Heath Robinson automated Dining Room without servants 1 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Dining-Room. A family at their dining table, which is a typically Heath Robinson design
Playing Table Tennis - Edwardian - EtiquetteI am not sure whether it is my turn. (to write the postcard or to serve!!) A smart Gentleman makes a courteous enquiry to his glamorous young female table tennis companion. Date: circa 1904
Heath Robinson Drawing Room 2 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Drawing-Room. A family in the Drawing Room, which is a typically Heath Robinson design
Bear WaiterLord Suffield, having shot this bear in Russia, subjects it to the further indignity of being stuffed by Mr Ward and made to serve as a dumb waiter
Owl and foxes carrying food on a Christmas cardAn owl and three foxes carrying a roast bird, cutlery and holly through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Prince Wales FeathersThe Prince of Waless feathers, with the motto Ich Dien (I serve)
Rheidol Vale RailwayThe Vale of Rheidol Railway, Aberystwyth, Wales, opened in 1902 to serve the local lead mines. Here is one of the engine sheds at Aberystwyth. The line was privatised 1989
Cincinnatus called from the ploughLucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519 BC-438 BC) is called from the plough to serve as Roman Consul
American Indians. Billy Bowlegs and his suite of Indian ChieBilly Bowlegs (Holata Micco) was a leader of the Seminole people, he went on to serve as a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War
Interior of ticket office at London Bridge railway stationThe interior of the ticket booking office at London Bridge railway station. The clerks serve customers through windows at the right
Elephant Hunt (Dore)An intrepid hunter takes on an entire herd of elephants and fires at one of them from point-blabk range. In a moment he will be trampled to death, and serve him right
Food Served on a FlightAn Airline Steward and Air Hostess serve a roast meal to flight passengers
Guillemette and the WolfA wolf carries young Guillemette to meet its master, Satan : in the forest, it becomes an old hag, who presents the girl to the Devil, assuring him she will serve him all her life
Cortes destroying his fleet. Colored engravingHernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Cortes destroying his fleet, moored in the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz, to prevent defections among his crew. Volume I. Engraving by J
Bermuda Ireland IslandIreland Island fortifications and dockyards in Bermuda, showing transported convicts arriving to serve their penance
Spa / France / Vichy / 1919Vichy; La Grande Grille; waitresses in red & white striped uniforms, serve water to a gathering crowd
WW2 British Forces Enlistment Queue And RefugeesA pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a boy scout presenting us with a queue of civilians lining up to serve the British forces by enlisting
Still Life, They also serve who only stand and wait, WW1Still Life, They also serve who only stand and wait - George Robinson, Special Constable. Date: circa 1916
HMS Bonaventure - an Astraea-Class second-class cruiserRoyal Navy - HMS Bonaventure, an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889
Photographic portrait of Noel Coward (1899-1973), the English playwright, actor and composer, in 1942, shortly after the release of In Which We Serve'. Date: c.1942
Sacrifice Guinea Customs Human 1737 King Diessacrifice, guinea, customs, human, 1737, king, dies, buried, surrounded, heads, who, served, life, may, continue, serve, death, history, historical, 10063745
United States Marine Corps - Douglas C-117D Skytrain 50835 (msn 43321, unit code WZ, call-sign 835 ) in 1963-65(WZ is tail-code for AIRFMFPAC - Air Fleet Marine Force)
United States Air Force - Boeing OC-135W 61-2670 (MSN 18346), on approach to RAF Mildenhall circa February 1999. Built as a C-135B-BN Stratolifter and converted to WC-135B weather aircraft
Memorial to New Zealander Leslie Andrew, VC, WarnetonLance Corporal Andrew, who won his VC at La Bassee when he was 20 years old, went on to serve in WW2 and died, a Brigadier, in January 1969
Film bought from a slot-machine 1928The wide use of mechanical salesmen : A purchaser getting a film from a slot-machine in Copenhagen, this was used outside a merchants shop to maintain the sale of their wares when the shop is closed
Fruit bought from a slot-machine 1928Shopping by a slot-machine in Copenhagen after closing. This slot-machine selling fruit was situated outside a merchants shop to maintain the sale of food when the shop was closed. 1928
Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703United States Navy - Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703 (call-sign 103 ), target tug, of the Pacific Missile Centre, at Point Mugu Naval Air station, on 15 May 1965
Peace celebrationsTea party held in a street in Londons East End to celebrate the end of World War I in 1918. Children are sat at a long table, while parents (mainly women) serve food
THERMAL TEA URNA classic tea urn, the type used to serve up steaming hot cups of tea in cafes and tea shops in Great Britain. Date: 1940s
WINDMILL AMSTERDAM 1672Many windmills serve the citizens of Amsterdam. Date: 1872
NEW YORK WARSHIPOne of several ships with this name, this battleship of the U.S.Navy will serve with the British fleet during World War One and also survive the 1946 Bikini atom bomb tests
SERBIAN HEROINESophia Ivanovich volunteers to serve in the Serbian army so long as hostilities against the Turks persist : she is engaged to marry the gentleman behind her Date: November 1912
Salvation Army officers serve Covent Garden Market workersUnited Kingdon General Strike, 1926 - Salvation Army officers serve Covent Garden Market workers with tea and biscuits, free of charge
Sporty French Tennis Girl prepares to serve. One hopes that her choice of woollen top, tie and thick bonnet does not cause her to overheat by the second set...! Date: 1920
Last-minute training for men of the Irish Guards Battle Group.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles, a reservist who volunteered to serve with 4 Armoured Brigade as Brigade
WW1 poster, French war loansPoster, Women working in the fields can also help serve France by investing in a Victory Loan. circa 1918
Gothic. Spain. Bernat Martorell (d. 1452). Altarpiece of StGothic art. Spain. Bernat Martorell (d. 1452). Catalan painter. Altarpiece of St Mary Magdalene, 1437-1452. Painted on wood. Detail last Supper. From Church of St
Vickers Wellington GR XIV -this former stalwart of RAF Bomber Command continued to serve as a long range U-Boat hunter
WWI Poster, Fill up the RanksWe re both needed to serve the Guns! Fill up the ranks! Pile up the munitions! Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster showing the importance of the munitions worker as well as the need for troops
WW2 Poster -- Serve in SilenceServe in Silence. Se Taire C est Servir. Colour photolithograph, with a profile of Britannia against a Union Jack flag. Date: 1940
Womens Right-to-Serve march, 1915The womens right-to-serve procession as it passed through Westminster, London. The demonstration, which took place on July 17th 1915
Wartime poster, save bread, serve potatoesWartime poster encouraging people to save bread (and you save lives), serve potatoes (and you serve the country). Depicting a loaf of bread inside a lifebelt. 1940s
The Smallpox Hulks, Atlas and Endymion, at Deptford CreeEngraving of the two old hulks, Atlas and Endymion, at Deptford Creek, London, from The Illustrated London News, 23rd July 1881
Tennis / about to ServeA lady prepares to serve, though we hope she is not going to do so while holding the racquet in this way !
Tennis / Ready to ServeAn elegantly if unsuitably dressed player prepares to serve
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Restaurateur in no hurryWW2 - Comic Postcard - A Restaurateur is in no hurry to serve his new guests - a band of German prisoners! Date: circa 1944
British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cowA British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cow across a bridge.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles
The KFOR invasion passing Stenkovich refugee camp, just inside Macedonia, before crossing into Kosovo.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles
