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Tartar Tsi
A Tartar woman making a tsi, circa 1800. Engraving by A. Freschi. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Diving Bell
A diving bell is lowered into the River Thames after an irruption of water into the Thames Tunnel, 1827. Rotherhithe Church is in the background

London Docks
Ships in London Docks, circa 1860. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

HMS Royal George
The Royal Navy warship HMS Royal George founders at Spithead, 29th August 1782. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

River Barge
Cargo on a river barge, circa 1820. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hull Docks
Shipping on the River Hull at Hull docks, circa 1829. Engraving by W. J. Cooke after a drawing by N. Whittock. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

City Of Chicago
The steamship City Of Chicago, circa 1885. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hong Kong
A view of Victoria in Hong Kong, circa 1860. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Royal Pavilion
The Royal Pavilion at Brighton, completed to designs of John Nash. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A Century Of Fashion
An illustration, published in November 1800, comparing mens fashions from 1700 (left) and 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Angels Of God
1875: A Victorian greetings card with messengers of God bringing wishes of hope and joy for Christmas. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Santa Claus
1878: A Victorian Christmas greetings card with the bearded face of Santa Claus. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Robin Redbreast
circa 1865: A traditional Christmas robin on a Victorian greetings card. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Blindmans Buff
A group of children playing the popular game Blindmans Buff, as a child wearing a blindfold tries to find his playmates, circa 1840. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Country Life
12th April 1756: Various aspects of English rural life, including a horse and cart, a windmill, a fisherman, a milkmaid and three courting couples

Buryat
circa 1900: 24 per cent of the Buryatia population are indigenous. Buryats are related to the nomadic Mongols. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sunlight Soap
circa 1890: A woman hangs up her washing on the line while her child tries to catch a robin using a propped-up basket and a length of string

The Toyman
30th May 1812: Two little boys playing with a shuttlecock, watched by a toyseller. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hydrogen Balloon
3rd May 1785: The second balloon of Italian aeronaut Vicenzo Lunardi (1759 - 1806). Original Publication: From a drawing by J Dighton, (British artist)

Fujiyama Pilgrim
A pilgrim on his way to Mount Fuji (Fujiyama) on the Japanese island of Honshu, 1880. (Photo by Kusakabe Kimbei/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Westward
circa 1850: Emigrants in covered wagons approaching the Rockies on their journey to the west. The Rocky Mountains. Emigrants Crossing the Plains. A lithograph by Currier and Ives

Sauchiehall Street
Trams on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Westminster
circa 1865: The Palace of Westminster, London. (Photo by Negretti & Zambra/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ballroom Scene
circa 1840: Two couples in a ballroom are ready to dance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian Travel
circa 1890: Various modes of transport including buses, coaches and trains. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cluny Abbey
The vaulted ceiling of Cluny Abbey in the Bourgogne region of France, circa 1800. A Benedictine abbey, it was founded in AD 910 by William I of Aquitaine. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Turners Venice
Gondolas on the canal in Venice, circa 1850. A Kronheim & Co lithograph after a painting by J. M. W. Turner. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kago Bearers
Two tattooed kago bearers prepare to lift a woman in a kago or sedan chair, circa 1865. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Samurai Firemen
Two Japanese samurai in fire dress, circa 1865. The one on the left wears a jingasa hat, and the one on the right wears the traditional indigo tabi socks of the samurai firefighter

Playing The Koto
A Japanese woman playing the koto, a traditional stringed instrument, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dancing Girl
A Japanese dancing girl rehearses her steps, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A Social Meal
An elegant meal in Japan, circa 1865. The two ladies on the right are playing a shamisen and a koto, while a communal pipe is passed around

Christmas At Home
circa 1890: A juvenile brawl breaks out at a Christmas party, and mother tries to intervene. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Northerners
A group of officers in the service of a prince from the north of Japan, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Spencer Arnold/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Midnight Snack
circa 1820: A young man dines late upon pork pie and pickles, whilst reading a sensational novel entitled The Night Side of Nature

Green Leaves Waltz
circa 1840: A young woman sits writing in a red notebook on the cover of the musical score for Green Leaves, a waltz by Louis D Egville. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Japanese Labourer
A young Japanese labourer holding a wooden bucket, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Queens Wharf
Cargo being unloaded at Queens Wharf, Melbourne, Australia, circa 1857. Engraving by J.Tingle from a drawing by S.T. Gill, pub 1857 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cadiz
17th February 1847: A view of Cappricinos Place in Cadiz. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lyttelton Harbour, an inlet in Banks Peninsula on the coast of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1877. Colour lithograph by W.D. Bletchley after C.D Baraud (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rutherford B. Hayes (1822 - 1893), 19th President of the United States, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Apothecary
circa 1810: An apothecary with his young apprentice. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

St Stephen s
circa 1800: A service at St Stephens, Walbrook in London. Original Artist: By Pugin and Rowlandson, aquatinted by Bluck. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Westminster Abbey
circa 1800: The wooden benches for the choir in Westminster Abbey, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chariot Race
A chariot race at the Circus Maximus, Rome, circa 50 BC. Print after a painting by Professor Alex Wagner. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

French Cafe
circa 1800: English visitors at the Cafe de Mille Colonnes. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Illegal Game
circa 1855: A poacher carrying the carcass of several hares and a pheasant. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Good Scholar
circa 1800: Partly tinted wood-engraving of a headmaster and his pupils at school. The caption reads Which Is The Best Boy In The School?. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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