Years Collection (page 8)

WW II 1945 St Pauls Cathedral, London, lit up on VE night
World War II 1945. St Pauls Cathedral, London, lit up on VE night - May 8th - the first time it had been illuminated in nearly 6 years

St Mary-at-Lambeth
The church is the oldest structure in the Borough of Lambeth, except for the crypt of Lambeth Palace itself, and its burials and monuments are a record of 950 years of community history. Date: 1875

Margaret Finchs cottage
View of Margaret Finchs cottage on Gipsy Hill in 1808. She was called Queen of the Gypsies. She died in 1740 and was buried at Beckenham Parish Church where she had for many years sat at the Lych

Greenwich Palace
The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially built by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443

Joan of Arc - How Joan the Maid, clad in Pages Dress, had audience of the Dauphin Charles - Kay Nielsen artwork. Date: 1922

Lord Thurlow
Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731 - 1806), British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1778 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thurlow

Memorial to Harry Patch, the last British Veteran
This memorial was privately erected by Harry Patch to remember those with whom he served in the 7th Battalion DCLI. It is placed on the edge of the Steenbeek stream across which at dawn

Memorial to New Zealander Leslie Andrew, VC, Warneton
Lance Corporal Andrew, who won his VC at La Bassee when he was 20 years old, went on to serve in WW2 and died, a Brigadier, in January 1969

Headstone of Private Richard le Page, 26 March 1918
Le Page, who was 42 years old, was in the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry. He is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery. The Regiment was formed at the end of 1916 from the Guernsey Militia

Mourning figures German War Cemetery Langemarck
In various renovations over the years these figures have been moved from place to place in the cemetery. Now they stand at the top end of the mass grave. They were sculpted by Professor Emil Krieger

Mr and Mrs Charles J Glidden in 24hp Napier which they toured in from 1901, pictured 8 years later having toured most countries in the World and covered over 46000 miles

The Battle of La Hogue (Hougue), 1692
The Battle of La Hogue (Hougue), 29 May to 4 June 1692, Nine Years War, Normandy, France. 1692

Newsboy
Young newspaper seller selling papers on New Years Day. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1907

Victorian Greeting Card - Penguins in the Rain
Five penguins walk home in the rain. Date: circa 1890

Victorian Greeting Card - Cats School Chaos
Cat students misbehave whilst the teacher is out of the room. Date: circa 1890

Victorian Greeting Card - Rabbits with Misteltoe
Two rabbits passing in the street. Date: circa 1890

Headstone of Flight-Lieutenant David Lord, VC
David Lord is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Oosterbeek. He had spent five years, mostly in India with 31 Squadron

Heelsum Airborne Memorial, Market Garden, Holland
This originally simple Memorial erected by residents of Heelsum in 1945 has steadily become more professional over the years

A dinner dress designed by Dolly Tree for Virginia Bruce
Handpainted in blue and gold was the organdie skirt of this dinner gown designed by Dolly Tree for Virginia Bruce in Woman Against Woman (1938)

Birthday card, Two years old today! 20th century

Birthday card, Two Years Old. 20th century

Birthday Card, 2 Years Old, Little Boy Blue. (front cover, 1 of 2) 20th century

Great white shark and suckerfish
Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (vulnerable), and suckerfish, Remora remora. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a

Cacao, cocoa or chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao
Sprig of the cacao, cocoa or chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao, with bean, fruit and seed. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a

Green banded urania moth, rattlesnake and snail-eater snake
Green banded urania moth, Urania leilus, rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, and snail-eater snake, perhaps Dipsas catesbyi. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John

South American tapir and manati
South American tapir, Tapirus terrestris, young with spotted hide, and manati or West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain

Four-eyed opossum and false vampire bat
Four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, and false vampire bat, Vampyrum spectrum. (Marine oppossum of Terra Firma and Vampire or Spectre of Guiana.) Copperplate engraving by A

Freshwater barracuda and wolf fish
Red-tailed freshwater barracuda, dago fissee or dagoefisi, Acestrorhynchus falcatus, and wolf fish or anjumara, Hoplias aimara

Red acouchi and crab-eating raccoon
Red acouchi or wood rat, Myoprocta acouchy, and crab-eating raccoon, crabbodago or grisson, Procyun cancrivorus. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel

Great tinamou and orange-winged parrot
Great tinamou or anamoe, Tinamus major major, and common or orange-winged parrot, Amazona amazonica, with hanging nests. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel

Sprig of the anchiote tree, Bixa orellana. The flavoring and dye annatto is derived from its seeds. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his

Red-faced spider monkey and red-handed tamarin
Red-faced spider monkey, Ateles paniscus, kwata or quato (vulnerable), and red-handed tamarin, Saguinus midas, sagoewenki or saccawinkee

Tucuma and pomelo fruit
Tucuma or avoira palm nuts, Astrocaryum aculeatum, and pomelo or shaddock apple, Citrus maxima. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative

Plantain tree and banana tree, Musa paradisiaca. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against

White-lipped peccary and collared peccary
White-lipped peccary, Tayassu pecari, and collared peccary, Pecari tajacu. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Wattled jacana and scarlet ibis
Wattled jacana, Jacana jacana, and red curlew or scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Guiana white-tailed deer and brown brocket
Guiana white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus cariacou, and brown or grey brocket, Mazama nemorivaga. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his

Menelaus blue morpho, Morpho menelaus, ventral and dorsal, on a pomegranate blossom. Azure blue butterfly, copied from Maria Sibylla Merian

Grey-winged trumpeter and crested curassow (vulnerable)
Agamy or grey-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepiteans, and powese or crested curassow, Crax alector (vulnerable) in tree. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John

Armadillo and tree porcupine
Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, or Kapplers armadillo, Dasypus kappleri and South American tree porcupine, Coendou prehensilis

Sprig of the cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum, with bolls and leaves. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Blue and yellow macaw and scarlet macaw
Blue and yellow macaw, Ara ararauna, and scarlet or Amazon macaw, Ara macao. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Brown capuchin monkey and squirrel monkey
Brown capuchin monkey or mecoo, Cebus apella, and squirrel monkey or kishee kishee, Saimiri sciureus. Copperplate engraving by William Blake after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel

Two-toed sloth and pale-throated three-toed sloth
Two-toed sloth or unau, Choloepus didactylus, and pale-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman

Iguana, Iguana iguana, and caiman, Caiman crocodilus. (Leguana or Iguana lizard of Guiana, and alligator or cayman of Surinam)

Toco toucan and sunbittern
Toco toucan, Ramphastos toco, and sunbittern or flycatcher, Eurypyga helias. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years

Sprig of the tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica, with leaves and pod. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years Expedition

View of Constable Rocks off Cayenne, and sawfish
View of the Constable Rocks off Cayenne, Dutch ship in foreground, and sawfish, Pristis pristis, critically endangered, with underside of head

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