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GotchaFebruary 1928: Not all police dogs are thoroughbreds, this mongrel is adept at catching wrongdoers as this tree climbing felon is finding out. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Peanut RoyaltyJune 1927: Two London costermongers at a Costers Donkey Show, Newington Palace Fields, London, have peanuts sewn all over their suits. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Highland GamesSeptember 1929: Scottish games at Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. Highland games are held all over Scotland, and descendants of Scottish immigrants have preserved the tradition in Canada and America
Film ProjectorNovember 1928: An operator explaining the workings of a talking film projector to staff at the Mayfair Hotel, London, where an all-British talking film is to be shown as dinnertime entertainment
Welding Class15th January 1930: Three men watching another conduct a welding demonstration in an Acton factory. They are all wearing safety goggles. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Renovating SpireSeptember 1928: Steeplejacks at work on the renovation of the spire of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)
Train Guard1929: A railway guard sounds the all clear signal at Gare du Nord in Paris. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Apollonia Ruins1952: These pillars and columns are all that remain of the ancient Greek city of Apollonia on the coast of Cyrenaica, North Africa. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
Building BricksJune 1927: A little girl standing on a chair playing with building blocks decorated with letters of the alphabet. The blocks are arranged to spell all British. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Food Scramblecirca 1930: A little boy holding a hare and a marrow next to a sign warning of the coming food scramble. The Hackney and District Smallholders Society advise all those in favour of continuing
Bright Lights1939: Neon signs illuminate the buildings in the Charing Cross area of Londons Trafalgar Square, behind the silhouette of one of Landseers lions. (Photo by Stanley Sherman/London Express/Getty Images)
New Gallery Cinema1929: The New Gallery Cinema, complete with doorman, on Regent Street, London, showing Movietone Follies of 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
The Blarney Stone1930: A girl lies flat on the ground, in order to kiss the Blarney Stone in Blarney Castle, Cork city. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Eton Quadrangle8th March 1890: The school yard of Eton College, the famous public school in Berkshire. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1890 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Great Eastern DamagedOctober 1859: A funnel lies shattered on the deck after a boiler explosion on the Great Eastern. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - Reparing the Accident on the Great Eastern - pub
At Lake Victoria31st July 1875: Africans carry the boat of Anglo-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley overland in Africa. Stanley named his boat Livingstone after the Scottish missionary
Soldiers At Rest1848: Soldiers relaxing over a meal. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - Insurrection in Ireland, Major Ansel and officers of the 74th at mess - pub. 1848
William Hut14th May 1853: The William Hut paying out the transatlantic electric cable. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1853 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
New DockMarch 1877: Crowds on a hilltop are viewing the new dock at Avonmouth near Bristol. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - supplement -The New Avonmouth Dock Near Bristol - pub
Reading The Treaty19th January 1861: A crowd in Peking reading the treaty which ended the Chinese Wars. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
The Grand Saloon1859: Passengers in the grand saloon of the Great Eastern steam ship. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Pig HeadedDecember 1886: A pig evades the militia to escape into the cottage from which its owners have just been evicted. Original Publication
Mail Cart29th November 1817: Mail arriving in an Irish village by horse and cart which also carries passengers. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub
Building The BM14th April 1855: The construction of the new reading room at the British Museum in London. Original Artist: By C W Sheeres. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub
Flood Damage2nd April 1864: Searching for the dead at Malin Bridge after the flood at Sheffield. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
La BourgogneJuly 1898: The French transatlantic liner La Bourgogne which sank on the 4th of July 1898 after a collision with the British liner Cromartyshire resulting in the loss of 500 lives
Leviathan Launch1857: The chain-drums and checking-gear used at the attempted launch of the Leviathan. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1857 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Luxury At Sea26th December 1881: Passengers in the luxurious saloon of a Cunard Steamer. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Assembly HouseMay 1849: The Houses of Assembly burning at Montreal, Canada. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1849 (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Government Gymn29th April 1848: An open air Government gymnasium at Primrose Hill, London. Climbing frames, swings and parallel bars are in use and the scene has attracted a crowd of families
General Compartment6th June 1857: The construction of the general compartment of the Great Eastern steam ship at Millwall. Original Publication: From the Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ferry Station12th March 1870: Illustrated London News - Proposed Channel Railway Ferry Station And Pier At Dover - pub. 1870 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sheep Dip1846: Farmers use long poles to wash their sheep in the river. Original Artwork: Engraving by Linton. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1846 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Indian Convoy13th December 1862: A cotton convoy camps for the night under a large banyan tree in India, on the journey from Rewah to the Ganges. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Fen Flood24th May 1862: An attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain during the Great Flood in the Fens. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
SanatoriumJuly 1851: A sanatorium in Victoria Park, designed by Joseph Paxton FLS for the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest. Illistrated London News - pub
Rolling Saloon25th September 1861: The grand saloon of the Great Eastern steam ship when the ship rolled during a gale. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Atlantic TelegraphMay 1865: Messages arrive from Brunels steamship the Great Eastern in the instrument room of the Telegraph House at Foilhommerum in Valencia
Broadmoor TerraceJuly 1867: Male and female patients indulging in outdoor leisure pursuits on the terrace at Broadmoor, a hospital for the criminally insane in Berkshire
A Fairy Tale21st December 1867: A magical scene from fairyland. Original Artwork: After J A Fitzgerald (1832-1906). Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub
Under the Alps13th February 1869: Engineers building a railway tunnel under Mount Cenis in the Alps. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Car PartsStacks of motor car parts at the Opel Works. (Photo by James Abbe/Getty Images)
Great Pyramidcirca 1930: The granite lined Kings Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Egyptian pharaoh Cheops, at Giza, near Cairo, containing an empty and broken granite sarcophagus on which there is no inscription
Japanese Gardencirca 1910: A Japanese landscaped garden, with an ornamental lake. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Great White Wonder1909: The Southern party of Shackletons Antarctic expedition, which came within a record-breaking 156 km of the south pole on January 9, 1909
Flying The CarpMay 1920: The Chinese custom of Flying the Carp, the fish of Good Omen, on the Boys Festival in early May. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dam ConstructionFoundations and masonry in construction at the Asyut Barrage of the Aswan Dam. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sakai Familycirca 1930: A family of Sakai, native to Malaya. The man holds a long blow-pipe. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)