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Training Ship Mercury and boys racing crew, River HambleThe racing crew of the training ship Mercury with the ship itself in the background. The Mercury, established in 1885 by Charles Hoare, was originally based at Binstead, Isle of Wight
Dog up a LadderOne of Mrs. L. Goodwins (of All Saints Avenue, Kent, England) clever German Shepherd (Alsatian) dogs, up a ladder! Date: early 1930s
Red Cross Dog WaitingA Malinois (Belgian Shepherd Dog) trained for work as a French Red Cross dog. Duc II, stands ready for action
LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here a fireman is undertaking a hook ladder drill on the stations nine-storey drill tower
LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth. Here they are undertaking hook ladder drills on the stations nine-storey drill tower
A young Police DogA Police Dog puppy sitting in an upturned MET Police Officers cap
Buddy, Seeing EyeBuddy, guide dog of Morris Frank of Tennessee, the first dog trained in Switzerland by Mrs Dorothy Eustis, founder with Morris Frank, in 1927, of The Seeing Eye organisation
Duchess of York at Training Hostel, Market HarboroughDuchess of York at a Training Hostel, Market Harborough, Leicestershire - part os a scheme fostered jointly by the Imperial
Communist China - training barefoot doctorsCommunist China - a military doctor trains three young women as so-called barefoot doctors, usually village-based farm workers trained in primary health care and basic hygiene, including acupuncture
Greyhound TrainingDogs at the Greyhound Training School, Queensdown Estate, Westgate-on-sea, are trained to get out of the traps as quickly as possible
Rock Ferry St Margarets HomeSt Margarets Home for Roman Catholic girls at Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, was run by the Sisters of Charity. It trained young women to help prevent them falling into immoral situations
Major Richardson and his ambulance dogsMajor Edwin Hautenville Richardson, renowned dog trainer and founder of the British War Dog School during the First World War
A set of 8 lithographs - WWI eraA set of 8 lithographs in a folio. 1) Inscribed Private B. Miller, Queens Westminsters, out since 1914, 2) Inscribed Of the Labour Battalion, 3) A soldier reading a newspaper
WW1 recruitment poster with silhouetteWorld War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- Loyal Talk Won t Beat Kaiser, Krupp, Kultur, Trained Men Will! Enlist Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle. 1914-1918
Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of warBorn in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become
Women Window CleanersA group of newly trained Georginas set off for their first job, carrying their ladders and buckets. Date: 1940s
Dogs Love ChocolatePunch has been trained by his owner to carry messages and pick up litter. Here he tries to use the chocolate dispenser
Herr Graiss looping monkey, DiavolinoDiavolino, a little monkey trained by Herr Grais, who performed the loop the loop on a tricycle at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1903
Monkeys gathering leaves from tea bushes high on a mountain and delivering them to their master. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Nurse in British Red Cross uniformThe British Red Cross regulation uniform for trained nurses. Date: 1914
Volley firing by Scott Method by G. H. DavisThe gunnery experiment of which all the naval world is talking: the six-to-one superiority of volley firing by the Scott Method
Godwins ProjectFRANCIS GODWIN An ingenious method of flying by harnessing trained birds, who would tow the intrepid aviator even so far as the Moon
Training dogs in the trenches, WW1Training war dogs. Dogs at the British War Dog School being acclimatised to trenches (part of the ground) before being sent to the Front where they were used in various roles such as messengers
Samuel Cody assorted memorabiliaEARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely important Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No.9, 1910, issued to S. F
Officer Training Corps had begun in 1902, in the wake of the Second Boer War. Photograph showing a parade of training officers. Date: 1917
Evelyn Dove by Kay Vaughan. Evelyn Dove (1902-1987) London-born singer & actress. Mixed race daughter of a Sierra Leone barrister & his English wife
Moroccan Nationalist Troops on parade, Burgos; Spanish CivilPhotograph showing some of the Moroccan troops on parade in Burgos, during the Spanish Civil War, 1936. These troops, from General Franco's Army of Africa, were well-trained and well-equipped
Machine Gun on a Mule, near San Martial; Spanish Civil WarPhotograph showing a mule column of the Spanish Foreign Legion carrying supplies and a machine gun up a mountain path near San Martial, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936
Lea Hurst, home of Florence NightingaleBorn in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florence's social standing to become
Florence Nightingale's carriageThe nursing carriage that accompanied Miss Florence Nightingale through the Crimean War. Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father
Princess Mary (1897 - 1965), third child and only daughter of George V and Queen Mary at the age of thirteen. Born at Sandringham
HMS Worcester, training Ship for the Thames Marine Officers, moored at the lower estuary of the River Thames, off Greenhithe. Date: 1895
The former Village School and Village Inn of West ToftsOnce the Village School and Village Inn ( The Horse Shoes ) of West Tofts, Lynford, Norfolk - the village became deserted when it was taken over by the British Army during the Second World War as
FalconerA painting of a medaeval falconer. A falconer is a hunter of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey
Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling CompanyCaptain Oliver Woodward was one of the heroes of the underground war at Hill 60. He had trained as a mining engineer and during his military career won the MC and two bars
Seeths lions in swing boats at the London HippodromeHerr Julius Seeth, renowned lion tamer, seem in the arena at the London Hippodrome with some of his boys obediently enjoying a swing boat ride. Date: 1903
Captain Woodwards seals at the London HippodromeTwo of Captain Woodwards performing seals at the London Hippodrome demonstrating their balancing skills. Date: 1903
Captain Woodward & his seals at the London HippodromeCaptain Woodward (called Dr. Woodward here), with his troupe of trained seals, seen shaking hands/flippers with one of them at the time they were delighting audiences at the London Hippodrome
M Edmund Warnery (b.1876). A tenor, the son of Swiss parents, trained at the Paris Conservatoire. Date: circa 1912
Cleofonte Campanini (1860-1919). A native of Parma, Italy. Orchestal conductor of worldwide renown, trained as a violinist. Date: circa 1912
Medieval trained horsesTwo horses trained to strike a tabor with their hooves, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London
Medieval trained animals: bear doing a headstand, hare with tabor (top), juggler and tumbling monkey, monkey jockey on a muzzled bear (middle)
Dancer and trained bear, 10th centuryWoman dancing in front of a bear chained to its master but scourged to attack, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Performers and trained bears, 14th centuryJuggler and trained bear, and performer with tabor drum and chained bear, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Gleemen and trained bear, 10th centuryAnglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and pipes performing with a trained bear, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Medieval trained bears: Anglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and horns peforming over a trained bear, 10th century (top), juggler with bear and drummer with chained bear, 14th century (middle)
Evelyn Dove by Macari (Italy). Evelyn Dove (1902-1987) London-born singer & actress. Mixed race daughter of a Sierra Leone barrister & his English wife
Evelyn Dove (1902-1987) London-born singer & actress. Mixed race daughter of a Sierra Leone barrister & his English wife. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music (1917-1919)