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Booksellers RetreatThe Booksellers Provident Retreat at Abbots Langley, Herts built as a result of the benevolence of paper magnate John Dickinson in 1844. The house is still used this way
Sailing Ship AgroundA sailing vessel runs aground on the Yorkshire coast : rescuers on the beach throw out lines to help the crew get ashore
Unplumbable DepthsThe sea off the Norwegian coast is so deep that its depth cannot be measured by our plumb-lines
Power from the SeasFuture power stations will harness the enormous thermal energy of the seas and convert it into usable power, along the lines proposed by Claude and Boucherot Date: circa 1935
Battle of Solferino 3The French chasseurs charge the Austrian lines
Battle of Solferino 4The decisive charge by the French chasseurs against the Austrian lines
Battle of Solferino 8The decisive charge by the French chasseurs on the Austrian lines : fierce fighting at close quarters
French Laying MinesFrench sappers laying mines, tunneling towards the enemy lines where they will plant mines which when detonated should destroy the enemys defences
Fishing through Ice / 1555Two fishermen break open the ice and fish through these holes with lines and nets
Doggy does LaundryA helpful dog holds a basket of laundry in its mouth for a little girl, who is pegging out her washing
Renault Assembly LinesInterior of a Renault factory showing the assembly lines
Soviet Radio OperatorSoviet shortwave radio operator communicating with forces behind the enemy lines
Funnels and FlagsFunnels and house flags of various steam lines
Fishing FloatsFloats, holding up fishing lines
Housemaid hangs the washing out (Tuesday)Tuesday: The housemaid hangs the washing out on the line
Jacob Epstein / Evans 1922Sir Jacob Epstein Sculptor
STEAMSHIP LEVIATHANAtlantic liner of the United States Lines, formerly the Hamburg-Amerika liner Vaterland, made over as war reparations and reconditioned for 2 million (1924 value !"
Ss GEORGE WASHINGTONAtlantic liner of the United States Lines - at this time, the largest liner flying the American flag
STEAMSHIP AMERICAAtlantic liner of the United States Lines
STEAMSHIP RESOLUTEAtlantic liner of the United American Lines, named after an Americas Cup winner
STEAMSHIP CARONIACunarder sailing between Liverpool and the United States : with her sister-ship Carmania she had a reputation for fine lines and luxurious accommodation
Olympics / 1912 / BaseballBaseball match between USA and Sweden
Discussing her LinesDiscussing her lines
Flares over TrenchesFlares illuminate the desolate landscape in which the lines of trenches are like crevasses
Captain Ingliss TankCaptain A M Inglis advances his tank into the German lines even though one of his wheels has been blown off
Pearl Fishing / 1870Fishing for pearls in the Persian Gulf. Native divers hold their breath and drop down to the sea bed on lines
Boer War: ThabanchuTHABANCHU De Wet breaks through the British lines
Fishing Village 1940SA corner of Mevagissey harbour, a typical Cornish fishing village. Here the crew of one of the smacks are busy baiting the long fishing lines. A well-dressed man watches them
Advert / Sea / Dollar LinesThe new route to America - Dollar Steamship Line via the Mediterranean to New York and Boston
German Albatros, 1917A German Albatros fighter is fired on from the enemy lines
Advert / Sea / Us LinesUnited States Lines for the New Holiday
Lions Stop Rail WorkLIONS AND LINES : During the construction of the Uganda Railway, lions attack the camps to such an extent that at one time work has to be abandoned
Highland Patriot ShipMotor vessel of the Royal Mail Lines
Ley Line TrackwayLEY LINES : a track sighted on a notch at Llanthony, Wales, which Watkins claims is evidence of an ancient trackway combining natural and man-made features
Buying Clothes PegsBuying clothes-pegs and washing-lines from gipsies going from house to house
Brazil / Amazon C1890Tropical forest lines the banks of the lower Amazon, Brazil
Fishing / Norway / DangersThe variety of fishing styles in the Norwegian Sea, from ship-based catches to the dangers of fishing while balanced on floes of ice!
Anatomy LessonBody lines: Hospital nurses studying the bones and muscles, using a model of the human form, at an anatomy class
Training / Australia / WwiiAUSTRALIA Infantryman in training
Diaogonal Jumper 1936A sports jumper hand-knitted in graduated horizontal stripes over which are diagonal lines of fancy open stitch following the diagonal button fastening on the back
Coaling at JamaicaAt Kingston, Jamaica (West Indies), long lines of women carry baskets of coal to enable the liner to continue on its way
Istanbul WallsPart of the triple lines of walls which were intended to protect Byzantium against all comers - but they failed to keep out the Turks in 1453
BAIRDs TELEVISION 1927John Logie Baird demonstrates his television, transmitted from London to Glasgow, using telephone lines
Australian RailwayThe railway which connects Kalgoorlie (West) with Port Augusta (South), through the Nullarbor Plain, Australia, runs 330 miles without a curve. Built between 1925 and 1930
Mining Messines RidgeRoyal Engineers mine the Messines Ridge under German lines, and place explosives, which when detonated on 7 June 1917, assist the British in taking Ypres
Aerial View of TrenchesAn aerial photograph over the German lines, showing deep trenches, mine craters, and shell-pitted ground
Lines of Latitude 1683Showing Africa, Europe, Asia, part of Australia, the two hemispheres, the equator and the lines of Latitude. With Dutch text and listed as plate no.15 (?)
Lines of Longitude 1683Showing Africa, Europe, Asia, South Pole and part of Australia, the two hemispheres, the equator and the lines of Longitude
