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Comic postcard, Mother and son in department store Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Drunken man in the street, hanging onto a belisha beacon, seeing triple and feeling ill Date: 20th century
Two hanging baskets on a Christmas and New Year cardTwo hanging baskets with flowers and foliage on a Christmas and New Year card, with a white tassel. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Fire Drill! Date: 1930s
Butchers Shop of J G Randall of Muswell Hill Road, London. Date: circa 1905
Graham and Withers butchers shop, Bromley, KentArthur Graham and Albert William Withers, butchers shop, 80 College Road, Bromley, Kent -- an amazing array of meat and poultry, with shop owners and assistants standing ready to serve
Joe Kings Rathskeller, New York City, USAJoe Kings Rathskeller, 17th Street and 3rd Avenue, New York City, USA -- a retro-style restaurant serving old-fashioned German-American-Irish food. Date: circa 1950s
Exhibition image large inflatable ladies legs. Image taken outside MOMA New York, of inflatable ladies legs with high heel shoes hanging from the roof of the building. Date: Early 1980s
Soho, London - 61 Old Compton Street W1 - Camisa and Son Italian Delicatessen. 1973
Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns - one used as a signMaking Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns and an example of one being used as a sign. Date: circa 1930s
Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Melon Seller. Date: circa 1905
Votive crown of Recceswinth, found in the treasure of GuarraVotive crown of the Visigoth king Recceswinth, made of gold and precious stones in the 2nd half of the 7th century. Treasure of Guarrazar. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain
Hanging Sleeves 1930SA gown somewhat mediaeval in style with a deep V neckline, slender trained skirt & hanging sleeves worn with a belt composed of two rows of silver beads. Date: 1930s
Italian Costumes C15ThItalian costume: gown with hanging sleeves & laced across the kirtle bodice; gown with large sleeves ornamented with bows. Man: fur-trimmed jacket & sleeveless, hooded garment. Date: 15th century
Costume of C15ThClothing includes: a houppelande with hanging sleeves, pouch hanging from a belt; plumed fur hat worn over an undercap; high buskins & a cape, cote-hardie, piked shoes Date: 15th century
Burgundian Dress 1470Short jacket or jerkin with hanging sleeves & collar worn over a doublet, hose & piked boots (cracowes), jerkin with a heraldic eagle worn over armour, fur hat with feather. Date: 1470
Young man on a fruit stall in outdoor market, EcclesA young man works on a fruit stall in the Eccles outdoor market. Date: circa 1977
Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Judas, WW1Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Judas, both seen as betrayers. Judas hanged himself in remorse after betraying Christ, and he now offers Ferdinand a rope for him to do the same. Date: 1915
Group of children at a gate, Balham, SW LondonGroup of children standing round a wrought iron gate in front of a house on a Balham street, SW London. They are all smiling and looking at something interesting, perhaps in a window
Olive Baboons - Playing on a tree (Papio anubis). Ruaha National Park - Tanzania - Africa
Adult male of Proboscis monkey doses in early morningProboscis monkey - adult male doses in early morning, hanging to a tree (Nasalis larvatus). near Kinabatangan river; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June
Fruit Bats / Common Flying / Large Flying Fox - Hanging from tree, with baby (Pteropus vampyrus). Vietnam. Distribution: S. Burma - Java, Philippines, Borneo, Timor. The largest Bat in the world
WW1 Recruitment PosterCome Now - Your arms, uniform and accoutrements are ready waiting for you (quotation from Lord Kitchener at the Guildhall, July 1915) - Be honest with yourself
Fire in London Underground train near Holland ParkFire in a London Underground train near Holland Park Station, 28 July 1958. General view of the fire-damaged rear section of the first carriage
Butchers shop in Henley-on-ThamesTypical display of meat outside butchers shop in Henley-on-Thames, probably taken in the 1920 s. This shop is still trading in 2013 and under its original name. Date: 1920s
Regional music: the king, a chinese instrumentA Chinese percussion instrument: the king, a hanging rack of square bells, similar to the Bianqing
Gathering headsail on board Hamburg at Cowes, IOWGathering a headsail on board the yacht Hamburg during the Regatta at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Formerly known as the Westward, this American schooner belonged to a syndicate of German yachtsmen
Kissing a young maidA man leans in to kiss the neck of a young maid; she seems quite happy to be distracted from her ironing. Date: 1885
Mrs. Letitia Sage, first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloonThe Parachute or a Sage Ladys Second Experiment. A rather saucy 18th century cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson which depicts Mrs. Letitia Sage, the first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloon. Date: 1785
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wetBlack Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904
Southern Africa Witch DoctorA fantastic portrait of a Southern African Witch Doctor with fur hat and various charms and amulets hanging around his neck. Date: circa 1910s
Jubilee Stamp room, North Bersted, Bognor Regis, West SussexThe stamp room at The Rising Sun Pub, North Bersted, Bognor Regis. Eventually, in the 1920s, the collector and publican Richard Sharpe retired
Vietnamese Silk Weaver - LoomVietnam - Spinning silk thread on a wheel and weaving the tread on a loom. Date: 1910s
A Sydney Larrikin. Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety
Shinbone Alley, St. Georges, BermudaShinbone Alley, St. George s, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s
Anthracoceros albirostris convexus, Oriental pied hornbillPlate 39, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Norway - Hay-Drying on racksHay-Drying on racks in Norway. Date: circa 1910s
Kislovodsk - Russia - a humourous cardA humourous card depicting an unlucky airship passenger dangling rather precariously over the mountains near Kislovodsk, Russia, suspended only by his jacket and the strength of the anchor rope
Three acrobats doing balancing act on a high wireThree acrobats doing a balancing act on a high wire in the open air
Lourdes - The Basillica and the GrottoA composite postcard (unusual) depicting the Rosary Basilica of the Sanctuary of our Lady at Lourdes (top) and the Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Grotto
Opossum Mouse 19COpossum Mouse with its babies on its back, hanging on by their tails
Susi - on a fallen tree trunk, hanging onto a branch. 1950s
Susi - with her nose inside a mug, hanging from a shelf. 1950s
New Quay Inn, New Quay Lane, Brixham, Devon. Date: circa 1920s
Tabby kitten and deckchairUnusual Friends - tabby kitten hanging off the corner of a deckchair. 1950s
Bulldog and kitten with boneUnusual Friends - Bulldog and kitten with bone. 1950s
Tabby kitten with string of sausagesUnusual Friends - tabby kitten with string of sausages. 1950s