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Elisabeth Welch theatre programme for her one-woman show Time to Start Living at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003)

Malines Cathedral damaged by German shell, WW1
Malines (Mechelen) Cathedral, Belgium, damaged by German shell fire, 3 September 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Calling out the reserves, boys parade in Whitehall, WW1
Calling out the reserves, boys parading in Whitehall, London (Biscuit Tin Band), 5 August 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Brazilian Revolution of 1930
The events in Recife during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930. On the left, government cavalry charges at a crowd. On the right, a house is on fire

Motor racing track course at Monza, Italy
Motor racing track course at Monza, near Milan, Italy. 1930s

Motor racing track course at Avus, Berlin, Germany. 1930s

Start of a race at the Avus Track, Berlin, Germany
Start of a race at the Avus track, Berlin, Germany, showing the twin straights in the distance. 20th century

Start of Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia
Start of the Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia. 20th century

Start of Grand Prix d Endurance at Le Mans, France
Start of Grand Prix d Endurance Le Mans, France. 20th century

Start of French Grand Prix at Linas Montlhery - No. 8 is a Mercedes-Benz driven by Caracciola, No. 6 is an Alfa-Romeo driven by Varzi. 20th century

Start of a Brooklands Double-Twelve Race with drivers and mechanics running to their machines. 20th century

Motor racing drivers Henry Birkin with Malcolm Campbell
Motor racing drivers Sir Henry Birkin with Sir Malcolm Campbell before the start of a handicap race at Brooklands, Surrey. 20th century

Line-up for start of Indianapolis 500 miles race, USA
Line-up of racing cars for the start of the Indianapolis 500 mile race, USA. 20th century

Belgian refugees at Ostend, WW1
Belgian refugees at Ostend - families living in beach huts escaping the German invasion, August 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Women artists making recruitment poster, WW1
Two women artists making a recruitment poster at the start of the First World War. 1914

Crowd in Whitehall, near Downing Street, WW1
A crowd in Whitehall, London, near Downing Street, on 3 August 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Training Post Office recruits, H Company, WW1
Training Post Office recruits, H Company, in Regents Park, London, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Recruits queueing up to enlist, WW1
Recruits queueing up to enlist at the start of the First World War. 1914

Early Motor Racing - Edge at Brooklands
Early Motor Racing -s F Edge before the start of 24-hour record race at Brooklands, Surrey. 1907

Crystal Palace new cycling track, 1896
The Crystal Palace new cycling track, 1896. Twenty-five miles race - Stocks beats Walters. J. W. Stocks, twenty-five miles winner. Start for the ten miles professional race. Date: 1896

Automobiles passing the Trafoi Hotel at Stilfserjoch, Italy
Automobiles driving past the Trafoi Hotel at Stilfserjoch, Southern Tirol, Italy. circa 1898

The First Prince of Wales
King Edward Is infant son Edward (later King Edward II), born at Caernarfon Castle, is presented to the Welsh Chieftains as their Prince

Curtiss Oriole of Al Bachmann being primed for a hand start. Date: circa 1920

United States Navy - Lockheed VC-121J 131623 8
United States Navy - Lockheed VC-121J 131623 (msn 1049B-4124) 8. The Blue Angels aerobatic team support aircraft. Built as a Lockheed R7V-1and re-designated C-121J in 1962

WW1 - Hands Off. The Engish have landed
WW1 - Marianne to Kaiser Wilhelm II - Hands Off! The Engish have landed. Warning to Germany not to set her sight on France as the English will be on hand to defend her border... Date: 1914

100 M. 1928 OLYMPICS
The start of the mens 100 meters race. Percy Williams (CAN) won gold, Jack London (GBR) won silver and Georg Lammers (GER) won bronze. Date: 1928

START OF A CAR RALLY
The start of a motor rally - drivers leave the grounds of a chateau and head into the wide blue yonder... Date: 1931

DIVING AT RACE START
Four swimmers prepare to dive at the start of a race. Date: circa 1895

WOMENS TYPING OFFICE
From the start, typing was perceived as the archetypal employment opportunity for women : this is the Typing Office of the Society for the Employment of Women Date: 1889

Womens Football
Womens football : the referee with her whistle about to start the game Date: circa 1920s

MODEL RACING CAR
Three men examine a model racing car before the start of the big race Date: 1950s

TOWN CRIER / CONTEST
The parade at the start of the Town Criers Contest, Southampton, Hampshire. Date: 1950s

REBUILDING BERLIN
The Berliners start to rebuild their city Date: 1945

JESUS AND ANGELS
Scenes from Jesuss life, with angels applauding from start to finish

Ship - Gt Eastern (Cable)
The start of laying the telegraph cable across the Atlantic Date: 1865

Skikjoring competition, St Moritz, Switzerland, where daredevil skiers are pulled at speeds of up to 50km/hour by unmounted thoroughbreds over the icy frozen lake for 2, 7000m. Date: circa 1920s

Col de Sanloup, Montreux, Switzerland - mixed luge racing
Col de Sanloup, Montreux, Switzerland - mixed pairs luge racing - The Start. Date: circa 1904

Staffordshire farmer in farmyard
A Staffordshire farmer carries buckets of water through his farmyard for the cattle on a cold winter day. First published The Times Date: 1990

Staffordshire farmer with cup of tea
A Staffordshire farmer prepares to feed his calves after breakfast, he is holding a mug of tea while looking out through the door of a farm building. Animal feed buckets are at his feet

WW2 - Young men joining up - September 1939. Date: 1939

Japanese Mother prepares to feed her baby by Kitagawa
A Japanese Mother prepares to breast-feed her infant child - print by Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1805). Date: circa 1790s

Statement from the Prime Minister on the outbreak of WW2
Statement from the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the outbreak of WW2 " We have taken our stand". Date: 1939

Start-rite shoes advertisement, 1961
Advertisement for Start-rite shoes of Norwich, THE choice of classic shoe for children (the one bar style seen at the bottom of this advert is still being sold in various colours today)

Telegram sent by Kaiser Wilhelm II to President Wilson
Telegram sent by Kaiser Wilhelm II to US President Woodrow Wilson on 10th August 1914. Date: 1914

The Hand of Militarism in Europe, WW1 outbreak
Like a modern Gulliver playing the war-game with the troops of Lilliput - a Sinister Picture suggesting the present state of things in Europe

German poster, What England Wants, WW1
German propaganda poster, What England Wants, depicting a blindfolded man approaching the edge of a cliff with a heavy sack on his back at the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Times newspaper headlines, Britain at War, WW1
The Times newspaper headlines for 5 August 1914, Britain at War, announcing the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 5 August 1914

Jesse Owens, American athlete
James Cleveland Jesse Owens American athlete, four times champion, seen here taking part in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, pictured in starting pose. August 1936

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