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Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Morris Minor driving through English village

Morris Minor driving through English village
The modern Morris Miner driving through the village of Bibury, Gloucestershire

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Ernest Shackleton preparing for a trans-antarctic expedition

Ernest Shackleton preparing for a trans-antarctic expedition
Sir Ernest Shackleton, dressed in kit suited to Antarctic conditions prior to his trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: King Victor Emmanuel III

King Victor Emmanuel III
Photographic portrait of Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy (1869-1947). A constitutional monarch, he defied parliamentary majorities in bringing Italy into World War I on the side of the Allies

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Ellimans embrocation

Ellimans embrocation
Colour advertisement from 1914 for Ellimans Embrocation showing a hunting scene. Ellimans was a well-known remedy for easing joint pain with formulae for both horses and humans

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Portrait of Augustus John, President of the Nation Portrait

Portrait of Augustus John, President of the Nation Portrait
Born in Tenby 1878, Augustus John studied at the Slade school of art, becoming the President of the Nation Portrait Society in 1928

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Italian Alpini climbing Monte Adamello

Italian Alpini climbing Monte Adamello
Italian Alpini troops forming a zig-zag line as they ascend Monte Adamello during their Alpine struggle against the Austrians in World War I

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Hollywood hair dressing salon, Miss Annie Ondra having her h

Hollywood hair dressing salon, Miss Annie Ondra having her h
The Hollywood hairdressing salon of the British Hollywood. Mme Franzi Jaschke attending to Miss Annie Ondra in the great film studios at Elstree

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Mobile x-ray unit

Mobile x-ray unit
The mobile x-ray ambulance used for the second radiological examination of King George carried out Dr H Graham Hogson. The x-ray unit was equipped with a darkroom

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Shackleton with royalty

Shackleton with royalty
Photograph of Sir Ernest Shackleton (second from right) with Queen Alexandra (right) and the Dowager Empress of Russia (second from left)

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: New dial operated telephone system

New dial operated telephone system
Series of three photographs showing a new automatic system of telephoning introduced in Britain in 1911

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Al Capone on vacation, c. 1930

Al Capone on vacation, c. 1930
Notorious Chicago gangland criminal, Alphonse (Al) Capone, fishing from his yacht while on vacation

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: A. F. Wilding, Wimbledon Champion

A. F. Wilding, Wimbledon Champion
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Members of 1914 Antarctic expedition

Members of 1914 Antarctic expedition
Six members of the British expedition to Antarctica in 1914, with Sir Ernest Shackleton far left

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Telephone in a restaurant

Telephone in a restaurant
Restaurant scene from 1910 showing one diner using a telephone at his table

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: The first class dining hall, Interior from the lost liner, V

The first class dining hall, Interior from the lost liner, V
The dining hall from the lost liner Vestris. The liner was sailing from New York, bound for Barbados. On the 11th November 1928 she sprang a leak during a storm and abandoned off the Virginia Capes

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: British gas-attack

British gas-attack
First photograph showing the British use of gas in battle on October 14th, 1915. After the Germans used poison gas at Ypres in April 1915, it became a common feature of World War I battles

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Premier of Bulgaria 1915

Premier of Bulgaria 1915
Photographic portrait of Dr. V. Radoslavoff, premier of Bulgaria in 1915

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Prince of Wales at Nairobi station

Prince of Wales at Nairobi station
The Prince of Wales in his safari kit. The Prince returned early from an African trip, when he received news of King George Vs illness in 1928. Edward, born in 1894, was Georges eldest son

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Cambridge speaking to Harvard

Cambridge speaking to Harvard
The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, The Reverend G. A. Weekes, having a telephone conversation with the President of Harvard University

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Bombed London house in 1915

Bombed London house in 1915
A street of bombed London houses, following a German Zeppelin raid on October 13th, 1915

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: West Country mail carriages in Piccadilly

West Country mail carriages in Piccadilly
Horse-drawn carriages from the West Country bringing mail to the Gloucester Coffee House, Piccadilly, London

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: General Castelnau

General Castelnau
Photographic portrait of General Edouard de Castelnau, Chief of Staff to General Joffre

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: General Joffre at dejeuner in the field

General Joffre at dejeuner in the field
General Joffre (left) enjoying an open-air lunch in the field with his staff

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Sorting mail on a train

Sorting mail on a train
Illustration by Ernest Prater showing male postal workers aboard a London and North-Western train sorting mail

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Joseph Chamberlain

Joseph Chamberlain
Photographic portrait of Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914)

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Drawing Room

Drawing Room
The drawing room; feminine in spirt, with pastel colours originating in the St. Sylvester marble chimneypiece. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Spences Dresses advert

Spences Dresses advert
An advertisement for Spences Dresses, from James Spence and co, St Pauls churchyard, London

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: A British firing-line trench

A British firing-line trench
British soldiers in a firing-line trench with rifles leaning against sandbags and duckboard pathways

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: German soldier in their new uniform

German soldier in their new uniform
German soldier wearing the newly-issued field-grey buttonless uniform with spikeless helmet

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Royal Mail departure from the General Post Office

Royal Mail departure from the General Post Office
Colour illustration showing horse-drawn Royal Mail carriages departing from the General Post Office, London

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Hon. Mrs John Ward

Hon. Mrs John Ward
A Dry-Point Portrait by French artist Adrien Etienne of Hon. Mrs John Ward, daughter of Mr

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Italian siege-gun

Italian siege-gun
An Italian 305mm siege-gun bombarding an Austrian Trentino mountain fort

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Argosy Braces advert

Argosy Braces advert
An advertisement for Argosy Braces, made from elastic

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Colgate dental cream

Colgate dental cream
Advertisement from 1914 for Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream showing three children brushing their teeth around a bathroom sink

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Postman circa. 1840

Postman circa. 1840
An early photograph of a postman, circa 1840 wearing a cape and top hat

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: British landing at Salonika

British landing at Salonika
The first British troops arriving at Salonika in Greece. The British landed at Salonika on October 5th 1915 with the intention of aiding Serbia. Driven back by Bulgarian forces, the expedition failed

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Billiard table adverts

Billiard table adverts
Advertisement from 1897 for Burroughes & Watts celebrated billiard tables with patented vacuum cushions

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: French infantry creeping forward on the Western Front

French infantry creeping forward on the Western Front
French infantry in the front line on hands and knees creeping forward to within charging distance. Two soldiers are seen in the foreground wearing steel helmets

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Visitors from the country & a sandwich man

Visitors from the country & a sandwich man
Engraving showing two ladies visiting London from the country inspect a sandwich-mans theatre advertisement

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: The two year old Holy Lama, Mongolia

The two year old Holy Lama, Mongolia
An incarnation of the Great immortal white lama, the two year old Holy Lama worshipped as a divine being at the Usersky-Dazan monastery in Mongolia

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Womans bedroom

Womans bedroom
Womans bedroon. A colour scheme of green, with dark furniture in Macassar ebony, showing a bookcase commode with secret jewel safe. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: The Kaiser as Guy Fawkes

The Kaiser as Guy Fawkes
November 5th at the front: a Guy Fawkes in the guise of Kaiser Wilhelm II

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Browns patent corset advert

Browns patent corset advert
An advertisement for Browns Patent Dermathistic Corset

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Mans Study

Mans Study
A mans study, with walls panelled in English walnut ply. A simple style without mouldings or enrichments, lighting arranged purely for books and reading

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: An Afghan guard passing through the desert during the Afghan

An Afghan guard passing through the desert during the Afghan
The Afghan revolt: rebellion of the Shinwari tribe. An Afghan guard on the photographers car passing through the Bandits Hills

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: General Monro

General Monro
General Charles Carmichael Monro, sent as replacement to Sir Ian Hamilton in the Dardanelles. After a disastrous campaign, Hamilton was recalled to England

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Revolving gun-turret

Revolving gun-turret
A revolving German gun-turret, revealed after constant bombardment of its trench by the French in September 1915. The turret had a quick-firing gun served by three men, who were locked inside

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Directing traffic to the front

Directing traffic to the front
Illustration drawn by A. C. Field showing a chaotic scene of soldiers, horses, traffic and supplies being directed to the front

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Koko hair ad

Koko hair ad
Advertisement for Koko hair tonic entitled, Dont go bald - use Koko for the Hair showing an illustration (taken from a life photograph) of a womans lustrous and abundant head of hair

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Allcocks plasters advert

Allcocks plasters advert
An advertisement for Allcocks plaster, for use on rheumatism, weak chests and wek backs. Made in Birkenhead, England

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Joffre and Kitchener

Joffre and Kitchener
General Joffre leaving the War Office with Lord Kitchener on a visit to London in October 1915

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Flying to Switzerland for winter sports

Flying to Switzerland for winter sports
Imperial Airways first winter sports service, flying from Croydon to Bale, Switzerland. Women with their ski equipment stand by ready to board the plane

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Thermega electric blanket, used to warm the sheets

Thermega electric blanket, used to warm the sheets
Replacing the hot water bottle. Placing a Thermega electric blanket between the sheets

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Portrait of the Duke of Gloucester

Portrait of the Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Gloucester, born in 1900, he married Lady Alice Christabel Douglas Scott in 1935. They had two sons Prince William and Prince Richard. He died in 1974

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Mans Bedroom

Mans Bedroom
A mans bedroom; masculine straight lines with furniture of mahogany and lubinga. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: International Woman Suffrage Alliance

International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Suffragettes. An international gathering of well-known workers for womens franchise at the Congress of the International Suffrage Alliance

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: The Belgian Royal family

The Belgian Royal family
King Albert of Belgium seen with his family, the Queen Elizabeth, their daughter Princess Marie Jose (left), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (middle) and Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (right)

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Mark Twain on a visit to Britain

Mark Twain on a visit to Britain
Mark Twain, US novelist (1835-1910) in a carriage with the British politician, Mr. Henniker-Heaton, during a visit to London in 1907

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: George V speaking to Canadian officers

George V speaking to Canadian officers during his visit to France in October 1915

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: General Maud huy

General Maud huy
General Maudhuy, commander of the Army of the Vosges, speaking to two, almost identical, French infantrymen in Alsace

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Planting a poppy at the garden of remembrance

Planting a poppy at the garden of remembrance
The tenth anniversary of the Armistice at Westminster Abbey. An ex-serviceman from the British Legion placing a poppy on the Garden of Remembrance

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Last horse-drawn mail van

Last horse-drawn mail van
The last horse drawn mail van, Peter, leaving K.E.B on Saturday 24th September 1949. In the background are the still bomb-damaged streets of the St. Pauls area of London. Date: 24th September 1949

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Anti-Stylograph pen advertisement

Anti-Stylograph pen advertisement
An advertisement for Hearsons patent Anti-Stylograph pen

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: German Limbless Soldier

German Limbless Soldier
A German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Mine crater

Mine crater
Aerial view of a crater formed by a mine explosion on the Western Front, 1915

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: A French look-out

A French look-out
A French artillery observer on the look-out up a tree

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: A zeppelin raider

A zeppelin raider
A photograph showing a German Zeppelin air-ship over London on October 13th 1915, with shells from anti-aircraft guns bursting upon it

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Royal Naval Air Service at the Lord Mayors Show

Royal Naval Air Service at the Lord Mayors Show
A Royal Naval Air Service in the Lord Mayors show parading with searchlight and one of their anti-aircraft guns

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: John Redmond

John Redmond
Leader of the Irish Home Rule Party with John Dillon, another member, leaving Buckingham Palace after a conference concerning the Home Rule question in July 1914

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Captured German aeroplane

Captured German aeroplane
A captured German aeroplane on view on the Horse Guards Parade in London

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Sir Richard Paget, speaking through an artifical throat

Sir Richard Paget, speaking through an artifical throat
Sir Richard Paget speaking through an artificial throat, capable of intimidating all vowel sounds. The artificial throat was displayed at his lecture in 1928 at the Royal Institution

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Earl of Derby

Earl of Derby
Photograph of The Earl of Derby, director of recruiting for Great Britain in 1915 and Minister of War from 1916-1918

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Women Minister officiating a wedding

Women Minister officiating a wedding
The Reverend Miss Vera Findlay, Minister at the Stewartville Congregational Church, Partick, Glasgow, signing the register after having conducted a marriage ceremony in Scotland

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce
Rolls Royce, the winner of the premier award, Concours d Elegance in Biarritz, September 4th 1928

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Stamp machine

Stamp machine
A Machine which will not cheat and cannot be cheated. The first penny-in-the-slot machine for stamping envelopes

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Joffre meeting the King and Prince of Wales

Joffre meeting the King and Prince of Wales
George V and the Prince of Wales meeting General Joffre and President Poincare on October 21st, 1915, during the Kings visit to France

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Queen Mary at the Royal Free Hospital

Queen Mary at the Royal Free Hospital, taking over royal duties during George Vs illness

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: A French soldiers douche

A French soldiers douche
An improvised shower for French soldiers in the style of Heath Robinson, powered by a water-wheel in a small stream near the firing-line

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Queen Mary and Princess Mary

Queen Mary and Princess Mary
Princess Mary, accompanying Queen Mary on a hospital visit in 1928. George V suffered with illness during this period, with the Queen replacing him on frequent public engagements

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Miming a gesture, the method of registering sunshine, posed

Miming a gesture, the method of registering sunshine, posed
Human speech the result of a variety of movements made by the muscles which control the lungs

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Night scene outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. Crowds w

Night scene outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. Crowds w
Night scene outside the gates of Buckingham Palace during the illness of King George V, showing a queue of people waiting to read the latest bulletin

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Canadian Highlanders

Canadian Highlanders marching through London at the Lord Mayors Show in 1915

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: James bicycles advertisement

James bicycles advertisement
For boy and girls of all ages, the famous James bicycles and tricycles advertisement

Background imageImages Dated 6th April 2004: Herbert Hoover with his wife at their home in Washington

Herbert Hoover with his wife at their home in Washington
The Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Mr Herbert Hoover and his wife in the Washington House. Born in 1874 he was involved in the relief activities in World War I



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