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Sultan Mehmed I Celebi - leader of the Ottoman TurksMehmed I Celebi ) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421. Date: circa 1420
Sultan Orhan - leader of the Ottoman TurksOrhan or Orhan Bey ), the second bey (ruler) of the Ottoman Empire (at this stage known as the Ottoman Beylik or Emirate). Date: circa 1360
Sultan Osman I - leader of the Ottoman TurksOsman I or Othman I or Osman Gazi ) Ottoman Turkish Sultan Osman Ghazi, Turkish, nicknamed " Kara" (black) - leader of the Ottoman Turks
WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - British Camp - Ali GharbiWWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - British Camp at Ali Gharbi (Ghrabi) between Amara and Kut on the banks of the River Tigris
Map of Asia Minor (Turkey) - in antiquity - pre-Ottoman Empire. Date: 1804
Mistaken identity - Very short man and a tall young woman " You Naughty Boy, you ll fall over!" " Oh...." Date: circa 1890s
Lunatic Asylum humour - Upside down wheelbarrowVisitor to Dottieville Lunatic Asylum which is undergoing structural improvements (to harmless lunatic who is extremely busy wheeling a barrow upside down)
Despairing man with his head in his hands" The Mind and visage oft are things apart; a smiling face oft masks a breaking heart." - character study by Phil May of a man in the deepest throes of despair. Date: circa 1890s
Hic Jacet - Here Lies - drunken man collapsed in gutter(hic!) jacet (translated from the Latin: " Here Lies" ) - a drunken Londoner collapsed in gutter, his umbrella and hat discarded onto the street in his stupor. Date: circa 1890s
Albert Chevalier - English Comedian and ActorAlbert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier ) - English comedian and actor. Had a successful music hall career as a singer of coster songs of his own invention. Date: 1892
Chechen Resitance fighter Abrek Zelimkhan killedOn 10th October 1905 Russian police shot into a crowd during a strike at an industrial plant in Grozny, Chechnya, killing 17 people
Russian Prostitute - MoscowYashurin - a Russian Prostitute? - Moscow. Date: 1904
Australian Aborigines hunting Kangaroo with boomerangsAustralian Aboriginals hunting Kangaroo with boomerangs and young Aboriginal children swinging on ropes tied to a tree. Date: circa 1903
Ouled Nails Woman in Covered Camel PalanquinAn Ouled Nails woman in Southern Algeria, showing her very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing
Welsh Woman in traditional costume Date: circa 1890s
Isfahan, Iran - Two old minarets Date: circa 1920s
Tetouan - Street Beggar" One can admire the stubborn insistence of the Maghreb" - a pleading Tetouan street beggar holding out his bowl and asking for alms. Date: 1930s
Mombasa, Kenya - The Old Tower. Several stone obelisks were built near the Old Port on the east side of Mombasa; these towers were probably located near Fort Jesus
Behanzin, The former King of Dahomey in exileBehanzin, the Former king of Dahomey in exile in Algeria. Behanzin (1844-1906) is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey (now Benin). Upon taking the throne, he changed his name from Kondo
Abyssinian Warrior - ready to fight! Date: circa 1910s
Baghdad, Iraq - The Al-Kadhimiya MosqueThe Al-Kadhimiya Mosque is a shrine located in the Kadhimayn suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. It contains the tombs of the seventh Twelver Shi ah Imam Musa al-Kadhim
Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB) School - Alberta, CongoExamination day at an Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB) School at Alberta, Democratic Republic of Congo. HCB (now Feronia) is a large-scale commercial farmland
Miner of the Huanchaca Mining Company of Bolivia. Date: circa 1904
Dakar, Senegal - Woman of the Lebou TribeDakar, Senegal - a woman of the Lebou (LeOu) dressed for a Festival. The Lebou are an ethnic group from Senegal, West Africa, living on the peninsula of Cap-Vert. Date: circa 1903
Brunnen, Switzerland on Lake LucerneThe Kleine Scheidegg (Small Scheidegg) mountain and the Jungfrau Mountain - Swiss Alps, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s
Wedding of Lord Louis Mountbatten and Miss Edwina Ashley leaving St Margarets Church, Westminster, London on 18th July 1822. Date: 1922
Boxer Rebllion, China - German Troops at Battle of Tientsin, July 13th 14th, 1900. A multinational military force, representing the Eight-Nation Alliance
1930s Semi-detached House in winter. The two youngest occupants of the house are pictured in the foreground. Picture taken in the early 1950s. Date: early 1950s
Lionel, The Lion-faced Man - Very Hairy ManStephan Bibrowski ), better known as Lionel the Lion-faced Man, was a famous sideshow performer. His whole body was covered with long hair that gave him the appearance of a lion; this was likely due
Shimla, India - Mall and Kennedy House under snowShimla, Himachal Pradesh, India - Mall and Kennedy House under snow. Date: circa 1910s
View from Lodwick Point, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India. Mahabaleshwar is a city and a municipal council in the Satara district located in the Western Ghats range. Date: circa 1910s
The Elephant Tower at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe Elephant Tower (Hira/Hiran Minar) at Fatehpur Sikri, a city and municipal board in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh, India
Madurai - Meenakshi Amman Hindu Temple, Tamil Nadu, IndiaMeenakshi Amman Temple, a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of river Vaigai at Madurai, the administrative headquarters of Madurai District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu
Indigo Factory at Sultanganj, Bihar, IndiaIndigo (a natural dye extracted from plants) Factory at Sultanganj, a city and a notified area in Bhagalpur district in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the south bank of Ganga river
Bridge across the River Indus at Attock, PakistanFortified Northwestern Railway Bridge across the River Indus built in 1880 at Attock (formerly Campbellpur), a city located in the northern border of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Date: circa 1910s
Miss Ethel Warwick - British Stage ActressEthel Maud Warwick (1880-1951) - born in Hendon, Middlesex, England, she was married to actor Edmund Waller. In addition to being a star of musical comedies, Miss Warwick was an accomplished painter
Half Pierrot costumeA gentleman in (most of) a Pierrot costume, although he seems to feel that his Mothers bathcap would be suitable headgear to accompany the voluminous check trouser suit... Date: circa 1920s
Tall blonde with pink nightdress and stockingsStep-in High! A tall blonde girl in profile, with long long legs and stockings and a sheer pink nightdress -she stands in front of some fine floral wallpaper. Date: early 1940s
Pretty girl caught getting dressedCaught " Una-wears" - a curly-haired lovely is shocked to be discovered whilst getting dressed into a tiny sheer green undergarment. Date: early 1940s
The Scala di Spagna (Spanish Steps), Rome, Italy Date: 1906
Tour des Marques - Chateau at Chenonceau, FranceThe Chateau de Chenonceau is a French chateau near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire departement of the Loire Valley in France
With the British heavy guns on the Western Front, MataniaA British heavy howitzer in action on the Western Front against an opposing German position. The shot has just been fired and Matanias drawing (done from official material supplied)
Arrival of Bulgarian Peace Envoy, 1918 by MataniaA Belgian peace envoy, having arrived in a car flying a white flag, salutes General Franchet d Espery at the British headquarters at Salonika to negotiate peace terms on 29 September 1918. Date: 1919
Canadas part in the Somme advance, Matania, WW1Canadas part in the Somme advance - a brilliant affair at Courcelette. The capture of the sugar refinery at Courcelette by the Canadians on 15 September 1916
Germans surrendering, Western Front by Matania, WW1Surrendered German being marshalled by British soldiers following the defeat of their counter-attack at Trones Wood. The incident depicted took place near an advanced trench in the British line
An Interlude, by Fortunino MataniaIn a shell damaged French chateau, tired Allied officers rest pensively, listening to a British officer playing a piano and a French officer singing Date: 1917
Italian soldiers on the Isonzo FrontItalian soldiers charge and capture a position on the Isonzo Front, the scene of battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies between June 1915 and November 1917
Well, Heres Luck! - British trench sceneIn a British dug-out, soldiers raise their glasses and wish themselves luck for the coming battle. Date: 1917