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Background imageType Collection: Fowler Showmans Road Locomotive 20223, Supreme

Fowler Showmans Road Locomotive 20223, Supreme
Maker: 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

Background imageType Collection: Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive 3938, Quo Vadis

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive 3938, Quo Vadis
Maker: Charles Burrell & Sons of Thetford, Norfolk Type: Showmans Road Locomotive Number: 3938 Built: 1922 Registration: XL 9086 Class: Scenic Cylinders: Compound Nhp: 8 Name: Quo Vadis Date

Background imageType Collection: Sentinel Wagon Pendle Lady GT 2827

Sentinel Wagon Pendle Lady GT 2827
Sentinel DG6P Type Wagon, regn. GT 2827, number 8590, Pendle Lady. Built in 1931 by the Sentinel Waggon Works in Shrewsbury. Date: 1960s-1970s

Background imageType Collection: Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson

Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- An early and interesting type of signal. Date: 1935

Background imageType Collection: Devil Dancers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Devil Dancers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Devil Dancers of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with drummers. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageType Collection: Print Users Yearbook -- red-haired woman

Print Users Yearbook -- red-haired woman
Print Users Yearbook -- a red-haired woman in a skimpy costume, with a long scarf billowing from each hand. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageType Collection: Whitby, Yorkshire - A portrait study of a Fisherman

Whitby, Yorkshire - A portrait study of a Fisherman
Brother Brushes - Portrait drawing by Phil May of Sir Frank William Brangwyn (18671956) - an Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, watercolourist, engraver and illustrator, and progressive designer. Date: 1898

Background imageType Collection: Vickers Type 604 Viking 1 VP-YEW - Central African Airways

Vickers Type 604 Viking 1 VP-YEW - Central African Airways
Vickers Type 604 Viking 1, VP-YEW, in Central African Airways markings

Background imageType Collection: Lner Express Locomotive

Lner Express Locomotive
The huge L.N.E.R. locomotive engine 2-8-2 No. 2001, leaving Waverley Street Station, Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the first of this type built for an express service

Background imageType Collection: Journalists Type Copy

Journalists Type Copy
Journalists at the Daily Mail type up copy

Background imageType Collection: Racial Type / Lady Tatters

Racial Type / Lady Tatters
LADY TATTERS We know nothing about this romantic light opera except for this splendid Hassall poster : looks as though it might be like My fair lady. Date: 1907

Background imageType Collection: Women making parasols, Japan

Women making parasols, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageType Collection: Bristol Type 166 Buckmaster T1, RP179, at Filton

Bristol Type 166 Buckmaster T1, RP179, at Filton in 1949

Background imageType Collection: Bristol Type 25 Braemar II, C4297, at Filton

Bristol Type 25 Braemar II, C4297, at Filton with a group of employees

Background imageType Collection: Slingsby Type 21B Sedbergh at the gliding championships

Slingsby Type 21B Sedbergh at the gliding championships at Great Hucklow, Derbyshire. July 1954. Date: 1954

Background imageType Collection: M. G. Magnette

M. G. Magnette
The archetypal sports car popular with fresh air enthusiasts and motorists who value performance : this is the N type. The MG slogan is Safety Fast. Date: 1936

Background imageType Collection: Medieval Shipping

Medieval Shipping
Men-of-war of this type are used by Henry V in his attack on France : the shields mounted on the side of the hull bear the arms of the principal warriors on board. Date: 14th - 15th centuries

Background imageType Collection: Locomotive no 37 Atlantic type express engine

Locomotive no 37 Atlantic type express engine

Background imageType Collection: Locomotive no 1 4-4-2

Locomotive no 1 4-4-2

Background imageType Collection: Hall type-writer

Hall type-writer
Advertisement for the Hall type-writer, the only portable writing machine of the time. Available from Witherby and Co. High Holborn, London

Background imageType Collection: The forerunner of the modern type writer- a piano like machi

The forerunner of the modern type writer- a piano like machi
Photograph of a typewriter from 1851. This typewriter resembled a toy piano with black and white keys

Background imageType Collection: Female Type at Bar 1926

Female Type at Bar 1926
A liberated flapper type, sitting on a bar stool

Background imageType Collection: Female Type / Poiret Dress

Female Type / Poiret Dress
Elegant young woman, happy to be wearing an evening dress by Paul Poiret

Background imageType Collection: Male Type / Rich Toff 1922

Male Type / Rich Toff 1922
Arrogant young gent ready for a night on the tiles wears a 3/4 length double-breasted overcoat lined with sable, also white gloves, top hat, silk fringed scarf & monocle

Background imageType Collection: New type of light tank demonstrated at Aldershot

New type of light tank demonstrated at Aldershot
A group of small machines with a pill-box turret, working over rough ground at Aldershot

Background imageType Collection: Racial / Canada / Courrier

Racial / Canada / Courrier
A French Canadian hunter or courrier du bois with a rifle and a hatchet Date: 1891

Background imageType Collection: Female Type / Dandelions

Female Type / Dandelions
An elegant young woman out for a walk with her dog holds a dandelion - the French version of " He loves me, he loves me not..." ?

Background imageType Collection: Female Type on Settee

Female Type on Settee
An elegant woman sits on a sofa whose upholstery matches her dress

Background imageType Collection: Female Type / Reading 19C

Female Type / Reading 19C
A young Victorian woman looking at a postcard. Date: late 19th century

Background imageType Collection: Male Type / Dandies / Park

Male Type / Dandies / Park
Celebrities in the park: Duke of Wellington, Mrs Arbuthnot, Prince Talleyrand, and Count d Orsay

Background imageType Collection: PIANO-TYPE FIRE ENGINE

PIANO-TYPE FIRE ENGINE
Piano type manual fire-engine, named after a resemblance of the shape of the bodywork to that instrument. Nozzles and branch-pipes were carried on brackets on the main frame

Background imageType Collection: Extinct dinornis or moa, aepyornis ingens

Extinct dinornis or moa, aepyornis ingens
An artists impression of how the extinct dinornis or moa (aepyornis ingens), a genus of flightless birds native to Madagascar, might have looked

Background imageType Collection: Six girls learning Arabic at school, Egypt

Six girls learning Arabic at school, Egypt
Six Egyptian girls in a classroom learning Arabic from a male teacher -- a recent trend in extending educational opportunities to girls

Background imageType Collection: Chief Two Guns White Calf, Blackfeet Indian, Montana, USA

Chief Two Guns White Calf, Blackfeet Indian, Montana, USA
Chief Two Guns White Calf (1872-1934), Blackfeet Indian, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Date: circa 1920

Background imageType Collection: Shocking result of binding girls feet, China, East Asia

Shocking result of binding girls feet, China, East Asia
The shocking result of binding girls feet in China, East Asia, meaning that in adult life the woman cannot walk properly, but only hobble. Date: 1922

Background imageType Collection: Sea Dayak girls, Sarawak, Borneo, SE Asia

Sea Dayak girls, Sarawak, Borneo, SE Asia
A group of Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban girls in traditional costume made of brass rings and filigree headdresses, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire)

Background imageType Collection: Nubian women and girl, Sudan, East Central Africa

Nubian women and girl, Sudan, East Central Africa
Three Nubian women and a girl in patterned textiles, Sudan, East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Background imageType Collection: King Archibong III of Calabar, Gambia, West Africa

King Archibong III of Calabar, Gambia, West Africa (then part of the British Empire). He was crowned in 1878 with a regalia sent by Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1878

Background imageType Collection: Ashanti domestic architecture, Gold Coast, West Africa

Ashanti domestic architecture, Gold Coast, West Africa
Ashanti (Asante) domestic architecture made of clay, Gold Coast, West Africa, now part of Ghana. Date: 1922

Background imageType Collection: Village witch doctor, Belgian Congo, Central Africa

Village witch doctor, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Village witch doctor with his equipment, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. 1922

Background imageType Collection: Mongo tribesman and wife, Belgian Congo, Central Africa

Mongo tribesman and wife, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Mongo tribesman and his wife in the forest, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922

Background imageType Collection: Queen Nenzima, Belgian Congo, Central Africa

Queen Nenzima, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Queen Nenzima of the Mangbettus (Mangbetu) tribe, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922

Background imageType Collection: Aboriginal medicine man of the Worgaia, Central Australia

Aboriginal medicine man of the Worgaia, Central Australia. Date: 1922

Background imageType Collection: Lady Arnold, third wife of Sir Edwin Arnold

Lady Arnold, third wife of Sir Edwin Arnold
Lady Arnold, the only Japanese Lady in Debrett. Tama Kurokawa, Lady Arnold (1869-1962) was the third wife of Sir Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist. They married in 1897. circa 1900

Background imageType Collection: Smelting Furnace - Sierra Leone, West Africa

Smelting Furnace - Sierra Leone, West Africa
Smelting in a bloomery-type furnace in Sierra Leone, West Africa. circa 1910s

Background imageType Collection: 1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeler car

1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeler car
Jolly woman posing for a photograph seated in a fabulous 1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeled car at the seafront in Margate, Kent. 1927

Background imageType Collection: King Sisowath of Cambodia

King Sisowath of Cambodia
King Sisowath or Sisawat (1840-1927) of Cambodia, South East Asia (then a French Protectorate), wearing royal regalia. He reigned from 1904 until his death. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageType Collection: Vickers Warwick ASR-1 Type 462

Vickers Warwick ASR-1 Type 462
Vickers Warwick ASR-1 with Underslung Lifeboat for Air-Sea Rescue Date: 1940s



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