2004 Gallery

Portstewart - Northern Ireland, BR (LMR) poster, 1954

British Railways poster (London Midlands Region). Artwork by Kenneth Steel depicting harbour and boats with hills in the background

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Don Bradman square cuts at Lords, 1930

Photograph of Don Bradman square cutting during the second Test Match between England and Australia, held at Lords Cricket Ground, London, 1930. Playing for Australia, Bradman, then aged 21, scored 254 in this innings. The fielder diving to his left in an attempt to stop the ball is A.P.F. Chapman of England

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Amelia Earhart, US aviation pioneer

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), American aviation pioneer. Earhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air as a passenger (1928), fly solo across the Atlantic, setting a new record of 13 hours and 30 minutes (1932), and fly from Hawaii to California (1935). In 1937, Earhart attempted to become the first woman to fly around the world. Her plane, with her navigator Fred Noonan also on board, disappeared on 2 July 1937 whilst flying over the Pacific Ocean from New Guinea to Howland Island. No trace of the plane or crew was ever found

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