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Welsh women road builders, South Wales
A group of twenty Welsh women road builders in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, holding their spades. They built the road to Hook in 1903-4 to facilitate transport to the colliery

The Emperor Stradivarius violin
The famous Emperor Stradivarius violin, dating from 1715. It was bought by the violinist and composer Jan Kubelik in 1910 for 10, 000 -- the highest price paid for a violin to that date. "

A Reader in cigar factory, Tampa, Fla. He reads books and newspapers at top of his voice all day long. This is all the education many of these workers receive

HMS Bonaventure - an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Bonaventure, an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889

A Fish Auction in Columbia Market
In 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens

INCOME TAX 1940 / 1
A letter asking for income tax to be paid

Peace Palace, Hague
Aerial view of the Peace Palace at Den Haag (the Hague). It was paid for by Andrew Carnegie

Fuller Pilch batting for Kent, 1837
Illustration of Fuller Pilch (1804-1870) batting for Kent against Sussex, 1837. Pilch was one of the best players of his day

Men at Yarrow Military Hospital. These may be a mixture of staff and patients. None are wearing hospital blues though some have arm slings. Some have the RAMC badge on their arm

HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class
Royal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Hanworth Air Park - 1932 - Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127
The German airship Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 at Hanworth Air Park conducting sight-seeing flights over London. On 18 August 1931, the German airship Graf Zeppelin (D-LZ127) visited Hanworth

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta.. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First

Ace of Spades playing card, De La Rue & Co, London
Ace of Spades playing card showing tax duty of three pence, De La Rue & Co, London

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)

Merton Abbey Tapestry Looms
A photograph showing women working at the tapestry looms of Merton Abbey, William Morris, being a fervent believer in socialism, paid his workers here more than average

RMS Lusitania - Archibald correspondence
RMS Lusitania - archive of correspondence relating to the sinking of the Lusitania. The letters date from 18 May 1915 and relate to a painting by Rubens, The Holy Family

Nelson letter to Bankers
A letter sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson to his bankers, requesting money to be paid to Emma Hamilton Date: 1804

Stationery, Albert Hotel, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, W Robertson, Lessee - a handwritten bill for transport services. Date: 1903

HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a

HMS Usk - a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Usk, a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer ordered under the 1901 - 1902 Naval Estimates and named after the River Usk in Wales flowing through Newport

HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy

UNDERTAKER'S MUTE
The mute (a paid mourner who accompanies the funeral) gratefully accepts some Dutch courage Date: 1840

FRENCH PLEUREUR
A French pleureur (= weeper) who is paid to accompany a funeral looking suitably sad Date: 1855

Fokker F-27-200 TN-ABZ (msn 10446), of Lina Congo at Woensdrecht Air Base for overhaul, which was not paid for. Aircraft seized for non-payment and used for spares to repair other aircraft. Date: 1998

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

Memorial board for Harry Patch, the last British veteran
The board stood alongside Harrys memorial beside the Steenbeek stream. Both were damaged by motor vehicles and have since been moved. Harry paid for the memorial himself. Date: 2016

Dockleaf, highest price paid for a bulldog. 1892

Advert for Royal Exchange Assurance 1905
An event of accidents, burglary, employers liability, marine, fidelity guarantees. Date: 1905

Waits at Seven Dials, London, 1853
Group of Christmas Waits or street musicians playing at Seven Dials, London. Until the middle of the 19th century Waits had been town musicians

Culture for working classes
A philanthropic employer who paid his workforces expenses to an art exhibition hears how they visited the tea-gardens instead. Date: 19th century

Cartoon, dressmaker at work
Cartoon, a dressmaker works by lamplight at a table. Her work hangs around her as she sews in poor light. Date: 1870

CHARON (DORE)
The ferryman who carries travellers across the Styx to the Underworld, a one-way trip : he must be paid - those who lack the requisite coin are left gibbering on the bank

Henry VIIs chapel
The Henry VII Lady Chapel, or just the Henry VII Chapel, is a large Lady Chapel at the far eastern end of Westminster Abbey, paid for by the will of King Henry VII

Heinrich Cocceius
HEINRICH COCCEIUS German lawyer in the service of the king of Prussia, possessor of an exceptionally fine wig, paid for by his clients fees... Date: 1644 - 1719

Sonia Henie, Norwegian figure skater and film star
Sonia Henie (1912-1969), Norwegian figure skater and film star. She won many Olympic and World figure skating titles, and later became a highly paid Hollywood actress. Date: 20th century

Norsemen in France
Paris is besieged unsuccess- -fully by the Norsemen; Count Eudes and bishop Goslin defend the city and the Vikings are paid to turn their attention to Bourgogne

Bought and Paid For by George Broadhurst
Postcard for the play Bought and Paid For by George Broadhurst, showing elegantly dressed lady in evening gown and headdress with feather. First produced at The Lyric Theatre on 12th March 1913

Mexican officers visit paratroop display
Photograph: Mexican officers visit paratroop display. Major General Gustav Salinas commander of the Mexican Air Force and Captain Radames Gaxiela paid a visit to an airfield in the Eastern Command to

Two Mounted Stag heads and Beaver pelts given to King George
Two Mounted Stag heads and Beaver pelts yielded and paid to his Majesty King George VI by the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudsons Bay under the terms of their Charter

C J M Barbaroux
Charles Jean Marie BARBAROUX (1767-1794) French scientific writer and revolutionary who joined the Girondins and alas, paid the price on the guillotine at Bordeaux. Date: circa 1790

Stationery, C E Julian & Sons, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, C E Julian & Sons, Family Purveyors and Poultry Dealers, 4 Pydar Street, Truro, Cornwall, with handwritten details. 1919

Thanet VAD Motor Transport Group and stretcher bearers outside The Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children (date - journal). Sir Alfred Yarrow opened this home in 1894

Yarrow Military Hospital, rear view
Yarrow Military Hospial, Broadstairs, rear view. Sir Alfred Yarrow (1842-1932), shipbuilder and philanthropist, opened the home in c. 1895

Nurses, Yarrow Military Hospitsal
Group of fifteen female nursing staff, taken at the Yarrow Military Hospital, Broadstairs in December 1914. The women are, with one possible exception, the one standing 4th left

WW2 era poster advertising H Samuel jewellers for good watches and fine jewellery, with a photograph of a soldier looking at his watch. Date: early 1940s

Paid Out In Washers. Old Dog Track, Stockton on Tees 1970s Date: 1970s

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