 Gannet VH-UXE (msn TA.56), also known later as the Wackett Gannet after its designer Lawrence Wackett, was a small twin-engined airliner built by Tugan Aircraft in Australia in the 1930s

Background imageGuinea Collection: A House in New Guinea

A House in New Guinea. Date: circa 1903

Background imageGuinea Collection: Hotel Papua at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Hotel Papua at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Hotel Papua at Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea - a local policeman directing the traffic beneath a large clock. Date: 1961

Background imageGuinea Collection: Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Sao Tome

Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Sao Tome
History of Africa. 19th century. Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Saint Thome. Alvaro Caminha founded the colony of Sao Tome in 1493. Engraving

Background imageGuinea Collection: General Douglas MacArthur

General Douglas MacArthur enjoying a cup of tea in New Guinea on 23 November 1942, with General sir Thomas Blamey, the Commander of Australian Land Forces. Date: 1942

Background imageGuinea Collection: Venerated Wooden Figure

Venerated Wooden Figure
A tribal wooden statue of a figure whom is held with high regard among the natives of Fise Bay, British New Guinea, he is seen, huddled tightly on the spot, with tribal design covering his body

Background imageGuinea Collection: Skull Face Masks

Skull Face Masks
A pair of tribal skull face masks from New Britain, an island in Papua New Guinea, each with a variation of intimidating red design, and a husky beard. Date: circa 1924

Background imageGuinea Collection: Wooden Maskoids

Wooden Maskoids
A display of four wooden tribal masks from New Guinea, an island in Australia, each of them bearing an intimidating expression. Date: circa 1924

Background imageGuinea Collection: Coloured Wooden Maskoids

Coloured Wooden Maskoids
This photograph shows a selection of three coloured wooden masks from New Guinea, similar in style, but different in shape, with curving lines swathing the facial contours. Date: circa 1924

Background imageGuinea Collection: Coloured Wooden Mask

Coloured Wooden Mask
A coloured wooden mask from New Guinea, with tribal smiked designs bordering the eyes and chin. Date: circa 1924

Background imageGuinea Collection: Queue of women for shoefitting xray machine, at Messrs Babers, Oxford Street, London

Queue of women for shoefitting xray machine, at Messrs Babers, Oxford Street, London. Captioned, Our twenty first birthday Gifts and Recipients and A Symphony in Shoes'

Background imageGuinea Collection: Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II P2-PNG

Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II P2-PNG (msn 103), of the Government of Papua New Guinea, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1982

Background imageGuinea Collection: Grumman Gulfstream II P2-PNG

Grumman Gulfstream II P2-PNG
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II P2-PNG (msn 103), the Government of Papua New Guinea. Date: circa 1982

Background imageGuinea Collection: All the animals whose pelts were favoured by the fashion industry in 1908. 1. American Wolf, 2

All the animals whose pelts were favoured by the fashion industry in 1908. 1. American Wolf, 2. Brown Bear, 3. Skunk, 4. Canadian Wolf, 5. Coyote, 6. Grey Squirrel, 7. Common Squirrel, 8

Background imageGuinea Collection: PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA A tribe meets to discuss the death of their sacred bird, the blue Bird of Paradise Date: 1930s



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