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Zulu Womencirca 1900: Women from a Zulu tribe preparing a meal. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Matterhorncirca 1950: The Matterhorn, a mountain peak on the Swiss Italian border. 4, 478 metres high. First climbed by English Mountaineer Edward Whymper in 1865
Naval ReviewJune 1911: The British Fleet, headed by HMS Neptune, steaming through the Solent, to anchor at Spithead for the Coronation Review. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Cat Cookscirca 1880: Kittens cooking rat pie on a New Years greetings card. Raphael Tuck & Sons (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Boat Train30th August 1909: The first passenger boat train leaves Fishguard for London, carrying passengers from the liner, SS Mauretania moored at Fishguard, in Wales
Self-Trimming Saloon1875: A cross section of the Bessemer Saloon Steamer which contains the self-trimming saloon designed by inventor and engineer Sir Henry Bessemer, and its lavish interior design
Battle Of ShrewsburyA 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
Pre-Raphaelite1869: Laus Veneris ( praise of Venus ) by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Husky Dog Chosen For Sir Ernest Shackletons Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionJuly 1914: A husky dog called Tough at Spratts Bedlington Kennels, chosen to take part in an Antarctic expedition led by Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Shoe Blackscirca 1895: Young shoe-blacks take some time off at the water fountain opposite the Morning Star public house, at the corner of Richmond Row and Byram Street in Liverpool.The pub
Victorian Expresscirca 1875: The East Coast Railway Victorian Express locomotive. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ludworth Engine1867: A South Eastern Railway engine pulling out of Waterloo Station, London. (Photo by F. Moore/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Street In Glasgowcirca 1895: Passers-by and horse-drawn traffic in Jamaica Street, Glasgow. Glasgow flourished during the industrial revolution because the Clyde was dredged
Suburban HomeMay 1866: The Willows, Plaistow, London. There is a groom at the door with a pony and trap. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Victoria Arch1879: The Victoria Arch in Peel Park, Salford viewed from the Crescent. The design is strongly influenced by Mohammedan or Indian architecture. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Vita Sackville-Westcirca 1940: Vita Sackville West (Victoria Mary Nicolson, 1892-1962), an English novelist who was the model for Virginia Woolfs Orlando. She married the diplomat Harold Nicolson in 1913
Tibetian Costumecirca 1900: Two men dressed in elaborate Tibetan costume with head dresses, embroidered coats and pointed slippers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bayeux Tapestry Scene - Future King Harold II rescues two of William the Conquerors soldiersIn a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, the future King Harold II (c.1022 - 1066) rescues two of William the Conquerors soldiers from quicksand at Mont Saint-Michel
The Plowmans TaleThe Plowman in a scene from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. A woodcut from Richard Pynsons 1492 edition. This tale was added later, by a different author
Americas Cup Yacht Shamrock IV Overtakes Resolute 1920Jul 1920: the Yacht Shamrock IV Overtakes Resolute during the Second Race in the Americas Cup Series. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive
Portrait Of William Butler Yeatscirca 1920: Irish poet, dramatist and Nobel laureate, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), a leader of the Irish Renaissance and one of the foremost writers of the 20th century
Medieval DressA 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
Welsh BardWelsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Due Aquile, Benito Mussolini posing beneath an eagleItalian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945) symbolically posing beneath an eagle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
St Louiscirca 1890: Broadway, north from Chestnut Street, St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Clifton Bridge circa 1900:circa 1900: The Clifton Suspension Bridge, spanning the Avon Gorge Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859), but not completed until after his death in 1864
Victorian Nurses1890: A group of Queen Victoria nurses in uniform. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Aztec Couplecirca 1880: A man and woman from the ancient Aztec tribe of southern and central Mexico, dressed in western-style wedding clothes
Sarah BernhardtFrench stage actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) in a scene from the play, Theodora. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
DervishPortrait of a Mohammedan friar. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
William ShakespeareThe English poet and dramatist, William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), circa 1610. Painting known as the Chandos portrait (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Shoshonescirca 1872: Native Americans of the Shoshone tribe westernised by Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Steam ThreshingAgricultural workers use a steam powered thresher that looks like an early locomotive. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Scarborough HarbourBarrels stacked on the quayside of the old harbour at Scarborough. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Jamestown FortThree ships lie at anchor on the river as early settlers carry lumber and raise the walls of the stockade fort at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America, circa 1610
Map Of Colonial PhiladelphiaA plan of the city of Philadelphia, situated at the junction of the Schuylkill (left) Delaware Rivers, Pennsylvania, circa 1750
The CrawlersA 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)
St ChristopherMedieval representation of St Christopher carrying the Christ-child on his shoulder over the waters, circa 1300. St Christopher became the patron saint of travellers
Tusk WarehouseIvory tusks covering the floor of a warehouse in Londons docklands before they are sold. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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)
TchaikovskyRussian 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
Satan And BeelzebubSatan and Beelzebub, as illustrated in Miltons Paradise Lost. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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
TartarusThe 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
Union PacificSteam 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)
Merchant Of VeniceSalanio 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
Londons Covent GardenRich and poor, young and old, man and woman, come to shop and sell at Londons Covent Garden Market in this engraving after Hogarth from 1720. (Image by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Chemist and physicist, Sir Michael FaradayChemist 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)