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Focke Wulf FW 189A -this twin engined tactical reconnaissance type was used extensively on the Eastern Front
Brewster F2A Buffalo of the US Navy, aloft in Aug 1942 by when the type was relegated to training duties, having proved no match to the Japanese fighters
Locomotive no 259 4-4-2 engine
Zulu warrior on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Stanley MorrisonSTANLEY MORRISON Typographer and type designer Date: 1889 - 1967
William Smiths Geological MapFig. 6 from Delineation of Strata of England and Wales (1815) by William Smith
Oswald Boelcke, German aviatorOswald Boelcke (1891 1916), German flying ace of World War One. Boelcke is considered the father of the German fighter air force, and first to formalize rules of air fighting
Short seaplane Type 184 in flight, WW1A British Short seaplane Type 184 in flight during the First World War. It was a two-seater reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo-carrying folder seaplane designed by Short Brothers. 1915-1918
Neanderthal ManAn illustration of Neanderthal man 500, 000 years ago based on a skeleton found at La Chapelle-aux-Saints in 1908. It had been proven since then that man was by no means in the gorilla stage
Female Type / Long NeckArt deco style womans face, with long neck and slender fingers
Johannes Gutenberg, German goldsmith and printerJohannes Gutenberg (Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg), German goldsmith and printer. He invented mechanical movable type and thereby began a revolution in book printing
Fula tribeswoman in headdress, French Sudan, West AfricaFula (Fulah, Fulani) tribeswoman in an elaborate headdress, French Sudan, West Africa. Date: 1922
Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1896 Date: 1896
Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1898 Flying Date: 1898
Racial Type / BuchananJames Buchanan wears checked jodhpurs, gaiters & boots, a red waistcoat, a wing collar & tie, a tweed jacket with rounded front borders & a low crowned top hat
A very early type of railway signal by W Heath RobinsonA very early type of railway signal now rarely to be seen - an example from Railway Ribaldry, drawn by William Heath Robinson and commissioned by the Great Western Railway to mark their centenary
Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Dinah -constant improvements ensured that this Jabpanese Army reconnaissance type remained faster than most Allied fighters
Suffragette Jack-in-the-Box Votes for WomenA suffragette Jack-in-the-Box with a bisque headed figure of a snarling woman. She has grey wiry hair which extends either side of a Tyrolean style hat with feather
Farmers in grass coats, JapanThree farmers in grass coats, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Native Chiefs, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Native Chiefs at Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Young woman, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Young woman at Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Thakore Sahib of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, IndiaHis Highness the Maharaja Rawul Shree Takhtsingjee, The Thakore Sahib of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India (seated), with attendant. Date: circa 1880s
Wind & Waves RackhamAn illustration to a story, The Wind and the Waves. Date: 1911
Sentinel Wagon 8393, HMS Sultan at the 1969 Stourpaine rally:- Maker: Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd Type: Wagon Number: 8393 Built: 1930 Registration: DX 9048 Class: SUP Name: HMS Sultan Date: 1969
Primitive Iron Crusie Lamp, Type used on the Island of Rathlin and Along the Co. Antrim Coast for Burning Fish Oil - picture of an iron implement. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
Compositor at WorksAn American compositor at work in the days of manual type setting. Date: 1887
A Tiki at Raroera Pah, New Zealand. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847
Gipsy woman with four childrenA gipsy woman with four children, standing outside their caravan
Balloon ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, ParisBalloon ascent of Charles and Robert from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, the first voyage made in a hydrogen balloon. After sending off a trial hydrogen balloon, Charles designed
Air Mail to Africa PosterPoster, Air Mail to Africa, showing two Africans looking up at airliner G-ABPI. 20th century
HMS Shakespeare, British destroyer at sea, WW1HMS Shakespeare, British Thornycroft-type destroyer leader, launched 1917, badly damaged by a mine towards the end of the First World War, decommissioned 1936. Date: 1917-1918
Pyrenean Woman force-feeding a goose in order to fatten up the liver of the bird for making foie gras pate. Date: circa 1910s
Welsh woman in traditional costume on a donkeyA young Welsh woman in traditional costume, riding a donkey sidesaddle. This was the usual form of transport at the time -- for example
Male Type / Manservant?Smartly dressed young man: either a manservant or a member of an exclusive club
Native American Sioux village near Fort Laramie, USAA Native American Sioux village near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, USA -- men, women and children go about their daily chores
Female Type / Mona LisaA portrait of the Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda
HANSENs TYPEWRITER / 1880The remarkable typewriter invented by Rasmus Hans Malling Johan Hansen (1835 - 1890) in 1865, using a completely novel writing ball system
Female Type / Topless 1920Demure-looking young woman, going topless
Male Type / Naked BeauteA naked man in heroic classical pose
Early Type Bull DogsA very early example of the British bull dog. This is probably the first colour picture. Note their long noses which have been bred out of the modern dogs
Lapland ReindeerA herd of Lapland reindeer. They move in enormous herds, the record being claimed for a herd of 50, 000. The only type of deer where both males and females have antlers
Cottage built out of hard stone, Kinver Edge, West MidlandsCottage built out of the hard stone of the Holy Austin Rock at Kinver Edge, on the border of Worcestershire and Staffordshire, with a toddler at the doorway and an elderly woman at the well
Men and women playing golf at Beaconsfield, BuckinghamshireMen and women playing a round of golf on a course at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Date: 1922
Thames watermen at work during Swan Upping, when cygnets need to be rounded up on the Upper Thames River and distinguishing marks cut on their bills
Roll call of Etonians on 4 June, Eton School, BerkshireRoll call of Etonians on 4 June, Eton School, near Windsor, Berkshire -- a special occasion at this famous public school, with a procession of boats, ending with a firework display. Date: 1922
Allchin Road Roller 1187Maker: Wm. Allchin Ltd. at the Globe Works, Northampton Type: Road Roller Number: 1187 Built: 1901 Registration: NH 3417 Cylinders: Single Nhp: 6 Date: 1970s
Fowler Showmans Road Locomotive 20223, SupremeMaker: John Fowler & Co. of Leeds. Type: Showmans Road Locomotive Number: 20223 Built: 1934 Registration: EU 5313 Class: B6 Cylinders: Compound Nhp: 10 Name: Supreme Date: 1970s-1980s