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Hitchin, Herts 1940SThe corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. The Half Moon pub, sells Noted Luton Ales, too
Postman in the SnowThis stalwart postman does his duty and delivers the post rain or shine, or in this case, thick winter snow. No chance of exceeding the 30 mile per hour speed limit!
Hitchin, Herts 1940SThe corner of Bridge Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where the speed limit for W.D. (War Department) vehicles is 15 m.p.h. A horse and cart keeps strictly to this limit
Why not go the limit?. Illustration shows many women in the Mrs. PJ Gilligan bar smoking and drinking at their leisure. Date 1908 March 18. Why not go the limit?
Cartoon, The Veto Bill, by W H Toy. The new legislation was designed to limit the powers of veto of the House of Lords, and became law later the same year. 1911
Korean War era - Speed Limit sign close to the 38th parallel north, which formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War. Date: circa 1952
I ll be with you soon - or bust! Young man in a red sports car breaking the 5mph speed limit and incurring the wrath of a nearby policeman Date: 1933
Beale & Company AdvertisementThis richly bordered illustrated advertisement for Beale & Company Ltd, promotes the new Beale Player-Piano. The instrument has no limit other than the operator's own mental vision
The Motor Picture Book, What, Only Doing Sixty? Date: 1930
Boundary-marker in Oscan language. 300-100 BCBoundary-marker with Oscan inscription. Used to mark the confines of sacred area. Decorated with reliefs depicting helmeted goddess Athena and a boar. Terracotta. 300-100 BC. From a tomb near Capua
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Five InchesThe public was asked to restrict the depth of water in their baths to 5 inches (13cm) in order to limit the use of power resources
Limit of French Zone in the RuhrFrance extend their sphere of influence after German default in reparations - limit of French Zone in the Ruhr. 1923
German Mountaineer hitting the heights of satisfactionThats the Limit !! As good as it gets!! A german Mountaineer has reached the peak of a high summit, he is sunbathing and his packed lunch is VERY satisfactory. Date: circa 1930s
King John signs the Magna Carta at RunnymedeJohn, King of England (1166-1216) signs the Magna Carta (Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England) - forced onto him by the feudal barons
Hans and Nix everything new but the title : fun, music, and song : the positive limit in polite comedy. Date ca. 1899
Hadrians Wall - near Houseteads WoodHadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) near Houseteads Wood - a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia
Hadrians Wall - near Crag LoughHadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) - excavated Gateway at Camboglanna Fort (Gabaglanda)
Strangling of the Beer Bill by Lord BroughamNewspaper article, Strangling (with a misprint!) of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham and other peers in the House of Lords
Cartoon, The meat card, WW1Cartoon, The meat card. When a cook is unable to obtain seven cutlets for her employers seven dinner guests, they are all instructed to bring their own cutlet. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Playing cards, WW1Cartoon, Playing cards. Two old men at a table in a cafe play a game of cards (piquet) with their food rationing cards, which are normally used for buying meat, bread, coal and sugar. Date: 1917
Postal censorship during World War IPhotograph showing condemned goods taken from the mail and stored to await the decision of the Prize Court. Date: 1917
Postal censorship during World War 1Photograph taken in the Censors Museum which shows attempts which used to be made to smuggle food into Germany through the newspaper post
The campaign against Evil CommunicationsPage showing a series of photographs depicting the elaborate work of the postal censorship during WW1 in Britain: the laboratory where suspicius matter is chemically examined
The postal censorship: sorting mails and examining lettersPage showing a series of photographs which depict aspects of the postal censorship during WW1 in Britain. The first two photographs show preliminary distribution of mail bags
The postal censorship: deciphering languagesPage showing a series of photos depicting some medals intercepted from Germany, as well as letters marked as photographs which contained rubber and leather instead
WW2 - National Savings Committee Flier - Wings for Victory - The Skys The Limit. Date: circa 1941
King John signs the Magna Carta at RunnymedeEnglish Barons persuade King John to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15th June 1215 - illustration from a booklet History and the Mustard Pot for Colmans Mustard. Date: 1215
Man and car outside Post Office, John o Groats, ScotlandMan and car outside the Post Office, John o Groats, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s
Suffragette The Limit Votes for Women
Paris, France - Barriers and grants. Date: 1859
Paris, France - Barriere des Champs Elysees. Date: circa 1850
Paris, France - Barriere de l Etoile, de Neuilly. Date: 1828
Day in the life of an average household by G. H. DavisYour fuel target: a day in the life of an average household during the Second World War
Forager the puppy joins the other animals by the fireThe Limit -- Forager the puppy joins Master Quack the duckling, Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits, Rags the puppy, Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912
Vehicle preceded by flag, 1883A man precedes a steam vehicle waving a red flag, to warn road users of its presence and to enforce a speed limit, in keeping with the Locomotive or Red Flag Acts of Parliament
Save Power at Work - Help your Fuel WatcherWorld War Two public information poster for the Ministry of Food & Power - Save Power at Work. " Hi! Don t leave that machine running idle! And turn off that Blue Pencil Light!" circa 1940s
Raising him the limit. Date c1892 Nov. 11
Poster, Obey the Speed LimitPoster warning drivers to Obey the Speed Limit, which is 30 mph in built-up areas. 20th century
Richard Oastler, factory reformerRichard Oastler (1789-1861) was a labour reformer and abolitionist, born in Leeds, Yorkshire
Speedometer testingGongsters on parade; police cars of the police traffic patrol waiting to have their speedometers tested against a stopwatch, to ensure they drive within the 30 miles and hour speed limit
Judas PunishedTheres a limit to how forgiving God can be, and Judas is condemned to perch on this rock throughout eternity, meditating on his wickedness
Mount Hermon, LebanonOn the Syrian border, in the Anti-Lebanon range, this was the northern limit of the Israelite conquest