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Diry Collection (#39)

Background imageDiry Collection: Roman Fashions

Roman Fashions
Fashions in ancient Rome, circa 1 AD. The man on the left is a Roman senator. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Greek Family Meal

Greek Family Meal
An ancient Greek man eats dinner with his family in the traditional reclining position, circa 500 BC. Taken from a bas relief sculpture. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Cassino Castle

Cassino Castle
Castle Hill in Cassino, Italy, circa 1930. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue
5th Avenue looking north from 53rd Street in New York City, 1895. The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church is on the left. (Photo by The H. N. Tiemann Co./Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Battle Of Bannockburn

Battle Of Bannockburn
A plan of the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland, June 1314. Here Robert the Bruce (Robert I of Scotland) won a decisive victory over King Edward II of England

Background imageDiry Collection: University Of Tokyo

University Of Tokyo
The Yasuda Auditorium on the Hongo Campus of the Imperial University in Tokyo, circa 1950. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: A Zulu Attack

A Zulu Attack
An engagement in South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Fitzjamess Cabin

Fitzjamess Cabin
Captain Fitzjamess cabin on the HMS Erebus, circa 1845. The Erebus went missing on a voyage to the Northwest Passage, along with the expeditions leader John Franklin and his entire crew

Background imageDiry Collection: Crimea Ambulance

Crimea Ambulance
A British ambulance collects the wounded at Sevastopol during the Crimean War, circa 1855. Drawn by six mules, the ambulance had room for six seated patients at the front

Background imageDiry Collection: Balaclava Wharf

Balaclava Wharf
The landing place at Ordinance Wharf, Balaclava, during the Crimean War, circa 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Wigmore Street

Wigmore Street
Construction work on Wigmore Street, in Londons West End, 1850. From a drawing by Shepherd in the Crace Collection. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan
A stone carving of a pre-Columbian serpent god at the ancient archaeological site of Teotihuacan in Mexico, circa 1949. The site dates back to around 200 BCE

Background imageDiry Collection: Festival Lights

Festival Lights
A tree decorated with fairy lights at the Festival of Britain on Londons South Bank, 1951. (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Electric Brougham

Electric Brougham
An electric brougham on Waterloo Place in London, circa 1913. The two monuments are the Crimean War Memorial (left) and the Duke of York Column. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Hardys Home

Hardys Home
The birthplace of English writer Thomas Hardy in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, circa 1920. (Photo by J. Dixon-Scott/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Act Of God

Act Of God
27th January 1944: The wrecked altar of Concepcion Church in San Juan, Argentina, following the earthquake of January 15th

Background imageDiry Collection: Puffin Island

Puffin Island
The puffins of Puffin Island, off the tip of Anglesey in northern Wales, 22nd July 1961. An ecological study is being carried out here by an expedition from the Natural History department of

Background imageDiry Collection: Corfu Harbour

Corfu Harbour
The harbour and docks on the Greek island of Corfu, circa 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Baptismal Font

Baptismal Font
A Victorian christening ceremony with parents and godparents at the baptism font, circa 1860. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: The New Curate

The New Curate
Three ladies receive a visit from the new curate of their parish, 1880. An engraving by H. Bourne after a painting by D. W. Wynfield entitled The New Curate. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: A True Friend

A True Friend
A man with a lop-sided wig holds his friends hair while he vomits into a bowl, 1773. An engraving by J. Sanders after a painting by Jim. Bob. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Zulus At War

Zulus At War
Zulu warriors crossing a river during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Original Publication : Illustrated London News - pub. 12th April 1879 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Bagh-e Babur

Bagh-e Babur
The mosque of Babur in the Bagh-e Babur, situated in the Chardeh Valley, Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1879. Babur was the first Mughal emperor, and his tomb is situated here in his favourite gardens

Background imageDiry Collection: Bala Hissar

Bala Hissar
The Bala Hissar, an ancient fortress in Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1879. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Bagh-e Babur

Bagh-e Babur
The Bagh-e Babur in the Chardeh Valley, Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1879. On the right are the mosque and tomb of Babur, the first Mughal emperor, situated in his favourite gardens

Background imageDiry Collection: Gozargah Bridge

Gozargah Bridge
The Gozargah Bridge over the Kabul River in Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1879. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Bala Burj

Bala Burj
The Bala Burj above the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1879. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Bala Hissar

Bala Hissar
The Bala Hissar, an ancient fortress in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, circa 1879. Seen from the south-east corner. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Kabul

Kabul
The city of Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1879. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Kabul

Kabul
The city of Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1879. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Timur Shah Mausoleum

Timur Shah Mausoleum
The mausoleum of Timur Shah in Kabul, Afghanistan, circa 1879. It was built in 1816 for Timur Shah Durrani (1748 - 1793), the second ruler of the Durrani Empire

Background imageDiry Collection: Jellalabad

Jellalabad
The main street and covered bazaar in Jellalabad (now Jalalabad), a British outpost east of Kabul in Afghanistan, 1879. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Kabul

Kabul
The city of Kabul, Afghanistan, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, circa 1879. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Black Friday

Black Friday
Police officers return from a baton charge in North Frederick Street during a general strike in Glasgow, January 1919. Tensions mounted

Background imageDiry Collection: Catalonian Merchants

Catalonian Merchants
Catalonian merchants (probably silk merchants) travel home from the Orient on the Silk Road, circa 1350. From the Catalan Atlas of 1375. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Asian Trade

Asian Trade
English merchants buying cloth and grain in an Oriental town, circa 1460. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Great Eastern Railway

Great Eastern Railway
Buildings are demolished to make way for the extension of the Great Eastern Railway to Broad Street in London, 28th October 1871. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: French Foreign Legion

French Foreign Legion
circa 1880: A display of uniforms of the French Foreign Legion, or Legion Etrangere, from 1848 to 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: In Search Of Franklin

In Search Of Franklin
British naval officer Horatio Thomas Austin leads an expedition in search of missing Arctic explorer John Franklin, 1850. From left to right, the vessels are the Intrepid, the Assistance

Background imageDiry Collection: Deptford Pumping Station

Deptford Pumping Station
The Deptford Pumping Station under construction in south-east London, 1863. It is part of Sir Joseph Bazalgettes vast London sewerage system. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: St Giles In The Fields

St Giles In The Fields
A little girl with a box on a piece of string gazes longingly at the cages in a pet shop near St Giles In The Fields, in Londons West End, 1872. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: The Home

The Home
A woman and her baby wait beside an empty place setting in a candlelit room, circa 1860. The Home by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Sevastopol Redan

Sevastopol Redan
The interior of the Redan at Sevastopol, during the Crimean War, circa 1855. The image is taken from its left face looking south towards the Salient angle. A lithograph by J

Background imageDiry Collection: Sevastopol Gun

Sevastopol Gun
A British cannon being loaded onto a ship at Sevastopol, 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Bloomsbury Slum

Bloomsbury Slum
Poor families in Church Lane, Bloomsbury, London, 1875. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Picquet House

Picquet House
Mortar batteries in front of Picquet House, Light Division, during the Crimean War, circa 1855. The British soldiers are positioned behind a berm, or raised earth fortification

Background imageDiry Collection: Balaclava Hospital

Balaclava Hospital
The washing establishment at the General Hospital in Balaclava, during the Crimean War, 1855. Original Publication : Illustrated London News - pub. 1855 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Bethnal Green Slum

Bethnal Green Slum
A military tailor and his family share a single room at Number 10, Hollybush Place, in Londons Bethnal Green, 1863. Original Publication : Illustrated London News - pub



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