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Emigrants WWIIDuring World war II, representatives of the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief (in armbands) went through the identity papers and lists of emigrants
Egyptian newspaper boys bring news of victoryEgyptian newspaper boys, their target market European tourists, run through the street proclaiming a victory during the First World War, carrying newspaper of a variety of different countries
Poster advertising cigarette papersPoster advertising Riz la Croix and Goudron la Croix cigarette papers, for people who like to roll their own. A golfing scene is depicted: a lady takes aim, while a man observes, cigarette in hand
Office scene with large angled mirrorA futuristic office with a large angled mirrored screen running along one wall, with up to the minute computer systems visible in the reflection. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Going on leaveBritish troops gathering in Poperinghe, Belgium to go on leave from the Western Front on 30th September 1917. Many are waving their leave papers
Newsagent & Much More - OxfordSawyers Newsagent, Stationer, Confectioner and Tobacconist in Oxford. A magnificent photographic postcard showing a General Store on an Oxford street selling pretty much anything you can imagine
Reading the papers in the rainThe streets are crowded with top-hatted gentlemen eagerly reading the main story of the day, umbrellas shielding them from the heavy rain
Clumsy Dog on DeskTowser jumps onto his masters desk and upsets the ink, paper, and all the pens and pencils
Prince & Princess of Wales visit GlasgowThe Prince and Princess of Wales, captured on camera during a visit to Glasgow in the 1890s. Civic visits, openings, loyal addresses and dedications helped to increase the popularity
Nhs Ballot PapersBallot papers are destroyed following the plebiscite of doctors organised by the B.M.A. The doctors voted overwhelmingly against the National Health Service Act
Pity the poor strap hangerAn image illustrating the introduction of hand straps on underground trains. When straps were added to underground railway carriages in the early 1900s, there was an outcry among travellers
I Remember that in 1870Indignant members of a gentlemens club line up to write to the papers during World War I, no doubt to expound their views on the mishandling of the war
Family reading the Illustrated Papers, c. 1897Etching showing a Victorian mother and her three children reading the illustrated papers in their drawing room, Britain, c.1897
Emigration. Irish Emigration. The Emigration Agents OfficeEngraving of the Emigration Office at Cork, of Mr G. O Neil. Crowded with men discussing business and reading papers and families with women and children sitting on boxes, waiting for their ship
The three Orders of St PetersburghTsar Paul I hurries along with his ribbon and coat tails fluttering. He holds in his hands papers labelled order and counter order ; on his crown is disorder
The Inside of a School - or the first meeting - after the -A satire on the return of Fox to Parliament, for a debate on the peace overtures from France, having left in 1797. He is in the centre of the classroom wearing a fools cap labelled Truant
Cigarette Paper WrapperSplendid wrapper for a packet of Zig-Zag cigarette papers, winner of many gold medals
The Sea Messenger, 1870Engraving of the Sea Messenger, a lifeboat designed for ships letters and papers, invented by J.A.R. Vandenbergh. As many ships carried mail and state papers
Folding Ballots in a New York Politicians House, 1872Engraving showing a drawing room in a New York politicians house with a group of young ladies helping to fold ballot papers for the 1872 Presidential election
Mission to Seamen Chaplain distributing Papers, 1906Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Chaplain distributing papers and magazines to a merchant ship crew, on their vessel, 1906
Franklin / Martin / WelchBENJAMIN FRANKLIN American statesman, scientist and philosopher
Marot / Clement / TriquetiCLEMENT MAROT French poet
Ow Holmes / In StudyOLIVER WENDELL HOLMES American writer in his study
Arrest of a suspected Prussian spy; Franco-Prussian War, 187Illustration showing the arrest of suspected Prussian spy in the busy Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, during the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1
Gran pop Gets his Fly-Papers ReadyGran pop Gets His Fly-papers ready orang utan and his monkey assistant making sticky flytraps
Statue of the Child Christ dressed as a Republican MilitiamaPhotograph showing a statue of the child Christ, which had been removed from a church and dressed as a Republican militiaman, with gun and red flag, near Cordoba, 1936
John Gauden, BishopJOHN GAUDEN, bishop of Worcester : he claimed to be the author of Eikon Basilike which purports to be Charles Is account of his fall, done from his private papers
Petit Journal - 8Le service des Expeditions, where the days papers are packed, to be sent throughout the country : for this is one of Frances leading journals
Sharing the Newspaper- Will you oblige me with the paper after you, sir ? - Sir, I am excessively sorry, but its engaged by the gentleman in black
Destructive DachsiesThree dachshunds have a great time with masters papers
Cottonworkers Read NewsManchester cotton workers study the news from America - whose civil war is causing distress to the textile industry - in the public library
Voltaire NeagleFRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the French writer and philosopher with his patron, Friedrich II of Prussia
Checking PapersMembers of the Red Guard check peoples identification papers in the streets of Petrograd : revolutions come and go, but bureaucracy is for ever
A Victorian OfficeA Victorian office - high desk, high stool, candle-lit, books and papers anywhere and everywhere
Tea and the NewsOh lor, oh lor ! oh dear, oh dear ! - two ladies at their tea table share their alarm at the frightful things they read in their newspapers
Carr, Royal LoveROYAL LOVE (Kathryn Carr) Looks like shes got the young man drunk in order to steal the secret papers she knows hes carrying - but oh dear, heres a man with a gun !
Draytons PaperDelivering Drayton Mill Toilet Papers by horse drawn carriage to 34 Great Guildford Street, Southwark, London
JOE, THE FAT BOYMr. Tupman and the Spinster Aunt are startled by the appearance of Joe, the Fat Boy at the side of the garden seat
Girl ReadingA young woman wearing sunglasses relaxes, reading a newspaper declaring that the singer Mel Torme has " won a million fans in a weekend" during his British tour!
Robert Seymour / ArtistROBERT SEYMOUR English caricaturist and illustrator. Produced plates for the first part of Pickwick Papers (1836-37)
Advert / New Woman GrundyPoster for Sydney Grundys play The New Woman at the Comedy Theatre, London
Reading the PapersA businessman reads the news
Strindberg / Self PhotoJOHAN AUGUST STRINDBERG Swedish playwright and novelist, best known for his play Miss Julie (1888), seen writing at his desk
Lincoln (Chappel)ABRAHAM LINCOLN U.S. President, clutching the Constitution of the United States
Charles James Fox / SmithCHARLES JAMES FOX - British statesman
Cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of moneyA cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money after the First World War. The German man in the foreground is in rags, and has no trousers, but none of the other European powers is able to help
Davy / PhillipsSIR HUMPHRY DAVY scientist
Female Clerk in china factoryA female clerk at work in a china factory
