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Landscape, Diry Collection

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Pennsylvania
The Department of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, circa 1850. An engraving by W. J. Welch from the History of Pennsylvania. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Will Rogers State Beach

Will Rogers State Beach in Los Angeles County, California, circa 1920. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Khartoum

Khartoum
The city of Khartoum in the Sudan, at the time of General Wolseleys expedition to relieve the beseiged British garrison there, 1884

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Corsham Wharf

Corsham Wharf
The loading wharf for Bath stone quarried in Corsham, Wiltshire, 24th October 1928. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: City Of Bristol

City Of Bristol
The City of Bristol in south-west England, circa 1850. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, circa 1850. An engraving from the American Magazine of Useful Knowledge. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, circa 1850. (Photo by Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Lake Eola

Lake Eola park, a landscaped area in Orlando, Florida, circa 1960. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Athens Under Hadrian

Athens Under Hadrian
Athens viewed from the east, in the time of the Emperor Hadrian, circa 130 AD. In the foreground is the River Ilissos, centre left is the newly-completed Olympeion or Temple of Olympian Zeus

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Great Chicago Fire

Great Chicago Fire
The aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Santa Monica Beach

Santa Monica Beach
The public beach at Santa Monica, California, circa 1950. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush
Miners washing gold in a river valley during the California Gold Rush, 1849. (Photo by Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Speeds Map Of Europe

Speeds Map Of Europe
A map of Europe and the coast of North Africa by cartographer John Speed, 1626. Around the edges are insets of the major European cities and their inhabitants. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Moscow

Moscow
The city of Moscow on the River Moskva, circa 1900. Saint Basils Cathedral and the Kremlin Towers are on the left. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Compiegne Cotillion

Compiegne Cotillion
A cotillion danced in the ballroom of the palace at Compiegne, 1868. By Jules Pelcoq. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Colonial Slavery

Colonial Slavery
A cartoon reviling the cruelty of colonial slavery and the publics willingess to condone it, 1830. The Slave is beaten to death by her owner; The Planter who murder d the slave defends his action;

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Opera Square

Opera Square or Midan Opera in Cairo, with the opera house in the background and on the right, an equestrian statue of Ibrahim Pasha by Charles Cordier, circa 1910

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Newcastle

Newcastle
Boats on the river in Newcastle upon Tyne, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Middle Temple Hall

Middle Temple Hall, a 16th century banqueting hall in the City of London, circa 1900. (Photo by Bool & Dixon/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Fireworks And Music

Fireworks And Music
A firework display in Londons Green Park to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle, which ended the War of the Austrian Succession, 27th April 1749

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Queens Hall

Queens Hall
1894: The Queens Hall concert venue in London, a year after its opening. It was the setting for the very first Proms concerts in 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Sibling Rivalry

Sibling Rivalry
The only sister who would write to her brother, though the table had got folded down! The other sisters are sternly resolved to set off to Halnaby and the Castle

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Newspaper Vendors

Newspaper Vendors
Three street vendors selling newspapers and comic books in an American city, June 1893. The comics on sale include Snap Shots and Chums, and the headlines refer to the death of actor Edwin Booth

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: First Senghenydd Disaster

First Senghenydd Disaster
People rush toward the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, after an explosion which killed 81 men, 24th May 1901. Only a single worker, William Harris, was found alive. By J

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Horse Armoury

Horse Armoury
The horse armoury at the Tower of London, with waxworks of Queen Elizabeth I and her page on the left, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: A Game Of Four Corners

A Game Of Four Corners
A Game of Four Corners, an early form of skittles or bowling, circa 1860. An engraving by W. Thomas after a watercolour by H. Carter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Isonzo Campaign

Isonzo Campaign
German troops advance into north-east Italy from Slovenia, prior to crossing the River Isonzo during World War I, 7th September 1917. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Convicts Farewell

Convicts Farewell
Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth take leave of their lovers who are bound for Botany Bay as transported convicts, 12th May 1794. Both ladies are characters from sailors sea shanties

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Abergele Train Disaster

Abergele Train Disaster
The scene on the track, one and a half hours after the Abergele Train Disaster on the Chester and Holyhead Railway in North Wales, 20th August 1868

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Bank Restriction

Bank Restriction
George Cruikshanks famous bank note of 1819, a comment on stringent measures to protect the paper currency by hanging forgers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Marching To Kut

Marching To Kut
Troops of the Ottoman Empire on their way to Kut (Kut-Al-Imara or Kut El Amara) in Iraq during the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I, September 1915

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Capture Of Chuenpee

Capture Of Chuenpee
The British attack and capture Chuenpeh, an island on the Pearl River in southern China, at the start of the First Opium War, circa 1839. Engraving by H. Adlard after a drawing by Thomas Allom

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Northumberland House

Northumberland House on the Strand in London, shortly before it was demolished, 1874. It was built in 1605 by the 1st Earl of Northampton, from whence it passed to the Earls of Suffolk

Background imageLandscape, Diry Collection: Night falls on the Abbots Ripton Crash, January 1876

Night falls on the Abbots Ripton Crash, January 1876
Night falls on the Abbots Ripton rail disaster, in which the Flying Scotsman collided with a coal train at Abbots Ripton in Cambridgeshire, 21st January 1876


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