Furniture Collection (page 7)

The Boat Train
4th September 1909: The dining car of the Lusitanias boat train, at Fishguard. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Children Watch Planes
29th June 1928: Schoolchildren watch bombers rehearsing for the Royal Airforce display and pageant at Hendon Aerodrome, London. (Photo by Davies/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dining Ape
circa 1900: Esau the ape eating. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The 19th Hole
circa 1900: Ranelagh Golf Club, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Maternity Ward
15th November 1912: A ward at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in Dublin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Guys Hospital
February 1913: The Lydia Ward, Guys Hospital, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Electrical Exhibition
7th October 1908: An electric iron, kettle, curling tongs and shaving pot on display at The Electrical Exhibition, Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Drawing Room
April 1909: The high-ceilinged drawing room, with chandeliers, at Carlton House Terrace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Wrought iron chair, Trinidad, Cuba
Rusty round wrought iron chair in front of blue building on street, Tinidad, Cuba

Rubbish bin, Chengdu, China
Rubbish bin

Flooded cafe in St Marks square, Venice at high tide (aqua alta)

Quiet Time
A patient sits in his bedroom by himself at South Ockenden Mental Hospital

Cat Bird Seat
Patti the cat, who performs on stage in a theatre, sometimes likes a seat in the stalls

Somerset Maugham
British novelist and playwright W Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) relaxes on a sofa. Original Publication: People Disc - HH0153 (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Little Lost Dog
1933: A forlorn looking Cairn terrier perched on a stool. He was the subject of animal artist Cecil Alden at the time of this photograph. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Dining Room
A dining room in the twelve hundred year old home of actress Diana Beaumont, built on the Pilgrims way at Woldingham in Surrey

Sitting Room
A living room in the twelve hundred year old home of actress Diana Beaumont, built on the Pilgrims way at Woldingham in Surrey

Body Language
26th March 1928: A man and a woman sit side by side, their feet almost touching. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

White Lodge In Richmond
Inside White Lodge, Richmond Park, at the time Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, lived there, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chimp Chat
An adult chimpanzee and a baby chimp engage in telephone conversation, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

H G Wells
English novelist Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946), whose most famous works include The Time Machine and The Invisible Man, 4th May 1940. Picture Post - 282 - Unite Or Perish - pub.1940

Honeymoon Couple
26th June 1948: A couple on their honeymoon look out over a lake in Switzerland. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4575 - Swiss Honeymoon On ?35 - pub

Washing Facility
12th September 1953: The makeshift bathroom of a travelling salesman from Halifax, complete with toothbrush, soap, pitcher of water and basin

Firth Of Tay
The Firth of Tay at Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, as seen from Dundee Law, 25th June 1955. The Tay Railway Bridge crosses the river in the distance

Isaacs Apple
English mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727) contemplates the force of gravity, as the famous story goes, on seeing an apple fall in his orchard, circa 1665

Board School
A nature class on plant roots at Gordon Memorial School, Kilburn, London, April 1908. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Evicted Family
A mother and children with their belongings after being evicted from their house near Errismore in the west of Ireland, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Decent Proposal
Answer him fair - yea or nay. A young man and his sweetheart ponder the question of marriage, circa 1825. A painting by Charles Haigh-Wood. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian Maid
A Victorian maidservant carrying a tea tray and the morning post, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

First Methodist Conference
The first Methodist conference takes place at the Foundery, Moorfields, London, 25th June 1744. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Brother and Sister
A formal portrait of a brother and sister, circa 1890. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian Dog Lover
A man sits at a garden table with four pet dogs, 1870. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Celestial Bed
A depiction of James Grahams Celestial Bed, with the inscription The Celestial Bed with the Rosy Goddess of Health reposing thereon, 1780

Bank Parlour
A meeting in the Bank Parlour of the Bank of England, 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Haunted House
The ghost of Jim Stubbs returns to his old home to terrorise the new occupants, circa 1865. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Haunted House
The ghost of Jim Stubbs, the previous occupant of the house, appears to a woman eating her dinner, circa 1865. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Haunted House
The ghost of Jim Stubbs, the previous occupant of the house, appears to a couple eating their dinner, circa 1865. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hotel Dining Room
The dining room at the Victoria Hotel in Trondheim, Norway, set for a meal, 1864. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Vaccinating Sheep
Farm workers hold sheep steady on a treste table as a vet injects the animals with a vaccine, France, circa 1880. Engraving by A. Lancon (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Leonard Bernstein Leaning
February 1970: American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Londons South Bank. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dr Syntax
Doctor Syntax looking at lodgings in Paris catches a couple unawares. The man hides in the fireplace. Dr Syntax in Paris by William Combe illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson

Montmartre Street
A cul-de-sac in Montmartre, Paris, seen from the Rue Norvins. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tranquil Montmartre
Old houses with wooden verandahs in the Montmartre district of Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pasteurs Lab
circa 1880: French chemist Dr Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), the father of modern bacteriology, pursues his studies in his laboratory at the Ecole Normale in Paris

Bored And Drunk
A drunken revelry with drinkers collapsing under the table, dancing on its top and being sick. Entitled, Miseries of the Country

Classroom Chaos
A view of French education before the Guizot reforms of 1833 - a classroom rife with indiscipline and disorder. Original Artwork

Flauberts Study
The study, at Croisset in Normandy, of French novelist, Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880). Original Artwork: Drawing by Lecomte (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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