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Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: The bow of Sir Ernest Shackletons exploratory vessel SS Endurance

The bow of Sir Ernest Shackletons exploratory vessel SS Endurance
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 1914: The bow of Sir Ernest Shackletons exploratory vessel SS Endurance being prepared for her Antarctic voyage in Millwall Docks, London, England

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: X-Ray Tulips On White

X-Ray Tulips On White
circa 1910: An X-ray photograph of tulip flowers. (Photo by Edward Charles Le Grice/Le Grice/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Mr Punch

Mr Punch
circa 1890: Punch. Character derived from the 14th century Commedia dell Arte Pulcinella, quarrelsome, hook nosed, humpbacked buffoon, based upon Maccus, the comic servant of Ancient Roman farces

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley
circa 1905: View of buildings along Tin Pan Alley, the center of the music publishing industry at the turn of the century, 28th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues, New York City

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Royal Hussar

Royal Hussar
circa 1847: An officer of the 10th Prince of Wales Own Royal regiment of Hussars in an ornate uniform, the horse also dressed. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers
circa 1850: An officer of the Royal Engineers gives orders to two privates. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Pickwick Papers

Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickins, Vol 1, title page drawn by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Fleet Street

Fleet Street
circa 1926: A busy day in Fleet Street, the home of many national newspapers. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Guinness Time

Guinness Time
1932: Lit up advertisements in Piccadilly Circus, London (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange
circa 1800: The London stock exchange. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Giant And Dwarf

Giant And Dwarf
circa 1926: An immensely tall man standing next to a woman of average height and a midget. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Frank Whittle

Frank Whittle
September 1948: British aeronautical engineer Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996), who patented the basic design for the turbojet engine, wearing his RAF uniform. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey
circa 1935: American heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey (1895 - 1983). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor of the carbon telephone transmitter (1877), phonograph (1878), and incandescent lamp with carbon filament (1879)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: King Kong

King Kong
1933: The giant ape, star of the Radio Picture King Kong, shown in comparison to eight normal sized apes, to emphasize its colossal size. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Brighton Clock Tower

Brighton Clock Tower
1894: The clock tower in Brighton. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Musical Mozarts

Musical Mozarts
German composer Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787) playing the violin accompanied by his seven year old son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) on the harpsichord

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Twin Steam-Ship

Twin Steam-Ship
August 1875: The twin steamship Castalia a catamaran type passenger ship carrying passengers from Dover to Calais, seen from the bows. Original Publication: The Graphic - The Channel Passage - pub

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Puppy Love

Puppy Love
The best way to keep a puppy out of harms way, circa 1950. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Peter Tchaikovsky

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), the Russian composer. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Pete The Pup

Pete The Pup
circa 1930: Pete the Pup known all over the world through his film work in Hollywood comedies, especially the Our Gang series. At the height of his career Pete was insured for ?10, 000

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Crane At Work

Crane At Work
27th April 1927: A mammoth crane being used to put a crane gantry into place. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827). (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Bastille Under Siege

Bastille Under Siege
1789: The Bastille under siege by troops during the French Revolution. Below: The ground plan. Original Artwork: Engraving by J Chapman (pub. 15th September 1798 by J Wilkes)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Holmess Creator

Holmess Creator
circa 1930: Scottish novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: A Young Mans Fancy

A Young Mans Fancy
19th March 1937: A child holds his girl friend as they walk away in disgust from a prying cameraman. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Dressing Up

Dressing Up
circa 1929: Mrs Woolley-Hart dressed as Cleopatra in an extravagant fancy dress outfit for the Joy Of Life ball. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Velvet Evenings

Velvet Evenings
circa 1926: A velvet cocktail dress tied over one shoulder with a bow and featuring a layered skirt. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Hyde Park Sheep

Hyde Park Sheep
16th March 1938: Hyde Parks own shepherd taking his sheep along the Serpentine pathway to new grazing ground elsewhere in the park. His dog has taken to the water to stop the sheep from swimming off

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Chicago Buildings

Chicago Buildings
circa 1930: The Railway Exchange on the right and thes W Strauss building on Michigan Avenue looking past one of the lions in front of the Chicago Art Institute

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire
9th October 1871: Firemen at the scene of a blaze during the Chicago Fire of 1871, which resulted in 250 deaths and losses of $196 million. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Confessor Chapel

Confessor Chapel
The chapel of Edward the Confessor, King of England from 1042 - 1066, in Westminster Abbey. The chapel houses the Coronation Chair. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Fictional Shop

Fictional Shop
circa 1870: Victorians window shopping at the Old Curiosity Shop, 14 Portsmouth Street, Lincolns Inn. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Reading Room

Reading Room
circa 1925: The Reading Room at the British Museum where Karl Marx was a frequent visitor. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Circus Clown

Circus Clown
circa 1930: Lulu the clown wearing a traditional costume and make up. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Cotton Pickers

Cotton Pickers
circa 1930: Two cotton pickers standing by a heap of cotton at the G A Starr Plantation in Greensboro, South Carolina. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Erotic Sculpture

Erotic Sculpture
circa 1955: A decorative carving of figures making love, part of the architecture of the Black Pagoda or Surya Deula in Konarak on the Bay of Bengal, India

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Silky And Sexy

Silky And Sexy
circa 1928: Modelling of a silk and lace slip. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Fur Coat

Fur Coat
circa 1929: A fashion model wearing a fur coat. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: 1920s Fashion

1920s Fashion
A woman wearing 1920s fashion underwear. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: 1920s Hat

1920s Hat
1929: A 1920s cloche hat. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Seamed Stockings

Seamed Stockings
1950: Open-backed shoes showing seamed stockings. (Photo by BIPS/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Lady Godiva

Lady Godiva
1929: The winner of the Lady Godiva look-alike competition at Addlestone, Surrey. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Derelict House

Derelict House
May 1929: A house falling down on Liverpool Road in Islington, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Double Bass Player

Double Bass Player
circa 1908: Edwardian gentleman with his double bass. (Photo by W. & D. Downey/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: British soldier, adventurer and author Thomas Edward Lawrence known as Lawrence Of Arabia

British soldier, adventurer and author Thomas Edward Lawrence known as Lawrence Of Arabia
circa 1914: British soldier, adventurer and author Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888 - 1935) known as Lawrence Of Arabia

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Female Nude

Female Nude
circa 1930: A close-up of the wife of photographer Chaloner Woods striking a pose for her husband. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Couple Smoking

Couple Smoking
October 1928: A gentleman offering his partner a cigarette. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Playing Footsie

Playing Footsie
26th March 1928: Two pairs of feet, one male, one female, meet underneath the table. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Mantilla

Mantilla
circa 1930: A woman wearing a traditional Spanish headress, known as a mantilla. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Tribeswoman

Tribeswoman
circa 1930: A North-East African tribeswoman. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Sing Sing Cell

Sing Sing Cell
A cell of Sing Sing Prison in New York State, circa 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Che Guevara

Che Guevara
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928 - 1967), Communist revolutionary leader and Cubas Minister of Industry

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Persian Women

Persian Women
circa 1850: Various costumes worn by the women of Persia. All wear head coverings of some sort, and long, richly coloured garments. Original Artwork: Lithograph by Urrabietta

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Blackfoot Chief

Blackfoot Chief
circa 1910: A chief of the Blackfoot tribe on horse-back and wearing traditional dress and headdress, in western Canada. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Victorian Children

Victorian Children
1885: From l to r; Emily, John and Alice Elwes show off childrens fashions. John Elwes has knee length trousers and a bowler hat with a curled brim. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Korean Fashion

Korean Fashion
circa 1930: Upper class Koreans in a Seoul street wearing traditional clothes. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Santa Proud

Santa Proud Fashions. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Knickerbockers

Knickerbockers
A man and woman arm in arm, both wearing knee length trousers or knickerbockers. A referendum in Reedy, West Virginia has come out in favour of women wearing knickerbockers in public

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: X-Ray Dahlia

X-Ray Dahlia
circa 1910: A close-up x-ray photograph of a dahlia flower. (Photo by Edward Charles Le Grice/Le Grice/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: 1920s Underwear

1920s Underwear
31st January 1928: A model wearing a Campbells corset, incorporating a suspender belt for stockings. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Big Picture

Big Picture
Two workers set up a giant model Erneman camera for the opening of the Kipho Cinema and Photo Exposition in Berlin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Can-Can Girls

Can-Can Girls
circa 1930: Two Can-Can dancers adjusting the suspenders on their stockings. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Sharp Dressed Man

Sharp Dressed Man
circa 1930: A well-dressed young black man from Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Beach Yo-Yo

Beach Yo-Yo
circa 1930: A small child watching a man playing with a yo-yo on a beach. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Old Freud

Old Freud
7th June 1938: Austrian physician and founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Nelsons Column

Nelsons Column
A composite photo of Concorde 002 flying over Nelsons Column, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Dundee

Dundee
A general view of the city of Dundee, showing blocks of high rise flats under construction

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Cut Up Dempsey

Cut Up Dempsey
1947: American world champion heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey (1895 - 1983) taking care of a cut over his eye. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: W B Yeats

W B Yeats
Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939). (Photo by George C Beresford/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Etruscan Mask

Etruscan Mask
circa 1950: An Etruscan ceramic death mask, made in the seventh century BC. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Wall Street NYC

Wall Street NYC
circa 1930: Fluctuations in the New York Stock Exchange are reflected in the mood of Wall Street. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Broad Street NY

Broad Street NY
circa 1945: High angle view of buildings on Broad Street, looking south from Wall Street, New York City

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: NY Stock Exchange

NY Stock Exchange
1985: The New York Stock Exchange building on Wall Street. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: ARP Bush-Baby

ARP Bush-Baby
George the bush-baby, or galago, wearing an ARP (Air Raid Precautions) tin helmet as he sits in an enamel mug. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Ulysses Grant

Ulysses Grant
circa 1875: General Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822 - 1885), the commander of the Union forces during the American Civil war and later the 18th President of the United States (1869 - 1877)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: It Scratches! Lux Advertisement Poster

It Scratches! Lux Advertisement Poster
circa 1890: A small child, tears pouring down her face, squirms and tries to wriggle out of her vest

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Hazel Forbes of Ziegfeld Follies Wearing Feathered Headdress

Hazel Forbes of Ziegfeld Follies Wearing Feathered Headdress
1929: Miss Hazel Forbes of the Ziegfeld Follies wearing a stylized American Indian costume. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Bridge Of Sighs

Bridge Of Sighs
circa 1975: The Bridge of Sighs in Foley Square, downtown New York, links the Criminal Court building, right, with the Tombs Prison, where prisoners are held before trial

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier
American actor Sidney Poitier finds himself in a tight spot while filming In the Heat of the Night'. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Ice King

Ice King
4th December 1933: A statue of Neptune covered with ice. (Photo by Maeers/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Bandaged Cat

Bandaged Cat
25th May 1935: A bandaged cat recovering from its injuries. (Photo by Maeers/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Sailing Ships

Sailing Ships
2nd May 1934: Another sailing ship seen from the deck of the windjammer Abraham Rydberg off Falmouth, Cornwall. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Portrait Collection: Kathleen Key

Kathleen Key
circa 1934: American actress Kathleen Key (1902-1954), who was picked from over a hundred other hopefuls for a role in the Ferdinand Earl production Omar Khayyam because of her oriental eyes



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