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Marshall aid

October 1948: A shipment of flour on its way to Austria from New York; tags read 'For European Recovery supplied by the U.S.A', as part of the Marshall Plan.

Victorian illustration of the Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane, London, a coaching Inn. Royal Mail coaches, Post Coaches, general coach office, transport, postal history,

Steam Boiler 1875 1870's Old Antique Print Victorian Illustration 19th Century Power Industry Industrial Machinery Heavy Machine Pumping Heat Generation

Marine; Reptile; Natural; History; Herpetology; Food

Green (Edible) Turtle - Chelonia mydas - coming ashore to lay their eggs and being caught and turned over by sailors. Turtle meat greatly prized . Wood engraving c1900.

Korea

Kim Il-sung 1912 ? 1994) Korean communist, and politician who led North Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death. During his tenure as leader of North Korea, he ruled the nation with autocratic power and established an all-pervasive cult of personality. leader of North Korea

Florida, Miami Beach, Atlantic Ocean, shore, surf, waves, man, father, boy, son, bathing suit, holding hands,

girl; toddler; mono; black and white; monochrome; portrait; landscape; horizontal; face; sleepy; drowsy; quiet; calm; thoughtful; cheek; sad; worried; child; infant; beauty; attractive, beautiful, beauty, candid, cheek, child, childhood, expression, eye, eyelash, eyes, face, female, girl, healthy, human, kid, little, nose, people, person, portrait, pretty, sadness, skin, sorrow, sweet, young

sea-glass; glass pebbles; glass stones; pebbles; erosion; sea shore; man made; rough stones; light and shade; shadows; black and white; mermaids tears; washed up; sea; shore line; beach; wave action; transformation

Sea glass; is glass that has been shaped by the action of the sea, into glass pebbles. In some parts of the worlds, its called mermaids tears when found on the beach.

France; Germany; Soldier; Cavalry

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Occupation of Paris by German forces - an Uhlan at the Arc de Triomphe. Wood engraving, 11 March 1871

Print; Halftone

Ball at the Arsenal during the visit of the Russian Mediterranean Fleet to the French naval port of Toulon. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 21 October 1893. France, Russia, Friendship, Alliance, Diplomacy, Dancing

Entertainment; Theatre; Drama; Shakespeare; English; Literature; Magician; Sorcerer

Prospero, holding his daughter Miranda, regards Caliban, a savage, deformed, sub-human creature, whom he has enslaved. Illustration by John Gilbert (1817-1897) for The Tempest for edition of Shakespeare's Works published 1856-1858. Play first performed c1611. Engraving.

history

Alfred Austin (1835-1913) British poet laureate from 1896. Austin at home at Swinford Old Manor, Ashford, Kent, c1903

Germany; Currency; Devaluation

Hyperinflation of German currency, 1923. The depreciation in value of money made paper notes so worthless that children used them as building blocks.

schnauzer, miniature, dog, pet, canine, adult, female, cute, furry, face,

miniature schnauzer

thornham; creek; harbour; quay; north; Norfolk; coast; east; Anglia; England; great; Britain; travel; holiday; vacation; calm; tranquil; boat; fish; decay; wood; grass; sea; desolate; isolation; peace; LANDSCAPE; coastal; rural fishing; desolate; cool; cold; storm; clouds; peace; quiet; still; alone; barren; tidal; coastal; rural; beauty; space; stark; solitary; lonely; desolate; isolated; remote; deserted smuggling; atmospheric; moody; isolate; alone; abandon; deserted; marsh; fen; saltmarsh; river; bank; obsolete; eerie; wooden; 48MB+; Hi-resolution tiff available.;

Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Lester B. Pearson International Airport, YYZ, aviation, gate, company, US carrier, American Airlines, aircraft, tarmac, ground crew, window view, Black, man, job, rainy, wet pavement,

America; USA; Peace

General US Grant (left) negotiating terms with General John Clifford Pemberton (1814-1881) Confederate (southern) commander for surrender of Vicksburg. American Civil War 1861-1865. Engraving.

Scientist

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-88) French naturalist, 1761. Author of 44 volume Histoire Naturelle 1749-1767. Lithograph, (Paris, c1830).

Louisiana, New Orleans, downtown, Canal Street, Festival of India, Rath Yatra, Hare Krishna, Hinduism, Eastern religion, festival, parade float, procession, Asian, woman, girl, mother, daughter, man, traditional dress, sari, chariot,

Photograph

The Emperor's Grand Master of Horse passing through the main street of Seoul (looking west), Korea, 1904. One of a pair of stereoscope cards.

Religion; Christian; Sect; Protestant

Shakers: Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearance. Shakers dancing at Meeting, holding hands palms upwards to catch God's grace and blessing. Men and women dancing separately; Mount Lebanon Community, Lebanon Springs, New York State, USA. Wood engraving 1870

Shiatsu, acupressure, massage, pressure points, Caucasian, practitioner, white, male, senior, hands, female, foot, relaxation, Alternative Health, Alternative Therapy, Natural Health Clinic, United Kingdom, U.K., G.B., Great Britain, Cardiff; traditional, Japanese healing art, relaxing experience, relieve stress, finger pressure, complementary therapy, alternative therapy, promote health, IPSV3616, IPSV1534, IPSV3643, IPSV3647, IPSV3644, IPSV3646, IPSV1520, mono chrome, black and white,

1870's 19th Century Antique Old Print Victorian Illustration Agriculture Farming Implements Agricultural Ploughs Ploughing Horse Drawn Pulled TYpes Kentish Turn Wrest Old Norfolk Rotheram Paring Somerville's Double Farming Tilling Soil

Cromer Pier, iconic, theatre, sea, beach, lifeboat RNLI, strolling, winter, entertainment, Victorian, holidays, traditional WHOBNW

1870's 19th Century Antique Old Print Victorian Illustration Agriculture Farming Implements Agricultural Ploughs Ploughing Farming Tilling Soil Horse Drawn Pulled Improved Norfolk Industry Work Labour Fittings

Florida, Miami, Little Haiti, Caribbean Market Place Carnival, marketplace, community event, Black, girl, teen, photographer, camera, taking picture,

World War II; Photograph

Herbert Stanley Morrison (1888-1965) British Labour politician. In 1940 appointed Minister of Supply in Churchill's wartime cabinet, Home Secretary October 1940-1945, standing by his poster urging people to work at war speed.

Victorian; 1843; Marriage; wedding presents; gifts; China; T. Allom; Chinese history; rowing boat; Chinese interior;

Arrival of Marriage Presents at the Bridal Residence - engraving after a drawing by T. Allom.

World War II; Photograph

Pierre Etienne Flandin (1889-1958) French conservative politician and leader of the Democratic Republican Alliance (ARD), Prime Minister 1934-1935, 1940-1941. Foreign Minister in Vichy government December 1940-January 1941.

France; Germany; Armament; Field; Gun

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Prussian guns trained on besieged city of Paris, January 1871. Wood engraving c1880.

Dandelion; Dandelion Clocks; seed head; Seeds; Spring; Botanical; Macro; Sunlit; Flowers; Weeds; Wildflower; Stockport; Cheshire; England; UK; GB

Dandelion seed heads in Springtime.

Britain; Civil; Engineering; Transport; Rail; Manufacture; Metal

Forth Railway Bridge from South-East, c1890, Scotland. The partly built bridge viewed from the West, October 1888.This bridge, built for the North British Railway Company, was begun in 1882 and opened on 4 March 1890. Benjamin Baker (1840-1907) the engineer. William Arrol (1839-1913) the principal contractor. The steel for the girders was produced the by the Siemens-Martin process. Photograph.

French; Revolutionary; Wars

Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800. French forces under Napoleon defeated Austrians. Engraving

Music

Gustav Mahler 1860 ? 1911) late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century.

Scientist; Astronomy

Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793) French astronomer and politician. President of National Assembly Mayor of Paris 1789-90. Guillotined in French Revolution. Copperplate engraving.

pigeon, bird, snow, winter, feathers, cold, railing, fence, ornithology, colombidae, claws, park

America; USA

Don Carlos Buell (1818-1898) Unionist (northern) general in American Civil War 1861-1865

Austrian Express Steam Locomotive 1876 1870's Old Antique Print Victorian Illustration Europe European Railways Industry Industrial Machine Machinery Six Wheeled Boiler Coal Fired Engineering History

Heron overlooking Lake Eola, in Orlando. Fl.USA

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, Art Deco Weekend, festival, event, sports cars, collectible cars display, man, father, stroller, children, daughter, baby, dog, pet, leash, poodle,

Britain; England; Transport; Railroad; Power; Steam; Industrial; Revolution

George Stephenson's locomotive 'Rocket' winning the competition at Rainhill Bridge, near Manchester, England, for the engine to be used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway: 14 October 1829. Flanged wheels Wood engraving 1898

Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand, Mount Cook National Park, landscape, Black & White, B & W

Britain; Scotland; Civil; Engineering; Failure; Trasnport; Rail; Accident

Tay Bridge disaster 28 December 1879. Wreckage on the beach at Broughty Ferry. Engraving from The Illustrated London News, 1879.

American history

The (Wall Street) stock market crash 1929 depicted in a newspaper of the period

Royalty; Austrian; Mexican; Crime; Regicide; Politics; Central; America; Spanish; America; 19th century; Nineteenth century

Execution of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico with his generals Miguel Miramon and Tomas Mejia by firing squad, 19 June 1867. Maximilian (1832-1967) was born Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph of Austria and was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on 10 April 1864 with the backing of Napoleon III of France. Few foreign government recognised his regime, which was also the case with Mexican liberals. The ensuing conflict ended with the Emperor's execution. Photograph.

1870's Old Antique Print Victorian 19th Century History Industry Industrial Machine Machinery Working Steam Locomotive, Front Cross Section Engine Boiler Valves Pumps Railways Transport Engineering

Photograph

World War I 1914-1918: Wounded German soldiers on stretchers in a motorised ambulance painted with the Red Cross, Eatern Front, 1915. Military, Army, Medicine, Casualty, Automobile

1870's Old Antique Print Victorian 19th Century History Industry Industrial Machinery Machine Sugar Production 1870's Manufacture Non-Condensing Steam Engine Powered Sugar Cane Crushing Mill Vacuum Pan Boiling

World War I; Photograph

Sudanese infantry, French colonial forces, c1914.

Naval; Battle; Ship

American Civil War: Engagement between the Confederate ironclad 'Merrimac' (also called 'Virginia') and the Union ironclad 'Monitor' - 8 March 1862. Wood engraving published New York, 1885.

Photograph; world war II

World War II 1939-1945: US Army soldiers in leopard-spotted camouflage suits with net veiling over helmets and faces, 1942. Pattern Disruption Weapon Rifle

USA

American Civil War: Dead soldier lying in road at Fredericksburg. Photographed by Matthew Brady 3 May 1863

Acropolis; Ancient; Archaeological; Archaeological Site; Archaeology; Architecture; Athena; Athens; Attraction; Awesome; Beautiful; Blue; Building; City; Colored; Colorful; Coloured; Colourful; Column; Dig; Europe; Greece; Greek; Heritage; Heritage Listed; Historic; Historical; Holidays; Holy; Imposing; Impressive; Inspiring; Landmark; Landscape; Listed; Location; Magnificent; Majestic; Mediterranean; Museum; Old; Open; Open Air; Outdoors; Outside; Pillar; Religious; Sculpture; Sightseeing; Spectacular; Statue; Stone; Stunning; Sunny; Temple; Temple of Athena; Tourism; Tourist; Travel; UNESCO; Vacation

Temple of Athena, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Tunisia, Tunisian, Tunis, Tunisie, street scene, mosque, minaret, Medina, blue, white, vw beetle,

Surfer, Beach, Devon, Mono, Surfing, Exercise, Wave watching, Sand, Shoreline, Empty, Solitary, Alone, Ocean, waves, minimal, Clouds, Coast, Late Summer, Saunton, Braunton Burrows, England, UK, GB

British; Medicine; Nursing; Hospital; Military

The barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War (1853-56) under Florence Nightingale's (1820-1910) management. From The Illustrated London News, 1854. Wood engraving

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania City View Smoky Smoke Grime Dirty Pollution Chimneys Industry Industrial Factories Bridges River Steam Ships 19th Century 1880's Antique Print Engraving

British

Edward Wood (1881-1959) 3rd Viscount Halifax, created Earl Halifax 1944. Known as Lord Irwin 1925-1934, Viscount Halifax 1934-1944. English Conservative politician. Viceroy of India 1926-1931. Supported Chamberlain's policy of Appeasement and became Foreign Secretary in 1940.

Port Of Chester England UK Sailing Steam Ships Harbour Shipbuilding Boats Antique Print Engraving Cotton Mills Factories Industry 19th Century 1880's Antique Print Engraving

Telephone Box; BT; Phone; Public Call Box; Long Distance call, Communication, Black and White, Monochrome, Open, Empty, Countryside, Rural, Red Telephone; Land-line; Kentra; Ardnamurchan; Scottish Highlands; Scotland; Argyll and Bute; Great Britain; UK

Mount Cook, Aoraki, Mount Cook National Park, Aoraki National Park, Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand, ice, snow, mountain, mountain range, peak, mountain peaks, clouds, amazing

Religion; Judeo-Christian; Heroine; Literature; Old; Testament

Ruth embracing her mother-in-law Naomi and promising to stay with her now they are bereaved. Ruth 1.14. From Gustave Dore's illustrated Bible 1866. Wood engraving.

America; USA; Food; Meat; Pork; Industrialisation

One of the earliest production lines: Armour Company's pig slaughterhouse, Chicago. Pigs walked up ramp to top of building, then were processed & emerged as finished carcasses. Eviscerating carcasses. Wood engraving Paris 1892.

Iceland; Thingvallavatn; Lake; Church; Snow; Church; Snowy; Landscape; Thingvellir; National Park; UNESCO; World Heritage Site; Blue Sky; Winter; Picturesque; Scenic; Vista; Panorama;

Britain; England; Manufacture; Mass; Production; Labour; Female; Women

Pen grinding room: Hanks, Wells & Co's factory, Birmingham. More than 50 women sit at individual grindstones finishing metal pen nibs. The stones are driven through belt and shafting from central power source. Wood engraving 1851

Photograph; american history

Photomontage of radical members of the first South Carolina legislature after the American Civil War. Each member is identified.

Britain; England; Mining; Fuel; Hydrocarbon; Accident

Second explosion at Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, December 1866. 350 people were killed including a number who perished in the second and third explosions while they were searching for survivors and bodies. From The Illustrated London News, London, 1865. Wood engraving.

Asia; British; Imperialism; Weapons; Artillery; Gun

First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: British army at Urghundee with 25 guns abandoned by Dost Mohammed. From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842. Hand-coloured lithograph.

Halftone; music; composer

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) German composer and conductor, seated at a grand piano, playing music from his opera 'Parsifal' for an intimate group of friends. Print c1915.

Ancient; Greek

Alexander the Great 356-323 BC (Alexander III of Macedon) 356-323 BC as a youth listening to his tutor Aristotle (384-322 BC). Artist's reconstruction c1875. Wood engraving

Boer; War; First; World; War

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) Irish-born British soldier and statesman. Regained Sudan for Egypt. Commander-in-Chief South Africa: Secretary of State for War at beginning of World War I in 1914. Lost in HMS 'Hampshire'.

Slavery; America

Slave auction shop, Atlanta, Georgia, USA c1860-1862.

Britain; Science; Astronomy; Optics

William Herschel's (1738-1822) reflecting telescope with focal length of 40 feet (12. 19m), showing top of brick foundation and wheeled platform on which the instrument mounted. Slough, England. Engraving 1809.

Art; Illustration

The Whirling Dervishes'. Engraving from 'Le Caire et la haute egypte' (Cairo and Upper Egypt), Paris, 1872.

Print; Halftone

Baron Alphonse Chodron de Courcel (1835-1919) at the time he became France's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, a post he held until 1898. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 22 October 1894. French, Britain, Diplomat

BEB434, Netherlands, Amsterdam, NEMO, Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Orkney; Scotland; UK; Scottish; landscape; mono; monochrome; black; and; white; croft; abandoned; deserted; neglect; neglected; stone; building; moody; infra; red; fine; art; forlorn; crumbling; crofting; overgrown; ir; black and white; british;

Royalty; Chinese

Pu-Yi (Hsuan T'ung - 1906-1967). Last emperor of China 1908-1912 (right) with his father and Regent, Prince Ch'un and his little brother Pu-Chieh.

British; English; Royalty; Stuart

Charles I of England on the throne in the House of Lords.

Photograph

World War I 1914-1918: French and German wounded soldiers lying on stretchers in a French chateau and being tended by medical staff. Military, Army, Medicine

Guia Fort, Lighthouse, Macau, Macao, window, wall, stone, Portuguese, Architecture, UNESCO World Heritage Site, IPSV1164

Invention; American; USA; Communication; Telegraph; Electric

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph by tapping out code with key. Under table are we cells (batteries) supplying electricity . Wood engraving 1887

Scientist

Albert EINSTEIN (1879-1955), German-Swiss-American mathematical physicist, with a student

Music; Musician

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (1873?1943) Russian composer, pianist and conductor. After 1917 Revolution he left Russia and settled in America in 1918. Three-quarter image in overcoat, hat in hand, looking at camera. Music

Photograph

World War I 1914-1918: Street market in the middle of the ruins of Hohenstein

Khwazi Bridge, Isfahan, BEB118

British; English; Religion; Christian

Venerable Bede

Afternoon; Architecture; blue; buildings; castle; clouds; culture; customs; defence; fortification; grass; green; hill; history; historical; keep; landscape; monument; mound; national heritage; outdoors; overcast; ruins; social history; society; stronghold; tradition; trees; valley; wall; raho; Dorset; England

Art; Drawing

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian composer. Head-and-shoulders sketch. Portrait Music Romantic Musician

engraving; young woman; beauty; bride; matrimony; wedding; marriage; ceremony; nuptial; betrothed; romance; ringlets; wedding dress; costume;

Engraved by J. Cochran after A.E. Chelon RA

Thoughtful mono black and white child baby face portrait

Wood engraving; South front; Beauvais Cathedral; Northern France; religion; worship; Gothic Architecture; 1834; Christian; church; ecclesiastical;

South front of Beauvais Cathedral, France.Featured in The Penny Magazine 1834.

British; Religion; Christian; Roman; Catholic; Persecution; Capital; Punishment; Burning; Intolerance

Nicholas Ridley (c1500-55), Bishop of London 1550: English Protestant reformer and martyr burnt with Latimer in front of Balliol College, Oxford. Under Mary I, found guilty of heresy. Copperplate engraving.

USA

?America in the Great Depression, 1936. Destitute family of nine, about to sell their trailer and their belongings to raise cash to buy food.

Medicine; Scientific; Researth; Disease; Public; Health

Progress in the fight against Bilharzia (shicstosoma) a parasitic trematode which spends one period of its lifecycle in water-snails and another in man. A Shell Petroleum scientist testing various compounds on parasite-free snails under conrtrolled conditions.

Lock, Door, Rusty, Paint, Peeling paint, Artistic, Still life, Winter, Hastings, Sussex, Black & White, Monochrome, Lock, Locks,

Cardiff Castle, Castell Caerdydd, Wales, South Wales, folly, castle, houses roofs, 1900s, Victorian, Edwardian, history, Welsh, IPSV2673, IPSV2678, IPSV0460, IPSV3232, IPSV0015,

Cardiff Castle, Castell Caerdydd, from an undated early print. Best guess on date is 1850s.

USA; Communications

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor; patented telephone 1876. Bell in lecture hall of Boston University, communicating by means of his second telephone to colleague in basement. Wood engraving, Paris, 1883.

Scotland; UK; United Kingdom; Great Britain; British; Scottish; isles; islands; northern; Orkney; frozen; winter; landscape; horizontal; loch; lake; minimalist; scenic; fine art; mono; black and white; monochrome; pier; jetty; untouched; undisturbed; snow; frost; mist; misty; featureless; unspoilt; lonely; frost; frosty; snowscape; cold; isolation; isolated

British; Cleric; Relition; Christian; Protestant; Anglican; Science; Evolution

Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873) English churchman. Wilberforce at the time of his appointment as Bishop of Winchester in 1869. He was a strong oppononent of Darwin's theory of natural selection. Son of William Wilberforce (1759-1833), philanthropist and campaigner for the abolition of slavery. From The Graphic (London, 4 June 1870). Engraving.