Images Dated 21st September 2006

Aberdonian, steam locomotive, Kings Cross Station, London, 1958

The Aberdonian, an A1 Class steam locomotive No 60158 departing from King's Cross. Alongside the Aberdonian is the Golden Plover, an A4 Class steam locomotive, No 60031, carrying the headboard of the London to Edinburgh Elizabethan service. Photograph by Eric Treacy

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JOHN BROWN'S RAID, 1859. Lewis Sheridan Leary, a black member of the party led

JOHN BROWN'S RAID, 1859.
Lewis Sheridan Leary, a black member of the party led by abolitionist John Brown that raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, 16-18 October 1859. Sheridan was killed during the raid

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Summer Palace

The summer palace of the daimyo (feudal lord) of the Satsuma Han (domain or fiefdom) in southern Japan, circa 1867. Original publication: Illustrated London News, pub. 2nd February 1867. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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