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April Fool / Coats 1924April Fool: Two coats and hats on a stand, looking at first glance like a couple embracing
Gates of Wakefield Prison, West YorkshirePrison officers stand at the entrance gates of Wakefield prison. Date: circa 1929
Miners cottages at Blantyre, LanarkshireA row of decaying miners cottages at Blantyre, a mining district to the east of Glasgow. A few residents stand at their doorways and children and dogs are at the steps below. Date: circa 1936
Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, DerbyshireDennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times
Daily Chronicle, Never more confident of victory, WW1Daily Chronicle, original news stand poster, " Never more confident of victory" -- Mr Asquith, 29 July 1915, First World War. 1915
Bear Feeds Fish to Cubs Date: 1948
Reprisal! by H M Bateman - humorous illustration of what can happen if a woman decides to wear trousers. In this scene the reprisal for the wife wearing trousers is that her husband has taken to
Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916) and Ferdinand I of AusFranz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916). Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary and Ferdinand I of Austria (1861-1948). Emperor of Austria. Photograph, 1908. Colored
WW1 - Lords Cricket Ground used as a Goose Farm, 1915Photograph showing the pitch of the Marylebone Cricket Ground (Lord s), during the grounds use as a farm for rearing geese in World War I
Policemen in station parade room, LondonFour policemen stand ready in their uniforms, with notebooks, whistles and truncheons, in the station parade room at Ruislip, north west London, watched by their commanding officer
Newspaper Seller 1933A newspaper seller in a flat cap and overcoat stands next to his stall on Wednesday, March 1st, 1933. Headlines include The Times: The Arms Embargo - Geneva Comment and Dictatorship in Germany
Filming Scott of the Antarctic, with John Mills as Captain Scott RN, James Robertson Justice as Petty Officer Taff Evans, and Kenneth Moore as Lieutenant Evans
World Fair - General Motors - Futurama - Bel GeddesNorman Bel Geddes designed the General Motors Pavilion, known as Futurama, for the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. Date: circa 1939
The Grand National at White CityArtists impression of the vast enclosure at White City greyhound racing stadium on the night of the last Grand National, the finish of which is illustrated. The winning dog is Mrs L. J
BOOKMAKERSKendall and McManus bookmakers stand by their blackboards as the race commences. Top tips include No.2, Westcroft
Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prisonThere are conflicting theories as to who this man was. One is that he was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (Matthioli or Marchioly, 1640-1703), an Italian diplomat, arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669
Shoe shine Lisbon, PortugalA young shoe shine man reads a newspaper while waiting for his next customer in a Lisbon street Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989
Graca & Cos stall - Hong Kong - important printers and vendors of postcards, stamps and stationary. Date: circa 1905
Wilpshire Orphanage, Blackburn, LancashireChildren, including one on a pony, stand outside the Blackburn and Orphanage at Wilpshire, near Blackburn. Date: Date unknown
Exminster Industrial SchoolInmates stand in front of the Exminster Industrial School, Devon
An action at Bucquoy, Western Front 1918The Great Battle on the Western Front: open warfare - an action at Bucquoy, a village on the Arras-Albert road. Stand by British infantry at Bucquoy
Morning Call Coffee Stand, New Orleans, USAMorning Call Coffee Stand, French Market, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Claimed to be the citys most famous coffee drinking place. Date: circa 1940
Stand Lane, Radcliffe, early 1900s
Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1896Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1896
Wheatsheaf Inn - National Childrens Home, EdgworthChildren stand outside the former Wheatsheaf Inn at Edgworth, Lancashire. In 1872, the building was converted to form the nucleus of a branch of the National Childrens Home. Date: early 1900s
Three people in Cowboy and Indian costume in studio photoThree people in Cowboy and Indian costume in a studio photo -- signed The Three Shentons. Date: circa 1910
Children with IRA graffiti, Belfast, Northern IrelandA group of children with IRA graffiti on the wall behind them, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969
Evening full dress 1807Evening full dress, woman wearing plain blue dress, cut low and square at front, fastened in the center with a broach, white satin sleeves caught up with broaches, trimmed with swansdown
The Astra-Torres Dirigible Airship made by Hutchinson and shown at the Salon de la Locomotion Aerienne at the Grand Palais, Paris, France in 1911. Date: 1911
Workmen repairing part of the walkways on Tower Bridge
Dog Playing a TrumpetA dog playing a trumpet, reading sheet music from a stand! Date: early 1930s
Little Big HornGeneral Custers last stand Date: 25 June 1876
Reading War Hospital, Reading, BerkshireDuring the First World War, the Reading Union workhouse (opened 1867) on Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire, was used as a military hospital
Sunny Day at Lords by Ernest WallcousinsThis image shows an enthusiastic crowd watching a cricket match. Painted in 1926 the grand stand can be seen in the distance, which had just been built
Asprey Christmas presents, 1926Colour advertisement for Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas, including an attache case, a shagreen cigarette box, leather handbag, crocodile handbag pochette
Herring Fleet Fisher Women, East Coast of Britain, 1913Photographs showing three views of fisher women who worked for the herring fleet on the East coast of Britain in 1913. At top, three women stand at the pickling trough, gutting and pickling herring
British Officers interrogating a prisoner, East Africa, 1916Photograph showing General Hannyngton and his intelligence officer (seated in chairs) interrogating an enemy porter (seated on floor) in German East Africa, 1916
Social / Rainy Street 60SA typical English street in Corby, Northamptonshire, on a rainy shopping day: three women stand chatting
Animal Band Good NightPoodle conductor, standing on a dais, raps the baton on the music stand while a donkey bass player, a goat trumpeter & a ? dog percussionist strike up a tune
Seaside Fashions 1878Princess line dresses: one is short & more practical for walking, the other has a stand up collar, lacing down the central back seam, buttoned panels at the sides & a train
Advert / Lime Juice StowerTailor-made costume with a jacket with gored basques & gigot sleeves (leg-of-mutton) & a gored skirt, high stand- fall collar & tie, gauntlets & a hat with birds & bows
Young Edwardian woman and plantinsertcaption Date: circa 1920s
Ratner wooden safe stands - box, frame, drawer and cupboard. Date: circa 1920s
The Temporary Courthouse at Morant BayThe temporary courthouse in Morant Bay in Jamaica. Soldiers stand guard at a gathering under a long gazebo, serving as a temporary courthouse. A stone grain store lies a little further away
Fall / Kerry Blue Terrier / Champion Princeton Hell-Of-A-FellowKerry Blue Terrier Champion Princeton Hell-Of-A-Fellow owned by Mrs Handy Date: 1934
Fall / 3 black Schipperkes posing on a wicker basketMr Lawrence Ludfords 3 black Schipperkes - Binchou de la Bouche of Skipland, Gill of the North and Vespoir of Skipland (mother, father and son) posing on a wicker basket Date: 1940
The Main Stand - The Racecourse - Deauville, France Date: circa 1909
A Visit to the Irish Pig! With reflections Physical & MoralGeorge III, accompanied by the Lord Chamberlain Salisbury, inspects a gigantic pig. Salisbury announces That Pig is the Tallest Fittest Properest Pig to stand before the K[ing]