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Diry Collection (page 5)

Background imageDiry Collection: Vanessa Bell Portrait

Vanessa Bell Portrait
circa 1910: British artist Vanessa Bell (1879 - 1961) was an English painter and interior designerthe. She was the sister of Virginia Woolf and wife of art critic Clive Bell

Background imageDiry Collection: Two Ways Of Life

Two Ways Of Life
Swedish photographer Rejlanders most famous work, The Two Ways Of Life, a combination print comprised of over thirty separate images, 1857

Background imageDiry Collection: Dundee East

Dundee East railway station, Scotland, circa 1925. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Creek Indians

Creek Indians
A group of Native American Creek indians (also known as the Muscogee people) of the southeastern United States, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Greek Vase

Greek Vase
circa 1950: An ancient Greek red-figure krater from the 5th Century BC, depicting the winner of a music contest holding a kithara or lyre, and watched by a winged victory

Background imageDiry Collection: Masonic Symbols

Masonic Symbols
An illustration from a French book on freemasonry showing the points of the compass and various symbolic and ritual items pertaining to the first, apprentice, degree of freemasonry

Background imageDiry Collection: Medea

Medea, an enchantress from Greek mythology, casts one of her magic spells in the forest, circa 1200 BC. The corpse may be that of King Pelias, whose death she caused. From a painting by R

Background imageDiry Collection: Secret Balloting

Secret Balloting
Voters take advantage of the full secret ballot in the British general elections of 17th April 1880, with rich and poor on an equal footing

Background imageDiry Collection: Monmatre Man

Monmatre Man
A solitary walker in Monmartre, the artists quarter of Paris, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Armada Medal

Armada Medal
circa 1900: An Armada Medal, struck in 1588 to commemorate Britains deliverance from the Spanish attack. The lower inscription reads Flavit Jehovah et Dissipati Sunt

Background imageDiry Collection: Harland And Wolff

Harland And Wolff
Shipbuilding at the Harland And Wolff shipyard in Belfast, circa 1910. (Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen, Wales, circa 1810. Built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop

Background imageDiry Collection: Victorian Pub

Victorian Pub
Customers and staff in a London pub, circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: German Submarine

German Submarine
The workings of a German U-Boat, circa 1918. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Human Skeleton

Human Skeleton
A diagram of the human skeleton, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Hand Cannon

Hand Cannon
A foot soldier firing a hand cannon, the earliest form of handgun, circa 1350. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: The Last Go

The Last Go, circa 1850. A drunken man, his hat skew on his head, sits at a table strewn with pipes and broken glassware. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Douglas EW Motorcycle

Douglas EW Motorcycle
A Douglas EW 350cc motorcycle on display at the Motorcycle Show at Olympia, London, 23rd September 1925. The 3.48 hp machine has a three-speed gearbox and chain drive

Background imageDiry Collection: Darley Arabian

Darley Arabian
The Darley Arabian, one of three horses from whom all modern thoroughbred racehorses are descended, circa 1720. From the painting by J N Sartorius. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry 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 imageDiry 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 imageDiry 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 imageDiry Collection: The Marriage Settlement

The Marriage Settlement
The first in the series Marriage A La Mode by William Hogarth, satirising the mercenary marriage practices of the British upper classes, circa 1743

Background imageDiry Collection: Exmouth Station

Exmouth Station
The resurfacing of the platform at Exmouth railway station in Devon, September 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Summer Cycling

Summer Cycling
A crowd of spectators at White City for the 100 km cycle race, an event of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, seen from Hampton Court railway station, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Jason And Cyzicus

Jason And Cyzicus
Jason, a hero from Greek mythology, is welcomed by Cyzicus, King of the Doliones during his quest for the Golden Fleece, circa 1200 BC

Background imageDiry Collection: Bell & Howell Filmosound 8

Bell & Howell Filmosound 8
A Bell & Howell Filmosound 8 film camera, circa 1970. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Odin Enthroned

Odin Enthroned
The Norse god Odin or Wotan, ruler of Asgard. He is holding the spear Gungnir, and accompanied by the ravens Huginn and Muninn (Thought and Memory) and the wolves Geri and Freki

Background imageDiry Collection: Diana Dors

Diana Dors
Blonde British actress Diana Dors (1931 - 1984) arrives at the Cannes Film Festival, 3rd May 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8396 - Diana - Queen Of Cannes - pub

Background imageDiry Collection: Signal Box

Signal Box
A signal box at a London station, 20th January 1939. Original Publication : Picture Post - 362 - The Life Of A London Station - pub

Background imageDiry Collection: Capel Celyn

Capel Celyn
A view over the village of Capel Celyn in the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957

Background imageDiry Collection: Glasgow Nights

Glasgow Nights
The bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, 1939. Original Publication : Picture Post - 91- Glasgow - pub. 1st April 1939 (Photo by Humphrey Spender/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Royal Academy

Royal Academy
The first Royal Academy in St Martins Lane, London, circa 1740. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Battle Of Culloden

Battle Of Culloden
The Battle of Culloden in Scotland, 16th April 1746. The battle resulted in a British victory over the Jacobites, who hoped to place Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne. Published in 1780

Background imageDiry Collection: Early Hand Grenades

Early Hand Grenades
Two early types of hand grenade, circa 1630. Original publication: La Pyrotechnie de Hanzelet Lorrain, by Jean Appier-Hanzelet, pub 1630. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Ancient Order Of Druids

Ancient Order Of Druids
A druid plays his harp over an altar fire, whilst in the forest behind, three people present a child to a hooded figure, circa 100 BCE

Background imageDiry Collection: Monkeys Laundering Ruffs

Monkeys Laundering Ruffs
An engraving satirising the new fashion for ruffs, depicting monkeys dressed in human costume, starching and laundering their neckwear, circa 1635

Background imageDiry Collection: Early Blood Donor

Early Blood Donor
An early blood transfusion from a dog to a man, circa 1670. A 17th century woodcut. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Surgical Tools

Surgical Tools
Early surgical instruments for the amputation of limbs, including two saws, 1634. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Surgical Tools

Surgical Tools
Early surgical instruments for the amputation of limbs, used by French surgeon Jacques Guillemeau, 1612. They include knives, pincers, saws and a needle and thread

Background imageDiry Collection: Medieval Doctors

Medieval Doctors
Medieval doctors gather round a patients sickbed, circa 1400. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Eighteenth Century Norwich

Eighteenth Century Norwich
A south-east view of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, with the River Wensum in the foreground and the Norman cathedral, centre, left, 1780. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: The Fashionable Mamma

The Fashionable Mamma
An extravagantly-dressed woman breastfeeding her child in a caricature by James Gilray entitled The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress, circa 1790

Background imageDiry Collection: Princes Skating Rink

Princes Skating Rink
Skaters take to the ice at Princes Skating Rink, London, 1909. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Battle Of Shrewsbury

Battle Of Shrewsbury
A Plan of the Battle of Shrewsbury and the Line of March of the Two Armies, 21st July 1403. King Henry IVs line crosses the River Severn and proceeds north, to meet Hotspur s

Background imageDiry Collection: Old Calcutta

Old Calcutta
A view across the Hoogli (or Hooghly) River, Kolkata (Calcutta) from Fort William, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDiry Collection: Dundee

Dundee in Scotland, as seen from the Law (an extinct volcano rising above the city), circa 1920. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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