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WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black Out
The caption is Black Out! a play on the need to cover all windows and lighting so that German bombers could not see their targets, and also putting the cat out

Ightham Mote, Kent - The Great Hall Date: circa 1940s

Brightening up the London Peepshow windows
It was suggested that artist of repute should be invited by West End shopkeepers to design distinctive decorations on surrounding shop windows, during the Blitz

Ightham Mote, Kent - The Chapel Doorway
Ightham Mote, Kent - a medieval moated manor house - The Chapel Doorway. Date: 1902

Tower of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Italy, late 19th century

Street scene Lugano town, Switzerland Italy border
Vintage 19th century photograph: Street scene Lugano town, Switzerland Italy border

Narrow street, washing hanging upper windows, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Narrow street in a town in Italy with washing hanging from upper storey windows

Trams and pedestrian traffic in a street, Geneva, Switzerland. Vintage 19th century photograph

Frognal Priory
View of Frognal Priory, built in 1818 by John Thompson, a retired auctioneer. The house, on an elevated site with extensive views, had Gothic crenellations, Renaissance windows, Dutch gables

Fashionable women enjoying the delights of Malmaison, 1804
Fashionable women enjoying the delights of Chateau de Malmaison. A saunter through the park in 1804. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Plan and elevation of a Regency neoclassical ice house. Plans show bunker with double wall for drainage A and B, porches a and b, airtraps c, drain mouth with grating d

Plan and elevation for a Regency dairy. Floorplan shows conservatory and servants room. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1816

13th century figures from stained-glass windows, Freiburg
St. Catherine of Alexandria with sword and halo, with two silver miners working in helmets and cowls. Costumes of the late 13th century. From stained glass windows in Freiburg Minster

Dance of the dervishes, Kadri order. Ballo dei Dervisch Cadry. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Doors, windows and walls of the Palace of Persepolis, Syria
Doors, windows and walls in the ruins of the Palace of Persepolis, ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, Syria. Porte, finestre, mura, del palazzo di Persepoli

View of the ruins of Persepolis or Chehel Minar, capital of the Achaemenid Empire, Iran. Prospetto generale della rovine di Persepoli

Mother and daughters by the gate of a lovely bungalow
A Mother and her three older daughters by the gate of a lovely period bungalow with a superb sunburst design on the gable end above a patterned-leaded window. Date: circa 1930s

St Georges Church, Dittisham, Dartmouth, Devon
Interior of St Georges Church, Dittisham, Dartmouth, Devon, with a view of the altar. Date: circa 1960s

Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset
Front faþíñe of Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset, a late Elizabethan mansion. Date: circa 1960s

St Gabriels Childrens Home, Westgate-on-Sea - Schoolroom
Windows open wide in the schoolroom of St Gabriels convalescent home and open air school, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. Date: Date unknown

Royal Real Tennis Club, Hampton Court, Surrey. 1903

Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, interior view. circa 1890

Standard Hill, West and North, Nottingham, with the Nurses Home in the background on the right. 1944

First Court, Jesus College, Cambridge. circa 1900

Group of women at a meeting
A group of women at a meeting. circa 1950s

Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. 1870s

The Calves Head Club, Suffolk Street, London. Date: circa 1735

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, putting cocoa into packets
Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, women putting cocoa into packets. 1893

Caledonian Coffee House, Great Russell Street, London

Railway station at Liverpool Road, Manchester (Liverpool and Manchester Railway route), which opened for passenger services in 1830 and closed in 1844. After that date it was used as a goods yard

The Chapel, Old Palace, Croydon, Surrey. 1912

BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London
The newly built BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London. 1935

Shopping in London in late November, 1924
Studying possible Christmas gifts in a busy London thoroughfare. An impression of London shoppers on a late November day as the sun begins to set

The newly built Theatre Royal, Manchester
Facade of the newly built Theatre Royal, Manchester. Date: 1845

New Villa built in Kensington, London, near Buckingham Palace, one of several public improvements made during 1845. Date: 1845

New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London
New building in New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London, one of several public improvements made during 1845. Date: 1845

Freemans Place, near Royal Exchange, City of London
The newly designed and built Freemans Place (or Court), near the Royal Exchange, City of London. Date: 1845

Group photo, Shropshire Volunteer Rifle Corps, 2nd Bttn
Group photo, Shropshire Volunteer Rifle Corps, 2nd Battalion, wearing grey uniform (the first form of camouflage uniform)

Gatehouse to a monastery, Bristol
Gatehouse which at one time led to a monastery, Bristol. Date: circa 1845

Woman poses for a photograph in a studio
A woman poses besides a fire place as she has her photograph captured in a photographic studio. She is being illuminated by the large windows beside and above her

Interregnum timber and plaster houses on Long
Old timber and plaster houses from the Interregnum (1650s) on the north side of Long Lane, Smithfield, 1810. Inhabited by soft wood turners

Skeleton of Death stealing gold from a Miser
Skeleton of Death stealing gold coins and treasure from a Miser in his vault with barred windows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein

Chinese pleasure junk, Qing Dynasty. Pleasure boat with latticed windows and large cabins, usually rowed or pulled. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Method of moving a house in America, by elevating it on blocks of wood, before moving it to its new location. Date: 1842

Speech Hall, Christs Hospital, Horsham, West Sussex
The Speech Hall, Christs Hospital, Horsham, West Sussex. 1913

Girton College, Cambridge. 1904

Outbreak of WWII - Queen visits Vincent Square hospital 1939
Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) pictured visiting the Vincent Square Infants Hospital in Victoria, London, just before the declaration of war in September 1939

Outbreak of WWII - removing Canterburys priceless glass
The stained glass in the east windows of Canterbury Cathedral, being removed as a precaution after the outbreak of war in September 1939. Date: 1939

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