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Background imageUnable Collection: WW2 Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe informing suppliers

WW2 Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe informing suppliers
WW2 Home Front Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe Colette of Swallow Street, London sending information on a printed card to inform suppliers that (likely due to Bomb damage)

Background imageUnable Collection: Crusaders Near Jerusalem

Crusaders Near Jerusalem
Crusaders under Richard I gain sight of Jerusalem, though they were unable to seize it from the Saracens

Background imageUnable Collection: Wwi / British Tank / Cambrai

Wwi / British Tank / Cambrai
At Cambrai, British tanks smash through the Hindenburg Line, a success that the limited mobile reserves were unable to exploit

Background imageUnable Collection: Gout Man Fishes at Home

Gout Man Fishes at Home
Unable to go fishing due to his painful gout, a sufferer casts his rod into a barrel of fish, in the comfort of his living room

Background imageUnable Collection: The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth

The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth
Engraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877

Background imageUnable Collection: Comic postcard, Little boy unable to sleep for thinking about a girl. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy unable to sleep for thinking about a girl. Date: 20th century

Background imageUnable Collection: The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

Background imageUnable Collection: Thorp T-11 Sky Scooter NX91312

Thorp T-11 Sky Scooter NX91312. Designed in the US by John Thorp in 1945, the T-11 was intended to be home-built. NX91312 was one of eight prototypes built by Thorp in 1946

Background imageUnable Collection: Daimler R. I (G. I) 478/15

Daimler R. I (G. I) 478/15
Daimler R.I (G.I) 478/15, a four-engined bomber in the R (Riesenflugzeug) category, at Sindelfingen in Autumn 1915

Background imageUnable Collection: Les Travailleurs De l'Enlaidissement

Les Travailleurs De l'Enlaidissement
An illustration of a tightly packed group of debating members of the Municipal Council, accompanied with a descriptive caption as follows

Background imageUnable Collection: OFFENBACH/HOFFMANN/TAICH

OFFENBACH/HOFFMANN/TAICH
(The Tales of Hoffmann) The evil Dr Miracle encourages Antonia to sing though it is bad for her health : unable to resist him, she sings till she dies exhausted. Date: first performed 1881

Background imageUnable Collection: Cartoon, Little birds who can sing

Cartoon, Little birds who can sing and don t sing must not be surprised if they have to pay fifty pounds sometimes

Background imageUnable Collection: Spanish Conquistadors in North America

Spanish Conquistadors in North America
A Spanish conquistador waves to the rest of the expedition party from across a large river, which they have been unable to bridge and so must cross through it

Background imageUnable Collection: FRANCE CAN T REPAY LOAN

FRANCE CAN T REPAY LOAN
France is unable to repay the American war loan. Marianne accuses Uncle Sam of being a Shylock. Date: 1926

Background imageUnable Collection: Crying for Dolly Date: 1948

Crying for Dolly Date: 1948

Background imageUnable Collection: UNABLE TO SEE AT THEATRE

UNABLE TO SEE AT THEATRE
The fellow in front of you at the theatre is always the tallest in the room: a short man struggles to catch a glimpse of the stage Date: 1843

Background imageUnable Collection: Loco Lord of the Isles

Loco Lord of the Isles
Great Western Railway locomotive Lord of the Isles, built on the broad gauge favoured by Brunel, so unable to run on other lines. Date: 1850

Background imageUnable Collection: HOGARTH DISTRESSED POET

HOGARTH DISTRESSED POET
The Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill. Date: 1736/37

Background imageUnable Collection: ECHO TRANSFORMED

ECHO TRANSFORMED
Echos constant chatter vexes Hera, who curses her to speak only the last words addressed to her; unable to speak her love to Narcissus, she pines till only her voice remains

Background imageUnable Collection: Russian Virgin Vision

Russian Virgin Vision
At the outbreak of hostilities, Russian soldiers are encouraged by a vision of the Virgin Mary, but she is unable to save them from defeat

Background imageUnable Collection: Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, WW1

Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, WW1
Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, showing Crown Prince Wilhelm during the First World War, taking anything else he can lay his hands

Background imageUnable Collection: The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945

The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945
Photograph showing the Empire State Building on fire, between the eighty-fifth and ninetieth floors, as a result of a Mitchell bomber accidently crashing into the building, 28th July 1945

Background imageUnable Collection: Animals at a French Zoo - heucorya (?)

Animals at a French Zoo - heucorya (?) - animal with slender back-curving horns. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. Slide 8

Background imageUnable Collection: Futuristic machine for reading human thought waves

Futuristic machine for reading human thought waves
A futuristic machine which registers and translates human thought waves, even if the subject is unconscious or unable to speak. Date: 1928

Background imageUnable Collection: Goldsmith & Johnson

Goldsmith & Johnson
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writer, rescued by Dr Johnson, when unable to pay the rent, who reads The Vicar of Wakefield and admires it Date: 1730 - 1774

Background imageUnable Collection: Cartoon, Nostalgia, WW1

Cartoon, Nostalgia, WW1
Cartoon, Nostalgia. A sailor in a trench tells his commander that he is unable to go on the attack this morning because hes suffering from land sickness (presumably the opposite of sea sickness)

Background imageUnable Collection: Cartoon, Insomnia, WW1

Cartoon, Insomnia, WW1
Cartoon, Insomnia. A woman sits up in bed, thinking about how she appreciates her husband much more because hes home on leave from the army. Date: 1915

Background imageUnable Collection: Advert for London Corset Co Ltd 1914

Advert for London Corset Co Ltd 1914
Advertisement for the London Corset Co Ltd of Hanover Street, London, targeting American Ladies and Others who are unable to visit Paris during the First World War

Background imageUnable Collection: Henri IV Enters Paris

Henri IV Enters Paris
Henri of Navarre (the future Henri IV) unable to take Paris because hes a Protestant, decides that Paris is worth a mass, becomes a Catholic and enters Paris triumphantly. Date: March 1594

Background imageUnable Collection: Millets Son in Dock

Millets Son in Dock
J C Millet, son of Jean Francois Millet, is accused of forging paintings by his father for which he is tried at Senna. To date we have been unable to learn any more. Date: 1930

Background imageUnable Collection: Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier - RNIB postcard

Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier - RNIB postcard
Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier looking back on his past life

Background imageUnable Collection: Teak mill - Moulmein

Teak mill - Moulmein

Background imageUnable Collection: Lake Hakone - Japan

Lake Hakone - Japan - Took a rowboat around the rocky wooded shoreline. Unfortunately unable to see Mt. Fuji, only the mountains around the lake were free from clouds. Date: 1952

Background imageUnable Collection: Woman with a headache

Woman with a headache
Magazine illustration of a woman with a splitting headache and unable to read, rests on a sofa Date: 1928

Background imageUnable Collection: Girls in Class / Iln 1911

Girls in Class / Iln 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911

Background imageUnable Collection: Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - A Weak Return

Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - A Weak Return A Policeman aids a totally sozzled young gentleman to return to his abode into the rather shocked care of the housemaid. Date: circa 1903

Background imageUnable Collection: Ambrogio Martinengho

Ambrogio Martinengho
AMBROGIO MARTINENGHO (or Martinengo) Italian bishop about whom we have been unable to learn anything whatever... Date: 18TH CENTURY ?

Background imageUnable Collection: Rumplestiltskin by Lilian Govey

Rumplestiltskin by Lilian Govey. The maiden distraught, unable to spin gold from straw. A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm Date: 1912

Background imageUnable Collection: Maid Packs her Bags

Maid Packs her Bags
Unable to cope with the drudgery of being an Edwardian servant, the scullery maid packs her bags in her bedroom. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Background imageUnable Collection: Bread Riots, Milano

Bread Riots, Milano
BREAD RIOTS IN MILANO The cost of bread, the lack of work, and general dissatis- faction bring the people out : the police are unable to prevent widespread looting Date: May 1898

Background imageUnable Collection: Man at a Road Sign

Man at a Road Sign
A walker contemplates the signpost, unable to decide whether to make for a meal at Middleton or settle for a snack at Straitford. Date: 1893

Background imageUnable Collection: Guericke at Magdeburg

Guericke at Magdeburg
His celebrated vacuum experiment at Magdeburg : two teams of eight horses each are unable to pull the two hemispheres apart, though only a vacuum holds them together Date: 1650s

Background imageUnable Collection: Sons of Henry of Prussia

Sons of Henry of Prussia
Prince Waldemar (1889-1945) and Prince Sigismund (1896-1978; on the right) of Prussia in full naval uniform

Background imageUnable Collection: Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holsteins funeral

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holsteins funeral on 1st November 1917. Prince Christian (1831-1917)was the husband of Princess Helena and died at home in London on the 28th October 1917

Background imageUnable Collection: The Harbour at Hamburg, 1892

The Harbour at Hamburg, 1892
Aerial view of the harbour at Hamburg, with a large number of ships along the quayside, 1892. At that time cholera had broken out in Hamburg, meaning that shipping was unable to proceed normally

Background imageUnable Collection: ARMAGNAC BANDS

ARMAGNAC BANDS
France is plagued by roaming bands of unpaid soldiers who, unable to turn their hands to an honest living, turn to banditry and are known loosely as armagnacs

Background imageUnable Collection: Henri IV before Paris

Henri IV before Paris
Henri of Navarre (the future Henri IV) unable to take Paris because hes a Protestant, decides that Paris is worth a mass and accepts the Catholic faith to gain support

Background imageUnable Collection: Richard at Jerusalem

Richard at Jerusalem
THIRD CRUSADE - Richard I, unable to take Jerusalem from the Saracens, refuses to even look at it

Background imageUnable Collection: Charles Bradlaugh MP at the Bar of the House of Commons, 188

Charles Bradlaugh MP at the Bar of the House of Commons, 188
Engraving showing Charles Bradlaugh MP (1833-1891) at the bar of the House of Commons in 1880

Background imageUnable Collection: The Arrest of Charles Bradlaugh MP, in the House of Commons

The Arrest of Charles Bradlaugh MP, in the House of Commons
Engraving showing the arrest of Charles Bradlaugh MP (1833-1891) in the House of Commons in 1880

Background imageUnable Collection: Damage to the 78th and 79th Floors, Empire State Building, N

Damage to the 78th and 79th Floors, Empire State Building, N
Photograph showing the damage to the Empire State Building caused when a Mitchell bomber flew into the 78th and 79th floors on the 28th July 1945. The pilot of the airplane, Lieutenant-Colonel W.F

Background imageUnable Collection: British and American troops stacking dynamite on the Nijmege

British and American troops stacking dynamite on the Nijmege
Photograph showing British and American troops stacking dynamite charges against the railing of Nijmegen Bridge, September 1944

Background imageUnable Collection: England vs. Scotland Football Match, 1901

England vs. Scotland Football Match, 1901
Illustration of the England vs. Scotland Football Match on 30th March 1901, showing Blackburn of England (front left of image, on floor) scoring the first goal of the game

Background imageUnable Collection: Death of the Prince Imperial

Death of the Prince Imperial
Sketch of spot where the Princes body was found. By special artist Melton Prior. Panoramic view of the plain where the Princes body was found

Background imageUnable Collection: Fable / the Fox and Goat

Fable / the Fox and Goat
THE FOX AND THE GOAT A fox and goat, feeling very thirsty, jump into a well to drink; unable to escape, the fox suggests he climb upon the goat, only to then run off

Background imageUnable Collection: Fable / Fox and Turkeys

Fable / Fox and Turkeys
THE FOX & THE TURKEYS Some turkeys who have escaped from a fox into a tree, are unable to sleep for the foxs tricks and contrivances, and eventually fall to the ground

Background imageUnable Collection: The Fish & the Cormorant

The Fish & the Cormorant
THE FISH AND THE CORMORANT An elderly cormorant, unable to see, tricks the fish into being borne by him to a safe place, a shallow pond from where he can eat his fill

Background imageUnable Collection: Abandoning Child, Paris

Abandoning Child, Paris
A working-class couple, unable to support their child, leave it at the Hospice des Enfants- Trouves (Hospice of found infants), Paris

Background imageUnable Collection: Tearful Confession / Love

Tearful Confession / Love
A weasel-faced gentleman accompanied by his black servant confesses his love toward a lovely young maiden, unable to control his emotions

Background imageUnable Collection: John Williams Missionary

John Williams Missionary
JOHN WILLIAMS - churchman, missionary to the benighted Polynesians, some of whom were unable to swallow his teachings so, at Erromanga, they swallowed him instead

Background imageUnable Collection: Boys Fighting 1929

Boys Fighting 1929
Two young comptetitors fight it out while a girl watches, unable to intervene

Background imageUnable Collection: Luther and Zwingli

Luther and Zwingli
THE MARBURG COLLOQUY He debates theological issues with Zwingli at Marburg but they are unable to agree on the significance of Jesuss words at his Last Supper

Background imageUnable Collection: Madness of Ahari Joan

Madness of Ahari Joan
Priest Ahari Joan, mad for love of a girl, seeks to recover his senses by meditating on a sacred text, but unable to find its meaning he becomes a skeleton-ghost

Background imageUnable Collection: Boer War : Spion Kop

Boer War : Spion Kop
BATTLE OF SPION KOP A British night attack takes this strategic obstacle to the advance on Ladysmith; but they are unable to hold it and have to abandon it

Background imageUnable Collection: Parvatis Austerities

Parvatis Austerities
Parvati (Uma) is unable to distract Shiva from his contemplation by her beauty. She turns to asceticism, immersing herself in icy pools & wins his love

Background imageUnable Collection: Hogarth Distressed Poet

Hogarth Distressed Poet
The Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill

Background imageUnable Collection: Thames Frozen 1855

Thames Frozen 1855
The river frozen over at Billingsgate fish market : vessels are unable to move, though it looks as though people are trying to free them

Background imageUnable Collection: Odo Leaves Rochester

Odo Leaves Rochester
Odo of Bayeux, unable to regain power, conspires against William II and is exiled from England : the illustration shows him leaving Rochester Castle, Kent

Background imageUnable Collection: Rat Retired from World

Rat Retired from World
THE RAT WHO RETIRED FROM THE WORLD: A rat, tired of worldly cares, retires to live in a cheese; when fellow rats request help, he says he is unable to assist

Background imageUnable Collection: Population / Census 1911

Population / Census 1911
East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English

Background imageUnable Collection: Spion Kop - Bordeaux

Spion Kop - Bordeaux
At SPION KOP, the British take the hill, but are unable to hold it and have to retire with heavy losses


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