Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor. Patented his telephone in 1876. Engraving from A Travers l'Electricite by Georges Dary (Paris, c1906).
Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, hotel, restaurant, alfresco, dining, umbrellas, Casanova Suites on the Beach, upscale boutique,
Victorian valentine card published by De La Rue and printed by chromolithography depicting an exotic bird in flight holding a message of love in its beak.romance, romantic, love, courtship, love token, children, joy, St Valentines Day, 14 February, sweetheart, passion, ardour, adoration, devotion; affection, fondness, intimacy, attachment, love affair, affair, affair of the heart, relationship, liaison, courtship, amorous entanglement, flirtation, deep affection, fondness, desire, lust, yearning, fervour, infatuation, beloved, loved one, love of one's life, dear, dearest, dear one, darling, angel, honey; lover, boyfriend, girlfriend, lose one's heart to; crush, besotted with, captivated by, bewitched by, enthralled by, entranced by, devoted to, cherish, epistolary, after one's own heart , feelings of affection,
Victorian trade card, Singer Sewing Machine, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, family sewing machine, fashion, costume, regional dress, fish wife, holiday attire,
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Victorian trade card shows a typical "fish-wife" of Boulogne in holiday attire. She wears the usual short skirt, ample apron and large round flaring cap of fluted white muslin.
Handbill; small poster; personal appearance; Hughie Green; radio; stage; screen star; Chiswick Empire; February; 1939; Television star; variety; celebrity; theatre; comedian; UK game show host; TV presenter; family television show; Opportunity Knocks;
Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. Spread of his De revolutionibus orbium coelestium Nuremberg 1543, showing diagram of his heliocentric (sun-centred) theory of the universe.
Eurasian Kestrel Hovering. This photo depicts this bird hovering in the breeze. This image was taken on snowy day. The bird in this photo is looking for prey.
Early 20th century Christmas postcard depicting pig, four leaf clover and the wheels of time. good luck charms, myth, folklore, surreal, fantasy, wings,
Inside double page spread of four page leaflet sent to football pools winners indicating their winnings. Mid 20th century. Cecil Moores, gambling, dividend, Littlewood's, betting, five shillings, pre-decimal, Liverpool,
Victorian Christmas, greeting card, De La Rue & Co, Illustrated Proverb, street seller, hawker, street cries, toys, Christmas presents, snow, balloons, lanterns, jack in a box, masks, Christmas tree, dolls, cuckoo, children, pedlar, peddler, cuckoo,
Victorian new Year greeting card depicting fashionable young girl reading a sundial. passage of time, garden, fashion, costume, shadow, timepiece, timekeeping device,
Allegorical print of Napoleon Bonaparte after the first celebration of Mass after the restablishment in France of the Roman Catholic church, April 1802. Coloured engraving.
Victorian Christmas greeting card published by De la Rue & Co depicting young girl wearing a ruff.Tudor, forget me not, sunflowers, fashion, clothing, costume, ruffle, Elizabethan, Mid Christmas Revelry, chromolithography,
David Young, landscape, scenery, holiday, tourist, tourism, vacation, sight-seeing, trip, coast, coastal, beach, sea, seaside, Sussex, England, Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, South East England, the South East, Southern England, the South, South England, beach, seaside, English Channel, the sea, Hastings, East Sussex, beach, East Hill, funicular, fishing, fishing boat, fishing hut
Front cover of World War Two book published By Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd recording the service which women in Britain gave during wartime. WW2, WWII, courage, endurance, war effort, home front, WAAF, WRENS, fighting forces, WRNS, ATS, WAAF, duty, working women, air raid wardens, nursing, British Red Cross, intrepid, Victory, wartime,
Marchand Mission, French expedition under Jean Baptiste Marchand to prevent British expansion in north eastern Africa. Battle at M'tila-Voula, January 1897. Marchand and his French and Senegalese in action. Trade Card. Colonialism
Centrifuge, 1882. Used to separate liquids from solids, or liquids from liquids of different density such as cream from milk. From Physics in Pictures by Theodore Eckardt, London, 1882. Chromolithograph.
The Flight into Egypt' hand-coloured lithograph by James S Baillie (active 1838-1855). Angel leads Mary carrying the infant Jesus on a donkey, with Joseph following behind. Religion Christian
Captain Archers, Chevalier du Guet, 15th century. From 1254-1791 Guet Royal was responsible for order in Paris. From 1791 role transferred to the National Guard . 'Histoire des corps de troupes de la ville de Paris', 1887. France
BEB049 Mont-Saint-Michel, the marvel, Benedctine abbey, Couesnon River, close to the border of Brittany, Normandy, inspiration for the design of Minas Tirith in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King film
'Russian Manners and Customs , 1821. Coloured lithograph. Man and veiled woman in horse-drawn cart processing through countryside preceded and followed by mounted horsemen. Wedding(?) Landscape
Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), 1843. Brunel acknowledging the cheers of the crowd during the opening ceremony for the Thames Tunnel. The double arched masonry Thames Tunnel built 1825-1843. Originally a roadway, it is still used by electric trains between Whitechapel and New Cross, London. French-born English engineer and inventor, father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) who was resident engineer on the site, designed a tunnelling shield. He also invented block-cutting machines for producing pulley-blocks for ships' rigging. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 1 April 1843).
Victorian Christmas greeting card published by De La Rue & Co of Japanese girl wearing Kimono. Japanese costume, fashion, clothing, outerwear, garments, attire, raiment, apparel, fan, goldfish, koi carp, hair adornment, December,
Victorian Christmas greeting card published by De La Rue & Co showing young girl releasing cork from champagne bottle. celebration, December, drink, alcohol,
Flight; Flying; Aviation; Aeronautics; Aeroplane; Aircraft; Airplane; American; USA
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Wilbur Wright's (American aviator) first flight in Europe, at the Hanaudieres racetrack near Le Mans, France in the Wright Brothers' 'Flier'. August 1908. Illustration from Le Petit Journal Paris, 30 August 1908.
Victorian; Christmas; greeting card; Black Man; Penny Farthing; cycling; accident; top hat; depiction of black people; man powered transport; humour; comic;
Victorian New Year greeting card depicts young child holding punch or jester on a stick. rattle, children's toy, costume, dress, clothing, daisies, daisy, nursery, plaything,
Victorian, hand coloured, print, Children, Paris, French, costumes, clothes, attire, little children, kilt, tartan, sailor suit, boys and girls, knickerbockers, Fashion, hoop and stick, hats, head wear, George Macbeth, King Street, Manchester, tailor,
Early 20th century Dutch trade card for Crama's Jachtwater depicting clown playing stringed instrument and singing. performance, theatre, lute, mandolin, costume, circus, happy, musical,
Elections in Germany in 1919: Campaigning in Berlin for members of the Social Democratic Party with the slogan Ebert and Scheidemann for the Government against the Terror. Friedrich Ebert (1871-1925) became the first President of the Weimar Republic and Scheiderman the Chancellor.
Victorian Christmas greeting card published by De La Rue & Co depicting a bat in flight pulling along a basket containing rodents and a Christmas tree. In the background dragon flies and butterflies do likewise. surreal, fantasy,
Victorian Christmas greeting card published by De La Rue & Co depicting adult crocodile with youngsters clinging to her back, others are hatching from eggs on the nearby lake bank. aquatic, reptile, tropics, wetlands,
Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1831. Top: Goods train drawn by locomotive 'Liverpool'. Bottom: Cattle train drawn by locomotive 'Fury'. The world's first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened 15 September 1830: Principal engineer George Stephenson. Lithograph.
General Monkey and General Wolfe!!', 1803. John Bull (Britain) standing up to Napoleon saying '...you are all hat a Breeches'. At this date Napoleon made plans for the invasion of England and seizure of Hanover. France French
Marchand Mission, French expedition under Jean Baptiste Marchand to prevent British expansion in north eastern Africa. Battle at Kimbedi, Congo, 19 October 1896. Early 20th Century Trade Card. Colonialism
History of Electricity: Ramsden demonstrating his static electric machine in a fashionable household, 1766. Liebig Trade Card c1910. Science Technology Electricity
Victorian Christmas greeting card published by De La Rue & Co depicting two giraffe dressed as humans. anthropomorphic, Christmas presents, zoo, toffs, dandies, African, mammal,
Fantascope: optical toy depending on persistence of vision for its effect. Picture spun on spindle and its reflection viewed in looking glass (mirror), giving impression of man eating and dog jumping up to steal food. From TM Baynes Fantascope, Ackermann, London, 1833. Aquatint .
