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Archival Collection (page 22)

Background imageArchival Collection: Slum Houses

Slum Houses
1st May 1954: Neglected houses near the High Level Bridge in Newcastle. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7143 - Newcastle: Revival Of A City - pub

Background imageArchival Collection: Hiroshima

Hiroshima
6th August 1955: A view of bomb damaged areas of Hiroshima, ten years after the Atomic bomb was dropped on the city. The dome in the background became known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Background imageArchival Collection: Autosilo

Autosilo
4th June 1955: An Autosilo - a multi-storey ramp garage, invented in Switzerland - at Karlsruhe. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7789 - A Plan To End The Traffic Jam - pub

Background imageArchival Collection: Fighting The Pounds

Fighting The Pounds
26th November 1955: Principal Boy actress Lynette Ray working out under the supervision of Mickey Wood at his Tough Guy Agency in Marylebone, London

Background imageArchival Collection: Horses Nosebag

Horses Nosebag
1940: Horses feeding at Carter Patersons stables. Original Publication: Picture Post - 332 - Carter Patersons Stables - unpub. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Horses Eye View

Horses Eye View
December 1951: A pair of legs in seamed tights, a view of the principal boy as seen by the pantomime horse. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5642 - Brothers Under The Skin - pub

Background imageArchival Collection: Tie Shop

Tie Shop
15th October 1938: Tartan ties belonging to various Scottish clans on display in a Whitechapel shop in the East End of London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 27 - Whitechapel - pub

Background imageArchival Collection: Canberras

Canberras
31st May 1952: A squadron of twin-jet Canberra bombers. A light bomber which carries no armament, relying on speed and height. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5879 - RAF Scare: The Truth - pub

Background imageArchival Collection: Lagonda Drophead Coupe

Lagonda Drophead Coupe
A Lagonda DB2.6 drophead coupe, 21st October 1950. Original publication: Picture Post - 5140 - Britains Best In Cars - pub. 1950 (Photo by Ronald Startup/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Parisian Bridal Fashion

Parisian Bridal Fashion
Illustration, in color, advertising Parisian womens bridal fashion from Le Moniteur de la Mode published in April1851. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Paris At Night

Paris At Night
PARIS FRANCE - NOVEMBER 1: A couple stroll down a foggy street at night on November 1 1948 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Gargoyle

Gargoyle
circa 1930: A Gargoyle on the cathedral of Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cite in central Paris. (Photo by Edward Charles Le Grice/Le Grice/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Medieval Court

Medieval Court
Victorians attending the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, in Hyde Park, London

Background imageArchival Collection: Grim Reaper

Grim Reaper
A poor man being visited by an apparition on his death bed. Original Artwork: By John Leech for Punch - Vol IN:I (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Social Pyramid

Social Pyramid
circa 1890: A cartoon showing groups of people bearing others on their shoulders ending with one man at the top. the words accompanying the layers are

Background imageArchival Collection: Point Of Honour

Point Of Honour
1st July 1825: A drawing entitled Point of Honour by the English artist George Cruikshank showing a man about to be flogged on the deck of a naval vessel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Guerillas

Guerillas
1818: A Spanish guerrilla stokes his rifle with a long stick. It was these Spanish freedom fighters who weakened Napoleons hold on Spain during the Peninsular War of 1808 to 1814

Background imageArchival Collection: Trevithick Locomotive of 1804

Trevithick Locomotive of 1804
Engraving shows incomplete drawing of Cornish inventor and engineer Richard Trevithick steam locomotive with which he successfully hauled 25 tons of cargo and 36 passengers at Pen y Darren, Wales

Background imageArchival Collection: Engraving From Macbeth Sleepwalking Scene

Engraving From Macbeth Sleepwalking Scene
Engraving from Act V Scene I of William Shakespeares Macbeth of Lady Macbeth as she wears a nightgown and sleepwalks through a darkened room, mid to late 1800s

Background imageArchival Collection: Burke And Wills Statue

Burke And Wills Statue
The statue of Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills on Collins Street, Melbourne, circa 1865. The work of Charles Summers, the statue commemorates the deaths of the two explorers

Background imageArchival Collection: Stuck In The Mud; young boy in a swimsuit stands ankle-deep in mud on beach using

Stuck In The Mud; young boy in a swimsuit stands ankle-deep in mud on beach using
circa 1925: A young boy in a swimsuit stands ankle-deep in mud on beach and uses a rope to attempt to pull a boat ashore. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: 1921 View of the traffic and illuminated advertisements in Times Square at night

1921 View of the traffic and illuminated advertisements in Times Square at night
1921: View of the traffic and illuminated advertisements in Times Square at night, seen from 45th Street looking northward, New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: circa 1920: High-angle view of illuminated marquees in Times Square at night

circa 1920: High-angle view of illuminated marquees in Times Square at night, New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Coming To America; Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it

Coming To America; Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it
Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it travels from Hamburg to New York, December 10, 1906. The Patricia was built by A.G

Background imageArchival Collection: British Library Reading Room

British Library Reading Room
A section of the newly-painted dome of the Reading Room of the British Library, 6th May 1952. The dome has been finished in cream, grey and gold. (Photo by L)

Background imageArchival Collection: Panda Head Bucket

Panda Head Bucket
6th July 1959: Chi-Chi the giant panda attempts to remove a rubber bucket from her head at London Zoo. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Battersea Power Station Night View

Battersea Power Station Night View
With dimensions of 160m x 170m, the roof of the boiler house 50m tall, and its four 103m tall, tapering chimneys, the station is a massive structure

Background imageArchival Collection: Nuns Walk; Is This The Borley Rectory Ghost?

Nuns Walk; Is This The Borley Rectory Ghost?
A girl peers down the Nuns Walk at Borley Rectory in Essex, 1st January 1955. Since 1900, several people claim to have seen the ghost of a nun on this path

Background imageArchival Collection: Industrial Cabaret

Industrial Cabaret
7th January 1956: Cabaret dancers from Eve, an exclusive French nightclub in Londons Regent Street, wearing costumes on the theme of the British Industries Fair

Background imageArchival Collection: Forbidden Fruit; A young girl endeavours to pick an apple from the tree

Forbidden Fruit; A young girl endeavours to pick an apple from the tree
31st December 1956: A young girl endeavours to pick an apple from the tree. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8782 - Champion Children - unpub. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Waiting For A Ship

Waiting For A Ship
Christina Zandvliet and her family emigrated to Australia but after falling ill she returned to Holland. Her children missed her so much they stowed aboard a ship to see her again

Background imageArchival Collection: Street Fashion 1953; fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly

Street Fashion 1953; fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly
4th June 1953: A fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6576 - What Makes Piccadilly - pub

Background imageArchival Collection: A man in a bowler hat walking under the arches on the cobbled Wapping High Street, London

A man in a bowler hat walking under the arches on the cobbled Wapping High Street, London
3rd December 1949: A man in a bowler hat walking under the arches on the cobbled Wapping High Street, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4931 - The Pool Of London - pub

Background imageArchival Collection: Treacherous Sands; Low tide, or low water slack, at Goodwin Sands

Treacherous Sands; Low tide, or low water slack, at Goodwin Sands
1st May 1948: Low tide, or low water slack, at Goodwin Sands. The area is seamed with gullies and swillies formed by the swirling tides. Some of the holes have twelve feet of water above the sand

Background imageArchival Collection: Circa 1955, A rainbow arcs over the gorge of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River

Circa 1955, A rainbow arcs over the gorge of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: The Steam Locomotive Flying Scotsman at Wembley

The Steam Locomotive Flying Scotsman at Wembley
21st April 1925: The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman at Wembley. It is being moved sideways from its track into position for exhibition. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Poster For Uncle Toms Cabin

Poster For Uncle Toms Cabin
A poster advertising Harriet Beecher Stowes best-selling anti-slavery novel, Uncle Toms Cabin, written in 1852. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Cinema Poster; 7 Days Leave From Prison

Cinema Poster; 7 Days Leave From Prison
Convicted criminal Danny Hughes appears in a series of photographs as part of an experiment in home leave from prisons. Here he reads a poster advertising the gang warfare film Cosh Boy

Background imageArchival Collection: Empire Exhibition

Empire Exhibition
1924: The Flying Scotsman locomotive, leaving through the wall of the Palace of Engineering for Darlington, at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Continental Express

Continental Express
1st September 1927: The Continental Express train at Harwich station. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Fast Mail Train

Fast Mail Train
Illustration of the fast mail train Engine number 110 from November 1877. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Compond Locomotive

Compond Locomotive
Illustration of a compound locomotive made by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works circa 1895. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: LMS 6399 Fury

LMS 6399 Fury
The newly-built locomotive 6399 Fury, of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, leaving the Hyde Park works in Glasgow for trials, 7th February 1930

Background imageArchival Collection: Suffragette Arson Attack at St Catherines Church, Hatcham

Suffragette Arson Attack at St Catherines Church, Hatcham
The fire brigade attend a blaze at St Catherines Church, Hatcham, which has been set light to by Suffragettes. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Financial District Cityscape

Financial District Cityscape
Aerial view from the East River looking northwest of the financial district and east side skyline of lower Manhattan, New York, New York, mid 1960s

Background imageArchival Collection: 3-Litre Lagonda

3-Litre Lagonda
24th October 1953: A 3-Litre Lagonda motor car. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6771 - German Diesel Car For The Motor Show - pub. 1953 (Photo by Carl Sutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Rover Saloon Car

Rover Saloon Car
22nd September 1959: A Rover Saloon car. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageArchival Collection: Cadillac

Cadillac
circa 1955: A 1906 Cadillac touring car at the Long Island Automotive Museum in New York State. (Photo by Carsten/Three Lions/Getty Images)



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