Images Dated 2nd August 2015 (#13)

Advert for Maiden Form bra with uplift 1936
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Cartoon, body parts after the battle, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled After the Battle, showing German soldiers trying to match up body parts before loading them onto a train. Date: 1914-1918

Wright you Are by David Wright - Calendar Girl
A young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air

The Avenue tennis racket advertising showcard, 1890
An exquisite advertising show card from around 1890 for The Avenue tennis racquet manufactured by Clapshaw and Cleave of Birmingham, Bradford and Brighton

S. M. S. Prinzregent Luitpold
Launched in 1912, the SMS Prinzregent Luitpold was a German Imperial Navy battleship of the Kaiser class. It took part in the Battle of Jutland, 1916

Poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, WW1
American poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, designed to raise money for the war effort during the First World War. Showing a menacing German with bloody fingers and bayonet. Date: 1917-1918

German battleship, Battle of Jutland, WW1
German battleship during the Battle of Jutland, First World War, with guns firing and shell cases scattered on the deck. Date: 1916

Austrian Kaiserjaeger soldiers, WW1
Austrian Kaiserjaeger (Tyrolean regiment) soldiers during the First World War. They are fighting an Italian Bersaglieri battalion in the southern Tyrol. Date: circa 1917

View of the Casino at Dieppe, France, with the beach and the sea in the background. Date: 1930

Holidaymakers at Knokke Le Zoute, Belgium. Date: 1936

Men with cattle at Gampola, Sri Lanka
Men with cattle in a shallow stream at Gampola, Sri Lanka. Date: 1920

View of Temple Bar, Fleet Street, London, with pedestrians and traffic. Date: 1796

The Boat Race by Patrick Bellew
Comic illustration of the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge showing, a possibility at Mortlake - if the oars will stand the strain

FA Cup Final 1901
The Football Association cup final tie at Crystal Palace, 20th April 1901. Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United pictured at the kick off, along with reportage from The Illustrated London News

The Roman God Mercury silhouetted against a star
The Roman God Mercury (Greek God Hermes) silhouetted against a star in the sky. This image is an example of gold and silver ink printing on ordinary chromo label paper

Jules Verne - French Writer
Jules Gabriel Verne ) - French author and pioneer of the science fiction genre. Date: 1888

Knockshannoch - Glenisla, Scotland
Knockshannoch, Brewlands Bridge, Genisla, Angus, Scotland Date: circa 1910s

Meigle, Scotland - Cardean House Date: 1913

Statue of Alexander Selkirk - Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland
Crusoe statue at Lower Largo (or Seatown of Largo) a village in Fife, Scotland. The village has gained fame as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk

Africa - Nyasaland (Malawi) - Women of Mount Zamba Date: circa 1905

Hotel de l Univers - Lourdes, France
Hotel de l Univers - Boulevard de la Grotte and Place Jeanne d Arc Date: circa 1910s

High Street, Eltham, South-East London Date: circa 1900s

Marriage Certificate - 1904
Marriage Certificate of William Cottee Woods and Edith Frances Pooley. Woods Father was a Shipowner and Pooleys Father was a Stockbroker. Date: 1904

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia ) - the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and of Tsarina Alexandra. Date: circa 1916

Beijing, China - Forbidden City - Staircase
Beijing, China - Forbidden City Imperial Palace - Staircase to the Hall of Supreme Harmony Date: late 20th century

The Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902
An English Girl and a Japanese Girl stand in front of their national flags holding hands and lifting up flowers, symbolising the Anglo-Japanese Alliance

Anna Neagle dancing the twist with Grenville Collins
Anna Neagle (1904-1986) - popular British stage and film actress and singer dancing the twist with 19-year-old guest Grenville Collins (1943-) !

Russian Propaganda postcard - German Cockroaches
" The Prussians" A Russian propaganda postcard from WWI era, depictng Russian soldiers driving out the German menace, depicted as cockroaches

Ilya Muromets - Elijah of Murom on horseback
Ilya Muromets (Elijah of Murom) - a Kievan Rus epic hero. He is celebrated in numerous byliny (folk epic poems). Along with Dobrynya Nikitich

Taro Plantation - Samoa - Pacific Ocean. Taro is a root vegetable native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Taro features in traditional desserts such as Samoan " fa ausi"

Swahili People of Tanzania
Group of Swahili people - a Bantu ethnic group and culture found in East Africa. This group come from Tanzania (formerly German East Africa). Date: circa 1910s

Traffic Policeman at Heyls Corner, Hamilton, Bermuda. Date: circa 1963

WW2 - Bombs dropped by the RAF on Hamburg
Unexploded Bombs (Blasting bombs and Flash (Flare) bombs) dropped by the RAF on Hamburg (Harburg District) during raids in 1941 during World War Two Date: 1941

Scenes from Konya, Turkey
Two Kiosks in the Public Garden, Konya, Turkey and a view of houses on Station Street, Konya. Date: circa 1909

Early Greetings Card (Victorian) - possibly a Birthday Card? The caption reads: " Receive this tribute of esteem now due on this recurring day" Date: 1868

Ruins of Ollantaytambo, Cuzco, Peru
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 60 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco

Cyclopean Wall - Sacsayhuaman Complex, Cuzco, Peru
Sacsayhuaman (also known as Saksaq Waman, Sacsahuaman or Saxahuaman) - a walled complex on the northern outskirts of the city of Cuzco, Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire

Stela E in Quirigua, Guatemala, Guatemala
Ruins of Quirigua, an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala. The monuments at Quirigua include unusually large stelae elaborately carved from single

Stela K - Ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala
The photograph shows the west side of a carved stone stela known by archaeologists as Stela K, created during the reign of Jade Sky (early 9th century)

A young Russian Country woman at the village well
At the Well - A young Russian Country woman goes to the village well to collect water - beautiful postcard design by Bilibin. Date: 1901

Convertion in Timor by Portuguese Dominican Friars
Portuguese Colonial History Series - The convertion of Native Timor Islanders by Portuguese Dominican Friars in 1511. Date: 1511

Salvador Correia attacks Fort San Miguel, Luanda, Angola
The attack by Salvador Correia de Sa e Benevides (1602-1688) - Portuguese soldier and politician - on the Dutch-held Fort Of San Miguel in Luanda, Angola

Dutch attack on Fortress of Muxima, Angola
Attack by the Dutch West India Company (WIC) on the Fortress of Muxima (held by the Portuguese), situated in the Bengo Province of Angola next to the Cuanza River

The Royal Coat of Arms of Portugal
The Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Portugal (when still a monarchy pre-1910). Date: circa 1907

Llanrwst Bridge, North Wales
The narrow three-arch stone bridge, Pont Fawr at Llanrwst, North Wales. Said to have been designed by Inigo Jones and built in 1636 by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir Castle. Date: circa 1930s

Kapellbrucke covered Bridge, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland
Interior of the famous Kapellbrucke (Chapel Bridge) covered Bridge, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland. Two thirds of its interior paintings were tragically lost in a fire in 1993. Date: circa 1910s

Gentleman in Harris Tweet Suit with Plus Fours, holding a cigarette in an elegant holder. Date: circa 1920s

Rue Marechal Foch, Iskenderun, Turkey
Iskenderun (formerly Alexandrette) - a city in the province of Hatay on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Rue du Marechal Foch

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