Human Interest Collection (#17)

Chinese Earth Spirit
Circa 750 AD, An earth spirit with a human face, horns and wings on a horses body on show at an exhibition of art of the Tang Dynasty, (618 - 907 AD), held in 1955

Ovis Poli
Circa 750 AD, On show at the 8th Antique Dealers Fair at Grosvenor House, London, is a stone head of the Tang Dynasty period found at Hupeh in northern China, entitled Ovis Poli

Rolls Last Flight
Air pioneer Charles Stewart Rolls (1877 - 1910) of Rolls Royce in his French built Wright biplane which broke up in the air and crashed during Bournemouth Aviation Week

Stunt Flying
Irish aviator Francis McClean (1876 - 1955) flies his Short seaplane through Tower Bridge, over the River Thames, 10th August 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Alexander Bell
Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell ( 1847 - 1922 ) who invented the telephone. Bell, born in Edinburgh, worked with his father, Scottish educator Alexander Melville Bell

Harding And Coolidge
President Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923) (R) the 29th President of the United States seen here with Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933), his Vice-President and successor

Benito Mussolini Aged 22
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945), aged 22. Original Publication: People Disc - HW0218 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Early Flight
Hubert Lathams attempt to cross the Channel in his Antoinette IV monoplane. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Police Escort
Police motorcycles escort President Calvin Coolidges car en route to Washington. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Trophy Room
A second floor salon at Castle Konopischt, Bohemia, one of Archduke Franz Ferdinands residences. (Now known as Castle Konopiste, near Benesov). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Belfast Children
Children playing in a Belfast street after the National Union of Dockers strike, organised by James Larkin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

US Mail
American Mail Vans. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Grahame-White
Claude Grahame-White, winner of the first International Air Race at Hendon, passing over waiting monoplanes at the meet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sopwith Tabloid
Aviator Howard Pixton in a Sopwith Tabloid. The aircraft won the second Schneider Trophy race in Monaco. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Animal Hero
February 1916: A cab horse in Paris which was wounded during service on the front lines during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Two Canadians
December 1915: Two Canadian cavalrymen and their horses prepared for training. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tent Peggers
December 1915: Canadian rough riders lance tentpegging during a training session. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aladdin
July 1923: US President Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923) in a Shriners Parade. Shriners (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America)

Record Bid Cars
23rd February 1927: Three of the cars used by John Parry-Thomas during his bids for the land speed record. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Calendar Column
13th August 1929: A Mayan calendar column in Quirigua, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

President Taft
circa 1912: 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Underground Mail
9th February 1928: Mail in containers are loaded into trains at Mount Pleasant depot in London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Temple Ruins
circa 1930: Ruins of the mortuary temple (Ramesseum) of Ramses II in Thebes (modern Luxor and El-Karnak). Decapitated statues stand in the ruins. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

City Morgue
1910: A horse-drawn hearse stands outside the Paris morgue. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Slum Life
1907: Women pushing a pram past a bakery window in Little Italy, a slum area of London in the borough of Holborn. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Pedal-Pusher
June 1919: A one legged coach mounts his bicycle during a practice session for Henley Royal Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Caruso In Naples
circa 1920: Italian opera singer, Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921) on a balcony in Naples. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

US Navy Curtiss NC4
June 1919: A US Navy Curtiss NC-4 at Plymouth, one of three planes to attempt the first transatlantic crossing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dive! Doggy! Dive
August 1923: A greyhound takes a dive during a meet at the Atlantic City dog track. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cenotaph Service
27th July 1919: Crowds lining the streets during a war memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dance! Bear! Dance
1909: Two young children in fancy dress, one as a bear, dance together at a garden party. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flying Farman
October 1909: French pioneer aviator and aircraft manufacturer Henri Farman (1874 - 1958) breaks an English record in his Farman Le Gypaete no 6 at Blackpool

North South Divide
10th February 1937: Arsenal goalkeeper George Swindin kicks the ball upfield during a match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, London. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Funeral
17th January 1928: The funeral of the four Harding sisters who were drowned in a flood in Grosvenor Road, London. Crowds line Page Street to watch the hearses pass by. (Photo by E)

Crippen Case
August 1910: Miss Ethel Le Neve, Dr Crippens mistress, arrives at Holloway prison after being arrested as an accomplice to the Crippen Murder

Horse Lift
8th December 1913: Workmen take a horse up to the roof by lift, to help clear away the debris after a fire in this Berlin factory. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ambulance
circa 1907: A motorised ambulance picking up an injured man in Fleet Street in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Working Elephant
1st July 1908: An elephant pulling a roller to flatten ground for construction. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Stables
May 1911: The stables used by a bus company to accommodate horses used for pulling the London Horse Bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Funeral Crowd
August 1907: The procession at the funeral of Belfast rioters shot by soldiers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cat Steals Milk
August 1923: Paddy the cat with his paw in the milk jug from the tea tray. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mobile Suffragettes
circa 1910: American Suffragettes and their means of transport at a Labour Day Parade. (Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Quizzical Owl
circa 1969: An owl perched on a tree stump. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Replica Of Rocket
21st April 1913: A replica of the steam locomotive Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson, on display at Crewe for a visit by King George V and Queen Mary

Brighton Pavilion
15th July 1948: The Music Room at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton bespeaks opulence with many articles in the exhibition having been lent by the King and Queen, Princess Elizabeth

Army Forge
1st February 1901: Shoeing smiths at work in a cavalry camp during the Boer War. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

In flight
August 1910: Blondeau in flight (on a Farman bi-plane) over Brooklands Aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Thames Flight
10th August 1912: A modified Short S27 hydroplane flown by Irish aviator Francis McClean (1876 - 1955) returns from the River Thames

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