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William Hut14th May 1853: The William Hut paying out the transatlantic electric cable. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1853 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
New DockMarch 1877: Crowds on a hilltop are viewing the new dock at Avonmouth near Bristol. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - supplement -The New Avonmouth Dock Near Bristol - pub
Reading The Treaty19th January 1861: A crowd in Peking reading the treaty which ended the Chinese Wars. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
The Grand Saloon1859: Passengers in the grand saloon of the Great Eastern steam ship. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Pig HeadedDecember 1886: A pig evades the militia to escape into the cottage from which its owners have just been evicted. Original Publication
Mail Cart29th November 1817: Mail arriving in an Irish village by horse and cart which also carries passengers. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub
Building The BM14th April 1855: The construction of the new reading room at the British Museum in London. Original Artist: By C W Sheeres. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub
Flood Damage2nd April 1864: Searching for the dead at Malin Bridge after the flood at Sheffield. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
La BourgogneJuly 1898: The French transatlantic liner La Bourgogne which sank on the 4th of July 1898 after a collision with the British liner Cromartyshire resulting in the loss of 500 lives
Leviathan Launch1857: The chain-drums and checking-gear used at the attempted launch of the Leviathan. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1857 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Luxury At Sea26th December 1881: Passengers in the luxurious saloon of a Cunard Steamer. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Assembly HouseMay 1849: The Houses of Assembly burning at Montreal, Canada. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1849 (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
What I Saw1861: What I Saw in the Fire. Fairies, goblins, witches and other fantastic creatures cavort together in the artists imagination
Government Gymn29th April 1848: An open air Government gymnasium at Primrose Hill, London. Climbing frames, swings and parallel bars are in use and the scene has attracted a crowd of families
Boarding At Liverpool6th July 1861: Troops boarding the Great Eastern steamship in Liverpool on their way to reinforce Canadian garrisons. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
The EuphoniaAugust 1846: The Euphonia or Speaking Machine. The machine is the top half of a figure on a table in front of a curtain, behind the table a seated man works the mechanism
General Compartment6th June 1857: The construction of the general compartment of the Great Eastern steam ship at Millwall. Original Publication: From the Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ferry Station12th March 1870: Illustrated London News - Proposed Channel Railway Ferry Station And Pier At Dover - pub. 1870 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sheep Dip1846: Farmers use long poles to wash their sheep in the river. Original Artwork: Engraving by Linton. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1846 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Indian Convoy13th December 1862: A cotton convoy camps for the night under a large banyan tree in India, on the journey from Rewah to the Ganges. (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Fen Flood24th May 1862: An attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain during the Great Flood in the Fens. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
SanatoriumJuly 1851: A sanatorium in Victoria Park, designed by Joseph Paxton FLS for the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest. Illistrated London News - pub
Rolling Saloon25th September 1861: The grand saloon of the Great Eastern steam ship when the ship rolled during a gale. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Atlantic TelegraphMay 1865: Messages arrive from Brunels steamship the Great Eastern in the instrument room of the Telegraph House at Foilhommerum in Valencia
Broadmoor TerraceJuly 1867: Male and female patients indulging in outdoor leisure pursuits on the terrace at Broadmoor, a hospital for the criminally insane in Berkshire
A Fairy Tale21st December 1867: A magical scene from fairyland. Original Artwork: After J A Fitzgerald (1832-1906). Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub
Out Of This World25th June 1870: A monk with a tonsure plays a clavichord while another monk follows him from a musical score. Original Artist - R Lehmann Illuatrated London News - pub
Blantyre Mining DisasterThe list of the dead is read outside miners cottages at Blantyre Colliery in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, after a gas explosion killed 207 miners on 2nd October 1877
Under the Alps13th February 1869: Engineers building a railway tunnel under Mount Cenis in the Alps. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Kara-Kara Trumpeters25th April 1903: The King of Kara-Karas State Trumpeters at the Anglo-French Boundary Settlement Commission during the colonisation of Nigeria
First Biker ?1906: The first motor cycle invented by Edward Butler in 1887, called the Petrol-Cycle Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1906 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)
Lycaste virginialispink, white, Dorling Kindersley Prints, 1098382452
Spanish Costumecirca 1928: A woman wearing traditional Spanish costume resting in an alcove. (Photo by James Abbe/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Great Pyramidcirca 1930: The granite lined Kings Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Egyptian pharaoh Cheops, at Giza, near Cairo, containing an empty and broken granite sarcophagus on which there is no inscription
Roman Emperor30 BC, Head of Roman Emperor and military leader Caesar Augustus, (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus 63 BC - 14 AD). (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Big Bencirca 1920: Big Ben clock tower and the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Great White Wonder1909: The Southern party of Shackletons Antarctic expedition, which came within a record-breaking 156 km of the south pole on January 9, 1909
Flying The CarpMay 1920: The Chinese custom of Flying the Carp, the fish of Good Omen, on the Boys Festival in early May. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sakai Familycirca 1930: A family of Sakai, native to Malaya. The man holds a long blow-pipe. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Kremlin1869: The Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Japanese Musiccirca 1900: A Japanese woman plays a koto, a traditional instrument with thirteen strings, played with plectra. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Hong Kongcirca 1890: Rickshaws in Hollywood Road, Hong Kong (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Reeling Silkcirca 1900: Two workers reeling silk in China. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Huskycirca 1930: A wild husky dog in Northern Manitoba. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Combine Harvestingcirca 1945: A combine harvester at work on a farm in Australia. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Adelaide Streetcirca 1910: King William Street in Adelaide, South Australia. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Snake Bridgecirca 1958: The sacred red lacquered bridge or Shinkyo over the river Daiya in Nikko. It was built in 1636. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Mexican Dwellingscirca 1900: Typical dwellings of indigenous people in Salamanca, Mexico. Dwellings are made of cakes of sun-dried olay, or all kinds of rufuse, such as sugar-cane stalks