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Cider Pressing 18th CApples are being pressed to make cider in a French barn of the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760
Cider pressingTower to crush the apples and old cider press in Normandy in northern France. Date: circa 1870s
Beauty Contest Participant and Proud ParentsA Bathing Beauty Contest Participant and her Proud (if slightly shy) Parents! Date: circa 1949
HMS Argus 149Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum
Cunard Line, RMS Aquitania, tin printed sign (back)TRAVEL AGENT?S PRESSED TIN PRINTED SIGN (back), THE CUNARD LINE, depicting Aquitania under way, signed Burns lower left, within simulated wooden frame with Cunard banner title
Heroic midshipman carrying ammunition to British fightersHeroic midshipman carrying ammunition to hard-pressed British fighters Date: 1916
CLIMBING IS DANGEROUSPressed against a sheer rockface, buffeted by a howling gale, a climber gains a vivid insight into the narrow gap betwixt life and death. Date: late 19th century
The Bellman, a London Wharf and Coal-ship and bargeThe Bellman, a London Wharf and Coal-ship and coal barge. London Bellman or Town Crier reading a notice about missing child Tommy Dallow 7, London Wharf at the East India Docks 8
MAFEKING CELEBRATIONRELIEF OF MAFEKING Celebrating crowds throng the streets of London: flags, banners, whistles, trumpets, confetti & false noses pressed into service of high spirits Date: 18 May 1900
Jesus EffigyJESUS OF NAZARETH The effigy of Jesus, showing marks of the Crown of Thorns &c, seemingly preserved on a cloth pressed against his face (note Vatican seal attached) Date: 6 BC - 30 AD
Return of the hot water bottles 1946Production of the rubber synthetic hot water bottle in Streatham factory, London, post Second World War. During the War, rubber was reserved for making tires for military trucks
Pressed seaweed book full of mounted seaweeds collected by women living in Jersey during the 1850s and 1860s
Pressed amber also known as ambroid which is formed by fusing small pieces of amber together
Superior Pressed, Engraved and Cut Glass, Plate 141, showing a range of jugs, basins, dishes, plates and containers in various styles and sizes. Date: circa 1880s
Pressed violets on a handmade greetings card, with handwritten note. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Handmade greetings card with pressed violets and a handwritten note inside. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Summer PuddingSummer pudding can be made with any small fruit, but is especially nice with stewed, sweetened blackberries and sufficient juice to moisten bread, pressed overnight. Date: 1930s
Dance of the Hard Pressed, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s
The Loving Cup by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) engraved by James Davis Cooper (1823-1904). Date: 1884
Dornier Do 24 -originally designed for the export market, a few of these were pressed into service with the Luftwaffe
Ciss on Rose Day - WWI postcardCiss on Rose Day. Won t you buy my pretty flower. Caricature of Ciss. Includes card saying Happy Christmas with pressed leaf and ribbon (one leaf missing). Card on verso reads To Ciss
A Trouser Stretch of the Imagination by Heath RobinsonAre you taking care of your summer flannels? A suggestion for preserving the shape of your nether garments in view of the summer holidays
Van Buren Street Loop - Elevated Railway, Chicago, USAThe Van Buren Street Loop - on the " L" (Elevated Railway), Chicago, Illinois, USA Date: 1900
Soviet Armenia - Cheese FactorySoviet Armenia - Kalinin Mechanical Steam Cheese Plant No.1 - Foreman Akushev inspects the pressed round cheeses. Date: circa 1930s
Ipomoea quamoclit, Cardinal creeperSpecimen of Cardinal creeper (Ipomoea quamoclit) from George Cliffords herbarium
Ipomoea purpurea (L. ) Roth, tall morning-gloryIpomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, tall morning-glory. Determinavit G.Staples 6/2008
Pressed Tulip specimensSpecimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)
Pressed insects, mounted by botanist Leonard Plukenet (1642Pressed by Leonard Plukenet in around 1690
Rheum nobile, Sikkim rhubarbSpecimen of Sikkim rhubarb (Rheum nobile) collected by Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff and N M Elliot in Tibet in 1947
Pressed Auricula specimensSpecimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)
Lawson plant specimensPart of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London
Mellissia begonifolia, St. Helena boxwoodA specimen of St. Helena boxwood (Mellissia begonifolio) collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in May 1771
Leonotis leonurus, Lions tailA specimen of Lions tail (Leonotis leonurus) from George Cliffords herbarium
Rough and ready Pressed, sweet fine cut Cavendish tobaco, manufactured No. 2 Wall, 213 & 215 Duane Streets, New York. Print shows tobacco label with illustration of Zachary Taylor directing Capt
Dried Flower PeriwinklePERVENCHE DESSECHEE periwinkle, dried
Nares / Kennedy ChannelThe Nares expedition aimed to restore to Britain the farthest north record in Alert and Discovery. Alert pressed on shore in Kennedy Channel
Gordon Rioters in StreetGordon rioters are pressed back in the London streets by government soldiers
Confederate ForcesAfter Gettysburg, the Confederate forces are increasingly hard-pressed by the Union; this corps is forced to march at night through burning woods
Napoleon at RivoliAt the battle of Rivoli, hard- pressed by the Austrians, Napoleon reprimands his men and turns the near-defeat into a crushing victory Date: 14 January 1797
Tibetan Food StampTIBETAN FOOD STAMP This talisman was pressed onto soft foodstuffs, creating an image which protected the lamas from evil spirits