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Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Baal Bonfire

Baal Bonfire
circa 1910: Northumbrian Baal fire being built. The faggots are brought in by hand, no horse is ever used, and the fire built on the same spot every year. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Tree Hut

Tree Hut
circa 1921: A primitive tree house in New Guinea. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Bedroom Toilette

Bedroom Toilette
circa 1780: A Parisian lady is prepared for her evening toilette by her maids. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: In The Stocks

In The Stocks
circa 1910: The stocks at the Corby Pole Fair for those who would not pay the toll. The stocks have five holes as people were often confined by one leg only

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Crowds Demonstrate

Crowds Demonstrate
1st April 1919: A crowd demonstrates against the Peace agreement, the result of World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: In Costume

In Costume
1st October 1908: In costume for a dress rehearsal for the Lord Mayors Show. (Photo by Ryder Smith/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Tossing The Pancake

Tossing The Pancake
circa 1905: A heap of Westminster schoolboys scrabbling for the pancake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Clifton Public Baths

Clifton Public Baths
1860: Public baths at Clifton, Bristol, when work started on the suspension bridge. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Refugees

Refugees
1917: Refugees stand on the deck of a ship during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Strapless Dress

Strapless Dress
circa 1905: A young woman in a sheath dress. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Lonely Drive

Lonely Drive
22nd November 1907: A man drives down the road at Merstham. There are a (Automobile Association) signs along the road. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Riddled Building

Riddled Building
1st October 1917: The building at the corner of Boulevard Nitsitsky shows bullet-holes and signs of street fighting during the Russian Revolutuion. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Wild Nymphet

Wild Nymphet
circa 1905: An Edwardian woman poses in a fantasy garden. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Long Live The Soviets

Long Live The Soviets
1917: The Red Revolution triumphs over the panic-stricken crowd of capitalists, officers and priests, while, in the background, imperialist finance lets loose internecine strife

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Metropole Under Fire

Metropole Under Fire
1917: The facade of the Hotel Metropole in Moscow shows bullet-holes after an assault during the Russian Revolution. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Spitzbergen

Spitzbergen
circa 1897: The balloon and balloon house at Andrees research station on Danes Island, Spitzbergen. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: HMS Repulse

HMS Repulse
1924: A crowd watching the arrival of the HMS Repulse. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Zambesi River Boat

Zambesi River Boat
circa 1850: The Ma-Robert, a paddle steamer on the Zambesi river. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: An Explorers Camp

An Explorers Camp
circa 1800: Explorers building a camp on a tropical shore. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hillside Accident

Hillside Accident
circa 1920: Transport difficulties due to poorly graded tracks up a steep hillside leading to the Mastid-I-Solaiman oilfield. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Colonial Meeting

Colonial Meeting
circa 1780: British officers meeting with natives. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Milk Maid

Milk Maid
circa 1800: A milk maid with a wooden bucket and three-legged stool climbs over a style. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Banquet

Banquet
circa 1910: A Persian dinner party with food laid out on a carpet on the ground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Tachyscope

The Tachyscope
circa 1890: The Tachyscope was a piece of equipment used to display moving images. It was part of the beginnings of cinema in England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Vivascope

The Vivascope
circa 1890: The Vivascope, an apparatus for viewing moving pictures. An early type of cinema for the individual. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Practice Landings

Practice Landings
April 1915: Practice landings on the Turkish coast by the Ausralian Imperial Forces, in preparation for the Anzac landings on the 25th April, 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Old Bank of England

Old Bank of England
circa 1910: The old Bank of England, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Chinese Gents

Chinese Gents
circa 1900: Portrait of two Chinese men. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: In Flight

In Flight
circa 1913: A bi-plane flies low. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Winter Sports Area

Winter Sports Area
circa 1911: Two skiers in the new winter sports district at Mont Louis, opened on January 22, 1911 by the Touring Club of France, under the patronage of King Alfonso of Spain

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Scarf And Muff

Scarf And Muff
15th May 1909: A model shows off a scarf and muff of smoke-grey chiffon, finished with kilted frills. Ladies Field Supplement - pub. 1909 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Army Review

Army Review
circa 1909: An army review at Warwick Castle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Country House

Country House
circa 1910: A roadside cottage in Aylesbury. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: In Flight

In Flight
1910: Dickson bi-plane in flight. (Photo by Henry Bury/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Ranelagh Balloon

Ranelagh Balloon
1st June 1907: An inflated balloon at the Ranelagh Ballooning event for the Harbord Cup, 1907, watched by the ladies and gentlemen. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: French Soldiers

French Soldiers
circa 1910: A French army band with their instruments. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Army Camp

Army Camp
circa 1900: The 2nd Hampshire Volunteer Brigade of the British Army. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Early Aviation

Early Aviation
1910: Dickson bi-plane in flight. (Photo by Henry Bury/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Rabbit Woman

Rabbit Woman
1805: A woman selling rabbits and ducks in the street. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Chicken And Cockerel

Chicken And Cockerel
circa 1880: A pair of fowls. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hindu Ploughman

Hindu Ploughman
circa 1880: A Hindu farmer ploughing with a yoke of oxen and a herdsman carrying an urn on his head. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Peace In USA

Peace In USA
circa 1918: Peace celebrations on Fifth Avenue, New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Winter Feed

Winter Feed
circa 1880: A farmer brings hay for his herd in a farmyard during the winter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Prize Cock

Prize Cock
circa 1880: A Dark Brahma cockerel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Poultry

Poultry
circa 1880: A pair of fowls. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Veranda

Veranda
circa 1900: An open portico along the side of a house, with a sculpted female figure. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Hallway

Hallway
circa 1900: The hallway of the Fuiltus House. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Grain Elevator

Grain Elevator
circa 1913: A grain elevator used by the Canadian Northern Railway Company, beside a river where logs are being floated, in Ontario. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Thatched House

Thatched House
circa 1910: Exterior of a thatched country house. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Alpine Village

Alpine Village
circa 1910: The roof tops of houses built into a mountainous region. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Chicken Feed

Chicken Feed
circa 1840: Two young girls feeding the chickens. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Punting

Punting
May 1906: Punters and rowers do their best not to collide whlist moving their boats on Molesey Lock. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Cat In The Dairy

Cat In The Dairy
circa 1890: A dairymaid takes a stick to a cat after finding it stealing milk in the dairy. Original Publication: The Childs Country Book (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: The Launch

The Launch
circa 1903: The launch of a small pleasure boat is watched with interest by children playing on the beach. Original Artwork: Photo by Priestley & Sons. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Milk Maid

Milk Maid
1st May 1805: A street trader selling milk from pails in the market place. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Fruit Basket

Fruit Basket
10th May 1856: A woman carrying a basket of fruit in the market in Rio de Janeiro. George C Leighton Original Publication: The Illustrated London News - pub

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Fort St Angelo

Fort St Angelo
circa 1860: A view of Fort St Angelo, looking across to Valletta. Sepia original. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Order Of The Bath

Order Of The Bath
22nd July 1913: Procession of the Knights of the Order of the Bath from the House of Lords to Westminister Abbey for the reinauguration of the Order of the Bath. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Motor Union Patrol

Motor Union Patrol
1907: A Motor Union patrolman in uniform. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Ice Bound

Ice Bound
7th February 1902: Scotts expedition ship Discovery eight miles from winter quarters 1902 in the ice pack shortly before coming to the anchorage where she remained frozen in March 1902

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Rolls Sommer Plane

Rolls Sommer Plane
English motoring and aviation pioneer Charles Rolls (1877 - 1910) in his Sommer 1910 biplane, at Eastchurch airfield on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, 2nd April 1910

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Field Of Daffodils

Field Of Daffodils
circa 1910: A group of people in a field of daffodils in the Scilly Islands. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Edwardian Fashion

Edwardian Fashion
circa 1905: Men and women wearing clothes fashionable during the Edwardian period ( 1901 to 1910). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Shattered Battery

Shattered Battery
1861: The shattered battery of San Antonio, Gaito, during the war of Italian unification. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Mount Hood

Mount Hood
circa 1930: The Mazamas arriving at the top of a snowy and icy Mount Hood. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Russian Aeroplane

Russian Aeroplane
circa 1913: An aircraft built by an unknown Russian, around the time the Russian-born aeronautical engineer Igor Sikorsky (1889 - 1972) designed and flew the first four-engined aircraft (1913)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Woman Spinning

Woman Spinning
1909: An old woman spinning on a traditional spinning wheel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Malvern

Malvern
circa 1920: The town of Malvern, from the Priory Church. (Photo by Norman May/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Looking Up

Looking Up
circa 1900: A group of men, possibly members of a religious order, smile for a photographer high above them. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Sunday Opening

Sunday Opening
circa 1910: A flying boat taking the water (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Trotting Accident

Trotting Accident
circa 1930: A trotting race accident, with sulkies upturned and riders thrown. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Taunt And Co

Taunt And Co
circa 1910: The exterior of Taunt & Co, who are carvers, gilders and photographers. The shop also provides a bicycle repair service. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Cutting Table

Cutting Table
September 1906: The cutting table in the workshops of Short Brothers who made hot air balloons. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Luxor Excavation

Luxor Excavation
June 1906: Porters or diggers with pots at the Luxor excavation sponsored by George Carnarvon and part of a set of sepia photographs. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Army Aeroplane Tests

Army Aeroplane Tests
August 1912: The aeroplane that will be used by the army following extensive testing at Salisbury Plains. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Barnet Fair rides

Barnet Fair rides
1919: A view of the rides at the Barnet Fair, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Wapiti Deer

Wapiti Deer
circa 1930: Two Wapiti, the largest North American deer, rest in their enclosure at Regents Park zoo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Letchworth Garden

Letchworth Garden
circa 1902: A garden in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Pretoria Scene

Pretoria Scene
1901: Boer types awaiting examination for passes to go home in the Public Square, Pretoria, while many look on. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Letchworth Vista

Letchworth Vista
circa 1904: A view of Letchworth, Hertfordshire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Champion Achilles

Champion Achilles
circa 1930: Champion Achilles corded poodle. (Photo by Gambier Bolton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Troops At Pretoria

Troops At Pretoria
5th June 1900: Troops standing around the railway station at Pretoria on the day of the British entry, 5th June 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Amsterdam

Amsterdam
circa 1920: Architecture at Amsterdam. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHeritage Images Collection: Petrograd Patrol

Petrograd Patrol
1917: Sailors of the Baltic Fleet patrolling the snowy streets of Petrograd. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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