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Edwardian couple playing tennis -- the man runs to hit the ball. Date: early 1900s

International Law - The Better Way by Thomas Nast in Harpers Weekly, 14th November 1874. A boat called The Arbitrator carrying the flag of truce lands in Geneva

Two turkeys and a goose on a Christmas card
Two turkeys and a goose at the wolf hairdressers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

WW2 poster, Every Rivet a Bullet -- Speed the Ships. Showing a newly constructed ship on the slipway ready for launching. Date: 1941

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, French poodle
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a black French poodle ready for the show ring. Date: 1927

Hungry Peter the pig in his best clothes, ready to go out for tea. Date: 1914

Japanese family getting dressed
Japan - family scene - note how the tatami straw mats have been covered by a western-style carpet, the loudspeaker in the corner of the room

Advanced field ambulances, WW1
Advanced field ambulances near the battlefield, ready to receive wounded soldiers. Date: circa 1915

The Beauty Spot by Fortunino Matania
A sketch of an 18th century beauty seated at her dressing table and applying a beauty spot. Date: 20th century

Alexandra Orphanage, Hornsey Rise, London - Bedtime
A dormitory at the Alexandra Orphanage, Hornsey Rise, London. Boys in nightshirts get ready for bed. Date: circa 1902

People at a sports event in a field, with a row of men about to set off in a sack race. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Off to the trenches
WW1 - An illustration showing troops lined up and waiting on cobbled road in a village destroyed by war. The soldiers are packed up with their equipment and military kits

Little boy with pet dog in a garden
A little boy with his pet dog in a garden. He is posing the dog on a chair, ready for taking a photograph. Date: circa 1960s

WW1 - Indian maxim section awaiting the enemy, Suez Canal
WW1 - An Indian maxim section helping to defend Egypt against the Turks. The three Indians are positioned on baron land, awaiting their enemy

Royal Aircraft Factory reconnaissance bomber RE 8
Royal Aircraft Factory two-seat reconnaissance bomber RE 8, of which over 4, 000 were built from mid-1916. It sadly proved ready prey to German fighters. Date: circa 1916

Potez 6311 -the French built over 700 to fill various roles including fighters, light bomber and reconnaissance Underpowered they were ready prey to German fighters

Boulton Paul Defiant I fresh from final assembly The Defiant carried a heavy 4-gun turret, but no fixed forward firing armament leaving it ready prey to enemy fighters

World War One Diving from Navy Boat, Britain. Captioned: Life in the Navy. Divers ready to descend. Date: 1917

Aviator Claude Graham White, England. Ready for Flight Date: 1900s

Army Camp Store, WW1
Scene inside a well-stocked Army Camp Store, with prices chalked up above the counter, and five men ready to serve customers. Date: 1914-1918

Preparing for Santa
Excited boys the night before Xmas, getting ready for Santas visit. Artists: Alan Wright & Vernon Stokes Date: circa 1910

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - three adults - fat and ready for hibernation (Marmota bobak). common in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - July

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - pair of adults - fattened and ready for hibernation - rare act of affection - sniffing each other (Marmota bobak). in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - morning - July

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - fat adult - ready for hibernation - feeds on grasses near a burrow (Marmota bobak). common in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - morning - July

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - adult, ready for hibernation - observe surroundings for danger and catches the morning sun near a burrow (Marmota bobak)

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - a pair of fat adults, ready for hibernation - one snacks with a shoot of a wormwood (Marmota bobak). in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - July

Boy scouts ready to leave camp, Mauritius
Diocesan boy scouts ready to leave camp, Mauritius, August 1937. Date: 1937

Honduras boy scouts on boating trip, Xcalak, Mexico
Boy scouts on a boating trip at Xcalak, Mexico, ready to return to Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 24 May 1951. Date: 1951

Suffragette Toy Votes for Women. A suffragette with votes for women flag is pushed along by a policeman in this ingenious mechanical toy

Suffragettes Subdued by Female Sandows. As suffragettes have complained about the treatment meted out by male police, an army of female Sandows based at Scotland Yard are ready for action

Sermons in Stones Militant Suffragette. A very masculine suffragette holds a bag of stones ready to aim at shop windows. Captioned

Suffragette Womens Rights Cross Husband. Husband, backed into a corner, says, I ll be cross Arabella, I ll be cross!! Tho you have your womens rights I m the Boss

Firefighters with jumping sheet, Lambeth HQ, London
Firefighters holding a circular jumping sheet at Lambeth HQ, London, in June 1938, ready for a colleague to jump into it. Date: 1938

Blitz in London -- night at an AFS station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a night-time scene in an AFS station, 19 September 1940, with an armed guard keeping watch over appliances kept ready to answer any emergency. Date: 1940

Cricket asking for guard
A batsman is comes on to play when hes getting ready in hes crease he asks for guard. Date: circa 19th century

A patriotic Hartwig & Vogel AG lozenge box
A patriotic Hartwig & Vogel A.G. lozenge box. Schwere artillerie in gefecht stellung which means Heavy artillery ready for battle.. Trench Art

Ready for the 1st of July 1916 - details verso, WW1
Ready for the 1st of July 1916 - details verso. By Sergeant-Major George R. Spragg, Royal Army Medical Corps, 54th Field Ambulance attached 18th Division. Date: 1916

Monocled officer and a Tommy ready for the off, WW1
Cartoon, A moonlit night, France, 1917. A monocled officer and a Tommy ready for the off, by Stephen Baghot de la Bere, RI (1877-1927). Date: 1917

Erasmic Shaving Stick advertisement, 1918
Advertisement for Erasmic Shaving Stick with a smart gentleman in what can only be described as an artistic dressing gown

Two boys with teddy bears, Redruth, Cornwall
Two boys with teddy bears, en route to a Teddy Bears Picnic at their school in Redruth, Cornwall

Dining room staff, Baden Powell House, London
Dining room staff preparing for visitors at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Lady powders her face, 1917
A woman in an evening dress powders her face with Pomeroy face powder. Date: 1917

Italy ready for the Austrians: munition supplies 1917
At an Italian munition factory, making 15-inch projetiles shells for the front. This photograph was taken at one of the largest munition manufacturing establishments of Italy. Date: 1917

British troops get ready to attack, Western Front, WW1
British troops getting ready to attack on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Men of a Warwickshire regiment, Western Front, WW1
Men of a Warwickshire regiment lying at the edge of a field with their rifles ready, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Our ever-ready battleships by G. H. Davis
Naval notes of the week. Held in leash -- our ever-ready battleships. Date: 1913

Ready for Anything! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in yellow raincoat and souwester style rainhat. Date: 1947

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