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Girls on Donkeys 1920SThree thoroughly modern girls in their swimming costumes, taking a ride on Wilfred and Squeak, two donkeys, on the beach at Ramsgate, Kent, England
Polaire / Boyer PostcardPOLAIRE French music hall entertainer, in an elegant white dress
DANCE CARDA Victorian ladys dance card, whose owner has yet to be invited to reserve a dance... soon, let us hope, every line will be filled with the names of her admirers
Village Cricket MatchAn enthusiastic crowd gather to watch a cricket match on the village green, Bearstead, Kent, England
Hull Shops 1970SA typical late 20th century pedestrian shopping area. This one is in Hull, Yorkshire, England, on the corner of Parliament Street
Overton World Map / 1670A new and accurate map of the world drawn according to the best and late discoveries of 1670
Art Deco PavilionThe De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, was commissioned by the 9th Earl De La Warr in 1935, Britains first public Modernist style building
Guardian AngelA Guardian Angel walks hand in hand with a good little French girl
Two skeletons, human and gorillaA human skeleton compared with that of a gorilla
Victorian Greeting Card - Owls with LanternTwo owls standing with a lantern. Date: circa 1890
Programme design, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida, Savoy Theatre, London. A respectful operatic perversion of Tennysons " Princess" in Three Acts. circa 1880s
Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas cardFour frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s
Lloyds Interior 1960SA busy scene inside Lloyds of London. Date: late 1960s
Coach and horses in the snow on a Christmas card. circa 1890s
Scenery of Devon - Chagford from the hillsVictorian Glass Lantern Slide from a series on the scenery of Devon - Chagford from the hills. Part of box 204 Boswell Collection; listed, Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s
Archaeopteryx had the same number and arrangement of primary and secondary flight feathers as modern birds. Watercolour on paper by John Doncaster
London Kebab HouseDining outside a Kebab House on Charlotte Street, central London. Date: late 1960s
Victorian Train StationThe little railway station at Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, a typical small late Victorian station. Date: 1893
Caxton Hall, Caxton Street, St. James s, London, where many famous marriages took place in the late 20th century. Date: 19th century
Outwood WindmillsThe old (17th century) windmills at Outwood, near Redhill, Surrey, England. The one in the foreground was built in 1665 and is (in 2006) Britains oldest working windmill. Date: late 1930s
HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1HMS Glorious, British Royal Navy Courageous-class cruiser during the First World War, rebuilt as an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s. Launched in 1916, sunk in 1940. Date: circa 1920s-1930s
Masses Paul Et VirginiePAUL ET VIRGINIE Its surprising that more composers haven t had a go at this idiotic story with its ludicrously dramatic plot and splendidly unhappy ending
Theatregoing / Globe / C16ThThe Wooden O : Shakespeares summer theatre. Outside the first of the Globe theatres; the audience arriving at the playhouse
Elephant and CastleThe Elephant and Castle shopping centre. Later deemed by many to be yet another ugly example of post World War Two architectural modernism
Stagecoach and horses on an oval Christmas cardStagecoach and horses travelling through the snow at night on an oval Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
South Melbourne Tramway BathsSlide showing a black and white photograph of South Melbourne Tramway Baths in the city of Melbourne in Australia. Part of Box 100. Boswell Collection. Slide number 40. Date: circa 1890
The couple who caught their last train 1926Couple arriving late to the theatre, much to the annoyance of the seated audience. Date: 1926
Berlin, Germany - Brandenburg Gate in the late evening light, casting the form into sharp silhuette relief against the last light of the day. Date: circa 1930s
Ballroom or dance hall in the Hotel ExcelsiorThe ballroom or dance hall in the Hotel Excelsior, Berlin, late 1920s Date: late 1920s
Hunting Series (1 of 5) - Deer Stalking - returning with the spoils
Shaping metal with a steam hammerTwo metalworkers use a clamp and chain to hold a large piece of metal in place while it is shaped by a pneumatic steam hammer
The Royal College of Art, by Sir Hugh Maxwell CassonA watercolour and pen painting of The Royal College of Art, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson during
Japanese home bathJapanese ladies washing and cleansing themselves; one is in a bath tub with water heated by a fire
Girl Plays Ping PongA girl in a flowing pink dress plays ping pong
Huntsman with CigarHughie A huntsman in traditional attire smokes a large cigar
Heart, Veins, ArteriesLeft - the arteries and veins Right - the muscles
Nydam Viking ShipThe 007 Nydam ship, one of three vessels discovered in the 19th century, and dating from the late Iron Age. Preservation was aided by the ships peat bog deposit site
Sport / Martial Arts / KendoTwo warriors practise Kendo, the way of the sword. Kendo is derived from ancient samurai (warrior class) fighting methods
Carnaby Street BoutiqueCARNABY STREET A girl poses in the mirror as she tries on an outfit with a short waistcoat. Her friend is wearing a see-through chiffon blouse. " Lady Jane" boutique
Pueblo PotsPots of the Pueblo peoples of Arizona and New Mexico : the five lower pieces are prehistoric, the rest are of late 19th century Hopi and other tribes
Kurdish Gentlemen / IranTwo Kurdish men in traditional costume
Lms down SpecialThe London Midland and Scottish Railways Down Special mail train heads north with the Scottish Mail
Circus Clown PointingA young child, with a hoop decorated with flowers, rides on the back of a skewbald (brown and white) horse, while a clown stands and points
Odin and ValkyriesOdin and the Valkyries welcome a warrior to Valhalla
Lms Coronation LocoThe London Midland and Scottish Railways Coronation class loco no 5256
Early BicyclesA variety of early bicycles, including two varieties of the Celerifere of 1793 (1 & 2), the Draisienne (Dandy-Horse) of 1819 (3) and Gompertzs Velocipede (4)
Crop-Spraying PotatoesA farmer uses horse-drawn machinery to spray main-crop potatoes with Bordeaux Mixture as a preventative against late blight, on an Essex farm near Rickling
Poisonous PlantsWater Hemlock (Cicuta Virosa); Conium Maculatum; Digitalis Purpurea; Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias); Pasque Flower (Anemone Pulsatilla); Autumn Crocus