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Using a sewing machine to attach a lacy edging. Date: circa 1940
Sewing items, including needles, pins, scissors and threadSewing items: needles, pins, scissors, thread, chalk, thimble and tape measure. Date: circa 1940
British troops evacuating from Dunkirk, WW2British troops evacuating from Dunkirk, with the help of every available vessel, including hundreds of small craft manned by civilian volunteers. Date: 1940
Trading with natives in New Zealand. Date: 1840s
Prince George, later Duke of Kent by Cyril RobertsHRH Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902 - 1942), fourth son of George V and Queen Mary. Despite a military education, he became the first member of the Royal family to work for the Civil Service
James Watt, Scottish engineer, at work on the steam engine. Date: circa 1760s
Departure of the Mayflower from Plymouth with 102 men, women and children on board, to seek religious liberty in the New World. Date: 1620
King Henry VII, the first of the Tudors - seen here granting a charter to John Cabot to sail in search of new lands. Date: circa 1497
Queen Elizabeth I detecting the Babington conspiracy, with her Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, standing at her side. Date: 1586
William Tyndale translating the Bible into English from Hebrew and Greek texts. Date: circa 1520s
Coronation of King Henry VI of England as a boy of eight. He succeeded to the throne when he was less than one year old. He was also, for a time, the disputed King of France. Date: 1429
Primitive cannons used at Battle of Crecy, FrancePrimitive cannons (known as bombards) used by the English army at the Battle of Crecy, France, though bows and arrows were the primary weapon. Date: 1346
King Richard II and Princess Isabella of ValoisKing Richard II of England and Princess Isabella of Valois, his second wife whom he married in 1396. Date: circa 1396
Arrest of Roger Mortimer in Nottingham CastleArrest of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, in Nottingham Castle, following the murder of King Edward II (in 1327) and Mortimers subsequent relationship with Queen Isabella during which they jointly
Venerable Bede finishing his translation of St Johns Gospel into Anglo-Saxon, not long before he died. Date: 735
Sylvia Raven-Hill, daughter of the Punch artist Leonard Raven-Hill and his wife Annie. The portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News in February 1912 when Sylvia was appearing on stage at
Advert for Dunvilles - Crowned King of Irish Whiskies 1924Advertisement for Dunvilles - the " Crowned King of Irish Whiskies". Dunville & Co. Ltd. - Royal Irish Distilleries, Belfast. 1924
America - Riots in Boston between Soldiers and Rope Makers Date: 1770
Advert for Gordon & Dilworths Tomato Catsup 1897Appetising! Disestive! Delicious! Gordon & Dilworths Tomato Catsup, made from tomatoes. Date: 1897
Mountjoy Prison 1866Interior of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, where the fenians are confined. Date: 1866
Peabody Square, Westminster 1869Peabody Square, Westminster, for the dwellings of the poor. Date: 1869
Aldersgate Station 1866Aldersgate Street station, one of the original stations of the first Metropolitan Railway. Date: 1866
Cowcross-street station 1866The new station of the Metropolitan railway, Cowcross-street Farringdon Road. Date: 1866
Bishopsgate police station 1866Station and infirmary for the city police, Bishopsgate Street. Date: 1866
Peabody Square, Islington 1866Dwellings for the poor and working-classes, Peabody Square, Shadwell, London. Healthy and comfortable housing for working-class families
Crewe Steelworks 1866Visit of the Prince of Wales to Crewe Steelworks, in Cheshire. Date: 1866
Floods at Windsor 1869Extraordinary quantity of rain that fell in Britain in three weeks, causing flooding of many rivers. People being rescued from their homes in a flood in Windsor. Date: January 1869
Paris coiffures for May 1866A selection of womens headdresses. Date: May 1866
Mont Cenis tunnel 1869Workers in the second and third galleries, to make the railway tunnel linking southeast France and northwest Italy. Date: 1869
SNOWY LONDON 1979Winter snow in central London, with the Post Office Tower in the distance. Date: 1979
Water Spaniel DogTwo dogs, one standing and one running - the latter a copy of the engraving of 1822 in Taplans Sportmans Cabinet Date: circa 1900
Thomas Hughes (1822 - 1896), English lawyer, MP and writer, best known as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857) Date: 1866
A POACHER IS CAUGHTA country lad has been caught poaching a hare, and now he is brought before the owner of the estate Date: circa 1830
Bohemian Club (of San Francisco) - Bohemian GroveBohemian Club (of San Francisco) Bohemian Grove Open-air Theatre - log benches and awnings. Every year, the club hosts a two-week-long (three weekends) camp at Bohemian Grove
Marys Arithmetic Dream -- Mary hates arithmetic, but then she has a dream which changes her mind about it. (7 of 8) Date: 1950s
Marys Arithmetic Dream -- Mary hates arithmetic, but then she has a dream which changes her mind about it. (8 of 8) Date: 1950s
Marys Arithmetic Dream -- Mary hates arithmetic, but then she has a dream which changes her mind about it. (6 of 8) Date: 1950s
Marys Arithmetic Dream -- Mary hates arithmetic, but then she has a dream which changes her mind about it. (5 of 8) Date: 1950s
Marys Arithmetic Dream -- Mary hates arithmetic, but then she has a dream which changes her mind about it. (4 of 8) Date: 1950s
Marys Arithmetic Dream -- Mary hates arithmetic, but then she has a dream which changes her mind about it. (3 of 8) Date: 1950s
Marys Arithmetic Dream -- Mary hates arithmetic, but then she has a dream which changes her mind about it. (1 of 8) Date: 1950s
Gwen FarrarGwendoline " Gwen" Farrar (1899 - 1944), English duettist, cellist, singer, actress and comedian. Pictured in The Tatler in July 1926 at the time she was appearing at the London Coliseum
Boring machine used in the Mont Cenis tunnel 1869Workers using a boring machine in the second working gallery invented by M. Sommeiller, to make the railway tunnel linking southeast France and northwest Italy. Date: 1869
SNOWY LONDON 1979Winter snow in central London, (Rathbone Street). Date: 1979
JAMES WILLIAM WALLACK Actor Date: 1791? - 1864