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RMS Carpathia - J W Barker, steward, photo postcard taken on board an unknown liner, signed by Barker on the reverse
A Dupuis head and shoulders of a German cavalrymanFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head and shoulders of an German soldierFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head and shoulders of a German TerritorialFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head & shoulders of a German infantry officerFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head and shoulders of a French soldierFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head and shoulders of a Flanders sailorFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head and shoulders of an British soldierFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head and shoulders of an Indian soldierFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head and shoulders of a Montenegran soldierFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A Dupuis head and shoulders of a Serbian soldierFrench artist Emile Dupuis produced three series of postcards between 1914 and 1915. They were Nos Allies (our Allied soldiers)
A uniformed & armed Swiss soldier stands on guardThe image is of a strong figure dressed for winter warmth with a background of mountains and the Swiss flag. The card is an official one raising funds for the Red Cross. WW1 Date: 1915
Uniformed Germarn soldier with rifle waving goodbyeThis is a New Year Greetings Card. The soldier has flowers on his picklehaube helmet and he is leaving his wife, child and small dog. WW1 Date: circa 1915
Uncle Sam figure promises help to LafayetteIn 1778 at Yorktown, the French forces, with whom Lafayette served as a Major-General, helped in the defeat of the British in the War of Independence. Now it was time for America to repay the debt
Portraits of the Heads of State of the AlliesKing George V, President Poincare, the Tsar and the King of the Belgians. WW1 Date: 1914
Three different Russian flagsThe flags, proudly flying from a flagpole, are the Russian Imperial Standard, the National Flag and the Naval Flag. WW1 Date: 1915
British propagands for SerbiaA dreamy young woman nestles her head against the National Flag. Freedom forever is the Caption. WW1 Date: 1916
British propaganda for the American entry into the warThe card shows a young woman holding aloft the Stars and Stripes with a background of aeroplanes in the sky. We are coming brother, coming, it says. WW1 Date: 1918
British propagand for BelgiumA smiling girl in National Costume stands in front of the Belgium flag. WW1 Date: 1916
British propaganda for ItalyOne of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one is for Italy. WW1 Date: 1916
British propaganda for RussiaOne of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one is for Russia. WW1 Date: 1914
British propaganda for BelgiumOne of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one is for Belgium. She looks rather glum which is not surprising because her country was over-run by the Germans in 1914 at the start of
British propaganda for FranceOne of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one, holding the Tricolor, is for France. WW1 Date: 1916
British naval propagandaA pretty girl wearing a sailor's uniform and purporting to belong to a ship called the H.M.S. Great Britain stands beside the Union flag. WW1 Date: 1916
German propaganda for the Home FrontAn unusual card showing a smiling German girl wearing a soldier's cap looking through a paper screen. WW1 Date: circa 1914
One of a set of cards showing the Allies as butterfliesBeautiful hand painted card showing Serbia, one of the Aux Allies Human Butterfly series. WW1 Date: circa 1916
Jingoistic British propaganda cardSoldiers representing the Dominion countries stand together over the words We don't want to fight..etc WW1 Date: circa 1914
Washington DC, USA - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington. Date: circa 1910s
Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Patients GalleryTwo nurses stand on Gallery 5 at Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum. Behind them regularly spaced doors lead to the patients individual rooms
Usk Borstal Camp, MonmouthshireBoys occupied in farm work at the Usk Borstal Camp, Monmouthshire
St Leonards-on-Sea Convalescent Home for Poor Children - GirGirls playroom at St Leonards-on-Sea Convalescent Home for Poor Children. Some girls play with the two large dolls houses, while others read
Barnardos William Baker Technical School, HertfordBoys seated in the dining hall of the William Baker Technical School, near Hertford. The School, also known as Goldings, was run by Barnardo s
Bexhill, Little Folks HomeChildren sit in the sunshine at the Little Folks Home, Bexhill. Staff hand round bread and butter and fill mugs from a jug
St Marys Roman Catholic Orphanage, LeedsSt Marys Orphanage for Roman Catholic Girls, Leeds - also known as Mount St Marys Orphanage - was run by the Oblate Sisters of Mary Immaculate of L Osier
Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Childrens WardStaff and inmates of Childrens Ward 2 at the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum. One girl holds a doll, and another sits on a rocking horse; two others sit in a rocking device
Death of the Duke Frederick William of Brunswick - Oels at Quatre Bras the 16th June 1815. Coloured aquatint, artist unknown, contemporary, published by J Lorenz Rugendas, 1815 (c)
Changing the Guard at St Jamess Palace, 1792.Coloured line engraving, artist unknown, published 1792.During the 18th century the British Army recruited many African
Free Industrial School, Gem Street, BirminghamThe Free Industrial School at Gem Street, Birmingham, was opened in 1850 to provide education, training and meals for poor children in the area. Date: Date unknown
RMS VictorianThe Royal Mail Ship RMS Victorian, operated by the Allan Line, and one of the vessels used for the emigration of orphaned and pauper children to Canada. Date: Date unknown
Royal Caledonian Schools, Bushey, HertfordshireA view of the Caledonian Schools, Bushey, originally established in 1815 as the Caledonian Asylum. Date: Date unknown
Johann Christian Bauer (1802-1867). Born in Hanau, Germany. Type designer, punchcutter, and founder of the Bauer Type Foundry in 1837. Date: Date unknown
Gospel Book of Henry II (972-1024). MiniatureHenry II (972-1024). Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany and Italy. Miniature. Gospel Book of Henry II. Folio 193v. C.1020. Vatican Apostolic Library. Vatican City
Stone relief featuring RigaA?o?s great coat-of-arms. Artist unknown. Second half of the 17th cent. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia
Pre-Columbian art. Lintel 15 from Yaxchilan, Late Classic MaPre-Columbian art. Central America. Maya. Lintel 15 from Yaxchilan, Late Classic Maya. 8th century. British Museum, London
Egyptian mummy of a young womanMummy of a young woman. Dated after 30 BC. Origin unknown. Roman period. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Busts of ancestors. EgyptBusts of ancestors. First, polychromed limestone bust, from Thebes. At background, limestone bust of unknown origin. Both dated from 1300-1150 BC
Wallingford Farm Colony, BerkshireWallingford Farm Training Colony was set up in 1911 by William Henry Hunt. It trained unemployed young men prior to helping them emigrate to one of the British colonies
St Ediths Orphanage (Hallam Hall), Clevedon, SomersetSt Ediths Orphanage, also known as Hallam Hall, at Clevedon. The home was run by the Church Extension Association. Date: Date unknown
