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Muslim women sorting ammunition, Turkey, WW1
Muslim women sorting ammunition for the British army in Turkey during the First World War. Date: 1917

Australian Field Post Office, Henencourt, France, WW1
Scene inside the Australian Field Post Office at Henencourt, northern France, during the First World War, showing men sorting the post into pigeonholes. Date: March 1918

Rockaway Beach
Iron Pier, Rockaway Beach. Crowd of spectators seated in chairs and on sand at Rockaway beach for some sort of event-possibly the 4th of July

Food drying or sorting in Kashgar, western China
Men drying or sorting food on mats in the open air in Kashgar, western China

A Bolt from the Blue and Green
The sort of stymie that sometimes happens when thunderbolts are flying about. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

A Striking Example
Cartoon, A Striking Example. The sort of thing that convinces one of the necessity of lightning conductors on a golf course. Playing in a storm you may get hit

The Fall of the Year
Cartoon, The Fall of the Year. The sort of unfortunate happening that must spoil the efforts of film-makers. A leaf drops between a kissing couple

This Night Club Evil by W. Heath Robinson
Cartoon, This Night Club Evil. The sort of silly errors our Bright Young People make by keeping up their amusements after lighting up time

Parks for the People - yes - but what sort of people ?

Copenhagen Street Scene
Pedestrians and carts sort it out in Hunderakken, a district of the city

Mongol Warrior in Armour
A Mongol warrior in chain armour, carrying a scimitar and some sort of polearm

A Display of Vases
Vases by Clarey of Asnieres, in a variety of shapes and sizes, weird and wonderful, the sort of thing you find in dusty antique shops or the marche aux puces

Hunting in the Snow 2 / 2
ONE OF THE WRONG SORT Who goes out with hunters because it is the fashion " Confound the snow is not hunting bad enough without this..."

Hunting in the Snow 1 / 2
ONE OF THE RIGHT SORT Who hunts because he likes it " Counfound this snow I shall never get a light; but the worst of it is it will put a stop to hunting for few days"

Limoges Enamel C16
Enamelled dish from Limoges, France - not the sort of thing to entrust to your dishwasher

Mr Whatsisname
A dramatic scene from Mr What s-his-name at Wyndhams Theatre, London - the pointing fingers seem to indicate that the man on the bed has been up to hanky-panky of some sort

Radiola Portable, 1924
The Portable (well, sort of) RADIOLA receiver, loud speaker and amplifier

Shocking Frock 1928
An example of the sort of clothing and type of dancing that seemed so shocking to the older generation

Southampton Harbour
Aerial view of the harbour, with a Cunarder undergoing painting or something of the sort

Theatrical Ranter
The Theatrical Ranter: a Georgian thespian acts his stockings off wearing armour, sword & plumed helmet. The sort of acting style ridiculed in Blackadder III

Carlos VI (Iii)
CARLOS VI (III) son of emperor Leopold I, claimant to Spanish throne, ruled (sort of) 1700 but rejected, leading to Spanish Succession war, with his autograph

Columbus as a Boy
CRISTOFORO COLUMBUS, as a boy, is inspired by the travels of Marco Polo to dream of doing something of the sort himself

Game; how Doth Peasant
All form a circle and mime country activities - sowing and threshing barley and wheat, that sort of thing

Perfume Seller
Shop of a Cairo attar, who sells drugs, candles, perfumes and that sort of stuff

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), French botanist, credited as being the first to sort plants into genera, and to make a distinction between genus and species

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