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Background imageHome Collection: Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy
THOMAS HARDY writer, at his home at Max Gate, early 1920s

Background imageHome Collection: Daphne du Maurier at their Cornish home, Menabilly, 1945

Daphne du Maurier at their Cornish home, Menabilly, 1945
Author and playwright Daphne du Maurier(1907-1989) relaxing in her study at her Cornish home Menabilly in 1945. Date: 1945

Background imageHome Collection: Sports arena interior, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

Sports arena interior, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Interior of the Hershey sports arena, home of the Hershey Hockey Club (Hershey Bears), Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1937

Background imageHome Collection: Me and My Girl - Lambeth Walk sheet music cover, 1937

Me and My Girl - Lambeth Walk sheet music cover, 1937
Bill Snibson (actor Lupino Lane 1892-1959) peeps from behind his stately home on this music cover for The Lambeth Walk, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. 1937

Background imageHome Collection: One of the Famly - a horse joins a family meal

One of the Famly - a horse joins a family meal
One of the Family by Frederick George Cotman (original in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames

Background imageHome Collection: Home Front - The Royal Navy

Home Front - The Royal Navy, The Difficult we can do at once The impossible may take longer Date: 1943

Background imageHome Collection: Carson Speaks 1913

Carson Speaks 1913
Edward Carson, leader of the Irish Unionists (1910-21) speaks out against Home Rule at a meeting in Belfast

Background imageHome Collection: Gladstone / Home Rule Bill

Gladstone / Home Rule Bill
The House of Commons, February 13 1893. William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, introduces the Second Home Rule Bill

Background imageHome Collection: Dunmore House Salvation Army Maternity Home, Bradninch

Dunmore House Salvation Army Maternity Home, Bradninch
A view of the Dunmore House Salvation Army Maternity Home, Bradninch, Devon. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageHome Collection: Skibo Castle - Highland residence of Andrew Carnegie

Skibo Castle - Highland residence of Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle, located to the west of Dornoch in the Highland county of Sutherland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. - The Highland residence of Andrew Carnegie Date: 1902

Background imageHome Collection: WWI Poster, Is your home here? Defend it

WWI Poster, Is your home here? Defend it
Is your home here? Defend it! Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster with a map showing the different regiments and HQs where men can enlist. Date: 1916

Background imageHome Collection: Winston Churchill at Sidney Street Siege, East London

Winston Churchill at Sidney Street Siege, East London
Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, with a group of policemen during the Siege of Sidney Street in Stepney, East London, on 3 January 1911. Date: 1911

Background imageHome Collection: Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family

Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family -- a typical summary of Victorian values, with advice including: Waste Not, Want Not; Do everything at its proper time; Be punctual, be regular

Background imageHome Collection: Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali
This photograph of Salvador Dali (1904-1989)was taken at his home at Port Lligat, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees, where the surrealist artist spent three months of the year

Background imageHome Collection: Womens Land Army in action, 1939

Womens Land Army in action, 1939
Land Girls following a tractor drawn potato digger, gathering produce before it can be affected by frost. Date: 1939

Background imageHome Collection: The Courtauld Institute

The Courtauld Institute of Art, Home House, Portman Square, London, the magnificent Georgian house Samuel Courtauld acquired in 1926 to exhibit his collection Date: 18th century

Background imageHome Collection: Holding up the R101

Holding up the R101
A member of the WaC - the Womens Army Auxiliary Corp - holds up the R101 Airship, riding at her home mast at Cardington, Bedford

Background imageHome Collection: Gardener at Pensax Court, Worcestershire

Gardener at Pensax Court, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Background imageHome Collection: Jane Austens Home

Jane Austens Home
Jane Austens home at Chawton

Background imageHome Collection: Anti home Rule Postcard

Anti home Rule Postcard
KING WILLIAM III Propaganda against home rule in Ireland, celebrating William of Orange as " of glorious, pious and immortal memory" and victory at the Battle of the Boyne

Background imageHome Collection: Joy of Perfect Cooking

Joy of Perfect Cooking
The Joys of Perfect Cooking promises delicious food for the home. Woman, women, kitchen, advert advertising, advertisement

Background imageHome Collection: Interior, 1898, by Vilhelm Hammershoi

Interior, 1898, by Vilhelm Hammershoi
Vilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1919). Danish painter. Interior, 1898. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Background imageHome Collection: Ellen Terry / Kent Home

Ellen Terry / Kent Home
Dame ELLEN ALICE TERRY English actresss home, Small Hythe, near Tenterden, Kent Date: 1912

Background imageHome Collection: Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card

Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card
A family of cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageHome Collection: WW2 poster, How to tackle a fire bomb

WW2 poster, How to tackle a fire bomb, indoors and outdoors, with explanatory illustrations, by the Ministry of Home Security. Date: early 1940s

Background imageHome Collection: Barnardo Evacuees at Comlongon Castle, Dumfries

Barnardo Evacuees at Comlongon Castle, Dumfries
A group of Barnardos sit on a wall at Comlongon Castle, Dumfries. The property was used a an evacuation home during the Second World War. Date: circa 1942

Background imageHome Collection: Blitz in London -- St Bride Street, Farringdon Street, WW2

Blitz in London -- St Bride Street, Farringdon Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- St Bride Street and Farringdon Street, with firefighters at work in a smoky atmosphere and pedestrians walking by

Background imageHome Collection: The Quitter - Poem by Rob W Service

The Quitter - Poem by Rob W Service
The Quitter. Poem by Rob W. Service illuminated with two vignettes On The Way Home and Home Sweet Home. C. Huggins

Background imageHome Collection: Welsh woman with spinning wheel, Wales

Welsh woman with spinning wheel, Wales
Welsh woman outside a cottage with a spinning wheel, Wales. Date: late 19th century

Background imageHome Collection: Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945

Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945
During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, quickly and cheaply providing quality housing with all the amenities, central heating

Background imageHome Collection: Mr Micawber makes Punch - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

Mr Micawber makes Punch - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHome Collection: Elizabeth Ann kitchen units advertisement

Elizabeth Ann kitchen units advertisement
Advertisement for the Elizabeth Ann kitchen unit in stainless steel for the aristocrat of kitchen equipment for...a bright, easy kitchen. c.1955

Background imageHome Collection: Dig for Victory poster - WWII

Dig for Victory poster - WWII
World War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that

Background imageHome Collection: Wroxton Abbey

Wroxton Abbey is a modernised, 17th century Jacobean manor house built on the foundations of a 13th century Augustinian priory

Background imageHome Collection: Compton and Edrich leave the Oval pitch, 1953

Compton and Edrich leave the Oval pitch, 1953
Photograph showing the two English batsman, Denis Compton and Bill Edrich, leaving the pitch at the Oval Cricket Ground, London, 19th August 1953

Background imageHome Collection: Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmitt

Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmitt
Alexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound

Background imageHome Collection: Ration Book July 1942

Ration Book July 1942
A Ministry of Food ration book issued in July 1942, to be returned if lost to the Greenwich food office

Background imageHome Collection: Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls

Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924

Background imageHome Collection: Birthday Greetings postcard - A family of Cats at home

Birthday Greetings postcard - A family of Cats at home, sitting and playing around the fire. Date: circa 1922

Background imageHome Collection: Waifs and Strays Society Pyrford St Nicholas

Waifs and Strays Society Pyrford St Nicholas
Children, some using crutches, at St Nicholas Hospital, Pyrford, run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: circa 1909

Background imageHome Collection: London Slums - Feathers Court, Drury Lane

London Slums - Feathers Court, Drury Lane
Old tea chests and a cart at Feathers Court, Drury Lane - one of Londons Victorian slum areas. Date: circa 1902

Background imageHome Collection: Distilling Poteen in a Private Still, Inishowen, an Irish Ho

Distilling Poteen in a Private Still, Inishowen, an Irish Home Industry - a view of two men beside a poteen still outside. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Inishowen)

Background imageHome Collection: Pishiobury Approved School, Hertfordshire

Pishiobury Approved School, Hertfordshire
Aerial view of the Approved School at Pishiobury, near Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. A cricket match is taking place. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageHome Collection: Wates house interior imagined by Anne Morrow

Wates house interior imagined by Anne Morrow
Artists impression of the interior of a Wates house, done up in a rather fabulous 1960s scheme. Wates built a large number of houses on estates

Background imageHome Collection: WW2 poster, Don t be fuel-ish

WW2 poster, Don t be fuel-ish
WW2 poster, The worker who left the lights on -- Don t be fuel-ish. Wasted electricity means less fuel to make the weapons we need for victory

Background imageHome Collection: Blitz in London -- Whitechapel Fire Station

Blitz in London -- Whitechapel Fire Station
Whitechapel Fire Station in Whitechapel Road having suffered heavy blast damage following a bombing raid on 8 September 1940

Background imageHome Collection: WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London

WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London
WW2 - His restaurant and kitchen destroyed by German bombing, a Chef continues to cook al fresco in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London. Date: circa 1941

Background imageHome Collection: Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases

Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, Wanted for Sneezing.. Date: circa 1940



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