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Visit to Madeira - The Levada Tunnel
Black and white lantern slide of men being carried in hammocks out of the entrance of a tunnel built for a levada - an irrigation channel or aqueduct - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira

Rover car with fitted Coal-Gas installation
A Rover car fitted with a neatly made coal-gas installation. The gas bolster originated by Wood-Milne Ltd. was a recepticle built along the lines of a pneumatic tyre

The highland fling. Originated in Scotland. A solo Highland dance that gained popularity in the early 19th century. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1905

Frobels Infant Garden
The concept of KINDERGARTENS originated with Frobels system, which spread from Germany to Britain and throughout the world

United States Navy - Goodyear ZSG-3 airship K-120 (BuAer number 33512), based at Oakland Naval Air Station in California, being used as a recruitment billboard for the US Naval Reserve

List of Names (Fragment)
Parchment leaf. A namenregister comprising a list of names in two columns, mostly men but including a few women. It has been suggested that it is perhaps a list of those who have subscribed to a

CLIMBING THE POLE / FAIR
Climbing the pole. This game originated from an idea by M. Franck, a doctor who decided that humans should re-learn such skills previously used to climb trees & forage for food

PLANCK, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (1858-1947). German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Oil

Making a Fez
Making a fez or tarboosh (from the Persian sar, meaning head and poosh, cover) worn by East Mediterranean Muslim men, which originated in Fez, Morocco, North Africa. Date: 1930s

Turkish belly dance. Originated in the Middle East. A solo, improvised dance based on torso articulation. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1905

The waltz. Believed to have originated in Bohemia. A country dance in 3/4 time. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1905

The skirt dance.. Originated in London in the 1870s. It is a less formal type of ballet with elements of popular dance such as clogging and French can-can. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1905

The can-can. Originated in France. It isa physically demanding music hall dance. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1905

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Wirksworth Well Dressing
Give Me to Drink - people admiring a Well Dressing at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. It originated in 1827 when a local gentleman had water brought from the moors. Date: 1950s

Charleston Sweetie
New craze for the Charleston dance during the 1920 s. This back-kicking dance originated in Charleston, South Carolina and became popular following the musical, Runnin Wild in 1923

Cholera in Egypt
Scene in the courtyard of a house in Cairo. The patients were laid in the courtyard partly because of the cooler temperatures and also because the occupants were afraid of infection

Mr. Lairds ship-building yard, Liverpool
Engraving of Mr. Lairds ship-building yard in Liverpool. Iron ship-building on an extensive scale originated from this prolific ship-yard

Marbles Championships
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Marbles Cotest / 1950
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Marbles Contest / 1950
ENGLAND: RING TAW Good Friday at Tinsley Green, West Sussex a game of marbles is played. Originated in the Elizabethan era when 2 suitors played for the hand of a girl

Religion / Druids / Stukeley
Stukeley believed that the British Druids originated as a Phoenician colony, Fam d for magic.. zealous preachers who came to these shores as the descendants of Abraham

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