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Gustave Eiffel 1889GUSTAVE EIFFEL French engineer responsible for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Date: 1832-1923
Cartoon, Waking up Germania, WW1Cartoon, Waking up Germania. After the war, Madame Germania must pay the bill for all the damage she has done. The waiter is a macabre, thin man with a skull for his head. Date: 1918
Baalbek / StoneThe Temple platform, showing the massive stones whose size (note the figure standing by them !) has led some to conjecture that otherworldly beings were responsible Date: 1880
WW2 Poster -- ATS Carry The MessagesATS Carry The Messages. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by Beverley Pick, published by HMSO. Date: 1940
WW2 poster, Use less Water! Less Water -- More Shells. Date: 1940s
Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham
Western Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham - Doctors ResidenceUniformed nurses stand next to the doctors residence at the Western Fever Hospital on Seagrave Road, Fulham. Opened in 1877
Lloyd George CardDAVID LLOYD GEORGE depicted as responsible for introducing unemployment insurance, requiring the licking of stamps
English Cathedrals - Manchester Choir - Choir, screen, organ pipes. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals
English Cathedrals - The Choir - Rochester - Looking to Choir masters stand, along Choir stall towards screen. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals The Diocese of Rochester
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - security check before bed. circa 1910s
Cunard Wharf, BostonCunard Wharf within Boston Harbour was owned by the Cunard Line Company who had been awarded the first British Trans Atlantic steamship mail contract in 1839
Loading an ambulance at Ramsgate Town StationLoading a stretcher into an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916. Several men, including service personnel and a civilian are assisting lifting a stretcher holding a patient into the top
Stretcher bearers waiting for ambulance train arrivalA group of civilians are standing by parked ambulance vehicles inside a station building at Ramsgate Town Station. On the ground nearby are several stretchers
Severino GrattoniCommendatore SEVERINO GRATTONI Italian engineer, responsible for the Mont Cenis tunnel between Italy and France. Date: 1815 - 1876
Julius EggelingJULIUS EGGELING Professor of Sanskrit, responsible for translating many ancient Indian texts. Date: 1842 - 1918
17th Earl of DerbyEDWARD GEORGE STANLEY, 17th earl of DERBY - statesman who achieved popularity despite calling workers blackmailers; he was responsible for conscription in World War One. Date: 1865 - 1948
Henry Currey, ArchitectHENRY CURREY Architect responsible for the splendidly rebuilt St Thomass Hospital, London, opened by Victoria in 1871. Date: CIRCA 1870
Arcisse De CaumontARCISSE DE CAUMONT French archeologist, generally considered to be responsible for putting French archeology on a scientific basis. Date: 1801 - 1873
Charles Comte Belle-IsleCHARLES LOUIS AUGUSTE FOUQUET, comte de BELLE-ISLE, duc de GISORS : French soldier involved in all the major wars of his day, as minister of war responsible for reforms. Date: 1684 - 1761
M F E BelgrandMARIE FRANCOIS EUGENE BELGRAND French hydrographic engineer responsible for installing the sewage system in Paris. Date: 1810 - 1878
BLACK ROD / 1873Sir Augustus William Clifford, Black Rod, the officer responsible for Parliamentary ceremony, with a key role during the state opening of Parliament. Date: 1873
Clapham Junct SignalsThe signalman at Clapham Junction - Londons busiest station - is responsible for a huge array of signals : pulling the wrong one could result in catastrophe... Date: 1885
Plimsoll / Cabinet PhotoSAMUEL PLIMSOLL statesman, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships Date: 1824 - 1898
Forster / Anon PhotoWILLIAM EDWARD FORSTER British statesman responsible for the Education Act of 1870 Date: 1818 - 1886
Eiffel ProfileGustave Eiffel French engineer, responsible for the building of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Date: 1832-1923
EIFFEL (1832-1923) PIROUGustave Eiffel French engineer, responsible for building the Eiffel Tower in Paris Date: 1832-1923
De Lesseps Vanity FairFERDINAND DE LESSEPS French diplomat and engineer responsible for the Suez Canal Date: 1805 - 1894
Ufos / Books / MexicoF Aniceto Lugo LOS VISITANTES DEL ESPACIO Popular Mexican survey of the UFO phenomenon, proposing that visitors from space are responsible for the sightings Date: 1978
Hein. Matt. von Thurncount Heinrich Matthias von Thurn-Baisassina (1567 - 1640) Bohemian-Swedish protestant general and statesman, held responsible for initiating the Thirty Years War
Stone Trowing 1849At Saint-Quentin, France, an outbreak of stone-throwing is linked to a young servant-girl but she is not herself responsible Date: 1849
Thanet VAD Motor Transport Group and stretcher bearers outside The Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children (date - journal). Sir Alfred Yarrow opened this home in 1894
Edwardian casual group photographThe man in the picture is Ernest Battersby, responsible for the photograph. May is on the left - she is May Battersby, sister in law to Ernest Battersby in the foreground
Bunkers Hill, Cheshire, with Edwin Child and his son Jean Baptiste in a typical carriage of the time. Edwin Child was an agent for Battersby Hats in Paris
REYNAUD, Emile (1844-1918). French inventor, responsible for the first projected animated cartoon films. Reynaud created the Praxinoscope in 1877 and the Th颴 re Optique in December 1888
Suffragette N. W. S. P. U Regalia RibbonN.W.S.P.U regalia or ribbon, produced for the Great Womens Sunday Demonstration, 21st June 1908, in Hyde Park. Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence was responsible for choosing the colours - purple
Graphic front cover - Sir Arthur YappSir Arthur Yapp (1869-1936), Deputy President of the YMCA and Director of Food Economy during the First World War. Responsible for encouraging the nation towards frugal
WW2 poster, quality and quantity of goodsWW2 poster, the quality of our incoming goods is ok -- see that your checking of quantities is ok -- other departments depend on your ok... ok? Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Draw Attention to Low StockWW2 poster, Draw Attention to It -- Low Stocks are the forerunner of No Stocks. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Load Your Van With Care, having regard to items loaded. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
Poster, Walk Short Distances says Shanks Pony, and leave room for those who have longer journeys
The Commissariat Camp in the Crimea, 1855Engraving showing the part of the British Army camp responsible for stores and provisions during the Crimean War. By the end of the Crimean war the camp was running smoothly
Louis Lepine PhotoLOUIS LEPINE - French chef de police responsible for many innovations : the Bonnot gang and the theft of the Mona Lisa were among the problems he had to face : in 1911. Date: CIRCA 1900
Richard PowellRICHARD POWELL Doctor at St Bartholomews hospital, London, who was responsible for many valuable innovations in diagnosis and treatment. Date: 1767 - 1834
Henry Pelham - 2HENRY PELHAM, prime minister, depicted with a horses head and a reclining (deceased ?) figure, possibly Medusa, for whose defeat he is doubtless responsible. Date: 1695 - 1754
Sir Amias PauletSIR AMIAS PAULET (or Poulet) warder responsible for keeping Mary Queen of Scots under lock and key. Date: 1536 - 1588
James PaineJAMES PAINE Industrious British architect who was responsible for many stately homes, bridges and other works commissioned by the nobility and gentry. Date: 1725 - 1789
James Neild - 2JAMES NEILD Justice of the Peace, prison visitor responsible for prison reforms notably of persons imprisoned for small debts. Date: 1744 - 1814