Years Collection (page 12)

Young collier, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A young collier, about 14 years old, at a colliery in the Saundersfoot area of Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The mines employed children as young as ten

Three views of a wolf bone excavated at Vestonice
Proof that the mammoth-hunters of 30, 000 years ago knew how to count: three views of a wolf bone (the radius) marked with numerical notches

The Prince of Wales in a sailor suit
Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, King Edward VII (1841-1910) dressed in a sailor suit, after a painting by Winterhalter

The Glozel Alphabet Tablets
A large clay tablet from Glozel, near Vichy in France inscribed with alphabetical signs. The tablets were said to date back to the Neolithic period

Sir Henry Morton Stanley and his retinue in Central Africa
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre) and his retinue of local porters and hunters, marching across Africa in search of Dr. David Livingstone, 1871

Luise Froebel
LUISE FROEBEL widow of educator Friedrich Froebel, whom she married in 1851 - he was 30 years older than her

Joseph Swan
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914), English chemist, inventor and industrialist. As well as inventing the dry plate photographic process

Lusitania Menu
1907 cabin tea menu from the passenger liner Lusitania which was sunk eight years later in May 1915 when hit by a torpedo by a German U-boat during WWI

KPD POSTER / 1929
German Communist party (KPD) poster evoking Soviet communism. Ten Years of Soviet Power - Join the German Communist Party. Date: 1929

14th Century Soldier
A French soldier of the 100 Years War, carrying the oriflamme or standard : his page holds his armoured horse

Invitation, Queen Victoria Jubilee Reception, Glasgow 1887
Invitation to a Reception to celebrate Queen Victorias Jubilee, St Andrews Halls, Glasgow, 16 June 1887. 1887

Duke and Duchess of Kent, Silver Jubilee
The Duke and Duchess of Kent in an open carriage on their way to St Pauls Cathedral for the Royal Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service, on 6 May 1935

Drawing of Chinese soldier with sword and shield
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese soldier with pike
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Queen Elizabeth II is Queen for 10 years Date: 1963

Second Defenestration of Prague, 1618. Engraving coloration

Self-portrait, 1628-1629, by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Self-portrait, 1628-1629. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Early Christian. Roman tombstone with Christian iconography
Early Christian Art. Italy. Early Christians. Roman tombstone with Christian iconography. Inscription: Victoria, consecrated virgin, who lived 28 years. Christian phrase appears in pace

Homo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Atapuerca, Spain
Homo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Discovered in the Pit of Bones Site of Atapuerca (Spain). European Middle Pleistocene. Atapuerca. Spain

Louis-Ernst Barrias (1841-1905). The Infant Mozart. 1891(1883). Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

United States. Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Abraham Lin
United States. Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Head of the United Statess president carved into Mount Rushmore. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). By Gutzon and Lincoln Borglum, 1927-1941. Keystone

Skull of Paranthropus aethiopicus with prominent sagittal crest. Pliocene. Located in Lomekwi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

50th Anniversary of the vision of Bernadette at Lourdes
Postcard commemorating the 50th Anniversary (in 1908) of the vision of the Virgin Mary, which appeared to Marie Bernarde Bernadette Soubirous (18441879) at Lourdes in 1858

London & North Western Railway engine, Charles Dickens
London & North Western Railway passenger engine, Charles Dickens (LNWR 955), built in 1882. It covered more than two million miles over twenty years on the London-Manchester service

Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston Harbour
SS Ivernia was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Launched in 1899 by the Cunard Line company to act as an intermediate ship catering for the vast immigration

Heinrich Graf Zu Dohna
HEINRICH graf zu DOHNA und Wartenberg, Imperial military commander in the Thirty Years War, depicted at the Rhine where his men are crossing the river to attack the Swedes. Date: circa 1630

Charles Graf Clairfayt
FRANCOIS SEBASTIEN CHARLES JOSEPH de CROIX, comte de CLAIRFAYT, French general in the Austrian service during the Seven Years and Revolutionary Wars. Date: 1733 - 1798

Two-Headed Boy
Two-headed boy, five years old, born in Turin, Italy in 1877 : each is a distinct individual, and controls his own arm and leg; both are friendly and intelligent Date: 1882

Pilgrims at the Grotto, Lourdes, France
Pilgrims at the Grotto in Lourdes, France. More benches have been added, and the quantity of discarded crutches has increased over the years, each one of them representing a miracle cure ! Date: 1905

Patients in B Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
B Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital was sited in Gallery 1 of the two museum galleries then existing. This room had been built as a pavilion in the garden of Quex House in 1896

Miles Master IA -the RAF standard advanced fighter pilot trainer in the early war years

Junkers Ju 86R -though not many built, this high flying reconnaissance version was virtually unassailable through the early war years

Brabyns Brow, Marple, Cheshire
Although no longer cobbled, this view remains much as it was over 100 years ago when this photogrpah was taken. George Potter

WWI Poster, The Watchers of the Seas
Design by Leonard Raven Hill (1867-1942), The Watchers of the Seas, the Navy needs boys and men from 15 to 40 years of age. Royal Navy recruiting poster. Date: circa 1915

Hundred Years War. Siege of Reims by King Edward III of England from December 1359 to January 1360. Engraving after the 15th century Chronicles (Chroniques) by Jean Froissart. Engraving

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791). Austrian composer of classical music. Mozart, with fourteen years, plays from memory the Miserere by Gregorio Allegri

For Good Luck by William Heath Robinson
Training black cats to enter the front door at the stroke of twelve on New Years Eve. A contraption to encourage a New Year tradition imagined by the cartoonist William Heath Robinson. Date: 1919

Avro Tudor Mk. V G-AKBZ BOAC Stansted
Avro Tudor 5 G-AKBZ was originally built for British South American Airways and named Star Falcon. Used as a fuel freighter during the Berlin Airlift. It was taken on by BOAC in 1949 but never used

British coin, Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee crown
British coin, an Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee commemorative crown. Its face value is 25 pence. Date: 1977

Scottish troops on New Years Day, WW1
Scottish troops enjoying a sing-song on the Western Front on New Years Day, World War One. Several of the men are playing bagpipes. Date: circa 1916

Procession in Central London
Aerial view of the Silver Jubilee procession in Central London, with flags and garlands. Date: 1935

Cartoon on postcard, Kitchener news, WW1
Cartoon on a postcard, showing a skinny woman in the early stages of the First World War, reading a news bulletin: Kitchener gets half a million men in a month

Disused tram, Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways
A disused tram of the Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways, damaged and rusting in the open air. It still carries advertising for Hovis, Lifebuoy Soap, Hudsons Super Soap

Henry Stacy Marks - 2
HENRY STACY MARKS Artist, in his later years Date: 1829 - 1898

The study of an Old Man in the Vale of Years by Phil May - with associated quotation from Sonnet 73, one of William Shakespeares most famous sonnets, focusing upon the theme of old age. Date: 1898

Gloster Meteor T7 WL364
Gloster Meteor T7, WL364. This aircraft was used by Glosters for many years as the photographers aircraft for aerobatic sequences

The Sky Devils Air Circus Poster
Poster, The Sky Devils Air Circus, Great 1944 Display, 10 years ahead of its time! Come and win 500. Issued by Air Pageants Ltd. 1944

Josie, six year old, Bertha, six years old, Sophie, 10 years old, all shuck regularly. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina. Date 1911 February

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