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Advert for International Fur Store 1907Selection of womens winter stoles and muffs. Date: 1907
Billingsgate Fish Market, London 1886Interior of the Billingsgate Fish Market in London. Traders viewing fish and porters bringing crates of fish, on their heads, into the market. Date: 1886
Early Morning in Covent Garden Market, London 1871Early morning scene at Covent Garden Market, London, 1871. Market porters carrying baskets full of fruit, vegetables and flowers into the market at the beginning of the day. Date: 1871
Jamaican export of bananas 1901Revival of trade with Jamaica, shipping bananas. As the bananas were brought on board, one of the ships hands seated beside the gangway
Jamaican export of bananas 1890sLoading unripe bananas on a ship for there long journey. Date: circa 1890s
OLD ENGLISH COINSOld (pre-Decimalisation) British coins (left to right): Top - penny, half penny, threepenny bit. Bottom - half crown, two shillings, one shilling, sixpence - heads. Date: 1960s
SAXON COINSA selection of Saxon coins, showing the heads of various kings. Date: 798 - 821
Fall - Westie - 1939Three Westie heads all owned by Miss De Berry. Date: 1939
HEADSMONTFYF GAY GIRL and CHAMPION MONTFYF GRITTER. Head studies. Owner:Duchess of Montrose Date: 1935
FALL / IRISH TERRIER / 1963The heads of two unnamed Irish Terriers - one is raising its head and barking. Date: 1963
FALL / ST. BERNARD / 1930ABBOTTS-PASS MACKBETH, ROMEO & BORIS. Heads of three panting dogs. Owner:Staines Date: 1930
BOYS HEADS TO BEDA young boy goes to bed with a candle. Date: 1905
FALL / GRIFFON / 2 HEADSTwo of Mrs Mitchells rough haired griffons. Head study. Date: 1933
FALL / GRIFFON / PAIRSEAGRY BALLARDER AND SEAGRY BARCAROLLE Two griffons owned by Cousens sitting together with their heads tilted. Date: 1949
FALL / GOLDEN RETRIEVERThe heads of three golden retrievers owned by Presant. Date: 1963
FALL / DACHSHUND / 1946A montage of dachshund heads, wire haired, smooth haired and long haired owned by Seton- Buckley. Date: 1946
FALL / BEDLINGTON / 1937The heads in profile of two Bedlington Terriers. Date: 1937
Whippets by Thomas Fall, 1954The heads of two whippets owned by Whitwell. Seagift Joystock Sharna and Seagift Sophia. Date: 1954
BOXER / PUPPIES IN BASKETA basket-full of boxer puppies with their adorable wrinkled heads. Date: 1948
BOXER / TWO HEADS / 1953Two unidentified boxer heads, slightly tilted. Date: 1953
Boxer - 3 Heads - 1937The heads of three boxers belonging to Mrs Sprigge. The one of the left with the cropped ears has been imported, the other two were bred in Britain. Date: 1937
GROUP OF MARKET TRADERSA group of market traders line up to have their photograph taken. Some carry wooden crates of produce on their heads. Date: 1920s
ALGERIAN TRADE CARAVANIn Algeria, the annual trading caravan heads north Date: 1903
TANTRUM IN A HAT SHOPA woman wearing a fox stole around her shoulders (complete with two heads) throws a tantrum in the middle of a hat shop - her partner has to explain to the shop assistant. Date: 1930s
MAORIS FIND REMAINSThe trade in human heads - Maoris find the heads of their relatives among the dealers wares on board his ship. Date: 1830
RELIGION / EGYPT / HAPYThe God of the annual Nile inundation : because there is both an Upper and a Lower Nile, he is often depicted in dual form, with aquatic plants on each of his heads
DANTE & VIRGIL IN HELL DANTE & VIRGIL IN HELLSinners stand in a frozen lake, with only the tops of their heads above the ice; the rest of their bodies are subjected to a permanent cold bath: Dante & Virgil look
CHINESE BEGGARS / MASOCHISStrolling Beggars in China placing burning coals on their heads and using other austerities Date: 1752
Daimler ShowroomThe Daimler Companys showrooms in Pall Mall, London; George V was just one of the crowned heads to favour a Daimler Date: 1912
Devil dancing with worshippers at SabbatThe Devil dances with four of his worshippers, while demons cavort over their heads Date: circa 1600
Food and drink: diners and their sayingsThe habits and sayings of various eaters. Date: 19th Century
Anaesthesis of a patient before a medical operation 1888Anaesthesising a patient before an operation-note the bare heads and primitive equipment. Date: 1888
Strolling beggars in China knocking their heads together and on a stone in order to extort alms. Date: 1737
Strolling beggars in China with burning coalsStrolling beggars in China laying burning coals on their heads and using other austerities in order to extort alms. Date: 1752
St Dunstans clockThe clock at St Dunstan-in-the-West is one of the oldest in London. Installed just after the Great Fire of London in 1671, it was the first clock in London to have a minute hand
Traditional flower sellers in Madeira, Portugal. Date: circa 1930s
Name Postcard - Bessie. Date: circa 1907
Young Austrian Girl with flowers in her hair - The (very faint) German inscription at th base reads: Happy Birthday. Date: 1917
The contents of a halal butchers shop in Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia. A beasts head hangs up along with tripe. Sheeps heads and feet lie on a table. Date: 1987
A Line-Drawing of Thomas Walkers First Design for a Fly?A Line-Drawing of Thomas Walkers First Design for a Flying Machine in 1810 with a Birds Head Mounted at the Front Date: 1810
Line-Drawing of Thomas Walkers First Design for a Flyin?Line-Drawing of Thomas Walkers First Design for a Flying Machine in 1810 with a Birds Head Mounted at the Front Date: 1810
The heads of two women by Utamaro KitagawaThe heads of two women - print by Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1805). Date: circa 1790s
Heads of different indigenous peoples from around the world. Date: circa 1900s
The heads of Four Middle Eastern Men Date: circa 1821
A pretty girl adjusts her shoe on a bollard"...now the Boys away!" pretty girl adjusting her shoe on a bollard (revealing bright blue stockings and a frilly petticoat) as she heads out for a night on the town.... Date: 1910
Arabic map of Middle East with heads of state, WW2Arabic map of Middle East with heads of state during the Second World War. 1940s
Zmey Goynych (Slavic Three-headed dragon)Reproduction of a painting by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin depicting the Zmey Goynych (Slavic three-headed dragon). The Russian version (pictured) has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws
Earliest known carved heads in Syria, at Tell BrakThe earliest known carved heads in Syria, found at Tell Brak. This page from the Illustrated London News in May 1939, reporting on excavations at Brak