Images Dated 19th October 2007

Pharmacy of the Future
EMIL ADOLF VON BEHRING German bacteriologist who won Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1901

Lawrence of Arabia
British archaeologist, soldier, intelligence officer and writer, Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia. Seen here in RAF uniform on a Brough Superior SS100 motorbike

Spaten Brau Publicity 2
A waitress brings four seidels of frothy Spaten-Brau

Margaret Thatcher
MARGARET THATCHER nee ROBERTS First woman to be British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1979-90

A Group of Greyhounds
A photograph of six greyhounds, mainly their heads, taken at Wembley Stadium

Nikola Tesla / Himmel Erde
NIKOLA TESLA American electrician and inventor, born in Croatia of Serbian parents; seen here in his laboratory at Colorado Springs in 1899/1900

PONIES SHOPPING
New Forest ponies " shopping" (much to one womans amazement) at Lymington in Hampshire, England

Refuelling in a Mini
The modern female petrol pump operator, refuelling a car in her mini skirt

Churchill / Iwn May 1915
WINSTON CHURCHILL As First Lord of the Admiralty during the political crisis in the early months of the First World War

CUTTY SARK CLIPPER
China clipper, though she only made 8 voyages to China before steamships destroyed the clipper business : she then became a wool carrier, then a training ship

Bradman / Cricketer 1934
Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (1908-2001)

Glastonbury Tor / 1908
Glastonbury Tor seen from the plain of Avalon

George V / The Queen 1935
GEORGE V King of Britain (1910-36)

Boxing / Jack Broughton
English boxer; third heavyweight champion of England (? - 1750); operated a boxing school and arena, London (1742-89); invented boxing rules and gloves

Guns for American Boys
Guns for American boys

Padstow Hobby Horse
ENGLAND: PADSTOW HOBBY HORSE: From midnight 30 April-1 May Oss, teaser & attendants dance through the streets. Any who dance with Oss will be blessed with good fortune

Chairman Maos Red Book
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung otherwise known as The Thoughts of Chairman Mao, or The Little Red Book - Bible of Chinese Communism

Mid-Air on Skis
A man in a vest in mid-air as he skis down a steep mountain

AMUNDSEN / THE FRAM
Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely. The Fram

Map / Europe / Balkans 1792
A map showing Turkey in Europe and its neighbouring European states of the Balkans

William Scoresby
WILLIAM SCORESBY English clergyman, scientist and explorer. Pioneered in the scientific study of the Arctic

Maypole Dancing, Ickwell
The children of Ickwell, Bedfordshire continue the English tradition of Maypole dancing on the village green as part of their May Day festivities

Georges Jacques Danton
GEORGES JACQUES DANTON (1759 - 1794) a superb lithograph of the French Revolutionary leader, warts (or rather, smallpox) and all

Jean Jaures
JEAN-JOSEPH-MARIE-AUGUSTE JAURES French socialist statesman, founded and edited L Humanite opposing militarism, assassinated

NORMANDIE (POOL)
French transatlantic liner - the First Class swimming pool

Big Wheel / Vienna 1930S
The big wheel in the " Prater" in Vienna

6th Dragoons Enniskillen
6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons

Cartoon on the Trenches
Well, if you knows of a better ole go to it! A comic glance at the desperate reality of the trenches

Women Washing Dishes
Three young women (" Three Lions", perhaps in some way connected with womens services during World War Two) washing and drying dishes together in a large kitchen

Alexis / Russian Royal
ALEXIS TSAREVICH OF RUSSIA Son of Nicolas II and Alexandra, heir apparent to the Russian throne, as a toddler

Nicolas Ii / Downey 1894
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Tsar Nicolas II Ruled 1894-1917

Edward Heath / Photograph
EDWARD RICHARD GEORGE HEATH Prime Minister of Britain from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975

Joseph & Louisa Rhine
Joseph Banks Rhine and his wife Louisa, prominent American parapsychologists; he is known for clinical experiments with ESP, she studied spontaneous cases

Pentecost : the Dove
The Holy Spirit descends in the form of a dove, to the wonder of the disciples

Glenwood Cooker Advert
Gas or coal does its best work in this remarkable Glenwood range - five burners for gas and four covers for coal... the Thermolator automatically controls the oven heat

Playing on the Street
Children playing on a suburban street. Note the absence of parked cars - only a solitary motorcycle and sidecar

Hannah Cowley / Belle Asse
HANNAH COWLEY Comic dramatist

FIREWORKS 1747 - 7
Techniques of firework making in 18th century France : various types of whirling and spinning devices

Louis Napoleon / Disderi
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON PRINCE IMPERIAL as a boy, on his rocking horse

Nicolas Ii / Royalties 01
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Tsar Nicolas II Ruled 1894-1917

Thomas Wakley / Meadows
THOMAS WAKLEY English surgeon, founder of The Lancet (1823), and MP

Marshalsea Prison
The Marshalsea Prison, mainly a debtors prison, was in the Borough High Street, Southwark, as shown on the map

General Election Result
The declaration of the result of the General Election Poll at the Town Hall, Leeds, in which Gladstones Liberals have a majority

Helen Keller / Sullivan
HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968), American author and lecturer, blind, deaf and mute from the age of 19 months; being read to by her tutor, Anne Sullivan Macy

Cesare Beccaria
CESARE BONESANA, MARCHESE DI BECCARIA Italian economist and jurist

Churchill / Profile
WINSTON CHURCHILL British Prime Minister in later life

Victorian Shoes & Boots
A selection of Victorian shoes and boots for men and women

Catholic Emancipation
A British battering Ram preparing the way for a Popish Bull - A satire on the pressure for Catholic emancipation, which led to an Act of Parliament in 1829

Jacques Cartier / Harpers
JACQUES CARTIER French sailor and explorer

Dancing Hippies, 1967
Hippies getting high and dancing together at a rock festival at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, England, during the original " Summer of Love"

Haakon Vii / Norway / Family
HaKON VII King of Norway (1905-57), formerly Prince Charles of Denmark, with his wife Maud and son Olaf (V)

MINE WORKINGS / 1880 S
The workings of a mine, showing miners at the coal face and the coal being transported by pony

Hannibal / Allegorical
SECOND PUNIC WAR : A rather allegorical depiction of Hannibal with his army and his elephants. He faces the Romans across the water

Niccolo Tartaglia
NICCOLO TARTAGLIA Italian mathematician

Glass Blowing
Blowing glass bottles

Victoria / Diamond / Punch
Mr Punch, Britannia, and various members of the British Empire honour the Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee

Locarno Conference / 1925
Stresemann, Chamberlain & Briand during the Locarno Conference, a diplomatic triumph that sought a period of cooperation based on upholding the peace treaties

Farman Biplane / Sommer
At the Port D Aviation, Paris, during the Grand Quinzaine (fortnight) a Farman biplane is piloted by noted aviator Roger Sommer

Rus / Jap War: Spy Caught
SPIES : at Port Arthur, Russians find a Japanese spy attempting to sneak into the town in a coffin, which saves them the expense of finding one for him

O CONNELL ACQUITTED 1844
Having spent a 3 months in prison accused of sedition for attempting to repeal the Act of Union, Irish MP Daniel O Connell is cheered by crowds following his acquittal

Victoria / Reading / 1870S
Queen Victoria reading at the bedside of an old cottager at Balmoral

Victoria / Riding / 1822
Victoria as a child, riding in Kensington Gardens

Philippe Hecquet / Belle
PHILIPPE HECQUET French medical

Oscar Hammerstein / Vf Ray
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN American theatrical manager

Thomas Wright / Scientist
THOMAS WRIGHT English scientist & philosopher

Edward German / Cig Card
EDWARD GERMAN English composer

Charge / Lucknow / 1857
Lieut. Macpherson charging up a street in Lucknow

Rescue of Farreli / 1857
Sergent Wadeson comming to the rescue of private Farreli

Margherita of Savoy / Sepi
MARGHERITA OF SAVOY Queen of Umberto I of Italy

Suvorov Enters Warsaw
Suvorov enters Warsaw in command of the Russian troops who have taken the city after the insurrection proclaimed by Kosciuszko was defeated at Maciejowice

Johan Van Der Does / Larme
JOHAN VAN DER DOES alias JANUS DOUSA Dutch political leader and writer

Doumer Assassinated
Paul Doumer, elected President in 1931, is assassinated by Gorgoulov, a White Russian

Shakespeare / Reading Eliz
SHAKESPEARE Playwright reading his works to Queen Elizabeth and others

Shakespeare / Hathaway Cot
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ann Hathaways Cottage, seen from the garden

Leo Delibes / Postcard
LEO DELIBES French composer

Cromwell / St Ives Farm
OLIVER CROMWELL On his farm at St Ives in 1631

Thos Cranmer / Anon Eng
THOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury

Lucrezia Crivelli / Minia
LUCREZIA CRIVELLI Italian woman

Cranach / Miniature Self
LUCAS CRANACH German painter, engraver and woodcut designer

J Fenimore Cooper / Brady
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER American novelist in old age

Columbus / Musee De Cluny
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Italian navigator

Bartolome Columbus / Broth
BARTOLOME COLUMBUS Italian navigators brother, appointed Adelantado (Governor)

Arthur Holly Compton / Nob
ARTHUR HOLLY COMPTON American scientist

Deserted Manchester 1851
All the world (except one man smoking and reading his newspaper in a shop doorway) has gone to the Crystal Palace in London, leaving Manchester deserted

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