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Steam Engine / GovernorGovernor, or Fly-Ball Governor, invented by James Watt to regulate the supply of steam in order to preserve a nearly fixed engine speed
Advertorial postcard for Hartleys Orange MarmaladeAn appealing (!) advertorial postcard for Hartleys Orange Marmalade Date: circa 1910
Berlei AdvertisementAn advertisement illustration for Berlei, promoting their wrap on corsets, which preserve women's natural, beautiful lines
Egyptian coffin from Deir el-BahriEgypt. Wooden coffin from Deir el-Bahri. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Egypt
Canopic jars. EgyptEgypt. Canopic jars. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Canopic jarsPolychormed canopic jars. Used by the egyptians during the mummification to preserve the viscera. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
DR A R MANBY Physician to the duke of Clarence, whose skills were sadly insufficient to preserve his royal patient from an early death. Date: 1892
American Advertising card for Thurbers Fruit Preserves and Jellies. Date: circa 1890
Stone engravingPlum Blossom and Moon. Artist: Anon. Engraver: Anon. Rubbing from Chinese stone engraving from the period between the Han and Tang Dynasties (1st-8th centuries)
Crosse and Blackwells Mixed Pickles advertisementAdvertisement for Crosse and Blackwells Mixed vegetable pickles, perfect with joints or mince. 1930
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Selling saltTacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Establishment. Selling salt. Miniature. Fol. 62v
Codex granatensis, c. 1400. Tacuinum sanitatis. PersimmonIBN BUTLAN, Abu-l Hasan al-Mujtar (c. 1001 - 1066). Nestorian Christian physician and philosopher of Baghdad. Folio 84v. Illustration about persimmons, which preserve of drunkenness
War Wounds Slowly Mending - repairs to towns in FranceRestoring the devastated towns of Northern France. Montage of sketches by Helen McKie showing the careful rebuilding and restoration of towns in France devastated during the First World War
Egyptian Art. Caponic jars. 31st Dynasty. Late PeriodEgyptian Art. Canopic jars. Used by the egyptians during the mummification to preserve the viscera. It represents god Duamutef (jackal head) and god Imset (human head). 31st Dynasty
Advert for the Ministry of Food 1946Is your child missing something ? You are, naturally, eager to do the best for your under-five child. And if you don t give him his Cod liver Oil and orange juice, you ve a reason
Willem De BeukelszoonEmperor Carl V visits the grave of Willem Beukelszoon, a fisherman of Biervlet, who discovered how to preserve herrings by leaving the pancreas inside the fish. Date: circa 1550
Waardgelders ParadeDetermined to preserve the alliance with Holland, Oldenbarnevelt raises waard- gelders (armed levies) in Utrecht - parading here - and other towns. Date: 1618
Christmas card in the shape of a jam pot. Date: circa 1890s
The national parks preserve wild life. Poster for National Park Service promoting travel to national parks, showing two bighorn sheep. Date between 1936 and 1939
Wild life The national parks preserve all life. Poster for National Park Service, showing a deer drinking from a stream in the forest. Date between 1936 and 1940
Help us preserve your surplus... foodHelp us preserve your surplus...food. Poster encouraging conservation of surplus food for the war effort, showing basket of food. Date between 1941 and 1943
Food will win the war - You came here seeking freedom, now you must help to preserve it - Wheat is needed for the allies - waste nothing
Bramley Apple ClampA clamp of Bramley Seedling apples in a clamp at Brantham, Suffolk, England. The apples are preserved by the straw clamp and made into fruit juice at a later date. Date: 1950s
NY Phone Exchange 1910Section of a typical New York City telephone exchange : working here is evidently an exclusively female preserve Date: 1910
The Burning of the Alexandra Palace, London, 1873Engraving showing the destruction, by fire, of the Alexandra Palace, viewed from the South-West, in 1873. In the foreground a large number of people can be seen removing paintings
Woman ExercisingA woman exercising and touching her toes in a chapter called " How To Preserve a Youthful Figure"
Wampum MessageWampum beadwork is not merely a decorative object, but is a method of recording treaties, agreements, historic events and the like, which it is desired to preserve
Preserving PlumsIf it is not necessary to preserve whole plums, it takes up less space in the jar if they are cut and stoned first
Customs / Cheese RollingCheese Rolling at Coopers Hill. For over 400 years this Whit-Monday ceremony has taken place to preserve rights of common as grazing-ground
Kerensky HeadquartersKerenskys headquarters at Tsarskoe Selo, during his struggle to preserve his government against the attempted coup by general Kornilov
Learning to Roll PastryTwo little girls (Princess Victoria and Princess Alice) are taught by their mother (Queen Victoria) how to roll pastry and make jam
Woman Peels Pears 1930SA woman peels some pears in the process of making pear ginger jam, whilst sitting at the kitchen table
Kitty Discards CrinolineForced to her senses Kitty abandons extremes of fashion to preserve her love with the long-suffering Adolphus, who with Fido the dog trample the collapsed hoops in triumph
Egyptian SingerAn Egyptian professional singer accompanies herself on the tambourine : her singing will inspire calls of Allah preserve your voice ! etc from her audience
Bees in IceIn Scandinavia, bees are kept in ice throughout the winter, to preserve them
Sign for SightThis magical sign will preserve your good sight, but it is best used with water collected on Ste. Petronillas day (31 May)
