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Passengers on the deck of a Trans-Atlantic steamer, 1888Engraving showing passengers on a trans-Atlantic steamship gathered round the capstan on the deck of the ship, 1888. The passengers shown were involved in buying and selling of pool tickets
MENs KNITWEAR 1950SA dashingly sporty man with a chiselled profile poses with ski poles in his light coloured ribbed round necked jumper
Cheery FarmworkersA group of happy farmworkers gather round a tractor
C. B. Fry, 1902Photograph of Charles Burgess Fry (1872-1956), the English all-round sportsman, pictured in his Southampton Football Club kit in 1902
Frank Woolley Bowling, 1920Illustration of Frank Woolley (1887-1978), the Kent and England all-round cricketer, pictured during the 1920 season. During a first-class career from 1906 to 1938 Woolley scored nearly 60
Prussian Dragoons leaving Berlin; Franco-Prussian war, 1870Illustration showing a crowded railway scene with Prussian Dragoons leaving Berlin for the front at Mayence, 1870. Refreshments were handed round by women wearing cross armbands
A Blizzard at Halifax Football GroundA crowd, gathered for the F.A. Cup fifth-round tie between Halifax and Luton in 1933, experiencing an heavy snowstorm. The match was delayed for 20 minutes to allow the snow to stop
boarding a spaceshipTwo men in spacesuits board a new red spaceship through a round metal hatch in the depths of space
American civil war; reading the war news in Broadway, New YoMen and women, white and black crowd round to read the latest despatches from the frony
The Zulu war. On board a troop ship bound for the CapeLivestock get loose; soldiers on deck trying to round up the chickens
E G Wynyard - CricketerCaptain E G Wynyard (Teddy Wynyard) D.S.O. - cricketer for Hampshire and England. An all-round sportsman, Wynyard was Champion of Europe in toboganning in 1894
Gandhi ImpersonatorA young man impersonates Mahatma Gandhi and pleases the crowd outside Buckingham Palace, London. The real Gandhi had recently visited for the Round Table Conference
Fool Selling his WisdomTHE FOOL SELLING WISDOM A crowd, including someone carried in a sedan chair, gathers round a lute-playing man
The Strawberry Trade - pottlingEngraving by Ebenezer Landells showing a rural scene with women pottling strawberries. Pottles were small, basket-like containers which would be carried in great quantities by women from Middlesex
Stiebel / Crepe Day DressFashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-76) for a blue marida crepe dress. Fullness is drawn round back in slight bustle. Dress set off by white guipure lace collar
Girl in Hope and FearA little girl looks out of a round window in hope and fear
The Golf Amateur Championship, Hoylake, 1906Photograph of the crowd at the Golf Amateur Championship at Hoylake, May 1906. Rain and strong winds combined to make conditions unpleasant for the final round of Mr. James Robb and Mr. C.C. Lingen
Blue & Lace Dress 1899Blue print dress: high collar with 3 narrow black rows of ribbon round the throat & ornamented with white lace at the neckline, shoulders & skirt
A Merry ChristmasA Christmas scene from the early 17th century showing seven men round a table raising goblets in the air for a toast. Several empty bottles or flasks are scattered about suggesting that a lot of wine
Social / Nurse / SerpentineA nurse wheels her charge in a perambulator past the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, London, where boys are sailing model yachts
Card Player Asks AdviceTwo men play a serious game of cards while several others crowd round watching; one of the players seeks advice on his hand from a bystander
Glass Making, LondonWorkers round the furnace in Mr Apsley Pellatts glass house in Holland Street, Blackfriars, London
Golf at Vichy 1929Elegant golfers enjoy a round at Vichy
Broadstone LinksGolfers enjoy a round of golf on the rugged links of Broadstone, near Poole
Paris Fashions ?1840Yellow dress: bishop sleeves, skirt en tablier showing white underskirt, trimmed with scalloped edged lace. Hair: plaited & coiled at the back with ringlets round the face
Cotton - Cloth HallThe finished product awaiting despatch to customers round the globe, at the Cloth Hall, Leeds
Blue Pelisse 1824Blue pelisse with sleeves full to the elbow (gigot / leg of mutton), button fastening & 3 tucks at the hem. Worn with a muslin, round-edged collar & feather trimmed hat
Lindfield / Sussex / 1950SLINDFIELD Villagers gather round the village pond
Swanage / Dorset / 1930SSWANAGE A group of stone cottages round a mill pond
Payta BombardedAnson, in the course of his round-the-world voyage, bombards and nearly destroys the town of Payta in northern Peru
Beaded Cape Gown 1934A gown by Jeanne Lanvin with a black narrow skirt and beaded cape collar worn with a matching beaded hat. A long pink scarf is worn round the waist
Peat Fields / SomersetWedmore, Somerset. The peat is cut in squares, then slabs and then stacked into round stacks to dry. This takes about 2 months and then it is ready for fuel
Fine Haystacks in KentA fine stackyard on a farm in Staplehurst, Kent. The stacks are shaped like round huts which compliment the oast houses in the background
Highbury Barn GardensThe gardens of the Highbury Barn tavern. Convenient arbours round the edge provide pleasant places for drinking parties
Girl in Orange ScarfA brown eyed girl with a soft smile wears an orange scarf tied round her neck
Pin-Up with Red TowelShocked blonde model wraps a red towel more tightly round her to protect her modesty from voyeuristic prying eyes
Greek CharioteersGreek warrior soldiers in their fine gilt chariot. One of the two horses rests down on its haunches seemingly from exhaustion
Shape of the EarthA diagram demonstrating how the Earth is definitely round due to the shadow cast across the moon and not triangular square or hexagonal in shape
Round Robin / Trained ApeA performing monkey in a dress holds out a bowl to some children. Their nanny encourages them to put in a coin
Ballad Seller / C17People gather round a popular ballad-seller
Social / Paris Winter 1902Street people and workers gather round a brazier in the streets of Paris : a policeman on his rounds would like to join them
Punch and Judy 1905Children crowd round a Punch and Judy show in a London park
Eskimos - AleutiansPeople of Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands (part of Alaska) - in their home, entered from above to conserve warmth. Bunks are arranged round the walls
Vasco Da Gama & SpiritAt the Cape of Storms (later Good Hope) Adamastor, the spirit of the Cape, appears to Gamas crew and warns of disasters to all who seek to sail round the Cape to India
Folklore / AdamastorAt the Cape of Storms (later Good Hope) Adamastor, the spirit of the Cape, appears to Gamas crew and warns of disasters to all who seek to sail round the Cape to India
Maxim Gorky / PetrusovMAXIM GORKY Russian writer (born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov) with a friend in 1934
Gandhi in London / 1931Gandhi in London for the Second India Round Table Conference at St James Palace