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Background imageFormat Collection: Zeppelin Over Berlin

Zeppelin Over Berlin
The Graf Zeppelin, the worlds most successful airship, flies over the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Mass Production

Mass Production
Full-length image of auto workers lowering the body of a Model T onto its chassis on an assembly line ramp outdoors at the Ford Motor Company, Highland Park, Michigan

Background imageFormat Collection: Three Liners

Three Liners
The USS Leviathan alongside White Stars Majestic and Cunards Berengaria in Southampton Dock. The Leviathan and Berengaria are both captured Hamburg America vessels

Background imageFormat Collection: Lassie

Lassie
The famous dog, Lassie, who appeared in many childrens adventure films. A number of dogs appeared in the role of Lassie over the years, though the public never seemed to spot the difference

Background imageFormat Collection: Watching Cockfight

Watching Cockfight
A crowd of men watching a cockfighting contest in the Cock-Pit Royal, circa 1735. Original Artwork: By William Hogarth. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Railplane

Railplane
The Bennie railplane being demonstrated at Glasgow, Scotland. It consists of self-propelled passenger cars driven by air screws, suspended from a steel girder

Background imageFormat Collection: Rainy Holiday; Two women sheltering under their umbrella as they sit on the beach at Torquay in

Rainy Holiday; Two women sheltering under their umbrella as they sit on the beach at Torquay in the rain
Two women sheltering under their umbrella as they sit on the beach at Torquay in the rain. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7238 - Whose Riviera Is This? - pub

Background imageFormat Collection: Dounreay

Dounreay
The bottom half of the worlds first electricity-producing fast breeder reactor at Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in Scotland, 14th July 1956

Background imageFormat Collection: Handley Page Victor

Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor, a four-jet crescent-wing bomber, makes an appearance at the Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1953. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Cotton Club circa 1925

Cotton Club circa 1925
The Cotton Club in Harlem, Manhattan, New York. This legendary nightspot in the Harlem district of New York City for years featured prominent entertainers serving as the springboard to fame for Duke

Background imageFormat Collection: James Joyce

James Joyce
Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882 - 1941) in Zurich. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel
Gregor Johann Mendel (1822 - 1884) the Austrian priest, biologist and botanist whose work laid the foundation of the study of genetics. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Penny Farthings

Penny Farthings
The owners of three penny farthing bicycles stand proudly with their machines. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: The Grange

The Grange at North End in Fulham, circa 1900. It was here, in the mid-eighteenth century, that English novelist Samuel Richardson wrote his famous works, Pamela

Background imageFormat Collection: New Lanark

New Lanark
Multi-storied tenement buildings nestling in the folds of wooded hills form the settlement of New Lanark, provided by Robert Owen for his cotton-mill workers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Newgate Prison

Newgate Prison in London, 1900. Built in 1188 and rebuilt in 1782, it was finally demolished in 1902, and the Old Bailey built upon the site

Background imageFormat Collection: Ivory Mask

Ivory Mask
An elaborate 16th century ivory mask from Benin City, Nigeria, circa 1930. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Dundees Royal Arch

Dundees Royal Arch
The late victorian Royal Arch in Dundee, Scotland, circa 1895. The arch was built in 1848 to celebrate a visit by Queen Victoria four years previously, and demolished in 1964

Background imageFormat Collection: Colossus Solis

Colossus Solis
The Colossus Of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, straddles the harbour on the Greek island of Rhodes, circa 250 BC

Background imageFormat Collection: Santos-Dumont

Santos-Dumont
28th June 1909: A front close-up view of a Demoiselle monoplane, designed and built by Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873 - 1932) the aeronaut

Background imageFormat Collection: Paris Commune

Paris Commune
Cobblestones ripped from the streets and used for barricades on the Quai Pelletier and the Pont d Arcole during the siege of the Paris Commune, during the Franco-Prussian War

Background imageFormat Collection: School Rugby

School Rugby
Students playing a game of rugby at Rugby Public School, England. Original Artwork: A painting by George Barnard. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte
circa 1840: English novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855). Original Artwork: Portrait by Thompson. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Metal Airship

Metal Airship
Crowds gather to view the first all metal dirigible airship. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: SS Mauretania

SS Mauretania
The Cunard liner Mauretania draws into the bay at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams
US playwright Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983) reclining with a glass. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman
American jazz clarinettist and band leader Benny Goodman (1909 - 1986). Original Publication: People Disc - HF0341 (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Copland Conducts

Copland Conducts
American composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: WB Yeats

WB Yeats
Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Beethovens Bust

Beethovens Bust
A bust of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso
Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921) dressed as a Pierrot clown in Pagliacci. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: The Smallest Shop

The Smallest Shop
The smallest shop in London, occupied by a cobbler, at 4 Bateman Street, Soho. The shop is six feet long, five feet high and two feet deep, the rent three pounds a week

Background imageFormat Collection: Gusher

Gusher
The Spindletop oil gusher in Jefferson County, Texas, detected at a depth of 1, 300 feet by Captain F A Lucas. At the time of its discovery on 10th January 1901

Background imageFormat Collection: General Grant

General Grant
General Ulysses Simpson Grant, later the 18th President of the United States. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Balloon Avenue

Balloon Avenue
An avenue of balloons are inflated with gas at Hurlingham. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Warships In Swell

Warships In Swell
A British battle squadron at sea in an Atlantic swell. The guns of HMS Audacious are in the foreground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Brooklyn Bridge Under Construction

Brooklyn Bridge Under Construction
The Brooklyn Bridge under construction. The four main cables of the bridge were made up of 5000 strands of steel wire, held by steel-link eyebars foreground

Background imageFormat Collection: Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales
The title page to the Grimm fairy tale of Snow White from the German Fairy Tales in Words and Pictures. What would youth be without fairy tales... (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Liverpool Lifeboat

Liverpool Lifeboat
A lifeboat in Liverpool docks, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Newly Built Bridge

Newly Built Bridge
Crowds on the banks of the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall celebrate the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge, designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1859

Background imageFormat Collection: Afghan War II

Afghan War II
Circa 1880: British troops in occupied Kabul in 1879 during the period of British Imperial rule in India. (Photo by John Burke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Epsom Grand Stand

Epsom Grand Stand
Lord Jerseys champion racehorse Bay Middleton being led past the grandstand at Epsom after winning the Derby. Original Artwork: An engraving by R G Reeve after the painting by J Pollard

Background imageFormat Collection: Covent Garden Theatre

Covent Garden Theatre
The auditorium and stage of the New Covent Garden Theatre in London, better known as the Royal Opera House or Covent Garden Opera House

Background imageFormat Collection: Brighton Belle

Brighton Belle
Martha Gunn an elderly woman who helps women bathers into the sea in Brighton, Sussex. Original Artwork: Artist - Robert Dighton (1752 - 1814) (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: The Hall Of Infamy

The Hall Of Infamy
Diners watching a punch-up in their midst at the Oyster Saloon in Bridges Street, New Covent Garden, London. Original Artwork: The Hall of Infamy, alias the Oyster Saloon in Bridges Street

Background imageFormat Collection: The newly-built De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 10th December 1935

The newly-built De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 10th December 1935. The building was designed by architects Erich Mendelsohn

Background imageFormat Collection: Spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea

Spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea
The spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, 1937. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: SS Mauretania

SS Mauretania
The Cunard liner SS Mauretania at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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