Images Dated 2008 September

Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations

Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations in Geneva on 21st July 1946

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1940s, 1946, 40s, Car, Cars, Forties, Geneva, Grand, Historical, History, Motor, Nations, Poster, Posters, Prix, Racing, Sport, Swiss

Athletic Sports at Grasmere - The Guides Race

The Guides Race at Grasmere showing the plucky runners rounding the flag on Silver Howe - a particularly precarious part of the course. The winner was R. Lancaster who won the race four times in all. He also won the Colton Jubilee Veteran's race at the age of 60

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Athletic, Cumbria, Danger, Dangerous, District, Extreme, Flag, Grasmere, Guides, Hills, Historical, History, Howe, Lake, Lakes, Mountains, Outcrop, Race, Rocky, Runners, Silver, Sports, Steep, Win

Head and shoulders oval portrait of an American Sergeant

Head and shoulders oval portrait of an American Sergeant, 1917. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L'Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13. When War Broke Out In 1914, He Joined The French Army And Was Able To Continue His Work As Artist/Illustrator For That Same Prestigious Publication, Producing Many Now Famous Works Dealing With The Great War

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library