Diry Collection (page 3)

Mecklenburgh Square in Camden, London, where it joins Doughty Street (on the right), circa 1925. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

WB Yeats
Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Moonlight Charge
The Moonlight Charge of the Household Cavalry at the Battle of Kassassin, during the Anglo-Egyptian War, 28th August 1882. By George Seymour, from a sketch by Frederic Villiers

Cape Town Pier
The Adderley Street pier in Cape Town, South Africa, with Table Mountain and Lions Head mountain in the background, circa 1900. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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

Times Of The Day
A lady makes her way through Covent Garden in London, ignoring the scenes of public debauchery, 1736. An engraving of Morning from the Four Times of the Day series of paintings by William Hogarth

Borough Market
Crowds flock to Londons Borough Market on Christmas Eve, with Southwark Cathedral in the background, circa 1850. From a drawing by G Dodgson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wagga Wagga
A hut in Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Australia, 19th century. Butcher Arthur Orton, also known as Thomas Castrolate, subject of the famous Tichborne Claimant trial is said to have lived here

Liverpool Lifeboat
A lifeboat in Liverpool docks, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Newly Built Bridge
Crowds on the banks of the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall celebrate the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge, designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1859

Arch Construction
A passenger steamer passes under Sydney Harbour Bridge during the construction of its arch, circa 1930. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cockatoo In Flight
A series of 24 photographs showing stages in the flight of a cockatoo, circa 1887. (Photo by Eadweard Muybridge/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Shrewsbury Rail Accident
The scene of the Shrewsbury rail accident of 15th October 1907. Eighteen people were killed in the crash when a train from Manchester derailed on the approach to Shrewsbury station

RMS Aquitania
The Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania on the River Clyde in Scotland, shortly after leaving the shipyard for her maiden voyage, 10th May 1914

Bournes Submarine
The earliest design for a submarine, by English mathematician William Bourne, 1578. The wooden framework is covered with waterproof leather

Glasgow Views
Various major edifices in Glasgow, including the Institute of Fine Arts, the Stock Exchange and the Royal Exchange and Glasgow Bridge. Published in the Glasgow Illustrated, circa 1880

Canterbury Mill
The Millers Arms pub and the Denne & Sons Ltd City Mills on St Radigunds Street in Canterbury, circa 1920. The Denne watermill burnt down in 1933. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Liverpool Docks on the River Mersey, circa 1930. From left to right, the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tripoli Palace
The Governors Palace in Tripoli, Libya, later the Peoples Palace, circa 1930. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Weller At The White hart
Samuel Pickwick (right) meets Sam Weller (left) for the first time, at the White Hart Inn, in a scene from Charles Dickenss first novel The Pickwick Papers, published as a serial from 1836 to 1837

Congos Artwork
Congo, London Zoos artistic chimpanzee, at work on his new masterpiece, 25th May 1957. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The newly-built De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 10th December 1935. The building was designed by architects Erich Mendelsohn

Spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea
The spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 1937. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Monck Masons Airship
The Victoria, an early airship built by English aviator Thomas Monck Mason, 1843. American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

Old City Of London
A map of the City of London, showing Bunhill Fields, Moorfields and the Old Artillery Yard, 1658. From Richard Newcourts Plan of London (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Brussels Grand Place
The Grand Place in Brussels filled with cars at night, circa 1960. (Photo by P. Berger/FPG/Getty Images)

Strandbad Wannsee
Tourists on the beach at Strandbad Wannsee, on Berlin, Germany, circa 1970. The lido is on the Baltic Sea. (Photo by Harvey Meston/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Alnwick Castle, seat of the Duke of Northumberland, circa 1783. Engraving by W Watts after Lord Duncannon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Peloponnese Peninsula
A map of the The Peloponnese peninsula showing the mainland of southern Greece, the Cyclades (right) and the north-west tip of Crete (bottom, centre), circa 1790

Hay Harvest
Harvesting hay in the summer of 1846. Engraving by Linton after a drawing by Duncan. Original publication: llustrated London News, 29th August 1846

Kings College Hospital
The out-patients waiting hall of Kings College Hospital in Denmark Hill, London, April 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Alhambra
circa 1930: The Alhambra in Granada, southern Spain, a Moorish palace and fortress built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Seen from the Generalife gardens. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bristol Quay
The quay at Bristol Harbour in south west England, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Halleys Diving Bell
An early diving bell invented by English physicist Edmond Halley (top left), with three similar contraptions, circa 1690. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cavalier Costumes
Cavalier costumes from the reign of King Charles II, 1670. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Burnham Beeches, an area of woodland in Buckinghamshire, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Exchange Interior
The interior of the Baltic Exchange in London, 3rd May 1920. The exchange is the centre of shipbroking and chartering in the City of London. (Photo by A. R)

Seaside Sirens
An engraving entitled Cartoon of the Season: No.7. The Seaside Sirens, depicting two men watching a group of women on a rocky beach, circa 1855

Rioters Bloody Hands
Rioters bathe their standard bearers hands in blood during violent disturbances related to low pay in the iron industry, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, 1831

Dancing Bear
A bear in a muzzle dances to the tune of its owner, while a monkey capers on another mans shoulders, circa 1800. An engraving by Thomas Bewick. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cheltenham Hospital, Gloucestershire, circa 1890. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

St. Nicholas Church
A view of St. Nicholas church tower and facade Aberdeen, circa 1895 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Market Cross
A group of people gathered round Market Cross, Aberdeen, circa 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kentucky And Tennessee
An engraved map of Kentucky and Tennessee by Isaac Taylor Hinton, published by Simpkin & Marshall and printed by Fenner Sears & Co. 1832. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Liverpool Docks
The Landing Stage at Liverpool docks, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cholera Pie
A caricature by Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856), depicting a doctor who has grown rich on the profits of a cholera epidemic, circa 1835

Barbican Centre
A fish-eye view over the Barbican Centre (foreground) in the City of London, circa 1985. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tothill Fields
The pest-houses at Tothill Fields, Westminster, London, circa 1796. They were used to house victims of the Great Plague of London in 1665-1666. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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