Images Dated 20th November 2004

Chinese people ride their bycicles on a sunny autumn day in Beijings city centre

Chinese people ride their bycicles on a sunny autumn day in Beijing's city centre November 20, 2004. Bicycles have been an indispensable means of transport for most Chinese people, and the populous country produced 78 million bicycles last year, about one third of the global total. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause Pictures of the month November 2004 RKR/TW - RP5DRHXUZUAB

The Royal Panopticon, Leicester Square, London, 1852

Engraving showing the Royal Panopticon of Science and Art, which was being built in Leicester Square during 1852. When constructed the Panopticon's dome was somewhat smaller in size than this image suggests. This building later became the Alhambra Theatre and then the Odeon

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Wylds Great Globe, Leicester Square, London, 1851

Engraving showing the building built for Wyld's Great Globe in the early 1850's. This building housed a 10, 000 sq. foot painting of planet Earth. During the Crimean War, the positions of the fighting forces of Britain, France, Turkey and Russia were posted onto the painting, as the latest news arrived in London

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