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Background imageWonderful Collection: Paddling

Paddling
A wonderful new game. Young girl dipping babys toes in the sea for the first time. Date: 1928

Background imageWonderful Collection: Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke, Straits of Dover, WW1

Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke, Straits of Dover, WW1
Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke in the Straits of Dover, First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageWonderful Collection: Ship construction in a British dockyard, WW1

Ship construction in a British dockyard, WW1
Ship construction in a British dockyard, First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageWonderful Collection: Amys Wonderful At Home

Amys Wonderful At Home - Amy and Santa with the Dolls around the Christmas Tree. 1909

Background imageWonderful Collection: Wonderful sculptured figures of Kings and Bishops on the West Front of Canterbury

Wonderful sculptured figures of Kings and Bishops on the West Front of Canterbury Catherdral, Kent, England. Date: Medieval

Background imageWonderful Collection: Medicine - 17th century Quack Doctor

Medicine - 17th century Quack Doctor
Here you may be cured ! - a 17th century quack stands beside his counter, strewn with wonderful potions and elixirs to cure all ailments Date: circa 1670

Background imageWonderful Collection: ELECTRIC AIRSHIP

ELECTRIC AIRSHIP
Frank Reade and his New Electric Air Ship, the Eclipse - a dramatic scene as the wonderful aircraft deals with the Yellow Peril Date: 1892

Background imageWonderful Collection: Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - note the wonderful signage advertising the Hotel Metropolis and the (rather wonderful) Poodle Dog Cafe !! Date: circa 1940s

Background imageWonderful Collection: Agra, India - Fabulous Double-decker camel-drawn wagon

Agra, India - Fabulous Double-decker camel-drawn wagon
Agra, India - An utterly fabulous Double-decker two camel-drawn wagon, with driver perched on the upper level. Date: 1917

Background imageWonderful Collection: Charles Kunz Radio Medley - Music Sheet Cover

Charles Kunz Radio Medley - Music Sheet Cover of famous modern Waltzes. When you and I where seventeen; That naughty waltz; Always; Peggy ONeil; Wonderful one; Ramona; What ll I do; In a little

Background imageWonderful Collection: Cartoon, The Cow Pock

Cartoon, The Cow Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! by James Gillray. Depicting a scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital, St Pancras, London

Background imageWonderful Collection: Macbeth Meets Witches

Macbeth Meets Witches
Macbeth and Banquo, after defeating the invading Norsemen, encounter three witches on a blasted heath, who predict wonderful events

Background imageWonderful Collection: Delhi Durbar 1911

Delhi Durbar 1911
King George V and Queen Mary at the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911, held to celebrate the Kings accession. There had been Durbars before in 1877 and 1903 but these one was on a monumental scale

Background imageWonderful Collection: Wizard of Oz / Lion Crying

Wizard of Oz / Lion Crying
The Cowardly Lion uses his tail to wipe away his tears

Background imageWonderful Collection: Advertisement for air travel

Advertisement for air travel -- Fly Wings for a wonderful holiday. circa 1960

Background imageWonderful Collection: Votes for Women Fountain Pen

Votes for Women Fountain Pen
Will you help the Cause by buying a wonderful fountain pen? Date: June 5th 1914

Background imageWonderful Collection: The wonderful ruin of Chepstow Castle, Wales

The wonderful ruin of Chepstow Castle, Wales
The wonderful ruin of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales - overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain

Background imageWonderful Collection: Young boy - Jesuit Mission - Belgian Congo - Handmade Toys

Young boy - Jesuit Mission - Belgian Congo - Handmade Toys
A boy in Jesuit Mission in the Belgian Congo asks: " What do you think of my work?" - he has made a fine selection of wooden transport toys, a river steamer, a van

Background imageWonderful Collection: Wonderful war work of the women of Ireland

Wonderful war work of the women of Ireland. Splendid energies of Irishwomen of all the political parties during the First World War. 1916

Background imageWonderful Collection: Louis Figuier - 3

Louis Figuier - 3
LOUIS FIGUIER Prolific French author of works of popular science - we have dozens of his wonderful books on our shelves, covering science, industry & much more. Date: 1819 - 1894

Background imageWonderful Collection: William Curtis, Botanist

William Curtis, Botanist
WILLIAM CURTIS Botanist, author of the Flora Londonensis Botanical Magazine (we have many of his wonderful prints in our files). Date: 1746 - 1799

Background imageWonderful Collection: Grand Staircase

Grand Staircase
The wonderful grand staircase of the Illinois Life Insurance Company building, designed by Holabird & Roche, manufactured and installed by the Chicago Art Marble Company, USA. Date: 1930s

Background imageWonderful Collection: Wonderful Learned Pig

Wonderful Learned Pig
The wonderful learned pig amazes all who encounter it. Date: 1785

Background imageWonderful Collection: BAUM / 0Z - 8

BAUM / 0Z - 8
The eyes looked at her thoughtfully - Dorothy confronts the Wonderful Wizard. Date: 1900

Background imageWonderful Collection: Christian Drakenberg 146

Christian Drakenberg 146
CHRISTIAN JACOBSEN DRAKENBERG Danish resident of Aarhus, a boatswain in the Danish navy, noted for the most Wonderful and Whimsical Stories. Date: 1626 - 1772

Background imageWonderful Collection: Tenochtitlan is Reached

Tenochtitlan is Reached
Cortes and his men stop for a moment and gaze in awe at wonderful city of Tenochtitlan they have finally reached. Date: 1519

Background imageWonderful Collection: Music cover, Wonderful Girl, Wonderful Boy, Wonderful Time

Music cover, Wonderful Girl, Wonderful Boy, Wonderful Time, by Fred Thompson and Hugh E Wright, music by Nat D Ayer, from Charles B Cochrans production of Houp-La, a comedy with music. 1917

Background imageWonderful Collection: Site of a Wartime Hospital - St. Michaels Cave, Gibraltar

Site of a Wartime Hospital - St. Michaels Cave, Gibraltar
Site of a Wartime Hospital and Now a Place of Interest to Visitors to Gibraltar: St. Michaels Cave, with Its Strange and Wonderful Stalactites and Stalagmites

Background imageWonderful Collection: Advertisement, Michigan Water Wonderland

Advertisement, Michigan Water Wonderland -- thousands of pleasures add up to one wonderful vacation. 1952

Background imageWonderful Collection: Herbert Langley in The Wonderful Story (1922)

Herbert Langley in The Wonderful Story (1922) produced by Herbert Wilcox and directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1923

Background imageWonderful Collection: Two diggers playing frying-pans in front of their bell tents

Two diggers playing frying-pans in front of their bell tents
Australia will be there. Two diggers playing frying-pans (as musical instruments) in front of their bell tents with a wonderful parade of Australian animals and birds carrying rifles and saluting

Background imageWonderful Collection: Garnerins descent by parachute

Garnerins descent by parachute
Newspaper report with colour illustrations of Garnerins descent by parachute, London. Date: 21 September 1802

Background imageWonderful Collection: Lady Seymour

Lady Seymour
LADY SEYMOUR Queen of Beauty at the Eglinton Tournament, of which we have several wonderful scenes in which she is featured. Date: circa 1840

Background imageWonderful Collection: Daniel Maclise (Self)

Daniel Maclise (Self)
DANIEL MACLISE Irish artist : we have many wonderful portraits by him done for Frasers magazine. Date: 1806 - 1870

Background imageWonderful Collection: William Lithgow - 5

William Lithgow - 5
WILLIAM LITHGOW, the Wonderful Traveller, is offered refreshment during his travels. Though depicted on horseback, in fact he made his journeys on foot. Date: 1582 - 1650

Background imageWonderful Collection: William Lithgow - 2

William Lithgow - 2
WILLIAM LITHGOW, known as the Wonderful Traveller, with some of the snakes and wild beasts he encountered on his travels. Date: 1582 - 1650

Background imageWonderful Collection: William Lithgow - 4

William Lithgow - 4
WILLIAM LITHGOW, the Wonderful Traveller, in his Turkish costume, as he visited the ruins of Greece and the middle East. Date: 1582 - 1650

Background imageWonderful Collection: American attack on the German Front line - France - WW1

American attack on the German Front line - France - WW1 Date: circa 1917

Background imageWonderful Collection: Mosque and Minaret - al-Qariatain village in Palmyra, Syria

Mosque and Minaret - al-Qariatain village in Palmyra, Syria
Wonderful Mosque Minaret in al-Qariatain village in Palmyra, Syria Date: circa 1920

Background imageWonderful Collection: Couple from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA

Couple from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA
Portrait photograph (on a postcard) of a couple from Sandpoint, the largest city in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, USA

Background imageWonderful Collection: Princess Trixie the Highly Educated Horse

Princess Trixie the Highly Educated Horse
Princess Trixie, a Grey 1/2 Arab mare, who was highly educated and travelled the world - here she is advertising (" Grand" ) National Cash Registers, by keeping her accounts in check

Background imageWonderful Collection: Two Young Dutch Children

Two Young Dutch Children - both in clogs and rather wonderful outfits. The elder (left) may be blowing some kind of whistle? Date: circa 1914

Background imageWonderful Collection: Buffalo Bill Dam - Wyoming

Buffalo Bill Dam - Wyoming - A wonderful big structure which slopes and holds back tons of blue-green water of Shoshone Reservoir. A big power plant is a ways below it

Background imageWonderful Collection: Aladdin and the wonderful lamp

Aladdin and the wonderful lamp. Illustration shows a man seated in an alcove, wearing a hat labeled Vested Interests and holding a magic lamp labeled Financial Backing

Background imageWonderful Collection: A wonderful animated or moving picture exhibition... our ne

A wonderful animated or moving picture exhibition... our new possessions... The Philippines, the Ladrones, Hawaii and Porto Rico, illustrated... Poster advertisement. Date c1900?

Background imageWonderful Collection: Celebrated pacing mare Pocahontas, driven by James McMann es

Celebrated pacing mare Pocahontas, driven by James McMann esq: Peforming her wonderful feat of pacing a mile in the unprecedented time of 2

Background imageWonderful Collection: The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth. Wonderful perfor

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth. Wonderful performing geese, roosters and musical donkey. Circus poster showing clowns with performing animals including geese, roosters, and a donkey

Background imageWonderful Collection: The wonderful East-River suspension bridge connecting the gr

The wonderful East-River suspension bridge connecting the gr



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