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Background imageOrdinary Collection: Frederick Alexander

Frederick Alexander
DR. FREDERICK WILLIAM ALEXANDER, OBE. Depicted making anagrams & crossword puzzles in Braille for the blind, with the aid of an ordinary washing mangle

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Cartoon, His final costume, WW1

Cartoon, His final costume, WW1
Cartoon, His final costume, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in civilian clothing rather than military uniform -- a black suit and top hat

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Students in ordinary clothes with camera

Students in ordinary clothes with camera Date: 1905

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Official programme - Triumphal March of the London Troops

Official programme - Triumphal March of the London Troops
Official programme for the Triumphal March of the London Troops - London, July 5, 1919. Printed and published for the London Troops Reception Committee by Harrison & Sons

Background imageOrdinary Collection: British band playing in the square of a French town

British band playing in the square of a French town. On reverse of postcard - Saturday. Dear Hubert, Am enclosing a few rough sketches. Mind you they are rough

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Cartoon, As One Possessed, WW1

Cartoon, As One Possessed, WW1
Cartoon, As One Possessed, showing how the ordinary German beer drinker has been possessed by a devil in the shape of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who has brought about the outbreak of the First World War

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Ivan Ivanovitch, the Russian Tommy Atkins, WW1

Ivan Ivanovitch, the Russian Tommy Atkins, WW1
Ivan Ivanovitch, the Russian Tommy Atkins at the start of the First World War. A typical Russian soldier smiles and salutes. Date: August 1914

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Rev. Canon Frederick A. J. Hervey, Vanity Fair, Ao

Rev. Canon Frederick A. J. Hervey, Vanity Fair, Ao
Rev. Canon FREDERICK ALFRED JOHN HERVEY (1846-1910) Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1886 to 1901), Domestic Chaplain to King Edward VII (1878 to 1910)

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Vendee : Blacksmith

Vendee : Blacksmith
Royalist resistance comes from ordinary people such as the heroic Blacksmith of the Vendee, armed only with the tools of his trade. Date: 1793

Background imageOrdinary Collection: William Sermon

William Sermon
WILLIAM SERMON Medical practitioner, physician in ordinary to Charles II. Date: 1629 - 1679

Background imageOrdinary Collection: E Arnot Robertson

E Arnot Robertson
EILEEN ARNOT ROBERTSON writer and film critic, author of Four frightened people and Ordinary families. Date: 1903 - 1961

Background imageOrdinary Collection: John Reeder

John Reeder
JOHN REEDER Bookseller, Sign Writer, Philosopher and Poet Ordinary and Extraordinary to the Towns of Lewes and Brighton. Date: CIRCA 1792

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Vessel for the Homeless

Vessel for the Homeless
This ordinary looking vessel is actually a floating hotel (or hostel) for tramps and the homeless. Date: 1930s

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Thomas Heather

Thomas Heather
THOMAS HEATHER English churchman, vicar of Portsmouth and Chaplain-in- ordinary to his devout majesty Charles II. Date: CIRCA 1670

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Clothing of the Women of Kamchatka - Far Eastern Russia

Clothing of the Women of Kamchatka - Far Eastern Russia. The plate shows ordinary day wear and ceremonial costume. Date: circa 1800

Background imageOrdinary Collection: ?Ordinary? cycle

?Ordinary? cycle

Background imageOrdinary Collection: HAMSUN, Knut (1859-1952). Norwegian writer, Nobel

HAMSUN, Knut (1859-1952). Norwegian writer, Nobel
" HAMSUN, Knut (1859-1952). Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize in 1920. " Just and ordinary fly of average size". Cover."

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Men of the 68th Regiment in ordinary dress

Men of the 68th Regiment in ordinary dress. Seven men of the 68th (The Durham) Regiment of Foot, six standing and one sitting on the ground, holding rifles. Date 1855

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Sailor from HMS Terrible

Sailor from HMS Terrible

Background imageOrdinary Collection: John Wycliffe Wilson

John Wycliffe Wilson

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Weak Railway Bridge Sign

Weak Railway Bridge Sign
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company NOTICE : This bridge is insufficient to carry weights beyond the ordinary traffic of the District. By Order. Date: 1960s

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Shackleton Motor Car

Shackleton Motor Car
Day with the motor car on the sea ice : ordinary wheels with rubber tyres were found to be the most satisfactory. Date: circa 1907

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Auburn Speedster

Auburn Speedster, super-charged for ordinary road work, the acceleration is terrific. Date: 1937

Background imageOrdinary Collection: German Costume 1790

German Costume 1790

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Miss Helen Wills, American Tennis Player and Artist

Miss Helen Wills, American Tennis Player and Artist
MISS HELEN WILLS in 1927, American tennis player and artist, seen here in mufti, ie ordinary clothes rather than her tennis gear

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Rehearsing a play in ordinary clothes

Rehearsing a play in ordinary clothes
Actors at a London theatre rehearse a play in their everyday clothes - their costumes have yet to materialise

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Post Office Savings Bank

Post Office Savings Bank
A coal carter opening an account with Her Majesty at the Post Office Savings Bank. In 1861 the Palmerston government set up the Post Office Savings Bank

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Peasant revolt in Romania: types of the agrarian agitators

Peasant revolt in Romania: types of the agrarian agitators
A page from the Illustrated London News showing the kind of Romanian people purported to be involved in the peasants revolt which began in March 1907

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Crown Prince Olav of Norway

Crown Prince Olav of Norway (1903-1991), later King Olav V of Norway, son of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway and grandson of King Edward VII

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Here comes the Bogey Man

Here comes the Bogey Man. How you detect a good golfer from the ordinary men in the street. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Madrid Royal Palace

Madrid Royal Palace
The palace of Madrid, the ordinary residence of the kings of Spain; the place before the palace is thronged with a fine variety of vehicular traffic

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Franco-Prussian War. The Streets of Strasbourg during the S

Franco-Prussian War. The Streets of Strasbourg during the S
Between August the 4th and 6th 1870 Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia defeated French Marshal MacMahon at Worth and Weissenburg, pushing him out of Alsace and surrounding Strasbourg

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Cyclists at a European Frontier on a Penny Farthing

Cyclists at a European Frontier on a Penny Farthing
Engraving showing two English cyclists on Penny Farthing or Ordinary bicycles reaching a Border post as they travel across Europe

Background imageOrdinary Collection: WOMENs PRISON 1920S

WOMENs PRISON 1920S
A corner of the French " Borstal" for girls at Fresne, where girls under age who have been convicted for small offences are kept and taught an ordinary school curriculum

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Muscovite Bishop

Muscovite Bishop
A Muscovite Bishop in his Ordinary Habit

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Poe / The Premature Burial

Poe / The Premature Burial
THE PREMATURE BURIAL " Deep, deep, & for ever, into some ordinary & nameless GRAVE"

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Houdin and Scarf

Houdin and Scarf
The scarf - just an ordinary scarf - but when Houdin gives it a shake, it turns out to have been full of feathers !

Background imageOrdinary Collection: English Costume 1630

English Costume 1630
As a group of citizens emerge from church, they provide a good cross-section of the clothing of ordinary people of the day

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Possons D avril

Possons D avril
This handsome couple have been fishing, but not for ordinary fish, for today is April 1st, and what they have caught are POISSONS D AVRIL - the traditional April 1 joke

Background imageOrdinary Collection: The Eurite Pencil

The Eurite Pencil
The Eurite pencil has a triangular lead which can be sharpened so as to suit the needs either of draughtsmen or of ordinary folk like you and me

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Ordinary Girl 1932

Ordinary Girl 1932
A young woman walking down a street in East Finchley, London wearing a beret, fur mittens, an overcoat and T- bar shoes and carrying her shopping in a paper bag

Background imageOrdinary Collection: English Bibles Burnt

English Bibles Burnt
BIBLE BURNING During Marys reign, english translations of the Bible are burnt at Saint Pauls Cross, London, to prevent ordinary people reading it

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Spensers Gas Lighting

Spensers Gas Lighting
The Spenser system, using gas from ordinary petrol, provides lighting, heating and cooking throughout the house, including irons, towel rail, hot water by day or night

Background imageOrdinary Collection: Legal expenses of an election

Legal expenses of an election
A cartoon satirising The Ordinary Legal Expenses of an Election



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