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Girls on Sun Bed
A group of factory girls from Leeds, Yorkshire, England, topping up their tans with the aid of sunray treatment. Shame about the goggles... Date: early 1930s

Marthe Carpentier boxer born 1893
Marthe Carpentier French boxer. On 8th March 1914 she won a bout against Lucie Warner from England for the world female title

Blackrock Castle On River Lees Approaching to Cork City

Field-Marshal Montgomerys HQ, Zonhoven
On 9 September 1944 Zonhoven was liberated by the Allies, and from 12 November to 7 February 1945 Montgomery made his HQ here in the home of the local physician, Dr Armand Peeters

Stroukoff YC-123E Provider 55-4031
Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider 55-4031, modified by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp, Trenton NJ. With Pantobase undercarriage and wing-tip floats for operating off water, snow, ice, and sand, as well as land

North American XA2J-1 Super Savage 124439. The sole XA2J-1 to be completed, first flown on 2 January 1952, suffered from the same woes with the Allison T40 engines that every other aircraft that was

Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction with On Mark Engineering at LAX - March 1962. the conversion was carried out in stages

Nelly Power music hall singer 1854-1887
Nelly (Nellie) Power music hall singer, burlesque actress and early male impersonator. On the back of the photograph is printed ?Saturday Programme Supplement February 5th 1876?. Date: 1876

Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AODE prototype
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODE (msn 147) 1st prototype, moments before the starboard engine turbine blew up, causing the engine to fall off and the aircraft to catch fire

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - When am I goin to see you again
On the back of the card is a plaintive message to David.. Do you still miss us my darling? I will be delighted to have a little card from you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tears
The rhyme says that things will be nice tomorrow - obviously they were not too good today. On the back is a printed message from the Prime Minister Let us all strive without failing in faith or in

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On Leave
This little lass looks as if she is going on holiday - she has an umbrella! Despite the war people still took breaks and this sort of postcard featured regularly in messages back home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Longing to see you
On the back of the card Churchills message is Stand together and hold firm. The little girl is in her Sunday best and presumably believes that her journey is Really Necessary.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime

Three Spring Parisian frocks for the Riviera, 1925. On left is a dress of blue and white foulard from Lucien Lelong, centre is a dress of blue and white crepe de Chine

Two stage gowns from Paris, 1925. On the left Marcelle Lender at the Vaudeville theatre wears an evening frock of mauve charmeuse and liver lace

Three smart representations of current Parisian fashions, 1925. On the left Jane Regnys simple country frock of Rodiers new striped Zibli Kasha in blues and grays

On the Thames at Richmond, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: On the Thames at Richmond, London

Spread Eagle Hotel, Rolleston On Dove, Staffordshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Queens Head PH, Kingston On Thames, Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Brighton West Pier - On Fire - 11th May, 2003. Date: 2003

Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia Sciasia
New Zealander Sciasia, born of an Italian father and a Maori mother, played, with his brother John, for the Maori All Blacks in 1913

Australian 5th Division Memorial, Polygon Wood
The memorial stands on the old rifle buttes and overlooks both the Polygon Wood CWGC Cemetery and the New Zealand National Memorial

Bruce Bairnsfathers Cottage Memorial, St Yvon, Belgium
The rebuilt cottage stands on the site of the original building in which, in 1914, Bruce Bairnsfather drew his first catoons which led to the creation of Old Bill

Memorial Chapel Calvery, Dixmuide
This is a religious monument which is dedicated to all of the soldiers and civilians who died in the Great War. On 23 September 1928 it was solemnly blessed by the Bishop of Bruges in the presence of

Vlamertinghe Chateau, subject of Edmund Blunden poem
Blunden wrote the poem, On Passing Vlamertinghe Chateau in July 1917 in which he describes Poppies by the million. The Chateau survived the war

Private Memorial, Old Lonsdale Church, Oosterbeek
The final fighting north of the River Rhine during the last stages of Operation Market Garden was in and around the small Arnhem suburb of Oosterbeek

Memorial Chapel to St Mary of the Flowering Betuwe
This Chapel was erected in 1946 in commemoration of heavy fighting that took place around this area in September-October 1944 following the Market Garden Operation

The South Lancashire Regiment Memorial, Hermanville
The Regiment is also known as the Prince of Waless Volunteers.They came ashore on D-Day as part of the first waves & the area around this Memorial contains other memorials to the leading elements

Cheshire Regiment Memorial, Musee du Debarquement
The memorial is to all members of the Regiment whose different Battalions fought in various theatres of war. On D-Day the 2nd Battalion landed on Gold Beach as part of the 50th Northumbrian Division

Red Cross nurse
Red Cross Nurse. On Service. Artist: Harold Copping Date: 1915

Queens Own Rifles of Canada Memorial Anguerny
On 6 June 1944 the Rifles landed on Nan White Beach near Bernieres, The DD tanks of the Fort Garry Horse were delayed by rough seas & the Rifles landed without their support

General Montgomerys Tactical HQ Creullet Chateau
The HQ was set up on 9 June 1944. On 12 June he met Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Smuts there, on 14 June Charles de Gaulle & on 16 June King George VI. Montgomery had a caravan in the grounds

Memorial Royal Netherlands Brigade St Come
The Dutch Princess Irene Brigade cleared this area inAugust 1944. On D Day the British 9 Parachute Battalion dropped around here

Cessna 180 HB-COU (msn 31700) On 12 April 1960, this aircraft crashed and caught fire, when the pilot lost control trying to regain VMC in low clouds (240 feet), killing all three occupants

Westland WS. 51 Srs. 2 Widgeon G-APPS
Westland WS.51 Srs.2 Widgeon G-APPS (msn WA/H/3), of British United Airways 1960-1961. The first prototype, G-ALIK, was brought up to full Widgeon standard

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKT
Tipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team

Lockheed C-130A-45-LM Hercules 57-0460
United States Air Force - Lockheed C-130A-45-LM Hercules 57-0460 (msn 182-3167) sold to South Vietnam. On 3 April 1975, 1st Lt Pham-Quang-Khiem

United States Navy - USS Shenandoah - ZR-1
United States Navy - USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first of four United States Navy rigid airships overflying a city. Shenandoah was constructed during 1922-1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station

Thai paratroop trainees preparing to jump
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 04:On the mark! Action -Station -Signature- (Action stations - preparing to jump from the Valetta) Date: 1955

Bundesheer - Sud Aviation SE. 3130 Alouette II F-WIEI
Bundesheer - Sud Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II F-WIEI / PE+195. Fresh off the production line this Bundesheer (West German Army)

United States Navy - Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune 89082 The Turtle (msn 26-1003), (often incorrectly referred to as The Truculent Turtle)29 September 1946

United States Air Force - Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1544 (msn 25), of Detachment 14, 42nd Aerospace Rescue Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base

Miles M. 28 Mercury 5 G-AJFE
The sole Miles M.28 Mercury 5 G-AJFE (msn 6697) at Woodley circa the first flight. Re-registered in Switzerland in June 1951, returning to the UK in December 1954

Vickers Viking IB G-AJJN was retained by Vickers and flown on a demonstration flight to New Zealand in April 1947. On its return it was used y Vickers as a communications aircraft until it was later

DUNLOP TYRE AD PLANE
Advertisement for Dunlop tyres: " On His Majestys Service". Date: 1934

Party of men and women cross a glacier - Chamonix, France
A large party of men and women cross a glacier - Chamonix, France Date: circa 1910s

William Newell, using a Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute
On 9 May 1914 William Newell, using a Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute, used the Grahame-White Type 10 Charabanc - also known as the Aerobus - to undertake the first parachute descent in Britain

Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress
On the Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress the side gun blisters were eliminated from the fuselage, the bottom blister was replaced by a larger bathtub housing and the nose gun mounting increased

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