Images Dated 2nd October 2007 (#27)

Grenadier Guards Depart
The Grenadier Guards march through Trafalgar Square, London, preparatory to departing for the Crimea whence many of them will not return

Ancient Greek Battle
ANCIENT GREECE The soldiers, some in chariots and some on foot, use spears and swords against their foe

Nativity - Magi
The Magi present the young Jesus with the birthday gifts they have brought him

Judas Iscariot
Though one of the Twelve Disciples, he betrays on Jesus in return for 30 pieces of silver, but later repents and hangs himself in a potters field

Vladimir Horowitz / Hrand
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ American pianist, born in Russia

Monks Copying Manuscript
Monastic copyists replicating manuscripts in the scriptorium of their monastery

Oxford Street / 1900 / Photo
A busy scene in Oxford Street, London with many pedestrians on the pavements and horse- buses on the cobbled street

Bulgaria / Sword Custom
When his troops take Mustapha- Pacha from the Turks, Tsar Ferdinand tramples the enemy flags, and the name of the town is changed to - guess what ? - Ferdinandovo

Churchill / Smiling / 1924
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman

Amsterdam Exchange / C17
A general scene at the Amsterdam stock exchange

General Von Mackensen
GENERAL AUGUST VON MACKENSEN German military commander wearing the famous Deaths Head headgear

South Sea Bubble / 1721
THE SOUTH-SEA BUBBLE A satire on Mr. Knight, the cashier of the South -Sea Company, who fled the country as the situation became too hot

Cartoon / Zulu War / Punch
A LESSON Punch comment on the British defeat; the lesson - despise not your enemy

Columbus / Voyage Map
A map showing the voyages of Christopher Columbus

U-Boats - Cutaway
The internal accommodation of a U-boat as it prepares to attack a convoy of Allied merchantmen : though labelled U-65, the Germans did not at this time possess 65 U-boats

SAILING SHIP AEMILIA
Het Admiraelsschip van Hollant - the Dutch Admirals flagship

Drummer Boy / Grenadier
Drummer boy of the Grenadier Guards

Polaire / Boyer Postcard
POLAIRE French music hall entertainer, in an elegant white dress

Groucho Marx / Postcard
GROUCHO MARX (Julius Marx) American comedian with his characteristic cigar and painted-on moustache

Jenny Lind / 1850 Print
JENNY LIND Swedish soprano, known as The Swedish Nightingale and The Queen of Song, depicted exchanging her notes for gold

Greta Garbo / Nino Za
GRETA GARBO Swedish-American film actress: a caricature

Sylvia Pankhurst
SYLVIA PANKHURST artist & suffragette. Daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst & younger sister of Christabel, she was instrumental along with them in founding the WSPU

Euston Locomotive Sheds
Express locomotives stabled in the engine sheds at Euston Station

Allied D-Day Commanders
The Allied general staff for the invasion - Air Marshal Tedder, gen. Bradley, Eisenhower, Admiral Ramsay, Leigh-Mallory, Montgomery, lt.gen. Biddle Smith

Duke Wellington / Stereo
DUKE OF WELLINGTON British General and statesman, known as the Iron Duke

Lady Golfers Outfit
What every lady golfer should have worn in 1924: an outfit designed by Madeleine Vionnet

Douglas-Home / Alec
SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1963-4

Tunstall / Sheffield Utd
Fred Tunstall, player for Sheffield United

Keenor / Cardiff F ball
Fred Keenor, player for Cardiff City

MAYFLOWER MODEL
Model of the ship which carried the Pilgrim Fathers from Europe to the New World

Wembley Stadium / 1950S
An atmospheric view of Wembley Stadium, setting for the 1948 Olympic Games

RICKSHAW / BULAWAYO / 1920 S
A horned Rickshaw man in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

Imperial State Crown
CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND The Imperial state crown

Ford Assembly Line 1930
The Ford Assembly line in 1928

Driver is a Novice
CAUTION : DRIVER IS A NOVICE A useful notice tied to the back of a learner drivers car as he makes a nervous hand signal

Elizabeth Woodville
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE Queen of Edward IV. She was a commoner & Englishwoman

Harrys Truman
Portrait of Harrys Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of the United States, 1945-53

Heart (Anon)
the heart showing the ventricles, auricles, aorta, arteries, carotid branches and other associated vessels

Ancient Greek Soldiers
Greek soldiers

Adam & Eve Driven Out
Closing Time in Eden : the sinful couple have to leave Paradise, driven out by an angel with a red-hot sword

Art Deco Bathroom
Luxury Art Deco en suite bathroom in various types of marble, with a built-in bathroom cabinet, heated towel rail and stylish taps and fittings

Nonsuch Park / Allom 19C
Nonsuch Park, Surrey

Knaresborough / Palmer
Knaresborough, Yorkshire

Boer War: Tweebosch
TWEEBOSCH De la Reys Boers inflict a crushing defeat on Methuens force, wounding and capturing the general and scoring a major tactical victory

Haltwhistle Milecastle
A view toward the Haltwhistle milecastle, on the southern side of Hadrians Wall. The milecastles served as stationing posts along the length of the wall system

Mobile Butchers Shop
Mobile cooked meat shop of W J Poxon & Sons, Kidderminster, specialising in pork pies

Afghanistan / Kabul Bazaar
The gate of the bazaar at Kabul

SYPHILIS / 1883
Diagram to show the rash which appears in the second stage of syphilis

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