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Thankin Nus Peace Pagoda - Rangoon - Peace Pagoda being built (U Nu - President of Burma at the time). It is a different style from the usual bell shaped ones that cannot be entered
A man servant with usual meal table. Drawing shows a male servant, full-length, standing, facing left, holding a small table with dishes for dining. Date ca. 1890
Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day
La tete decapitee every afternoon & eve g. : all other entertainments as usual. Date 1874. La tete decapitee every afternoon & eve g. : all other entertainments as usual. Date 1874
Disguising a German Shop - Start of WWIPostcard sent within six weeks of the start of WWI, depicting a German Shopkeeper in Britain hastily changing the livery of his store to something perfectly British
Japanese JinrickshawA Japanese Jin-rik-sha, more like a pram than the usual rickshaw. How the passenger gets in/out is not evident... Date: 1899
Maid and CrinolineWhen crinolines are in fashion, household breakages are apt to be even more frequent than usual... Date: 1864
He Visits MaconNapoleon and Eugenie visit Macon, where they are greeted by the usual little girls in frilly dresses carrying bouquets
Russian BrutalityA religious procession from the church of the Bernardins is suspected by the Russians of being a political demonstration, and dispersed with the usual brutality
Napoleon MockedBritish comment on Napoleons encouragement of trade and industry - Open for Business as usual
Decoration Scandals 2The decoration scandals (the usual " honours for cash" naughtiness) - drag on from last year : scene during the trial of Wilson at Paris
Decoration ScandalsArmy officers are involved in decoration scandals (the usual " honours for cash" naughtiness) : scene during the trial at Paris, which will continue into next year
Camille Desmoulins 3At the Palais Royal, the usual Sunday afternoon crowd are harangued by a young lawyer who rouses them to action with an impassioned speech
LUKE WRITES ACTSThe first page of Acts in an English edition of the early 16th century : Luke, to whom the book is attributed, is shown writing it, with the usual bull in his study
San Francisco Quake 4True Grit - a barber paints his sign on a tent set up on the ruined site of his premises, offering business as usual
Hyde Park Corner / 1838Hyde Park Corner, full of traffic as usual
Green Gravel / GreenawayAll around the green gravel the grass is so green and all the pretty maids are fit to be seen - slightly different words from the usual version
Peruvian Rope BridgesThree different kinds of rope bridge : apart from the usual walk-across type with its handrails on either side, there is a kind for carrying animals and a hammock variety
London Gin Palace 1850A London gin-palace, with the usual drunken father being led home by his sorrowful family