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Unusual BlacksmithNovember 1929: Patrick O Neill, a one armed blacksmith, illustrating his useful false limb. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Silver WorkersDecember 1929: Two men using hammers and anvils to hand shape the silver at the workshop of Messrs Higgins Francis of Newman street. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Blacksmith At AnvilAnnie Clubb, the only woman working as a blacksmith in London, and possibly the only in England, at work at her anvil. Specialising in iron balconies, window frames and decorative ironwork
Princes St Gardens1911: Princes Street, Edinburgh, with Forsyths Department store (completed 1910) (right), Edinburgh Castle (background), the Scott Monument (centre) and the roof of Waverley Station (left)
City Of Riponcirca 1930: London and North-Eastern Railway locomotive the City Of Ripon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Railroad Repairs9th April 1931: London and North-Eastern Railway workers repair the tunnel and lines at Kings Cross Railway Station in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Engine In StationJune 1929: A steam engine on the LNER (London and North-Eastern Railway). (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
VineyardApril 1955: A vineyard in Burgundy with the vines not yet in leaf. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Across The Water6th October 1936: Mrs Joannides drives across the water at the Ranelagh golf course in Barnes, south London, during the Womens Autumn Foursomes. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Loneliest ManMr T W Long, caretaker and sole occupant of the First Avenue Hotel in High Holborn, London plays the piano to pass the time
JewellersMay 1929: Jewellers examining precious stones in Londons Hatton Garden. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Flappers On The Beachcirca 1928: A group of flappers on a beach. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dam Builderscirca 1900: Excavation and construction under way in the deepest part of the foundations at Bab-el-Kibir during the construction of the Aswan Dam. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Gold Miningcirca 1900: Gold panners sifting at the riverside. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Lit-Up LibertyThe Statue of Liberty in New York, lit up for the first time since the attack on Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Bombed DamThe Mohne Dam in North Rhine-Westphalia after being bombed by the No. 617 Squadron of the RAF, better known as the Dambusters, during Operation Chastise
Landing Operations1945: Full-length view of Amphibious Corps landing craft operations on Yellow Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, World War II. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Convoys Meet30th November 1939: A sailor signals a merchant ship as it slowly passes the Naval Control Base in the Thames Estuary. Inward bound convoys halt to take aboard pilots to steer them through
Sunbeam III6th June 1914: Lee Guinness takes a corner at speed in a Sunbeam III, at the practice run for the Tourist Trophy Car Race, Isle of Man. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Future Scootercirca 1955: A three-wheel, two seater, scooter of the future, designed by a student at the Pratt Institute in New York. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images)
Lodge Park11th September 1957: Lodge Park near Sherborne in Gloucestershire, the home of Lord Sherborne. It was built in the 17th Century, supposedly by Master Mason Nicholas Strong
USS RaleighJune 1929: The massive American navy ship USS Raleigh pulls into Gravesend, Kent. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Seaplane At RestJune 1929: A US Navy seaplane rests on the catapult track on the deck of the USS Raleigh, which is berthing at Gravesend, Kent. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Giant ArrivesUSS Leviathan (the former Hamburg America liner Vaterland) bow to stern with the White Star ship Olympic at Southampton. Crowds are present to greet the arrival of the American ship
Winter FallsMarch 1951: A Bell Aircraft helicopter flies close to Niagara Falls, which is frozen. Only a trickle of water is coming from the falls. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Avebury Stones1956: Cows grazing near a defensive dyke in front of an ancient circle of megalithic sarsen stones at Avebury, Wiltshire. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
Cuban Highwaycirca 1955: The central highway of the Province if Oriente in Cuba. (Photo by Herbert C. Lanks/Three Lions/Getty Images)
Puppet Postercirca 1950: A poster of Wang-Ching-Wei, puppet ruler of Manchuku, beams from behind the barbed wire that separates British and Japanese territory in Hong Kong. (Photo by Mrs T)
The Ladysmithcirca 1950: A Smith And Wesson Ladysmith.22 revolver. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)
Salisbury Cloisterscirca 1950: A man standing in contemplation in the cloisters of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire. (Photo by George H. Hall/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Cherry Pie12th June 1956: A Pritchard Wood cherry pie, showing the fruit beneath the crust. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)
Super Constellationcirca 1955: A Lockheed Super Constellation in the livery of Luthansa Airlines. The aircraft carried uo to 110 passengers, reaching speeds of 360mph. Extra range is provided by wing tip fuel tanks
Chinese Countrysidecirca 1950: A Chinese peasant looks out across the countryside towards the walled villages of Kam Tin in the distance. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Last Rays31st October 1957: Two couples enjoying the warmth of the autumn sun on the banks of a lake in Germany. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
King Carvingcirca 1955: A rock carving, showing King Artaxerxes IV standing on the head of one of his vanquished enemies, near Kermanshaw, western Iran. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
Heavy Going8th February 1950: Traffic makes waves along the Horsham Road in Surrey through flood water from the River Mole. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Scottish Highlandscirca 1955: Gruinard Bay from Achgarve in Ross and Cromarty in the Highland and Western Isles region of Scotland. (Photo by Noel Habgood/Keystone/Getty Images)
Congo Womencirca 1955: A group of tribeswomen from the Congo, one carrying a large basket on her head. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
Dorneywood19th January 1955: Some of the cottages in the grounds of Dorneywood House, or Lesser Chequers, near Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire
Blitzed Trier1951: Bombed damaged buildings were many valuable Roman relies have been unearthed during clearance of bombed sites. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
Wet Whipps Crosscirca 1956: Whipps Cross, London, after torrential downpours caused widespread flooding. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Naval Review15th June 1953: The fleet assembles at Spithead for the Coronation Naval Review by Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Mountain View24th November 1957: Snow on the worlds highest TV transmitter at the Pic Du Midi observatory in the Pyrenees. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Cruise MissileThe US Navy fires a radar guided rocket from the deck of a submarine. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Inca Monumentscirca 1955: A group of monoliths in Bolivia from the Inca period. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
Troops At Port Said2nd November 1956: French troops on duty at Port Said during the Suez Crisis. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Flooded Embankment8th January 1958: Children standing on the railings at Putney Embankment, London, where, swollen by recent heavy rains, the River Thames flooded its banks. (Photo by Ron Bell/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
H Bomb Cloud1st April 1954: One hundred miles of sky covered by smoke and radioactivity from the first H-Bomb explosion (US) at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
