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People on the grass in front of the Crystal Palace, LondonPeople sitting on the grass in front of the Crystal Palace, South London. Looking straight at the camera are a mother and her son -- she is wearing a cloche hat, he is wearing enormous round glasses
General Joseph Gallieni, French Army officerGeneral Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849-1916), French Army officer and administrator. He served in the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War. Date: 1914-1916
Music at home - As the old sing, so the young pipeA wealthy family group make music together-an old lady in spectacles sings from her large woven chair, a woman holds a child playing a flute
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt(1892-1973), inventor of radar. Date: 1941
Arthur Rackham with initial IArthur Rackham self-portrait with initial I. 20th century
Arthur Rackham self-portrait. 20th century
L Wain. Old Mother HubbardOld Mother Hubbard -- a cat version. circa early 20th century
Portrait of a middle-aged manHead and shoulders portrait of a middle-aged man
Auguste Piccard / OchsAUGUSTE PICCARD Swiss physicist Date: 1884 - 1962
Top Hat & Tie / GrantAn elegant, elderly gentleman wearing a bow-tie and top hat. Date: circa 1960
London Chess ClubMembers of the City of London Chess Club playing a new game of chess, invented by Polish composer Ludomir Michal Rogowski. 81 (not 64) pieces and even a Dictator piece! Date: 3 October 1932
James Joyce / Sava BronzeJAMES AUGUSTINE JOYCE Irish writer Date: 1882 - 1941
Girls Shows Sewing / G maA young girl shows her sewing to her grandmother who inspects it over the top of her spectacles. Date: 1880
Anti-suffragette cartoon featuring woman and phrenologistA fearsome-looking woman, with a scroll labelled Votes (for) Women, is having the bumps on her head examined by a man. He concludes that if she lives for a thousand years
Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 OctoberA double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Shortsighted young cricketer is bowled outA shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out -- the bales are flying off the stumps
Metropolitan Police forensic investigatorsTwo Metropolitan Police forensic investigators gathering evidence at a crime scene
Old man working on the streetAn old man (possibly Spanish) working on the street. He wears a scruffy overcoat, a beret, and his glasses on a string round his neck. He has a small wooden work bench and a box of materials
Old lady knittingPortrait of an old lady sitting in her chair, knitting
Princess Anne visiting Penzance, CornwallPrincess Anne (Princess Royal, b 1950), visiting the John Daniel Centre in Penzance, Cornwall. The John Daniel Centre provides day services for local adults with learning disabilities
Model fishing boat maker, CornwallA model fishing boat maker in his workshop, somewhere in Cornwall. He is in the process of constructing a new boat with two masts
Champion hen at the Royal Cornwall ShowA man with his champion hen at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall
Man playing piano at ChristmasA man playing a piano with a decorated Christmas tree at his side. Three of the candles are lit. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Family group with dogA happy family group with their dog
Tunisia - Perfume shopThe proprietor of a parfumerie peers above his reading glasses to observe the customer (or photographer!) approaching his shop
Factory worker operating control boxA worker, standing at a control device, signals for a part of the production process to proceed. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Two technicians check a computer printoutTwo bespectacled computer technicians, both wearing suits, view a readout from the terminal of an IBM computer system. A promotional photograph taken for the company
Portrait of a Turkish manA fine photographic portrait of a Turkish gentleman
Horse-drawn omnibus, London, 1945Horse-drawn omnibus. Taken outside the Westminster Bank in the City. This is the Camberwell and Clapham service operated by The Star Omnibus Company
Prince Alfons of Bayern (1862 - 1933) - a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a General of Cavalry
Sir Cyril Lodowic BurtSIR CYRIL LODOWIC BURT English psychologist
Franklin / Martin / WelchBENJAMIN FRANKLIN American statesman, scientist and philosopher
Lorentz / Hendrik / Nobel 02HENDRIK ANTOON LORENTZ Dutch physicist
OLYMPICS / 1932 / MEN 800MThomas Hampson (Great Britain) wins the mens 800 metres
Clinton Joseph DavissonCLINTON JOSEPH DAVISSON American physicist
Advertisement for spectaclesNegretti and Zambras spectacles
Fable / the SpectaclesTHE SPECTACLES Jupiter makes a present to mankind of pairs of spectacles; Momus is sent to deliver them
Severe Edwardian ButlerThe stern butler (Hugh Edgar) of the Edwardian Country House
Little Boy and Pet DogA rather sweet, bespectacled young boy dressed in a sailor suit, poses for a photograph with his pet Spitz dog
Old Age / Top Hat C1960An elderly man wearing a top hat, spectacles and bow tie
Fashions / January 1851Corsages with pagoda sleeves & engageantes; black lace edged pardessus; green pardessus with a double cape & scalloped edges. The girl carries an ermine muff
William Heath RobinsonWILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON The well-known illustrator and cartoonist pictured wearing a trilby and working on his sketch book. Best known as the " gadget king"
Ebenezer HowardEBENEZER HOWARD Reformer and originator of the concept of the garden city
Sj Perelman / MorganSIDNEY JOSEPH PERELMAN American writer: humorist, journalist and dramatist
Play / Burnett / FauntleroyLittle Lord Fauntleroy, written by Frances Eliza Burnett, peers through hand held spectacles & sits on the arm of a chair
Girl with SpectaclesA little girl wearing spectacles
Wizard of Oz / GuardianThe Guardian of the Gate puts spectacles on Dorothy and Toto to protect their eyes from the shining emerald buildings
Wizard of Oz / TotoToto wearing glasses and a big bow