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Background imageNames Collection: Canadian Pacific to Canada and USA, Third Class

Canadian Pacific to Canada and USA, Third Class, information page listed names of ships and destinations. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageNames Collection: Terence (195-159 BC). Engraving

Terence (195-159 BC). Engraving
Terence (195-159 BC). Playwright during the Roman Republic. Portrait. Engraving in an edition of his works of 1518. Library University of Barcelona. Spain

Background imageNames Collection: Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Dome and Mirhab. Isfahan. Iran

Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Dome and Mirhab. Isfahan. Iran
Islamic Art. Safavid era. Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Built in 1598 during the reign of Abbas I and completed in 1602 in time of Sheikh Lotfollah

Background imageNames Collection: Candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in Chi

Candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in Chicago: Bates, Pennington, Chase, Fremont, Lincoln, Seward, Banks, McLean, Cameron, Bell and Clay. Wood engraving (1860)

Background imageNames Collection: Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions
A lodging-house keeper names her terms and conditions to a potential guest - no unaccompanied female visitors, no alcohol, no cooking in the rooms... Date: 1842

Background imageNames Collection: Registering Fellaheen

Registering Fellaheen for military service, Luxor. Date: circa 1886

Background imageNames Collection: Johannes Buxtorf

Johannes Buxtorf
JOHANNES BUXTORF German Hebraist at Basel (NB: there were several people of this or similar names living at this period) Date: 1564 - 1629

Background imageNames Collection: Map / Asia / China C1880

Map / Asia / China C1880
China Proper showing the individual provinces, and underlining names of ports open to foreign trade Date: circa 1880

Background imageNames Collection: Six hounds of the South Berkshire Hunt

Six hounds of the South Berkshire Hunt. Date: 1936

Background imageNames Collection: Common Sea Bream, or Brean

Common Sea Bream, or Brean, with a range of Latin names, including Sparus aurata, Pagellus centrodontus, and Sparus centrodontus. Date: 1862

Background imageNames Collection: Page design, big moments in my life, School Silhouettes

Page design, big moments in my life, School Silhouettes
Page design for big moments in my life, in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Background imageNames Collection: Page design, secret societies, School Silhouettes

Page design, secret societies, School Silhouettes
Page design for secret societies in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting a young woman holding her finger to her lips

Background imageNames Collection: Page design, personality, School Silhouettes

Page design, personality, School Silhouettes
Page design for personality (plus and minus, I love, I hate), in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Background imageNames Collection: Royal Sussex Regiment memorial, Murree Hills, India

Royal Sussex Regiment memorial, Murree Hills, India (now in Pakistan). It lists the names of fifteen soldiers, and three women, who died in 1888

Background imageNames Collection: W Moult and J Fidler, workers at hatworks

W Moult and J Fidler, workers at hatworks
Ernest Battersby took a number of photogrpahs of employees at the family hatworks in Stockport, and noted their names as well

Background imageNames Collection: World War I Memorial, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

World War I Memorial, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageNames Collection: Firefighters at a fire in Goswell Road, London EC1

Firefighters at a fire in Goswell Road, London EC1
Firefighters at the premises of H Robin and Sons Ltd, 119-123 Goswell Road, London EC1, on 30 April 1958. Showing men chalking up details of progress during the fire

Background imageNames Collection: German 77mm shell case vase with looped handles

German 77mm shell case vase with looped handles
A 1915 German 77 mm. shell case vase with looped handles, engraved with the badge of the Army Service Corps. and the place names of Wytschaete and Messines, Belgium, dated 1917. Trench Art

Background imageNames Collection: Hinged brass tobacco tin - East Yorkshire Regiment

Hinged brass tobacco tin - East Yorkshire Regiment
A small hinged brass tobacco tin engraved on reverse - (2856 Private) Arthur C. Stephenson and dated 1918. Together with an engraved badge of the East Yorkshire Regiment with the place names of

Background imageNames Collection: A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI

A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A curved stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War

Background imageNames Collection: A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI

A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War. Signature on base of pipe - P. S. WILSON

Background imageNames Collection: Quintagonal WWI photo frame

Quintagonal WWI photo frame
Quintagonal photo frame containing round swivel frame engraved in brass with the names and dates - Mons 1914 : Marne 1914 : La Basse 1915 : Ypres 1914/15 : Arras 1915 : Vimy 1917

Background imageNames Collection: WWI photo frame showing the Eastern Front

WWI photo frame showing the Eastern Front
First World War photo frame showing the Eastern Front with names of Generals and Allied Powers (1914-18) around the edge. Includes maps of Bulgaria, Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt.. Trench Art

Background imageNames Collection: Memorial to the men from Klein Almerode

Memorial to the men from Klein Almerode
Ehren Tafel (In Memoriam). A Memorial to the men from Klein Almerode with the names and portraits of fifty-two of its men who gave their lives for the Fatherland in the Great War. German School

Background imageNames Collection: Western Front photo frame, WW1

Western Front photo frame, WW1
First World War photo frame showing the Western Front with names of Admirals and Royal Naval ships around the edge. Includes map of Great Britain and Ireland, and parts of Norway, Belgium and France

Background imageNames Collection: Eastern Front photo frame, WW1

Eastern Front photo frame, WW1
First World War photo frame showing the Eastern Front with names of Generals and Allied Powers (1914-1918) around the edge. Includes maps of Bulgaria, Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt. Trench Art

Background imageNames Collection: Cartoon, The Glad Hand, WW1

Cartoon, The Glad Hand, WW1
Cartoon, The Glad Hand -- Brother Jonathan (representing the USA) tells Kaiser Wilhelm to wash his hand first, before shaking it

Background imageNames Collection: People with lanterns, Virginia City, Nevada, USA

People with lanterns, Virginia City, Nevada, USA
A group of people with lanterns in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Their names are printed below: Mackay, Grant, Fair, Gillette, Yanda and Kinkead. Date: 1879

Background imageNames Collection: South Mexico City, Mexico - Restaurant Moctezuma

South Mexico City, Mexico - Restaurant Moctezuma and decorated gondolas for the Venice of Mexico! Date: circa 1930

Background imageNames Collection: Roll of awards in hall of French chateau, Western Front, WW1

Roll of awards in hall of French chateau, Western Front, WW1
The roll of awards for the Victoria Cross in the hall of a French chateau on the Western Front during World War One. The names are Fleming-Sands, Hallowes and Bennett. Date: circa 1916

Background imageNames Collection: Street scene in Berlin, Germany

Street scene in Berlin, Germany, at the end of the Second World War, with soldiers and children. A sign reads: This Axis has been laid from El Alamein to Berlin via Africa, Italy, France, Belgium

Background imageNames Collection: Womens Royal Air Force -- Roll Call

Womens Royal Air Force -- Roll Call
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing a group of women during Roll Call. Date: 1919-1920

Background imageNames Collection: View of the harbour, Newquay, Cornwall

View of the harbour, Newquay, Cornwall
View of the harbour at Newquay, Cornwall. Some of the boat names are visible: Boy Jack, Oh I Say, Excellent, Playtime, Sun Rise, Bertie, Florence Rose, and Lorna. Date: 1934

Background imageNames Collection: Cascade Mountains USA

Cascade Mountains USA
Two native Americans pause during their hunt : in the distance are mounts Jefferson, Hood and Adams, though the two natives have other names for them. Date: 1857

Background imageNames Collection: Pocket Gopher

Pocket Gopher
This is probably Bottas pocket gopher (thomomys bottae) but there are other pocket gophers with quite different latin names. This one lives in Mexico. Date: circa 1880

Background imageNames Collection: Erckmann-Chatrian Photo

Erckmann-Chatrian Photo
EMILE ERCKMANN & LOUIS CHATRIAN French writers who collaborated, combining their names, in a series of popular historical novels : photo 1887. Date: 1822-99, 1826-90

Background imageNames Collection: Israel Gergesa

Israel Gergesa
There is unresolved dispute as to this site, supposedly the scene of Jesuss miracle of the Gadarene swine : other suggested names are Gadara, Kursa, Djerash &c. Date: circa 1835

Background imageNames Collection: Vct Frankf. Montmorency

Vct Frankf. Montmorency
LODGE RAYMOND de MONTMORENCY, second viscount de MONTMORENCY illustrious person, not to be confused with the first viscount all of whose names were the same. Date: 1747 - 1822

Background imageNames Collection: Wellington and Battle

Wellington and Battle
WELLINGTON as military hero - labels bear the names of some of his Peninsula victories, and he is seen directing a battle : this is before Waterloo. Date: 1814

Background imageNames Collection: Col. M F Rimington

Col. M F Rimington
COLONEL M F RIMINGTON military commander during the Boer War, author of a book on stable management; but no one seems to know his dates and names. Including ourselves. Date: circa 1901

Background imageNames Collection: Johann Heusinger

Johann Heusinger
JOHANN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HEUSINGER German churchman [Do not confuse with others with similar names] Date: ? - 1789

Background imageNames Collection: Patriotic Postcard, Signees of Declaration of Independence

Patriotic Postcard, Signees of Declaration of Independence
Flowers of Freedom - The Spirit of 1776 had for its motto: " Right, and not might, shall prevail." That motto still lives with Germanys Unconditional Surrender of May 8th, 1945

Background imageNames Collection: Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

Background imageNames Collection: CORTAZAR, JULIO (1914-1984). ARGENTINIAN

CORTAZAR, JULIO (1914-1984). ARGENTINIAN

Background imageNames Collection: Friedrich II (Vanhove)

Friedrich II (Vanhove)
EMPEROR FRIEDRICH II also Federigo I, king of Sicily This print also names him King of Jerusalem Date: 1194 - 1250

Background imageNames Collection: LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus entry control point

LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus entry control point
At larger fires more detailed entry control procedures were put in force to control the entry, and more importantly, the exit of firefighters in breathing apparatus

Background imageNames Collection: In comparison with governmental affairs newsies are small ma

In comparison with governmental affairs newsies are small matters. This photo taken in the shadow of the National Capitol where the laws are made

Background imageNames Collection: A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigg

A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war



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