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Greater Collection (#25)

"Exploring the Greater: From Rochdale to Romiley, a journey through time and places" Step back in time to 1906 as we uncover the hidden gems of Rochdale

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Picture No. 10898162
Asian One-horned Rhino / Indian / Greater One-horned Rhinoceros - adult and young (Rhinoceros unicornis) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10898161

Picture No. 10898161
Asian One-horned Rhino / Indian / Greater One-horned Rhinoceros - young (Rhinoceros unicornis) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10898160

Picture No. 10898160
Asian One-horned Rhino / Indian / Greater One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10898139

Picture No. 10898139
Greater Yellowlegs - with fish in beak (Tringa melanoleuca) Date:

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Picture No. 10898140
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10896923

Picture No. 10896923
Greater Knapweed - with Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Greater Yellow-Rattle / Greater Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus angustifolius) - in meadow in early spring (Centaurea scabiosa) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10896921

Picture No. 10896921
Meadow Salsify - with Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) and Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) - in meadow in early spring (Tragopogon pratensis) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10896922

Picture No. 10896922
Greater Knapweed - with Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Greater Yellow-Rattle / Greater Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus angustifolius) - in meadow in early spring (Centaurea scabiosa) Date:

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Picture No. 10896920
Meadow Salsify - with Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) and Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) - in meadow in early spring (Tragopogon pratensis) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10896397

Picture No. 10896397
Greater Mouse-eared Bat - At the top of a cave (Myotis myotis) Date:

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Picture No. 10896398
Greater Spear-nosed Bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10896395

Picture No. 10896395
Greater Spear-nosed Bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons albifrons) twelve adults, in flight, Slimbridge

White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons albifrons) twelve adults, in flight, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, March

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater or Greenland White fronted Goose on Islay

Greater or Greenland White fronted Goose on Islay

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater Black backed Gull

Greater Black backed Gull

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater or Greenland White fronted Geese on Islay

Greater or Greenland White fronted Geese on Islay

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater or Greenland White fronted Goose with a light covering of rain. Islay Scotland

Greater or Greenland White fronted Goose with a light covering of rain. Islay Scotland

Background imageGreater Collection: Picture No. 10901898

Picture No. 10901898
Karoo Cape Tortoise / Greater Padloper - crossing road (Homopus femoralis). Free State Province, South Africa. Date:

Background imageGreater Collection: The Agony in the Garden, c1465. Tempera on wood. Giovanni Bellini (1426-1516)

The Agony in the Garden, c1465. Tempera on wood. Giovanni Bellini (1426-1516) Italian Renaissance painter. Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane while Saints Peter

Background imageGreater Collection: Roman soldiers: Stone slingers and their equipment. Three men all carrying short hand slings

Roman soldiers: Stone slingers and their equipment. Three men all carrying short hand slings, while on ground are sling sticks which gave missiles greater impetus

Background imageGreater Collection: Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe

Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe and giving greater weight to Tychos system, right, than to that of Copernicus. Ptolemys system is discarded at her feet

Background imageGreater Collection: Singers special Safety Bicycle (c1886). Chain-driven machine introducing the

Singers special Safety Bicycle (c1886). Chain-driven machine introducing the diamond frame which gave greater rigidity in spite of lightness. Wood engraving 1890

Background imageGreater Collection: Frederick Settle Barff (1823-1887) English chemist born at Hackney, Greater London

Frederick Settle Barff (1823-1887) English chemist born at Hackney, Greater London. Inventor of the Barff (Bower-Barff) process for preventing the corrosion of iron

Background imageGreater Collection: Miners breaking up rock by setting a fire on it. When the rock cooled it would crack

Miners breaking up rock by setting a fire on it. When the rock cooled it would crack and shatter which made it easy to work with picks

Background imageGreater Collection: Beating cotton cloth with wooden mallets to give it greater strength: India. Hand-coloured

Beating cotton cloth with wooden mallets to give it greater strength: India. Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater Chicago Bridges

Greater Chicago Bridges
Postcard view of the bridges looking west along the Chicago River. One bridge is open to allow a ship to pass under

Background imageGreater Collection: Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) adult male, feeding on berries during snowfall

Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) adult male, feeding on berries during snowfall, Abernethy Forest, Strathspey, Cairngorms N.P. Highlands, Scotland, January

Background imageGreater Collection: Giant Bellflower (Campanula latifolia) flowering, Pontic Mountains, Anatolia, Turkey, July

Giant Bellflower (Campanula latifolia) flowering, Pontic Mountains, Anatolia, Turkey, July

Background imageGreater Collection: Bismarck Flying Fox (Pteropus neohibernicus) adult, in flight, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago

Bismarck Flying Fox (Pteropus neohibernicus) adult, in flight, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, April

Background imageGreater Collection: Man unpacking bird of paradise plumes including Lesser, Greater and Raggiana Birds

Man unpacking bird of paradise plumes including Lesser, Greater and Raggiana Birds of Paradise for head dresses at a Sing-sing at Paiya in Western Highlands Papua New Guinea

Background imageGreater Collection: Greater Bird of Paradise

Greater Bird of Paradise
Illustration of a Greater Bird of Paradise by Eleazar Albin

Background imageGreater Collection: Natives of Aru shooting Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-pa

Natives of Aru shooting Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-pa
Plate opposite page 443 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Malay Archipelago (1874)

Background imageGreater Collection: Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpecker

Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpecker
Plate 19, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageGreater Collection: Calandrella brachydactyla, greater short-toed lark

Calandrella brachydactyla, greater short-toed lark
Plate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageGreater Collection: Aythya marila, greater scaup

Aythya marila, greater scaup
Plate 24 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageGreater Collection: Homo sapiens, human and Gorilla gorilla, western gorilla

Homo sapiens, human and Gorilla gorilla, western gorilla
Drawing of a human skeleton and a gorilla skeleton. Published in Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 5, Part 1 by Richard Owen, 1866

Background imageGreater Collection: Pongo pygmaeus, orangutan and Gorilla gorilla, western goril

Pongo pygmaeus, orangutan and Gorilla gorilla, western goril

Background imageGreater Collection: Sylvia communis, greater whitethroat

Sylvia communis, greater whitethroat
Plate 174 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageGreater Collection: Phoenicopterus ruber ruber, greater flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber ruber, greater flamingo
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Background imageGreater Collection: Anthya marila, greater scaup

Anthya marila, greater scaup
Plate 229 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageGreater Collection: Anser albifrons, greater white-fronted goose

Anser albifrons, greater white-fronted goose
Plate 286 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageGreater Collection: Chrysocolaptes lucidus xanthocephalus, greater flame-backed

Chrysocolaptes lucidus xanthocephalus, greater flame-backed
Plate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 6, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageGreater Collection: Tympanuchus cupid, greater prarie chicken

Tympanuchus cupid, greater prarie chicken
Plate 186 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageGreater Collection: Bronze bust of a chimpanzee

Bronze bust of a chimpanzee

Background imageGreater Collection: Centropus menbeki, greater black coucal

Centropus menbeki, greater black coucal
Plate 33 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia

Background imageGreater Collection: Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort

Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort
A photograph of the detail from one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort

Background imageGreater Collection: Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-paradise

Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-paradise
Mounted specimen of the greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda), from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Background imageGreater Collection: Rhodacanthis palmeri, greater koa finch

Rhodacanthis palmeri, greater koa finch
Photograph of the greater koa finch. This bird is now extinct. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 200




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