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Defence of Chateau de Hougoumont - Battle of WaterlooDefence of the Chateau de Hougoumont by the flank company, Coldstream GuardsWatercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815Associated with Napoleonic Wars
Serio-comic war map for the year 1877
Tsai Shen Yeh - The Chinese God of wealthTsai Shen Yeh is a Chinese God of wealth (often also called Lu Shing or The Star God of Wealth). Images of the God can be seen in many Chinese and oriental houses and buildings
New Year fireworks, Funchal harbour, Madeira, PortugalAn impressive firework display at Funchal harbour, Madeira, celebrating the arrival of the New Year
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLarenThe Green Knight rides over the bridge into Camelot Castle on New Years Day. He will set King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table a special challenge
The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934Photograph of the launch of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, viewed from the slipway she had just left, 26th September 1934. The Cunard White Star Liner then spent the next year-and-a-half in Clydebank
Singing Auld Lang SyneThe song of many happy people and sentimental drunks upon New Years Eve, Auld Lang Syne, a traditional air with words by Robert Burns
Voodoo / Marie LaveauMarie Laveau, the queen of the Voodoos at New Orleans, in the last year of her life - she was supposed to be over 100 years old
Fd Roosevelt / Ilz 1932FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 32nd President of the USA in the year of his election
The Yorkshire County Cricket Team, 1912Photograph showing 13 members of the Yorkshire County Cricket team for the 1912 season. Yorkshire were winners of the County Championship that year. Top row, left to right: Sir A.W
Harvesting OystersAmerican oystermen of New Jersey harvest the mature oysters which they planted earlier in the year when they were young
HRH Queen Elizabeth II - Trooping of the ColourThe Queen attending the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in her Coronation year, seen here riding to Horse Guards Parade on her official birthday to take the salute of the Brigade of Guards
Coldstream Guards on a Christmas and New Year card, changing sentry duty in the snow. Date: circa 1890s
SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 1900Photograph of the North German Lloyd Liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at sea, 1900. This liner was built by the Vulcan Shipyards at Stettin with the aim of winning the Blue Riband
Haile Selassie / NachkriegHAILE SELASSIE Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74) in 1928, the year he assumed the title of King
Poster: Dig For Victory NowPoster encouraging people to Dig For Victory Now, and enjoy your own vegetables all the year round. 1940s
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLarenSir Gawain takes up the challenge. As instructed by the Green Knight, he swings the battleaxe and cuts off the Green Knights head. The head falls off and rolls towards the banqueting guests
Brown Bear riding a motorcycle at the Bertram Mills CircusPhotograph showing a large brown bear riding a motorcycle during a performance of the Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia in December 1951. That year was the Silver Jubilee of the Mills Circus at Olympia
Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. UMary Jane Clarke W.S.P.U. Mary Jane Clarke, (1863-1910) Younger sister of Emmeline Pankhurst. In 1909, she was organiser for the W.S.P.U, living in Brighton, a year later
Worlds Largest Living Christmas Tree - WilmingtonWorlds Largest Living Christmas Tree - Hilton Park, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. A three hundred year old Live Oak tree lighted with 4000 bulbs - a popular toursit attraction in Wilmington
Advertisement for Jaeger in Festival of Britain Year, showing two women wearing classic fashions. Date: 1951
Jack Johnson and James Jeffries, 1910Photographic montage showing Jack Johnson (1878-1946)(left) and James J. Jeffries (1875-1953), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in 1910
The Emigrant Ship Hercules off Cambelton, Scotland, 1853Engraving showing the emigrant ship Hercules at anchor in Campbelton Harbour, Isle of Skye, 1853. The Hercules sailed from Skye that year with passengers emigrating for a new life in the British
Queen Victoria travelling over the Tay bridgeQueen Victoria crossing the Tay Bridge, Dundee. Later that year the Tay bridge collapsed while a train was crossing resulting in the deaths of 75 people
Talking Mongoose GefArtists impression of Gef the so-called talking mongoose which befriended Voirrey Irving, a 17-year old girl from the Isle of Man
Jewish New Year CardA Zionist New Year card - a Jewish woman waves a Zionist banner
India / Simla 1930SThe city of Simla, India literally hangs on the mountain side, 6, 000 feet above sea level. For several months of the year it is buried in snow
Japan - Geisha Girl bows to a samurai warrior - New Year Ceremony Date: circa 1910s
Segantini UfoRemarkable painting by Italian artist Segantini, in the year of his death. The title Sein is German for essence or suchness
Futuristic long distance airshipA futuristic long distance airship held aloft by two long balloons, flying across the sea
The Silent Pool, Newlands Corner, Surrey, 1926Photograph showing the Silent Pool at Newlands Corner, Surrey, during 1926. The Police dragged the pool, that year, in their search for Agatha Christie, the novelist and playwright
Indian Ocean MauritiusBird s-eye view of the harbour of Port Louis before a third of the town was destroyed this year by a hurricane
Pier Head Station, Liverpool Docks, 1893Engraving showing the Pier Head Station of the Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway, 1893. This passenger railway, which ran for seven miles through Liverpools docks
Somerset Sheep SaleA typical scene at a sheep sale at Bridgewater, Somerset, England, at one of the annual fairs, held towards the end of September each year
Padstow Hobby HorseENGLAND: PADSTOW HOBBY HORSE: MAY DAY. Oss, teaser & attendants dance. Any woman caught under the frame of the Oss will become pregnant before the end of the year
Bernadette / 1858BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS in the year of her visions
Paris-Brest Race 1901This year the Paris-Brest race, the senior French cycle race, is won by Maurice Garin
Copernicuss System (1)A representation of his system, showing Earth circling the sun which illumines different parts of the globe according to the time of day and the season of the year
Orient ExpressCatching the Orient Express in the year 2000
Cambridge Boat Crew 1930The Cambridge boat crew on their first outing on the River Thames at Henley, Surrey, England. They won the Oxford vs Cambridge boat race that year (1930)! Date: 1930
January - A year of good reading ahead. Poster for statewide WPA Library Project, Illinois, showing a child pulling a sled full of books toward a house. Date between 1936 and 1941
R. M. S. Queen Mary under construction, Clydebank, SeptemberPhotograph of the Cunard White Star Liner, R.M.S. Queen Mary, under construction at the John Brown shipyard, Clydebank, September 1934
Covent Garden MarketCOVENT GARDEN Early morning; a 21 year-old chap (Alfred John Lewis) in a flat cap, stands surrounded by baskets and crates of apples, fruit and vegetables
Queen VictoriaQUEEN VICTORIA A family group at Windsor Castle, during her Diamond Jubilee year
Dismal Desmond was designed by Richard Ellett and was one of the most successful toys of the 1920's. He was the mascot of the England Cricket Team that year
Blighty magazine cover, Christmas 1945 - Happy New Year! 1945
Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, WaterlooAttack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Battle of Waterloo, 1815.Watercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars
Cafe De ParisA fun and glamorous New Years Eve party at the elegant Cafe de Paris in London with the gaiety at its height