Hard Collection (page 4)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hit him hard! President McKinley - Mosquitoes seem to be worse here in the Philippines than they were in Cuba. William McKinley about to swat insurgent Aguinaldo, a mosquito

Silhouette of horse and rider, possibly out foxhunting

Highwaymen punished
A new plan is proposed fo the punishment of highwaymen by hard labour on the roads. Date: 18th Century

Advert / Bulldog Cigars
Bulldog Cigars: Hard to Beat Date: circa 1900

Queen Elizabeth II visiting the Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall

Convicts being searched, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows prison officers searching convicts on their return from work

Quarries, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows small groups of men cutting stone by hand while prison

Black Ahmed - Champion Wrestler
Black Ahmed (Cara Achmed) - a champion wrestler from Constantinople, wearing a champions sash and bearing the medals of his victories with pride

In the galley of the Emigrant Ship Indus, 1872
Engraving showing the ships cook hard at work in the galley of the emigrant ship Indus, during the passage from Britain to Australia, 1872

Watch Repair
A suited man concentrates very hard as he fixes a wrist watch

Children in donkey derby, Eastbourne, Sussex
Children taking part in a donkey derby at Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: 1960s

Boys with a pony at a street party. circa 1970s

Chimney demolition at Hayle, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Forth Road Bridge over Firth of Forth, Scotland
Forth Road Bridge under construction over the Firth of Forth, Scotland -- it opened in 1964. Date: early 1960s

Pony class winner at the Royal Cornwall Show
Pony class winner with trophy at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show. The Show takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

France - Brittany - The Emerald Coast - Saint-Briac - Jetty Date: 1911

Waiting for the tennis courts to dry
The Botanical Hard Court tennis tournament is postponed due to torrential rain. 1927

Communist China - shipbuilding yard workers and technicians with plan, working together to raise standards during the Cultural Revolution era. circa 1960s

Parmesan Cheese - Advertorial Trade Postcard for Ditta Pelagatti - Parma featuring a large wheel of Parmesan hiding a tiny mouse, for now escaping the attention of an interested white cat

Egrot apparatus. Alcohol destillation. Exposition of Paris
Egrot apparatus. Alcohol destillation. Gold medal. Exposition of Paris, 1878. Engraving by Victor Rose. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1897. Colored

Myanmar - Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagon
Myanmar - Strand Road, Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagon. Date: 1928

Outward bound school, Devon
Two boys and a teacher preparing for rock climbing at an outward bound school in Devon. Date: 1960

Brewery Hanover. Germany. Colored engraving by Etienne. El Panorama, 1867

Early woman police sergeant, London
An early (possibly the first) woman police sergeant in London, wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in 1919. The tunic was single-breasted with six metal buttons down the front

Woman police officer helmet, Stanley uniform, London
Aerial view of an early Metropolitan Police female officers helmet, part of the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919. The helmet was made of cork and hard felt, with a large badge on the front

Superintendent Stanley and three women police officers
Superintendent Sophia Stanley (served 1918-1922, seated), the first Superintendent of Women Police, and three women police officers (left to right: Elinor J Robertson, served 1919-1922)

Woman police officer in new Stanley Uniform
Woman police officer in the new Stanley Uniform, introduced in 1919, and named after the first Superintendent of Women Police, Sophia Stanley

Kastur Ba Gandhi
KASTUR BA GANDHI, his long- suffering wife, arrested often for nationalist activities, sometimes with hard labour : married at age 10, she later shared his celibacy. Date: 1872 - 1944

James Elroy Flecker
JAMES ELROY FLECKER Portraits of the author of Hassan are hard to come by, but this photo of him as a student at Cambridge is (just) better than nothing. Date: 1884 - 1915

Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi. A man tries to attract the attention of a cabbie in a Paris street. He comments that it was hard enough trying to stop the Boche for four years

Man Hard of Hearing / 1881
Illustration showing how our sensory faculties deteriorate with age: in this case, our hearing Date: 1881

Saint Julienne
SAINT JULIENNE du Mont- Cornillon (near Liege) Flemish religious who, after a revelation, worked hard to promote the feast of the Holy Sacrament in the Church Date: 1193 - 1258

Reginald Corbet
REGINALD CORBET Foxhunter: " To the manner born" Date: -

Mrs Fletcher on Trial
Susie (Willis) Fletcher is found guilty of obtaining the property of Mrs Hart Davies by spiritualistic fraud, and is sentenced to twelve months hard labour Date: January 1881

Dance of the Hard Pressed, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

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