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Geological Gallery Natural History Museum 1892
Photograph of the Geological Gallery, with American mastodon in the foreground. July 1892. Archive ref: PH/173/243 Date: 1892

Oil rig on the move JLP01_10_01378
Graythorp Dry Dock, Hartlepool. Oil platform being moved on caterpillar wheels. Photographed in 1974

LMS Train filling up at Tebay, the golden age of steam trains

Chalk quarry for cement. Greenhithe, Kent - 1953

George the elephant, 1935
Two attendants brush down the African elephant George in the Central Hall in one of several shots of Museum staff taken by Weekly Illustrated photographers for an article that appeared in February

Augustus H. Bishop with elephant tusks, May 1912
Augustus Bishop arrived at the Museum in 1904, aged 23, after three years training as a taxidermist

African elephant in Central Hall, February 1910
Photographed in 1910 just three years after his arrival, the African elephant later nicknamed George, was obtained from the taxidermists Rowland Ward Ltd

Contract of sale. The clergyman Bruno sell to Sentefred several lands. Parchment with visigothic writing. 815. From Sant Pere de Codinet Monastery. Chapter Archive. Seu d Urgell. Catalonia. Spain

Two females handstands on beam

Advertisement for Barretts Fresh Fruit Lemonade undated

Trevithick Railroad at Euston Square 1809 Catchme who can By Rowlandson

Geologists at Piltdown
Geologists Association party visiting the pit at Piltdown on 12 July 1913

Mastodon in Geological Gallery, December 1919
The Guide Lecturer, John Henry Leonard, took this shot of two girls inspecting a primitive elephant or mastodon (Mammut americanus), in December 1919

Firemen, c. 1910 at the Natural History Museum
In 1906, telephonic fire alarms were installed that linked ten points around the Museum with the Firemens Room in the basement and the local Fire Brigade station

Beach on the Island of Tonga
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Scaffolding in Central Hall, 1925
This photograph, taken in February 1925, marked the cleaning and redecoration of the North and Central Halls by the Office of Works

Cape Verde (19th c. ). Portuguese rule. Litography
Cape Verde (19th c.). Portuguese rule. Litography. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Overseas Historical Archive

Trinity College Old Library built between 1712 and 1732, College Green, Dublin, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

The Lords Library, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Earl of Pembroke statue, Bodleian Library, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Detail, Bodleian Library, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

George in the entrance, April 1927, the Natural History Mus
The removal of George the African elephant from the Central Hall in April 1927 for remounting

Worcester Cathedral CC66_00143
Worcester Cathedral. Looking west through the choir, showing the tomb of King John. Photographed 1920-1949

Woolworths, Edmonton FWW01_01_0367_002
F W Woolworth And Company Limited, 96-102 Fore Street, Upper Edmonton, Greater London. Exterior view of the front elevation, April 1940. Horticultural Department and Toy Dept

Woolworths, Blackpool FWW01_01_0066_002
F W Woolworth And Company Limited, Bank Hey Street, Blackpool. Exterior view from the south-west with shoppers on the streets, 1938

Mobile X-ray unit med01_01_0532
Staff lifting mobile radiography and X-ray apparatus from a van. Mobile X-ray units, designed by Marie Curie, were used during WWI

Anaesthetic room med01_01_0380
St Michaels Orthopaedic Hospital, Marine Parade East, Clacton On Sea, Tendring, Essex. A view of the anaesthetic room. Photographed for the Topical Press Agency Ltd in May1939

Iron lung at Lourdes med01_01_0369
Sanctuary Of Our Lady Of Lourdes, Basilica Of Our Lady Of The Rosary, Lourdes, France. View of clergy passing pilgrims, including a trailer housing a patient in an iron lung, at Lourdes

Making iron lungs med01_01_0323
Morris Motor Works, Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxford. A scene in a factory producing iron lungs for Australia. Lord Nuffield, the car magnate

Demonstrating an iron lung med01_01_0377
Charing Cross Underground Station, City Of Westminster, Greater London. Two nurses operating an iron lung at an exhibition in Charing Cross underground station

Prefabricated hospital med01_01_0643
Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Hillingdon, Greater London. Ministry of Health new hutted hospitals. A view of the ends of the new hutted hospital being built at Mount Vernon

Mobile first aid post MED01_01_0220
A bus which has been converted into an A.R.P. mobile first aid post. Converted buses were first used in September 1939. Some could still be used as ordinary buses

George Hudson wheels away after scoring for Coventry against Colchester 1964
CoventryCity 1 Colchester United 0.Coventrywinpromotionto Division Two

Dave Bennett celebrates with the FA Cup
1987 FA Cup final between Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur

CoventryCity football club's manager JesseCarverwatches the players training
CoventryCity football club's manager JesseCarverwatches the players going through their leap-frogging exercises prior to a FA Cup clash with Exeter City.

Jimmy Hill celebrates with Coventry City players including Gerge Curtis.
Coventry City's managerJimmyHill and chairman Derrick Robins join in the celebrations after their Third Division championship clinching win over Colchester.

Parade by Coventry City Football Club to celebrate the team's entry to the First Division in 1967

18th century map, Central America and Gulf of Mexico
5322624 18th century map, Central America and Gulf of Mexico.; (add.info.: 18th century map of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico engraved by Balthasar Ruyter.).

Vicenzo Lunardi, 1754-1806. Italian pioneering aeronaut and inventor (engraving)
6118004 Vicenzo Lunardi, 1754-1806. Italian pioneering aeronaut and inventor (engraving); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Alessandro Farnese, 1545 to 1592 9engraving)
6266330 Alessandro Farnese, 1545 to 1592 9engraving); (add.info.: Alessandro Farnese, 1545 to 1592, Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1586 to 1592)

King Darius III of Persia
6266323 King Darius III of Persia; (add.info.: King Darius III of Persia, c. 380 -330 BC. Last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Map of Fortifications of the City of Barcelona, 1706, 18th century (engraving)
6266320 Map of Fortifications of the City of Barcelona, 1706, 18th century (engraving); (add.info.: The true and exact Plan of all the Old and New Fortifications of the City of Barcelona)

Nicolaas Simon van Winter
6266318 Nicolaas Simon van Winter; (add.info.: Nicolaas Simon van Winter, 1718-1795, Dutch businessman,playwright and poet,); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Genealogy of the Medici family of Florence
6266299 Genealogy of the Medici family of Florence; (add.info.: Genealogy of the Medici family of Florence.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751
6266290 Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751; (add.info.: Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751. Son of King George II and father of King George III)

Francisco de Melo
6266289 Francisco de Melo; (add.info.: Francisco de Melo, 1597-1651. Portuguese born nobleman and general who became interim governor of the Southern Netherlands)

Charlemagne
6266285 Charlemagne; (add.info.: Charlemagne, aka Charles the Great and Charles I, 748-814. King of the Franks, King of the Lombards and Emperor of the Romans.); Photo © Ken Welsh

The Bairam or the Passover of the Muhammadans, in the 18th century
6266282 The Bairam or the Passover of the Muhammadans, in the 18th century; (add.info.: The Bairam or the Passover of the Muhammadans as imagined in an early 18th century print)

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