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Mount Angeles from Port Angeles, Washington, USA Date: circa 1910s

Circus Acrobats - Edy Ruth and Francy
Edy Ruth and Francois (Francy) Edouard - Belgian aerial Circus Acrobats (Trapeze artists) - performing their sensational aerial act. Date: circa 1930s

Norwich Union Life Insurance Society Policy Certificate, featuring the Head Office Building in Norwich - Surrey House, Surrey Street, Norwich. Date: 1920s

Sale Particulars for the auction of two Pimlico Properties - 29 Cumberland Street and 16 Clarendon Street, SW1, London (the adjoining corner). Date: 1937

The Silent Minute - Big Ben, London - WW2
The idea of the silent minute was developed in Britain in the Second World War, initially from an idea by Major Wellesley Tudor Pole

An 18th century Mortgage Bond from Mr William Cupper to Archdale Williams. Date: 1762

VE Day celebrations: vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace
A page from The Illustrated London News, showing the vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day. Date: 8th May 1945

VE Day celebrations: crowds in Whitehall
A page from The Illustrated London News, showing the crowds cheering Winston Churchill on the balcony of the Ministry of Health on VE-Day afternoon

VE Day celebrations: London buildings floodlit
London buildings floodlit to celebrate Victory in Europe: Buckingham Palace, St Pauls Cathedral, Mansion House, Horse Guards Parade and the Tower of London. Date: 8th May 1945

VE Day celebrations: crowd greets Churchill at Whitehall
Front cover of The Illustrated London News, showing Winston Churchill being cheered by an excited crowd as he made his way to the House of Commons via Whitehall, on VE Day. 8th May 1945

Union Jack Flag - Joseph Chamberlain portrait (inset)
Union Jack Flag - Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) portrait (inset). Date: 1906

With the Force - England expects that every man will do duty
With the Force - England expects that every man will do his duty. A policeman is (somewhat reluctantly) pushed through a doorway by a householder to deal with two armed burglars filling up their bags

Poor Mr Meeker surrounded by his wifes visitors things
Mr Meeker doesn t object so much to his Wifes entertainments as he does to the way she uses his room for the gentlemans things !! Date: 1906

Overworked Clerk - Finished for the Day (4pm)
The Overworked (!) Clerk - Finished for the Day (at 4pm!). Date: 1906

Notes on Etiquette - Greeted with a Kiss. Nothing more readily conduces to a pleasant visit than a kindly, hearty greeting. Date: 1908

Sporty American Girl holding two exercise clubs. She appears to ahve forgotten her gym outfit.... Date: circa 1920

The passage of romance
The Passage of Romance! - Before, During (" Yum Yum" ) and After. The passage from the carefree chase, the early spring of passion and the descent into household drudgery and daily ennui

Illustrated Bridge (series) - Diamonds are Trumps. Date: 1911

The Mother-in-Laws dog. A grand (and rather formidable) M-i-L strides out on an Autumnal day with her snooty pug leading the way. Date: 1903

Garibaldis Hut (Capanno Garibaldi), Ravenna, Italy - where he hid from Austrian forces in 1849. Date: circa 1910s

The Palazzo Pubblico (Public Palace), Republic of San Marino
Republic of San Marino - The Palazzo Pubblico (Public Palace) - prior to extensive re-modelling at the end of the 19th century. At this stage it was still called the Palazzo del Principe

Oriental Beauty - or, to be more precise, a French Model with a painted-on veil and turban..... Date: late 1920s

Wilson Carlile - Founder and Hon. Sec. of The Church Army
Reverend Prebendary Wilson Carlile (1847-1942) - Founder and Honorary Secretary of The Church Army. Date: 1905

The Shore of the Bosphorus - view from HMS Marlborough
Coast of the Bosphorus Strait. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Kagan Railway Station. Date: circa 1905

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Street Scene Date: circa 1905

Kokand, Uzbekistan - Shoeing a horse at the local forge. Date: circa 1908

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Student at the Madrasa (Islamic School). Date: 1903

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - The Chief of Sindan (clearly a real barrel of laughs). Date: circa 1910

Palace of Khudayar Khan, Kokand, Uzbekistan
The Palace of the last ruler of the Kokand Khanate, Khudayar Khan, known as the Pearl of Kokand, Kokand, Uzbekistan. Date: circa 1910s

Kokand, Uzbekistan - Men and boys on a Feast Day Festival
Kokand, Uzbekistan - Local Men and boys on a Feast Day Festival. Date: circa 1908

Kokand, Uzbekistan - Local Tea Shop with Musician playing a dutar (Duttar, dutor, dotar or doutar) - a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute found in Iran and Central Asia

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Old Mosque or Madrasa Date: circa 1910s

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Traditional Band by the Town Park. Date: circa 1910s

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Men from the City Date: circa 1905

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Street Scene with Arba Carts fitted with very large, heavy wheels, suitable for traversing difficult terrain. Date: 1904

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - The Resurection Bazar. Date: circa 1910s

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Open shopfronts - Urda Riverbank. Interestingly this is a postcard using an identical plate to that of picture 11040989, but the glass plate negative has been reversed!

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Local Man with Traditional Arba Cart
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Local Man ( Sart ) with Traditional Cart ( Arba ) with large, heavy wheels - seated in classic pose with feet resting on the shafts. Date: 1907

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Blacksmiths Forge. Date: 1907

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Shops and Tea Houses Date: circa 1910

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Open-air Livestock Market Date: circa 1910

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Saddler and his Shop. Date: circa 1902

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - The Agricultural Museum. Date: circa 1910s

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - House of the Governor General
Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Entrance to the House of the Governor General with guards boxes. Date: 1903

Uzbekistan - Inner Courtyard of the Kalyan Mosque, Bukhara (Po-i-Kalyan, Poi Kalyan, Poi Kalon - which means " The Foot of the Great")

Victory March, London - Australian Troops, Constitution Hill
Victory March, London on 3rd May 1919 - Australian Troops on Constitution Hill. Date: 1919

Gerald Du Maurier - Actor Manager
Signed postcard portrait of Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson Du Maurier (1873-1934) - Actor Manager. Date: circa 1920

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