Images Dated 24th April 2012

His Masters Breath - Satire
His Masters Breath Satirical play on the dog/gramophone logo for His Masters Voice, substituting the music player for a whiskey jar and funnel

Setting off on a Fox Hunt - leaving the Chateau
A group of Upper Class French Gentlemen and lady set off on a Fox Hunt - leaving the Chateau along with attendant handlers, Master of the hounds, horn bearers

The Market Cross, Devizes, Wiltshire

Tsai Shen Yeh - The Chinese God of wealth
Tsai Shen Yeh is a Chinese God of wealth (often also called Lu Shing or The Star God of Wealth)

Les Diablerets, Switzerland
Les Diablerets - a village and ski resort located in the municipality of Ormont-Dessus in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920s

Saucy dancer, wearing only balloons - Following raid
Saucy dancer, wearing only balloons, following a police raid: " You can t pin anything on me!" Date: late 1930s

Bricklayers / Workmen / 1856
A pair of bricklayers building a wall Date: 1856

The Hotel and Church, Lundy Island, Bristol Channel Date: circa 1938

Procession of Horse Guardsmen - London Date: circa 1910s

Pietermaritzburg seen from Worlds View
The view from Worlds View, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930s

Barred from Womens Lecture for wearing bloomers
A woman wearing bloomers is stopped by a Vicar from entering a Lecture (for Women Only !) as she is wearing bloomers, which Rev Self Righteous views as totally unsuitable for a lady! Date: 1911

The Plane - and the Beautiful by Albert Bailey
A group of young women, attired in elegant swimwear, wave to an aeroplane flying up ahead. Date: 1927

Ferguslie Thread Works of J & P Coats Ltd, Paisley, Scotland Date: circa 1920s

Streamlined Rock Island Rocket - American train
Streamlined Rock Island Rocket of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad - Innovative (and futuristic) American diesel-electric passenger locomotive design built by the Budd Company

A Good Samaritan - Indian Soldier - WWI
A Good Samaritan - Colonial Indian Soldier from Delhi aids a wounded French trooper - WWI. He leads him to the safety of the Allied lines on the back of a Donkey Date: circa 1917

Demolition of a Factory Chimney - Chorley, Lancashire Date: circa late 1950s

A Texans eye view of the USA, with a certain state having slightly more georgraphical significance than the physical reality....!! Date: circa 1930s

1953 FA Cup Final
At Wembley Stadium, the Queen, with the Duke of Edinburgh and FA Secretary Sir Stanley Rous either side of her, presents a Cup-winners medal to Stanley Matthews of Blackpool

Russian Football Match
Stylised painting of an early 1930s Russian Football match Date: 1931

Market Reports Series - Country Ducks arriving
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Country Ducks arrived in excellent condition. Date: 1903

Ruse, Bulgaria - The Paddlesteamer Krum
Ruse, Bulgaria - the most significant Bulgarian river port - The Paddlesteamer Krum. Date: circa 1910s

Royal Horse Artillery - Gun Team
Royal Horse Artillery Gun Team - Horse artillery differs from field artillery in that the whole gun detachment is mounted and the gun and wagon aretherefore freed from the load of men

Verdi Falstaff Paris
GIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer rehearsing Falstaff at Paris in 1894 Date: 1813-1901

Listening to an early Telephone Receiver
Listening to an early telephone receiver. " A Word to the Wise is Sufficient." Date: circa 1903

Mortar Calculations - Fort Wright - Fishers Island, New York
Directing the range of the Mortars - Fort Wright - Fishers Island - New York, USA

Potsdamer Platz - Berlin, Germany with a view of the Leipziger Srasse Date: circa 1910s

Russian Grenadier Guardsman on skis
Soldier of the Russian regiment of foot grenadiers of the Guard. A hunter-scout wearing skis. Date: 1900

Rostov on the Don River, Russia - Unloading grain
Unloading of grain on the banks of the Don River - Rostov-on-Don - the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, Russia. Date: 1903

Sporting Gal and her horse - Dumb Luck
Dumb Luck Sporting Gal and her horse bemoaning the lack of success in the previous race. Dobbin is still the lucky recipient of a chunk of finest Tate & Lyle... Date: circa 1910

Mounted guards destined for the Front - WWI
Mounted guards - British Military heading for the Western Front at the start of World War One. Date: circa 1915

Sale of Indian corn
The government sale of Indian corn at Cork, Ireland. Date: 1846

MAP / ASIA 1763
Map of Asia Date: 1763

Staged Seppuku Harakiri Ceremony - Japan
A (thankfully) staged Seppuku or Harakiri ceremony (from the late Edo period) of ritual suicide. A Japanese man has opened a cut in his abdomen in front of two witnesses

South Sudan - Village Women - Tonga Date: circa 1910s

Egyptian Shadoof - Irrigation system on the River Nile
Egyptian Shadoof at Cairo, raising water from the Nile to irrigate fields. The shadoof was originally developed in ancient Mesopotamia, and appears on a Sargonid seal of around 2000 BCE

Senora Carmen Romero Rubio de Diaz (1864-1944), second wife of Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico. Date: circa 1904

Grand Hotel Victoria at Damascus, Syria
Hotel Victoria in Damascus, Syria - famous for a meeting between Allenby, King Faisal and Lawrence of Arabia. Date: 1905

American Valentines Day card
To my Sweetheart An amorous young chap in full pierrot fig, presenting his beloved (wearing her prettiest purple ball gown) with a giant heart as a sign of his affection. Date: circa 1910s

A girl says goodbye to War-bound partner
Sweet Jenny Gray (song lyric) Jenny Gray, tis dawn of day, and we two must part, All your tears, dear, that start find their way to my heart; Dear Old England borrows all its sunshine from you

The Badges of Cavalry Regimants in the British Army 1915
Thirty-one regiments, divided into three regiments of Household Cavalry and twenty-eight regiments of the line

German holding up the other Central Powers
Russian caricature from WWI era showing Germany struggling to support the failing efforts of their allies, the other Central Powers, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria (?). Date: circa 1917

Tapping a rubber tree in Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s

Cycling lessons - Mumbai, India
Cycling lessons for Indian Women in Mumbai, India. Date: circa 1910s

St Malo, Brittany, France (Emerald Coast)
Lightermen (and women) (" Garbarriers" ) - at St Malo, Brittany, France

Boulogne Restaurant - Gerrard Street, London
Boulogne Restaurant - 27 Gerrard Street, London. See 10586806 for the Full Menu and 10586807 for the advert for the restaurant on the reverse of the menu. Date: 1936

The Grave of Sir John Moore at Corunna
The Grave of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore - British Soldier and General (1761-1809) at the San Carlos Garden, A Coruna (La Coruna or Corunna), Galicia, Spain

Carling Number 2 Mobile Home - Charles Louvet
A very early prototype mobile home - The Carling Number 2 - designed by French automotive engineer Charles Louvet, photographed in Nice in 1925

Morocco - The Kasbah, Tangier (a place for the local leader to live and a defense when a city was under attack). Date: circa 1903

Map and location of YMCA Hotel - Chicago, USA Date: circa 1930s

French satirical cartoon - criticism of Second Boer War (1899-1902)

Edward VII lampooned with a Chastity Belt
French postcard lampooning British Monarch King Edward VII, by picturing him in association with a Chastity Belt

South Sudan - Dinka Tribal Village at Bor, Bahr-el-Jebel Date: circa 1910s

Avenue de la Gare - Berck-Plage, France Date: 1909

South Sudan - Shulluk Girls of the White Nile - a fantastic photograph. Two carry large woven baskets on their heads. Date: circa 1910s

Heidelberg Tun, Heidelberg Castle, Germany
The Heidelberg Tun - an immense wine vat contained within the cellars of Heidelberg Castle, Germany

Oil refineries and factories at Baku, Azerbaijan. Date: circa 1910s

Turkey - Istanbul - Tram en route to Chichli Tunel down the Istik Lal Street Date: circa 1920

Norway - Hay-Drying on racks
Hay-Drying on racks in Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Lagos, Nigeria - Empire Day - Schoolchildren
Lagos, Nigeria - Empire Day - Pupils from local Schools parade the Racecourse. Date: 1928

Wild Men (Veddahs) - Sri Lanka
Wild Men (Veddahs or Veddas) - Sri Lanka. The pure Veddhas, are related to the Austro-Asiatic peoples found scattered today in many parts of southern Asia

Zoroastrian Woman reclining on a divan
Zoroastrian (Parsee) Woman reclining on a divan Date: circa 1910s

Varanasi - Swami Bhaskaranandas Samadhi Mandir
Varanasi, India - Swami Bhaskaranandas Samadhi Mandir. Swami Bhaskarananda Saraswati ) was a noted 19th century sannyasin and saint of Varanasi, reputed for his austerity and saintly character

The Richest Kyrgyz man at Orenburg - a transcontinental city on the Ural River (the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast), Russia. Date: 1902

View of Tobolsk, a historic capital of Siberia, Russia
A view of Tobolsk, a historic capital of Siberia on the Irtysh river (where it joins the Tobol), now part of the Tyumen Oblast, . A rescue boat / lifeboat Station on the river

Blackpool Pleasure Beach - South Shore Date: circa 1920s

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Turkistan, Kazakhstan
The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi at the ancient city Yasy (Turkistan/Turkestan), Kazakhstan - one of important commercial centres on the Silk Road, the trade route between Europe and China

Sporting Gal and her winning racehorse
" Won by a Head" Beautiful image by Harrison Fisher of a Sporting girl rider with her hat, red waistcoat and riding crop, holding onto the head of her noble racing steed

The Marketplace, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Date: circa 1903

Horseracing - Waiting for the Starters Signal Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Durham Duplex Safety Razor 1914
A close shave but in comfort with Durham Duplex Safety Razor, the razor which enables you to shave with the barbers diagonal stroke without fera of cutting yourself

Kiev, Ukraine - Outlet for Swedish SKF Company
20th Anniversary of SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB, a Swedish ball bearing company founded in 1907, which supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products

Young boy punished - Russia - Elizabeth Bem
Punished for Lying A young Russian boy with a mischievous glint in his eye thinks up some more daring do whilst writing out some lines as punishment for crying wolf.... Date: 1915

Military Badge
Glengarry badge, other ranks?, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, 1874-1881.White metal. Date: 1874

Military Badge
Glengarry badge, other ranks?, 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot, 1874-1881. Date: 1874

Kitsch Italian Valentines Card
Promise of Love A kitsch Italian Valentines Day Card. Date: circa 1930s

Australia - Victoria - Bush Blacksmith (Gippsland Region) Date: circa 1905

The Norman West Door at Iffley Church
The Norman West Door at the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Iffley, Oxford. Date: circa 1907

American Valentines Day card - Marriage licence
Dear Valentine Just say the word

British Empire Exhibition - Amusement Park Entrance
The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, London in 1924 - Amusement Park Entrance Date: 1924

Easter Egg for Russia - Peace
An Easter Egg for Russia - Peace Date: circa 1917

Chinese City Wall with Pagoda Date: circa 1907

Fixing the Propeller - Hamburg-America Line
Fixing the Propeller for a vessel of the Hamburg-America Line, Germanys largest shipping company at this time. Date: circa 1910s

Zapopan Cathedral - Jalisco State, Mexico
The entrance to the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico Date: circa 1920s

Lushunkou / Port Arthur - The Harbour
Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian, Liaoning province, also called Lushun City or Lushun Port, formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun...!) - The Harbour. Date: circa 1905

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