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Bridge and Cader Idris (i. e. Cadair Idris), Barmouth, WalesBridge and Cader Idris (i.e. Cadair Idris), Barmouth, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Badger & Mole / WillowBadger & Mole on their way to rescue the Toad: " Crossing the hall, they passed down one of the principal tunnels". Date: First published: 1908
Warwick County Mental Hospital, Hatton, WarwickshireAn aerial view of the Warwick County Mental Hospital at Hatton, Warwickshire, originally opened in 1846 as the Warwick County Lunatic Asylum. The site later became known as the Central Hospital
Four Greyhound Derby winnersA parade of the last four Greyhound Derby winners at White City in 1932. From L to R 1931, Seldom Led; 1929-30, Mick the Miller; 1928, Boher Ash; 1927, Entry Badge
Henri ChristopheHenri (or Henry) Christophe a leader in the Haitian Revolution, winning independence from France for Haiti in 1804. Made President of Haiti in 1807, and in March 1811 was proclaimed Henri I
H. M. Prison, Peterhead, AberdeenshireA view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond, Aberdeenshire. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison
Wings For Victory More Savings - More Wings. Poster encouraging Britains to save money, aiding the war effort, specificially in the construction of new Lancaster Bomber aircraft for the RAF
Half Way Home by Muriel DawsonTwo children with baskets filled with wild flowers pause for a moment and sit on a gate during a walk home
Westhampton beach, Long IslandDune road looking east, Westhampton beach, Long Island, New York
Heath Robinson Drawing Room 2 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Drawing-Room. A family in the Drawing Room, which is a typically Heath Robinson design
The Pantiles, Tunbridge WellsThe Pantiles, an affluent collonaded shopping area of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Queen Anne paid for the area to be paved (with pantiles ) after her son fell over on the Collonade
New Year fireworks, Funchal harbour, Madeira, PortugalAn impressive firework display at Funchal harbour, Madeira, celebrating the arrival of the New Year
Compass Drill, Training Ship Arethusa, Greenhithe, KentA group of boys aboard the Training Ship Arethusa receiving compass instruction. The ship received boys aged 13-16 from a variety of poor backgrounds, including the workhouse
Campbeltown, Scotland - Main Street viewed from the Town Hall, showing the town cross, protected by a ring of black railings
Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgware RoadThe Metropolitan Music Hall, 207 Edgware Road London - a very fine Music Hall which was sadly demolished in 1963 to allow the building of a flyover for the A40
A selection of copper border and jelly moulds
D-Day - Landing in France - Omaha BeachAmerican assault troops prepare to disembark their landing craft as it approaches the beach head, Omaha Beach. The smoke visible in the background attests to the massive naval artillery assault
Frederick Gorringes, London Department StoreThe premises of Frederick Gorringes Ltd. - Buckingham Palace Road, London. A fine Department Store, opened in the early 1900s and closed sometime after 1960
Princess Elizabeth and her corgiPrincess Elizabeth, later the present Queen Elizabeth II, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler with her corgi at Glamis Castle, home of her maternal grandparents
Poster advertising Durban, South AfricaPoster advertising Durban, a coastal city in South Africa. A well dressed couple look down at the holiday resort from the top of a cliff
Jaguar car advertisementAdvertisement for Jaguar cars featuring an illustration of the 3.4 Mark 2 Saloon being driven down the motorway by its proud owner who relishes the grace, pace and space
Poster advertising Elder Dempster LinesPoster advertising the Elder Dempster Lines for services to and from West and South West Africa
Poster advertising the D Oyly Carte Opera Company, famous for its Gilbert and Sullivan operetta productions. Pictured are scenes from The Gondoliers, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard
Kayser Bondor Nylons advertisementElegant advert for Kayser Nylon stockings showing a woman raising a sumptuous cloak to reveal her shapely legs and the tops of her stockings
Sainte Maxime French travel posterGraphic and striking poster advertising the French holiday resort of Sainte Maxime on the Cote d Azur in the South of France
Greyhounds by Gilbert HolidayPainting by the well-known horse and animal artist, Gilbert Holiday of a greyhound bitch and her two puppies. During the 1930s
The Blue Stocking, by Reginald HigginsA colour illustration showing a lady perched on library steps reading a book. The picture is entitled The Bluestocking, a term traditionally applied to academic women
Things That Matter, by Bruce BairnsfatherColonel Fitz-Shrapnel receives the following message from G.H.Q Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday
Englands Polo Team, 1930The English polo team selectedt o meet the Americans at Meadowbrook; Mr G. Balding, Captain C.T. I. Roark, Captain R. George, Mr Lewis Lacey and Mr A Roark in reserve
The Last Caravan by A. E. BestallA colour illustration by Alfred Bestall showing a fantasy scene where a group of travellers are being spied on from woodland by a centaur and female imps
A Common Pheasant alarmedA Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
A Swallow in flightA swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Formation Fighting WwiFormation fighting between German and British aeroplanes - a battle in the skies during World War One. Note the colourful paintwork of the German planes
HMS Indomitable at sea, Second World War, 1945Aerial photograph of the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier HMS Indomitable under way, 1945. A Seafire fighter airplane is visible, parked on her foredeck
Marie CurieBorn in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years. Marie moved to Paris and read Physics at the Sorbonne
The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen; Second World War, 1945Photograph of the Ludendorff Bridge, viewed from the Remagen end of the bridge, 1945. This bridge was captured by troops of the 9th Armoured Division of the US First Army
Four of the Eddystone LighthousesEngraving of the four Eddystone Lighthouses. From left to right: the first lighthouse (1699) built by Henry Winstanley; the second lighthouse (1708) built by John Rudyerd; the third lighthouse (1759)
Sir Robert Peel, c. 1846Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister. Peel was a Conservative MP who held strong views on Irish Catholicism and Free Trade vs Protectionism
Cologne CathedralA fine elevated view of the magnificent Cologne Cathedral, taken in the years leading up to World War Two
A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a LawnIllustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by
Leicester 1950SA No. 94 tram goes through the Clock Tower area of Leicester city centre
England / UlverstonThe town centre at Ulverston, Cumbria, a market town a few miles south of the English Lake District
Islay FerryPort Askaig, a small village on the Sound, Isle of Islay Argyllshire, Scotland. Here terminates the ferry which crosses the Sound to Feolin on Jura. The Paps of Jura beyond
Aleister Crowley performing rites at his temple, with followers knelt before him
Pope Pius X in TiaraPope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority
Bismarck / Dropping PilotOTTO BISMARCK German Chancellor dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II: Dropping the Pilot
Horse PloughPair-horse single furrow ploughing in the autumn, on a farm in Essex, England
Mercury 7 AstronautsThe Mercury Project astronauts standing beside a 106-B plane. (l to r) Ms Carpenter, L G Cooper, John H Glenn, V I Grissom, Walter M Schirra, Alan B Shepard and D K Slayton