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Living Collection (page 6)

Background imageLiving Collection: WW1 Army Camp, Crowborough, Sussex

WW1 Army Camp, Crowborough, Sussex
World War 1 Army Camp, Crowborough, near Royal Tunbridge Wells, Sussex, England. Showing living accommodation of the Essex Regiment Date: 1917

Background imageLiving Collection: European Bison - large adult male bull lying down

European Bison - large adult male bull lying down - part of a larger herd living wild in a mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Background imageLiving Collection: European Bison - a huge adult male bull lying down

European Bison - a huge adult male bull lying down - part of a larger herd living wild in a mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Background imageLiving Collection: European Bison - a huge adult male bull - part

European Bison - a huge adult male bull - part of a larger herd living wild in a mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Background imageLiving Collection: Prefabricated aluminium homes 1945

Prefabricated aluminium homes 1945
During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, aluminium prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, by Britains aircraft industry

Background imageLiving Collection: Festival of Empire exhibition, Pageant of London, 1911

Festival of Empire exhibition, Pageant of London, 1911
Citizens of London as the living history of London City: the pageant at the Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace. 1. visitors to the court of Queen Elizabeth: chiefs and women from afar; 2

Background imageLiving Collection: WWI - Patriotic German soldiers bearing their Flag

WWI - Patriotic German soldiers bearing their Flag
Four German soldiers proudly advance into battle bearing the national flag. The caption translates (loosely!) as: Living for the banner - No faltering will lead to glory

Background imageLiving Collection: Camera oscura from Giovanni Battista della Porta s

Camera oscura from Giovanni Battista della Porta s
" Camera oscura from Giovanni Battista della Portas " Magia naturalis" (1558). Edition of 1659, included Roger Bacons writings. Engraving."

Background imageLiving Collection: Dr Barnardos Village Homes, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex

Dr Barnardos Village Homes, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex
Children perform a dance display at Dr Barnardos Village Homes for Girls at Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. The occasion is presumably an open day, for the benefit of visitors and benefactors

Background imageLiving Collection: Industrial School, Chelmsford, Essex

Industrial School, Chelmsford, Essex
The Essex Industrial School on Rainsford Road, Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, certified in 1879 to hold 150 boys. In 1933 it became the Essex Home Approved School

Background imageLiving Collection: William Buckley

William Buckley
WILLIAM BUCKLEY, sent to Australia as a convict, who preferred to live with the aboriginals, becoming known as The Wild White Man

Background imageLiving Collection: Margery Crandon 6

Margery Crandon 6
Comparison of the thumbprint of Walter, control of American medium Margery, with that of a living Boston dentist - one of the dubious items which aroused suspicions of tricks

Background imageLiving Collection: Animalcules

Animalcules
At this time, it is thought that all living things - even including sperm and beasties found in dunghill water - are creatures in their own right, little animals or animalcules

Background imageLiving Collection: Kamala and Amala

Kamala and Amala
MIDNAPORE, INDIA Kamala and Amala, after living with wolves 1912-1920; they used to sleep on the ground, overlapping each other

Background imageLiving Collection: Art Deco living room

Art Deco living room
A well designed Art Deco living room with plenty of space

Background imageLiving Collection: Canadian Inuksuk Monument Utah Beach Museum

Canadian Inuksuk Monument Utah Beach Museum
It is estimated that about 3, 000 Native Canadians (Inuit, Metis and others) fought in WW2 of whom some 200 died. The Memorial, built by Inuk Elder Peter Irniq was unveiled on 30 October 2005

Background imageLiving Collection: A young woman doing up her Fathers smock

A young woman doing up her Fathers smock
A young woman sorting out her Fathers smock, preparing for him to go out with his (equally-elderly) wife, whilst her man stands to one side, with a sack over his shoulders

Background imageLiving Collection: Interior of Azm (Azem) Palace in Damascus, Syria

Interior of Azm (Azem) Palace in Damascus, Syria
Interior of the palace of As ad Pasha al-Azm in Damascus, Syria. As ad Pasha al-Azm was the governor of Damascus under Ottoman rule from 1742 to 1757

Background imageLiving Collection: Miyako Hotel, Kyoto - Japan

Miyako Hotel, Kyoto - Japan - Gracious resort living in 16 acres of beautiful landscaped Japanese gardens in the heart of the historic and fascinating city of Japan

Background imageLiving Collection: Margaret Patten (136)

Margaret Patten (136)
MARGARET PATTEN When she died in St Margarets Workhouse, London, she was living almost entirely on bread and milk, but was in good health almost to the end Date: 1603 - 1739

Background imageLiving Collection: Nawab Mansur Ali

Nawab Mansur Ali
NAWAB MANSUR ALI Said, Nawab, Nizam of Bengal - " A living monument of English injustice" Date: CIRCA 1890

Background imageLiving Collection: Tiled fireplace with wooden surround 1936

Tiled fireplace with wooden surround 1936
Slabbed in three different mottled tiles with kerbed hearth and a high oak wooden surround with ebonized shelf in the middle. Date: 1936

Background imageLiving Collection: Art Deco fireplace 1936

Art Deco fireplace 1936
Dull mottle tiles with plain vertical pattern to the side and a Art Deco centre. Date: 1936

Background imageLiving Collection: Living room with painted panels by Eric Ravilious

Living room with painted panels by Eric Ravilious
Living room in Sir Geoffrey Frys flat in London, with folding door panels painted with tennis scenes by Eric Ravilious. Date: 1933

Background imageLiving Collection: Smooth otter - tame animal living in Labuk Bay

Smooth otter - tame animal living in Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary (Lutra (Lutrogale) perspicillata). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Background imageLiving Collection: Jack London and Bert hop picking

Jack London and Bert hop picking
The writer Jack London (right) and a companion in Kent to experience hop-picking. London was in England for several weeks, living incognito amongst the poor in the East End of London. Date: circa 1902

Background imageLiving Collection: Flights into the Future - dinosaurs on Venus?

Flights into the Future - dinosaurs on Venus?
Dinosaurs pictured as possible inhabitants of the planet Venus in a book on the possibilities of space travel. Date: 1943

Background imageLiving Collection: Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents

Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents Joseph to the harem. Indo-Persian Art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. City Library

Background imageLiving Collection: Temporary homes 1945

Temporary homes 1945
During World War Two many houses were bombed, there were a shortage of homes for people after the war so temporary homes where quickly built

Background imageLiving Collection: Millican Dalton looking toward Derwentwater from Borrowdale

Millican Dalton looking toward Derwentwater from Borrowdale
Derwentwater from High Lodore, Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England. This card features Millican Dalton (1867-1947), famous outdoors man

Background imageLiving Collection: Pammastic emulsion paint advertisement

Pammastic emulsion paint advertisement
Advertisement for Pammastic emulsion paint transforming the interiors of Britains homes into bright, jolly retro delights! c.1955

Background imageLiving Collection: Satirical cartoon on poverty, WW1

Satirical cartoon on poverty, WW1
A satirical cartoon by the German artist George Grosz, showing three people living in a slum. An elderly woman sits on a chair, a young boy is slumped at the table

Background imageLiving Collection: Gypsy Camp near Latimer road, London

Gypsy Camp near Latimer road, London
Sketches of gypsy life: an encampment near Latimer road, Notting Hill. Mr. George Smith, social reformer of Coalville, Leicester, can been seen conversing with a gypsy family in the fore ground. 1879

Background imageLiving Collection: Middle-Class Living Room

Middle-Class Living Room
A middle-class sitting room Date: circa 1900

Background imageLiving Collection: German Interior 1920S

German Interior 1920S
Womans living room with particularly stylish armchairs; designed by Paul Gresser-Bielefeld. Date: 1920s

Background imageLiving Collection: Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex

Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex
Girls and staff in the grounds of Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex, with childrens cottages in the background. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up a Village Home for Orphan

Background imageLiving Collection: Sit down and read the papers

Sit down and read the papers, I did as she bade me - A couple in their living room, with the man reading a newspaper and the woman writing a letter

Background imageLiving Collection: St Josephs Industrial School, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland

St Josephs Industrial School, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
St Josephs Industrial School at Ferryhouse, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, was opened in 1885 for 170 Catholic boys. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Background imageLiving Collection: Johanna the Gorilla, Barnum and Baileys Circus, 1897

Johanna the Gorilla, Barnum and Baileys Circus, 1897
Photograph of Johanna, then known as the only living giantess gorilla, who was part of Barnum and Baileys three ring circus The Greatest Show on Earth, in her cage, 1897

Background imageLiving Collection: Edwardian Living Room

Edwardian Living Room
An attractive blonde Edwardian upper class lady, standing proudly next to the marble fireplace of her beautifully furnished living room

Background imageLiving Collection: Italian Immigrant Boy

Italian Immigrant Boy
An Italian boy, smartly dressed in a hat and long cloak, an immigrant to Britain, living in the Saffron Hill, area of London, EC1

Background imageLiving Collection: Italian Father / Daughter

Italian Father / Daughter
A proud Italian father with his pretty daughter, immigrants to Britain, living in the Italian community area of Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Background imageLiving Collection: Dante & Beatrice: Heaven

Dante & Beatrice: Heaven
" For that all living lights, waxing in splensour burst forth into songs; Such as from memory glide & fall away." (Canto XX, lines 10-12)

Background imageLiving Collection: Using Boys as Chessmen

Using Boys as Chessmen
Thirty-two pupils from Ramsgate schools act as living chessmen in two matches that form part of Kent Chess Associations Easter Congress

Background imageLiving Collection: African Green Parrot

African Green Parrot
AFRICAN GREEN PARROT (Psittacus species) There are several species of green parrot living south of the Sahara : this is one or other of them

Background imageLiving Collection: The living poster pageant

The living poster pageant which took place in the West End of London in order to shine a light on the International Advertising Exhibition which had opened at White City

Background imageLiving Collection: Houseboat (Dungar) on a river, Kashmir, India

Houseboat (Dungar) on a river, Kashmir, India. Date: circa 1910

Background imageLiving Collection: Drawing room on Thomas Liptons yacht, Erin

Drawing room on Thomas Liptons yacht, Erin
The very comfortable drawing-room of Sir T. Liptons yacht " Erin". Lipton would later sail to Serbia in the " Erin" during the First World War



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