Images Dated 14th October 2007 (page 7)

Crataegus Monogyna
COMMON WHITE-THORN

Melilotus Officinalis
COMMON MELILOT

Parietaria Diffusa
PELLITORY-OF-THE-WALL Date: 1863

Karl Mikael Bellman
KARL MIKAEL BELLMAN Swedish poet

Churches / Doncaster / 1852
St. Georges Church, Doncaster, before it was destroyed by fire in 1853

Social / Savoy Derby 1914
After the races: Derby night at the Savoy Hotel, London - those who have won, celebrate with champagne; those who have lost, drown their grief in the same beverage

Children Winched Down
CHILDREN WINCHED DOWN A MINE SHAFT - children may be employed from the age of 5, girls and boys alike, working underground for shifts of 11 to as much as 18 hours a day

Juba, King of Numidia
JUBA, KING OF NUMIDIA (approximates to present-day Algeria)

Traditional Swiss Dress
A man and two women in traditional Swiss costumes from the Unterwald canton

Empress Matilda Escapes
Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, escapes from Oxford Castle on a snowy night where she has been imprisoned by Stephen

Robert in First Crusade
Robert, Duke of Normandy, the eldest son of William I, goes on the First Crusade, thus losing the crown of England first to his brother William II, then Williams son Henry I

Thomas Hughes
THOMAS HUGHES English lawyer, MP and writer, best know as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857)

London Floods 1947
A No 10 London bus, which had been on its way to Woodbridge before it was abandoned in a suburban street during the 1947 floods

Dirty Great Snowball
A group of schoolboys and girls in caps, hats and overcoats, rolling a dirty great snowball

Cotswolds Village Scene
Two men in flat caps chat to an old lady in an apron in the picturesque Cotswold village of Stanton, Wiltshire, England

Old Manchurian Man
An old Manchurian man with a wrinkled face and goatie beard, photographed in Peking

Printing Chase
A printer in a waistcoat with a handlebar moustache, checks his printing chase on the chase

Prison Hulk, Woolwich
Convicts from the hulks anchored in the Thames off Woolwich, at work on the river-bank handling timber with the aid of a huge lifting device

Boy & Tower Bridge
A boy stands in the shadow of Tower Bridge, London, to admire it

BAIRDs TELEVISION 1927
John Logie Baird demonstrates his television, transmitted from London to Glasgow, using telephone lines

Cobden from a Photo
RICHARD COBDEN Radical statesman Date: 1804-1865

Woman Soldier Smoking
A glamorous British soldier nonchalantly smokes her cigarette

Caxtons House
CAXTONs house in the Armoury, Westminster (you can see the cathedral in the background)

LADIES STRIPED P. J S
A young woman sat on a bannister with her legs outstretched wears a pair of short-sleeved pyjamas - a feminine version of the classic mens striped p.j s

Andrew Cant
ANDREW CANT Scottish covenanting churchman

Drayton Manor / R. Peel
DRAYTON MANOR in Staffordshire Seat of Sir Robert Peel. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert paying a visit in November 1843

Sleeping Beauty Spindle
The princess, at the age of 15, finds an old lady spinning: the witchs prophecy is about to come true... she will prick her finger and fall into a long sleep

Sleeping Beauty Spell
The thirteenth fairy, who has not been invited to celebrate the princesss birth, casts a spell on the baby

7 Ravens Greet Sister
The seven ravens return to their human shape and greet their sister, who has rescued them

7 Ravens Sister Sets Out
A little girl sets out to find her seven brothers, who have been turned into ravens by a wicked spell

Alfred Beit
ALFRED BEIT German-born financier in South Africa, a friend of Rhodes : he bestowed much of his vast fortune in philanthropic gifts

INDIA / SOCIAL / 1910
Shoeing an ox in Trinchinopoly

Father in Fairytale
A father is surprised when his son and daughter bring home a handful of beans (possibly a German version of Jack and the Beanstalk)

Valencia / Pearl Fishers
THE PEARL FISHERS A photo of Amparo Alabau in the leading role of Valencia

Motor Cycle Race
Taking a bend in a tourist trophy sidecar race

Hansel Gretel Captive
Hansel is kept in a cage by the Wicked Witch, and Gretel has to do all the chores

Goose Girl Combs Hair
The Goose Girl combs her long blond hair

September C18Th
This month is shown as a man holding fruit, perhaps to suggest harvest time

Indian Snake Charmer
An Indian snake charmer and his audience

Sir George Ayscue
SIR GEORGE AYSCUE British naval commander

Torbern Olof Bergman
TORBERN OLOF BERGMAN (or Bergmann) Swedish chemist and naturalist

Theodor Hamberg
THEODOR HAMBERG Swedish missionary in China

Giving Dolls Faces
Giving dolls their faces

Maple Sugar Harvest
Gathering maple sugar in New England

Vicar Wakefield Moses
Moses recieves last-minute instructions from his family before setting out for the fair where he will be conspicuously unsuccessful

Motor Bus at Terni, Italy
Although included in a series of tramways, this is not a tram but an auto-omnibus, depicted at the Porta Garibaldi at Terni, Italy

Aldus Manutius
ALDUS MANUTIUS (elder) (Manuzio) Italian grammarian and printer

Spirit of Katie King
The spirit of Katie King is evoked by medium Florence Cook, (whom ehs closely resembles) who persuades her to materialise at the home of Sir William Crookes

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