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Ministry of Food advertisementAdvertisement by the Ministry of Food advising the British population to eat home-grown salads which are cool, refreshing and health-giving. And - above all - avoid waste and save shipping. Date: 1940
The Christening Party by William Heath RobinsonCharming scene depicting a christening party held in a garden filled with tables around which villagers and friends gather to eat, drink and be merry. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
Thomas Cook cruisers - Luxor, EgyptNile river cruisers of the Thomas Cook Co. moored alongside the Winter Palace Hotel at Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1908
Heath Robinson Drawing for TelevisionWilliam Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944), artist and illustrator known as the Gadget King, pictured drawing for television in the 1940s. Date: 1947
Villefrance-sur-Mer toward Cap FerratVillefrance-sur-Mer, France, looking past the moored French fleet toward Cap Ferrat Date: circa 1920s
Landi Kotal Pass - Khyber PassA view of Landi Kotal - the highest point on the Khyber Pass and a British fort/garrison during their rule of the subcontinent
Hankou, China - Yangtze RiverHankou, one of the three cities the merging of which formed modern-day Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei province, China. Buildings alongside the Yangtze River. Date: 1910s
Statue of Saint Carlo in Arona, ItalyA colossal statue of Saint Carlo in Arona, Lake Maggiore, Italy. The designer was Giovan Battista Crespi, known as Cerano
Tour Charlemagne - Tours, FranceThe Tour de Charlemagne, one of two towers surviving from the earlier Romanesque Basilica of St. Martin at Tours, France. The later Basilica can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1906
Guernsey - Battle of the FlowersGuernsey, Channel Islands - Battle of the Flowers. The Battle is a classic island event, where locals compete to win the prestigious Prix DHonneur award for the best mobile floral float
Hotel New York - The Square, Gorbio, FranceHotel New York - The Main Square, Gorbio, France Date: circa 1910s
Romania - Iasi - Princess Mary Street (literal translation of Ale(e)a is alley ) Date: circa 1910s
Boys Blind School Band - Fuzhou, China Date: 1910s
Elderly Swiss Spinner at hew wheel. She is wearing a remarkable headdress / scarf and is working a very elegant wooden wheel. Date: circa 1910s
Wimereux, France - The New BridgeWimereux, France (Pas-de-Calais) - The New Bridge Date: circa 1910s
Montreal Ice PalaceThe Ice Palace erected on Fletchers Field, Montreal, Canada during the Winter Festival of 1909. Date: 1909
Romania - Galati Street, BrailaGalati 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 1906
Christmas Postcard from the Suez CanalChristmas Postcard from Ismalia on the Suez Canal, Egypt Date: circa 1910s
Walsh, Alberta, Canada - 2nd AvenueWalsh, Alberta, within Cypress County, Canada - 2nd Avenue looking south Date: circa 1910s
Villefrance-sur-Mer - La Rade (The Harbour)Villefrance-sur-Mer - La Rade (The Harbour with French Warships) Date: circa 1920s
Doing the Lakes - Rain in the Lake District disturbing the enjoyment of ones holiday! Twixt Mist and Rain and Lake and Mere, We re never short of water here. Date: 1930s
United States Quay - Nice, France - Fishing Boats pulled up onto the front running parallel to the Promenade des Anglais. Date: circa 1910s
Post Office - Rouen, France - Joan of Arc Street Date: circa 1910s
Romanian country typesAn early illustrated postcard depicting country types. A woman in traditional costume stands with water bucket by the village well with a man in official (military?) attire
Barbadian Women selling pigletsBarbadian Women selling live piglets Date: circa 1910s
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaAerial view of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada showing the Canadian National Railway Hotel and the Marine Building (the two large white buildings). Date: 1931
Toboganning on Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada Date: circa 1910s
The Waning Moon I m going down-hill fast, My bones are cold, its raining, My money spent, my chances past, I m waning, waning, waning! Date: circa 1910s
Relief of Prague by Russians (3 / 6)Damage caused to Wenceslas Square, Prague - end of World War Two. Date: 1945
Galati, RomaniaA fine townhouse in 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
Port Stanley - Falkland Islands - Ross Road showing the Cathedral and Town Hall in the distance. Date: 1929
A Romanian cottage and occupants Date: 1904
Romania - Iasi - Lapusneanu Street. Alexandru Lapusneanu was Prince of Moldavia in the 16th century. Date: 1904
Gypsies, RomaniaGypsy family and their tent - Romania Date: 1909
Too Talkative - Distracted lady driverToo Talkative - A distracted lady horse cab driver, deep in conversation with her smartly-dressed male fare, forgets where she is heading and mounts a kerb - Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
The Full Moon. Like the moon, my brethren dear, I am full as full can be, Full of grace and lager beer, Full of food and sanctity! Date: circa 1910s
Tariff Reform - Austen ChamberlainCartoon looking at the tariff reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903. This move aimed to broaden the basis of taxation, to introduce a preference
The Railway Station at Dannes-Camiers (Pas de Calais) Date: circa 1910s
Czech Republic - Patriotic Gymnastic DisplayCzech Republic - An immense patriotic synchronised gymnastic (?) disply by Czech schoolgirls Date: 1938
Romanian country typesA Romanian cottage and smallholding and the owning family. Date: 1904
Lille, France - The Liberation of the city (1 / 2)Lille, France - The Liberation of the city at the end of the First World War. Ruins of the Station Quarter. Date: 1918
In the Dunes - Columb-Bechar, Algerian desert. Taraza (or Tarazala, Tarazal) are wide-brimmed straw hats worn by both sexes in Morocco and Algeria. Date: circa 1910s
Chinook Grass Dance - Young BravesChinook Grass Dance, Montana - Young Braves. Grass Dance features traditional regalia with long, flowing fringes and designs remniscent of grass blowing in the wind. Date: circa 1906
Bartholis Lion carving at BelfortFrederic-Auguste Bartholis carving of a Lion at Belfort, France. Bartholi is best known for designing the Statue of Liberty
Child embarrasses an up-tight manIts Rather Embarrassing An up-tight Gentleman doesn t know how to react to the playful young companion in his railway compartment. Date: 1904
Crossing the Danube by Ox cart - RomaniaScene on the Upper Danube River above the bridge, close to Galati, Romania. Country folk cross the water in an ox cart Date: circa 1899
St. Peters, Nova Scotia, CanadaA view of St. Peters, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: circa 1910s
Policeman stops a man with cart" I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Some potentially illegal night manoeuvres are thwarted by