Images Dated 29th November 2019

Emily Bay, the islands safest swimming area, and ruins of the 1848 Salt House

Emily Bay, the island's safest swimming area, and ruins of the 1848 Salt House where seawater was partially evaporated by the sun then boiled in tanks in the salthouse. Salt was a vital preservative Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific, Australia

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Australian, Building, Buildings, Convict, Convict Era, Convicts, External Territory, Heritage, Historic, History, Kavha, Kingston And Arthur, Kingston And Arthuris Vale Historic Area, Penal Colony, Prison Island, Remains, Ruined, S Vale Historic Area, Salthouse, Second Settlement, Settlement, Tourist Attraction, Transportation, World Heritage Area

British travellers in a Cairo bazaar

British travellers, on holiday in Egypt with Thomas Cook, perusing goods in a Cairo bazaar. See picture number 12916374 for a picture of people booking their holiday at Thomas Cook, the companion picture to this one. Date: 1908

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Final phases during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2

Scene from the final phases of the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing a British anti-tank post at the Menin Gate, a burning lorry with billowing black smoke in a Dunkirk street after an intensive German air attack, black smoke in Dunkirk harbour, a deserted street in Ypres, the empty Place Jean Bart in the centre of Dunkirk, and a Dunkirk street with smoke and rubble after enemy bombardment. Date: 1940

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