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Battle of the Beaux and Belles, Aubrey BeardsleyThe Battle of the Beaux and Belles by Aubrey Beardsley, one of his series of illustrations to Alexander Popes The Rape of the Lock. Date: 1896
In No Mans Land" In No Mans Land: The Dread Territory Which Belongs to Neither German nor Briton" Royal engineers, working in the dark of No Mans Land to construct barbed wire barriers in front of British
Two forms of transport on a London bridge -- a double decker bus on the left, a horse and cart on the right. The bus is on Route 33A, serving Sheen, Hammersmith, Kensington, Piccadilly Circus
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - FranceLe Touquet-Paris-Plage, France - The Swiss Village and the entrance to the Forest Date: circa 1910s
Chocolate box design, 18th century scenesChocolate box design, featuring various 18th century scenes, with people boating, on a swing, playing blind mans buff, and playing the guitar. Date: 20th century
Steam train approaching a bridgeA steam train approaching a bridge
Breaking ice for water, Tientsin, ChinaMen breaking ice on a frozen river for water and hauling it on sledges in Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, around 1911. Date: C.1911
Peaches Still in Season by Rick ElmesThree pretty girls in light summer dresses and hat punt along a river in a boat during an Indian Summer. Date: 1927
Italy - Bellagio - Great British Hotel on Lake Como Date: circa 1900s
Cornishman steam engineThe Cornishman steam engine on a railway track
Gipsy woman with three childrenA gipsy woman with three children, standing outside their caravan
Chemistry Institute - Lille, FranceChemistry Institute - Rue Barthelemy Delespaul, Lille, France Date: 1907
Fishermens Cottages, Portincaple - Loch LongFishermens Cottages (still there!) and the view west from Portincaple to Loch Goil, with Loch Long in foreground. Date: 1908
Queen of the CarnivalThe Queen of the Carnival, dressed up to look like Cleopatra, riding along the road on the back of a truck, with four attendants
Harry Rountree, artist and illustratorHarry Rountree (sometimes spelt Rowntree, 1878-1950), artist and illustrator. Seen here at work on a painting
Harry Rountree, artist and illustratorHarry Rountree (sometimes spelt Rowntree, 1878-1950), artist and illustrator
Mountbatten wedding 1922 - Lady Edwina AshleyMiss Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley, later Lady Louis Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma and Vicereine of India (1901-1960)
Courcelette Cemetery - Somme Battlefield Date: 22-Sep-10
Smoke from shelled fuel tanks in MadrasThick smoke pouring from the shelled fuel tanks in Madras (now Chennai) in India, hit by shells from the German light cruiser SMS Emden which had caused havoc for the British in the Indian Ocean in
Firefighters playing billiards in a fire stationFiremen playing billiards in a fire station. Date: early 20th century
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi - Medina, Saudi Arabia Date: 1933
The Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - The holiest site in the Islamic World and a place of pilgrimage attracting many millions of Muslims each year from all over the world
Julius Caesars invasion of BritainThis picture shows the British forces trying to prevent Roman soldiers from landing on the shores of Kent. The Romans, following the standard bearer, wade from their ship toward the shore. Date: 54 BC
Cartoon - sex before marriage?"You won't marry a man who snores in bed? But darling, how are you going to find out?" An interesting comment on the question of sex before marriage. Date: circa 1940
A Bard singing to Ancient BritonsA Bard singing his poetry for the Britons around the campfire. These soldiers would be fighting their rivals in battle the next day... Date: circa 43 AD
Prehistoric men hunting a mammoth in BritainEarly Prehistoric Britons prepare to hunt a Woolly Mammoth. Date: Prehistoric
Dutch wartime poster -- Be Brave, Be Stormers. Showing a young cadet in uniform, carrying a flag. Date: 1940s
Harlequin, Columbine and PierrotHarlequin illustration, showing Harlequin and Columbine, with Pierrot looking through an open door. Date: 1923
Gas drill in Australia, two people in gas masks, WW1Two people wearing gas masks hug each other after a successful gas drill at a Military Training Camp in Australia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Elysee Palace - mapA plan of the Elysee Palace, Paris. Date: 1913
Victor Hugo - On deathbedVictor-Marie Hugo ) - French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman and exponent of the French Romantic movement. Date: 1885
Peoples March for Jobs 1983The Peoples March for Jobs, organised by the Trades Union Congress, reaches London in early June 1983. It had set off from Glasgow on 23 April Date: 3 June 1983
People's March for Jobs 1981 PetitionAt 10 Downing Street, thousands of petition forms are handed in to Ian Gow, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's parliamentary private secretary, by Eric Varley, Labour MP for Chesterfield
Midlands Peoples Campaign 1982A demonstration by the Midlands Peoples Campaign, one of several organised in September 1982 to draw attention to the plight of the unemployed. Date: September 1982
Margaret Gardner, London Underground GuardMargaret Gardner, the first female guard on the London Underground Date: January 1977
People's March for Jobs 1981The People's March for Jobs, which set off from Liverpool on 1st May 1981 to highlight the plight of the unemployed. The core group of 500 was joined each day by many more
American Folk Singer Concert Brockwell Park Marchamerican, folk, singer, concert, brockwell, park, march, jobs, may, 1981, richie, havens, guitar, guitarist, history, historical, 10587439
George MellyJazz and blues singer George Melly (1926 - 2007) performs at the free concert held in Brockwell Park, south east London, in support of the 500 marchers who had walked from Liverpool to London
Vietnamese Embassy, LondonThe Charge d'affaires of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Lai Van Ngoc (on the right), along with his wife and staff move into their embassy in Victoria Road, London. Date: August 1976
Women protest at El Vino serving policySome of the group of fifty women who demanded a drink at El Vino's wine bar in Fleet Street, London, thus protesting against the bar's policy of only serving men at the bar
Jill Viner, First female London Bus driverJill Viner, who qualified as the first woman London Bus driver in 1974 Date: 1974
Ann DaddsMrs Ann Dadds, from Plaistow, East London, becomes the first woman train driver on the London Underground Date: October 1978
International Women's Day MarchA march in central London to celebrate International Womens Day 1987 Date: 8 March 1987
Trico March 1976A march in support of the striking workers at the Trico-Folberth windscreen wipers factory, Brentford. The women workers at the factory were on strike demanding equal pay with their male colleagues
Trico strikers 1976Strikers barrack a car as it crosses the picket line at the Trico-Folberth windscreen wipers factory, Brentford, Middlesex, England
Shepherds at North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with horses and carts, two live sheep, and what appears to be a pile of four dead sheep
Road sign, drive carefullyA road sign in English and German: Death is so permanent, drive carefully. Date: 1940s
Corpses of Russian soldiers, Brzostek cemetery, WW1Corpses of Russian soldiers at Brzostek cemetery, Galicia (now in Poland), on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1917