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Background imageMove Collection: Marie Curie

Marie Curie
Born in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years. Marie moved to Paris and read Physics at the Sorbonne

Background imageMove Collection: Biba move to Kensington Church Street

Biba move to Kensington Church Street
A highly publicised moving day for the Biba boutique of Barbara Hulanicki as around 60 models and well-known sixties personalities help to move the shop from its original Abingdon Road location to

Background imageMove Collection: Smithfield Market 1870

Smithfield Market 1870
The arrival of an early meat train at Smithfield Market in London: porters unload and move baskets and crates

Background imageMove Collection: UFOS / SIBERIAN FIREBALL

UFOS / SIBERIAN FIREBALL
Crew of the British steamer Siberian, off Cape Race, Newfoundland, see a huge ball of fire rise from the sea, move against the wind, then move away after 5 minutes

Background imageMove Collection: David Lloyd George leaving Downing Street

David Lloyd George leaving Downing Street
Lloyd George pictured leaving Downing Street after his resignation with his wife and daughter Megan. His resignation announcement featured in the Court circular of 19th October

Background imageMove Collection: Immovable - 2 young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move

Immovable - 2 young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move
Immovable - two young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move! As stubborn as a mule... Date: 1907

Background imageMove Collection: Witley Station. The move to Westbury

Witley Station. The move to Westbury
Photograph: Witley Station. The move to Westbury. Photograph showing a number of tanks, having been loaded onto a train. From a photograph album containing 620 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred

Background imageMove Collection: A heavy gun battery moving uphill during the Balkan campaign

A heavy gun battery moving uphill during the Balkan campaign
A French heavy-gun battery move up a steep hill during fighting with the Bulgarian army on the Macedonian border, October 1916

Background imageMove Collection: Watch Advertisement

Watch Advertisement
Thanks to his Omega watch, this gentleman can tell that unless his companion gets a move on, they are going to be late for the theatre

Background imageMove Collection: Lapland Reindeer

Lapland Reindeer
A herd of Lapland reindeer. They move in enormous herds, the record being claimed for a herd of 50, 000. The only type of deer where both males and females have antlers

Background imageMove Collection: McNabs tree transplanter, as used in Edinburgh

McNabs tree transplanter, as used in Edinburgh
McNabs tree transplanter, as used by him in the Royal Scottish Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1850

Background imageMove Collection: Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Scene Shifter

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Scene Shifter. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Background imageMove Collection: Overhead cranes at Lockheed-Georgia move the first Lockh?

Overhead cranes at Lockheed-Georgia move the first Lockh?
Overhead cranes at Lockheed-Georgia move the first Lockheed C-5A Galaxy upper forward fuselage to a new position

Background imageMove Collection: British Tank on the move; First World War, 1916

British Tank on the move; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing a British tank, perhaps a Mark IV Male, on the move over rough ground somewhere in France during the latter part of 1916

Background imageMove Collection: Schneider Handkerchief

Schneider Handkerchief
In a seance with Harry Price, Austrian medium Rudi Schneider causes a handkerchief to move paranormally by psychokinesis

Background imageMove Collection: Ww1 / Moving a Heavy Gun

Ww1 / Moving a Heavy Gun
British soldiers move a heavy gun up to the front by manpower, hauling it through the mud Date: 1914 - 1918

Background imageMove Collection: Bessie Love and Anita Page dancing in MGMs Broadway Melody

Bessie Love and Anita Page dancing in MGMs Broadway Melody, 1929 Date: 1929

Background imageMove Collection: Strong Winds

Strong Winds
This illustration portrays a young lady wearing a bright red hat and orange scarf, struggling to move in the strong, blustering winds. Date: circa 1901

Background imageMove Collection: Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Advance to Victory!

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Advance to Victory! Date: circa mid-1970s

Background imageMove Collection: Queen Victoria statue in House of Lords

Queen Victoria statue in House of Lords. It was proposed to move in 1925 to another spot, to provide a suitable site for the House of Lords War Memorial in the Princes Chamber at Westminster

Background imageMove Collection: Music cover, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Bing Crosby

Music cover, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Bing Crosby
Music cover, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, words by Johnny Mercer, music by Harold Arlen, sung by Bing Crosby with Betty Hutton in the Paramount film Here Come the Waves Date: 1944

Background imageMove Collection: The Chess Player

The Chess Player
An Oil painting showing a female chess player, planning her next move. Date: circa 1929

Background imageMove Collection: Checkmated, Love and Romance over the Chess Board

Checkmated, Love and Romance over the Chess Board

Background imageMove Collection: Constitutionalists Repair Railway Destroyed by Federalists

Constitutionalists Repair Railway Destroyed by Federalists
A group of Constitutionalists repair a railroad destroyed by federalist forces. Several men repair the metal tracks as others move wood, clear the track, or watch from a parked locomotive ahead

Background imageMove Collection: Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I British

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I British
ww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, british, soldiers, troops, army, move, moving, movement, german, germans, prisoners, captives, captive, prison, ruins, horse, dead, destroyed, land

Background imageMove Collection: Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis

Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind. Showing how the use of atomic explosives could be used on ambitious engineering works

Background imageMove Collection: Divers gathering pearl-oysters in Western Australia waters. The diver in the background is being

Divers gathering pearl-oysters in Western Australia waters. The diver in the background is being staged - a process where he is held for up to half an hour at a certain depth from the surface so that

Background imageMove Collection: Monks meditate and die

Monks meditate and die
Shahabad, India : six ascetics are meditating in the temple when a lamp sets light to a mat. Forbidden to move while meditating, they burn to a holy death. Date: 1939

Background imageMove Collection: Comic postcard, Man to help with town planning Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man to help with town planning Date: 20th century

Background imageMove Collection: Street scene in Marseilles, Franc

Street scene in Marseilles, France. Figures move in and out of the sunlight as they pass under an arch. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageMove Collection: Epstein sculpture arriving at London gallery

Epstein sculpture arriving at London gallery
Sculpture Genesis by Jacob Epstein arrives at a Bond Street gallery on an open truck. Staff consider how to move it. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageMove Collection: Cock O the North locomotive waiting for signals

Cock O the North locomotive waiting for signals
LNER 2001 Cock O the North 1933 locomotive waiting for the signals to move. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageMove Collection: Three dancing scenes - one from a Universal Movie

Three dancing scenes - one from a Universal Movie
Three dancing scenes from 1929 - top from the Universal Pictures film Broadway with Glen Tryon (Universals first talking picture with technicolour sequences)

Background imageMove Collection: A portait of Joan Crawford at MGM, 1930

A portait of Joan Crawford at MGM, 1930 Date: 1930

Background imageMove Collection: Miss Evelyn Hope

Miss Evelyn Hope Date: 1907

Background imageMove Collection: Oldham Expelled from Plymouth 1623

Oldham Expelled from Plymouth 1623
John Oldham is expelled from the Plymouth colony, a soldier hitting him on the backside with the butt of his rifle to move him through a crowd. Date: 1623

Background imageMove Collection: Creole Volunteer Soldiers Debark at Fort-de-France

Creole Volunteer Soldiers Debark at Fort-de-France
The debarkment at Fort-de-France of Creole volunteer troops from Martinique returning from fighting in Mexico. Squadrons of soldiers gather by the shore, waiting to move off. Date: 1865

Background imageMove Collection: The Capture of Tabasco 1847

The Capture of Tabasco 1847
The capture of Tabasco by U.S. naval forces under Commodore Perry. Two American paddle steamers and a small ship move up the river on their way to San Juan Bautista

Background imageMove Collection: Maximilian visits Rome en route for Mexico

Maximilian visits Rome en route for Mexico
Maximilian and Charlotte visit Rome en route for Mexico as Emperor and Empress of Mexico. Two carriages move forward between two lines of soldiers barring the crowds of people from moving forwards

Background imageMove Collection: General Neigre leaves General Bazaine on march on Morelia

General Neigre leaves General Bazaine on march on Morelia
At the heights of Tacubaya, General Neigre parts with General Bazaine on the march on Morelia. The two generals on horseback stand next to each other talking

Background imageMove Collection: Charles James Fox speaking out in Parliament against slavery

Charles James Fox speaking out in Parliament against slavery
Charles James Fox (1749-1806), British Whig Statesman, MP and ardent anti-slavery campaigner, shown here speaking out in Parliament against the slave trade

Background imageMove Collection: Boy Stumps Chess Rival Date: 1935

Boy Stumps Chess Rival Date: 1935

Background imageMove Collection: WORKING ELEPHANT 1915

WORKING ELEPHANT 1915
An elephant employed by the German army during World War One helps move some tree trunks. Date: 1915

Background imageMove Collection: CLIMBER ON ROCKFACE

CLIMBER ON ROCKFACE
Making his way up a sheer rockface, a climber considers his next move. Date: 1930s

Background imageMove Collection: The Distresst Poet

The Distresst Poet
A distresst poet writes the verses which will, he hopes, bring him enough money to buy new clothes, food and drink, and enable him to move to somewhat better accommodation. Date: circa 1750

Background imageMove Collection: CHESS; PLANNING MOVE

CHESS; PLANNING MOVE
Planning the move... Date: 1850

Background imageMove Collection: GIRL, 1850S

GIRL, 1850S
A young girl stands primly, scared to move, in a full skirt Date: CIRCA 1855

Background imageMove Collection: Ascetics monks burn to death in temple

Ascetics monks burn to death in temple
Six ascetics of a Hindu sect are meditating in temple near Shahabad when a lamp falls & sets their mat alight; forbidden to move, they let themselves be roasted... Date: 1939



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