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Ukiyo-e beauty, half-length studio portrait of a woman, facing slightly right. Date ca. 1877
Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, half-length, facing front. Date c1865
The better half. Illustration shows the head of a young man with a full head of hair (The Better Half) and when inverted, shows the head of an old man with a large beard (The Other Half)
Hartman Richter, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Date photographed 1865, printed later
Advert for Vani-Tred shoes 1941Heavenly walking. Advertisement for Vani-Tred shoes, soft, billowy zephyr when you walk, you simply can t come down to earth with a bump; the hidden feature in Vani-Tred constrruction distributes
National Guard half pounds. Manufactured by Baker Pleasants & Frayser, Richmond, Virginia. Tobacco label showing three officers of the New York State Militia wearing shakos. Date c1857
Samuel Clemens, half-length portrait, standing at end of pool table. Date c1908 Jan. 11
Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. Date between 1880 and 1886
Half a century of American art The Art Institute of Chicago - Nov. 16, 1939 to Jan. 7, 1940. Poster for art exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Date 1939
Pacing horse Billy Boyce of St. Louis: as he appeared at Buffalo N.Y. Aug 1st 1868 pacing the last half mile in the second heat in 1 minute 5 1/4 seconds
Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated by window, facing left. Date 1891, copied later
John Wilkes Booth, half-length portrait, facing left and holding a cane. Date between 1860 and 1865
Eli Whitney, half-length portrait, facing slightly left
Closeup view of the Wright brothers tent at Kitty Hawk, a half mile from Captain Tates home. Date 1900
Orville Wright before he grew a mustache, side view facing right, half length. Date 1897
Francis Wilson under the management of AH Canby in the comic opera, Half a king. Date c1896
Marcus Miller and family in shack that he built himself. Spencer, Iowa. This is half the house. Miller is a hired hand who has managed to save enough to make a part payment on seven
Half length image of bearded tramp in hat, touching finger to nose with full length image of same tramp to the left. Date c1890
Tom Tate, son of Captain Tates half-brother Daniel Tate, posing with a drum fish in front of 1900 Wright glider. Date 1900
Wilbur Wright, age 30, seated facing right, half-length side view. Date 1897
George Foster Peabody, half-length portrait, sitting, facing front, with hands on lap. Date c1907 March 11
Paraguay - Asuncion - French Embassy. Stamped with a famous Paraguayan bisect. When the Post Office ran out of stamps, they would cut a stamp of a higher value in half
A Kiss in the DarkMischievous Conductor, Dark Tunnel, through in half an hour! Scene: When the Train struck the light in just 3 minutes. Couple kissing on a railway train with a cheeky joke twist Date: 1881
The Great International Boat Race on the River ThamesThe Great International Boat Race August 27th 1869. Between Oxford and Harvard on the River Thames near London 4 miles 2 furlongs. Won by the Oxfords by a half length clear water. Time 22 min
A Flutter in the Boudoir by A. K. Macdonald. An elegant late 18th century lady wearing the tiniest of outfits is warned of the imminent arrival of a youthful-looking male suitor
Ullswater SteamerA scene on Ullswater, Lake District, Cumbria, England, showing one of the steamers which travel up and down its seven and a half mile length. Date: 1960s
Tudor HousesMill Street, Warwick, with a row of Tudor half-timbered houses, a glimpse of Shakespeares England. Date: 16th century
Alcester Town HallThe fine half-timbered Town Hall at Alcester, Warwickshire, England. Date: 17th century
Entrance to St. Bartholomew-the-Great, LondonThe Gatehouse. The Tudor entrance to St. Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield, London Date: circa 1930s
Samurai Armour - JapanA Japanese man wearing full Samurai Armour and holding his katana sword, surrounded by the military kit of a member of the Samurai order, including longbow (yumi) and arrows, saddle, travelling case
Priest=Vicars BuildingThe fine old half-timbered building of the Priest-Vicars at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Date: mid 14th century
Saffron Walden - Old Houses on Church StreetSaffron Walden, Essex - Old Houses on Church Street Date: circa 1910s
Austrian Peasant GamePeasant men of the South Tyrol, Austria, playing a traditional game around a table. The aim is to grab the opponents finger over the half way line on the table! Date: 1930s
Tudor SummerhouseThis Tudor summerhouse, in Soho Square, London, disguises a ventilation shaft from the underground railway tube station! London, England. Date: 16th century
Staple Inn, HolbornThe half-timbered structure of Staple Inn in Holborn, one of the few surviving Tudor buildings in central London. Dating from 1581, it was formerly an Inn of Chancery. Date: 16th century
Beeleigh Abbey, near Maldon, Essex, England. The building dates back to the late 12th century, although the 13th century Chapter House is the chief remaining relic. Date: late 12th century
Pevensey Mint HouseYe Olde Mint House, Pevensey, Sussex, England, was erected in 1342 on the site of a Norman mint reputed to have been establised c. 1076. Date: 14th century
Half-Timbered GatewayA black and white half- timbered courtyard gateway at Canterbury, Kent, England. Date: 16th century
Deep Thatched CottagesDeep thatched cottages at Wherwell, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s
BECKETTs COTTAGESAncient cottages at West Tarring, Sussex, England. These are known as Becketts Cottages, because Thomas-a- Beckett was born in this village. Date: 1930s
Tudor House MuseumThe Tudor House Museum, Southampton, England. Built in the 1530s. Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I are all reputed to have stayed here. Date: 15th century
Rowleys House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is a combination of an early 17th century mansion and a warehouse and has been a museum since the 1930s. Date: early 17th century
Irby Old Hall, a typical Cheshire farmhouse, England. Date: 1950s
England / Rye 1939This beautiful half-timbered building in Mermaid Lane, Rye, Sussex, England, is the Old Hospital. A true gem of Old England which has slumbered throughout the centuries. Date: 1939
Ledbury Market HallThe fine old Market Hall at Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. It was built in 1663 by John Abel, who then held the office of the Kings (Charles II) Carpenter. Date: 17th century
Tudor SchoolhouseA winter view of the old School House at Arley, Cheshire, England, a fine black and white half-timbered building. Date: 16th century
HALL I TH WOODHall i th Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, England. Once the home of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule (1779), which revolutionised the cotton industry. Date: 15th century
KINGs HEAD, CHIGWELLThe Kings Head inn, Chigwell, Essex, made famous by Charles Dickens, as the Maypole in his novel Barnaby Rudge (1841). Date: 17th century