Images Dated 28th September 2020

Nablus (Naplouse) with Mount Gerizim, Palestine
Panoramic view of Nablus (Naplouse) with Mount Gerizim, Palestine. circa 1909

The Grand Hotel - Khartoum, Sudan. circa 1920s

Mary Lepell, later Lady Hervey, courtier to King George I
Mary Lepell (1700-1768), courtier to King George I, a famous beauty and conversationalist. Married John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in 1720. Miss Lepel afterwards Lady Hervey

First Nation warriors of northwestern territories - Canada
A superb photograph of two First Nation warriors of an indigenous tribe of the northwestern territories - Canada. circa 1900s

The Hejaz Railway at Zabadani, Damascus, Syria. circa 1910s

Royal Aircraft Factory S. E. 2
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2 (Scouting Experimental 2) with Geoffrey de Havilland at the controls

No. 2 Squadron, Canadian Air Force
Canadian Air Force - The assembled men and machines of No. 2 Squadron Canadian Air Force (1918-1920), probably at Shoreham aerodrome (or, less likely, Upper Heyford)

Blackburn YA. 1 Firecrest RT651
Blackburn YA.1 Firecrest RT651 at the 1947 SBAC Radlett air-show, parked next to the first prototype Boulton Paul Balliol VL892

United States Coast Guard - Lockheed SC-130B Hercules 1342
United States Coast Guard - Lockheed SC-130B-LM Hercules number: (USCG)1342 (msn 282-3548) at USCG station Barbers Point, Hawaii

Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO
Gloster Meteor Mk.8 - Mk.7 combination (ex GAF) G-ANSO, at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough air-show

Henry Harry Woodward, English actor, comedian and pantomimist
Henry Harry Woodward (1714-1777), English actor, comedian and pantomimist, famous for his role as Bobadil in Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour

Katherine Villiers, Marchioness of Buckingham (d. 1649), 17th century aristocrat. Married George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, in 1620, and Sir Randal MacDonnell, Marquess of Antrim, in 1635

Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1753-1821), British Lady of the Bedchamber, famous mistress of King George IV when he was Prince of Wales, and Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle

Carolina Matilda, Princess of Great Britain
Carolina Matilda, Sister of King George III, Princess of Great Britain, Queen of Denmark and Norway, 1751-1775. Married at age 15 to King Christian VII of Denmark and Norway

Lady Isabel Lister, second wife of Sir Richard Lyster, Lord Chie
Portrait of an unknown woman in gable hood with lappets and veil pinned up to one side from the court of King Henry VIII

Dorothy Pentreath, last Cornish language speaker, 18th century
Dorothy Dolly Pentreath of Mousehole in Cornwall (d. 1777), formerly Dorothy Jeffery, the last person who could converse in the Cornish language

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Her Royal Highness Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1719-1772), Princess of Wales and later Dowager Princess of Wales, mother of King George III

Lady Augusta Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of A
Lady Augusta Campbell (1760 - 1831), daughter of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, wife of notorious gambler Colonel Henry Mordaunt Clavering

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1719-1772), Princess of Wales and later Dowager Princess of Wales, mother of King George III

Susanna Centlivre (1667-1723), English dramatic writer and actre
Susanna Centlivre (1667-1723), English dramatic writer, poet and actress. Twice widowed at a young age, she started writing comedies and farces for the stage to support herself

Lady Catherine Rebecca Manners, Irish poet and critic
Lady Catherine Rebecca Manners (1766-1852), Irish poet and critic, daughter of Francis Gray, and wife of Sir William Manners Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower, Baronet of Hanby Hall

Thomas Shadwell (1642-1692), poet laureate and Restoriation dram
Thomas Shadwell (1642-1692), poet laureate and historiographer to their majesties King William and Queen Mary, at age 55

English Electric Canberra PR. 7 - PR. 9 prototype WH793
English Electric Canberra PR.7 (PR.9 prototype) WH793, at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. A brand new PR.7 taken from the production line and converted by D. Napier and Sons Ltd

United States Navy - North American RA-5C Vigilante 156608 NK601 RVAH-13 (RVAH - heavy aircraft reconnaissance squadron) in the early 1970s Date: 1972

Boeing 377-10 Stratocruiser HC-AGA - ex N1040V
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser HC-AGA (msn 15940) of Linea Internacional Aerea de Ecuador (LIA), named Princess Everatta Maria, at Quito International aiport

Water Gate - where Tipu Sultan fell - Siege of Seringapatam
Sally Port where Tipu Sultan fell during the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799 - Srirangapatna (also spelled Shrirangapattana) - known as Seringapatam whilst India was under British rule

Curtiss Wind Wagon - Glenn Curtiss and Thomas Scott Baldwin
Glenn Curtiss sat in one of his Wind Wagons with Thomas Scott Baldwin. Curtiss wind wgons and ice-boats were used by Thomas Scott Baldwin ( Captain Baldwin, no relation to the A.E.A.s F. W)

Curtiss Wind Wagon with Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss sat in one of his Wind Wagons, used by Thomas Scott Baldwin ( Captain Baldwin, no relation to the A.E.A.s F. W)

Armstrong Siddeley Lynx 7-cylinder radial engine, rear view Date: 1920s

Handley Page HP. 80 Victor 2nd prototype WB775
Handley Page HP.80 Victor 2nd prototype WB775 (msn HP80-02), landing after a display at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. Date: 1955

Iowa Air National Guard - Northrop F-89J Scorpion O-32662
Iowa Air National Guard - Northrop F-89J Scorpion 53-(O-3)2662 (O for obsolete, not a number), of the 124th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

Nakajima C6N Saiun (Iridescent Cloud) (Allied codename Jill), carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II At Freeman Field Arizona

United States Navy - North American PBJ-1 Mitchell 35857 NAMU JOHNSVILLE PA of the Naval Air Maintenance Unit at Naval Air Station Johnstown PA

Rausch Star 250 N8186H. The Star 250, 12-seat ttricyce undercarriage conversion of Beech TC-45G N8186H. Date: circa 1960

United States Navy - Martin P5M-1 Marlin 127718 (unit code LM, call-sign 8) with VP-44, based at Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia

United States Air Force - Northrop F-89H Scorpion 54-0298
United States Air Force - Northrop F-89H-1-NO Scorpion 54-0298

de Havilland DH. 110 WG240 2nd prototype
de Havilland DH.110 WG240 2nd prototype at the 1952 SBAC Farnborough air-show, (1-7 September)

United States Air Force - Convair B-36D Peacemaker 44-92065
United States Air Force - Convair B-36D-45-CF Featherweight Configuration II Peacemaker (msn 62), of the 326th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Wing, from Fairchild AFB, Spokane, WA

de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito B Mk. 35
Ex Royal Air Force - de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk.35 TH988 at the de Havilland factory airfield at Hatfield in a static display

Fowler Ploughing Engine team
Unidentified Fowler Ploughing Engine team. Ploughing engines worked as pairs and were usually consecutive build numbers and registration numbers. Date: 1959

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller KR 478
Aveling & Porter Steam Roller KR478 Dick Turpin of Barnes Bros. Aveling at Westbury, Wiltshire

Royal Navy - de Havilland DH. 82 Queen Bee K8671
Royal Navy - de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee K8671 (msn 5204), being recovered by cruiser HMS Newcastle after a live-fire anti-aircraft gunnery practice

RAF - English Electric - Shorts Canberra PR. 9 XH131
Royal Air Force - English Electric- Shorts Canberra PR.9 XH131 AF of No.39 Squadron at RAF Marham. Date: circa 1993

Royal Air Force - Panavia Tornado GR. 1 ZD748
Royal Air Force - Panavia Tornado GR.1 ZD748 AK, of No.9 Squadron flying over the ranges near Las Vegas, at A Red Flag exercise. Date: 1980s-1990s

Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K. 2 XH561
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K.2 XH561 of No.50 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath for an air display

Plaza Hotel and Heckscher Building - Fifth Avenue, New York. 1923

Betaween Avenue, Baghdad, Iraq
Betaween (Battaween) Avenue, Baghdad, Iraq. circa 1950s

Eisenstadt, Austria - Esterhazy Palace (Schloss Esterhazy). Constructed in the late 13th century, and came under ownership of the Hungarian Esterhazy family in 1622

Public Library, Tooting, London. 1906

The Kitchener Memorial School of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan. circa 1920s

Edward VII lying-in-state
A very brief illness ended the life of Edward VII, who passed away on 6 May 1910, at the age of 69

An early 1910s racing car Date: circa 1912

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy of the United States Air Force (USAF) - registration: 70-0449. Date: mid 1970s

Royal Aircraft Factory R. E. 5
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5. The 5th or 6th R.E.5 with the extended upper main-planes. Date: circa 1914

Gustave Whitehead Albatros aircraft during its construction. Date: circa 1900

Curtiss XP-55 Ascender 42-78847
Curtiss XP-55 Ascender 3rd prototype. Experimental swept wing-canard interceptor. Stability and control problems were never fully resolved. Date: circa 1970

Curtiss Model L-2
One of three Curtiss Model L-2 (aka Model 9) floatplanes, taxiing on water. Date: 1965

Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 1 Red Wing
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No.1 - Red Wing, seen on skids at the time of its first flight a frozen lake

Curtiss Beachy Tractor biplane. Lincoln Beachey, a reknowned American display and aerobatic pilot worked for Curtiss until 1911 and required a new aircraft to carry on with his own air-show flying

USAF - North American F-86E-10-NA Sabre 51-2724
United States Air Force - North American F-86E-10-NA Sabre 51-2724 of the Air Force Flight Test Centre (AFFTC) at Edwards Air Force Base (AFFTC number: 4). Date: 1952

United States Army Air Corps - USaC - Curtiss P-40
United States Army Air Corps (USaC) - Curtiss P-40 (Model 81). The first production standard, delivered with the stars and stripes on both wings, unusually

Curtiss XA-8 30-387. First flown in June 1931 and scrapped in March 1937. Date: 1931

United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts

French airship Capitaine Marchal gondola
The gondola of French airship Capitaine Marchal, built by Lebaudy Freres andnamed in honour of the deceased commander of La Republique, which had crashed in 1909. Date: circa 1910

USN - Richmond Naval Air Station after Hurricane Nine - 1945
United States Navy - Richmond Naval Air Station (Richmond NAS), just west of Miami, showing the destroyed, huge

Charles W. Wald, an early student pilot of the Wright Brothers flying school. Date: circa 1910

His Majestys Airship R34

XNBL-1 AS64215 main undercarriage bungee shock absorber
Main undercarriage unit bungee shock absorber of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303)

Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215 forward fuselage
Forward fuselage of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303)

Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303), during manufacture at Witteman-Lewis Co

Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215 main undercarriage
Main undercarriage unit of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303), during manufacture at Witteman-Lewis Co

United States Navy - Atlantic Fleet in harbour, including the Illinois-class battleships USS Alabama and USS Illinois, distinctive for having side-by side funnels

Nixon Special biplane single-seater, built by John F Nixon, of Philadelphia PA

Cox-Klemin CK-1
Designed by Prof. Alexander Klemin, the Cox-Klemin CK-1 amphibian was built for Mr. Casper Peter Mayer of Bridgeville, Pa. but never delivered and believed not to have flown

Mystery flying boat Mayer
Mystery flying boat - Mayer. Date: circa 1920s

Luftstreitskrafte - Junkers CL. I. 1802 - 18
Luftstreitskrafte - Junkers CL.I.1802-18, 1st prototype. Given the company designation Junkers J 10, forty-seven production aircraft were delivered by the armistice in November 1918. Date: 1918

Tri-Axial, pioneer helicopter. Date: circa 1915

Swiss Army Fliegerabteilung Nieuport 28 690. The Fligerabteilung operated 25 surplus Nieuport 28 fighters, acquired after World War One, until the mid 1930s. Date: 1935

Gloster Meteor F Mk. 4 RA435
Gloster Meteor F Mk.4 RA435, bailed to Rolls-Royce at Hucknall and fitted with afterburners on its Derwent engines. Date: circa 1935

Mystery aircraft Date: circa 1915

Foster-Wickno Warferry DR613
Foster-Wickno GM.1 Warferry DR613

English Electric Canberra B. 2 Sapphire-Canberra WD933
English Electric Canberra B.2 Sapphire-Canberra WD933 (msn EE-012), at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show

Royal Aircraft Factory RE. 8 prototype 7996
Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 prototype 7996; first flown on 17 June 1916, piloted by Frank Gooden and closely followed by the second prototype 7997 on 5 July 1916. Date: 1916

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

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