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Twentieth Collection (page 3)

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Franklin McLeay

Franklin McLeay
Franklin (Franklyn) McLeay (1864 - 1900), Canadian-born actor, shown here in costume as Jediah in The Daughters of Babylon. Date: 1899

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Eva Moore

Eva Moore (1868 - 1955), English stage and film actress who was active in the womens suffrage movement. Her daughter, Jill Esmond, was the first wife of Laurence Olivier. Date: 1899

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Ada Rehan

Ada Rehan (1857 - 1916), Irish born American actress, one of the great comediennes of her day, represented the " personality" style of acting in the nineteenth century

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Evelyn Millard

Evelyn Millard (1869 1941) - English Shakespearean actress, actor-manager and " stage beauty" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Pula. Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Pula. Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Outside view. Republic of Croatia

Background imageTwentieth Collection: HUNGARY. BUDAPEST. Heroes Square

HUNGARY. BUDAPEST. Heroes Square with the neoclassical building of the Museum of Fine Arts and part of the Millennium Monument

Background imageTwentieth Collection: REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Shkodra (Scutari) 5 Heroes Monument

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Shkodra (Scutari) 5 Heroes Monument

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Grgey, Artur (1818-1916). Hungarian army officer

Grgey, Artur (1818-1916). Hungarian army officer and hero of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849. Equestrian Statue. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Husar statue with the eighteenth century clothing. Sculpted

Husar statue with the eighteenth century clothing. Sculpted by Hungarian Kisfaludi STROBL ZSIGMOND (1884-1975). Built in the city in 1932. Located in the Buda Castle. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageTwentieth Collection: ART XIX century. FRANCE. RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (Limoges, 18

ART XIX century. FRANCE. RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste (Limoges, 1841, Cagnes-SurMer, 1919). French Impressionist painter. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG, 1892. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Wilbur Wright (1867-1912). Plane flying. France. Colored en

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912). Plane flying. France. Colored en
Wilbur Wright (1867-1912). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the worlds first successful airplane

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Colonialism. Morocco. Reception of the Grand Vizier to a Fre

Colonialism. Morocco. Reception of the Grand Vizier to a French diplomat committee. Barberis engraving in El Mundo Ilustrado. Early twentieth century. Colored

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903)

Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Engraving. Colored

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Carol I (1839-1914)

Carol I (1839-1914)
Carol I (Sigmaringen, 1839-Castle Pelesch, 1914). Prince (1866-81) and king of Romania (1881-1914). Engraving by A. Carretero

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Valley of the Kings. Entrance to the tomb of the Pharaoh Ram

Valley of the Kings. Entrance to the tomb of the Pharaoh Ram
Valley of the Kings. On the walls are carved rock tombs of New Kingdom pharaohs. Entrance to the tomb of the Pharaoh Ramses IV. Egypt

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Gaudi, Antonio (1852-1926). Catalan architect. La Pedrera or

Gaudi, Antonio (1852-1926). Catalan architect. La Pedrera or Casa Mila (1905-1910). Roof detail lined with trencadis and enlivened by undulating forms. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Background imageTwentieth Collection: WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Soldiers and horses of the German ar

WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Soldiers and horses of the German army, both with gas masks to protect against poison gas launched by the enemy

Background imageTwentieth Collection: WORLD WAR I (1914-1918). Aerial battle between french (Model

WORLD WAR I (1914-1918). Aerial battle between french (Model Nieuport 17) and german (Albatros D-III) aircrafts

Background imageTwentieth Collection: SALK, Jonas

SALK, Jonas (1914-1995). American medical researcher and virologist, discoverer of the polio vaccine in 1954

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Curie, Irene (Paris, 1897-1956)

Curie, Irene (Paris, 1897-1956). French physicist. She conducted research on nuclear physics and earned the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, shared with her husband

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Louvre Museum. Paris. France
Louvre Museum. The large glass pyramid. The piramids was designed by the architect Leo Ming Pei, in 1981. Paris. France. Europe

Background imageTwentieth Collection: RUTHERFORD, Ernest (Nelson, New Zealand, 1871-Cambridge, 193

RUTHERFORD, Ernest (Nelson, New Zealand, 1871-Cambridge, 1937). English physicist. Study of radioactivity, isotopes and the structure of matter. Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1908

Background imageTwentieth Collection: World War I. Telephone in a trench

World War I. Telephone in a trench
FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Telephone set in a trench. (France, 1915)

Background imageTwentieth Collection: First World War. German poster inviting people to join the w

First World War. German poster inviting people to join the w
World War I (1914-1918). German poster inviting people to join the war loan. It was done by Maximilian Lenz (1860-1948)

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Arrigo Boito (1842-1918). Italian composer

Arrigo Boito (1842-1918). Italian composer
Boito, Arrigo (Padua, 1842-Milan, 1918). Pseudonym of the iItalian composer Tobias Gorrio. Colored engraving

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Juan Alcover Maspons (1854-1926). Spanish poet

Juan Alcover Maspons (1854-1926). Spanish poet
ALCOVER MASPONS, Juan (Palma, Majorca, 1854-1926). Spanish poet in Castilian and Catalan languages. Portrait by Ramon Nadal. Majorca Island Council. Palma, Majorca. Balearic Islands. Spain

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Viololyra. XIX century. Heraklion. Crete. Greece

Viololyra. XIX century. Heraklion. Crete. Greece
VIOLOLYRA dates from the interwar period. It comes from Heraklion (Crete). Museum of Greek Folk Instruments. Athens. Greece

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Second World War. Underwater mine explosion

Second World War. Underwater mine explosion
SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-1945). Underwater mine explosion

Background imageTwentieth Collection: First World War. Poster

First World War. Poster
WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Poster. Day of the african army and colonial troops by Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). Paris. France

Background imageTwentieth Collection: ALBENIZ, Isaac (1860-1909). Spanish composer and pianist. S

ALBENIZ, Isaac (1860-1909). Spanish composer and pianist. S
ALBENIZ, Isaac (CamprodU?n, 1860-Cambo-les-Bains, 1909). Spanish composer and pianist. Suite Iberia (TRIANA). Sheet music dedicated to Joaquin Pena, friend and critic, in Barcelona on 26 March 1907

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Photographs of the game Stick頢eing played

Photographs of the game Stick頢eing played
Stick頭 the evolution of a new game from lawn tennis and squash rackets. The game of Stick頩s a sort of combination of lawn tennis and squash rackets

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Phyllis Thomas & Ralph Richardson as Katherine & Petruchio

Phyllis Thomas & Ralph Richardson as Katherine & Petruchio Date: Twentieth century

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Phyllis Neilson-Terry & Vernon

Phyllis Neilson-Terry & Vernon Steel as Romeo & Juliet Date: Early twentieth century

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Actress As Juliet

Actress As Juliet
Miss Phyllis Neilson in the role of Juliet Date: Early twentieth century

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Actor in Romeo & Juliet

Actor in Romeo & Juliet
Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry & Mr. Vernon Steel as Romeo & Juliet Date: Early twentieth century

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Modern Witch Sabbat

Modern Witch Sabbat
A twentieth-century witches sabbat Date: 1927

Background imageTwentieth Collection: 8th Earl of Denbigh, Vanity Fair, Ape

8th Earl of Denbigh, Vanity Fair, Ape
James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1823 - 1890), English economist, historian and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1886

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Advertisement for Linia-belts 1930s

Advertisement for Linia-belts 1930s
Advertisement for Linia-belts for figure-conscious men Early 20th Century

Background imageTwentieth Collection: La Saison

La Saison
Plate from La Saison, a French journal illustree of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Date: 1898

Background imageTwentieth Collection: C. R. W. Nevinson

C. R. W. Nevinson
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 - 1946), English artist, standing in front of one of his own works entitled Twentieth Century Man

Background imageTwentieth Collection: WW1 - British Horse unmasks a German spy hidden in haystack

WW1 - British Horse unmasks a German spy hidden in haystack
WW1 - Behind British lines in a farmstead, a horse from a British cavalry patrol snatched a mouthful of hay from a stack, revealing a German officer

Background imageTwentieth Collection: WW1 - Kitchener congratulates heroes of Dardanelles Campaign

WW1 - Kitchener congratulates heroes of Dardanelles Campaign
Colonel Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846-1937) - congratulating heroes of the Dardanelles Campaign. Date: circa 1916

Background imageTwentieth Collection: WW1 - Captured UC5 U-Boat in the River Thames

WW1 - Captured UC5 U-Boat in the River Thames
WW1 - UC-5 was a German Type UC minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. Seen here moored up on the banks of the River Thames following capture

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Station centrale des a鲯nefs ࠎotre-Dame (Central

Station centrale des a鲯nefs ࠎotre-Dame (Central
Station centrale des a鲯 nefs ࠎ otre-Dame (Central aircraft station at Notre Dame). Robida drawing for his book Le Vingti譥 Si裬 e (1883)

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Anna Pavlova - Seated Between Performances

Anna Pavlova - Seated Between Performances
The Russian Ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881 -1931) seated and relaxing between performances. Date: circa 1905

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Powell - Conjuror

Powell - Conjuror
A 19th century substantially moustached magician named Powell, holding a rose Bouquet. Date: 19th century

Background imageTwentieth Collection: Russian Aristocracy Enjoying a Luncheon

Russian Aristocracy Enjoying a Luncheon
Ten Wealthy Russians enjoying a spot of luncheon in 1913. Date: 1913

Background imageTwentieth Collection: George Davenport

George Davenport
The stage magician George Davenport (or Gilly-gilly ) in profile performing a cigarette lighting trick. Date: circa 1910



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