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Cutty Sark in 1923The famous tea clipper Cutty Sark in Surrey Docks. The iconic craft now housed in dry dock at Greenwich was severely damaged by a fire whilst under restoration on 21st May 2007
Somerset House 1809Rebuilt in the late 18th century, this set of buildings has at times housed the Royal Academy, the Royal Society, and several government depart- ments such as Public Records
Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. TurnerIllustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests
Evacuation - World War Two - Children Safer in the CountryEvacuation - World War Two - Children are Safer in the Country.... leave them there. Governement advice recommending children stay away from the big cities and targets of the bombers. circa 1942
Gutenbergs press, with booksGutenbergs press, reconstructed from what was left of it, and housed in the Deutsche Buchgewerbehaus at Leipzig, Germany
St Vincents Industrial School, Dartford, KentThe main building of St Vincents Industrial School, Dartford, Kent. The School, for Roman Catholic boys, was established in 1872
Prison HulksCaptured French sailors were housed here during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
Manchester Union Schools, SwintonThe Manchester Union Industrial School at Swinton. The school, where 800 pauper children were housed and educated away from the workhouse, was established in 1843, one of the earliest of its type
Hackney Homes Band and Soldiers at Budworth Hall, Ongar, EssSoldiers at Budworth Hall military hospital on Chipping Ongar High Street are joined by the boys band from the nearby Hackney Union cottage homes
The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; gallery for menThe hospital also known as Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam was the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world. The building had been moved around many sites
The Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh, Scotland (interior, the entrance to the shrine) - housed in a re-developed barrack block in Crown Square, at the heart of Edinburgh castle
Liberton Industrial School, EdinburghA view of the Industrial School at Liberton, Edinburgh. Industrial Schools, often privately run, housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a variety of reasons such as vagrancy
Queenwood CollegeHoused in the former Richard Owen Socialist community building Harmony Hall (built 1841) between 1847-1896. Burnt down in 1903. Former maths master: John Tyndall
Giraffe at Paris 1826Zarafa, a giraffe presented to Charles X of France by the Viceroy of Egypt, and housed in the jardin d acclimatation, Paris
BULLOCKs MUSEUM 1811Housed in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, William Bullocks miscellaneous collection is a popular attraction at a period when official museums hardly exist
Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 1st prototype F-WLKB at the 1964 Paris Air Show, shown with the two 3, 300 lbf Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 turbojet engines originally fitted
One Tun Ragged School, WestminsterChildren outside the One Tun Ragged School, in Perkins Rents, Westminster, housed in a former pub. Date: circa 1860s
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PETER, PAUL RETOMBEDThe bodies of saints Peter and Paul are discovered, and re- housed in the Vatican in a more suitable tomb. Date: 15th or 16th century
St Olaves SchoolView of the Grammar School of St Olaves in 1810. At that time the school was housed in the old Vestry Hall of the church and its adjoining premises (on the west side of Churchyard Alley)
Chartwell, WesterhamA view of Chartwell, Westerham, the home of Sir Winston Churchill. In the 1760s, the property housed a branch of Londons Foundling Hospital. Date: Date unknown
United States Air Force - Northrop F-89H Scorpion 54-0298United States Air Force - Northrop F-89H-1-NO Scorpion 54-0298. Visible are the retractable launchers for the AIM-4 Falcon Air to Air Missiles and the covered un-guided rocket launcher tubes
La Bibliotheque du Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers is housed in the former refectory of the Abbaye St Martin des Champs, Paris Date: circa 1860
The building that housed The Institute of Blood Transfusion (established by the USSR Labor and Defense Council in 1926) - the former mansion of the merchant Igumnov in the Yakimanka District
London ZooA crowd of holidaymakers at the Zoological Gardens in Regents Park, with a pair of elephants. London Zoo was the worlds first scientific zoo
BURMESE MUSICIANS 1861An elaborately equipped sextet perform at a funeral at Rangoon : most of their instruments are percussion, two sets being housed in playpen-like rings. Date: 1861
United Services MuseumIn its day the Royal United Services Museum was regarded as the biggest and most important in the country, apart from the British Museum
Dr Guthries Boys Industrial School, Liberton, EdinburghThomas Guthries Boys Industrial School opened in 1888 on Lasswade Road, Liberton, Edinburgh. Industrial Schools, often privately run
7 Albemarle Street, London - RAeSs HQ from 1917 to 19397 Albemarle Street, London, circa 1960. The Royal Aeronautical Society?s headquarters were housed here from 1917 to 1939. Date: circa 1960
Bristol Maternity Hospital, Southwell Street Bristol. Staff and patients can be seen. The building previously housed the Carlton House Industrial School for Girls
St Clares Convent Pantasaph, Holywell, Flintshire. For some years, St Clares also housed an orphanage and domestic training school
A wing man-headed bull. Nimrod (British Museum)Black and white lantern slide capturing image of the statue of Nimrod housed in the British Museum. Part of Box 35 that forms part of the large Boswell lantern slide collection Date: circa 1895
WWI - Robbins of Dudley Trench Fighting Punch DaggerFirst World War Robbins of Dudley Trench Fighting Punch Dagger. A rare example, double edged blade with double central fuller leading into the cast alloy finger shaped grip with steel knuckle bow
Hollybrook House, SouthamptonThe Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home - the superintendent stands at the front door. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: Date unknown
Lenin in CoffinVLADIMIR LENIN lying in state in his coffin prior to being permanently housed in Red Square. Date: 1870 - 1924
LEMURIAThe Lost Continent of Lemuria, located in todays Pacific Ocean, may have housed a highly developed civilisation with advanced technology and a sophisticated culture
Patients in B Ward at Quex Park VAD HospitalB Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital was sited in Gallery 1 of the two museum galleries then existing. This room had been built as a pavilion in the garden of Quex House in 1896
Southern Railway Servants Orphanage, Woking, SurreyAn aerial view of the Southern Railway Servants Orphanage at Woking which housed orphaned or fatherless children of the railway companys employees. Date: Date unknown
Boys Dining Room at Hollybrook House, SouthamptonBoys on duty stand to attention in the dining room at the Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: Date unknown
Industrial School, Kirkdale, LiverpoolThe driveway of the Industrial School at Kirkdale opened in 1845 by Liverpools poor law authority. The School housed and educated more than a thousand pauper children away from the workhouse
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Cottage Homes at FazakerleyChildrens houses at the cottage homes site opened by Liverpools West Derby Union at Fazakerley in 1889. The homes housed 650 pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925
Barnabys LibraryThe Georgian shop at 19 Rathbone Street (off Oxford Street), London, which housed Barnabys Picture Library (established 1931) from 1969 until it closed in 2001. Date: 1969 - 2001
Jubilee School, ManchesterA view of the Jubilee School, Bury Old Road, Manchester. The school housed orphan and poor girls from Manchester and district
Santa Casa, LoretoTHE SANTA CASA, LORETO 1291 : Marys house flies from Nazareth to Tersat, then 1294 first to Picenum then Loreto, where in 1534 it is housed within this basilica
Plaistow National SchoolAn early school for working class children - Halls Ville National School, housed in a shed at Plaistow (pronounced PlaRstow !) New Town, east London Date: 1857
Baking Day at Farm 1855Baking day in a French farm : the oven is housed in the barn Date: 1855
Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, B Ward, Quex Park.This ward was situated in the first gallery of the Museum, built in 1896, The Gallery housed a diorama (right hand side of photograph)
Quex House with carView of the front of Quex House. Possibly taken just before the Hospital opened in mid October 1914. A small car is parked at the front