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The Cathedral Of Our Lady Antwerp Belgium 19th Century
The Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium, seen here in the 19th century. Construction on the Gothic style cathedral began in 1352 and was completed in 1521

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Coach crossing Umtali river
Black and white lantern Slide of Coach crossing Umtali river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Buckingham Palace prior to Renovation, 1913
Photographs showing two views of the facade of Buckingham Palace as scaffolding began to rise for the renovation of 1913. That year the whole of the facade was re-faced with white Portland stone

A furious charge of Irish troops at the taking of Guillemon
An illustration showing Irish troops attacking German positions at Guillemont, September 1916. The image depicts Irish soldiers engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat at a machine-gun post which

Battle of Morval 1916
A photograph of British soldiers climbing over the parapet of their trench during the Battle of Morval. The battle, which began on 25th September 1916

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), US inventor and telephone pioneer. Born in Edinburgh, Bell began his career in assisting his father teach elocution

London Cripples Home, Marylebone Road
The Cripples Home began life in 1851 as the Hill Street Refuge for Girls. It moved to new premises on Marylebone Road in 1864. Date: circa 1877

USA - The World Building. New York - World, or Pulitzer Building. Construction of the New York World Building began on October 10, 1889, at 53-63 Park Row

USA - The World Building. Construction - New York - World, or Pulitzer Building. Construction of the New York World Building began on October 10, 1889, at 53-63 Park Row

Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - off to new homes
A group of Barnardos emigrants setting off for their new homes. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914

Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - mothers and children
Barnardos emigrants - now mothers with babies. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914

Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - repairing a fence
Barnardos emigrants repairing a fence. A horse and wagon carries lengths of timber. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914

Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - country school
Barnardos emigrants outside a country school. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914

Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - boy outside home
A Barnardos emigrant outside his new home. A horse and trap stand nearby. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914

Barnardos Emigrants in Canada - school house
Barnardos emigrants with a horse and trap outside a school house. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914

Hotel overlooking StPatricks Cathedral, New York
St. Patricks cathedral located on the East side of 5th avenue in Manhattan. Designed by James Renwick Jr in gothic revival style

Henry Belfrage
HENRY BELFRAGE Prominent Scottish churchman, precocious child who began preaching at age 10 : he wrote many books on religion in family life and the like. Date: 1774 - 1835

Iraq / Archaeology / Mosul
Excavations in progress at the site of ancient Mosul. Around 400 AD, the city of Mosul began to eclipse the dominant city of Nineveh, on the other side of the Tigris

Barnardos Emigrants in Canada
Promotional card of a home in Canada where one of Barnardos child emigrants grew up. Barnardos began sending children to Canada in 1872. Date: circa 1914

Northrop XP-56 -another of the crop of novel fighter designs ordered by the US Army Air Force in late 1940 Flying began in September 1943, but later abandoned

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Zimbabwe
Black and white lantern Slide of Zimbabwye - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Servants Night-time Visiting Ban at Congleton, Cheshire
Following claims, in 1842, that the practice of allowing young men to pay night-time visits to female servants in agricultural areas of the Wrexham Union resulted in many single mothers at

Giant Ferris Wheel, Earls Court
Construction work began on the wheel in March 1894 and it was opened to passengers in July 1895. It had a diameter of 300ft, weighed 1, 100 tons and a complete revolution took around twenty minutes

Ginger Rogers (1911-95) - US actress and dancer, in a publicity pin-up image taken from the Paramount film, Lady in the Dark

Francesco Merano
FRANCESCO MERANO Italian artist from Genova known as Il Paggio because he began life as a page. He died of the plague, like so many others... Date: 1619 - 1657

C. W. A. Scott, right, and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie prio?
C.W.A. Scott, right, and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie prior to the start of the Schlesinger Portsmouth to Johannesburg race which began on on 29 September 1936

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VIEW OF THE TOWN AND HARBOUR OF BALAKLAVA: The Battles round Balaclava were caused by the attempt of General Liprandia to cut the Allies off from their base at the harbour of Balaclave

SENEGAMBIAN PEOPLE. As a political unit, Senegambia was created by dueling French and English colonial forces in the region

Wharf at Canton, where the Rioting Began, and from which a Chinese Porter Fell Into
Wharf at Canton, where the Rioting Began, and from which a Chinese Porter Fell into the Water and was Drowned, China, 1883

Scotts Run, West Virginia. Bertha Hill Camp - The mine in this camp has been bankrupt and changed hands several times in the last two years

Scotts Run, West Virginia. Chaplin Hill Mine Tipple - This mine was bankrupt and closed during the summer of 1936. The company was reorganized

Focke-Wulf Fw200S-1 Condor D-ACON Brandenburg
Focke-Wulf Fw200S-1 Condor, D-ACON, Brandenburg, was the Fw200V1 re-registered for the non-stop flight from Berlin to New York which began on 10 August 1938 and lasted 24 hours

Puffing Billy, William Hedleys railway locomotive patented 1813. It began work in that year and continued in use until 1872. Chromolithograph 1901

Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English dramatist, at home, 1903. After a series of comedies, in 1893 with The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Pinero began a series of realistic tragedies. From The Tatler

In 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) was licensed to practice by the Society of Apothecaries. Having been refused admission to medical schools (on grounds of her sex) in 1860

Excavations at the necropolis at Saqqara. Photographed in 1860s during work of Auguste Mariette-Bey (1821-1881) French archaeologist and founder of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo in 1863

14 June 1830 the Camp at Staoueli. The day of the landing of the French army. The Aga Ibrahims Tent. Jean Antoine Theodore Gudin (1802-1880) French painter and printmaker

South Devon Railway, later Great Western Railway (GWR) at Dawlish. It shows the track of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) atmospheric railway with engine house (right middle distance)

John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) began experimental farming on his estate at Rothamstead

Christian Friedrich Schonbein (1799-1869) German chemist. Began his investigation of ozone in 1839. Worked on nitrocellulose and produced guncotton for use in firearms in 1846

Parhelia (Mock Suns) without haloes, observed in England in 1698. On this occasion the phenomenon, caused by atmospheric refraction, began at 8am when true Sun shone through watery cloud

Hurricane Ignacio is a recurring hurricane of the Pacific hurricane season, since observation began in 1966. The ninth tropical storm of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season

Benito Mussolini, (29 July 1883 - 28 April 1945)Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and began using the title Il Duce by 1925

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