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Tooting Bec Asylum, Surrey
A woman pushes a pram at the entrance to the Tooting Bec Asylum at Tooting Graveney, erected in 1899-1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Childrens Playroom, St Pelagias Home, Highgate
The childrens playroom at St Pelagias Home for penitent girls at 34 Highgate West Hill, London N6. The home provided accommodation for unmarried mothers and their children. Date: circa 1932

Saltaire, model textile factory and town near Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Founded by Titus Salt (1803-1776) in 1851. Shops, library, etc

Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalator
Illustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station

Chromolithograph Devotional Card - Guardian Angel
Chromolithograph Devotional Card - Protection provided by your Guardian Angel. 1911

Advertisement for hammocks for workhouse vagrant wards
A 1900 advertisement from the Grantham company of Carlton * Co. for the supply of hammocks to workhouses for use in their casual wards which provided overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants

Underground Straphangers
STRAP-HANGERS : So popular is Londons underground that often there are not enough seats : for the convenience of those standing, straps are thoughtfully provided

Duke of York at Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester
The Duke of York pays a visit to the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester - 24th November 1921. The homes provided accommodation for pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1921

Stobhill Hospital, Springburn, Glasgow
An aerial view of Stobhill Hospital, erected in 1903-4 at Springburn, Glasgow, by the citys poor law authority. It provided around 2000 beds for the infirm and chronic sick poor, and for children

Rowton House, Camden
The Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926

Bushnells Submarine
BUSHNELLs TURTLE the first submersible craft to be used in action, attacking a British ship at New York on 7 September 1776; the one-man crew provided the power manually !

Raf Vs Soviet Airforce
Anglo-Soviet soccer match, Murmansk, RAF and Soviet Airforce. The RAF provided air-cover for convoys in their Hawker Hurricanes (background)

Children from Father Berrys Home, Liverpool
Boys and girls from Father Berrys Home, Liverpool, stand in rows in a large hall. The Home provided care for Roman Catholic children who were orphans or otherwise without a home. Date: circa 1912

HMS Argus 149
Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum

WW2 Birthday Card, Tons Of Luck
A WW2 birthday greetings card, the illustration shows a large delivery of good fortune, in the way of sacks of horseshoes, provided by a pair of cats and two horses, wearing tin hats and satchels

House In North Hampshire, Garden Front
An architectural photo lithograph of the garden front of a house in North Hampshire, reproduced from a design possibly by the architect Ernest Newton

House In North Hampshire, Entrance Front
An architectural photo lithograph of the entrance front of a house in North Hampshire, reproduced from a design possibly by the architect Ernest Newton

At The Night Restaurant
A coloured drawing of some finely dressed guests at a night restaurant, some are interacting to the right, while others are sat at a long table

Aeolian Pianola Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the Aeolian Co. Ltd. promoting the Pianola Piano, accompanied with a painting which depicts a scene where three ladies with fans are enjoying the beautiful music

Orchestrelle Company Advertisement Aeolian Vocalion
An illustrated advertisement for The orchestrelle Company, promoting the Aeolian Vocalion, an exquisite gramophone, with features including the Graduola, which gives personal control of tone

Women Under a Tree
A painting of two women, wearing white dresses, one is sat on a chair that is placed in the shade provided by a large autumnal leaved tree. Date: circa 1917

Mr. Vernon-Ward's Treatment Salons
A photograph of the interior entrance hall which leads to Mr. Vernon-Ward's treatment salons, at Vere Street. The medical establishment had some fame for combatting obesity via fat reduction

Lux Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting Lux, a product used for washing dainty fabrics. The main oval framed picture shows a woman being told that her lace fabrics

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport, in November 1977

Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2666
United States Air Force - Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Designated Constant Phoenix to collect atmospheric samples for the purpose of detecting

United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185)

The Queens Visit to Grasse, the Twenty-Fifth Battalion of Chasseurs a pied at Work among the Mountains (engraving)
1062414 The Queens Visit to Grasse, the Twenty-Fifth Battalion of Chasseurs a pied at Work among the Mountains (engraving) by English School

St Judes Church, Oudtshoorn (b / w photo)
3092417 St Judes Church, Oudtshoorn (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Judes Church, Oudtshoorn)

St Aidans College (b / w photo)
3092398 St Aidans College (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Aidans College)

Sir John Falstaff examining the Recruits provided for him by Justice Shallow (engraving)
1609753 Sir John Falstaff examining the Recruits provided for him by Justice Shallow (engraving) by Gilbert, John (1817-97); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Royal Surrey Theatre
The Surrey Theatre, London began life in 1782 as the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy, one of the many circuses that provided entertainment of both horsemanship and drama (hippodrama)

Fishmongers Almshouses
The almshouses were on the area west of Newington Butts and south of St Georges Road. Erected in two phases: firstly St. Peters Hospital was built by the company in 1615-1618; the other

Duke of Norfolks Almshouses, Greenwich
View across the Thames from Greenwich of the The Duke of Norfolks Almshouses, in 1796. In 1613 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton

Shepherds Well
View of Shepherds Well in 1820, which provided the dwellers of Hampstead with water. Date: 1875

Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Gymnastics class
An exercise or gymnastics class at the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium. The sailing ship at the rear provided training in nautical skills. Date: Date unknown

National Childrens Home, Bethnal Green - Cripples Parlour
Children attending the Cripples Parlour at the National Childrens Home (NCH), Bonner Road, Bethnal Breen. It provided education and other daytime facilities for disabled children in the area

Curtis British Entomology Plate 423
Hymenoptera: Foenus assectator = Gasteruption assectator (Short-tailed Foenus) [Plant: Dactylorhiza (= Dactylorchis) maculata? (Orchis latifolia, Marsh Orchis)

A Special Correspondents Day with the Tonghoo Field Force in Burma (engraving)
1061788 A Special Correspondents Day with the Tonghoo Field Force in Burma (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Feather Market, Cape Town (b / w photo)
3092403 Feather Market, Cape Town (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Feather Market, Cape Town)

The Opera House, Cape Town (b / w photo)
3092341 The Opera House, Cape Town (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Opera House, Cape Town)

The Eclipse Expedition (b / w photo)
1615202 The Eclipse Expedition (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Eclipse Expedition)

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy C. 1 9Q-COE
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy C.1 9Q-COE (msn 6778, ex XP446), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

At Stradello, Italy, Guglielmo Bonfoco refuses anaesthetics during his leg amputation, provided he may play his accordion Date: 1911

Large Green Desk Date: 1880

SERVANTS HALL / FOOD
A scene in the Servants Hall - a Footman complains to the master of the house about the quality of the food provided Date: 1846

Religion - India - Ganga
King Shantanu meets GANGA, the goddess of the Ganges river, and she becomes his first queen provided he never speaks an angry word to her (which of course one day he does...)

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