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Japan - Three Geisha Girls outside traditional Japanese home Date: circa 1916

Flower-lovers dine beneath wisteria blossoms - Tokyo, Japan
Flower-lovers dine/lunch beneath wisteria blossoms - Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

The Lady of the Lake - Old Soak fished out of the water
The Lady of the Lake - A Drunken Old Soak is fished out of the water by a dapper gent in a punt. Her bottle heads for the bottom and perhaps the dunking has sobered her up! Date: circa 1915

Italian girls in fancy Swimwear
Three Italian girls posing in fancy Swimwear - seen as scandalous (far too revealing!) in some quarters. Date: circa 1905

Royal Marines at Deal, Kent - The Commandants Galley Date: circa 1906

Evidence of the Earthquake in San Francisco - 1906
Buckled tram tracks in front of the Post Office provide evidence of the Earthquake in San Francisco, USA - 1906. Date: 1906

Hido, Japan - A Smiling Geisha Girl Date: 1946

Penang - A Malay Village - Malaysia Date: circa 1910s

Tom Norman - Auctioneer, raising his gavel
Tom Norman - Showmans Auctioneer, Valuer and Variety Agent from Dallington, East Sussex, raising his gavel. Date: circa 1910

Van Buren Street Loop - Elevated Railway, Chicago, USA
The Van Buren Street Loop - on the " L" (Elevated Railway), Chicago, Illinois, USA Date: 1900

British Bulldog Tank surprises Germans in a trench
A truly superb postcard showing a British Tank represented by an armour-plated Bulldog surprising three German soldiers in their trench. WWI era

Liege, Belgium - Flood of 1910
Flooded street in Liege, Belgium - 27th February 1910. Date: 1910

Forest Mirror, Queensland, Charles E Gordon Frazer
The Forest Mirror, Queensland, Tropical Australia, by Charles E Gordon Frazer (1863-1899)

Short-Bristow Crusader N226 being raised
Short-Bristow Crusader, N226, being raised following its crash on 11 September 1927 in Venice. Date: 1927

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

Native house in Aru
From My Life - A record of events and opinions by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1908

The Hunting Party at Aranjuez. Mazo, Juan Bautista (1612-1667). Oil on canvas, 187 x 246cm. The painting depicts a stag hunt where the game is driven into a narrow enclosure for easy sport

Chinese Emperor(?) and Empress(?) seated on raised platform with musicians seated in front of them; the Emperor appears to have lost his nose and part of his right shoulder

A man, facing left, wearing several layers of clothing, sitting with arms raised over his head, practicing yoga. Date between 1830 and 1850

The Lincoln column, first monolith raised, Nov. 1860, Presidential election, being S. column of connecting corridor. Photo shows construction at US Capitol

A man, bare-chested, sitting cross-legged with arms raised over his head, stretching or practicing yoga(?). Date between 1830 and 1850

Russian general, possibly meant to be A. N. Kuropatkin, holdi
Russian general, possibly meant to be A.N. Kuropatkin, holdi

Jesus raised on the cross. Jesus Christ and two men on crosses, Mary and others mourning below. Date c1846

Trotting stallion Tom Moore driven by Danl. Mace: sired by Hambletonian dam by Townsend Mare raised by John Minchin Goshen Orange County, N.Y. Date c1870

Man seated holding horn with arm raised and African American playing trombone. Date c1899

George Arnole exhibits a super of honey raised on his farm in Chaffee County, Colorado. Date 1939 Oct

Man dresses as Roman with raised arm standing on steps above body of another man in Roman dress. Date 1895

African American, standing at desk, with one hand resting on papers and one hand raised. Date c1892

Call to prayer - Dobrogea, Romania
Turkish Mullah (Hoja / Hodja) outside a mosque at Dobrogea, Romania calling out the call to prayer from a raised platform. Date: circa 1906

Indigenous people of Panama living in simple dwellings in the jungle, raised on stilts to prevent against incursion by flood or beast... Date: circa 1910s

A Boxer (Pugillatore) - Statue in the Vatican Museum Date: circa 1904

Dunderpate gives everyone a holiday from school
Dunderpate changes places with the teacher and immediately gives everyone a holiday from school. The boys run around shouting Hooray! Date: 1938

Zoroastrian Tower of Silence
A Parsi (Zoroastrian) Tower of Silence in India. These towers or Dakhma are circular, raised structures used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead and hence consumption by vultures

Cartoon - Joke about Officer - WW1 era
Teacher: " No Pencil again? What would you think of a soldier who went into battle without his gun?" Bobby: " I d think he was an officer." circa 1915

England / St. Albans
The ancient Fishpool Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, with its quaint raised pavement. Date: 1950s

Mother throws a flower down to her toddler
A mother throws a flower down to her toddler standing in the garden. first published 1879

Wheelchairs &c
Two wheelchairs, one for patients who can sit up, the other for those who need their legs raised : and Triumph lounger for those who need to take things really easy... Date: 1900

Pompeys Pillar - wrongly believed to contain remains of Roman general Pompey, this pillar near Alexandria was raised in the 4th century to honour the emperor Diocletian. Date: 4th century / 1850

Workers Riots in Berlin
German workers riot in Berlin in the evening (presumably after doing a days work) hurling sticks, stones & other missiles while police charge with swords raised. Date: 25 February 1892

Gibraltar Mill, Essex
Winter snow at Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, Essex, England. Built as a smock mill c. 1704-5 (during the Siege of Gibraltar), then raised as a tower mill in the 1750s. Date: 18th century

Russian infantry patrol reconnoitring, WW1
A Russian infantry patrol reconnoitring during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

David Wright woman in blue evening dress
Elegant woman in a blue, wide-skirted evening dress, with her arms raised and hands behind her head. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Irish Workhouse Dormitory Design 1840
Design by architect George Wilkinson for dormitories in Irish workhouse. On the upper two floors, inmates slept on raised platforms with a walkway in between

Ninette de Valois at a ballet rehearsal
Ninette de Valois sitting on a chair with her back to a large mirror, presiding over a ballet class or rehearsal. circa 1940s

Woman modelling underwear
A woman modelling underwear (brassiere, corset, suspenders and stockings) against a dark background. circa 1940s

Woman posing in costume
A woman posing in a costume and casting a shadow on the wall behind her. circa 1940s

Seychelles Scouts Presentation Ceremony
His Excellency the Governor presents scoutmaster S.B. de Burgh Edwardes the Colours of the troop of scouts he raised in June. Government House, Seychelles. 27 October 1927

Scout Log Cabin Rockerfeller Centre, New York
A log cabin (with roof and chinks fortified against wind and cold) erected by a Troop of Boy Scouts atop the 70th floor roof of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York

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