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COAL MINE / PENITENTA penitent, so named because his clothing resembled that of religious orders, rids the air of explosive gas by setting fire to it. A dangerous task, that often ended unhappily
Severn Tunnel DiverThe brave diver Alexander Lambert descending the shaft into the flooded tunnel. In Fleuss diving gear, he closed the headwall door and prevented further flooding
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For EvermoreThe Caption is For evermore. Ground facilities for the fly boys was the responsibiiity of the RAF Regiment. The Prime Ministers message on the back is We shall continue steadfast in faith
Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. DavisThe duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942
Infantrymen of the U. S. Mars Task Force - 1944Infantrymen of the U.S. Mars Task Force unit attack Japanese troops in the Burma Road Sector, 80 miles north of Lashio
Showgirls Changing RoomNo doubt the envy of all his friends, this page boy has the important task of delivering messages and cards backstage, where most are prohibited from entering - hope he knocked!
LUMBERJACKS 1930STwo lumberjacks set about the daunting task of breaking up a huge felled tree with their axes. Date: 1930s
Luther Translates BibleMartin Luther gathers scholars around him to complete the great task of translating the Bible into German Date: circa 1530
Cartoon, Excelsior! (Suffragist as Sisyphus)Cartoon, Excelsior! A Suffragette depicted as Sisyphus pushing the large boulder of Womens Suffrage up the Parliament Hill
SS Atlantic Conveyor, roll-on roll-off container ship, on 26 may 1982, the day after being struck by two Exocet missiles in the South Atlantic near the Falkland Islands
Boeing-Vertol CH-47C Chinook MM80822 - E.I.800Esercito Italiano - Boeing-Vertol CH-47C Chinook MM80822 / E.I.800 (msn B664), performing a task at Castle Ashby, for the World Helicopter Championship. (Esercito Italiano - Italian Army) Date: 1986
WW2 - The Girls Of Today, Careless TalkA WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. Hush Hush! Said the typist, I work on a secret Government task. Unseen and unheard these office girls show by keeping it dark
Return From The FieldsA portrait sketch of a farmer carrying a basket, alongside his wife who has a large sack on her back, having accomplished their task in the fields. Date: circa 1901
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1A undergoing an engine changeRoyal Air Force - A Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1A of No.3 Squadron undergoing an engine change in the field, under the cover of an inflatable hide, during Exercise Heath Fir in Germany
Uncrossing the Crosses on a Hot + BunA contraption for removing the cross on a hot cross bun left over from Easter. Date: 1922
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In ConvoyThe Caption is In Convoy. The convoy system for the merchant ships bringing in vital supples was introduced to counter the German U Boat attacks
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - All quiet on the Home FrontThe Caption is All quiet on the Home Front. This derives from All Quiet along the Potomac tonight, a song written during the American Civil War, and repeated in WW1 with Eric Maria Remorques book
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - and NO matchesThe Caption is ??? and NO matches. The Natzi wearing a saucepan on his head is confronted across a broken wooden fence by two boys, one with a make-shift bayonet and the other with a Union flag
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - We have no CouponsThe long Caption blames the patches on the lack of clothing coupons but says what does that matter - to loyal pals like me and you
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, ForcesThe Caption is Good Night Forces. This is a play on the closing words of BBC Forces Radio which broadcast to the BEF. It began in 1940 and finished in 1944 well before this card was posted
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I know things ll be better soonThe Caption is Yes I know things ll be better soon. By this date the war is clearly near its end so the optimism is justified
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Five InchesThe public was asked to restrict the depth of water in their baths to 5 inches (13cm) in order to limit the use of power resources
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On LeaveThis little lass looks as if she is going on holiday - she has an umbrella! Despite the war people still took breaks and this sort of postcard featured regularly in messages back home
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Morning, Nice DayThe Caption is Good morning! Nice day! The message on the back by the Prime Minister is We have to gain the Victory that is our task. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1943
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good EggThe caption is Good Egg. As the egg has not yet been opened let us hope so. A good egg is of course used to describe a reliable person
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll walk beside youThe postcard caption says I ll walk beside you - a reference to the love song written by Murray and Lockton in 1939. It was sung by Vera Lynn among many others
Leto, Neptune, a Grace and a FuryLeto with her children Apollo and Artemis 6, one of the Graces 7, Neptune 8, and one of the Furies 9. Morfeo, Nettuno e delle Furie. From a vase in Aubin Louis Millins Peintures de Vases Antiques
Reconstructed CWGC Cemetery, Colne Valley, YpresThe Cemetery faces a feature known as Colne Valley. It is on one of the marked walking routes around the Ypres battlefields
21st Independent Para Coy Memorial, OosterbeekThe 21st was commanded by Major B. A. B. Boy Wilson who, at the age of 45, was one of the oldest paras in the 1st AB Division
Castle Henkenshage, 502nd PIR HQ, HollandThe US 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment was given the Operation Market Garden task of capturing this position and completed the clearing of the area on 17 September 1944
No. 3 Commando Memorial Plaque, Merville BatteryThe taking of the Battery was the task of the 9th Parachute Battalion, and despite a complicated plan that went very wrong from the first jumps at 0020 hours on D-Day
13th / 18th Hussars Memorial, la Breche d HermanvilleThe Regiment was equipped with Flail tanks which acted as giant carpet sweepers, having at the front huge rotating steel chains as brushes
48 Royal Marine Cdo & Civil Victims Memorial, St AubinThe 48th were part of No 4 Special Service Brigade whose task was to clear St Aubin and coastal villages to the east, and following that were to take on the radar station on the high ground at
An air crash investigator at work in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s
Man Makes Ship Model Date: 1948
Group at Surgery Date: 1875
Feeding the Python - Port Elizabeth Museum - South AfricaFeeding the South African Python (Python Sebae) at the Port Elizabeth Museum - South Africa. The snake is 16 feet long! Date: circa 1908
MENDING A CHAIRGluing back loose or dislodged chair legs can be quite a straightforward task, as this practical woman demonstrates, using a brush and pot of glue. Date: 1930s
JAPANESE HOUSEWIFE IRONSA young Japanese housewife irons her husbands trousers on the floor. This is a daily task, because the Japanese sit on cushions which makes trousers crease badly. Date: 1930s
Advertisement for Ross Frozen Foods -- father and son sawing a log in the back garden. 1959
Handley Page Halifax B III -a night bomber like the Avro Lancaster, with which it shared the task
British mine-laying submarine by G. H. DavisA British mine-laying submarine: detailed drawings of a boat of the Rorqual Class, in use during the Second World War. It carried out a specialised and dangerous task in enemy waters. Date: 1944
8 Immortals Cross SeaThe Eight Immortals cross the sea, each using their own particular magic charm. The story is used as a proverb for there being many ways to accomplish a task
David Cameron MP, visits British troops in AfghanistanPhotograph: The leader of the opposition party, David Cameron MP, visits British troops in Afghanistan.Digital photograph taken by Cpl Mike Fletcher, Royal Logistic Corps
A member of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Operations CoPhotograph: A member of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Operations Company shaking the hand of a young boy in a village north of Lashkar Gah.Digital photograph taken by Cpl Mike Fletcher
Refuse left by departing troops, Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1Refuse left by departing troops at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1 -- a sanitation team was given the task of clearing it. 1916
London Policemans First Day at Point DutyWith The Force - London Policemans First Day at Point Duty. Date: 1907
Air crash investigators with sniffer dogThree air crash investigators with a sniffer dog in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s
Air crash investigator examining debrisAn air crash investigator examining a vast pile of wreckage following a plane crash. Date: 1960s
Air crash investigation, clerical staff at workAir crash investigation, three clerical staff at work in an office. Date: 1960s
Air crash investigator at workAn air crash investigator at work in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s
Dominique Joseph GaratDOMINIQUE-JOSEPH, comte de GARAT : French statesman from Bayonne, whose task it was to tell Louis XVI he would be guillotined. He later served Napoleon in various functions. Date: 1749 - 1833
Scouts / Telegraphy 20CTwo boy scouts using wireless telegraphy in a rural setting. Date: early 20th century
Hancocks EnterpriseMr Hancocks Enterprise well deserves its name, for his is a valiant attempt to harness the mighty power of steam to the task of propelling a public conveyance. Date: 1833
Ladies working in a Russian soldiers home under BolsheviksThose who suffer under the revolutionary regime - Russian ladies earning their living as cleaners I a home for soldiers. Scene showing upper class women employed in scrubbing
German boy scouts with camp loomGerman boy scouts operating a camp loom
Firewood Receipt, Settle Union, YorkshireA receipt issued by the Settle Union for a payment for firewood. Chopping wood for firewood was a common task given to workhouse inmates. Date: 1912
British midget submarine attack by G. H. DavisOne of the Second World Wars most daring exploits: the British midget submarine (XE3) attack which gained VCs for Lieutenant Ian Fraser RNR and Leading Seaman James Magennis
Advert for British Railways 1943The ever rising tide. War production is rising like the tide and the need for rail transport rises with it. But this increase in traffic is only one of the Railways many wartime loads
Ferrying a New BridgeThe rather precarious task of ferryimg the component parts of an iron bridge into position. Date: early 1930s
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Can it be true? Churchill Quote" We shall continue steadfast in faith and duty till our task is done." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister A little farmers boy is delighted that a reluctant hen has finally produced
Queen and the Huntsman
Firefighters doing productive work in lull period, WW2During the longer lulls in firefighting activities, NFS firefighters took part in industrial production for the countrys war needs
A herculean task. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as Hercules wearing a lion skin and holding a sword, facing a nine-headed hydra, each head identified as that of a senator
Marrying for Love or for Money" Either Choice is Painful" If I marry for love I am poor, if I marry for Money I lose out on true love. This German gentleman is suffering a severe emotional quandry on this issue
The DoveholesThe Dove Holes caves, Dovedale, Derbyshire, England. Between 1860 and 1865, Midland Railways built a tunnel here. It was an arduous task and the navvies lived in these caves. Date: 1950s
Mystery Household TaskA young housewife pours something from her teapot through a strainer into a bowl - but why? Is she removing stains from garments? Date: 1940s
Kensitas cigarettes advertisement, 1953Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes showing a domestic scene where a man, engaged in the masculine task of hanging a picture, is offered a Kensitas cigarette to steady his nerves. Date: 1953
Polish Scouts carrying turf. circa 1930s
Cubs painting lines on shipFour Cub Scouts being shown how to paint lines on a Royal Navy ship in Aden, Yemen. 1968
The Nemean LionOne of his seven labours of Herakles was to slay the Lion of Nemea, which is said to have come from the Moon
Eberts Heavy Task by HeineFriedrich Ebert (1871 - 1925) rows through a stormy sea to the saftey of a distant island:a metaphor for the difficult task Ebert faced as the first president of the newly formed Weimar Republic in
Government CriticsIts a thankless task stopping a Punch ball - The harder you hit it, the harder it comes back. Cartoon showing the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George
From Bismarck to Buelow. A bigger task for a smaller manPunch recalls an illustration from their magazine from September 28th, 1878(see picture number 10056473)showing Otto von Bismarck temporarily quashing the Socialist jack in the box
A Soleful TaskA new exercise for encuoraging confidence in fishing from an open boat. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans
Reserved for New SystemA Japanese lady engaged in a clothes making task in a decorative interior
2 Adventurers & TalismanTHE TWO ADVENTURERS AND THE TALISMAN: one knight takes up the profferred task of fording the river, lifting a stone elephant and carrying it to the mountain top
The Strawberry Trade - pottlingEngraving by Ebenezer Landells showing a rural scene with women pottling strawberries. Pottles were small, basket-like containers which would be carried in great quantities by women from Middlesex
Polishing a Silver TrayAn Edwardian butler polishes a silver tray until he can see his face in it
Radar navigation at a glance- a new deviceDiagrammatic illustration of radar navigation. This was designed by the Admiralty Research Lab (mainly by Mr.J. Home Dickson)
Butter Making 1886The Churn: The housemaid and a little girl share the task of making butter
Monkeys ReincarnatedTwo Japanese monkeys, anxious to know the life of Buddha, help a scholar to copy the Buddhist bible, and the senior, later reincarnated as a man, completes the task
Tani San in Washing TubO Tani San, hoping to win the love of a priest who has set her this task, tries to sail across Lake Biwa in a wash- tub, but sadly she drowns and her ghost causes storms
