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English tourists hunting in the highlands of Scotland, caught by a Scottish gamekeeper in tartan kilt and gaiters. Doctor Prosody taken for a poacher in the neighbourhood of Stirling

English tourists in a boat riding the whirlpool at the Strait of Corryvreckan between Jura and Scarba, Scotland. Doctor Prosody in peril at Corryvreckan

English tourists attacked by Northern gannets in the Orkneys
English tourists losing hats and wigs when attacked by Northern gannets in the Orkneys. Seabirds protecting their nests and eggs. Doctor Prosody attacked by Soland fowl in the Orkneys

Gentlemen geologists laboriously search for minerals in a river. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg

Empress Helena on her quest for the Holy Cross
Empress Helena leaving Constantinople (C), and Judas revealing to her the location of the Holy Cross (D). Painting on the north side of the Chancel

Cote-Reals Arrival at Labrador
The arrival of Cote-Reals expedition at Labrador, in search of a Northwest passage to Asia. A group of men stand on an outcrop by the shore, watching the incoming ships. Date: 1500

Bulgarian soldiers searching for guns in river, WW1
Bulgarian soldiers searching for guns in a river after the eviction of the Serbians, First World War. 1916

Police searching debris after bomb explosion, London
Police searching debris after bombs concealed in mailbags exploded at Euston Station, London, 6 February 1940. 1940

Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion, by John Martin (1789-1854). circa 1828

Farmers in France cultivating the ground after World War One were finding unexploded projectiles. In this drawing you can see a operator with a telephone receiver (microphone)

Royal Air Force - Westland Wessex HC. 2 XV724 at RAF Marham
Westland Wessex HC.2 XV724 of No. 22 Squadron search and rescue unit. Date: 1980s

A St Bernard rescue dog stands in the Alpine snow while more snow falls. Date: early 20th century

GOLD PANNING / NEW GRENADA
Indians in New Grenada search for gold. Date: late 19th century

FROBISHER AT GREENWICH
Martin Frobisher sails down the Thames, passing Greenwich Palace, on his expedition in search of a north-west passage Date: 1576

ROBERT KOCH / IN KIMBERLEY
HEINRICH HERMANN ROBERT KOCH German physician and pioneer bacteriologist in search of the Rinderpest microbe at Kimberley Date: 1843 - 1910

Kaman K-20 H-2 Seasprite Helicopter

London by Night - Looking for Zeppelins - Londoners take up the highest viewpoints they can to search the skies for these new miracles of aviation

AGUIRRE, Lope de (1515-1561). Spanish conquistador in South America. Nicknamed El Loco, the Madman, Aguirre is best known for his final expedition, down the Amazon river

Sir Henry Morton Stanley and his retinue in Central Africa
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre) and his retinue of local porters and hunters, marching across Africa in search of Dr. David Livingstone, 1871

Crystal Gazing
A client gazes into the crystal in search of revelations about her future destiny

The Raid from Mars, Amazing Stories SciFi Magazine Cover
The Raid from Mars - Martians raid Earth in search of radium

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue crew and helicopter
Three crew and a helicopter belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

A Saint Bernard rescue dog with two priests, Switzerland
A St. Bernard Dog with two priests - Switzerland. The earliest written records of the St. Bernard breed are from monks at the hospice at the Great St

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopters
Two helicopters belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Inuit people outside McClintocks hut. Francis Leopold McClintock was searching for remains of John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

Searchlights looking for Zeppelins over London, WW1
Searchlights throwing up shafts of light over the London skyline in September 1914, on the look out for German Zeppelin aircraft

Convicts being searched, Portland Prison, Dorset
Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows prison officers searching convicts on their return from work

German Fishing Boat Matador setting off for the North Pole
Photograph showing the fishing boat Matador, setting off from Hamburg for the North Pole, 1900. With a crew of seven led by Lieutenant Bauendahl and the mate, Richard Dressler

Search for Head Lice
The Nit Nurse checks a young boy for head lice as the rest of the class look on with interest and possible apprehension!

Air sea rescue crew in a helicopter, Cornwall
Air sea rescue crew (left to right: diver, pilot and navigator) in a helicopter, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Illustration to a story, There -- there is my child
There -- there is my child! A woman in desperate search for her missing child catches sight of her performing on an outdoor stage

Professors T Child dowsing for Water, Pemfega, Portugal
Professors T Child of Ipswich dowsing for water in a vineyard, Pemfega, Portugal.. In 1902 twelve residents of Flowton (a small village near Ipswich)

Communist China - in search of herbs
People climbing a steep slope in Communist China in search of herbs for medical use. circa 1960s

In search of Dacoits. Pencil sketch by Melton Prior, 1885 (c). Interview between Capt Woodward and a native chief. Associated with the 3rd Burma War. Date: circa 1855

Young fashionable lady searches for linen in her Dower Chest
A fashionable young lady kneels in front of an Old English oak Dower chest, searching for a specific item of household linen! Date: 1923

Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera
Helicopter search and rescue, early use of a thermal infrared camera to find missing people. A woman sits to the left of the pilot, with the camera in front of her. Date: 1972

Air crash investigators with sniffer dog
Three air crash investigators with a sniffer dog in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s

Air crash investigator examining debris
An air crash investigator examining a vast pile of wreckage following a plane crash. Date: 1960s

Air crash investigator with sniffer dog
Air crash investigator Ken Jones with Rusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, whose task it is to search a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder)

Air crash investigation sniffer dog
Rusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, searches a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder), following a plane crash. Date: 1960s

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopter
A 22 Squadron Royal Air Force Search and Rescue helicopter, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex, lands safely

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