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The Armageddon reservists leaving London, WW1, Matania
" The Armageddon Reservists Leaving London" This picture by Fortunino Matania shows German reservists leaving London from Victoria station

Habitual Criminals Bill
As a result of the Habitual Criminals Bill which has recently passed through the House of Lords, constables were authorised to summarily apprehend, without warrant, ticket-of-leave men

Victoria and Albert visit Ireland
The Royal visit to Ireland: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leaving Kingstown. Date: 1849

Lord Carnarvons House at the foot of the Tomb
Howard Carter and his party about to leave for the Valley of the Kings. Mr Carter is seated by the driver and behind are Mr Mace and Mr Burton. Date: 17th Febrary 1923, p160

A Conference of the Allies 1917
British officers, presumably home on leave for Christmas, standing behind a curtain with sprigs of mistletoe behind their backs

The Queen mag / cruise 1938
Front cover illustration for The Queen magazine showing an enormous shiny cruise ship about to leave the harbour or dock of some sunny holiday destination. Date: January 1938

Manchester Airport
A happy, blonde air hostess leads the way for her passengers to leave an aeroplane at Manchester Airport, England. Date: late 1960s

Charles Duc De Guise - 2
CHARLES de Lorraine, quatrieme duc de GUISE, French Catholic leader and governor of Provence, forced by Richelieu to leave France for Italy where he died. Date: 1571 - 1640

Charles Duc De Guise - 1
CHARLES de Lorraine, quatrieme duc de GUISE, French Catholic leader and governor of Provence, forced by Richelieu to leave France for Italy where he died. Date: 1571 - 1640

London Life: Judges leaving a service at Westminster Abbey Date: circa 1940

Daddie Postcard - with forget-me-nots and ivy leaves. Date: circa 1910s

Twixt Love and Duty - WW1 - Soldiers leaving for the front say goodbye to their loved ones at the railway station. Date: circa 1915

Thessaloniki, Greece, Greek Volunteers leave for Sedd el Bar
Thessaloniki, Greece - Greek Volunteers leave for Sedd el Bahr (Seddulbahir) a village in the district of Eceabat, Canakkale Province, located at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Trying it on
Trying it on! A sailor boy (home on leave) proposes to his girl sweetheart and presents her with a diamond ring! Date: circa 1942

Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

Franco-British Exhibition - Edward VII & President Fallieres
Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London - King Edward VII (1841-1910) & French President Clement Armand Fallieres (1841-1931) leaving the Royal Pavilion. Date: 1908

Patriotic Postcard WWI - American - Sending sons to serve
What can we (the American people) do for Home and Country? We can give our sons for service for Old Glory. The sender of the card has (rather touchingly)

Male and Female British Servicemen - Piccadilly Circus
Male and Female British Servicemen on leave - Piccadilly Circus, London - WWII. Date: circa 1943

Royal visit to Edinburgh (2 / 3)
Royal visit to Edinburgh - July 1911. The departure of King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) from St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

The animals leave Noahs Ark, the flood waters having subsided. circa 18th century

Adam and Eve sent out of Eden. 18th century

Maldivians wave goodbye for the last time as a RAF Short SC-5 Belfast, XR369, Spartacus, prepares to leave from the island of Gan in the Indian Ocean

Westland Sikorsky S-51 G-AJOV Sir Lamorak of BEA
Westland Sikorsky S-51, G-AJOV, Sir Lamorak, of BEA at Speke Airport, Liverpool, about to leave for Cardiff

A SABCA-manufactured Fokker FVIIb-3ms OO-AIH of Sabena
A SABCA-manufactured Fokker FVIIb-3ms, OO-AIH, of Sabena seen ready to leave Brussels on a night mail flight to Croydon

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Book of Firdawsi (Shah name). Bijene and Reham leave to attack Firud. Hindu art.; Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

Sailors Going on Leave
Two cheerful British sailors go on leave, with their duffle bags slung on their shoulders. Date: 1938

Nicolas Ii / Cossacks 1904
NICOLAS II OF RUSSIA Russian Tsar and his Cossack Regiments - the latter are about to leave for the Far East to fight for their country Date: 1904

The modern Cincinnatus, who will not leave his plough. Illustration shows former president Grover Cleveland as Cincinnatus plowing a field; an elderly woman labeled Democracy is standing in

Why girls leave home

Why men leave home by Avery Hopwood Why men leave home by Av
Why men leave home by Avery Hopwood. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Why Men Leave Home at the Mason Opera House, showing a broken heart. Date 1938

Come along - learn something, see something in the US Navy Ample shore leave for inland sights. Poster showing two sailors as tourists in South America, riding and feeding bananas to a llama

Little Americans, do your bit Eat oatmeal, corn meal mush, ... Save the wheat for our soldiers - Leave nothing on your plate. Poster showing a young boy saluting a bowl of cereal. Date 1917

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers

Migratory agricultural worker from Florida waiting to leave Belcross, North Carolina to another job at Onley, Virginia. It is Sunday and she is wearing her best clothes. Date 1940 July

Santa Fe RR freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwith yard, Chicago, Ill. Date 1943 March

Escort by Helen McKie - World War II
An old Chelsea Pensioner in his distinctive red uniform looks on aghast as a smart RAF airman escorts two pretty girls. Date: c.1940

Courting wartime couple, 1939
Back view of a couple in a London Park during the early weeks of World War Two. A soldier rests his knapsack, helmet and jacket while he enjoys a quiet moment with his sweetheart. 1939

French sailors on leave in London, 1939
French sailors on leave in London escorting a member of the A.F.S. Date: 1939

Street scene during the London Dock Strike

The Wreck of the Titanic - Survivors leave the Carpathia
705 survivors of the Titanic, brought home on board the Titanic have an emotional reunion with friends and relatives in New York. Date: 1912

Comic wartime scenes on the Western Front, showing a happy soldier going on leave, an unhappy soldier returning, and an officer of the 8th Yorks returning from the German trenches having stolen a

Silhouette of a sledding scene on a snowy hillside. One couple slide down the slope, watched by another couple wondering whether to copy them. Both men are in army uniform

Royal Wedding in Berlin
The marriage of Princess Irene of Hesse (1866-1953) to Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia (1862-1929) on 24th May 1888 at Charlottenburg Palace

Louis Restrained
Louis and Marie would rather be at Versailles, but when they try to leave Paris, they are prevented and forced to return to the Tuileries. They ll try again in June. Date: 18 April 1791

Distress in Paris 1874
The war with Prussia, followed by the Commune, leave France in an impoverished condition : in Paris the poor are forced to pawn household possessions such as bedding, Date: 1874

Bribing Caroline
Queen Caroline is offered an annuity of fifty thousand pounds to stay out of England and leave her husband (George IV) free to marry again. Date: 1820

Bourgeois Attacked
To consolidate his position, Bockelsen orders attacks on the bourgeois citizens of Munster, confiscating their property. Many leave the city. Date: 1535

Royals Leave Palace
A crowd gathers at the gates of Buckingham Palace to watch King George V and Queen Mary driving past. Date: early 1930s

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