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Pilgrim Fathers First Christmas 1621
A man fills a tankard of beer from a small keg, as various men sit or stand around drinking. Date: 1621

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great Change
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Cretaceous Period - a time of great change, about 80 Million Years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton)

Nice, France - Les Ponchettes, le Chateau and Mont Boron
Nice, France - Les Ponchettes (formerly row of small houses of local fishermen, nowadays mostly Galleries), the Chateau and Mont Boron. circa 1930s

The Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA - very interesting little naval steamer shown in the foreground. Date: 1908

Cypripedium candidum, small white lady s-slipper
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Victorian Train Station
The little railway station at Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, a typical small late Victorian station. Date: 1893

Little Tich
LITTLE TICH (Harry Relph) Music hall entertainer (1867 - 1928), pictured in a school-themed costume with mortar board. Date: c.1905

Ford Car Advertisement
A woman stops in her new Ford Cabriolet convertible by a small provincial theatre to show off her new costume to fellow co-stars

Martin Heidegger
MARTIN HEIDEGGER German philosopher who influenced Sartre and the Existentialists

The Crossword Craze / 1920
A dashing couple display the growing crossword craze with their checked attire and similarly squared-off small dog!

Great Auk Extinct
The great auk or awk (PINGUINUS IMPENNIS) who lost its final battle for survival on a small island off Iceland in 1844, primarily due to over-hunting

Messerschmitt Me 262A -only ever available in small number towards wars end, the type was far superior to any Allied fighter

Winter landscape with small snow-covered building on the coast and view of Mount Fuji. Date between 1890 and 1940

Operators of small boats enlist now! US Coast Guard. Poster encouraging boat owners to enlist in the US Coast Guard at the Recruiting Station, 146 Baronne St. New Orleans, La

Two Horses in the stable with a small terrier
Two Horses (one brown and one white) in the stable with a small terrier. Date: 1910s

Two Dachshunds in the woods one burrows as the other looks on Date: 20th century

Finland - Helsinki (Helsingfors) - view over the rocks toward the bay. Date: 1935

Amble Beacon Light
The small pier and Beacon Light at the harbour entrance, Amble, at the mouth of the River Coquet, Northumberland, England. Date: 1950s

Off to Fairyland by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a huge book of fairy tales

Submarine depot at Portsmouth Harbour
Pre-WWI submarine depot at Portsmouth Harbour

Shoemakers, Tunisia
Two shoemakers in their small workshop, Tunisia

Worshipping the God of Smallpox, India
Under the Hindu faith, if you want protection against getting smallpox, pray to Shitala, the Goddess of Smallpox

Bleeding Heart Yard
Many small businesses, including a paper merchant, have their premises here

Military spy - a camera carrying pigeon
A pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals

England / Porthleven
Low tide at Porthleven, a small seaport town on Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England

Worcester Sauce Advert
Two children tempt a small dog with a spoon of Lea & Perrins Original Worcestershire Sauce

Tiny Parasol Circa 1810
White muslin dress with high stand collar & single ruff worn with a pale green spencer with collar & lapels, matching boots, a lace cap & a small hat. Her parasol is tiny

Little Miss Muffet (K. G
She upsets her stool when she finds a - really, rather small - spider sharing it with her

Filling a Tooth
A rather bored-looking young dentist fills his clients tooth with the aid of a small dental mirror

Greyhound Bedlamite
His small head and deep chest make this oddly-named dog a champion

Horn Lesson in a Wine Cellar
A group of gentlemen and a small boy congregate in a wine cellar to practice playing the horn whilst enjoying a drink or two (non-alcoholic for the small boy of course)

Festive Nutty Squirrel 2
Oh what an enormous nut for such a small squirrel. Festive tableau with nut munching stuffed red squirrel nestling amongst the holly berries

Saint Agnes Reading
SAINT AGNES reading a book, while a very small lamb rests beside her

Somerset Maugham / Cig
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM English novelist and short story writer, in 1936

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and a caterpillar
Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets a caterpillar sitting on a mushroom, smoking a hookah. Date: early 20th century

The Needles, Horsham, Interior
A photograph of a furnished small interior room with chunky exposed beams, belonging to a Tudor style cottage named The Needles at Horsham

B. S. A. Military Pattern Air Rifles
B.S.A. Military Pattern Air Rifles, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Date: circa 1910

B. S. A. Air Rifles, Birmingham Small Arms Company
B.S.A. Air Rifles, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Date: circa 1910

Christmas Evening

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director

Beesands, Devon
Beesands - a small settlement located midway between Hallsands and Torcross on the coast of Start Bay in South Devon, England. Date: circa 1920s

Suffragette Votes for Women Pepper Pot
A silver suffragette pepper pot or muffineer a small pot with a removable lid - the head of the figure. Holes in the bonnet dispense pepper or sugar

Norwich Terrier
A Norwich Terrier, standing. Date: 1928

Queen Alexandra - Downey Photograph on a postcard
Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia - 18441925) - Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Empress of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII

LFCDA-LFB Heavy fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

TS Mercury - Market Day
Market Day at the Training Ship Mercury - boys spend their small weekly allowance in the institutions shop, with bags of sweets apparently popular

Foot-Sprints on the Sands of Time
Illustration by William Heath Robinson showing a rotund businessman sprinting across a beach, watched by a small child. Please note

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