Images Dated 4th August 2015 (#10)

Picture of a gin shop or dram shop
Slide showing a picture of a very ornate spirit store or gin shop, called The Angel. Part of Box 366. Relates to the set of slides 2012.392 to 2012.402 Date: circa 1900

Card commemorating Zeebrugge and Ostend raid, WW1
Card commemorating British raids on German shipping at Zeebrugge and Ostend, 23 April 1918. Date: 1918

City Hall, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Sporty Lacrosse Girl - The Sporting Girl - " The Fellows like the girl of sport, shes such a jolly, chummy sort." Date: circa 1910s

The Spirella Building, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
The Spirella Building, Letchworth Garden City, near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1938

Worlds oldest surviving photograph - Niepce
" Image of Chateau by Nicephore Niepce. He developed heliography, a technique used to produce this image, the worlds oldest surviving photograph in 1825 Date: 1825

Tarantula spider - close-up of face (Trochosa singoriensis). South Tuva, Russia

Tarantula spider - face (Trochosa singoriensis). South Tuva, Russia

Tim Brooke-Taylor and Caroline Ellis
Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020), English comic actor, pictured with British actress Caroline Ellis (1950-)

Collared Lemmings - adults in winter fur, large winter claws for digging snow (in summer they are smaller) (Dicrostonyx torquatus). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arcti

Suffragette Flora Drummond Tartan. Flora Drummond (1879-1949) wearing a tartan shawl, arm raised, may be doing The Highland Fling Probably taken when Scottish suffragettes welcomed Mary Phillips

Press photographer with hidden camera in his hat
A rather shifty looking press photographer cunningly conceals a camera behind his hat with the lens poking through a convenient hole. Date: 1914

Last photograph taken of Queen Alexandra at Sandringham
Last photograph taken of Queen Alexandra (1844 1925) consort to Edward VII, at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, holding her favourite dog Pekingese. Date: 1925

Dressing Fante Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, Africa
Dressing a Fanti (Fante) Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, West Africa (modern Ghana). Date: circa 1910s

Ataturk and Amanullah Khan in a rowing boat - 1928
Exceptionally rare postcard from May 1928 showing Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ), President of Turkey, pictured in a rowing boat with the Sovereign of Afghanistan

Florida Tourist Postcard - Waiting Alligators
Florida Tourist Postcard - Alligators awaiting the descent of a boy from a coconut palm tree, up which he has escaped. Their mocking message to the unfortunate youth: " Honey, come down

Long Beach, California, USA - The Pike Amusement Park
Long Beach, California, USA (with Warships on the horizon). The Pike in was a seaside amusement park on a pier and famous for its signature attraction the Cyclone Racer (pictured). Date: circa 1930s

High Street, Burnham on Crouch, Essex
High Street, Burnham on Crouch, near Maldon, Essex, England. Showing Shop/Premises of J Watt Stationer and The Old Ship Hotel Date: 1910s

High Street, Walsall, Staffordshire
High Street, Walsall, near Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England. Showing the market Date: 1900s

NOSTRADAMUS, Michel de Notre Dame (1503-1566). French physician and astrologer, author of book of predictions Astrological Centuries (1555). Illustration in card of 18th century. Drawing

Cable Bay, Rhosneigr, Anglesey, North Wales
View of Cable Bay, Rhosneigr, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. The underwater Atlantic telegraph came ashore here. Date: early 20th century

The Daily Courant
Front page of The Daily Courant, the first daily paper. The paper began in 1702 and was at first a single sheet printed on one side only. This copy three years later is printed on both sides

Behind the Scenes at Theatre de L Abri, Paris, France
Behind the Scenes at the erotic revue performed at the Theatre de L Abri, Paris, France with principal dancer Louis Espinoza - Le Ballet des Nymphes. Date: circa 1910s

SS Viceroy of India - P&O Line - India Mail and Passenger Service. Date: circa 1910s

High Street, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland - a promotional card for the business on the far left of the image - David Thomson, Draper, Hatter and Outfitter at 14 High Street

Scapegoat Holman Hunt Pre Raphaelite Dead Sea
Scapegoat, Holman, Hunt, Pre, Raphaelite, Dead, Sea, Symbolism, history, historical, 10804576

Al Khazneh Temple, Petra, Jordan
Al Khazneh (The Treasury) Temple, Petra, Jordan, carved out of the sandstone rock face. Date: 20th century

Harmal or Syrian rue, Peganum harmala.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Pineapple flower and fruit, Ananas comosus.. Pineapple flower 1 and fruit 2, Ananas comosus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Carlton Street, Castleford, Yorkshire
Carlton Street, Castleford, near Pontefract, Yorkshire, England. Showing Madame Enids Hairdressing Saloon Date: 1910s

Dittisham Pier - River Dart, Dittisham, Devon
Dittisham Pier - River Dart, Dittisham, Dartmouth, near Greenway, Devon, England. Date: 1920s

The Lobster Pot, Mousehole, Cornwall
The Lobster Pot, Mousehole, Penzance, near Newlyn, Cornwall, England. Date: 1956

The Village & River, Coggeshall, Essex
The Village & River, Coggeshall, Colchester, Essex, England. River Blackwater Date: 1915

Bigger Bank, Walney Island, Cumbria
Bigger Bank, Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Showing the Pavilion Date: 1903

Station Road, Deganwy, Gwynedd
Station Road, Deganwy, Conwy, near Llandudno, Gwynedd, Wales. Showing Bryans Chemists Date: 1940s

The Great Halifax Explosion, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Great Halifax Explosion, Halifax, near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: 1917

The Crooked House Pub - Multiview, Himley, Staffordshire
The Crooked House Pub - Multiview, Himley, near Gornal Wood, Staffordshire, England. Showing the bar room Date: 1900s

The Village, Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire
The Village, Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales. Showing Sally Jones Date: 1900s

Lough Gill, County Sligo
Lough Gill, near Sligo, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Date: 1900s

Tram Outside Police Station, Sneinton Hermitage, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Destined for Parliaments, Sneinton & Colwick Road. Date: 1900s

Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk
Benton Street, Hadleigh, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1930s

Dowery Dell Viaduct with Train, Frankley - Hunnington
Dowery Dell Viaduct with Train, Frankley/Hunnington, Halesowen, Worcestershire, England. Halesowen Joint Railway Date: 1910s

The Town, Helmshore, Lancashire
The Town, Helmshore, Rossendale, near Haslingden, Lancashire, England. Showing a view of Musbury Tor Date: 1910

Church Street, Christchurch, Dorset
Church Street, Christchurch, near Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Showing Tram, Broud Bros - Bootmakers & The Dolphin Inn Date: 1910

The Five Lamps, Thornaby, Yorkshire
The Five Lamps, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, near Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England. Showing Tram Date: 1910s

Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Night view of Paragon Park and the Schlitz Palm Garden, Nantasket Beach, Hull, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1908

Vintage seed packet: Cosmos
A beautiful Cosmos seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Oxford University robes: Proctor (full dress)
A Proctor at Oxford University sporting a mortarboard and long, black gown, with a white fur hood. Date: 1920s

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