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Background imageFormat Collection: Busy Railroad

Busy Railroad
Steam engines on a steel bridge at Richmond, Virginia, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Australian Desert

Australian Desert
An 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)

Background imageFormat Collection: Dylan Marlais Thomas Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwright

Dylan Marlais Thomas Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwright
Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914 - 1953), Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwright. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - A Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageFormat Collection: RAF Scare - The Truth

RAF Scare - The Truth
A de Havilland Vampire makes a 550MPH attack on its German base during RAF training. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5879 - RAF Scare - The Truth - pub

Background imageFormat Collection: Hound Trailing

Hound Trailing
Hounds 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Unemployed Man

Unemployed Man
Alfred Smith, one of the countrys 1, 830, 000 unemployed people, who draws two pounds, seven shillings and sixpence a week in unemployment benefit

Background imageFormat Collection: Roadside Graves; The Magic Lantern Of A Cars Headlights

Roadside Graves; The Magic Lantern Of A Cars Headlights
A 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)

Background imageFormat Collection: Bernard Shaw At 90

Bernard Shaw At 90
July 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Cresset Bearer

Cresset Bearer
A watchman carrying a cresset, filled with burning oil or pitch, circa 1550. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Apothecaries At Work

Apothecaries At Work
Apothecaries making drugs from herbs. Original Artwork: By Roger Of Salerno, circa 1250. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Silver Sale

Silver Sale
A merchant selling silver cups and a bowl, 1491.(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Moneychanger

Moneychanger
A moneychanger sitting at a table, 1478. Original Artwork: From a woodcut from Der Seele Troft (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Palazzo Rospigliosi

Palazzo Rospigliosi
circa 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Sees Cathedral

Sees Cathedral
May 1786: Various elevations of the Cathedral Church in Sees, Normandy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: HAC Uniforms

HAC Uniforms
Uniforms 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

Background imageFormat Collection: HMS Warspite

HMS Warspite
1926: The battleship HMS Warspite at sea, with bunting on the rigging. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Battle Of Shrewsbury

Battle Of Shrewsbury
A 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Old Calcutta

Old Calcutta
A view across the Hoogli (or Hooghly) River, Kolkata (Calcutta) from Fort William, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Dundee

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)

Background imageFormat Collection: Grantham

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)

Background imageFormat Collection: New Delhi

New Delhi
An aerial shot of New Delhi, situated in the Delhi metropolitan area of India, 3rd April 1933. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Medieval Dress

Medieval Dress
A 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Welsh Bard

Welsh Bard
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Due Aquile, Benito Mussolini posing beneath an eagle

Due Aquile, Benito Mussolini posing beneath an eagle
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945) symbolically posing beneath an eagle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) in a scene from the play, Theodora. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Dervish

Dervish
Portrait of a Mohammedan friar. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
The English poet and dramatist, William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), circa 1610. Painting known as the Chandos portrait (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Shoshones

Shoshones
circa 1872: Native Americans of the Shoshone tribe westernised by Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Steam Threshing

Steam Threshing
Agricultural workers use a steam powered thresher that looks like an early locomotive. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Scarborough Harbour

Scarborough Harbour
Barrels stacked on the quayside of the old harbour at Scarborough. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: The Crawlers

The Crawlers
A 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)

Background imageFormat Collection: St Christopher

St Christopher
Medieval representation of St Christopher carrying the Christ-child on his shoulder over the waters, circa 1300. St Christopher became the patron saint of travellers

Background imageFormat Collection: Tusk Warehouse

Tusk Warehouse
Ivory tusks covering the floor of a warehouse in Londons docklands before they are sold. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Big Bertha

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)

Background imageFormat Collection: Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky
Russian 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Satan And Beelzebub

Satan And Beelzebub
Satan and Beelzebub, as illustrated in Miltons Paradise Lost. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Chief Tatanka Yotaka or Sitting Bull

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

Background imageFormat Collection: Tartarus

Tartarus
The 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Vision Of Hell

Vision Of Hell
An engraving depicting Hell and its wretched inhabitants, circa 1650. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Union Pacific

Union Pacific
Steam 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)

Background imageFormat Collection: Merchant Of Venice

Merchant Of Venice
Salanio 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Chemist and physicist, Sir Michael Faraday

Chemist and physicist, Sir Michael Faraday
Chemist 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)

Background imageFormat Collection: Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley
US rodeo star Annie Oakley (1860 - 1926) the highly skilled trick shooter with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Rocket

Rocket
George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, constructed in 1829. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: Ironbridge

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)

Background imageFormat Collection: Russian Scene

Russian Scene
Domestic life in nineteenth century Russia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFormat Collection: 18th Century Lab

18th Century Lab
In 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

Background imageFormat Collection: Thomas Cook It

Thomas Cook It
Thomas Cooks World Ticket Office in Jerusalem. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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