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Canada : Defiant FrenchCANADA : FRENCH RESISTANCE Le chevalier de Levis, Montcalms successor, defies the English and refuses to surrender, but eventually the French agree to British terms Date: summer 1760
New Year Greetings - Scenes of Children and poetic musings Date: circa 1890
Christmas Greetings - Scenes of Children and poetic musings... Date: circa 1890
Tender supplications invoked by young ladies of forty years, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s
B Ward, Christmas 1918, Quex Park VAD HospitalB Ward in Gallery 1 of the Powell-Cotton Museum on Christmas Day 1918. This was the first Gallery of the Museum, built in 1896
Group on rear verandah, Quex ParkGroup of patients and one nurse on the rear verandah, overlooking the gardens, Quex Park. This verandah ran along the back of the Museum buildings and was used as a sheltered outdoor space in summer
Tom Browns School Days - Tom, the young master & ArthurIllustration from Tom Browns School Days by Thomas Hughes. It is Tom Brown, grown into a young man nineteen years old. Tom sits on the bench with a cricket bat in conversation with the young master
Church choir and organ, Dryden, New York State, USAChurch choir posing in front of the organ pipes of the Dryden Presbyterian Church, Dryden, New York State, USA, on the occasion of the churchs centennial celebrations. Date: 1908
Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Diana & Mary Powell-Cotton(Right to left) Diana Powell-Cotton (1908-1986), Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Belgian Army, Mary Powell-Cotton (1910-1998). In the garden at Quex
Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Belgian Army. In the garden at Quex. Major Powell-Cotton had met Bogaerts in Africa a few years previously. He visited Quex on several occasions during the War. Date: 1915
Major Powell-Cotton and friends(Right to left) Major PHG Powell-Cotton, Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Belgian Army, Anne Bogaerts, his sister. In the garden at Quex.Major Powell-Cotton had met Bogaerts in Africa a few years
Sir Winston Churchills eighty adventurous yearsArticle by Sir Charles Petrie with accompanying photographs celebrating the 80th birthday of Sir Winston Churchill. Photographs from top to bottom: Mr Randolph Churchill with his son
Scenes from the life of Sir Winston ChurchillEighty adventurous years: scenes from an eventful life- Sir Winston Churchill from infancy to the fulfilment of his great destiny. In celebration of Churchills 80th birthday on 30th November 1954
Cabinet Minister as Fireman: Winston Churchills daringWinston Churchill, then President of the Board of Trade, is shown in his pyjamas and a firemans helmet taking part in yeoman service at the burning of Burley-on-the-Hill
Cartoon, At Erfurt (1808), showing Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander at the time of their peace treaty, together with ladies of the theatre in what looks like a theatrical re-enactment. Date: 1808
Cartoon, Six thousand years later, WW1Cartoon, Six thousand years later, showing a prehistoric caveman seeing an airship in the sky as a development of the club in his hand. Date: 1916
Chinese Labour Corps praying on New Years Day WW1Joss pidgin otherwise known as Divine worship in a camp of the Chinese battalion of the Labour Corps in France on New Years Day, 1918. Date: 1918
Titanias Palace Dolls HouseTitanias Palace, a model mansion constructed over twenty years by architect Sir Neville Wilkinson. In the late 1920s, it was exhibited to raise money for the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1930
Mrs Rachel MerryLouisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. Rachel and her husband Joseph Merry superintended Macphersons Home of Industry for several years
Craven Hall Wesleyan Cr裨e - Sister HopeSister Hope who, for 44 years, ran the cr裨 e operated by West London Mission of the Methodist Church. Between 1894 and 1907 the cr裨 e was based at Craven Hall, Fouberts Place
Three Almond Tumbler HensA group portrait of three female Almond Tumbler pigeons ages 1 1/2 years, 2 1/2 years, and 4 years old. The illustration shows the distinctive features of an Almond Tumbler hen depending on its age
Three Almond Tumbler Cock PigeonsA group portrait of three male Almond Tumbler pigeons ages 1 1/2 years, 2 1/2 years, and 4 years old. The illustration shows the distinctive features of an Almond Tumbler cock depending on its age
Vickers 27 Vimy Mk II -one of the 112 Vimy built and which provided stalwart service in post-war years
Short S25 Sunderland I -this ocean going flying boat was the backbone of RAFs Coastal Command in the early war years
Messerschmitt Bf 110C -this long range twin-engined fighter proved fast but vulnerable in its early years
Kawanishi H6K2 Mavis -the Japanese Navys standard long range patroller 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
Junkers Ju 86G -a number of this 1938 revision remained as trainers into the war years
Handley Page Hampden I -along with the Vickers Wellington, Hampdens took the full weight of German fighter opposition in the early war years
Dornier Do 18D -the Luftwaffes standard long range maritime patrol aircraft during the early war years
Dutch couple in fashions of the end of the 30 Years War.. From an oil painting of a pleasure garden by Palamedes Steevens
The Village, Knossington, EnglandThe Village, Knossington, near Oakham, Leicestershire, England. The photograph (which is about 4.5 inches x 6.5) may possibly be the owners/staff of the shop in later years (probably 1950s or 60s)
Department store in Newark, New Jersey, USAHahne & Co, a large department store in Newark, New Jersey, USA, on Broad, New and Halsey Streets. Seen here celebrating a 50-year anniversary. Date: circa 1910
Edwardian family group outside houseIdentified by the photographer at the time, the 1911 Census shows Joseph Henry Green, age 34 born High Lane, occupation Hatters Proofer, his wife Harriett Green, 34, and son Jack Green
Elegant Edwardian couple with child outside houseA photograph of James Johnson Battersby and his wife Nancy (nee Nidd) on the steps of their house Dunluce in the Davenport area of Stockport. The child is James Larratt Battersby, their son
Entrance to Peveril Hotel, DovedaleNamed after a legendary local figure, the Peveril of the Peak Hotel is still in business today, little changed over 100 years after this photograph was taken Date: 1909
Four men on a bench at golf club, believed to be Llandudno at Whit week 1913. Second from left is the photogrpahers brother Edgar who was to become a WW1 casualty just 4 years later
Empress Elizabeth Chapel on Schneeberg just a few years after it was opened in honour of the murdered monarch. Itremains there today, and is more or less unchanged. Date: circa 1908
The Ship Inn, Wincle, Cheshire, in April 1908 - a scene virtually unchanged to this day as the Ship still serves refreshment to travellers over a hundred years on. Date: 1908
Edwardian group in the garden of Strathclyde, Offerton Road, Stockport. Standing with his sister and brothers is James Johnson Battersby who survived the Lusitania sinking ten years later
Temperance Hotel, Alsop, Peak DistrictThe building was just 10 years old when this photo was taken - Ted Ellis on the left, and Ernest Battersby seem to be making a point that their glasses are empty
Charles Cotton Hotel, Hartington, Peak DistrictStill in business over 100 years later, and recently refurbished, the Charles Cotton Hotel is seen here around 1906 - Photogrpaher Ernest Battersby sits on the wall outside with friend Ted Ellis
The Capitals Lacrosse Club of Canada (which is apparently still in existence today) visiting the Battersby Hat Factory in Stockport in 1906
Centennial Exposition at Dallas, Texas, USA, commemorating 100 years of Texas independence, 1836-1936, Showing four of the buildings in which exhibits were shown. Date: 1936
Joan of Arc - Wall Painting - Lounge of Chateaux BougivalFriday 29th April 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France at the Burgundy Gate near dusk riding on a white horse. A wall painting by Henry Dumoutet visible in the main lounge of the Chateaux
Feast given at the Chateau de Versailles in celebration of the Peace at the end of the Seven Years War, 1763. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library
Hundred Years War. Siege of Rouen by the English army of Henry V, from July 1418 to January 1419. Engraving
Hundred Years War. Breton War of Succession (1341-1364). Battle of Auray of September 29, 1364. Anglo Breton Victory of John V de Montfort over the Franco-Breton side of Charles de Blois