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Busy RailroadSteam engines on a steel bridge at Richmond, Virginia, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Australian DesertAn abandoned cart in the desert sand of the Australian outback, 1953. Picture Post - 6832 - Mail Truck, Australia - unpub. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Dylan Marlais Thomas Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwrightDylan Marlais Thomas (1914 - 1953), Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwright. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - A Nest Of Singing Birds - pub
RAF Scare - The TruthA de Havilland Vampire makes a 550MPH attack on its German base during RAF training. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5879 - RAF Scare - The Truth - pub
Hound TrailingHounds jumping over a hedge and crossing a country road whilst following a trail through Troutbeck in the Lake District. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5396 - Hound Trailing - pub
Unemployed ManAlfred Smith, one of the countrys 1, 830, 000 unemployed people, who draws two pounds, seven shillings and sixpence a week in unemployment benefit
Roadside Graves; The Magic Lantern Of A Cars HeadlightsA churchyard is illuminated by the headlights of a passing car. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1936 - The Magic Lantern Of A Cars Headlights - pub. 1945 (Photo by Bill Brandt/Getty Images)
Bernard Shaw At 90July 1946: Irish dramatist and writer George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in a garden at the time of his 90th birthday. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4140 - Ninety This Month - pub
Cresset BearerA watchman carrying a cresset, filled with burning oil or pitch, circa 1550. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Apothecaries At WorkApothecaries making drugs from herbs. Original Artwork: By Roger Of Salerno, circa 1250. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Silver SaleA merchant selling silver cups and a bowl, 1491.(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
MoneychangerA moneychanger sitting at a table, 1478. Original Artwork: From a woodcut from Der Seele Troft (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Palazzo Rospigliosicirca 1770: Spectators watching horses exercising in the courtyard of the Rospigliosi Palace in Rome. The palace houses ceiling frescos by Reni Guido painted in early 17th century
Sees CathedralMay 1786: Various elevations of the Cathedral Church in Sees, Normandy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
HAC UniformsUniforms of the British volunteers, the Honourable Artillery Company from 1797 to 1857. Left to right: Private Infantry, full dress off duty; Corporal, Rifle Company; Sergeant; Artillery; Lieutenant
HMS Warspite1926: The battleship HMS Warspite at sea, with bunting on the rigging. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Battle Of ShrewsburyA 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
Old CalcuttaA view across the Hoogli (or Hooghly) River, Kolkata (Calcutta) from Fort William, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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)
Grantham in Lincolnshire, as seen from the railway station, with the spire of St Wulframs Church in the background, circa 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
New DelhiAn aerial shot of New Delhi, situated in the Delhi metropolitan area of India, 3rd April 1933. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Medieval DressA woman of the Ursin family during the reign of King Charles VI, circa 1420. She is wearing a rich brocade, fur-trimmed jacket over a red woollen dress, and a large headdress
Welsh BardWelsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Due Aquile, Benito Mussolini posing beneath an eagleItalian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945) symbolically posing beneath an eagle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sarah BernhardtFrench stage actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) in a scene from the play, Theodora. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
DervishPortrait of a Mohammedan friar. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
William ShakespeareThe English poet and dramatist, William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), circa 1610. Painting known as the Chandos portrait (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Shoshonescirca 1872: Native Americans of the Shoshone tribe westernised by Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Steam ThreshingAgricultural workers use a steam powered thresher that looks like an early locomotive. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Scarborough HarbourBarrels stacked on the quayside of the old harbour at Scarborough. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The CrawlersA beggar paid to look after a baby sitting at the side of a street, circa 1877. From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
St ChristopherMedieval representation of St Christopher carrying the Christ-child on his shoulder over the waters, circa 1300. St Christopher became the patron saint of travellers
Tusk WarehouseIvory tusks covering the floor of a warehouse in Londons docklands before they are sold. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Big Bertha, the Howitzer L/14, manufactured by the German industrialist Gustav Krupp. With a range of 122km, it bombarded Paris for 20 months during 1917. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
TchaikovskyRussian composer Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893). His works include six symphonies and three piano concertos, only two of which are finished, a violin concerto and eleven operas
Satan And BeelzebubSatan and Beelzebub, as illustrated in Miltons Paradise Lost. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Chief Tatanka Yotaka or Sitting Bull (c.1834 - 1890), who led the Sioux in their resistance against the settlers before touring America as part of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show
TartarusThe three most famous inhabitants of Tartarus, the ancient Greek equivalent of Hell, circa 1500 BC. From left to right, Sisyphus endlessly shoulders his rock, Ixion is bound to a wheel for eternity
Vision Of HellAn engraving depicting Hell and its wretched inhabitants, circa 1650. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Union PacificSteam locomotives on Devils Gate Bridge during construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, one of the two railroads forming the USAs first transcontinental line (linked at Utah in 1869)
Merchant Of VeniceSalanio and Salarino encounter Shylock on a street in Venice, in Act III, Scene I of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, circa 1596. A watercolour by Sir John Gilbert, RA
Chemist and physicist, Sir Michael FaradayChemist and physicist, creator of the classical field theory, Sir Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867). He started his career as an assistant to Sir Humphry Davy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Annie OakleyUS rodeo star Annie Oakley (1860 - 1926) the highly skilled trick shooter with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
RocketGeorge Stephensons locomotive Rocket, constructed in 1829. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ironbridge in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. Completed in 1779 the bridge, which spans the River Severn, was the first to be manufactured from cast iron. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Russian SceneDomestic life in nineteenth century Russia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
18th Century LabIn an eighteenth century distillery and laboratory a scientist gives instructions to an assistant, December 1747. Furnaces line the walls and various distillations are going on round the room
Thomas Cook ItThomas Cooks World Ticket Office in Jerusalem. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)