Historical Collection (page 22)

Canadian National Railways Poster showing a steam engine train in Canada

White Star Line Poster advertising travel on the worlds largest liner between Southampton and New York

St Pauls Cathedral - Section through Wrens Dome
A section drawing through the dome of St Pauls Cathedral, the architectural masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren. The inner brick dome stands 218 ft from the floor of the cathedral

Kayser Bondor advertisement
Advert for Kayser Bondor nylon stockings featuring the fabulous legs of a lady, revealed under a fluttering skirt

Fashions for 1954
On the left, a caramel coloured restaurant suit in heavy silk shantung, its melting shoulder line, vertically seamed jacket, slanting pockets " are all allies for your pleasant evening"

Hartnell ballgown
An evening dress designed by Norman Hartnell in full-skirted organza glittered with love knots

La Corse travel poster
Travel poster advertising the island of Corsica and depicting a hilltop village

Poster for railway trips to Sarlat, in the Dordogne
Poster advertising French railway trips to Sarlat, in the Dordogne, south west France

Poster for Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia
Poster for the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line: cruises to Australia via the Suez Canal and Colombo (one class only)

French Line Normandie poster
French Line poster for the SS Normandie ocean liner, the worlds most perfect ship

Seagers Gin Advert
A red-headed woman in a fetching pink party dress gets into the party spirit by mixing some cocktails with Seagers Gin

DEAL KENT
The sea-front at Deal, Kent

The Light Dragoons 1790 - 1992
The evolving uniform of The Light Dragoons. From Left - 13th Light Dragoons 1790, 18th Light Dragoons 1810, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Marys Own) 1930, The Light Dragoons 1st December 1992

Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC
Captain Noel G. Chavasse was Medical Officer to the 1/ 10th Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment during the First World War

World Cup 1966 Front Cover
Front cover of The Illustrated London News. Victory for the England football team. Bobby Moore passing the World Cup trophy to team manager

Chalfont Saint Giles
Ducks on the village pond at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire

Cross Section of the Volcano, Mount Etna
Cross-section of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily, Italy, in 1910. This image shows the eruption of lava, which was taking place that year, heading towards the town of Nicolosi

Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, c. 1890
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, pictured at her writing desk, c.1890

At the Start of the Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912
Photograph showing a member of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club leaping onto his machine at the top of the Cresta Run, 1912. This famous course was first laid out in 1884

Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber; Second World War, 1941
Painting showing a Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber-reconnaissance airplane flying over a British destroyer (bottom centre) and the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (back right), 1941

Daphne Du Maurier
DAPHNE DU MAURIER English writer and novelist, author of " Rebecca" and " Jamaica Inn" pictured at her home Menabilly, in Fowey, Cornwall

Selassie Crowned / 1930
The newly crowned emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, accompanied by his youngest son, carries the orb and sceptre after the coronation ceremony in Addis Ababa

Garabandal Apparition
The Virgin Mary as supposedly seen by the visionaries at Garabandal, northern Spain

The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934
Photograph of the launch of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, viewed from the slipway she had just left, 26th September 1934. The Cunard White Star Liner then spent the next year-and-a-half in Clydebank

TS Arethusa, 1962
Photograph of the four-masted Training-Ship Arethusa, then used to train boys for the Royal and Merchant navies. Arethusa was launched in 1911

Liberal Party Poster, We Mobilised for War - Let us Mobilis
A Liberal Party Poster with Lloyd George, Liberal Leader, depicted above the slogan We mobilised for War - let us Mobilise for Prosperity! Vote Liberal

The London Hospital, Whitechapel Road

Edmundo Ros Club in Regent Street, London drawn by Arthur Ferrier. Couples sit at lamplit tables while people dance, the band plays and the singer croons

Fidel Castro / Baseball
Fidel Castro stands on the pitchers mound at the Cerro, Havanas baseball stadium, where he often went to pitch an innings. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Wallsend, Tyneside
Houses and factories with cranes on the skyline in Wallsend, Tyneside

Portmarnock Golf Links
Two golfers tee off at Portmarnock, one of Irelands finest links courses

Metropole Hotel, Moscow
Moscow : Metropole Hotel

Map / Somerset C1857
Map of Somerset

Map / Suffolk C1857
Map of Suffolk

Medieval Archer
A medieval archer prepares to fire his bow

Jolly Joker Playing Card
A classic image of a jester, wearing cap and bells, playing a flute, a ninny stick, or jesters wand, attached to his belt

King Edward VIII
EDWARD VIII Portrait of King Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor photogrpahed in full dress uniform

CITROEN ID. 19, 1957
The classic Citroen DS car launched in 1955, at this time known as the Citroen ID.19

Transportable Ciderpress
A transportable cider press in use at Pensford, Somerset South-west England) : the fruit is first ground in a mill, then crushed in a press to extract the cider

Miners Coming to Work
Welsh men and women mineworkers coming to work in the early morning

Hampstead / West End Lane
A street in Londons inner suburbs - West End Lane, Hampstead

John Moses Browning
JOHN MOSES BROWNING American inventor of automatic pistols, rifles etc : shown with one of his machine guns

Vaughan Williams Photo
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS musical composer

Globe Performance
A performance is watched by a packed house at the Globe theatre, London

Stauffenberg
CLAUS SCHENK GRAF VON STAUFFENBERG Lieutenant colonel on the General Staff and central figure among the conspirators of the July Plot

Old Gypsy Man & Pet Dog
At an encampment in Surrey an old Gypsy man sits on a can close to the fire

Salvation Army Campaign
A social campaign chart

MCVITIEs DIGESTIVE 1936
McVities digestive biscuits At any time of the daily round

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