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Background imageNamed Collection: Redcross War Dogs Rescue

Redcross War Dogs Rescue
Two Red Cross rescue dogs, a German Shepherd - at this date also named Police Dog - and a Belgian Shepherd Dog, find the body of a man killed on the battlefield

Background imageNamed Collection: Even the Moon Beams

Even the Moon Beams
An advertisement for Ford cars: " All the world loves a Ford - even the moon beams"

Background imageNamed Collection: Astleys Amphitheatre

Astleys Amphitheatre
Philip Astleys amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road, London : loved by Dickens, this was also the scene of clowns such as Grimaldi, and popular melodrama

Background imageNamed Collection: Rover Safety Bicycle

Rover Safety Bicycle
Faster and easier than any bicycle ever made

Background imageNamed Collection: GOLDEN HIND (FORD)

GOLDEN HIND (FORD)
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE The ship of sir Francis Drake, formerly named Pelican

Background imageNamed Collection: Chevrolet 6 Club Sedan

Chevrolet 6 Club Sedan
The Chevrolet Six Club Sedan has a Fisher body, which is why it looks so distinguished

Background imageNamed Collection: Renault Torpedo Sport

Renault Torpedo Sport
The chauffeur of a Renault 40cv Torpedo Sport waits while two lady passengers get in. Or is one lady seeing the other off ? Who can say ?

Background imageNamed Collection: Macmillan Bicycle

Macmillan Bicycle
Macmillans lever-driven bicycle is the first to be fitted with a drive mechanism of any kind

Background imageNamed Collection: Orion (Kranz)

Orion (Kranz)
A star-filled sky, featuring the constellation of Orion

Background imageNamed Collection: Early Bicycles

Early Bicycles
A variety of early bicycles, including two varieties of the Celerifere of 1793 (1 & 2), the Draisienne (Dandy-Horse) of 1819 (3) and Gompertzs Velocipede (4)

Background imageNamed Collection: Greyhound Bedlamite

Greyhound Bedlamite
His small head and deep chest make this oddly-named dog a champion

Background imageNamed Collection: Cadillac Advert

Cadillac Advert
If you are among those who have cherished an ambition to own one of these distinguished cars, you will now find a Cadillac well within your means

Background imageNamed Collection: Lancashire Witches

Lancashire Witches
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES The gathering of the witches, doing magic round their cauldron, watched by their sinister familiars

Background imageNamed Collection: Baker doing Charleston

Baker doing Charleston
THE ORIGINAL CHARLESTON as danced by Josephine Baker at the Folies-Bergere, Paris

Background imageNamed Collection: Blunt / Pisces / Plate 49

Blunt / Pisces / Plate 49
The constellation of Pisces, the fish

Background imageNamed Collection: Stephenson / Huddersfield

Stephenson / Huddersfield
Clem Stephenson, player for Huddersfield Town

Background imageNamed Collection: Tango for Two C1912

Tango for Two C1912
Two stylishly dressed ladies dance the tango stylishly together

Background imageNamed Collection: Valentine Greatrakes

Valentine Greatrakes
Irish healer who, after a dream in 1662, discovered that he could heal many ailments simply by passing his hands and stroking the patient

Background imageNamed Collection: Morris Works Cowley 1908

Morris Works Cowley 1908
The Morris works at Cowley, Oxford

Background imageNamed Collection: GOLDEN HIND (CIG. CARD)

GOLDEN HIND (CIG. CARD)
The ship of sir Francis Drake, formerly named Pelican

Background imageNamed Collection: SLOW LORIS

SLOW LORIS
(nycticebus coucang) I think this is a Slow Loris, so named because it is

Background imageNamed Collection: The Needles, Horsham, Interior

The Needles, Horsham, Interior
A photograph of a furnished small interior room with chunky exposed beams, belonging to a Tudor style cottage named The Needles at Horsham

Background imageNamed Collection: Northamptonshire witches riding a pig

Northamptonshire witches riding a pig
Three of the witches of Northamptonshire, riding a pig. They were condemned to death in July 1612. Date: 1612

Background imageNamed Collection: Massena - a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy

Massena - a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy
Massena was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, built in the 1890s. A member of a group of five broadly similar battleships, ordered in response to the British Royal Sovereign class

Background imageNamed Collection: Tango - Knees Up

Tango - Knees Up
Two tango against an artificial ballroom background. Date: 1914

Background imageNamed Collection: King James I knights a tasty loin of beef - Arise Sir Loin

King James I knights a tasty loin of beef - Arise Sir Loin
King James I knights a tasty loin of beef at Hoghton Tower, near Preston, Lancashire, in 1617. Historians are somewhat unsurpringly divided as to the likelihood and validity of this tale

Background imageNamed Collection: Macmillans Bicycle

Macmillans Bicycle
Kirkpatrick Macmillan and his early Dandy Horse bicycle

Background imageNamed Collection: Chislet Colliery 1930S

Chislet Colliery 1930S
Chislet Colliery was located next to the Canterbury-Margate road, Kent. Two shafts were first sunk in 1914. Despite surviving nationalisation in 1947, the mine closed in 1969. Date: 1930s

Background imageNamed Collection: Chrysler 1929

Chrysler 1929
Chrysler Imperial 80 available in roadster, coupe, sport and sedan versions Date: 1929

Background imageNamed Collection: Slow Velocipede

Slow Velocipede
A man pushing his boneshaker velocipede bicycle in Holborn, central London, through a heavy traffic jam! Date: early 1930s

Background imageNamed Collection: Alfa-Romeo Racing Car

Alfa-Romeo Racing Car
The car in which Tazio Nuvolari will win two Grand Prix : other notable drivers are Raymond Sommer and Louis Chiron. Date: 1936

Background imageNamed Collection: Bone-Shaker Bike C1830

Bone-Shaker Bike C1830
It has pedals, but no chain, and no pneumatic tyres - hard work to propel, and hard on the seat... Date: circa 1830

Background imageNamed Collection: Sizaire Poster 1925

Sizaire Poster 1925
Art deco inspired poster for the Sizaire car with its headlamps blazing

Background imageNamed Collection: Annie Lauries Home

Annie Lauries Home
ANNIE LAURIE Maxwelton House, Dumfries- shire, Scotland, the birthplace of Annie Laurie in 1682, after whom a famous Scottish ballad was named

Background imageNamed Collection: Fire Engine of 1666

Fire Engine of 1666
The early fire engine named Ye Deluge, used at the Great Fire of London in 1666 and attended the first fire at Bournemouth

Background imageNamed Collection: Girl in Mgb 1960S

Girl in Mgb 1960S
A girl in a classic racing green MGB sports car. Introduced in autumn 1962, the MGB was originally available only as a convertible and proved to be an immediate hit

Background imageNamed Collection: Isobel Gowdie

Isobel Gowdie
At her 1662 trial, Scottish witch ISOBEL GOWDIE tells how since 1647 she and her companions were visited by Black John who chastised disobedient witches

Background imageNamed Collection: Voiture Henriod 1900 veteran motor car

Voiture Henriod 1900 veteran motor car
Voiture Henriod 1900. A neat little two-seater (with a little seat at back for baby or dog) - tiller steering - motoring at its simplest ! Date: 1900

Background imageNamed Collection: Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGL BOAC Montego Bay

Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGL BOAC Montego Bay
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser G-AKGL flew with BOAC from 1950 until 1958. Named Cabot it flew on the North American route for many years. Date: 1952

Background imageNamed Collection: Oldsmobile 1910

Oldsmobile 1910
Racing the railroad train

Background imageNamed Collection: Witch of Berkeley

Witch of Berkeley
The Witch of Berkeley, said by William of Malmesbury to have been exhumed by her friend, the Devil, who took her away on his horse

Background imageNamed Collection: Daimler 15 Saloon

Daimler 15 Saloon
An aristocratic car at a moderate price, the choice of the well-to-do business or professional man. Date: 1936

Background imageNamed Collection: Triumph Dolomite

Triumph Dolomite
A handsome family tourer which is modestly priced at under four hundred pounds. Date: 1937

Background imageNamed Collection: Ferrari Dino

Ferrari Dino
A bright yellow Ferrari Dino, parked outside a smart period property. Date: 1974

Background imageNamed Collection: MAXWELL 1911

MAXWELL 1911
A lady rebukes her dog for even thinking of lifting its leg against the wheel of her Maxwell... Date: 1911

Background imageNamed Collection: Poster for a Royal Navy Auction, 1910

Poster for a Royal Navy Auction, 1910
Poster advertising an auction held in 1910 to sell a number of obsolete Royal Navy vessels. The Navy was selling these five vessels to the highest bidder

Background imageNamed Collection: J R POINSETT 1779-1851

J R POINSETT 1779-1851
JOEL ROBERTS POINSETT American politician and diplomat, first U.S. Minister to Mexico (1825-29), bringing back the flower named for him

Background imageNamed Collection: Can-Can Dancer

Can-Can Dancer
A solo dancer in a huge white hat displays a lot of frilly undergarments as she dances



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