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First female to speak in the House of CommonsMargaret Travers Symons (1879 - after 1951), suffragette, the first woman to speak in the House of Commons, who made her way in after running past policeman, Mr Idris into the chamber
Excavating tube railway 1903Under construction, workers in the shield, Great Northern and City Railway. 1903
Two women preparing for show at Windmill Theatre 1939Two women in tin helmets photographed as they prepare for a show at the Windmill Theatre. The Windmill Theatre, which today uses the motto " we never closed"
Mademoiselle Chauvin the first female barrister 1901Mademoiselle Chauvin, the first female barrister, illustrated as she is sworn in at the French Bar. The Sphere describes the mixed reaction to Mdlle Chauvins right to practise
The Treaty of VersaillesThe terms of the Versailles treaty are equivalent to sending Germany to the guillotine. The three figures depicted in black are Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George Date: 1919
ISRAEL DEAD SEAA medieval depiction of the Dead Sea. 15th century
Red rock cod and red handfishRed rock cod, Scorpaena papillosa and red handfish, Thymichthys politus (ruby fish, Scorpoena cruenta, and tortoiseshell fish, Cheironectes politus)
Seadragon and striped cowfishCommon seadragon or weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus and striped cowfish, Aracana aurita. (Superb dragon, Phyllopteryx foliatus, and ostracian)
John Dory, magpie perch, silver fish and butterfly lobsterJohn Dory, Zeus faber, magpie perch, Cheilodactylus nigripes, migratory silver fish, and butterfly lobster, Ibacus peronii
Emu and young, Dromaius novaehollandiaeEmu and young chicks, Dromaius novaehollandiae. Lithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred and Finned, Marcus Ward, London
Turqoise berry and Aristotelia peduncularisTurquoise berry, Drymophila cyanocarpa, and red, white & black, Aristotelia peduncularis. Moth butterfly, Liphyra brassolis
Native fuchsia, lilac and pepperNative fuchsia, Correa speciosa, native lilac, Tetratheca glandulosa, native pepper, Tasmannia aromatica with green mantis, Mantis religiosa var
Margin-winged stick insect and red epacrisMargin-winged stick insect, Ctenomorpha chronus, and red epacris, Epacris impressa. (Walking stick mantis, Phasma sp.) Chromolithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book
Copperleaf snowberry and purple apple-berryCopperleaf snowberry, Gaultheria hispida, and purple berry, Billardiera longiflora. With emerald king butterfly, Papilio palinurus
Common stargazer and longsnout boarfishCommon stargazer, Kathetostoma laeve, and longsnout boarfish, Pentaceropsis recurvirostris. (Catfish, Kathethostoma loeve, and pig-faced lady)
Man shows identity papers to gendarmes, September 1939Man suspected of being a foreigner presents his papers of identity to two paramilitary police officers for inspection in Paris, shortly after the outbreak of war. Date: 1939
Three men at the cinema with their gas masks, September 1939Three men queuing for the cinema with their gas masks, next to a sign informing cinema-goers that an announcement will be made from the stage if an air raid occurs
Women kayaking in northern France 1904Two women in a kayak being helped by a male instructor at Olonne in the Vendee, France. 1904
Cornelia Sorabji in her graduation hat, after becoming the first female to graduate from university in Western India. 1888
Advert for L. N. E. R - When Beauty Travels 1928When Beauty Travels, advert for L.N.E.R. Beauty need now have no qualms about undertaking long-distance travel, at any rate, not on the L.N.E.R. Flying Scotsman. 1928 advertisement 1928
First professional female chauffeur 1909Sheila O Neill, the first professional female chauffeur in London, photographed in her car, with a medical accident emergency case on the seat next to her that reads " Miss Sheilah O
Female Parisian barristers 1910Twelve individual photographs of female Parisian barristers, with the Palais de Justice in the background. The caption comments on how the new admissions to the Paris Bar has resulted in a ratio of
Female bus conductor in full uniform stepping out of her bus on a snowy London street. circa 1916
Janet Hogarth at Encyclopedia Britannica dinner 1910Janet Hogarth speaking at an Encyclopedia Britannica dinner held to celebrate the contribution of women to the recent completion of the eleventh edition
Christabel Pankhurst (1880 - 1958), British suffragette, in Montmartre, Paris, after being forced to leave London for fear of arrest
Mother searching for her belongings in debris 1939Mother searching for her belongings as her children watch in the debris of her home in Warsaw, having been hit in a German air raid in the first few weeks of the German invasion of Poland. Date: 1939
Aftermath of an incendiary bomb in Poland 1939Polish civilians as they deal with a fire caused by an incendiary bomb in Poland. The Sphere contextualises the man on the left; describing him as a butcher whose daughter had been injured in an
Entrance to the Clerkenwell tunnel from Farringdon Street, London, on the Metropolitan line, Great Northern Railway. 1860s
New tunnel under the Seine 1905Night staff work on the new tunnel extension under the River Seine. Date: 1905
Womens deputation over the rights to vote 1905Six thousands women procession in London, to the Prime Minster Balfour, over the womens rights to vote. Date: November 1905
Construction of Barlows Tower Tunnel under the Thames 1869Construction of Barlows Tower Tunnel under the Thames, advance shield. Date: 1869
Boring machine used in the Hoosac tunnel 1869Workers using a primitive boring machine to make the tunnel, lying between Switzerland and Italy, being thirty-six miles long and about twenty-five feet broad
POST PARRISH 6At Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Ethel Post Parrish materialises the spirit of Silver Belle picture 6 of 7 Date: 1953
POST PARRISH 5At Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Ethel Post Parrish materialises the spirit of Silver Belle picture 5 of 7 Date: 1953
Boring machine used in the Mont Cenis tunnel 1869Workers using a boring machine invented by M. Sommeiller, to make the railway tunnel linking southeast France and northwest Italy. Date: 1869
Christabel Pankhurst self-exiled in Paris 1912Christabel Pankhurst (1880 - 1958), British suffragette, looking in the window of a jewellers shop in Montmartre, Paris, having left London for fear of arrest
