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Background imageIn Collection: Entrance to London Zoo

Entrance to London Zoo
View of the entrance to the zoological gardans 1840. London Zoo is the worlds oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828

Background imageIn Collection: Poet and Doctor Colonel John McCrae Memorial

Poet and Doctor Colonel John McCrae Memorial
McCrae, who served in the Boer War, is popularly remembered as the author of what is probably the best-known poem of the First World War -In Flanders Fields

Background imageIn Collection: Memorial to poet and musician Ivor Gurney, Belgium

Memorial to poet and musician Ivor Gurney, Belgium
Similar in design to those for Ledwidge and Chavasse, the memorial was unveiled on 12 September 2007, the initiative of Piet Chielens and the Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum

Background imageIn Collection: Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium

Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium
The memorial, which is on an outside wall, commemorates the Polish Forces who liberated Ypres in September 1944. In September 2016 researcher Chris Lock discovered that three Polish soldiers were not

Background imageIn Collection: Field gun and soldier statues, Plugstreet Experience

Field gun and soldier statues, Plugstreet Experience
The gun and the statues, which are cut-outs made from steel sheets, are in the grounds of the Plugstreet 14-18 Experience (Interpretation Centre)

Background imageIn Collection: Belgian Headstones Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery

Belgian Headstones Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery
This War Cemetery is maintained by the War Graves Department of the Belgian MOD. It is on the edge of the Houthulst forest which Napoleon called he key to the Low Countries

Background imageIn Collection: Edmund Blunden Information Board, Vlamertinghe, Belgium

Edmund Blunden Information Board, Vlamertinghe, Belgium
The board is outside the Chateau. Blunden was in the 11th Royal Sussex, camped just outside Vlamertinghe in the preparations for the Third Battle of Ypres

Background imageIn Collection: Mourning figures German War Cemetery Langemarck

Mourning figures German War Cemetery Langemarck
In various renovations over the years these figures have been moved from place to place in the cemetery. Now they stand at the top end of the mass grave. They were sculpted by Professor Emil Krieger

Background imageIn Collection: Buttes New CWGC Cemetery, New Zealand Memorial

Buttes New CWGC Cemetery, New Zealand Memorial
The cemetery lies on an area which was a pre-war drill ground. It contains 1, 317 UK burials, 564 Australian, 50 Canadian, 167 New Zealand, and 1, 703 Unknown, plus 35 Special Memorials

Background imageIn Collection: 44th Regiment at Gundamuck

44th Regiment at Gundamuck
In 1841 the 44th was in Kabul where uprising endangered the garrison. Constantly attacked, without shelter or food, the force waded in deep snow through narrow passes for four days trying to reach

Background imageIn Collection: The Drawing Office, 3rd Floor IMechE

The Drawing Office, 3rd Floor IMechE. Later in c1936 the opposite end was partitioned off as an office. In 1951 the office was transferred to the door-end and re-partitioned. Date: 1936

Background imageIn Collection: Photograph of Old Face Plate Lathe

Photograph of Old Face Plate Lathe, originally installed in the Soho Foundry of Boulton and Watt, Birmingham which was purchased by Avery in 1895. The lathe taking work up to 26 feet diameter

Background imageIn Collection: Ballets Negres (flyer for Embassy Theatre)

Ballets Negres (flyer for Embassy Theatre)
Britains first black ballet company Ballet Negres co-founded by Berto Pasuka. In the 1940s it brought traditional and contemporary black dance to to Britain and Europe with sell-out tours

Background imageIn Collection: In Dahomey at the Crown Theatre in Peckham

In Dahomey at the Crown Theatre in Peckham
In Dahomey was a stage revue with an African American cast that toured Britain from 1903-1904 following a successful run in Londons West End. Date: 1904

Background imageIn Collection: Hollesley Bay Colony

Hollesley Bay Colony
The gymnasium at the Hollesley Bay Colony, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. In 1938, the establishment became a training institution for young offenders as part of the Borstal system. Date: circa 1945

Background imageIn Collection: No 4 Group Bomber Command RAF Monument Normandy

No 4 Group Bomber Command RAF Monument Normandy
In 1944 two French bomber squadrons, Groupe Guyenne and Groupe Tunisie formed part of No 4 Group RAF and were given the numbers 346 and 347

Background imageIn Collection: Canadian Royal Regina Rifles & 1st Hussars Memorial

Canadian Royal Regina Rifles & 1st Hussars Memorial
This is at Norrey-en-Bessin by the church and is In homage to our Canadian Liberators, 7 June 1944. It is well inland from Juno beach where they had landed

Background imageIn Collection: American 302nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Memorial

American 302nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Memorial
The Memorial is known as the Cabbage Patch. In this area of Carentan Lt Colonel Robert G.Cole led a bayonet charge on 11 June 1944

Background imageIn Collection: German War Cemetery la Cambe Normandy

German War Cemetery la Cambe Normandy
This was originally an American cemetery for the dead of 29th Division. In 1947 the Americans were either repatriated or buried at the American Cemetery at St Laurent overlooking Omaha Beach

Background imageIn Collection: Alfred Mager, Francis Horner, Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Alfred Mager, Francis Horner, Thomas Bowman Stephenson
In 1869, a collaboration between Alfred Mager (left), Francis Horner (centre) and Thomas Bowman Stephenson (right) led to the founding of the National Childrens Home. Date: 1870s

Background imageIn Collection: Swansea Boys Camp Band, Oxwich

Swansea Boys Camp Band, Oxwich
In 1906, the boys of the Swansea Union Cottage Homes and the Swansea Industrial School camped together for several weeks by the sea at Oxwich. Here, the entire camp is lined with some of their tents

Background imageIn Collection: Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703

Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703
United States Navy - Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703 (call-sign 103 ), target tug, of the Pacific Missile Centre, at Point Mugu Naval Air station, on 15 May 1965

Background imageIn Collection: Casmuniz 52 PT-AZU

Casmuniz 52 PT-AZU (msn 1, also, known as Casmuniz 5-2). The sole aircraft first flew in April 1952 and completed flight testing by 1955, whilst registered as PP-ZPD

Background imageIn Collection: USAF - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G

USAF - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G
United States Army Air Force - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G, seen, presumably, at Shaw Field or a satellite field

Background imageIn Collection: Klu - Republic F-84G Thunderjet K-171

Klu - Republic F-84G Thunderjet K-171
Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Klu) - Republic F-84G-21-RE Thunderjet K-171 (51-10806) (msn 2542-1259B), as a gate guard at Gilze-Rijen Air base with markings for K-40 - DU-24

Background imageIn Collection: Curtiss-Cox Model 22 - Cactus Kitten

Curtiss-Cox Model 22 - Cactus Kitten
Curtiss-Cox Model 22 Cactus Kitten still crated at the Morane-Saulnier factory in France, being readied for shipment back to the US. In the spring of 1920, Texas oil millionaire S. E. J

Background imageIn Collection: Curtiss-Cox Model 22 racer

Curtiss-Cox Model 22 racer
One of the two Curtiss-Cox Model 22 racers, assembled as a monoplane before being crated for shipment to France. In the spring of 1920, Texas oil millionaire S. E. J

Background imageIn Collection: Foster-Wikner Wicko G-AFKS

Foster-Wikner Wicko G-AFKS
Foster-Wikner GM.1 Wicko G-AFKS (msn 6). First registered on 5January 1939 G-AFKS was used by Nash Aircraft Sales Ltd. As a demonstrator and was, at one time, fitted with skis

Background imageIn Collection: de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOSU

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOSU (msn 0217 - ex RAF WB722) at Newcastle Airport. In 1977, this aircraft was in the process of conversion to the Supermunk prototype

Background imageIn Collection: United Services Museum

United Services Museum
In its day the Royal United Services Museum was regarded as the biggest and most important in the country, apart from the British Museum

Background imageIn Collection: Mrs Salmons waxworks

Mrs Salmons waxworks
Equivalent to todays Madame Tussauds. Owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Salmon. She made and sold toys had modelling skills and taught wax portraiture In addition

Background imageIn Collection: Mule Deer

Mule Deer
Buffalo from a postcard series entitled In the Rocky Mountains. Artist: N Drummond. Date: 1926

Background imageIn Collection: Moose

Moose
Buffalo from a postcard series entitled In the Rocky Mountains. Artist: N Drummond. Date: 1926

Background imageIn Collection: Buffalo

Buffalo from a postcard series entitled In the Rocky Mountains. Artist: N Drummond. Date: 1926

Background imageIn Collection: Flaglor High-Tow N2840C

Flaglor High-Tow N2840C at Groton Connecticut. Built by F.K. Chuck Flaglor at Des Plaines IL. In 1957, the High-Tow was a hybrid with a Waco fuselage and wings from a Fleet aircraft

Background imageIn Collection: de Havilland DH. 60GIII Moth Major HB-UPE

de Havilland DH. 60GIII Moth Major HB-UPE
de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major HB-UPE Delivered June 1934 to Werner Ochetti as CH-348. Seen in this photograph owned by Section Vaudoise de lAE.C.S. Somewhere In Switzerland. Date: 1960s

Background imageIn Collection: North American F-100A-20-NA Super Sabre N100X

North American F-100A-20-NA Super Sabre N100X of Flight Test Research Inc. at Long Beach Airport. Formerly 53-1688 (MSN 192-183). Registered N100X to Flight Test Research ca1967

Background imageIn Collection: Farnborough 92 - unknown aircraft

Farnborough 92 - unknown aircraft logo ( in hoc signo vinces - In this sign you will conquer) Date: 1992

Background imageIn Collection: In one of the plants of the Wright Aeronautical Corpora?

In one of the plants of the Wright Aeronautical Corpora?
In one of the plants of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 24 Cyclone 18 radial engines of 2, 400hp move down a progressive assembly line towards final test in March 1944. Date: 1944

Background imageIn Collection: In a Roman Osteria, 1866, by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890)

In a Roman Osteria, 1866, by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890)
Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890). Danish painter. In a Roman Osteria, 1966. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageIn Collection: Aida Overton Walker

Aida Overton Walker (1880-1914) African American vaudevillian and wife of George Walker. She was one of the stars of the stage revue In Dahomey which was produced in London in 1903. Date: 1903

Background imageIn Collection: Photograph of Bird In Hand PH, Dartford, Kent

Photograph of Bird In Hand PH, Dartford, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Background imageIn Collection: A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as In the Month of Ju

A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as In the Month of Ju
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriel (1828-1903). Dutch painter. A Windmill on a Polder Waterway, Known as In the Month of July, c. 1889. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Background imageIn Collection: India - In one of the main streets, Jeypore

India - In one of the main streets, Jeypore
Black and white. Lots of people (some with tall bundles of reeds and baskets) in a market square with many stalls. Large building in the background.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide no

Background imageIn Collection: In the well-equipped galley of the Short Sunderland

In the well-equipped galley of the Short Sunderland, one of the crew prepares a cup of tea

Background imageIn Collection: Aerial survey of Mount Everest using a Westland PV3 and PV6

Aerial survey of Mount Everest using a Westland PV3 and PV6
In April 1933 members of the Houston expedition made an aerial survey of Mount Everest using a Westland PV3 (G-ACAZ) and a PV6 (G-ACBR) aircraft

Background imageIn Collection: Woman in a library

Woman in a library
In the Library. Art Nouveau style woman in outdoor garments reading a book. Date: 1902

Background imageIn Collection: Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 636) Archbishop of Sevil

Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 636) Archbishop of Sevil
Spanish literature. 7th century. Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 636) Archbishop of Seville and Doctor of the Church. In Qua Grammatica et Historica. Book cover. Published in Madrid, 1599



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