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Mussolini / FieldworkBENITO MUSSOLINI Italian dictator in a field in Carpena in 1927, stressing the importance of agriculture Date: 1927
ILN - Duchess of SutherlandPage 516 from the Illustrated London News, 29th April 1893, featuring the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland and a scene from Oscar Wildes play A Woman Of No Importance at the Haymarket. Date: 1893
Switzerland - Thun, from Belle Vue PavilionColoured lantern slide of a view across Thun. It is located where the River Aar flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 km south of Bern
Switzerland - Thun, from the ChurchyardColoured lantern slide of a view across Thun. It is located where the River Aar flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 km south of Bern
Suffragette Recipe for Cabinet Pudding. Method, Take one fresh young suffragette, add a large slice of her own importance, and as much sauce as you like
Page in wartime food booklet, WW2Page in wartime food booklet, explaining the importance of growing your own vegetables, by the Minister of Food, Lord Woolton. Date: 1940s
Lord Wooltons message to kitchen staff, WW2Lord Wooltons message to kitchen staff, stressing the importance of well cooked food and the avoidance of waste during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
By-products developed from coal by G. H. DavisThe enormous importance of coal as the basic element in vital war manufactures. A diagrammatic drawing showing a great variety of by-products developed from coal. Date: 1944
Barnstaple Tome StoneThe Tome Stone in Queen Annes Walk, Barnstaple, Devon, England. It was once of legal importance - bargains were struck on it in front of witnesses. Date: 17th century
Ironmonger miffed at rain stalling watering can salesFarmer - " This Rain ll do a power o good." Ironmonger - " Aye, but it ll spoil t sale o waterin cans." !!! Date: 1892
Millionairess quizzes Lord on his wealth (and evident lack thereof, despite appearances!) American Millionairess - " And have you really got a Coronet
Exeter QuaySailing vessels at the quay : Exeter was formerly a port of some importance, despite being a few miles from the sea. Date: circa 1910
Page from Safety First AlbumPage from Safety First, An Album to contain a Series of Cigarette Cards of National Importance, issued by W D & H O Wills, featuring tips for sharing roads with trams
Bank, CopenhagenInside one of Copenhagens leading banks ( sparekassen ) whose majestic architecture reflects the importance of money in the life of the city. Date: 1888
India - Benares - Banks of the Ganges RiverBenares, India - situated on left bank of the Ganga (Ganges) River. Regarded as holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world
Straits of GibraltarSchematic view of the Straits of Gibraltar, looking towards the Atlantic with Tangier on the left : the strategic importance of the straits is clearly displayed
DardanellesSchematic view of the Dardanelles showing Gallipoli and looking towards Istanbul and the Black Sea : the strategic importance of the straits is clearly displayed
Spain / AliejosView of a typical small Spanish town in Leon which acquires strategic importance during the Peninsula War, when this lithograph is made
French infantry advancing in WoeuvreFrench infantry advancing over shell-torn ground and broken barbed wire during the capture of Les Eparges, formerly in German hands and of strategic importance on the Woeuvre plain
An Underground Drinking Cellar, San Francisco, 1884Engraving showing an underground drinking cellar with, in the background, a stock index board marked on the wall, San Francisco, 1884
French recapturing villagePhotograph showing French troops recapturing the village of Ville-en-Woeuvre from the Germans, near the French fortress of Verdun in October 1914
French Prisoners at Orleans Railway Station; Franco-PrussianIllustration showing French prisoners at the railway station of Orleans, during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1. Orleans was of great strategic importance to the French
Portrait of Sir Joseph ListerBorn in Essex in 1827, he received his degree from University College, London. In 1860 he became a Surgeon at Glasows Royal Infirmary, where he researched the cause of infections
Futurist designer dress, 1913A design by the Futurist artist, Leon Bakst, expressing the spring time of the earth, 1913. Bakst designed dresses and scenery for the Russian ballet at this time
Advertisement for Dentures, 1926Photographic advertisement showing a glamourous model advertising the importance of denture care
Jablochkoffs electric light apparatusDiagrams showing Jablochkoffs candle lamp. Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1894) was a Russian telegraph engineer who would rise to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk
Mrs Bernard BeereFANNY MARY BERNARD-BEERE Whitehead), actress, known for many roles including that of Mrs Arbuthnot in Wildes A Woman of No Importance
England / Abinger HammerThe blacksmith whose motto is " By me you know how fast you go" strikes the clock and indicates the historical importance of ironworking to Abinger Hammer in Surrey
Egypt / DamiettaDamietta town and Oschamma mosque in the Dumyat province. Of commercial and strategic importance in the Middle Ages, Dumyat was pillaged by the Byzantines & Sicilian Normans
Being Earnest / Iln / SketchSketches from the first production at St Jamess Theatre, London
Owen Jones Egyptian 5Various artefacts of importance in Ancient Egypt: fans made from feathers, head- dresses, boats made of papyrus, and other items featuring the lotus flower
Play / Wilde / ImportanceA review in The Sketch with pictures of Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Lord Illingworth and Mrs Bernard Beere as Mrs Arbuthnot
Consulting the ProphetA man consults a fortune teller on a matter of some importance
Fire Drill 1930SAll saved! The importance of learning a fire drill is fully realised by those in charge of Childrens Homes. Here waifs and strays practice using a sheet as a fire escape