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Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hot Bed

Hot Bed
circa 1830: The sweat bed, with its own built in hot water pipes under the mattress to allow even sweating of a patient. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Book Of Job

The Book Of Job
1828: Hast thou considered Job, When the almighty was yet with me. When my children were all about me. Plate 2 from William Blakes (1757 - 1827) Illustrations to the Book of Job, published 1828

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Tricycle

Tricycle
circa 1900: An early tricycle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Raj

The Raj
circa 1890: A private carriage outside an impressive portico with two men in uniform in attendance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Outdoor Persuits

Outdoor Persuits
1860: A photographer sets his camera up on the shores of a German lake. Portable darkroom at right. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Mounted Infantry

Mounted Infantry
circa 1900: The 2nd VB Mounted Infantry on donkeys armed with polo sticks. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Electrical Discharge

Electrical Discharge
September 1918: An electrical discharge around a 2000 ohm insulator. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Papyrus

Papyrus
circa 1850: The stages of life of the papyrus plant. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Melbourne View

Melbourne View
circa 1800: An engraving of Melbourne, Victoria, from the Botanical Gardens. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Thai Gypsies

Thai Gypsies
1911: A group of sea gypsies in their boats on a river near Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: McKinleys Birthplace

McKinleys Birthplace
circa 1900: The birthplace of William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States of America. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Sudanese Men

Sudanese Men
1907: Three Sudanese tribesmen in sarongs standing outside a mud-brick hut. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: African Villagers

African Villagers
circa 1900: Natives of Africa. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Skittle Pub

The Skittle Pub
1st November 1912: Carts trundle past the Skittle Pub (on the right) in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Farman Bi-plane

Farman Bi-plane
circa 1909: Maurice Farman bi-plane taking off. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Avro Aeroplane

Avro Aeroplane
2nd August 1912: Soldiers and spectators gather round the new Avro aeroplane being tested at Salisbury plain. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Ode To A Milk Skimmer

Ode To A Milk Skimmer
circa 1890: An ironic St Valentines Day ode to a mercenary milkman who is watering down his milk. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Ironic Valentine

Ironic Valentine
circa 1890: An ironic St Valentines Day ode to a bogus milkman who is selling chalk and water instead of milk. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Waiting For A Train

Waiting For A Train
28th July 1877: A political cartoon from The Illustrated London News Supplement of July 28th 1877, Flight from Hustchuck - An old Turk and his Harem waiting for a train

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Persian Bath

Persian Bath
circa 1800: An old engraving of Persian Baths. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Formal Jardinage

Formal Jardinage
circa 1870: A plan of a formal gardan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Vegetable Plan

Vegetable Plan
circa 1820: The plan of a kitchen garden. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Garden & Tools

Garden & Tools
circa 1840: Various garden tools, and a plan of a garden. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: A Penguin

A Penguin
circa 1900: A penguin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Stretchers

Stretchers
circa 1820: Two stretchers in use. Top is Fischers framed stretcher and bottom is a chair stretcher. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Cavalry And Foot

Cavalry And Foot
1883: German Army manoeuvres in 1883. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Garden Scaff

Garden Scaff
circa 1850: Digging tools and scaffold to be used in the garden. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Sugar Beet Factory

Sugar Beet Factory
October 1913: Approaching a sugar beet factory at Cantley, Morpeth. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Asian Headdress

Asian Headdress
circa 1900: An Asian woman in traditional dress including a tall hat. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: British Cemetery

British Cemetery
circa 1920: The British cemetery at Albert in the Somme. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Bristol Boxkite

Bristol Boxkite
1910: The Bristol Standard Boxkite, works No 12a. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Early Chiropody

Early Chiropody
circa 1850: An etching of an old woman examining the foot of a working man. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Scottish Harbour

Scottish Harbour
circa 1900: A turn of the century view of Bo ness harbour, West Lothian, Scotland. Bo Ness, short for Borrowstounness, was a thriving fishing port in the 19th century

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Ark Completed

The Ark Completed
23rd April 1832: An illustration showing the Ark completed, published by the Society of Antiquarians of London in 1832, for Caedmans Metrical Paraphrase of Scripture History

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Australian Kangaroo

Australian Kangaroo
circa 1780: An illustration of a kangaroo found on the coast of New Holland. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Well Lit

Well Lit
circa 1900: Goods on display to raise funds for charity. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Sea Lions

Sea Lions
circa 1910: A sea lion and cub at leisure. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Beisa Antelope

Beisa Antelope
circa 1910: A Beisa antelope at London Zoo in Regents Park. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Zoo Parrot

Zoo Parrot
circa 1910: A parrot chained to a perch at London Zoo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: African Cattle

African Cattle
circa 1890: East African cattle drinking from water in a wadi. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Sea-Lion

Sea-Lion
circa 1910: A sea-lion rests on a rock. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Cigarette Tobacco

Cigarette Tobacco
18th June 1905: Tables of tobacco laid out ready for appraising. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: South Africans

South Africans
circa 1900: Members of a South African tribe sitting outside a large hut. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hawker

Hawker
circa 1865: A street telescope exhibitor and potential customer viewing the moon, from London Labour and the London Poor Vol III. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Benares Observatory

Benares Observatory
circa 1800: The Bramins observatory at Benares. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Sparrow Hawk

Sparrow Hawk
circa 1900: Accipiter nisus, the sparrow hawk. Cassels Book of Birds (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Merlin

The Merlin
circa 1900: The merlin, a bird of prey. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Night Sky

Night Sky
circa 1885: Viewing the night sky at the Greenwich observatory. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Flightless Birds

Flightless Birds
circa 1900: The ostrich and the cassowary, two flightless birds. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle
circa 1900: The golden eagle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Eagle

The Eagle
circa 1900: The white-tailed sea eagle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Isis And Osiru

Isis And Osiru
circa 1900: A statue of the Egyptian goddess Isis and Osiru. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: McKinleys Home

McKinleys Home
circa 1901: The home of William McKinley (1848 - 1901), President of the United States of America, in Canton Ohio. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Japanese Bedroom

Japanese Bedroom
circa 1900: Japanese women asleep in bed. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Grovers Cleveland

Grovers Cleveland
circa 1885: Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908), the 22nd and 24th President of the United States of America (1885 - 1889, 1893 - 1897). The first Democratic president to be elected after the Civil War

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hero And Leander

Hero And Leander
circa 1890: Hero and Leander drawn by Desine and engraved by Loroher. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Lincolns Birthplace

Lincolns Birthplace
circa 1900: The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, a cabin on Nolin Creek in Kentucky, Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States and lead the country through the American Civil War

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Wheatland

Wheatland
circa 1890: Wheatland, the house of James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States of America, situated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Women Of Chile

Women Of Chile
circa 1900: A montage of photographs of women from Chile. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Tin Mining

Tin Mining
circa 1915: Monitors working on the 320 feet face of the Brusch Hydraulic Tin Mining Company in British Malaya. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Seven Zulus

Seven Zulus
circa 1900: A group of Zulus share a drink outside a hut. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Armoured Plane

Armoured Plane
19th September 1911: Rear view of an armoured aeroplane. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Ice Yachting

Ice Yachting
circa 1900: Ice Yachting during the Chinese winter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Bristol Racer

Bristol Racer
1911: The biplane Bristol Grandseigne Racer, works number 33, which crashed on its first flight in April 1911. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Ribbon Development

Ribbon Development
1933: An example of ribbon development. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Outdoor Wrestling

Outdoor Wrestling
circa 1910: Two men during a wrestling competition. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Mountain Opossum

Mountain Opossum
circa 1910: A short-eared mountain opossum, known for its ability to feign death when in danger. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Early Plane

Early Plane
circa 1909: An unusual mono-plane on the airfield at Brooklands. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Winter Fun

Winter Fun
1909: Children tobogganing down a steep slope. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel
circa 1910: A red squirrel eating a nut. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Thai Youth

Thai Youth
circa 1910: Three men and two boys sporting sarongs relax in Thailand. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Chinese Woman

Chinese Woman
1904: A Chinese intellectual woman. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Craig Telescope

Craig Telescope
28th August 1865: The Craig Telescope shortly after erection on a tower at Wandsworth Common. Illustrated London News. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Canadian Eclipse

Canadian Eclipse
circa 1861: The observatory of the Canadian Eclipse Expedition at Jefferson City, Iowa. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Solar Viewer

Solar Viewer
1st April 1764: A device for exhibiting solar eclipses on a terrestrial sphere. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Saturn

Saturn
circa 1800: Sani, or the planet Saturn, from an Asian illustration. He is mounted on a bird, while two snakes form an arch above him. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Transit Circle

Transit Circle
circa 1885: Observing the sun with the transit circle at Greenwich Observatory. Original Publication: The Graphic 1885 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: China Dragon

China Dragon
circa 1901: Two European soldiers by a Chinese Celestial Globe and Quadrant mounted on the Tartar Wall, Pekin (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: 1950 Aerial Estate View

1950 Aerial Estate View
circa 1950: Houses of the Ariel Estate viewed from the air. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Moon Struck

Moon Struck
circa 1770: An engraving captioned An animal in the moon, showing worthies discussing their observations through a telescope. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Paternoster Row

Paternoster Row
circa 1900: View of Paternoster Row, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Eagles

Eagles
circa 1900: Various types of eagle, left to right, great sea eagle, small cape eagle, wedge-tailed eagle and golden eagle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Wet Demo

Wet Demo
May 1914: A sea of umbrellas, during a peace demonstration against the war, Tower Hill, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Dressing The Wells

Dressing The Wells
1st January 1905: The pagan rite of well dressing shown on one of the five wells in the village of Tissington in Derbyshire



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