Images Dated 2nd October 2007 (#21)

London arms and seals
The Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries

GERTRUDE BELL 1868-1926
GERTRUDE M L BELL English traveller, archaeologist and government official

Maria, De Agreda (1602
Spanish nun & saint depicted here preaching to native Americans while remaining in Spain

Lourdes, France
Lourdes: the Basilica and the Crucifix

Ann Hathaways Garden
Anne Hathaways Cottage and garden. Packed herbaceous borders lead up to the cottage

Japan Ghost Procession
JAPANESE GHOSTS The Shozenji Temple, Fushimi, near Kyoto, is haunted by Hiyakki Yako - a gathering of a hundred ghosts

Thomas Edison / Phonograph
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor with his Edison Business Phonograph

Feline Bell-Ringers 1875
These five cats have been taught - entirely by kindness - to ring bells in sequence, though whether they themselves enjoy the sound they make is open to question

Egypt / Rosetta Stone
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Boussard, a French Officer. J.P.Champollion was able to translate the hieroglyphs through comparison with the Greek text

KPD POSTER / 1932
German Communist party (KPD) poster Away with the System produced at a time of intense political competition

JACOBs STAFF
A sailor uses a Jacobs Staff to calculate the angle between a star and the horizon

Nicolas Ii / George V Phot
KING GEORGE V OF ENGLAND With Czar Nicholas II of Russia in full military dress

Clara Zetkin / Speech
CLARA ZETKIN German Communist and Feminist at a political rally

Pennsylvania Railroad
A train of the Pennsylvania Railroad is hauled by their Class T-1 passenger locomotive

Morris / Kelmscott Manor
WILLIAM MORRIS English writers home, Kelmscott Manor, near Lechlade, Oxfordshire

S De Montfort / Jacquand
SIMON DE MONTFORT Soldier and statesman

Roger Casement 1916
Sir Roger Casement tries unsuccessfully to recruit Irish prisoners in Germany to form an Irish Brigade to fight the English

Carson Speaks 1913
Edward Carson, leader of the Irish Unionists (1910-21) speaks out against Home Rule at a meeting in Belfast

Organ - Tippoos Tiger
The unusual organ Tippoos Tiger, constructed to the order of Tippoo Sahib (1753- 1799), Sultan of Mysore, and represents the mauling of an East India Company Officer

Heidi & Goats / Spyri
A girl day-dreaming with her goats around her

Churchill / Domenica 1965
WINSTON CHURCHILL Commemorative portrait, with scenes from his life

Churchill / Skipper / 1940
WINSTON CHURCHILL " Our Skipper"

Hogarth / Audience Laughs
The Laughing Audience

St Catherine of Siena
ST CATHERINE OF SIENA Italian visionary and miracle worker, negotiating with Gregory XI on behalf of the Florentines

Marco Polo / Map
A map tracing the journeys made by Marco Polo

Congo / Cartoon / Punch / 1906
King Leopold II, King of the Belgians, crushes the Belgian Congo. In the rubber coils

STEAMSHIP CAMERONIA
Anchor Line passenger ship sailing between Glasgow and New York

Olympics / 1924 / Chamonix
Winter games at Chamonix: ski jumping, ice hockey and skating

Train Derailed / 1914
A German supply train, having been derailed by Belgians

Muybridge - Dog Gallop 1
Dog (racing hound) galloping - one stride in six phases

Boxing for Ladies 1886
The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves to a scratch with her finger nails

Louise Brooks / Song Sheet
Songsheet for Je n ai qu un Amour, c est toi as sung by American film actress LOUISE BROOKS (1906-1985), in the movie Prix de Beaute [FR 1930], which turned out to be her last starring role

Gillingham / Cricketer
Rev Frank Hay Gillingham, English cricketer, in action

Male / Welsh Rugby
B O Male, Full-Back for Wales and Cardiff

Mooney / Brighton F ball
Paul Mooney, Centre-Half for Brighton & Hove Albion

Milne / Aston Villa F ball
Dr V E Milne, player for Aston Villa

Mills / Notts County F bal
B R Paddy Mills, Forward for Notts County

Lord Curzon as Viceroy
George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon as Viceroy of India

Amy Johnson Says Goodbye
Amy Johnson (Mrs Mollison) leaves Lympne in Hearts Content on her record attempt to South America. Here she kisses her husband goodbye. Date: 6 February 1933

Napoleon and Spyglass
Mounted on his horse Marengo, He watches the progress of a battle with the aid of a spy- glass

Abdul Hamid Ii / Lith
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Wanstead Golf Course
Driving from the 16th hole on Wanstead Golf Course, Essex

Americans Land D-Day
American troops under enemy fire wading through the sea to land on the beaches of Normandy, France

Ancient Greek Soldiers
Greek soldiers

1960S Kitchen
A classic kitchen, with a dresser, folding table, gas cooker with whistle kettle, trendy floor tiles and various types of kitchenalia

Liverpool Slum 1912
Liverpool : a sunless court, finally closed in 1912 by the Health Committee of Liverpool City Council

Benzaiten or Benten
Alternative names for the goddess of grace and beauty, the tutelary genius of the island of Enoshima, the type of ideal womanhood

Letchworth / Hillshott
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire: Hillshott, a street of small houses

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