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Either HMS Hibernia or HMS Africa with a temporary launch ra
Either HMS Hibernia or HMS Africa with a temporary launching ramp for a Short S38

The Six Voyages of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
English Translation, London. 1677-78. Jean-Baptiste Tvernier was a French writer, traveller and trade merchant. He amassed a small fortune through his expertise and trade in diamonds

Included diamond gemstone
A two-carat rectangular step-cut diamond with a large violet-red garnet inclusion visible in the table facet

Interior of the Tomb of Seti
The first photograph of the interior of the tomb of Seti II which shows the temporary laboratory with fragments of royal robes and Tutankhamuns throne. Date: 17th February 1923

Syria / Damascus / Straight
Damascus: Straight (or Strait) Street, where St Paul stayed after his temporary blinding Date: 1880

LCC-MFB mobile telephone / telegraph caravan
With the building of the new Streatham fire station, the caravan shown here was able to receive and transmit messages for the temporary station from Brigade HQ

Blitz in London -- emergency water mains for firefighting
Blitz in London -- frequently water mains were damaged or destroyed by enemy bombing. Emergency water mains were laid, over ground, to which fire hoses could be connected

Temporary brothel at San ya. Print shows two courtesans, full-length, standing, one leaning on a railing, facing right, the other holding a scroll, reading, facing left. Date 1794

Two children of a migrant fruit worker from Tennessee, standing before their temporary home. This family of eight is camped in a field near the packinghouse at Winter Haven, Florida. Date 1937 Jan

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for William IV coronation
The first occasion on which a temporary annexe to Westminster Abbey was built, for the Coronation of King William IV in 1830

Temporary Tramway across River Neva, St Petersburg
The temporary Electric Tramway running across the frozen River Neva, St Petersburg, Russia. Date: circa 1900

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for George V coronation
Photograph showing the temporary annexe constructed to provide extra space for the coronation procession of King George V. The structure was gothic in style with a porte-cochere. Date: 1937

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for Edward VII coronation
The temporary annexe constructed outside Westminster Abbey for marshalling the coronation procession of King Edward VII in 1902

Silhouette of a wartime love scene
The temporary occupation by Mars has developed into permanent annexation by Cupid -- silhouette of a wartime love scene, showing Cupid sitting on top of a sentry box

German crew with biplane, Galicia, WW1
German crew with a two-seater biplane at an Austrian temporary airfield in Galicia, Eastern Europe, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Russia, Siberia - A Kyrygyz tent (yurt) Date: 1905

Military Bridge 18th C
an example of a military bridge made out of wood in 18th century France. The bridge is supported by boats. Date: Circa 1760

Temporary bridge at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
The temporary bridge across the gap in the viaduct at the landward end of the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War

American infantry in action near St Mihiel, France, WW1
American troops of the 167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division, dug in and defending a farm used as a temporary stronghold, near St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War

Trafalgar Square, London, 1953
From Trafalgar Square a view looking towards Cockspur Street, note temporary grandstand on right of picture. 6th June 1953

Coronation. Abbey entrance and reception
The temporary construction comprising the Queens entrance and reception hall. Outside, the array of Queens beasts can be seen along the wall of the reception hall. 1953

Coronation. Female approaches Abbey door
While cars carrying foreign representatives arrive a female attendant goes to the temporary Abbey door. Lady in Waiting ? 1953

Turks Build Boat Bridge
In the course of their war with Russia, the Turks build a bridge of boats to enable them to cross the Danube from Tschaiten to Widdin. Logs are laid from one boat to another. Date: 1877

French Soldiers-Bridge
French civil engineering corps construct a temporary wooden bridge out of staves and brushwood on a training mission. Date: 1886

Ice Palace - Montreal, Canada
The Ice Palace erected in the Dominion Square, Montreal, Canada during the Winter Festival of 1885. This extraordinary structure was built out of sixteen thousand blocks of ice three feet four inches

Temporary road works signal, London
A temporary road works police traffic signal, set up by the Metropolitan Police on a London street. A man with a motorcycle and sidecar waits alongside

Tallinn (Revel), Estonia
An Islamic Mosque built for an International Fair in Tallinn, Estonia. The spire of St Olai Church forms a fifth minaret on this card!!

Mosque - Balkan Exhibition - Earls Court
June 1905 - The Balkan Exhibition at Earls Court, London. A Mosque constructed in the Balkan Village, standing alongside an eastern orthodox Christian church

Duchess of Fife at Church Army Labour Tent opening
The Duchess of Fife (Princess Louise, Princess Royal, 1867-1931), eldest daughter of Edward VII, opening the King Edward VII Labour Tent in Kingsway, Central London, for the Church Army

Duchess of Westminster at Church Army depot
Katherine Caroline Cavendish, Duchess of Westminster (1857-1941), second wife of the 1st Duke of Westminster, opening a Church Army Labour Relief Depot in Artillery Row, Central London

French supply ship Cheval de Troie - Dardanelles
War in the Dardanelles - 1915. A view of the French supply ship or personnel carrier Cheval de Troie (Trojan Horse) moored up at Sed Dul-Bahr

The Somme, 1917
British cavalry crossing a temporary bridge over the Somme near Brie in France on the British front during World War I in May 1917

Battle for Broodseynde on the British Western Front in 1917. Soldiers of an English county regiment cross a temporary bridge with stones in wheelbarrows for road making

Orchard Convalescent Hospital, Dartford, Kent
The Orchard Convalescent Hospital at Long Reach, near Dartford, Kent, during its First World War deployment as a military hospital for overseas troops, mainly Australians

Committee Rooms
Temporary Committee Rooms used during the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament

Budapest - Hungary - Millenial Exhibition
A Pavilion at the Millennial Exhibition in Budapest, 1896

Temporary War Buildings in London. Washington Inn. American YMCA Officers Club, St. James Square

Nomads making rugs in the desert, Tunisia
Nomads making rugs in the desert in front of their low tents, Tunisia

Temporary station at Dover: the steamers prepare to start
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. After arriving in France however

A casual worker shovelling stones from his cell
This intriguing image entitled, The sieve in the wall: in the casual ward, shows a casual, or a man who receives temporary relief in a workhouse that is not his own parish shovelling stones he has

The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in Live
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care

Westminster Abbey, before the Coronation, 1902
Illustration showing the exterior of Westminster Abbey, London, with the temporary Annex at the Great West Door, 1902. The annex was built to contain reception and retiring rooms for the King

London Bridge Fire
Fire breaks out on the temporary bridge during the rebuilding of London Bridge

German machine guns on temporary mountains for use against war planes

Construction of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, 1849
Engraving showing the basket ferry and temporary towers built prior to the construction of a Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, USA, 1849

Railway Works at Blackfriars, London, 1864
Engraving showing the temporary bridge built over the River Thames at Blackfriars, during the construction of the railway line north through Blackfriars and Ludgate Hill, 1864. St

Temporary Wooden Bridge at Blackfriars, London, 1864
Engraving showing a temporary wooden bridge over the River Thames at Blackfriars, London, 1864. This bridge was used during the rebuilding and repair of Old Blackfriars Bridge

Hannan gold field Western Australia
A lock-up at Hannan gold field in West Australia, a temporary measure for locking up criminals pending their trial. The nearest prison to Hannan gold field was Fremantle on the coast near Perth

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