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Background imageCivil Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El analfabetismo

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El analfabetismo ciega el espiritu. Soldado instruyete (Spirit is blinded by analphabetism. Soldier, get instructed). Poster edited by the Militia of Culture. SPAIN

Background imageCivil Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) No pasaran!

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) No pasaran! (They Shall not Pass). Poster in honour of the popular militia (July 1936)

Background imageCivil Collection: Spanish Civil War poster

Spanish Civil War poster
1o Ganar la Guerra (First to Win the War) Date: 1937

Background imageCivil Collection: Battle of Edgehill

Battle of Edgehill, the rising of the people in defence of liberty. Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, leading the Royalist cavalry. Date: 23 October 1642

Background imageCivil Collection: Aircraft Vickers VC10 in BOAC colours July 1962 rolls on to the runway for

Aircraft Vickers VC10 in BOAC colours July 1962 rolls on to the runway for its maiden flight at Vickers in Weybridge, Surrey LFEY003 Flight100

Background imageCivil Collection: de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T-22

de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T-22
RAF de Havilland Dh-100 Vampire Date: 1950s

Background imageCivil Collection: de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T-11

de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T-11
RAF de Havilland Dh-115 Vampire T.11 Trainers flying in formation Date: 1954

Background imageCivil Collection: Auster J / 5L Aiglet Trainer

Auster J / 5L Aiglet Trainer
Auster J/5L Aiglet Trainer with Ceba Geigy Titles Parked at Cranfield, UK Date: 1980s

Background imageCivil Collection: Royal Airship Works R-101

Royal Airship Works R-101
R-101 Airship Parked Tethered to a Docking Tower by Airport Buildings and Cars at Cardington, Bedfordshire Date: 1929

Background imageCivil Collection: Studio portrait, Captain & Mrs Crabtree

Studio portrait, Captain & Mrs Crabtree, at the time of the American Civil War. 1864

Background imageCivil Collection: Air Raid Precautions (ARP) poster : Sheffield needs your help

Air Raid Precautions (ARP) poster : Sheffield needs your help
Original at Local Studies MP 1726 L

Background imageCivil Collection: Battle of Atlanta

Battle of Atlanta
A colour engraving of a scene from the battle of Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1864. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageCivil Collection: General Grant

General Grant
General Ulysses Simpson Grant, later the 18th President of the United States. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageCivil Collection: Glamorgan Colliery

Glamorgan Colliery
Police guarding the Glamorgan Colliery during the strikes and riots in the coalmining town of Tonypandy, in the Welsh Rhondda, November 1910

Background imageCivil Collection: Union Soldiers Fill Downtime During Civil War

Union Soldiers Fill Downtime During Civil War
A group of Northern soldiers from the Army of the Potomac takes advantage of a respite from battle to write letters and mend clothing during the American Civil War, early 1860s

Background imageCivil Collection: Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military Commander

Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military Commander
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - 18th president of the United States (18691877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageCivil Collection: Kent authorities have speeded up the traffic marking signs on all secondary roads

Kent authorities have speeded up the traffic marking signs on all secondary roads to aid drivers should there be a general black out enforced

Background imageCivil Collection: LFB-AFS convoy and fire exercise

LFB-AFS convoy and fire exercise
Part of the Civil Defence Corps until it was disbanded in the late 1960s, the Auxiliary Fire Service consisted of volunteer firefighters who would attend a fire station for drill and training

Background imageCivil Collection: Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters, WW2

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters, WW2
Blitz in London -- a personal photograph, taken by a colleague, of life in the AFS at a sub-station, showing firewomen on the Heavy Unit of Sub-station 67Z

Background imageCivil Collection: General Grants cavalry escort, City Point, Va. March, 1865

General Grants cavalry escort, City Point, Va. March, 1865. Group portrait with 5 buglers at left. Date 1865 Mar. printed later

Background imageCivil Collection: Serbian detachment, Nadvoitsa, Murmansk, Russia

Serbian detachment, Nadvoitsa, Murmansk, Russia
A Serbian detachment standing to attention on the railway siding at Nadvoitsa (Nadvoitsy), Murmansk, during the Russian Civil War. Date: 1919

Background imageCivil Collection: American sailors in Vladivostok, Russia

American sailors in Vladivostok, Russia
The arrival of American sailors from the USS Albany in Vladivostok, Russia, as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Date: circa 1919

Background imageCivil Collection: Poster advertising the Special Constabulary

Poster advertising the Special Constabulary, seeking fit men and women for part-time voluntary service. Civil Defence is Common Sense. Ask for details at your local police station. 1940s

Background imageCivil Collection: Worton, Wiltshire - WWII - Civilian Fire Fighters

Worton, Wiltshire - WWII - Civilian Fire Fighters and their trailer fire engine! Date: circa 1941

Background imageCivil Collection: Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commander

Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commander
Admiral Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander during the First World War, polar explorer, and leader of the anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War

Background imageCivil Collection: Map of Vicksburg

Map of Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the US Civil War when Ulyssess Grant and his army of the Tennessee drove the Confederate army of John C Pemberton back to Vicksburg and besieged the city

Background imageCivil Collection: Policeman and policewoman with gas masks

Policeman and policewoman with gas masks
A policeman and a policewoman wearing civilian gas masks outside Harrow Road Police Station (X Division) before the outbreak of World War Two. The respirator is contained in the canvas bag

Background imageCivil Collection: The General Strike - Government leaders

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Background imageCivil Collection: Americans in Russia

Americans in Russia
American troops are sent to Vladivostok to safeguard U.S. interests there : Americans will have a deep-seated terror of communism for decades to come

Background imageCivil Collection: Map of North America, 1845

Map of North America, 1845
Map of North America, showing the United States as they were pre-Civil War, 1845

Background imageCivil Collection: Members of the POUM march through Barcelona; Spanish Civil W

Members of the POUM march through Barcelona; Spanish Civil W
Photograph showing members of the Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) marching along one of the avenues of Barcelona, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936

Background imageCivil Collection: Battle of Langport

Battle of Langport
BATTLE OF LANGPORT, Somerset The Parliament army under Fairfax delivers a crushing defeat to the Royalists under Goring

Background imageCivil Collection: Monitor / Merrimac / Card

Monitor / Merrimac / Card
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Background imageCivil Collection: American Civil War

American Civil War
Federal guns of Battery Stevens used to bombard Fort Sumter during the American Civil War

Background imageCivil Collection: Knight of the Knights Templar in house habit, Templier en habit de maison

Knight of the Knights Templar in house habit, Templier en habit de maison
5912809 Knight of the Knights Templar in house habit, Templier en habit de maison. Handcoloured woodblock engraving after an illustration by Jacques Charles Bar from Abbot Tirons Histoire et Costumes

Background imageCivil Collection: Scythian armour and weapons

Scythian armour and weapons
Scythian breastplate, shield, helmet and maces from the Column of Theodosius in Constantinople (Istanbul). Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his

Background imageCivil Collection: Kilsby Tunnel (engraving)

Kilsby Tunnel (engraving)
3653502 Kilsby Tunnel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kilsby Tunnel. Illustration for The Story of the Life of George Stephenson)

Background imageCivil Collection: The Simmonds 'Spartan'(b / w photo)

The Simmonds "Spartan"(b / w photo)
3634254 The Simmonds " Spartan" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Simmonds " Spartan")

Background imageCivil Collection: Duchess of Cleveland, from a painting by Sir Peter Lely

Duchess of Cleveland, from a painting by Sir Peter Lely.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin

Background imageCivil Collection: de Havilland DH. 104 Dove 6 G-ANUU

de Havilland DH. 104 Dove 6 G-ANUU
de Havilland DH.104 Dove 6 G-ANUU (msn 04455) of the Civil Aviation Flying Unit. G-ANUU flew with the Board of Trade - Department of Trade

Background imageCivil Collection: Agusta Bell AB204B Iroquois Huey

Agusta Bell AB204B Iroquois Huey
Agusta Bell 204B Huey Helicopter

Background imageCivil Collection: Avro 618 Ten / X / 10

Avro 618 Ten / X / 10
Pilot Charles Kingsford-Smith and His Avro 618 Ten, Named Southern Star Unloading at Croydon after the First Flight from Australia with Christmas Post / Mail 16th December 1931 Date: 1931

Background imageCivil Collection: Voisin Bird of Passage biplane

Voisin Bird of Passage biplane
John Theodore Cuthbert Jtc Moore-Brabazons Voisin Bird of Passage Biplane Number 4 Parked Outside the Short Brothers Hangar at Leysdown in 1909 Date: 1909

Background imageCivil Collection: Santos Dumont No 14bis

Santos Dumont No 14bis
Mr Alberto Santos Dumont Taxiing His 14Bis before Flying a Distnce of 60 Metres at a Height of 3 Metres to Gain the Archdeacon Prize, Paris, France Date: 1906

Background imageCivil Collection: Oliver Cromwell At The Battle Of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644, During The First English Civil War

Oliver Cromwell At The Battle Of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644, During The First English Civil War

Background imageCivil Collection: Doges Palace. Venice

Doges Palace. Venice
Italy. Venice. Doges Palace. Gothic building. 14th - 15th centuries. Facade

Background imageCivil Collection: Sir John Meldrum

Sir John Meldrum
SIR JOHN MELDRUM Military commander in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. Date: ? - 1645

Background imageCivil Collection: Eiffel Construction 11

Eiffel Construction 11
The Eiffel Tower under construction in Paris, France, 31st March 1889. No. 11 in a series of 11. Theophile Feau captured the construction of the tower by taking photographs from the tower of




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"Civil: A Journey Through Time and Conflict" Step into the world aviation, where innovation soars high with the BAe Concorde Cutaway Poster. Marvel at the engineering marvels like the Empire flying boat and Passenger Plane Imperial, which connected nations and brought people closer. But amidst progress, history reminds us of darker times. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) echoes through a powerful poster - "No pasaran" (They shall not pass), published by the CNT. Witness the ironclad naval battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, a testament to human resilience in times of strife. Intriguingly, even business ventures have their place in this narrative. An advertisement for Bernard Weatherill Ltd captures an era when commerce thrived amidst chaos. Meanwhile, Douglas DC-3 stands as a symbol of endurance during turbulent times. The Airship Guarantee Co. 's R-100 takes us on a whimsical journey above clouds while Hammersmith Bridge connects communities physically and metaphorically. Events unfold across Britain during its own Civil War, leaving lasting imprints on our collective memory. Traveling further brings us to unexpected places like Vladivostock where 9th Hampshire Regiment stood strong against adversity. And finally, we arrive at The Spiral Bridge in Hastings, Minnesota - an architectural masterpiece that defies convention. Civilization has witnessed both triumphs and tribulations throughout history; it is within these moments that humanity's true character emerges. From technological advancements to wartime struggles or bridges connecting societies – each chapter tells tales of resilience and unity in diverse forms. As we reflect upon these snapshots from different eras around the globe, let them serve as reminders that despite our differences or conflicts faced along the way – there is always hope for harmony amidst chaos if we choose to embrace our shared humanity.