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Scrabster Harbour and Dunnet Head, ThursoThurso, Scotland - Scrabster Harbour and Dunnet Head Date: circa 1910s
Barrow-in-Furness - CoppernobBarrow-in-Furness Railway Station. From 1907-1941 the famous Furness Railway steam locomotive " Coppernob" was preserved in a special glass case outside the station
Old Shetlanders, Havera Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: 1918
Ordnance Survey map cover - Dorking and Leith HillFront cover of an Ordnance Survey map covering the Dorking and Leith Hill area of Surrey. The cover features a hiker or rambler leaning against a wall and smoking a pipe as he consults his map
Decorations for the Coronation - SingaporeA simply outstanding set of street decorations in Singapore, set up to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Erected and funded by High Street Indian Merchants
Romania - Iasi - Various viewsScenes from Iasi, Romania, including the Royal Court of Moldavia (bottom left), a general view over the town, a statue of Miron Costin (a Moldavian (Romanian) political figure and chronicler
Romania - Iasi - Vasile Lupu Normal SchoolVasile Lupu Normal School - Iasi, Romania Date: circa 1900
Smelter - Morenci, Arizona, USASmelter - Morenci Copper Mine, Arizona, USA. The Detroit Copper Company started mining at Morenci in 1872. Copper Queen Consolidated Mining bought the property in 1885
Rough Sea in Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: circa 1910s
The Belle of the Ball - a young girl in a fantastic fancy dress frock dancing at the carnival. A Christmas postcard Date: circa 1910s
Lloyd Georges Maternity Insurance BenefitIn the early twentieth century a free National Health Service did not yet exist and the poor could not usually afford medical services
Epsom, Surrey - The Public Hall Date: circa 1910s
Relief of Prague by Russians (1 / 6)Prague, Czech Republic - relief of the city at the end of World War Two by Russian forces. Here a young Russian female soldier rides into the city. Date: 1945
Relief of Prague by Russians (2 / 6)Relief of Prague by Russian forces at the end of World War Two. Russian officers march into Wenceslas Square ahead of their tanks, covered in troops and wellwishers. Date: 1945
Earls Court WheelThe Giant Ferris Wheel at Earls Court, London, showing the emergency evacuation procedure - a picture which was no doubt intended to reassure nervous passengers Date: 1894
Prince Moulay Hassan - SpitfirePrince Moulay Hassan (later King Hassan II of Morocco) (1929-1999) sitting in the cockpit of a Spitfire - the aircraft responsible for such success against the German airforce during the Second World
People from Dobruja, RomaniaPeople from Dobruja (or Dobrudja / Dobrudzha / Dobrogea) - a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube River and the Black Sea, including the Danube Delta
Egypt - Bisharin warrior, AswanA Bisharin Tribesman of Aswan, Egypt with his shield, spear and small Egyptain lyre. Date: circa 1910s
The Last Aztecs - Maximo and BartoloTwo sideshow exhibits, Maximo and Bartola, both sufferes of microcephaly, who were billed by freakshow promoters as The Last Aztecs
Romania - Iasi - Sola Bragadiru (Bragadiru Street). The fine building on the right would appear to be a theatre (due to the posters and playbill on the noticeboard far right). Date: circa 1910s
Admiral Makarov at ConstantinopleStepan Osipovich Makarov (1848-1904) Russian admiral in command of the Pacific fleet at beginning of Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
The Former king of Dahomey and his wivesBehanzin, the Former king of Dahomey and his wives in exile in Algeria. Behanzin (1844-1906) is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey (now Benin)
Great Depression (USA) cartoonGreat Depression cartoon. We re on our ass. Here we are together ON OUR ASS. If this depression don t improve, We ll all be forced TO DIGEST GRASS ! Date: 1930s
The Lion and the FoxBritish Lion " Going to help me, are you? Thank you for nothing, Master Fox. I began the work alone, and I mean to finish it!!
Heath Robinson and his pea-splitting machinePhotograph of William Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944), pictured with his own model of a pea-splitting machine. A well-loved artist, illustrator and cartoonist
Sikkim - Wall at Yadong, ChinaThe Tibet / China / India frontier border amid the Himalayan Mountains. A wall of houses at Sikkim, Yatung (Yadong). Date: 1910s
Cairo - Sellers of BouzaItinerant sellers of Bouza, a fermented alcoholic beverage produced from wheat in Egypt. Is this the origin of the English term booze??? Date: circa 1910s
Anghel Saligny Bridge, Cernavoda, RomaniaThe Anghel Saligny Bridge (formerly King Carol I Bridge - built between 1890 and 1895) over the River - formerly the longest bridge in Europe and the third longest in the world
Jean Nicolet Monument at Menasha, WisconsinThe Jean Nicolet Monument at Menasha, Wisconsin - erected by the Womans Club of Menasha in 1906. Close to this location, Jean Nicolet landed and was the first white man in Wisconsin
Moscow Uprising - Damage to buildingsBetween 5th and 7th December, there was a general strike by Russian workers. The government sent in troops on 7th December, and a bitter street-by-street fight began in Moscow
Suffragette as a gooseA superb propaganda postcard for Womens Rights, showing a goose in prison plummage, standing atop at bucket and speaking at a meeting of geese
Strada Tecuci, Galati, RomaniaStrada Tecuci, Galati - a city and municipality in Romania, the capital of Galati County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, in the close vicinity of Braila
Aleppo - Syria - Carving above the entranceAleppo - Syria - Beautiful carving of serpents and arabic script above the second gate of the Citadel. Date: circa 1908
A Bourbonnais Man - FranceA Bourbonnais Man in traditional costume including a fine pair of thick wooden clogs - France Date: circa 1906
Village Cart - Myanmar (Burma) Date: circa 1905
Lille, France - The Liberation of the city (2 / 2)Lille, France - After the liberation of the city at the end of the First World War. A Factory missing all of its machinery - carried off by the invading German army to use for their own ends
Emancipated Woman - Husband doing choresThe Handy-man at home An Emancipated Woman reads happily by the fire whilst her sailor husband does his fair share of the household chores by scrubbling the floor. Date: 1915
Empire Exhibition - South AfricaEmpire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa, 1936. A group of native ladies carrying large gourds filled with beer on their heads
Standard Bread CampaignThe story of the Standard Bread Campaign began in 1880 when Mary Anne Yates Corkling (using the name May Yates) formed the Bread Reform League
Romania - Braila - Galati StreetGalati Street - Braila, Romania - a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Braila County, in the close vicinity of Galati. Date: circa 1904
General Leclerc - at AntonyPhilippe Francois Marie, comte de Hauteclocque (1902-1947), laterly Leclerc de Hauteclocque (by a 1945 decree that incorporated his French Resistance alias Jacques-Philippe Leclerc to his name)
Chivers Jellies - recipe bookletChivers Jellies - the cover of a little recipe booklet entitled Firm Favourites - pictured is a strawberry meringue jelly in a glass pie dish Date: circa 1930s
Shepherd bellows into horses earRather Hard of Hearing A young Shepherd fails to get the message across to his trusty steed, who appears to be stone deaf. Date: circa 1910s
Romania - Iasi - The Military SchoolRomania - Iasi (Jassy) - The Military School Date: circa 1905
Traditional Romanian CostumeA studio photographic portrait of a reclining man wearing traditional Romanian Costume Date: 1907
Woman in the armyNew role for the Emancipated woman - Gwendoline of the Queens Bays - a female soldier in the British army at the end of the First World War. Date: 1918
The Autmn Sale ScrambleA policeman doing his hardest (!) to control a baying horde of women at the Autumn Sale. Date: 1906
Where Richard Montgomery fell, QuebecA sign showing the location where Richard Montgomery, a brigadier-general in the Continental Army (during the American Revolutionary War) fell whilst leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada
