1900s Collection

Edith and Theodore Roosevelt November 1904

Earthrise over Moon, Apollo 8. This famous image, one of the first of the Earth seen from another world, was taken by US astronauts on board the Apollo 8 spacecraft on 24th December 1968 as they

Putney OFH01_01_01_f05_16
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON. An elevated view looking towards Putney Bridge from Putney High Street showing building work at number 15 with St Mary's Church Putney to

Street entertainer OFH01_01_01_f04_13
Weimar Street, Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London. A crowd gathered around a barrel organ in Weimer Street seen from the photographer's premises at 9 Putney High Street

Putney Bridge OFH01_01_01_f03_17
PUTNEY BRIDGE, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON. The view from Lower Richmond Road, Putney looking across the new Putney Bridge towards All Saints Church

Swindon Works Map, c. 1940s
Swindon Works Map, c.1940s, showing the growth of the GWR Works in Swindon between 1846 and the 1940s. The sheer volume of workshops and sidings can be seen in fascinating detail

1919 solar eclipse. Image 2 of 3. This set of images, taken by the British astronomer Arthur Eddington (1882-1944), confirmed Einsteins theory of general relativity

ROY ROGERS (1912-1998). Leonard Slye. American singing cowboy actor. Photographed with his horse Trigger
ROY ROGERS (1912-1998). N© Leonard Slye. American singing cowboy actor. Photographed with his horse Trigger

Bigfoot film, 1967
Bigfoot film. Still photograph from the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film made in North Carolina, USA, on 20 October 1967

OCEAN LINER QUEEN MARY. The Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary launched in 1934. Painting, 1934, by William McDowell

LAUREL AND HARDY. Stan Laurel (left) and Oliver Hardy

1919 solar eclipse
^B1919 solar eclipse. Image 1 of 3.^b This set of images, taken by the British astronomer Arthur Eddington (1882-1944), confirmed Einsteins theory of general relativity

SILENT FILM: LITTLE RASCALS. Our Gang, Little Rascals. Spanky, Buckwheat, Mickey, Alfalfa and Darla left to right

JIMI HENDRIX (1942-1970). American musician. Photographed during a concert at Berkeley, California in 1970

Singer sewing machine ad, 1890s
Advertisement for the Singer Automatic sewing machine, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

19th Century Moroccan wall feature. Photographed in the the Marrakech Museum, Dar Menebhi Palace, Morocco

Andrei Kolmogorov, Soviet mathematician
Andrei Kolmogorov (1903-1987), Soviet mathematician. Kolmogorov is widely considered one of the most prominent mathematicians of the 20th century

John Jameson 1906 1900s UK whisky alcohol whiskey advert Irish

Mass spectrometer, 1954
Mass spectrometer. Researchers adjusting the controls of a mass spectrometer. This is an all-metal demountable mass spectrometer

Newark Castle OP06314
Newark Castle, Castlegate, Newark, Newark And Sherwood, Nottinghamshire. A view of the remains of Newark Castle looking across the grounds from the south-east

Nailsea and Backwell Station, Somerset, c. 1900
A view of Nailsea and Backwell Station in Somerset, c.1900, showing one of the signal boxes and a locomotive pulling into the station

Europe at night, satellite image. North is at top. Yellow lights mark the major cities and population areas, showing a clearly delineated Mediterranean coast

Marconi radio apparatus
Marconi radio equipment on a ship. The equipment includes headphones and a Morse code key (lower centre). The equipment is labelled (left-right)

Catalan Atlas, 14th century. The 6-page Catalan Atlas (1375) was produced on vellum by the Jewish cartographer Abraham Cresques

Ludwig Wittgenstein, caricature
Ludwig Wittgenstein. Caricature of the Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889-1951). Wittgenstein is considered by many to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th

Dmitri Mendeleev, caricature
Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907). Caricature of the Russian chemist Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev. Mendeleyev (also spelt Mendeleev)

Richard Feynman, caricature C015 / 6715
Richard Feynman (1918-1988). Caricature of the American theoretical physicist Richard Phillips Feynman. As a young man, Feynman worked on the American atomic bomb project at Los Alamos

1905 1900s France gladiator bicycles bikes cycling cycles Massias

Apollo 17 astronaut. US astronaut and geologist Dr Harrison Schmitt exploring the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, as part of NASAs Apollo 17 mission

Astronaut footprints on the Moon. Computer artwork recreating a photograph of boot imprints left by astronauts on the Moon

Carl Sagan, US astronomer
Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996), US astronomer and astrochemist. Sagan was a consultant and adviser to NASA, and worked on the Apollo mission, as well as the Mariner, Viking, Voyager

Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian psychologist, holding a cigar. Freud established the idea that mental disorders could have psychological as well as physiological causes

WIZARD OF OZ, 1939. Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 MGM production of The Wizard of Oz

Platform 1 at Paddington Station, 1904
This view of passengers boarding a train on Platform 1 was taken on the August Bank Holiday 1904. Teeming with people, passengers

Womens Social and Political Union Votes for Women Help the Suffragettes to rush the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, 13 October 1908 at 7.30

Astronaut Alan Bean on the Moon during the Apollo 12 moon landings, holding equipment for experiments. The second manned mission to land on the Moon, Apollo 12

Alexei Leonov, first space walk, 1965
First space walk. Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (born 1934), outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft in a spacesuit on 18 March 1965, while orbiting the Earth (in the background)

First US manned space flight, 1961. Redstone rocket launching the Freedom 7 capsule into space on 5th May 1961. This mission (Mercury-Redstone 3)

Sinking of the Titanic
Titanics stern in the air as the ship sinks in the North Atlantic, 1912. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration from eyewitness reports

Royal Club Blend Whisky 1908 1900s UK whisky alcohol whiskey advert Scotch Scottish golf

1919 solar eclipse
^B1919 solar eclipse. Image 3 of 3.^b This set of images, taken by the British astronomer Arthur Eddington (1882-1944), confirmed Einsteins theory of general relativity

Moreton-in-Marsh Station, Gloucestershire, c. 1910
A view of Moreton-in-Marsh Station in Gloucestershire, c.1910, showing the station buildings and platforms. The station opened on the Cotswold Line in June 1853

Strathmill 1900s UK whisky alcohol whiskey advert Scotch Scottish boats

Marconi radio valve. This is a Marconi transmitter valve of the type M.T.6. Marconi patented his radio equipment in 1896, founding a company in 1897 to build the new equipment

Frau im Mond advert, 1929
Frau im Mond advert. The science fiction silent film Woman in the Moon (German: Frau im Mond), released in 1929, was written and directed by Austrian film-maker Fritz Lang

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, artwork. Gagarin was born near Gzhatsk, Russia

Francis Barraud painter of HMV logo Nipper the dog 1904

GWR Milnes-Daimler omnibus, 1904
The bus is pictured at Mullion, between Helston and The Lizard. This was the route of the first GWR bus service which began in 1903

Winchcombe Station and Footbridge, Gloucestershire, c. 1910
A view of Winchcombe Station in Gloucestershire, c.1910, showing the footbridge and platforms. Winchcombe station opened in February 1905 and closed to passengers in March 1960

Winchcombe Station under construction, Gloucestershire, 1904
A view of Winchcombe Station under construction in Gloucestershire, 1904. Winchcombe station opened in February 1905 and closed to passengers in March 1960

Broadway Goods Yard Under Construction, c. 1904
A view of Broadway Goods Yard in Worcestershire taken in c.1904 whilst it was under construction, showing building materials stacked up alongside the tracks

Harley Davidson 11F V-Twin (11hp) 1915 grey

Tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks C016 / 2042
Tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks. These are used as a standard form of length measurement. They are precision ground (lapped) to a specific thickness and then stacked to create the required length

Tsar Bomba nuclear weapon display
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Cheese 1900s UK Isabella Beeton Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management cooking
Cheese 1900s UK Isabella Beeton Mrs BeetonÕs Book of Household Management cooking cookery Beetons

Glenlivet 1904 1900s UK whisky alcohol whiskey advert Scotch Scottish fireplaces

1960s paraffin heater
Paraffin heater, historical image. This portable heater, manufactured in the 1960s, was fuelled by the fossil fuel paraffin (also called paraffin oil and kerosene)

Yuri Gagarin before launch, 1961
Yuri Gagarin before launch, in his flight suit and helmet, in a bus heading toward the Vostok 1 launch site in Kazakhstan, USSR, on 12 April 1961

Kapitsa and Androv, Russian physicists. Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (left, 1894-1984) is listening to a graduate student called Androv (right), who is defending his doctoral thesis

Apollo spacecraft at the Moon, artwork
Apollo spacecraft at the Moon. Artwork of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM, left, gold) and the Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM, right, grey) at the Moon, with the Earth in the background

BABE RUTH (1895-1948). American baseball chewing gum card, 1933

STOCK MARKET CRASH. An unlucky speculator, one Walter Thornton of New York, offering to sell his roadster after the stock market crash: oil over a photograph, Oct. 30, 1929

THE BEATLES, 1965. Left to right: George Harrison, John lennon, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney. Photograph, 1965

Young Crow Indian
A Crow boy in dance costume, 1905. Printed reproduction of a photograph by Edward Curtis

Mother getting her daughter dressed, early 1900s
Mother putting on her daughters socks and shoes, a morning ritual, early 1900s. Printed color halftone of Jessie Willcox Smith illustration

Winchcombe Station, Gloucestershire, c. 1910
A view of Winchcombe Station near the village of Greet in Gloucestershire, c.1910. Winchcombe station opened in February 1905 and closed to passengers in March 1960

Mitsubishi A6M Zero aircraft, World War 2 C016 / 3818
Mitsubishi A6M2 (Zero). US Air Force photograph of a test flight of a captured Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 (Zero). This aircraft was being refined

Roosevelt and Muir, C1903
ROOSEVELT AND MUIR, c1903. President Theodore Roosevelt, center, and John Muir, with long beard, next to the President, at the foot of a redwood tree in California, c1903

Coal miners relaxing after a shift. This is a coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine. Photographed in May 1987 when Ukraine was still part of the USSR

The Pharmacy, 1912 artwork
The Pharmacy (1912). Oil painting by the Swiss artist Marius Borgeaud (1861-1924) titled La Pharmacie (The Pharmacy). The signature and date (1912) are at lower left

Apollo Lunar Module interior. Designed for a crew of two, the controls were used by the pilot to descend from lunar orbit to the Moons surface

CLARK GABLE (1901-1960). American actor

RUDYARD KIPLING: JUST SO. Drawing by Kipling for his Just So Stories for Little Children, 1902
RUDYARD KIPLING: JUST SO. Drawing by Kipling for his " Just So Stories for Little Children, " 1902

AMERICAN GOTHIC, 1942. Ella Watson, a US Government Chairwoman. Photograph by Gordon Parks, 1942

Shackletons Manchurian ponies, Antarctica, 1908
Manchurian ponies used by Shackleton in the Antarctic, 1908-09. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Design for Gentlemens Lavatory sign at Paddington Station
Drawn in 1914, this design was for an illuminated sign advertising the Gentlemans Lavatory on Paddington Station

Platform 1 at Paddington Station, c. 1910
A classic Edwardian view of Platform 1 at Paddington Station, London. The crowds of passengers at the station wearing straw boaters and the abundance of luggage suggest it is the summer holiday season

Boxing. Jack Johnson v. Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 26th December 1908

Broadway Station, c. 1904
This photograph shows Broadway station in Worcestershire and was taken in c.1904 not long after the stations construction

Edwin Hubble, US astronomer C008 / 8831
Edwin Hubble. Caricature of the US astronomer, cosmologist, athlete and boxer Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953) smoking a pipe

Tokamak-15 nuclear fusion reactor C013 / 1348
Tokamak-15 nuclear fusion reactor. Nuclear engineer standing on top of the Tokamak-15 (T-15) nuclear fusion reactor at the Kurchatov Institute of Nuclear Power, near Moscow, Russia

Robertsons 1904 1900s UK whisky alcohol whiskey advert Robertsons Scottish Scotch
Robertson s 1904 1900s UK whisky alcohol whiskey advert Robertsons Scottish Scotch Dundee pouring

Bryant and Mays 1900s UK football matches mays matchbox covers
Bryant and May s 1900s UK mcitnt football matches mays matchbox covers

Sputnik 1 stamp. Artwork of Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite, on a stamp issued by the communist government of the former Soviet Union. Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4th, 1957

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The 1900s were a time of remarkable achievements and cultural milestones. In 1968, the iconic Earthrise over Moon photograph taken by Apollo 8 astronauts captured the world's imagination, showcasing our planet from an entirely new perspective. Meanwhile, Swindon Works Map from the 1940s highlighted the industrial advancements of that era. In 1919, a solar eclipse mesmerized observers worldwide as they witnessed this rare celestial event unfold before their eyes. The same year also saw the birth of legendary musician Jimi Hendrix, whose electrifying performances continue to inspire generations. The mysterious Bigfoot film shot in 1967 added fuel to debates about elusive creatures lurking in remote corners of our world. On a lighter note, comedy duo Laurel and Hardy brought laughter to audiences with their timeless humor and impeccable timing. Roy Rogers, an American singing cowboy actor known for his role alongside his trusty horse Trigger, captivated fans throughout his career spanning several decades. Silent films like Little Rascals showcased adorable child actors such as Spanky, Buckwheat, Mickey, Alfalfa and Darla who entertained audiences with their mischievous adventures. Even further back in history lies a stunning Moroccan wall feature dating back to the 19th century—a testament to intricate craftsmanship and artistic expression during that period. Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan made significant contributions to our understanding of space exploration and ignited curiosity about the vastness of our universe. Lastly, we delve into ancient cartography with the Catalan Atlas from the 14th century—an exquisite example of mapmaking that provided valuable geographical knowledge during its time. The diverse events and personalities that emerged during these years shaped our culture and left lasting impressions on future generations—showcasing humanity's unyielding spirit for discovery and creativity.