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Charles Dickens Hard Times He went down on his knee
Vintage engraving from Charles Dickens Hard Times. Below the mark. He went down on his knee before her on the poor mean stairs, and put on end of her shawl to his lips

Vintage Japanese Woodblock print of Children
Toyohara Chikanobu (1838aa1912), was a prolific woodblock artist of Japans Meiji period. His works capture the transition from the age of the Samurai to Meiji modernity

Victorian restaurant waiter taking an order
A smiling waiter in a Victorian restaurant or gentlemens club, taking an order from a diner. From " Punch, or the London Charivari", Volume LXVIII (68), published in London in 1875

The word FAQ, made of old lead type

Head in profile with a question mark, illustration

Handheld police signal, labelled Halt, Polizei, german for Stop! Police

Nineteenth century courtroom scene
A man, smiling evilly, is being question by a lawyer in a Victorian courtroom. From Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocksas Hunt.a by Rs Surtees and illustrated by John Leech

Detective Police. Are you from the country young man ?
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Charles Dickens piece The Detective Police. Are you from the country young man ? Yes, I says, I am

Victorian women asking advice of each other
Vintage engraving of Victorian women asking advice of each other, The Leisure Hour, 1872

Two men lost in the Australian bush, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Two men lost in the Australian bush, 19th Century. Asking aboriginals for directions to a water hole

Illustration of boy sitting at desk with arm raised in classroom of students

Digital illustration of blue cloud and bubbles

No Singing
circa 1920: A woman erects a sign to a wall, asking the occupants of charabancs, an early form of motor coach, not to disturb residents with their singing

Poodle standing erect on stool, begging (B&W)

Tin Man
September 1928: A tin man robot which speaks, answers questions and shares hands when told to. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Question Mark
September 1975: An upright piece of scrap metal and concrete forms a monumental question mark overlooking Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Outstretched arms
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Montage of outstretched arms. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

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