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Ross / Victory Abandoned
John Rosss arctic expedition: Abandoning the Victory. " They gathered on the Victory for the last time, nailed their colours to the mast, and started." Date: 1829 - 33

Icebreaker in Baltic Sea
Operations of icebreaking in the Baltic Sea have started again and our photo shows one of the icebreakers in action. Date: 24 January 1930

Martin XPB2M-1R Mars -this giant flying boat started life as a patrol bomber, but the handful built were converted to transports, plying the Pacific

Two Edwardian men on terrace known to be William John Battersby on the left and his son Frank on the right. Willaim is here aged 74

Switzerland - Fribourg, The Cathedral
Coloured lantern slide of the Fribourg Cathedral. The Gothic Cathedral of Saint Nicholas dominates the center of the medieval town of Fribourg

Switzerland - Lake of Lucerne, View from the Rigi
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Lake of Lucerne from Mount Rigi, Queen of the Mountains. In the foreground appears to be a train track, that of the Rigi-Bahnen

India - The Chini-Ka-Roya, Agra
Black and white. Highly decorated building which has started to fall apart - plaster and walls missing in places.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection. Slide number 158 and 10. Date: circa 1890s

Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail out (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- A Resolution
Recruitment poster, printed by A Thom and Company, Dublin. A Resolution passed in the Trenches. By an Irish Regiment (2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment)

Coucher de soleil dans la plaine de L Yser. Pi裥 de 75 allant prendre position.. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News

Head and shoulders oval portrait of an American Sergeant, 1917. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration

Portrait of a Corporal of the 1 / 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Ba
Portrait of a Corporal of the 1/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, 5th Brigade, 9th Division, 1st Army in full marching order. Georges Scott, (1873-1943)

La Medaille Militaire. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13

Pipers of the 1 / 9th (Glasgow Highlanders)
Pipers of the 1/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army, France, 1915

Angel of Victory statue given to F.C.H. (Frederick Crosby Halahan) from F.R.E.D. (Francis Robert Edward Davis) - inscribed F.C.H. FROM F.R.E.D. - 1922 1929 - PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

A heavy French transport en route. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of

A heavy artillery convoy. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13

Cottles Farm set ablaze
Cottles Farm at Englishcombe set ablaze by the dissatisfied poor. Date: 1846

Tsesarevich Nikolai of Russia
Engraving from a photograph of Nikolai, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843-1865), eldest son and heir of Tsar Alexander II. The Tsesarevich was a gifted young man trained in a liberal tradition by

Painting the Embassy roof with a Union Flag, Madrid; Spanish
Photograph showing British Embassy staff painting their roof the colours of the Union Jack, in an attempt to signify their neutral presence to Nationalist bombers during the Spanish Civil War

How Lieutenant Colonel Forbes-Robertson Saved the Western Li
Forbes-Robertson won the Victoria Cross saved the defence line by making a rapid reconnaisance on horse-back in full view of the enemy under machine gun and close range shell fire

Offenbach, Youngish
JACQUES OFFENBACH French musician, early in his career before he started wearing glasses. Date: 1819 - 1880

New Lambeth Bridge
The construction of new Lambeth Bridge, a five span bridge, designed by George Humphreys. Work started in 1929 and the bridge was opened by King George V in 1932. Date: early 1930s

The first Convair XB-36, 42-13570, before test flights h?
The first Convair XB-36, 42-13570, before test flights had started

The prototype de Havilland DH9A, B7664, started as a Westland-built DH9

The garden of No 4 Hamilton Place shortly after demolition
The garden of No.4 Hamilton Place shortly after demolition had started, 9 October 1959. Date: 1959

The first Convair XB-36 42-13570 before test flights
The first Convair XB-36, 42-13570, before test flights had started. 24 June 1946. Date: 1946

XH965 started out as a Gloster Javelin F(AW)7 but was converted to a F(AW)9

Raphael (1483-1520). The Mass of Bolsena. 1515. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Palaces. Stanza di Eliodoro. Representation of the miracle that took place in 1283 in Bolsena

Col d Allos - France - Started up to the Col d Allos (2260m) on a very narrow road, so that when we met a car it would have to back until it came to a garage or slightly wider place in the road

Paris-Madris Race 1903
Hon. Charles Rolls, son of Lord Lllangattock, a leading English automobilist, and the car with which he started in the ill-fated race from Paris to Madrid. Date: May 1903

LCC-LFB Defective paraffin heater, fire investigation
A photograph taken for evidence of a paraffin heater which started a fire due to a defective ON/OFF control knob that could not be switched off

Rue Royale Fires
Fires are started in parts of Paris, often by petroleuses - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871

London Olympics 1908
Sign post marking the direction of the marathon route for the London 1908 Olympics. The race started in Windsor and ended in the stadium in Shepherds Bush, London. Date: 25th July 1908 p844

Laker Vyrnwy Tower
The Control Tower of the Great Dam of Lake Vyrnwy, Wales, started in 1881 to supply water to Liverpool and was offically opened in 1910. Date: 1950s

Amber Palace, Jaipur
The ornate windows of the Amber Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Started in 1592 and completed two centuries later, a fusion of Mughal and Hindu architecture. Date: 16th - 18th century

Lear / Nonsense / Eyes
There was a Young Lady whose eyes, were unique as to colour size; When she opened them wide, people all turned aside, And started away in surprise

The East London Childrens Hospital
This is a crowded scene from the East London Hospital for Children and Dispensary for Women, situated at Ratcliff Cross near Stepney railway station

Young American Man, Boston, 1856
Engraving of a dapper young man, smoking a cheroot and reading the latest news, Boston, 1856. Young America was the name of a democatic movement started in the USA in the 1830 s

The Conqueror in the Clipper Barge Match, September 1879
Engraving of The Conqueror rounding the West Oaze buoy in the Clipper Barge Match of the 18th September 1879, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

The School Childrens Strike, 1889
Engraving showing a school childrens strike of 1889, which started in the East End of London in imitation of the Dockers strike that year

C. Crusade / Leisure Hour
Procession of children during their Crusade, started by Stephen, a shepherd boy who was persuaded by a priest that he was appointed by heaven to recover the holy sepulchre

A break in the railway at Pontoise; Franco-Prussian War, 187
Illustration showing a break in the railway at Pontoise, France, 1871. After a four month siege of Paris, peace was negotiated with Bismarck

The Civil War in America. Fairfax Courthouse, the headquarte
General Beauregard led the Confederate Army throughout the American Civil War. His actions started the war after opening fire on Fort Sumter on April 12th 1861

American Civil War. Review of the Federal troops
Review of the Federal troops by President Lincoln and General Scott showing the Garibaldi Guard filing past. From a sketch by special artist Frank Vizetelly

Selby Abbey, after the fire of October 1906
Photograph of the Nave of Selby Abbey taken after the fire of 20th October 1906. This 11th century Abbey, an extremely fine example of Norman architecture, was very badly damaged by the fire

Pyramid of Maidum / Egypt
Originally a seven-stepped pyramid, the Maidum (Maidoum) (Medum) pyramid is thought to have been started by Huni, the last ruler of the 3rd Dynasty, completed by his son Sneferu

Birds Eye view of London Docks
A Birds Eye View of the London Docks. Started in 1802 and completed in 1805, they covered 90 acres, with 20 warehouses of 259 floors, 18 sheds, 17 vaults and 6 quays

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