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Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Geisha girl holding a badminton racquet

Japan - Geisha girl holding a badminton racquet (about to hit a ball) Date: circa 1904

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Three Geisha Girls playing traditional instruments

Japan - Three Geisha Girls playing traditional instruments - two on drums and one playing the Shamisen. Date: circa 1904

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Geisha portrait

Japan - Geisha portrait Date: circa 1902

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Geisha writing a letter

Japan - Geisha writing a letter Date: circa 1902

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Women performing a variety of tasks in the home

Japan - Women performing a variety of tasks in the home
Japan - Three women house staff performing a variety of tasks in the home - their Geisha Mistress is looking out of the window in the background, seemingly ignoring their endeavours. Date: circa 1900

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Geisha girls playing Go

Japan - Geisha girls playing Go
Three Japanese Geisha girls in Japan, playing the popular boardgame Go in their beautiful Kimonos, while enjoying tea. Date: circa 1900

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Geisha arrives at a friends home

Japan - Geisha arrives at a friends home
Japan - A Geisha and female companion arrives at another friends home. Date: circa 1903

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Geisha in travelling chair taking a rest

Japan - Geisha in travelling chair taking a rest. Another Geisha girl stands to one side and the two porters are taking the opportunity to have a quick smoke. Date: circa 1903

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Geisha Girls eating noodles

Japan - Geisha Girls eating noodles Date: circa 1905

Background imagePosition Collection: Japan - Geisha with crickets in a small cage

Japan - Geisha with crickets in a small cage. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePosition Collection: Havana, Cuba - The Old Fort opposite the harbour

Havana, Cuba - The Old Fort opposite the harbour Date: 1947

Background imagePosition Collection: Statue of Li Hongzhang, Shanghai, China

Statue of Li Hongzhang, Shanghai, China
Li Hongzhang (Li Hung Chang) (18231901) - a politician, general and diplomat of the late Qing Empire who quelled several major rebellions and served in important positions of the Imperial Court

Background imagePosition Collection: Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Artillery in action - Hilltop

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Artillery in action - Hilltop position. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePosition Collection: Russo-Japanese War - Bringing up shells for the field guns

Russo-Japanese War - Bringing up shells for the field guns. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePosition Collection: Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army blow up Sungshushan Fort

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army blow up Sungshushan Fort
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Army blowing up the Sung-shu-shan fort (Pine Tree Hill) - Port Arthur. Date: 1904

Background imagePosition Collection: Russo-Japanese War - 3rd Army Division at Battle of Shaho

Russo-Japanese War - 3rd Army Division at Battle of Shaho
Japanese Commander and his staff of the Third Army at the Battle of Shaho (Saka no kaisen) - the second large-scale land battle of the Russo-Japanese War fought along a 37-mile front centred at

Background imagePosition Collection: WW1 - French / Serbian Artillery position in Serbia

WW1 - French / Serbian Artillery position in Serbia Date: circa 1915

Background imagePosition Collection: Thessaloniki, Greece - Turkish Ottoman Artillery Regiment

Thessaloniki, Greece - Turkish Ottoman Artillery Regiment - Gun team at the Second Position. Date: circa 1902

Background imagePosition Collection: Canteen van - tea for anti-aircraft gun crew

Canteen van - tea for anti-aircraft gun crew
Raiders overhead! Mugs of tea provided from a canteen car - the greatest boon to anti-aircraft crews, who, month after month stuck by their guns and shot down so many Luftwaffe aircraft

Background imagePosition Collection: Citadel at Birecik, Turkey - View over the rooftops

Citadel at Birecik, Turkey - View over the rooftops
The Citadel at Birecik (also known as Bithra, Berecug, Beredjik, Bile or Bir), a town and district of Sanliurfa Province of Turkey, on the River Euphrates. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePosition Collection: Whittington Stone - Highgate Hill, London

Whittington Stone - Highgate Hill, London - where Dick Whittington heard the Bow Bells Date: circa 1940

Background imagePosition Collection: Malta - Valletta - The saluting battery

Malta - Valletta - The saluting battery Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePosition Collection: Round Tower - Fort Snelling, Minnesota, USA

Round Tower - Fort Snelling, Minnesota, USA. The fort primarily protected the northwestern territories from Canadian and British encroachment. Date: 1909

Background imagePosition Collection: Nouveau Riche Gentleman in excessive fur-trimmed coat

Nouveau Riche Gentleman in excessive fur-trimmed coat
A Nouveau-Riche Gentleman who has grown a fine soup-strainer walrus moustache, wearing evening dress and a positively excessive fur-trimmed coat

Background imagePosition Collection: Boxer Rebllion, China - British Troops at Battle of Tientsin

Boxer Rebllion, China - British Troops at Battle of Tientsin, July 13th 14th, 1900. A multinational military force, representing the Eight-Nation Alliance

Background imagePosition Collection: Cuba - Walls of Fort Havana, Havana

Cuba - Walls of Fort Havana, Havana
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, known as La Cabana (Fort of Saint Charles) - an 18th-century fortress complex, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbour entrance in Havana, Cuba

Background imagePosition Collection: Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, Havana, Cuba

Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, Havana, Cuba
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, known as La Cabana (Fort of Saint Charles) - an 18th-century fortress complex, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbour entrance in Havana, Cuba

Background imagePosition Collection: British Mortar Battery in action at Landikhana, NWFP

British Mortar Battery in action at Landikhana, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePosition Collection: Positive Organ

Positive Organ - a chamber organ belonging to the reign of Louis XIII of France. Intended to remain in a fixed position, as opposed to smaller portable organs

Background imagePosition Collection: Woman in Scottish fancy dress

Woman in Scottish fancy dress poses for a studio photograph in mid fling. Date: circa 1930

Background imagePosition Collection: British Tommies in German dug-out trenches - WWI

British Tommies in German dug-out trenches - WWI
British Tommies in captured German dug-out trenches - WWI Date: circa 1916

Background imagePosition Collection: Belgian Infantry in action at Malines - WWI

Belgian Infantry in action at Malines - WWI
Belgian Infantry in action at Malines (Mechelen / Mechlin) on 25th August 1914 during the first week of the conflict during WWI. Date: 1914

Background imagePosition Collection: Tower of the Enclosure of the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Tower of the Enclosure of the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
A Tower on the Enclosure Wall of the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia - a historic fortified complex at the heart of the city. Date: 1905

Background imagePosition Collection: Morocco - Street alongside the Kasbah, Tangier

Morocco - Street alongside the Kasbah, Tangier (a place for the local leader to live and a defense when a city was under attack). Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePosition Collection: Triple control position indicator

Triple control position indicator

Background imagePosition Collection: The rear Maxim gun position on the gondola

The rear Maxim gun position on the gondola of Naval Airship No3, Astra Torres

Background imagePosition Collection: The bow framework of Graf Zeppelin II LZ 130 being lifted

The bow framework of Graf Zeppelin II LZ 130 being lifted
The bow framework of Graf Zeppelin II, LZ 130, being lifted into position outside the hangar at Friedrichshafen, 11 February 1937. Date: 1937

Background imagePosition Collection: Sopwith Atlantic taxis into position 18 May 1919

Sopwith Atlantic taxis into position 18 May 1919
Sopwith Atlantic taxis into position. 18 May 1919. Date: 1919

Background imagePosition Collection: First design for an ornithopter showing the flappers

First design for an ornithopter showing the flappers
First design for an ornithopter, showing the flappers in the down-position and the counterpoises (above) in the up-position. 1808. From Cayleys original notebook

Background imagePosition Collection: First prototype de Havilland Venom VV612 after the fitting

First prototype de Havilland Venom VV612 after the fitting
First prototype de Havilland Venom, VV612, after the fitting of a two-position reheat and tail bumpers

Background imagePosition Collection: At Cuxhaven BAOR scientists prepare a V-2 for launch

At Cuxhaven BAOR scientists prepare a V-2 for launch
At Cuxhaven, BAOR scientists prepare a V-2 for launch. With the rocket in the vertical firing position, servicing personnel loosen the retaining straps of the cradle. 15 October 1945. Date: 1945

Background imagePosition Collection: Photographic, 10840398

Photographic, 10840398
10840398

Background imagePosition Collection: An Atlas ICBM is raised into the firing position

An Atlas ICBM is raised into the firing position by an erector-launcher mechanism at the Convair plant at San Diego, California. June 1959. Date: 1959

Background imagePosition Collection: Gloster Javelin F(AW)1 XA548

Gloster Javelin F(AW)1 XA548
Gloster Javelin F(AW)1, XA548, showing the leading-edge slats locked in the open position

Background imagePosition Collection: Short SB5 WG768 with the P1 tailplane position

Short SB5 WG768 with the P1 tailplane position
Short SB5, WG768, with the P1 tailplane position

Background imagePosition Collection: RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot undertaking instruction

RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot undertaking instruction on a Link Trainer, Gatwick, circa 1940. By relating the position of the students aircraft to marks on a chart

Background imagePosition Collection: Spain (1868). Spanish Glorious Revolution. Batlle

Spain (1868). Spanish Glorious Revolution. Batlle of Alcolea (20th September 1868). General view of the battlefield. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Background imagePosition Collection: Spain (1713). War of the Spanish Succession

Spain (1713). War of the Spanish Succession. Siege of Barcelona. French map with the position of the Louis XIVs troops



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