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Past Collection (page 21)

Background imagePast Collection: Comic postcard, Communication problems

Comic postcard, Communication problems - girl and boy Date: 20th century

Background imagePast Collection: Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Her Mothers Voice

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Her Mothers Voice
Young girl and her father view mother with alarm as she races past the window wielding a hammer. Date: 1911

Background imagePast Collection: Trafalgar Square in the Ice Age

Trafalgar Square in the Ice Age : a vision of past and present. A scene suggested by the discovery of fossil bones beneath Trafalgar Square : the site in the Ice Age showing hippos, aurochs

Background imagePast Collection: Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
The Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Wall, viewed from West Berlin, Germany, with people walking past in the rain. The sign in German reads: Attention, you are now leaving West Berlin. Date: 1960s

Background imagePast Collection: Man walking past Tom Thumb cottages, Eastbourne

Man walking past Tom Thumb cottages, Eastbourne
Man walking past Tom Thumb fishermens cottages, Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: circa 1960s

Background imagePast Collection: Wigan Union workhouse, Lancashire

Wigan Union workhouse, Lancashire
General view of Wigan Union workhouse. Tram line runs past front. Date: circa 1906

Background imagePast Collection: Englands monarchs of the past greet George V

Englands monarchs of the past greet George V
An allegorical illustration to celebrate the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, featuring the King and Queen seated on their thrones while all the past monarchs of England

Background imagePast Collection: The General Strike - Guards return from duty 1926

The General Strike - Guards return from duty 1926
Londoners watching a procession of The 1st Brigade of Guards, with massed bands, marching through the City past the Royal Exchange and Mansion House

Background imagePast Collection: Ulster Past and Present Mural

Ulster Past and Present Mural
Ulster Past and Present (1931) (Mural). Conor, William 1881-1968. Date: 1931

Background imagePast Collection: Short S8 Calcutta G-EBVH City of Athens - Imperial Airways

Short S8 Calcutta G-EBVH City of Athens - Imperial Airways
Short S8 Calcutta, G-EBVH, City of Athens, of Imperial Airways, taxiing past the Electric Station. 22 September 1928. Date: 1928

Background imagePast Collection: The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW flies past the crowd

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW flies past the crowd
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, flies past the crowd at the 1950 SBAC show at Farnborough. Date: 1950

Background imagePast Collection: Pearly Kings Carriage

Pearly Kings Carriage
Pearly Kings and Queens riding their horse and carriage past Kings Cross St. Pancras stations, London. Date: 1930s

Background imagePast Collection: Queen Elizabeth and scouts, 1952

Queen Elizabeth and scouts, 1952
Queen Elizabeth II chatting with international scouts in the Windsor Castle quadrangle, where she took the salute at a scouts march past. Accompanying her is the chief scout Lord Rowallan

Background imagePast Collection: Invitation to Coronation of King George IV

Invitation to Coronation of King George IV
An elegant admission card to the splendid and costly coronation of King George IV, signed by the Deputy Earl Marshal, Lord Howard of Effingham

Background imagePast Collection: Bumpy Lunar Landscape

Bumpy Lunar Landscape
The craters of extinct volcanoes testify to the violent past of the Moon. Date: circa 1880

Background imagePast Collection: Prince Carol and Princess Helen of Romania

Prince Carol and Princess Helen of Romania
Crown Prince Carol of Romania, later King Carol II, with his fiancee Princess Helen of Greece in 1921. When they married, Carol already had a chequered past

Background imagePast Collection: Chelsea Embankment

Chelsea Embankment
Walking past the pier on Chelsea Embankment in London. Battersea Power Station can be seen in the background

Background imagePast Collection: Old Type Terrier

Old Type Terrier
An early type of terrier, resembling the Black & Tan Terrier of today. Used in the past, as its old name indicates, for hunting and destroying rats and mice

Background imagePast Collection: Arriving at Restaurant

Arriving at Restaurant
A monocled gent guides two ladies to their table in a fashionable restaurant, past another monocled gent in dinner jacket with two ladies

Background imagePast Collection: Procession at Seville

Procession at Seville
Throughout Holy Week the streets of Seville are periodically processed along - here passers-by remove their hats as the Virgin of the Carreteria is trundled past

Background imagePast Collection: Fate Magazine cover, Bridey Murphy in Ireland

Fate Magazine cover, Bridey Murphy in Ireland
Cover of Fate Magazine, depicting Bridey Murphy (alias Ruth Simmons, alias Virginia Tighe) -- the subject of a reincarnation experience visiting Ireland, home of the supposed Bridey Murphy

Background imagePast Collection: Piccadilly Circus, London - A dark and wet (yet busy) scene

Piccadilly Circus, London - A dark and wet (yet busy) scene
Piccadilly Circus, 1903 rainy night time scene, with crowds of people, cars, buses etc. The artist here is looking down past the London Pavillion towards Leicester Square

Background imagePast Collection: Kensington Rangers FC football team, past v. present

Kensington Rangers FC football team, past v. present, 1912-1913. 1912-1913

Background imagePast Collection: The Veteran - Chromolithograph

The Veteran - Chromolithograph
The Veteran. Chromolithograph, artist unknown, published, 1895 (c). An old man demonstrates his past military prowess to a Sergeant and some soldiers in their guardroom, 1895 (c)

Background imagePast Collection: Soldier, probably from the 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusi

Soldier, probably from the 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusi
Black and white official photograph showing a soldier, probably from the 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers patrolling past onlookers and a building that has been blown up, Northern Ireland

Background imagePast Collection: Vickers machine-gun team marching past a working party

Vickers machine-gun team marching past a working party
Photograph of a Vickers machine-gun team marching past a working party heading in the opposite direction, September 1916. From a group of 550 photographs

Background imagePast Collection: Walter de la Mare drawing Man in Cavalier costume

Walter de la Mare drawing Man in Cavalier costume
Charicature from Peacock Pie: a book of rhymesrevised proof copy, published by Constable, London. Captioned Rich past all belief Date: 1924

Background imagePast Collection: WW2 - Free French troops parading with their Colours

WW2 - Free French troops parading with their Colours Date: circa 1944

Background imagePast Collection: Christmas Greetings postcard depicting a snowy winter scene

Christmas Greetings postcard depicting a snowy winter scene with a flock of sheep being led home past a wood and some snow-covered mistletoe. circa 1910s

Background imagePast Collection: Greypoint, Bangor, from Seacourt

Greypoint, Bangor, from Seacourt - a view of a bathing place and slipway on the rocks past Pickie Pool. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Bangor). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imagePast Collection: Rapids on the R. Erne at Ballyshannon

Rapids on the R. Erne at Ballyshannon - a view of rapid water past the falls. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Ballyshannon). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imagePast Collection: A woman walks past demolished housing in Salford

A woman walks past demolished housing in Salford. Date: circa 1977

Background imagePast Collection: WW2 - Propaganda first day cover - Truman and ghost of FDR

WW2 - Propaganda first day cover - Truman and ghost of FDR
WW2 - Propaganda first day cover - US President Harry Truman and the ghost of FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) - President during WW1

Background imagePast Collection: Cartoon, Exchange No Robbery

Cartoon, Exchange No Robbery -- a man is shocked to be offered a battered old hat in place of his nice new one. circa late 18th century

Background imagePast Collection: George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and broken window

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and broken window
George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo walks past a window just as a brick crashes into the glass. Will he get the blame? Originally published as Valentine postcard no

Background imagePast Collection: British Reserves 1918

British Reserves 1918
Young British reserve soldiers arrive on the Western Front and march past a huge crater created by enemy shells. Date: 1918

Background imagePast Collection: Bridging a Mine Crater

Bridging a Mine Crater
German engineers bridging over a mine crater at St. Quentin and Ham, France. A German medical company marches past in the background. Date: 1918

Background imagePast Collection: Thomas Baines, Historian

Thomas Baines, Historian
THOMAS BAINES (son of Sir Edward Baines, older) Journalist and local historian - including Yorkshire Past and Present and Lancashire ditto. Date: circa. 1840s

Background imagePast Collection: Prehistoric Houses

Prehistoric Houses
Pre-historic dwellings at Sumburgh, Shetland. These buildings were excavated by H. M. Office of Works and were communal villages of the past, partly built underground Date: March 1939

Background imagePast Collection: Henry, Lady with Past

Henry, Lady with Past
LADY WITH A PAST (Harriet Henry) Dancing and boating are blameless in themselves, but they lead to... remorse for a mis-spent past. Date: 1920s

Background imagePast Collection: Longing for Past Fashion

Longing for Past Fashion
Poor little functionally garbed, war-weary girl of 1917 looks tearfully on as belles of other eras mock her with their pretty feminine elegance. Date: 1917

Background imagePast Collection: Cottage at Cropthorne

Cottage at Cropthorne
A man drives a flock of sheep up a country lane past a half- timbered cottage at Cropthorne near Evesham, Worcestershire Date: 1912

Background imagePast Collection: Telmessos Tomb, Turkey

Telmessos Tomb, Turkey
A Lycian tomb in Telmessos (modern Fethiye), one of many cave tombs which have, unlike the original town, have survived past earthquakes. Date: ancient

Background imagePast Collection: Small Girl Carries Books

Small Girl Carries Books
A little girl attempts to carry a pile of enormous books past a baby sleeping in a cradle. The books, some of which look like hollow shells, topple onto the floor. Date: circa 1890

Background imagePast Collection: Father Reads to Family

Father Reads to Family
At 25 minutes past 1, a German father reads to his family, while a servant girl pauses with a tray Date: 18th century

Background imagePast Collection: Old Ladys Tales

Old Ladys Tales
During the mid-day break at harvest-time, granny entertains the company with her tales of past times Date: early 19th century

Background imagePast Collection: Motorised Armies

Motorised Armies
In the next war, infantry battles will be a thing of the past : the fighting will be between motorised armies, using armoured vehicles to deadly effect Date: 1906

Background imagePast Collection: Garibaldi (Stock)

Garibaldi (Stock)
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI surrounded by the ghosts of those who made history in the past Date: 1807 - 1882



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