Images Dated 13th June 2016

Daphne du Maurier and daughters at Menabilly, 1944

Author and playwright Daphne du Maurier(1907-1989) giving her daughter Tessa practical instruction at the piano at her Cornish home Menabilly in 1944. Flavia, her other daughter, is pictured perched near the window, studying music theory. Date: 1944

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Statues in Muzeon Sculpture Park, Moscow, Russia

Two women view statues in the Muzeon Sculpture Park, Moscow, Russia. In the centre is a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), Polish-Russian agitator and head of the secret police. The statue on the right, lying on its side, appears to be of Josef Stalin.
circa 1968

© The Japics Historic Photography Collection/Mary Evans

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Hammer and Sickle statue, Moscow, Russia

Symbolic statue of a couple holding the symbolic Hammer and Sickle, silhouetted against a clouded sky in Moscow, Russia.
circa 1968

© The Japics Historic Photography Collection/Mary Evans

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