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Background imageBritish Collection: Studio portrait of a woman in traditional Greek dress beside a fountain, 1869, Greece, Historical

Studio portrait of a woman in traditional Greek dress beside a fountain, 1869, Greece, Historical
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 imageBritish Collection: The 1587 British ship Ark Royal, side view

The 1587 British ship Ark Royal, side view
Technology, Transportation, Ships, Boats, Sailing Ships, British, Warships, Ark Royal, 1587, Fleets, Hulls, Masts, Military Invasions, Naval Vessels, Navy, Oceans, Rigging, Rowing, Sailors, Sails

Background imageBritish Collection: The 1514 ship Henry Grace a Dieu, side view

The 1514 ship Henry Grace a Dieu, side view
Technology, Transportation, Ships, Boats, Sailing Ships, British, Warships, Carracks, Henry Grace a Dieu, 1514, British Navy, Fleets, Golden Sails, Great Harry, Masts, Medieval, Naval Vessels

Background imageBritish Collection: The Royal Marines

The Royal Marines
circa 1910: From left to right, a Corporal and an Officer of the Royal Marines. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Scots Guards Foot Guards

Scots Guards Foot Guards
circa 1910: From left to right - A Sergeant and a Private in the Scots Guards. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: VJ Day In LOndon

VJ Day In LOndon
15th August 1945: Crowds assemble in Piccadilly Circus to celebrate the news of Japans surrender. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Castle Place

Castle Place
circa 1925: A wet and windy day at Castle Place in Belfast. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Westcliff Heatwave

Westcliff Heatwave
20th May 1925: Sunbathing on the beach at Westcliff. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Going Overseas

Going Overseas
21st September 1926: Soldiers at Uxbridge Station, London, before leaving for Egypt and Iraq. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: SS Montcalm

SS Montcalm
21st May 1926: Scottish emigrants dancing a jig on board the Canadian Pacific liner SS Montcalm on their way to Canada. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Musical Emigrants

Musical Emigrants
21st May 1926: British emigrants on their way to Canada onboard the liner Montcalm having a sing-song. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Crewman

Crewman
October 1926: A senior crewman from the Port Isaac lifeboat. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Hauling Lifeboat

Hauling Lifeboat
9th October 1926: Lifeboat Port Isaac, Cornwall is hauled through the streets of Port Isaac to its launching. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: London Tube

London Tube
circa 1930: A passenger takes a ticket from the machine at Piccadilly Circus underground station. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Feather Fan

Feather Fan
1st July 1929: A cabaret performer dressed in feathers. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Party Time

Party Time
15th January 1927: Young guests in fancy dress at a childrens party given by portrait painter Flora Lyon. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Costumed Dancers

Costumed Dancers
30th October 1928: Two members of Jacksons Dancing Girls performing on stage in costume. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Chorus Girls Line

Chorus Girls Line
30th October 1928: Members of Jacksons Dancing Girls in standing in line on stage. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Jacksons Girls

Jacksons Girls
2nd July 1928: Members of Jacksons Dancing Girls sitting in line across a bench. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Watching The Skies

Watching The Skies
circa 1926: Two women standing in an open-topped car watching the Royal Air Force Display at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: RAF Bomber

RAF Bomber
British troops in front of a Vickers Vernon bomber during manoeuvres in Egypt. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: RAF Musical Flying

RAF Musical Flying
circa 1927: A formation of planes flying over an RAF band at Northolt Aerodrome. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: RAF Band

RAF Band
circa 1928: Members of an RAF band boarding the Montnairn, before setting sail for a three month tour of Canada. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: RAF Pageant

RAF Pageant
13th July 1929: Parachutists descending during an RAF Pageant at Hendon airfield. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Pageant Crowds

Pageant Crowds
13th July 1929: Crowds queuing up for the RAF Pageant at the entrance to Hendon. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Brighton Holiday Beach 1928

Brighton Holiday Beach 1928
9th April 1928: Warmly dressed Easter holidaymakers on Brighton beach. Row boats are pulled up on the steep shingle. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Territorial Army Manoeuvres 1928

Territorial Army Manoeuvres 1928
circa 1928: Members of the London Territorials setting their guns for anti-aircraft practice. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Easter Holiday Half Fare

Easter Holiday Half Fare
April 1928: A young Easter holiday maker tries to reach up to the ticket office window to buy his ticket. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Fast Asleep

Fast Asleep
October 1900: Vagrants asleep on a bench in St. James Park in London. (Photo by Paul Martin/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Race Winners

Race Winners
circa 1928: Winners of an International Relay Race at Brooklands, Surrey. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Cycle For Four

Cycle For Four
circa 1930: Four cyclists reading a map which is resting on one of the saddles of their cycle for four. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Sunny Days

Sunny Days
circa 1927: Fashion for the beach, including parasol. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Engine Room

Engine Room
circa 1930: Members of the crew in the engine room of a British submarine. In the foreground the stoker is examining the inside of one of the crank pits with a torch

Background imageBritish Collection: The Austin

The Austin
circa 1929: An early Austin 7. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Neptunes Daughter

Neptunes Daughter
circa 1930: Sailors dressed up as Neptune and his mermaid daughter for the traditional ceremony of crossing the international date-line. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: School Panto

School Panto
December 1929: Pupils at Crouch End High School for Girls painting scenery for their pantomime. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Bards Burial Place

Bards Burial Place
5th August 1939: Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare and his family lie buried. Original Publication: Picture Post - 181 - Town That Lives On Shakespeare - pub

Background imageBritish Collection: Feeding Sparrows

Feeding Sparrows
25th September 1928: Mr R Hedges Bates, known as the Bird Man of England, feeding sparrows in Hyde Park, London, as he has done for 35 years. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish 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 imageBritish 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 imageBritish Collection: Seaside Snuggle

Seaside Snuggle
circa 1850: A smiling young woman cuddles up to her beau during a trip to the seaside. Original Artist: By A M Bishop. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: A Fond Farewell

A Fond Farewell
circa 1927: A soldier kissing his child goodbye before leaving for India. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Lady Mountbatten

Lady Mountbatten
27th January 1927: The worker for the London Division of the British Red Cross Society and Saint Johns Ambulence, Lady Mountbatten (1901 - 1960), with the American, Stephen Sanford

Background imageBritish Collection: Lunch On The Grass

Lunch On The Grass
circa 1929: A group of picnickers at the Derby. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Derby Jam

Derby Jam
1929: A view of Tattenham Corner at the Epsom Derby, with densely packed cars and charabancs. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Death Of A Friend

Death Of A Friend
25th August 1925: Nurses in uniform file from Westminster Abbey following the funeral of one of their doctor colleagues. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Lunch Time

Lunch Time
18th September 1926: The ?100 prize winners from a national essay competition on bananas starting their lunch with bananas. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBritish Collection: Costermongers

Costermongers
1st June 1929: A horse and cart carry the Costermonger woman and her family, all dressed in their pearly costume, to the Costermongers Annual show. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)



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