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Enquirers at the British Consulate, Paris at outbreak of WW1Enquirers at the British Consulate, Paris at the outbreak of WW1 Date: 1914
WW1 - The German Ambassador to France delivers ultimatumBaron Wilhelm von Schoen, German ambassador in Paris at the beginning of World War I assuring interim for Foreign Affairs M
Charles Dickens - Leather Bottle Inn, Cobham (Pickwick PaperLife of Charles Dickens - Leather Bottle Inn, Cobham (Pickwick Papers). Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works), slide no.17 Date: circa 1890s
German Papers, Please Copy, by BairnsfatherGerman Papers, Please Copy He has left a good business in Boston, he has come 3, 000 miles, and - he has had six months of this! A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander
German delegates listen to peace terms after WW1The Fate of the German Empire. The German delegates listen to the reading of the Peace Terms. They are: Dr Melchior; Herr Leinert (President of the Assembly), Dr Landsberg (Minister of Justice)
Scout helping in Post Office, Accra, Ghana, West AfricaA boy scout helping out in the General Post Office, Accra, Ghana, West Africa, by carrying documents from one office to another
Suffragette Votes for a Man Apiece. Four suffragettes votes for womens papers, hammer and paraffin can between them(all useful to the militants) vow
The Pickwick Papers. Sam Weller and his father. Date: circa 1910
Reporters writing up their stories at the Daily ChronicleReporters just back from public functions, meetings, fires, accidents and so forth are seen transcribing their copy for press at the offices of the Daily Chronicle
Interior of a sorting car on a newspaper express trainLondon newspapers being sorted and packed in transit on board an express train in specially constructed cars, during the night journey
Receiving late news on the tape telegraph at Daily ChronicleA late news item received on the tape telegraph and telephoned at once down to the machine room at The Daily Chronicle to guarantee inclusion in that days edition. Date: 1914
Delivery of newspapers from the machineNewspapers coming off the printing press and gathered and counted by two men while the man on the right removes the bundles of papers to take to the publishing department. Date: 1914
Head Office of W. H. SmithEarly morning scene outside the head office of W. H. Smith at 186, Strand, London showing carts and vans being loaded up with newspapers for London and the provinces
Sorting & packing newspapers overnight at W H SmithMen working at long tables at W. H. Smith sorting and packing newspapers for distribution by rail throughout the country. Each of the long tables represented a main railway line
Three women staff officers, London HQ, WW2Three women staff officers in AFS London uniform, 10 November 1941. They were appointed to London headquarters to work in the recruitment and employment of women in the National Fire Service
A night view of Inveresk House, home of the Great EightThe home of the Illustrated Weeklies - a night view of Inveresk House in the Strand on the corner of Aldwych and facing towards Wellington Street, London
Demobilisation - pivotal and slip men in WhitehallDemobilised men at the Demobilisation Office in Whitehall waiting to get their papers. The group here are captioned as pivotal (the job creators)
Sketch cover - The Arm Chair critic, WW1Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring an illustration of an arm-chair critic, one of the satirised stereotypes of the First World War - a club man type who who likes to read the papers
Gaby Deslys sailing to England, 1915Celebrated French actress and music hall artiste, Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), pictured showing her papers at Boulogne before sailing to England where she was to star in Rosy Rapture
The massing of war columnsWhen the First World War broke out, newspaper readers thought there would be a constant stream of new information to keep them up-to-date with everything
Hungry Peter dressed as Fat Boy in PickwickHungry Peter the pig dressed as the Fat Boy in Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers, ready for Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball. Date: 1914
Advertisement, Buchanans Scotch WhiskiesAdvertisement for Buchanans Scotch Whiskies, featuring a portrait of Samuel Weller, a character in Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers. Date: September 1914
Queen of Greece reading The SketchThe Queen of Greece, formerly Princess Sophie of Prussia, hides herself from a photographer on the beach at Eastbourne with a copy of The Sketch magazine
George V working in a tentKing George V (1865 - 1936), pictured during World War I working at a desk in a large tent erected on the lawns of Buckingham Palace. Date: 1918
POTTY NEWSA little boy reads the latest news whilst sitting on his potty! Date: 1930s
Gerald MasseyGERALD MASSEY Writer of poetry and papers on religion and myth. Date: 1828 - 1907
Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms awake from hibernationJapan - Silk Industry - Silkworms during second hibernation phase. Date: circa 1909
Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms feeding on mulberry leaves Date: circa 1909
Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms begin to construct cocoons Date: circa 1909
Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering silkworms from egg paperJapan - Silk Industry - Gathering the silkworms from the egg paper using a delicate feather brush. Date: circa 1909
Japan - Silk Industry - Bombyx mori Moths lay eggs on paper Date: circa 1909
Top Russian Diplomatic Staff in Italy. Date: circa 1905
Mr Pickwick slides on the Ice - The Pickwick Papers Date: circa 1910s
Ukbekistan - Mail Carrier distributing newspapersUkbekistan (former Soviet Central Asia) - A horseback Mail Carrier distributing newspapers in the native language. Date: 1933
W J MacQuorn Rankine. eng portrait frontispiece. Miscellaneous Scientific Papers, 1881 Date: 1881
Nautical atlas (Civitate Marsilia) by Francesc Oliva II, 1658. Made up of five papers. The first paper is a chart of the Mediterranean sea and the others are portolan charts. Issued in Marseille
Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of paperDuring World War Two, the growing shortage of paper from overseas meant that the daily papers shrinked in size. Britains public was encouraged to save every scrap of paper
The NewsboyA young paper seller hurries through the town selling his papers with gusto Date: 1903
Newspaper GirlPeople You See: The Newspaper Girl. From Teddy Bear (27 June 1964)
Treason of Arnold. Arnold persuades Andre to conceal the papers in his boot. Date c1874
A newspaper seller in Trafalgar Square, London
Mooning through a ripped newspaper. France
A Glasgow newspaper seller
Portrait of a Glasgow news boy
Jerald Schaitberger of 416 W. 57th St. NY who helps an older boy sell papers until 10 PM on Columbus Circle. 7 yrs. old. 9:30 PM, October 8, 1910. Location: New York, New York (State)
William Tobias 80 Grattan St. Brooklyn -12 yrs old. Boy was starting for the subway to sell papers on trains until 6 AM Cause termorrer dey haint no school and I kin sleep all day
2 AM February 12, 1908. Papers just out
A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were1353 - - - A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were playing pool and smoking in the pool room while waiting for papers