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Background imageUs A Collection: Angora Goat pulling a childs cart

Angora Goat pulling a childs cart
An attractive photographic postcard depicting an angora goat pulling a little boys cart - St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Date: 1922

Background imageUs A Collection: Papagayo Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, USA

Papagayo Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, USA
Al Williams world famous Papagayo Room in the Fairmont Hotel, Nob Hill, San Francisco, California, USA, where the best Mexican food was served -- would the parrots pass a health inspection today

Background imageUs A Collection: YOUNG PLAN / 1929

YOUNG PLAN / 1929
The Young Plan rises like a phoenix/vulture from the ashes of the Dawes plan (the USs previous attempt to ease Germanys economy). 1929

Background imageUs A Collection: Wallick and Claridge Hotel, New York

Wallick and Claridge Hotel, New York
Wallick and Claridge Hotel on Broadway and 43rd Street, New York City, America

Background imageUs A Collection: County Poor House, Burlington, Iowa, USA

County Poor House, Burlington, Iowa, USA
The county poor house at Burlington, Iowa, USA. The poor house was a welfare establishment providing accommodation for the destitute, particularly the elderly and chronic sick

Background imageUs A Collection: Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser

Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser
Cover illustration for Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser, with a montage of images around a globe, including St

Background imageUs A Collection: Pasadena New Polytechnic High School

Pasadena New Polytechnic High School, California, America

Background imageUs A Collection: Pacific Motor Coach Company

Pacific Motor Coach Company, Los Angeles, America to Pasadena and Venice

Background imageUs A Collection: Sea Cliff, Long Island

Sea Cliff, Long Island
The bathing pavilion, from Prospect Avenue, Sea Cliff, Long Island, New York

Background imageUs A Collection: Colonel - Confederate Army

Colonel - Confederate Army - American Civil War

Background imageUs A Collection: Adelaide Hall

Adelaide Hall (1901-1993), American-born British jazz singer and entertainer, seen here in later life. She began her career on Broadway, New York, in 1921, and made her name in 1928

Background imageUs A Collection: Unloading Bananas, New Orleans

Unloading Bananas, New Orleans
Unloading and processing of imported bananas in New Orleans, USA. The fruit is conveyed directly from the holds of the arriving ships into the dock into the refrigeration wagons (right)

Background imageUs A Collection: Clermont Paddleboat

Clermont Paddleboat
The Clermont Paddlesteamer invented by Robert Fulton and built in 1807. It could reach a speed of 5 miles per hour

Background imageUs A Collection: Polo Grounds, New York

Polo Grounds, New York
National League Baseball Park, Polo Grounds, New York, America, home to the New York Giants c. 1913. Seating capacity 45, 000

Background imageUs A Collection: Third Liberty Loan - Buy War Bonds

Third Liberty Loan - Buy War Bonds
Poster design by Howard Chandler Christy. The beauties of these posters became known as " Christy Girls." This poster for the Third Liberty Loan was the largest fundraising effort in

Background imageUs A Collection: Slacker raids, New York, 1918

Slacker raids, New York, 1918
A truck load of men in boaters who were picked up without registration cards, exempting them from conscription into the U.S army in WW1. They were rounded up, then taken to Armory for examination

Background imageUs A Collection: Paddys Clam House

Paddys Clam House, New York City, 215 West 34th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenue. The window display boasts " Clans R in Season!"

Background imageUs A Collection: Painting of the R34 Airship

Painting of the R34 Airship
Painting of the R34 British airship, first to cross the Atlantic from the UK to the USA in 1919

Background imageUs A Collection: The Sketch front cover: Mrs Ernest Simpson

The Sketch front cover: Mrs Ernest Simpson
Front cover of The Sketch magazine in March 1935, featuring a portrait by Dorothy Wilding of Mrs Ernest (Wallis) Simpson. The caption reads: Mrs Simpson is the beautiful wife of Mr

Background imageUs A Collection: Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) a large bird of prey and the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageUs A Collection: American Soldiers on the liner Queen Elizabeth, 1945

American Soldiers on the liner Queen Elizabeth, 1945
Aerial photograph showing American soldiers on the aft deck of the passenger liner Queen Elizabeth returning home to the USA, at the end of the Second World War, 1945

Background imageUs A Collection: Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden
Sir Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977) British politician wife Mrs. Eden arriving at London airport on their way back from Boston in the USA

Background imageUs A Collection: The Flow of Gold from the USA to France: Bullion in Kegs. Th

The Flow of Gold from the USA to France: Bullion in Kegs. Th
Photograph showing bullion being transferred from a train which had just arrived from le Havre, at the Batignolles station in Paris, into motor lorries for transport to the Bank

Background imageUs A Collection: Dwight D Eisenhower and Harold Macmillan, Bermuda, 1957

Dwight D Eisenhower and Harold Macmillan, Bermuda, 1957
Photograph of Dwight D Eisenhower (1890-1969)(left), President of the USA, shaking hands with Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), British Prime Minister, at the end of the Bermuda conference

Background imageUs A Collection: USA BOSTON

USA BOSTON
Children play games while their mothers gossip on Boston Common

Background imageUs A Collection: Mccormicks Reaper

Mccormicks Reaper
MCCORMICKs REAPER McCormicks patent American horsedrawn reaper being used in the field

Background imageUs A Collection: Grant and Sherman

Grant and Sherman
THE COUNCIL OF WAR Union generals Grant and Sherman discuss plans during the closing stages of the war between the States. Note Grants open box of cigars !

Background imageUs A Collection: Natchez and Eclipse

Natchez and Eclipse
A race between the two paddlesteamers Natchez and Eclipse on the Mississippi

Background imageUs A Collection: Empire State Building

Empire State Building, New York, taken from the air almost directly above the building

Background imageUs A Collection: Liberty Loans Wwi USA

Liberty Loans Wwi USA
Patriotic American poster encourageing people to buy USA bonds or Liberty loans to help pay for the war

Background imageUs A Collection: New York at Night

New York at Night
Lower New York at night, taken looking down town from Walker Street

Background imageUs A Collection: Buick for 1927

Buick for 1927
The 1927 Buick will be the greatest Buick ever built - a handsome four-seater convertible

Background imageUs A Collection: Grand Central Station

Grand Central Station
By Grand Central Station I sat down and wept wrote Elizabeth Smart, but if she had gone inside she must surely have marvelled at the magnificent New York terminal

Background imageUs A Collection: Hudson River Tunnel - 3

Hudson River Tunnel - 3
Interior view of the Hudson River Tunnel between New York and New Jersey

Background imageUs A Collection: American Express Train

American Express Train
AN AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAIN at the time of the Civil War

Background imageUs A Collection: Jasper Tornado USA

Jasper Tornado USA
Near Jasper, Minnesota, USA, a dramatic tornado looks set to destroy the vulnerable wooden house sitting directly in its path

Background imageUs A Collection: DRESSES 1916

DRESSES 1916
Ladies dresses, from the mail order catalog of Perry Dame & Co, USA

Background imageUs A Collection: Swedish Pogo Sticks 1922

Swedish Pogo Sticks 1922
Swedish children discover the delights of pogo-sticking, already a favourite in France, England the USA

Background imageUs A Collection: Shooting buffalo from a train in Kansas

Shooting buffalo from a train in Kansas
Shooting buffalo from a train, on the Kansas Pacific Railway

Background imageUs A Collection: Telegraph lines crossing the Great Plains of America

Telegraph lines crossing the Great Plains of America
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway track at a remote station on the Great Plains of America

Background imageUs A Collection: People gambling at home in New York, USA

People gambling at home in New York, USA
People gambling at home, in fashionable Madison Avenue, New York, USA

Background imageUs A Collection: Mormon leader Brigham Young with his latest wife

Mormon leader Brigham Young with his latest wife
The Mormon leader, Brigham Young, with his latest wife, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Background imageUs A Collection: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. US president Barack

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. US president Barack Obama attends the NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 20, 2010. Photo Rafa Rivas

Background imageUs A Collection: United States of America. Arizona. Fort Apache

United States of America. Arizona. Fort Apache
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ARIZONA. Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Cemetery of Fort Apache. Tomb of the unknown soldier

Background imageUs A Collection: United States of America. Colorado. Mesa Verde

United States of America. Colorado. Mesa Verde
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. COLORADO. Mesa Verde National Park. Cliff Palace in Chapin Mesa. Building of the Indio mor Anazasi Indians (c. 600 AD)

Background imageUs A Collection: White House, Washington

White House, Washington
The Presidents House (known as the White House), washington Date: circa 1840

Background imageUs A Collection: USA Medals 4

USA Medals 4
USA Medal of Honour (Navy) Date: early 20th century

Background imageUs A Collection: Working Elephants 1907

Working Elephants 1907
Elephants help to extinguish the flames when a train carrying a menagerie crashes in West Virginia, USA. Date: 1907



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