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Histological Diagram of a Mammalian RetinaRAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago (1852-1934). Spanish doctor and histologist, Nobel Prize in 1906. Histological diagram of a mammalian retina. Original drawing by Ramon y Cajal
Shotley Bridge General Hospital, County DurhamAerial view of Shotley Bridge Hospital, County Durham. It was originally opened by the Gateshead Union in 1912 as a TB sanatorium (far right of picture)
Wartime pig food posterWe Want Your Kitchen Waste - poster encouraging the saving of food scraps for use as pig food, to be collected by the council. It also feeds poultry
Wates house interior imagined by Anne MorrowArtists impression of the interior of a Wates house, done up in a rather fabulous 1960s scheme. Wates built a large number of houses on estates
GLC-LFB Junior firemen learning to driveThe Junior firemen scheme in London ran from 1964 until 1969. 16-17 year old boys were put under extended training until they could be enrolled as operational firefighters at 18
Jeremy Benthams PanopticonJeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse or industry house for up to 2000 inmates. The scheme, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved
With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916
Sketch map of proposed improvements, BirminghamSketch map of a locality around Stafford Street in Birmingham with the proposed new street running through it. The boundary of the unhealthy area referred to in the Birmingham Improvement Scheme as
To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea and airTo England! German dreams of an invasion by sea (warships) and air (a fleet of Zeppelins). Postcard sold to raise money for the German air war effort. Date: circa 1916
Joihn Laws SchemeSatire on John Laws Louisiana fiasco. Scots economist appointed controller-general of finances in France, he launched the disastrous Mississippi bubble
New River HeadIn 1609 a scheme to bring much needed water into London from wells in Hertfordshire was designed by a Mr Hugh Myddleton. His plan was to end his New River just below the summit of Islington Hill
Advert, Nash Houses, Eastcote, MiddlesexAdvert for Nash Houses at Nash Way, Eastcote, Middlesex, also at Rayners Lane and South Harrow. 1934
Children on a London housing scheme - probably 1920s
Children in Council housing, London
WW2 - Empire Training Scheme, Camp BordenThis photograph shows a marching display of Empire Training Scheme fighter pilots, after receiving their wings at Camp Borden, Canada. Date: circa 1940s
Baillie Scott War MemorialAn architectural illustration showing a scheme for the church, parish room and vicarage, designed as a war memorial. Date: early 1900s
Architectural Axonometric Perspective, FlatsAn architectural axonometric drawing of designs for some residential flats, a commended submission for a competition organised by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd. Designed by architect R
General View Of DunfermlineThis perspective sketch provides a general, aerial view of a building scheme at Dunfermline, Scotland, including improvements to the main Abbey and monastery place
J. S. Henry Ltd Bedroom DesignA Decorative scheme illustration of a bedroom, colourfully furnished with patterned wallpaper and rugs, a magnificent four poster bed and a green striped furniture suite. Date: circa 1900
J. S. Henry Ltd Jacobean And Tudor PeriodsA Decorative scheme illustration of a living room designed in Jacobean and Tudor style, by J. S. Henry Ltd. Date: circa 1900
J. S. Henry Ltd Wall PanellingA Decorative scheme illustration of a grand living room showing off large sections of nice wall panelling by J. S. Henry Ltd, the space is furnished with chairs upholstered in red and green
J. S. Henry Ltd Fitments & Cabinet WorkA Decorative scheme illustration of a grand living room with a beautifully designed ceiling, the room shows examples of cabinet work by J. S. Henry Ltd. Date: circa 1900
J. S. Henry Ltd Tapestries, Carpets & DraperiesA Decorative scheme illustration of a grand dining room, furnished with carpets, tapestries and hangings from J. S. Henry Ltd
J. S. Henry Ltd StairwayA Decorative scheme illustration of a grand corner stairway with a green carpet runner, a white door stands at the flat corner
Colour Scheme For The WindThis painting depicts a scene where a woman is walking in a woodland clearing, a mighty wind is blowing her blue dress and long, blonde hair to the left
A Matoned Entrance HallAn interior design illustration scheme of modern Frieze and ceiling decoration adaptable to a large hall or lounge room. Date: circa 1916
Drawing Room And BoudoirAn interior design illustration for Waring & Gillow, showing a colour scheme for a drawing room and boudoir. Date: circa 1916
Society of HerbalistsDecorative scheme of the prmeises of The Society of Herbalists, Bruton Street, in Mayfair, London. This illustration is part of the Colour The Townscape campaign
The first all-decimal shopSlightly bewildered Croydon lady, getting to grips with Britain's new decimal currency in April 1970, in the first all- Decimal shop in West Croydon
How Housing Shortage is Being Met 1920At the end of First World War One almost 80% of Britains rented homes from private landlords. David Lloyd George was concerned by the standards of the housing
The great British R 100 arrived at Cardington after return flight from Montreal, in 78 hours. The damaged fin in a thunderstorm over the St
Rational Gadgets For Your Coupons by William Heath RobinsonCustomers are put on scales to determine how much butter they are entitled to, the heavier the person is, the more butter they are given. Date: 1940
Corporation buildings, Farringdon Road 1866Part of Corporation buildings, Farringdon Road, plans to erect eight large blocks of improved dwellings for the industrial classes. Date: 1866
SIAI-Marchetti SF. 260MB ST-22Force Aerienne Belge - SIAI-Marchetti SF.260MB ST-22 (msn 10-22), in 50th Anniversary colour scheme (Force Aerienne Belge - Belgian Air Force). Date: circa 1995
Fouga CM. 170R Magister MT36Force Aerienne Belge - Fouga CM.170R Magister MT36(msn 293) of 33 Smaleen, in 35th Anniversary colour scheme. (Force Aerienne Belge - Belgian Air Force) Date: 1988
Fouga CM. 170R Magister MT14Force Aerienne Belge - Fouga CM.170R Magister MT14 (msn 271) of 33 Smaleen, in 35th Anniversary colour scheme. (Force Aerienne Belge - Belgian Air Force) Date: 1988
PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra bis DF 1706Polish Air Force - PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra bis DF 1706 (msn 3H1706), of the 58th Training Regiment in a special colour scheme for the 2000 Commanders Shark Meet'
Sud Aviation SE. 318C (Astazou) Alouette II A-37 - OTA-BDForce aerienne belge - Sud Aviation SE.318C (Astazou) Alouette II A-37 - OTA-BD (msn 1803-441C), in an all-white United Nations colour scheme
Sud-Aviation SA321G Super Frelon 162Aeronavale - Sud-Aviation SA321G Super Frelon 162 (msn 162), of 32 Flotille, at the RNAS Yeoviltaon Air Day on 5 July 2008, in a 50th Anniversary of 32F colour scheme
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star MM51-9145 - 3-145Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star MM51-9145 - 3-145 (msn 580-6929, ex 51-9145), in storage at Beja (B.A. 11) (LPBJ), Portugal, in a special 38 year - 65
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star 1930Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star 1930 (msn 580-9093, ex 53-5754), in storage at Beja (B.A. 11) (LPBJ), Portugal, in a special 38 year - 65, 000 hours (of T-33 service) anniversary scheme
Dassault-Breguet - Dornier Alpha Jet 1B AT31Force aerienne belge - Dassault-Breguet-Dornier Alpha Jet 1B AT31 (msn B31-1142), of 7 Smaldeel, at the Mildenhall Air Fete in May 1995, in a colour scheme to celebrate 45 years
Dassault-Breguet - Dornier Alpha Jet 1B+ AT12Force aerienne belge - Dassault-Breguet-Dornier Alpha Jet 1B+ AT12 (msn B12-1036), in a Batbird II colour scheme to celebrate 75 years of 11 Squadron
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 2000 3Aeronavale - Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 2000 3 (msn FR-3), in a special colour scheme for a NATO Tiger Meet. (Aeronavale - Aeronautique Navale - French Naval Aviation) Date: circa 2010
Dassault Rafale M 19Aeronavale - Dassault Rafale M 19 (msn 019), in a special colour scheme for a NATO Tiger Meet. (Aeronavale - Aeronautique Navale - French Naval Aviation) Date: circa 2010
Fiat G. 91 T-1 MM6363 - 204Fiat G.91 T/1 MM6363 / 204? (msn 93), at Amendola Air Force Base, on 23 March 1999. (Is this the left-hand side colour scheme of MM6363) Date: 1999
Fiat G. 91 T-1 MM6363Fiat G.91 T/1 MM6363? (msn 93), at Amendola Air Force Base, on 23 March 1999. (Is this the right-hand side colour scheme of MM6363) Date: 1999
Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge by G. H. Davis 1926Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge. Date: 1926
Suggested decor and layout for a high-class luncheon and dining room of the 1900s. With the painted green panelled walls and elegant furniture
Suggestion for decor and layout of a tea room and club room in the 1900s. Date: 1909
D Napier and Son - Special projectsBreguet scheme for augmented lift
Underground Reservoir at Crossness 1865Interior of the underground reservoir of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness in 1865, officially opened by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in that year
The British Valhalla -- The Wars and Conquests in France. Depicting the Countess de Montfort (Joanna of Flanders, Duchess of Brittany) waiting for help to arrive, and saluting Sir Walter Manny
The British Valhalla -- Magna Carta. Showing the Barons taking the Oath on the altar at Bury St Edmunds, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, showing the Charter at St Paul s. Date: 1214
The British Valhalla -- Our Crusading Kings. Showing King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) viewing Jerusalem, and Richard with King Philip II of France, during the Third Crusade (1189 - 1192)
Wych Street and Holywell Street, London, destined to be demolished for the Holborn-Strand improvement scheme which was finally completed after the First World War
The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas BecketThe British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France
The British Valhalla -- William the Conqueror (his funeral and burial), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1087
The British Valhalla -- King Canute (Cnut) the Great, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes
The British Valhalla -- King Alfred reading to his mother, Queen Osburh or Osburga, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. 9th century
The British Valhalla -- King Alfred, coming to the Danish camp as a minstrel, and (right) hailed as the saviour of his people (meeting with the Welsh monk, Asser, who wrote a biography of the King)
The British Valhalla -- conversion to ChristianityThe British Valhalla -- the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon people (Paulinus before Edwin), a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes
The British Valhalla -- two knights reading history bookThe British Valhalla -- two knights reading a history book of Britain, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes
The British Valhalla -- Spensers Faerie Queene, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes. Date: 1845
By Ferry or Tunnel to France - Factors for and againstBy Ferry or Tunnel to France: Factors in the Transport Problem. The merits of a atunnel system as opposed to a channel train ferry system
Map, Tom Manns Dock Scheme, London. 1892
Young Offenders Prison, BedfordBedford Prison, where an experimental scheme began in 1899 to house young offenders aged from 16 to 21. The scheme led to the creation of the Borstal system in 1908. Date: circa 1900
Overhead map of London - a scheme watched by the War Office. 1911
Two butter tokens in a Butter Token Book, part of a social security benefit scheme, for half a pound of butter at a reduced price. (2 of 2) Date: 1975
Booklet cover, Butter Token Book, part of a social security benefit scheme, for half a pound of butter at a reduced price. (1 of 2) Date: 1975
Mary Adshead working on mural for the Queen Mary linerMary Adshead, noted muralist, pictured working on a design for the interior of the Queen Mary, watched by her husband Stephen Bone, son of Muirhead Bone
Agnes Pinder Davis with designs for the Queen MaryAgnes Pinder, an artist well known for her pictures combining metal and oils engaged on the decoration of the starboard lounge of the liner, Queen Mary. Date: 1935
Anna Zinkeisen preparing designs for the Queen MaryAnna Zinkeisen pictured at work in her studio on designs for a decorative scheme in the ballroom of the Queen Mary ocean liner. Date: 1935
Curtiss ModeI 58A X986M (msn 1, marked as XF9C-2). The second prototype of the F9C family, built as a private venture, given the unofficial designation XF9C-2
Royal Air Force - Hawker Hurricane IIc PZ865 Last of the Many of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, seen on display fitted with a non-standard four-bladed propeller
United States Navy - Lockheed VC-121J 131623 8United States Navy - Lockheed VC-121J 131623 (msn 1049B-4124) 8. The Blue Angels aerobatic team support aircraft. Built as a Lockheed R7V-1and re-designated C-121J in 1962
United States Navy - Grumman YF9F-8T Cougar 142441 (Grumman G-105) of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC - NAS Patuxent River)
Portrait of Giuliano de Medici by Michelangelocirca 1910s
St Pauls Cathedral in danger: why the Dean is opposing the tramway scheme. Sectional view from the south east showing the position of the waterline below the cathedral
Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness 1865Exterior of the Southern Outfall Works of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness. This pumping station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, as part of Londons drainage scheme. Date: 1865
Bethnal-Green Employment Relief Association 1868 Bethnal-Green EmploymentLabour-yard of the Bethnal-Green Employment and Relief Association, in East London. The stagnation of trade which followed on the commercial crisis of 1866
UNEMPLOYED SING 1930SA group of unemployed men & women gather to sing in a scheme run by a charity group in Westminster Date: 1930s
National Insurance CardA postcard to mark the introduction by Lloyd George of the National Insurance scheme
Royal Victoria Hospital Farm Colony, Polton, ScotlandPatients plough the land and plant seed potatoes at the Farm Colony (founded in 1910) at The Royal Victoria Hospital, founded in 1894
