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Police Strike 1944
When the Germans plan to disarm them, the Paris police are ordered to go on strike; those who don t will be treated as traitors and collaborators Date: 15 August 1944

Hotel Foyer Fashions
Well-heeled people in evening dress mingle in an hotel foyer. Some sit at tables possibly waiting for drinks ordered from the cocktail waiter at the hotel bar. Date: 1930s

A Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Originally built as a small ballroom in 1883

Ryan PT-22-following the success of the PT-16 series, the US Army ordered no less than 1, 023 of the simplified PT-22 Photo Hugh W Cowin

Northrop XB-35 -seen with a P-61, this all-wing bomber, ordered in November 1941, did not fly until June 1946

Northrop XP-56 -another of the crop of novel fighter designs ordered by the US Army Air Force in late 1940 Flying began in September 1943, but later abandoned

Convair XB-36 -initially ordered in November 1941, the first of these giant six engined bombers did not fly until August 1946

CLEMENS AUGUST of Cologne (1700-1761). Archbishop and Prince Elector of Cologne. Member of the Wittelsbach family. He ordered to build the palaces of Augustusburg and Falkenlust in 1725. Rococo

CASTELLO, Fabrizio (1562-1617). Battle of St. Quentin. 1590-1591. The spanish troops defeated the french of Henry II in 1557. Detail of the spanish camp and the tent of Philip II

RECESVINTUS, Flavius ( -672). Visigoth King (653-672). Visigothic Code, also known as Forum iudicum, Liber Iudiciorum or Lex Visigothorum

Beatus of Girona, 976. The Evangelist Luke
Beatus of Girona. 976. The Evangelist Luke. Codex from the monastery of San Salvador de Tabara to the Commentary on the Apocalypse of St. John (776-786), work of Beatus of Li颡 na

Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD BEAC LAP
One of 20 Ambassadors ordered by BEA in 1948 and operated as the Elizabethan class from 1952 to 1958. Date: 1954

In the Firing Line
A smartly dressed man, which a perplexed expression, being caught with the woman in pink and being told to be sent away by the man in militray uniform, who has an angry expression. Date: 1918

Just what the doctor ordered !. C. Daley, B.E.F

To Hell With Surrender! How Second Lieutenant J. C. Buchan
The official narrative for this drawing reads: When he saw the enemy had practically surrounded his command, he collected his platoon and prepared to fight his way back to the supporting line

Two or the four de Havilland Vampire F1s ordered by Swiss
Two or the four de Havilland Vampire F1s ordered by the Swiss Air Force for evaluation purposes. J-1001 was the first to be delivered

Inniskillings at Chinese railway station
The Inniskilling Fusiliers, stationed in China, are ordered back to Europe to die on the western front : a scene in transit at Tientsin (now Tianjin)

Egyptian army
An infantry battalion from the Egyptian army on parade. Date: 1896

7 Wonders / Mausoleum / Mus
In 353 BC, Greek architects Satyros and Pythios were ordered to design & build a huge tomb for Mausolus of Caria, provincial ruler of the Persian Empire, by his wife

Arresting a Dog
Doing their duty : ordered by the Lord Mayor of London to clear the streets of stray dogs, police arrest the companion of a poor blind beggar

Belgian Civilians being deported to Germany, 1916
Illustration showing Belgian civilians being ordered around a train station by German soldiers as they were deported to Germany to work in heavy industry there, December 1916

Steel Bell Casting, Casting the Great Steel Bell for San Fra
The bell was the largest steel casting in Britain and was ordered by Conroy and O Connor of San Francisco to be used as a fire alarm bell

Fencing on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of soldiers fencing on board a troopship, perhaps the Himalaya - judging by lifebelt in the background. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings

Deck Quoits on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of some soldiers playing deck quoits on board a troopship. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings

Boxing on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of soldiers boxing on board a troopship. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings, the long journeys under canvas meant plenty of time to spend on deck sports and pastimes

Cock Fighting on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of soldiers cock fighting on board a troopship. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings, the long journeys under canvas meant plenty of time to spend on deck sports and pastimes

Popular Plebiscite
Feelings run high during the plebiscite : an angry working man shoots a soldier who says that he will fire on the people if he is ordered to

ST BARTHOLOMEWs 1572
Admiral Coligny was one of the first victims of the massacre of the Huguenots ordered by King Charles and his mother, Catherine de Medici

Social Scenes / Britain / 18
THE TIMES 2 of 2 a statue of George III presides over a well-ordered country, represented by a well tended garden

Domesday Book
THE DOMESDAY BOOK - the earliest surviving public record, a survey of landholding ordered by William I the Conqueror; now housed in the Public Record Office

Boyhood of Cheops
The boyhood of Cheops, future Pharoah and visionary who ordered construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza as a personal mortuary chamber of unpresidented magnificence

Ambulance Aeroplane
A twin-engined Beechcraft Ambulance Plane, one of three ordered by Sweden, being shipped from New York harbour, USA

Giuliano and Barber
When his barber presents himself in gorgeous clothes, emperor Giuliano (Julian) observes, I ordered a narber, not a senator

Heliodorus Flagellated
HELIODORUS Syrian courtier, ordered by Seeleucus Philopator to loot the Jewish temple at Jerusalem, is punished by angels who flog him severely

7 Wonders / Mausoleum / Pic
In 353 BC, Greek architects Satyros and Pythios were ordered to design & build a huge tomb for Mausolus of Caria, provincial ruler of Persian Empire, by his wife

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