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Wartime news satire, WW1
A page which at first glance appears to be full of wartime news, but which on more detailed examination turns out to be a satire on press censorship during the First World War

Illustrated London News advertisement, 1913
Advertisement for weekly illustrated paper, The Illustrated London News in its sister publication The Sketch, using the metaphor of a spiders web to convey the wide spectrum of subjects covered in

Illustration of a Town Crier, ringing his bell and proclaiming

William H. Fisher, Vanity Fair, Spy
WILLIAM HAYES FISHER, 1st Baron Downham (1853-1920) British Conservative Party politician. President of the Local Government Board

Uzbeks reading public decree
A group of Uzbek people wearing taqiyahs crowd around a public decree notice pinned to the wall of a building. Date: 1924

Obtaining Encyclopaedia Britannica books
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 16 larger double volumes instead 32 single volumes. General knowledge books with some colour illustrations. Small monthly payments. Date: 1925

Thomas Pennant - 2
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Thomas Pennant - 3
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Henry Jones McCance, DL 1829-1900 (1896). Wirgman, Theodore Blake 1848-1925. This was no 102 at the Society of Portrait Painters in 1896

Miss N. G. Jones is at her desk on the Royal Aeronautical?
Miss N.G. Jones is at her desk on the Royal Aeronautical Society information bureau at the International Aero Exhibition at Olympia, 16-27 July 1929

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Inside Information
" This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister. Inside Information - a little girl out shopping for fish is slightly disappointed to

Ministry of Propaganda and Information, Montevideo, Uruguay
Municipal Offices of Propaganda and Information, Montevideo, Uruguay Date: circa 1910s

Concert in aid of Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital
Drawing done by Phil May to be used to publicise a Flower Concert to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital Date: circa 1890s

Air Raid Shelters in the vicinity of The Coliseum, London
A list of Air Raid Shelters, their location and capacity, published in a London West End Theatre Programme (The Coliseum, Charing Cross). Date: circa 1930s

Whittle gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth
A Whittle gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet. Produced by the Crown Film Unit for the Economic Information Unit

LFB Fire Station watchroom
Fire Station watchroom, London Fire Brigade

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