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Background imageHard Collection: Fishermen with nets, St Abb s

Fishermen with nets, St Abb s
Four strong young fishermen haul fishing nets ashore in the harbour at St Abbs, Scotland Date: 1990

Background imageHard Collection: Fisherman Eyemouth

Fisherman Eyemouth
a fisherman hauls his nets from his boat onto the quayside at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1988

Background imageHard Collection: The Northwestern High School Basketball Team 1913-1914

The Northwestern High School Basketball Team 1913-1914. Date: circa 1914

Background imageHard Collection: Lancashire engineering factory workers

Lancashire engineering factory workers including a very young apprentice (front centre). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHard Collection: Cream jug

Cream jug made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground, part of a tea service thought to date c.1880

Background imageHard Collection: Tea cup

Tea cup made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground, part of a tea service thought to date c.1880

Background imageHard Collection: Plate

Plate made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground, part of a tea service thought to date c.1880

Background imageHard Collection: Side plate

Side plate made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground

Background imageHard Collection: Sugar bowl

Sugar bowl made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground

Background imageHard Collection: Queen Elizabeth II visiting Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall

Queen Elizabeth II visiting Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall
Queen Elizabeth II visiting the Geevor Tin Mine at Pendeen, Cornwall, to see the Victory Shaft development, 28 November 1980. Date: 1980

Background imageHard Collection: Five people hung on gallows - China?

Five people hung on gallows - China?
Hand coloured. Five people who have been blindfolded and hung on a complex gallow structure. It is hard to make out but the people look as though they may be African

Background imageHard Collection: Suffragette Arson Rivington Pike

Suffragette Arson Rivington Pike. The ruins of the bungalow built by William Hesketh Lever, the industrialist and soap magnate, at Rivington Pike, near Bolton

Background imageHard Collection: Tolypeutes tricinctus, Brazilian three-banded armadillo

Tolypeutes tricinctus, Brazilian three-banded armadillo
Specimen from The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageHard Collection: Chelodina longicollis, eastern long-necked turtle

Chelodina longicollis, eastern long-necked turtle
Lithograph by Edward Lear of drawing by James de Carle Sowerby. Plate from Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles, drawn from life (1872)

Background imageHard Collection: House in Courseulles where King George VI stayed

House in Courseulles where King George VI stayed
There is a small hard to read Memorial Plaque above the central door. The King stayed here on 16 June 1944 much against the wishes of most senior military figures who were concerned for his safety

Background imageHard Collection: Tennis in Johannesburg

Tennis in Johannesburg
The Wimbledon of Johannesburg - a crowd of spectators watching a match on a hard court in South Africa. Date: 1929

Background imageHard Collection: Alex Aberg - Estonian Wrestler

Alex Aberg - Estonian Wrestler
Aleksander Richard Aberg (1881-1920) - Russian-Estonian professional Greco-Roman and free-style wrestling world champion of the early 20th century. Date: circa 1910

Background imageHard Collection: Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Muse

Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Muse
History. Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Background imageHard Collection: Rock climbing at Bosigran, Cornwall

Rock climbing at Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageHard Collection: WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?

WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?
Child: " And is the War really over, Daddy? Father: " Practically, My Boy." Child: " Then may I ask you a question about it which I couldn t ask till it WAS over

Background imageHard Collection: Sunlight Soap advertisement, 1903

Sunlight Soap advertisement, 1903
Advertisement for Sunlight soap, manufactured by Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight. This particular advert emphasises the appliance of science to ensure its cleansing capabilities - a picture of an

Background imageHard Collection: Cretaceous chalk seafloor

Cretaceous chalk seafloor
An artists impression of a Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) hard chalk seafloor, where an ammonite floats above crinoids, sea urchins, brachiopods, molluscs, and a lobster

Background imageHard Collection: Diamond crystal

Diamond crystal
Natural diamond crystal in Kimberlite from Kimberley, South Africa. Kimberlite is the rock in which diamonds occur. The rock was named after the the South African site, Kimberley

Background imageHard Collection: LCC-LFB Merryweather Hatfield pump at Southwark HQ

LCC-LFB Merryweather Hatfield pump at Southwark HQ
A chain-driven Hatfield type pump at LFB Southwark headquarters. Note the connected hard suction hose to the rear mounted pump



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