Historical Collection (page 14)

Battle of Bannockburn
The Scottish army led by Robert the Bruce defeats the invading English army of Edward II

Married Dachshunds
Dachshunds in Bed a Marriage of Love

Morzine, France
Morzine, Savoie, France Date: 1920s

Various shoemaking tools
Various tools used by a shoemaker or cobbler, including scissors, pliers, hammers, a skewer, a ruler and strong thread

Upper Street, Islington, London
The top end of Upper Street, next to the Highbury and Islington roundabout. The Cock Tavern (still there) is on the right and a horse tram is heading south toward the Angel

A Selection of Fish
An assortment of fish: 1. sharp-nosed eel, 2. blunt-nosed eel, 3. burbot, 4. lamprey, 5. lampern, 6. chub, 7. perch, 8. roach, 9. bream, 10. rudd, 11. Prussian carp, 12. Crucian carp, 13. tench, 14

Salvation Army / Wwi
World War I poster requesting the public to donate food and supplies to the Salvation Army who will distribute to soldiers fighting in France

The Pipes Of Pan, by Elsie Harding
Colour illustration showing a dream-like scene of a piper playing for a beautiful lady with butterfly wings

Edmund Hillary & Tensing
Sir Edmund Hillary with Tenzing Norgay after their successful attempt to scale Mount Everest in Nepal on 29th May 1953. The legendary mountaineer died in January 2008

Champagne Poster
Poster for Chauvet champagne

Thomas Cochrane / Dundonal
THOMAS COCHRANE 10TH EARL OF DUNDONALD British naval commander pictured with a telescope

Diagram of Pork Cuts
Diagram of pork cuts

Portobello Market / 1960S
Browsing the stalls at Portobello Road market

Sir Donald Bradman Unquestionably the greatest batsman ever to play Test cricket. Averaged an amazing 99.94 runs for Australia

Barrister in Full Swing
An advocate in full swing in the courtroom. He gets so carried away that his spectacles fall off

Advert / Verdi Opera 1953
Verdi Festival at Verona, in the course of which we shall watch performances of Aida, Il Trovatore and La Forza del Destino

lightning Sailing Ship
Clipper under full sail

The Lords Prayer
From the Gospel of Matthew, chapter vi, verses 3 - 13

England / Blenheim Palace
The seat of the duke of Marlborough

Tesla Coil - Twain
TESLAs COIL Author Mark Twain holds a loop over a resonating coil : high- tension current passes through his body before it brings the lamps to incandescence

Tour De France Bartali
Italian champion Gino Bartali is applauded by spectators from his own country

Crystal Palace Aerial
Aerial view of the Crystal Palace in its glory, surrounded by 200 acres of gardens and recreation facilities

Gipsies and Caravan / 30S
Gypsies stand outside their caravans in a corner of the huge gypsy camp near Grantham, Lincolnshire

Map of Caribbean
The Caribbean, with the West Indies, and the coasts of the United States and the Spanish possessions which later became Texas and Mexico, and the northern coast of S. America

Broughty Ferry
The harbour seen from the Castle; a neat little steamer is moored at the quay. Date: circa 1900

Joseph Grimaldi Clown
JOSEPH GRIMALDI 1778 - 1837 As a clown in the pantomime of Mother Goose. " Sir, I ll just trouble you with a line"

Red Admiral Butterfly
The RED ADMIRAL and other English butterflies

Giordano Bruno Burns
GIORDANO BRUNO Italian philosopher, arrested by the Inquisition and burnt at the stake in Rome for scientific heresy, 17 February 1600

London Pride & Gold. Rod
SAXIFRAGA URBIUM (LONDON PRIDE) and SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA (GOLDEN ROD) depicted with various butterflies

England / Mudeford 1940S
Narrowing down from the harbour, the River Avon passes through The Race at Mudeford, Dorset, England and then goes on to the sea

Chicago World Fair 1893
View from the air of the Chicago World Fair

Giovanni Bottesini
Italian bass-player

Flags of Royal Navy
Some of the signal flags of Royal Navy including the Royal Standard, White Ensign, Union Jack

Sidney Sussex College
A bird s-eye view of the college showing the chapel, dining hall, library, the Deans lodgings & gardens, the kitchen & formal gardens. N.B ball game being played

Liverpool Docks
The Princes Half-tide Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, showing a steam ship pulling an industrial barge

Transport / Canals / Panama
Transport/Canals/Panama

Lloyd George / Vanity Fair
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE British politician

Frederic Chopin / Etude
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his C minor Etude

Angels of Mons [Pearse]
The so-called Angels of Mons halt the German advance at Mons, Belgium - the first engagement of World War One

Mauretania Postcard
Steam ship of the Cunard line at New York

Colour / Walrus / Carpenter
The Walrus and the Carpenter

Zulu War Rorkes Drift
RORKEs DRIFT Defending the hospital against the Zulu attack

Duke Wellington / Paul Pry
DUKE OF WELLINGTON British General and Statesman Known as the Iron Duke A Wellington Boot - Satire

Map / Asia / India C1870
India, showing the various Presidencies under British rule

Hms Beagle / Darwins Ship
HMS Beagle Charles Darwins research ship

Esp / Zener Cards
A set of Zener cards

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Jeeves and Wooster
In Thank You Jeeves!, Jeeves gives notice when Bertie Wooster, his employer, insists on playing the banjolele

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