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Background imagePerfectly Collection: Thames Sailing Barge

Thames Sailing Barge
A Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London. The flat-bottomed barges with a shallow draught and leeboards

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Big-Screen Broadcasting

Big-Screen Broadcasting
News, political broadcasts and public announcements will be made on massive television screens located at strategic points, where huge crowds will be able to see perfectly

Background imagePerfectly Collection: The Metropolitan Railway Company Advertisement

The Metropolitan Railway Company Advertisement
An advertisement for the Metropolitan Railway Company, showing a quaint country cottage, perfectly situated nearby the main line stations with frequent train services. Date: circa 1919

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Launch of RMS Queen Mary, Clydebank

Launch of RMS Queen Mary, Clydebank
The elaborate launching of RMS Queen Mary at Clydebank functioned perfectly Date: 1936

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Give me nights perfectly quiet... Date: 1913

Give me nights perfectly quiet... Date: 1913

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Packet design, Elfin Latex Bath Cap - Swim Cap

Packet design, Elfin Latex Bath Cap - Swim Cap. Keeps hair perfectly clean and dry. circa 1950s

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Roof Pattern / Pompeii

Roof Pattern / Pompeii
An example of the beautiful and complicated ceiling art discovered perfectly preserved at Pompeii. Date: 1st century AD

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Two men on a bridge at Tilberthwaite in the Lake District

Two men on a bridge at Tilberthwaite in the Lake District illustrating that what we would now see as formal clothingwas just everyday to the Edwardians

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Lavenham / Market Place

Lavenham / Market Place
A view through the window of one of the perfectly preserved Tudor houses on Market Place, Lavenham looking out to the village cross Date: 1950s

Background imagePerfectly Collection: I ve had a perfectly corking time

I ve had a perfectly corking time!. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt sitting on a bench, resting a mallet labeled My Policies on his right knee; there is a large jar labeled Republican

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Lear / Nonsense / Rabbits

Lear / Nonsense / Rabbits
There was an Old Person whose habits, induced him to feed upon rabbits; When he d eaten eighteen, he turned perfectly green, upon which he relinquished those habits

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Man Power in the Recruitment Office

Man Power in the Recruitment Office
A perfectly impartial way of dealing with doubtful cases at the recruitment office. Bemused individuals are placed upon a roulette wheel in order to decide their future in Britains army

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Charing Cross, London, c. 1880

Charing Cross, London, c. 1880
Photograph showing Charing Cross, London, c.1880. The photographer used an exposure of sufficient length to blur some of the moving vehicles and pedestrians, but retain the stationary ones perfectly

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Geology Earths Crust

Geology Earths Crust
The narrow band of Earths crust, about 20 km wide, is perfectly suited in density and temperature to sustaining life as we know it : a few degrees difference - wow !

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Fashion for hair, 1927

Fashion for hair, 1927
A perfectly groomed hairstyle by Francis, of Hanover Square. The hair was permanently waved into a style complementary to the face shape

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Gokstad Viking Ship

Gokstad Viking Ship
Excavated in 1880, a perfectly preserved Viking ship shown after its removal from a long barrow at Gokstad, Norway

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Albionette Stove 1896

Albionette Stove 1896
The Albionette stove promises perfectly cooked food for all

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Sinbad and the Giant

Sinbad and the Giant
He was as tall as a palm tree, and perfectly black and had one eye which flamed like a burning coal... Sinbad and his crew are understandably alarmed by the giant

Background imagePerfectly Collection: Railway Comes to France

Railway Comes to France
THE RAILWAY COMES TO FRANCE! This popular image captures perfectly the excitement of the new invention which would transform the lives of the marvelling spectators


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