Images Dated 13th December 2011

A gamekeeper and the bag of a days shooting Date: circa 1910s

Sorrento - Grand Marina and the House of the Fishermen Date: circa 1906

Soviet propaganda poster - We want Peace
" We want Peace!" Soviet propaganda poster - featuring a happy, singing Communist family, waving flags. Date: circa 1950s

Chakras and Nervous System
How the chakras interact with the nervous system. Date: 1927

Young Lady doing a pedicure on herself (before getting dressed!). Date: circa 1920s

Marble statue of Hermes by Praxiteles I
Close-up of the marble statue of Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus by Praxiteles I of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder and one of the foremost Attic Sculptors. Date: circa 1910s

Worlds Largest Living Christmas Tree - Wilmington
Worlds Largest Living Christmas Tree - Hilton Park, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. A three hundred year old Live Oak tree lighted with 4000 bulbs - a popular toursit attraction in Wilmington

Bonzo - Bostocks remarkable Sea lion
Bonzo a remarkable performing Sea Lion at Bostock and Wombwells Travelling Circus - pictures with trainer Zetta Hills Date: circa 1926

Waterskiing fun in Lake Geneva at Evian-les-Bains
Waterskiing fun in Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) at Evian-les-Bains, France Date: circa 1950s

LCC-LFB Fireman in his fire kit with new cork helmet
A London fireman in his fire kit, including the new style compressed cork helmet with its LFB crest, which replaced the traditional brass helmets used since the days of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Neolithic Stone Avenue - nr. Kestor Prehistoric Settlement, Dartmoor, Devon Date: circa 1910s

Girl saying Grace but pet dog unwilling
" Fold Your hands Bob!" A pretty young girl says Grace, but is slightly affronted that her pet dog Bob is unwilling to join in and fold his paws together respectfully.... Date: circa 1910

The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D. C. Date: circa early 1930s

Panoramic view of Rome from The Pincian Hill (Monte Pincio, from Latin Mons Pincius). Date: circa 1910s

Caves de J M Monmousseau at Montrichard
Labelling fine sparkling wine in the Wine Cellars of J M Monmousseau at Montrichard, Touraine Region Date: circa 1910s

The Geneva Union, Shaftesbury Avenue, London
The Geneva Union, 158-160 Shaftesbury Avenue, London - listed as the Hotel Employees Association - one of at least two clubhouses for Swiss Hotel workers in the West End

The Last of the Dandies
Popular Plays: " The Last of the Dandies" A kindly Policeman leads two young toffs homeward after having far too much debauchery for one evening... Date: circa 1900

Ancona - Piaza del Plebiscito - Italy
Ancona - Piaza del Plebiscito (Plebiscite Square) - Italy Date: 1930s

Pisa, Italy - View toward the Leaning Tower
Pisa, Italy - View through an archway toward the Leaning Tower Date: circa 1910s

Blind Italian soldier - WWI
Italian soldiers blinded during World War One - a poem explaining their fate. Date: circa 1918

The Korenbeurs of Groningen, The Netherlands
The Korenbeurs of Groningen (The Netherlands) is a beautiful building on the west side of the fish market (Vismarkt)

Loose Lips Might Sink Ships - United States Office of War Information poster, reproduced on postcards by House of Seagram. Date: circa 1942

Statue of Jack Blandiver in Wells Cathedral, Somerset. The Cathedral Clock was installed in 1390. Inside, Jack Blandiver, the quarter-jack, strikes the bells at his heels at every quarter-hour

Folioscope, 1896
more popularly known as the flicker-book, it is simply a succession of images which, if the pages are turned with sufficient rapidity, give the illusion of movement. 1896

LCC-LFB Fireman using the sliding pole
Following a visit to the United States, the Chief Officer (Captain Eyre Massey Shaw) saw these devices in American firehouses, and brought the idea into his own fire stations

AFS volunteers undergoing hose drill, WW2
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB-AFS training -- tying a knot
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade

Volterra, Italy - The Castle
The Medici Fortress at Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri, to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town and commune in the Tuscany region of Italy

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia - Covered Bazaar
The gently-sloping rooftops of the covered market at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, East Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Jack Dempseys Broadway Restaurant - New York City, USA - at the junction of 49th and 50th Streets. Date: circa 1940

Bosnian Bandit in traditional regional costume armed to the back teeth... Date: circa 1910

Examples from the Victoria Biscuit Company, Belgium
Examples from the Victoria Biscuit Company, Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Japan - Osaka - Poole Girls School
The Bishop Pooles Memorial Girls School in Osaka, Japan - one of the flagship CMS (Christian Missionary Service) Schools in Japan. The school opened in 1879. Date: circa 1910

John Studts Grand Gondola Switchback ride
John Studt of Cardiff - his Grand Gondola Motor Switchback ride Date: circa 1906

Isola Bella - Lake Maggiore, Italy
Isola Bella (named for Isabella, Countess Borromeo) - Borromean Islands - Lake Maggiore, Italy Date: circa 1916

American troops arriving in Europe, WW1
American troops arriving in Europe on board ship during the First World War, all lined up on the quay. circa 1917

Blagraves House, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, Co Durham
Blagraves House, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham - now the Blagrave House Restaurant. The House takes its name from the Blagrave family who were resident here in the 17th Century

WW1 - The Allied leaders
French Propaganda postcard from the early years of WW1 - The Allied leaders. King George V, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Albert I of Belgium and French President Raymond Poincare

Turkish Zeibek warrior - Izmir, Turkey. Zeibeks or sometimes Zeybeks were irregular militia and guerilla fighters living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire. Date: 1905

Frost in London, 19th century
A touch of frost in London brings chaos to the streets, with horses slipping on the icy surfaces. Date: 1865

Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance room
Motorised fire engines in a London fire station appliance room. Note the wooden blocks on the floor, to help stop the ladders deforming, especially in damp conditions

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

Spring Voices - A K Macdonald
Spring Voices by A. K. Macdonald

Bullfighting - Lima, Peru Date: circa 1910s

American flag of Mary Young Pickersgill
The American flag of Mary Young Pickersgill

The Damascus Gate - Jerusalem, Israel
A fantastic photographic postcard view of the Damascus Gate - the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel - a scene unchanged for 2000 years

American artillery at Varennes-en-Argonne, France, WW1
American artillery in action at Varennes-en-Argonne, north eastern France, during the First World War. 28 September 1918

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ) - a British Royal Navy admiral who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in World War I

Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson
Satirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson ), a leading American advocate of prohibition

Sorrento - Grand Marina and the House of the Fishermen Date: circa 1906

American soldiers in a trench near Toul, France, WW1
American soldiers in a trench near Toul, north eastern France, during the First World War. 22 March 1918

A Burmese Gentleman from Yangon (Rangoon) Date: circa 1910s

Aschaffenburg on the River Main, Germany
Aschaffenburg on the River Main in Bavaria, Germany. Date: circa 1930s

Public Gymnasium on Primrose Hill, London, 1848
Engraving showing a government-funded public gymnasium on Primrose Hill, London, 1848. Date: 29 April 1848

Franco-British Exhibition - Senegalese Exhibit
Senegalese Exhibit with real live native Senegalese villagers at the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 at White City, London Date: 1908

Castle Pfalz, or Burg Pfalzgrafenstein - River Rhine
The Castle Pfalz, or Burg Pfalzgrafenstein in the foreground on the River Rhine, Germany. Burg Gutenfels (Castle Caub) can be seen in the distance, nestling over the Town of Kaub. Date: circa 1920s

Duren, Germany - Schenkelstrasse
Duren - a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Schenkelstrasse (which translates as Leg Street !). Date: circa 1908

Pisa, Italy - Villa Upezzinghi Date: circa 1908

Florence, Italy - Pitti Palace, Sant Maria Novella and Preto
Very early illustreated postcard from Florence, Italy - featuring vignette illustrations of the Pitti Palace, Sant Maria Novella and Pretorio Palace. Date: circa 1892

Georgian Porter carrying large furniture
Georgian Porter carrying a large piece of strapped to his (bent) back. furniture Date: circa 1910s

Italian soldiers fighting in the Dolomites
The Italians fought a ferocious war in the mountains of the Dolomites during the First World War - not only against each other but also against the hostile conditions. Date: circa 1916

Lundy - Standing Stones
Lundy - an island in the Bristol Channel - Three megalthic standing stones Date: circa 1890s

Lille, France - Ancient Marketplace and New Belfry
Lille, France - The Old Exchange (17th century Chamber of Commerce) and New Belfry (designed by architect Mary Louis Cobbler - work on the tower was interupted by the First World War). Date: 1930s

Baku - Azerbaijan - The port and Customs
Baku - Azerbaijan - The Harbour, Port and Customs buildings. Date: circa 1907

Entrance to the Arsenal - Venice, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Catania, Via Etnea and Statue of Garibaldi
Catania, Sicily, Italy - Via Etnea (the road north to Zafferana Etnea) and a Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi Date: 1930s

American troops marching through London, WW1
American troops marching along Horse Guards Avenue, Central London, during the First World War. 1917

Lake Como - Wisteria growing in a terrace garden overlooking the azure blue of the lake. Date: circa 1910s

49th Street Rail Station, Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY
49th Street Rail Station, Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. Date: 1908

Portrait of Kitchener before Union Flag
A striking portrait of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), British Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman. Date: circa 1916

Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (1869-1955). Date: circa 1910

Cooks presenting three delicacies
A wonderful postcard showing three French cooks presenting three delicious delicacies - a jelly, a terrine and a basket countaining who knows what delicious morsels for ones dining delectation

Lake Maggiore - Stresa - The Port and Coastal Villas
Lake Maggiore, Italy - Stresa - Entrance to the Port and Coastal Villas Date: circa 1910s

Hotel Pension Cosmopolite at Paraggi, Italy - a bay between Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino on the Italian Riviera. Date: circa 1909

River Steamer - Mesopotamia - WWI
River Steamer commandeered by the IWT (Inland Water Tranport) - providing transport to British forces fighting in Mesopotamia during WWI. Shatt al-Arab waterway, Basra, Iraq Date: circa 1917

The Canal at Rimini, Italy Date: circa 1904

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposicao Nacional - The Theatre Date: 1908

Loop the Loop - Pegoud - Aviator
Adolphe Celestin Pegoud (1889-1915) - a pre-WWI French aviator who became a fighter ace

Tanzania - Native Potter, Kigoma Date: circa 1930s

Gabon, Africa - The arrival of a European into the village
Gabon, Africa (at this time one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa) - The arrival of a European into the village

San Martino di Castrozza, Italy
San Martino di Castrozza, a mountain resort in Italy - 1444 metres (4740 feet) above sea level! Date: circa 1920s

Tommy Rose - British Forces Revue Star in full flow and in full feminine attire! Performing in Arthur Lanes Forces Revue as a showgirl. Date: circa 1940s

Casa di Tiziano, Italy - Pieve di Cadore
Casa di Tiziano (The House of Titian - his supposed birthplace) - Pieve di Cadore, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - the main business thoroughfare of the city

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