Images Dated 3rd August 2015 (page 8)

The Elements (Water), by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760)

Waifs and Strays Society Emigration Party on SS Doric
A Waifs and Strays Society emigration party bound for Canada on board the SS Doric. The group left Liverpool on 25th April 1924. Date: 1924

When Germany Surrenders her U-Boats by Heath Robinson, WW1
Why not use the enemy craft for peaceful sport? Ramming rabbits in the Balearic Islands. An inventive suggestion from the ingenious mind of William Heath Robinson for German U-boats following the end

Birmingham General Hospital
A view of Birmingham General Hospital, founded in 1779. The institution, which was also a teaching hospital, moved to the Steelhouse Lane premises shown here in 1897. Date: circa 1905

Algernon Blackwood & Alfred Taylor, WW1
Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951), English author and playwright, particularly known for his supernatural fiction and ghost stories

Peacock Butterflies Date: 1868

Cabbage White Butterflies Date: 1868

Bakers Delivery Van 1, Malmesbury, Wilts (No livery)
Fred and Elsie Boulton; son and daughter of Richard Boulton stood by the bakery delivery van. Fred drove the delivery van and Elsie worked in the bakery

Belfast riots, August 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast that began on the night of the 23rd August, and continued for a week

Belfast riots, July 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast from 20th to 23rd July 1920. 18 people were killed, and 200 wounded during the disturbances

Kaiser & German royal family - Deaths Head Hussars, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (top left), together with his eldest son, the Crown Prince, his only daughter Princess Viktoria Luise, Duchess of Brunswick and the Crown Princess

Highclere Castle 1889
The park at Highclere Castle, England. Date: 1889

Greeting card by Ethel Larcombe
Art Nouveau greeting card depicting a girl at her writing desk. Date: 1908

Lady riding side-saddle. Date: 1903

Rugby Union Date: 1903

An elephant with holidaymakers at Butlins, Filey
A crowd of holidaymakers at Butlins holiday camp, Filey, pose with an obliging elephant. Date: c.1959

British soldiers boarding buses, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers boarding double decker buses on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are returning for a rest after hard fighting at Monchy. Date: circa 1917

NCH Home, Newton Hall, Frodsham, Cheshire
An aerial view of the National Childrens Home Newton Hall site at Frodsham. The home comprised a number of cottage homes and other buildings arranged round a central green. Date: Date unknown

RAFs new gyro gun sight by G. H. Davis
Details of the RAFs new gyro gun sight, which makes every fighter pilot an accurate marksman. By means of two simple adjustments in action

RMS Transvaal Castle by G. H. Davis
Detailed cross-section drawing of the new mailship for the Union-Castle fleet, R.M.S. Transvaal Castle, which made her maiden voyage from Southampton to South Africa on 18 January 1962

Coronation regalia jewels
Page from The Sketch depicting some of the famous and priceless jewels forming the Coronation regalia of King George VI in 1937. St

Advertisement for Le Touquet
1937 advertisement for the Westminster hotel at the fashionable French resort, Le Touquet, halfway between London and Paris on the lovely French Channel coast, amidst lovely woods

Two Babies by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a red dress has been bathing her doll. Date: 1930

Prince Philip & Prince Michael of Romania riding
Prince Philip of Greece & Denmark, later Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II (born 1921), seen as a young boy (far right), riding a pony on the beach, accompanied by his eldest sister

Little girl carrying a doll by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a green dress, carrying a doll, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s

Map of the Pall Mall area of London
Map of the Charing Cross, Pall Mall and Pimlico area of central London showing, the famous thoroughfare of Pall Mall with its numerous club houses

Armless painter Charles Felu
Belgian painter Charles Francois Felu (1830-1900), born without arms. He was taught at an early age by his mother to draw and paint with his feet. Shown here painting in Antwerp Gallery. Date: C.1895

Water Baby by Muriel Dawson -- a little child in a bathtub. Date: 1939

Copper Miners Strike - Calumet, Michigan, USA. Industrial action by Copper Miners of the Western Federation of Miners. Workers were concerned of being displaced to a lower-paying job or of losing

Hunting Trophies - A Good Bag - British East Africa (Modern Kenya). Date: circa 1910s

Wedding of Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong Jones
The Royal Wedding - 6th May 1960 - The Wedding of Princess Margaret (1930-2002) and Anthony Armstrong Jones (1st Earl of Snowdon 1930-), pictured with the Best Man Doctor Roger W

Petra - The Treasury, Jordan
Petra - The Treasury (Al Khazneh), Jordan - the fallen pillar was restored in the 1960s - 4th century BC Building of the Nabatean Culture. Date: circa 1920s

Delhi Durbar - The Emperors Bodyguard of Indian Princes
The Emperors Bodyguard of Indian Princes, assembled for the Coronation Durbar held in Delhi in December, 1911 to proclaim the new Emperor and Empress of India, King George V and Queen Mary. Date: 1911

WWI - Wounded soldier in the arms of his nurse
WWI - Wounded soldier (who has lost his arm) in the arms of his nurse - Comrades in Arms. Date: circa 1917

Mr & Mrs John D. Rockefeller 3rd return from Honeymoon
Mr and Mrs John D. Rockefeller III (1906-1978) return from their Honeymoon in Bermuda on the Monarch of Bermuda, 15th December 1932

Cutting Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica
Cutting large bunches of Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s

The Great Rapprochement - Great Britain and USA
Card illustrating The Great Rapprochement - a term that was used to specifically describe the convergence of social and political objectives between the United Kingdom

Bolivia - La Paz - Aymara Indians Date: circa 1910s

Map of Soviet Central Asia - showing marked tour routes. Date: 1933

Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - Sacred Carpet
Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - The Guard of Honour and Custodians of the Sacred Carpet Date: circa 1905

Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
A Policeman and two smartly-dressed messanger boys stand in the street at Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The Huddersfield Industrial Society Building is on the left (still standing)

Louis Wain Postcard - Diabolo
A cat playing with a wooden Diabolo toy gets hit in the eye! Date: 1907

Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, Scotland Date: circa 1901

The Pier - Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. Date: circa 1908

Papaver (Poppy), two varieties
Two varieties of Papaver (Poppy) -- Papaver flore pleno rubrum (Double Red) and Papaver Eraticum rubrum (Wild Red), drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)

Sketch for Le Peintre, by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891). The artist leans back to view his work, resting his head on a womans shoulder

Tangiers City Wall, by George Murray (1875-1933). Date: 1902

Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin (1767-1842). Date: circa 1810

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