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WW2 Memorabilia - Damaged Cafe informing suppliersWW2 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)
Crusaders Near JerusalemCrusaders under Richard I gain sight of Jerusalem, though they were unable to seize it from the Saracens
Wwi / British Tank / CambraiAt Cambrai, British tanks smash through the Hindenburg Line, a success that the limited mobile reserves were unable to exploit
Gout Man Fishes at HomeUnable 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
The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and AmethEngraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877
Comic postcard, Little boy unable to sleep for thinking about a girl. Date: 20th century
The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of NorthIllustration 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
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
Daimler R. I (G. I) 478/15Daimler R.I (G.I) 478/15, a four-engined bomber in the R (Riesenflugzeug) category, at Sindelfingen in Autumn 1915
Les Travailleurs De l'EnlaidissementAn illustration of a tightly packed group of debating members of the Municipal Council, accompanied with a descriptive caption as follows
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
Cartoon, Little birds who can sing and don t sing must not be surprised if they have to pay fifty pounds sometimes
Spanish Conquistadors in North AmericaA 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
FRANCE CAN T REPAY LOANFrance is unable to repay the American war loan. Marianne accuses Uncle Sam of being a Shylock. Date: 1926
Crying for Dolly Date: 1948
UNABLE TO SEE AT THEATREThe 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
Loco Lord of the IslesGreat Western Railway locomotive Lord of the Isles, built on the broad gauge favoured by Brunel, so unable to run on other lines. Date: 1850
HOGARTH DISTRESSED POETThe Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill. Date: 1736/37
ECHO TRANSFORMEDEchos 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
Russian Virgin VisionAt the outbreak of hostilities, Russian soldiers are encouraged by a vision of the Virgin Mary, but she is unable to save them from defeat
Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, WW1Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, showing Crown Prince Wilhelm during the First World War, taking anything else he can lay his hands
The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945Photograph 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
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
Futuristic machine for reading human thought wavesA futuristic machine which registers and translates human thought waves, even if the subject is unconscious or unable to speak. Date: 1928
Goldsmith & JohnsonOLIVER 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
Cartoon, Nostalgia, WW1Cartoon, 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)
Cartoon, Insomnia, WW1Cartoon, 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
Advert for London Corset Co Ltd 1914Advertisement 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
Henri IV Enters ParisHenri 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
Millets Son in DockJ 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
Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier - RNIB postcardMemories - WW1 Blinded soldier looking back on his past life
Teak mill - Moulmein
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
Woman with a headacheMagazine illustration of a woman with a splitting headache and unable to read, rests on a sofa Date: 1928
Girls in Class / Iln 1911East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English. Date: 1911
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
Ambrogio MartinenghoAMBROGIO MARTINENGHO (or Martinengo) Italian bishop about whom we have been unable to learn anything whatever... Date: 18TH CENTURY ?
Rumplestiltskin by Lilian Govey. The maiden distraught, unable to spin gold from straw. A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm Date: 1912
Maid Packs her BagsUnable to cope with the drudgery of being an Edwardian servant, the scullery maid packs her bags in her bedroom. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)
Bread Riots, MilanoBREAD 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
Man at a Road SignA walker contemplates the signpost, unable to decide whether to make for a meal at Middleton or settle for a snack at Straitford. Date: 1893
Guericke at MagdeburgHis 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
Sons of Henry of PrussiaPrince Waldemar (1889-1945) and Prince Sigismund (1896-1978; on the right) of Prussia in full naval uniform
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
The Harbour at Hamburg, 1892Aerial 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
ARMAGNAC BANDSFrance 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
Henri IV before ParisHenri 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
Richard at JerusalemTHIRD CRUSADE - Richard I, unable to take Jerusalem from the Saracens, refuses to even look at it
Charles Bradlaugh MP at the Bar of the House of Commons, 188Engraving showing Charles Bradlaugh MP (1833-1891) at the bar of the House of Commons in 1880
The Arrest of Charles Bradlaugh MP, in the House of CommonsEngraving showing the arrest of Charles Bradlaugh MP (1833-1891) in the House of Commons in 1880
Damage to the 78th and 79th Floors, Empire State Building, NPhotograph 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
British and American troops stacking dynamite on the NijmegePhotograph showing British and American troops stacking dynamite charges against the railing of Nijmegen Bridge, September 1944
England vs. Scotland Football Match, 1901Illustration 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
Death of the Prince ImperialSketch of spot where the Princes body was found. By special artist Melton Prior. Panoramic view of the plain where the Princes body was found
Fable / the Fox and GoatTHE 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
Fable / Fox and TurkeysTHE 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
The Fish & the CormorantTHE 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
Abandoning Child, ParisA working-class couple, unable to support their child, leave it at the Hospice des Enfants- Trouves (Hospice of found infants), Paris
Tearful Confession / LoveA weasel-faced gentleman accompanied by his black servant confesses his love toward a lovely young maiden, unable to control his emotions
John Williams MissionaryJOHN WILLIAMS - churchman, missionary to the benighted Polynesians, some of whom were unable to swallow his teachings so, at Erromanga, they swallowed him instead
Boys Fighting 1929Two young comptetitors fight it out while a girl watches, unable to intervene
Luther and ZwingliTHE 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
Madness of Ahari JoanPriest 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
Boer War : Spion KopBATTLE 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
Parvatis AusteritiesParvati (Uma) is unable to distract Shiva from his contemplation by her beauty. She turns to asceticism, immersing herself in icy pools & wins his love
Hogarth Distressed PoetThe Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill
Thames Frozen 1855The river frozen over at Billingsgate fish market : vessels are unable to move, though it looks as though people are trying to free them
Odo Leaves RochesterOdo of Bayeux, unable to regain power, conspires against William II and is exiled from England : the illustration shows him leaving Rochester Castle, Kent
Rat Retired from WorldTHE 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
Population / Census 1911East London schoolgirls are taught how to fill in census returns for parents who are unable to read or write English
Spion Kop - BordeauxAt SPION KOP, the British take the hill, but are unable to hold it and have to retire with heavy losses