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Background imageBritain Collection: Captive Audience

Captive Audience
US evangelist Billy Graham addresses a crowd of football supporters at Stamford Bridge, London, during half-time at the match between Chelsea and Newcastle United

Background imageBritain Collection: Northern Irish coastline with wide sandy beaches in Ballycastle

Northern Irish coastline with wide sandy beaches in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

Background imageBritain Collection: Staffordshire Potteries

Staffordshire Potteries
Factories in the Staffordshire potteries, 2nd March 1946. Original publication : Picture Post - 3088 - Pottery : A Working Partys Problem - pub

Background imageBritain Collection: Path through bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) forest, Ashridge, Hertfordshire, England

Path through bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) forest, Ashridge, Hertfordshire, England

Background imageBritain Collection: Edward As Freemason

Edward As Freemason
circa 1905: King Edward VII (1841 - 1910), who ascended the British throne in 1901. He is dressed as Grand Master of the Freemasons. (Photo by W. & D. Downey/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Bridge On the River Tamar

Bridge On the River Tamar
The Royal Albert Bridge, over the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall, 1869. Designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1859. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: St-Leonards-on-Sea

St-Leonards-on-Sea
Bathing machines shelter shy holidaymakers from prying eyes at St-Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, circa 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Summer view over Winchester Cathedral

Summer view over Winchester Cathedral, Winchester City, Hampshire County; England; Britain, UK

Background imageBritain Collection: Clouds Over Glencoe Village - Three Sisters - Scotland

Clouds Over Glencoe Village - Three Sisters - Scotland
Glencoe Village, on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands

Background imageBritain Collection: Cadgwith Cove, Cornwall, England

Cadgwith Cove, Cornwall, England

Background imageBritain Collection: The Rocket

The Rocket
English railway engineer George Stephensons locomotive Rocket comes in first at the trials competition held at Rainhill Bridge, 1829. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Bournville Baths

Bournville Baths
The Girls Baths, a swimming pool complex on Bournville Lane, in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Background imageBritain Collection: Bournville Swimming Baths

Bournville Swimming Baths
The mens swimming baths in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Background imageBritain Collection: Derbyshire Railway

Derbyshire Railway
A steam train passes along the Buxton branch of the Midland Railway in Derbyshire, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Bridge Over The Avon

Bridge Over The Avon
The Clifton suspension bridge, which spans the river Avon near Bristol, circa 1880. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1864. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: New Golden Arrow Loco

New Golden Arrow Loco
The locomotive William Shakespeare at Victoria Station, London, before entering service on the Golden Arrow route from London to Dover for the channel crossing, 11th October 1951

Background imageBritain Collection: Rebecca Riots

Rebecca Riots
Welsh men dressed as women destroying a fence, which lists their grievances brought about by the economic recession, during the Rebecca Riots in Wales. Punch - Rebecca And Her Daughters - pub

Background imageBritain Collection: Silk Mill

Silk Mill
Thomas Lombes silk mill in Derby, circa 1720. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Cadburys Workers

Cadburys Workers
Employees leaving the Cadburys chocolate works in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Background imageBritain Collection: Liverpool Lifeboat

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

Background imageBritain Collection: Dundees Royal Arch

Dundees Royal Arch
The late victorian Royal Arch in Dundee, Scotland, circa 1895. The arch was built in 1848 to celebrate a visit by Queen Victoria four years previously, and demolished in 1964

Background imageBritain Collection: Newly Built Bridge

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

Background imageBritain Collection: Congos Artwork

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

Background imageBritain Collection: The newly-built De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 10th December 1935

The newly-built De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 10th December 1935

Background imageBritain Collection: Spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea

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)

Background imageBritain Collection: Tight Squeeze

Tight Squeeze
The Port Isaac Cornwall lifeboat being dragged through the very narrow streets of the town at its launch. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Traffic At Holborn

Traffic At Holborn
A mix of horse drawn and motorised traffic at the junction between Holborn and Kingsway, London. The new Underground station is on the corner. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Exchange Interior

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)

Background imageBritain Collection: Glamorgan Colliery

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

Background imageBritain Collection: Rioters Bloody Hands

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

Background imageBritain Collection: St Pauls Cathedral

St Pauls Cathedral
A view of St. Pauls Cathedral over the rooftops of the City of London, circa 1870. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: The Temple of Edfu, The Door of the Pylon

The Temple of Edfu, The Door of the Pylon
1900s, 19th-century, art work, arts, artwork, artworks, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, buddhist, buddhistic, building, buildings, cities, city center, city centre

Background imageBritain Collection: Adelina Patti, born Adela Juana Maria Patti

Adelina Patti, born Adela Juana Maria Patti
1 person, 18, aged, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, capital, capital city, capitals, character, cities, copy, depiction, depictions, descent, digital, digitally, display

Background imageBritain Collection: Page Boys

Page Boys
Page boys at Hotel Cecil prepare for an inspection. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Lunch On Site Above London

Lunch On Site Above London
A group of construction workers sitting on the framework of the building they are working on during their lunch break, high above a London street. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Dundee

Dundee
A general view of the city of Dundee, showing blocks of high rise flats under construction

Background imageBritain Collection: Flu Masks

Flu Masks
Two women wearing flu masks during the flu epidemic which followed the First World War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: St Botolphs Parish Church, Stoke Albany village

St Botolphs Parish Church, Stoke Albany village, Northamptonshire County, England; Britain; UK

Background imageBritain Collection: Lands End in golden evening light, Cornwall, England

Lands End in golden evening light, Cornwall, England
Lands End, evening light, evening, sundown, Cornwall, Cornish, Britain, British, UK, United Kingdom, England, English, Coastal, coast, coastline, sea, vertical, atmospheric, mood, rugged, nobody

Background imageBritain Collection: Lone tree, Sharpitor Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, England

Lone tree, Sharpitor Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, England
Lone, one, 1, single, individual, tree, Sharpitor Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, Britain, British, UK, United Kingdom, England, English, vertical, Storm, stormy, stormful, overcast, bleak, dreary, grey

Background imageBritain Collection: Walkhampton Church lit by sunlight in heavy rain, Walkhampton, Dartmoor, Devon, England

Walkhampton Church lit by sunlight in heavy rain, Walkhampton, Dartmoor, Devon, England
Walkhampton Church, sunlight, sun rays, rays, sunbeam, beam of light, Walkhampton, Dartmoor, Devon, Britain, British, UK, United Kingdom, England, English, vertical, Storm, stormy, stormful

Background imageBritain Collection: Berrow lighthouse, Somerset, England

Berrow lighthouse, Somerset, England

Background imageBritain Collection: Night time long exposure of moonlit Hound Tor, Dartmoor, Devon, England

Night time long exposure of moonlit Hound Tor, Dartmoor, Devon, England

Background imageBritain Collection: Liner Refit

Liner Refit
The underside of Britain's largest liner, Majestic, during her refit at the world's largest graving dock at Southampton. The ship's propellers are in the centre

Background imageBritain Collection: Charron Taxi Cab

Charron Taxi Cab
A 1910 Charron taxicab which was one of the thousands used to rush the British and French armies up to the Marne in 1914 at the start of the First World War

Background imageBritain Collection: Downed Zeppelin

Downed Zeppelin
A German L21 Zeppelin sinks off the coast of Yarmouth, Norfolk, after having been shot down. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Sycamore Gap, Hadrian's Wall

Sycamore Gap, Hadrian's Wall
altertum, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, attraction, attractions, border, border station, borders, boundary wall, boundary walls, britain, british, cultural monument

Background imageBritain Collection: Advertisement by the Louis Krauss Company for Triumph cradle bath and wave bath

Advertisement by the Louis Krauss Company for Triumph cradle bath and wave bath
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, archive, bath, baths, bathtubs, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, commerce, companies, company

Background imageBritain Collection: Robert Miles Sloman, 1783 to 1867

Robert Miles Sloman, 1783 to 1867
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn

Background imageBritain Collection: The Elisabeth Fountain with the Trinkhalle in Bad Homburg

The Elisabeth Fountain with the Trinkhalle in Bad Homburg
1900s, 19th-century, architectural photograph, architectural view, bath, baths, britain, british, building, buildings, children, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, europe's, fountains, frg

Background imageBritain Collection: International Hygiene Exhibition

International Hygiene Exhibition
1900s, 19th-century, art work, arts, artwork, artworks, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, check, checking, checks, checkup, cities, contemporary, controlling, copy, depiction

Background imageBritain Collection: The Imperial Cathedral in Frankfurt am Main c

The Imperial Cathedral in Frankfurt am Main c
1900s, 19th-century, 3 people, abbey, abbeys, art work, arts, artwork, artworks, basilicas, basilika, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, building, buildings, catedral, cathedrals

Background imageBritain Collection: Benares, Temple of Tarhishwara or Fountain of Manikarankia

Benares, Temple of Tarhishwara or Fountain of Manikarankia
arts, assemble, assembled, assembling, assembly, benares, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, building, buildings, bunch of, construction, copy, crowd, crowds of people, depiction

Background imageBritain Collection: Studio portrait of a woman in traditional Greek dress beside a fountain

Studio portrait of a woman in traditional Greek dress beside a fountain
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, aboriginal, aboriginals, album, albums, arts, attire, balkan, balkan peninsula, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, characteristic, clothes

Background imageBritain Collection: George Eliot's House, the Priory, 21 North Bank, St John's Wood

George Eliot's House, the Priory, 21 North Bank, St John's Wood
North Bank, St John's Wood, London famous as The Priory, home of writer George Eliot from 1863 until 1878

Background imageBritain Collection: Broadstairs Beach

Broadstairs Beach
A group of brave holiday makers sitting in the rain on Broadstairs Beach. (Photo by Chris Ware/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Magic Topper, rabbits peering out of top hats

Magic Topper, rabbits peering out of top hats
Two rabbits peering out of top hats belonging to Magic Circle magician Gus Davenport, who is at the Scala Theatre in London for the Magic Circle's Festival of Magic

Background imageBritain Collection: Underground Opening

Underground Opening
A battery of ticket issuing machines at the newly opened Piccadilly Circus Underground. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: City Lights

City Lights
Illuminated advertisements surrounding the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus, London. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Burning Victory

Burning Victory
A street celebration in east Belfast of the fall of the power-sharing government in Ulster, 28th May 1974. (Photo by Frank Tewkesbury/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Bather By Cliffs

Bather By Cliffs
A woman wearing a fashionable bathing suit on cliffs by the sea. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Parachuting

Parachuting
RAF parachute training from a light plane using a seat chute, at Henlow, Bedfordshire. (Photo by Charles E Brown/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Traffic Offence

Traffic Offence
London motorists in an MG M-type receive a ticket from a traffic policeman on the corner of Wardour Street. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Loving Couple

Loving Couple
A couple sitting with their arms round each other in Kew Gardens, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Love On The Beach

Love On The Beach
Couples getting to know each other on the beach at Yarmouth. (Photo by Paul Martin/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Aerial Derby

Aerial Derby
A spectator with square parasol at an Aero Derby. (Photo by A R Coster/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Things You are Thankful For

Things You are Thankful For
Thankful for birdsong. European Robin, often called Robin Redbreast, perched on a tree stump singing in front of a white garden wall

Background imageBritain Collection: Caught In The Act

Caught In The Act
A scene from the play Aren t We All? by Frederick Lonsdale on show at the Fortune Theatre. An amorous couple are caught embracing by a horrified lady standing in the doorway

Background imageBritain Collection: Holiday Audience

Holiday Audience
Watching a concert on the beach at Yarmouth. Clearly visible are the terrible teeth of some of the young audience. (Photo by Paul Martin/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Holiday Finery

Holiday Finery
On their day off workers dressed up in their Sunday best and so did the children. (Photo by Paul Martin/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Ascot Fur Jackets

Ascot Fur Jackets
Mrs. Meade (left) and Mrs McClure wearing identical fur jackets, waiting for a train to Ascot. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Lighting Up

Lighting Up
Bathing belles enjoying a smoke on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Shoe Shopping

Shoe Shopping
A woman window shopping for shoes at Dolcis. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Corset Parade

Corset Parade
A group of models in a corset parade at Dorothy Perkins store on Oxford Street, London. (Photo by Brooke/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Cloche Hat

Cloche Hat
A woman wearing a cloche hat decorated with flowers, 20th January 1927. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Blacksmith At Anvil

Blacksmith At Anvil
Annie Clubb, the only woman working as a blacksmith in London, and possibly the only in England, at work at her anvil

Background imageBritain Collection: Loneliest Man

Loneliest Man
Mr T W Long, caretaker and sole occupant of the First Avenue Hotel in High Holborn, London plays the piano to pass the time

Background imageBritain Collection: Giant Arrives

Giant Arrives
USS Leviathan (the former Hamburg America liner Vaterland) bow to stern with the White Star ship Olympic at Southampton. Crowds are present to greet the arrival of the American ship

Background imageBritain Collection: Home Entertainment

Home Entertainment
A family watching television in their home. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: As Evening Falls

As Evening Falls
A view of the layers of gentle waves at Saunton Sands, North Devon, as the evening tide comes in. (Photo by Val Doone/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Bath Boy

Bath Boy
A little boy carries a bath to the salvage dump in Chelsea, London. (Photo by David Savill/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Safety First

Safety First
A London policeman escorts a group of children across a road at Chelsea. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel
A motorist leaving the Houses of Parliament in London with an angel for which he has paid ten guineas. (Photo by Fred Morley/Getty Images)

Background imageBritain Collection: Mass Production

Mass Production
Hundreds of completed chassis parked in the pool for the fitting of bodies at the Morris plant in Cowley, Oxford. (Photo by Miller/Getty Images)



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