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Agent Collection (#6)

"Unveiling the Unsung Heroes: The Many Faces of an Agent" From the bustling streets of British India to the serene landscapes of South Wales

Background imageAgent Collection: Picture No. 11014614

Picture No. 11014614
Quinidine Liquified Quinidine is a chemical precurser to the antimalarial drug quinine - The image was produced using a polarising microscope and post processed in Adobe Photoshop Date:

Background imageAgent Collection: Picture No. 11014613

Picture No. 11014613
Quinidine Swirl Quinidine is a chemical precurser to the antimalarial drug quinine - The image was produced using a polarising microscope and post processed in Adobe Photoshop Date:

Background imageAgent Collection: The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring & Feathering

The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring & Feathering. American edition of an English mezzotint satire, 1774
BOSTON TEA PARTY, 1773. The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring & Feathering. American edition of an English mezzotint satire, 1774, on the treatment given to John Malcom

Background imageAgent Collection: The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering

The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering. English mezzotint satire attributed to Philip Dawe
BOSTON TEA PARTY, 1773. The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering. English mezzotint satire attributed to Philip Dawe, 1774, on the treatment given to John Malcom

Background imageAgent Collection: Richard Middleton / Vanity Fair / Spy

Richard Middleton / Vanity Fair / Spy
Caricature of Richard William Evelyn Middleton (1846-1905), Conservative Party Chief Agent 1885-1903. Date: 18th April 1901

Background imageAgent Collection: TARRING & FEATHERING, 1774. A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practiced at Boston

TARRING & FEATHERING, 1774. A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practiced at Boston. American edition of an English mezzotint satire, 1774, on the treatment given to John Malcom

Background imageAgent Collection: Cc Boycott / Vanity Fair

Cc Boycott / Vanity Fair
CHARLES CUNNINGHAM BOYCOTT Agent for estates in County Mayo, victim of ostracism by Irish Land League agitators

Background imageAgent Collection: Russia / Cheka Agent / 1919

Russia / Cheka Agent / 1919
A female agent of the Cheka secret police

Background imageAgent Collection: Entrance to the docks, Portsmouth

Entrance to the docks, Portsmouth
Entrance to the docks at Portsmouth, where Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956) disappeared on 19 April 1956

Background imageAgent Collection: Patricia Rose, former girlfriend of Lionel Buster Crabb

Patricia Rose, former girlfriend of Lionel Buster Crabb
Patricia Rose, former girlfriend of Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956), British Royal Naval frogman and MI6 diver

Background imageAgent Collection: Early Vulcan Petrol Tanker supplying BP motor fuel

Early Vulcan Petrol Tanker supplying BP motor fuel. Date: circa 1919

Background imageAgent Collection: French Bookshop & Travel Agent off Leicester Square, London

French Bookshop & Travel Agent off Leicester Square, London
A corner of France in England. J. Barriere & Cie, 17 Green Street (now Irving Street) - a French Bookshop & Travel Agent off Leicester Square, London. Date: circa 1910

Background imageAgent Collection: Cartoon, music hall proprietor and theatre agent

Cartoon, music hall proprietor and theatre agent
Cartoon, music hall proprietor (Harry Hart) to theatre agent (Ambrose Maynard) -- Why don t you send all your Comic Singers to the Theatre, I say? We should know what to do then. 1883

Background imageAgent Collection: John England, Estate Agent sign in Hampstead

John England, Estate Agent sign in Hampstead
John England, Estate Agent sign to the left of the picture in Hampstead. The building is on Perrin?s Court Hampstead NW3. People walking and looking in shop windows

Background imageAgent Collection: Cast list and adverts in Princess Ida programme

Cast list and adverts in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London. circa 1880s

Background imageAgent Collection: Soho, London - 63-73 Beak Street W1

Soho, London - 63-73 Beak Street W1. 1973

Background imageAgent Collection: The Victoria Pier, Hull, Humberside

The Victoria Pier, Hull, Humberside
Promotional postcard for the regional agent (M. A. Duquesne) for the Nestor Leonard Ironworks and Steelworks of the Societe Anonyme Feignies (Nord) at Lille, France (pictured). Date: circa 1910

Background imageAgent Collection: Sallyport Hotel, Portsmouth

Sallyport Hotel, Portsmouth
Reception of the Sallyport Hotel, Portsmouth, where Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956) stayed on the night of 18/19 April 1956

Background imageAgent Collection: Brochure back cover, Canadian Pacific

Brochure back cover, Canadian Pacific, with travel agents details: A R Stringer, Market Street, Earlestown (Merseyside). Date: circa 1930s

Background imageAgent Collection: Ireland. Agrarian agitation in the farm of Captain Boycott (

Ireland. Agrarian agitation in the farm of Captain Boycott (
Ireland. Agrarian agitation. Ulsters farmers escorted by soldiers to go to work on the farm of Captain Charles Boycott (1832-1897). Ballinrobe, 1880. Engraving

Background imageAgent Collection: Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806). Pass the first strea

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806). Pass the first strea
William Clark (1770-1838). American military and explorer. Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806). Pass the first stream. Engraving by A. Sargent. The Illustrated Universe, 1881. Colored

Background imageAgent Collection: Antonio Aguilar Marocho. Colored engraving

Antonio Aguilar Marocho. Colored engraving
Mexican Antonio Aguilar Marocho. Engraving by Carretero of The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879. Colored

Background imageAgent Collection: General store in a mining area, Australia

General store in a mining area, Australia, with numerous advertising posters on display. The poster Whose Was the Hand? is advertising a novel of 1890 by the English author Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Background imageAgent Collection: Caricature of Frank Toole, theatrical manager

Caricature of Frank Toole, theatrical manager
Caricature of Frank (Francis) Toole, theatrical manager to his actor brother John Lawrence Toole. Seen here pasting up a poster -- What a good brother he has been! 1881

Background imageAgent Collection: Caricature of Mr A Austin, St Jamess Hall, London

Caricature of Mr A Austin, St Jamess Hall, London
Caricature of Mr A Austin, who ran the ticket office of St Jamess Hall, 28 Piccadilly, London. 1882

Background imageAgent Collection: Louis Fauche-Borel

Louis Fauche-Borel
LOUIS FAUCHE-BOREL Swiss political agent in the Prussian service, whose activities on behalf of the French royals earned him 33 months in a Paris prison. Date: 1762 - 1829

Background imageAgent Collection: Edward Eggleston

Edward Eggleston
EDWARD EGGLESTON American writer, , bible agent, editor of a Sunday school magazine, Methodist pastor : author of several regional novels of rural goings-on. Date: 1837 - 1902

Background imageAgent Collection: Country Inn / Election

Country Inn / Election
Passengers board the coach as it is about to depart. An English sailor prepares to knock off a Frenchmans hat who is dejected at the news of a recent British naval victory Date: 1747

Background imageAgent Collection: Nicolas Fouquet

Nicolas Fouquet
NICOLAS FOUQUET French statesman and financier. Confidential agent of Cardinal Mazarin. Date: 1615 - 1680

Background imageAgent Collection: Archduke Otto von Hapsburg and friend - Berlin

Archduke Otto von Hapsburg and friend - Berlin
Otto von Hapsburg (Archduke Otto of Austria) (19122011) and friend. The young Archduke, Pretender to the throne of Hungary as the eldest son of the late Emperor Charles of Austria

Background imageAgent Collection: Bunkers Hill, Cheshire, with Edwin Child and his son

Bunkers Hill, Cheshire, with Edwin Child and his son Jean Baptiste in a typical carriage of the time. Edwin Child was an agent for Battersby Hats in Paris

Background imageAgent Collection: Italian fashion. Advertising shirts Lynx. La camicia

Italian fashion. Advertising shirts Lynx. La camicia fuori camicia classe, 1941. Engraving

Background imageAgent Collection: Big ballet The Fairy Doll. Olympia theatre. Poster

Big ballet The Fairy Doll. Olympia theatre. Poster

Background imageAgent Collection: Nestl頡dversiting poster of childrens food (1931)

Nestl頡dversiting poster of childrens food (1931)
Nestl頡 dversiting poster of childrens food (1931)

Background imageAgent Collection: VALUE

VALUE
Orive toothpaste ad

Background imageAgent Collection: San SebastiᮮFestival 2012. Pablo Berger

San SebastiᮮFestival 2012. Pablo Berger
SPAIN. Donostia. Spanish director Pablo Berger poses after the screening of her film Blancanieves (Snow White), during the 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival, on September 22, 2012

Background imageAgent Collection: Head Office of W. H. Smith

Head Office of W. H. Smith
Early morning scene outside the head office of W. H. Smith at 186, Strand, London showing carts and vans being loaded up with newspapers for London and the provinces

Background imageAgent Collection: Keith Prowse advertisement, WW1

Keith Prowse advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for ticket agent for concerts, theatre and entertainment featuring a small illustration of an officer and lady purchasing their tickets from a box office. Date: 1918

Background imageAgent Collection: W H Smith book stall at Cannon Street Station, 1915

W H Smith book stall at Cannon Street Station, 1915
The book stall of W. H. Smith at Cannon Street station, London showing in particular, the display of Printers Pie magazine, a twice-yearly charitable publication produced by Hugh Spottiswoode

Background imageAgent Collection: Countrymen with horses in the City of London

Countrymen with horses in the City of London
Countrymen with horses in Love Lane, City of London. Date: 20th century

Background imageAgent Collection: Countrymen in a London street

Countrymen in a London street
Countrymen in smocks, with a haycart and horses, in a London street. Date: 20th century

Background imageAgent Collection: Two women at a railway station, South London

Two women at a railway station, South London
Two young women at a railway station in South London. An advertisement on the opposite platform is for property, houses of character for 745 freehold

Background imageAgent Collection: Samuel Ch. Macpherson

Samuel Ch. Macpherson
SAMUEL CHARTERS MACPHERSON Political agent in India Date: 1806 - 1860

Background imageAgent Collection: Bostonians Paying Excise-Man Tarring & Feathering

Bostonians Paying Excise-Man Tarring & Feathering
Artokoloro

Background imageAgent Collection: LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (Tremadoc, 1888-Dorset, 1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia

LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (Tremadoc, 1888-Dorset, 1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence, Thomas Edward (Tremadoc, 1888-Dorset, 1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia. British military and political agent. Principal organizer of the Arab Revolt against the Turks as adviser to King

Background imageAgent Collection: JOHN COOLIDGE (1906-2000). American railroad executive and son of President Calvin Coolidge

JOHN COOLIDGE (1906-2000). American railroad executive and son of President Calvin Coolidge. On horseback alongside Secret Service Agent Jim Haley. Photograph, c1925

Background imageAgent Collection: HEROIN, 1936. Treasury agents J. W. McDonald (left) and F

HEROIN, 1936. Treasury agents J. W. McDonald (left) and F
HEROIN, 1936. Treasury agents J.W. McDonald (left) and F.E. Walker shovel confiscated heroin into an incinerator. Photograph, 1936

Background imageAgent Collection: NYC: DRUG RAID, 1939. Treasury agents blockade a street with their cars before

NYC: DRUG RAID, 1939. Treasury agents blockade a street with their cars before rounding up suspected drug dealers in the San Juan Hill neighborhood (now Lincoln Square) of Manhattan. Photograph, 1939




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"Unveiling the Unsung Heroes: The Many Faces of an Agent" From the bustling streets of British India to the serene landscapes of South Wales, agents have played a pivotal role in shaping history. Step into their world as we explore their diverse endeavors. "Navigating New Horizons: The British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. " These agents were the lifeline connecting nations, bridging gaps through trade and transport. "A Slice of Solva's Secrets: Farm for Sale in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. " Agents donned many hats, even assisting with property transactions, ensuring dreams found fertile soil. "All Aboard. Cooks Tours Railway Excursion. " Agents orchestrated unforgettable journeys, enticing travelers with promises of adventure and discovery through captivating posters like this one. "Cracking Down on Prohibition: Revenue Agents at Washington D. C. , 1922. " In an era marked by illicit spirits, these fearless agents fought against bootleggers to uphold law and order. "The Enigmatic Mata Hari Unveiled by Walery Paris. " Some agents operated within shadows; Mata Hari's tale reminds us that not all who claim allegiance can be trusted. "Guardians at the Border: United States Border Patrol Agents along U. S. /Mexico border. " These dedicated individuals protect borders while embodying unity amidst diversity - a true testament to human resilience. "Escape to Paradise: Prestatyn Holiday Camp. " As holidaymakers sought respite from daily life, it was up to agents to create moments of joy and relaxation at destinations like this Welsh gem. "Barcelona International Exhibition 1929 Poster: An Agent for Cultural Exchange. " Agents facilitated global connections during exhibitions like these – where art transcended boundaries and fostered understanding between nations. "Emigrate to Canada Poster - Your Gateway to a New Life.