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Chiffchaff (Morris)
(Phylloscopus rufus, or collybita) The earliest migrant to arrive in England : its name is derived from its distinctive song

OSWEGO, 1750
The earliest English trading post on the Great Lakes, the fort was contested in the Seven years War and later in 1812 : the Onondago river here flows into Lake Ontario

A Broadcast Ca 1922
A scene from the earliest days of broadcasting : Olive Sturgess and John Huntingdon perform a duet at BBC Marconi House

Early Trade Union C1835
Initiation into a TRADE UNION - due to official hostility (unionists were perceived as revolutionaries) the earliest unions conducted themselves like secret societies

Rail Travel, 1820S
One of the earliest trains - with the carriages adapted from road coaches and the outside passengers liable to be blackened by smoke

Wwi / Russo-German Air War
A dogfight between Russian and German aircraft. One of the earliest pictures of air warfare

Torricellis Barometer
Perier checks the results of Torricellis barometer experiment on the summit of the Puy-de-Dome, France. Torricelli devised the earliest form in 1643

Friedrich Von Hausen
Friedrich von Hausen, German poet, one of the earliest of the minnesingers. Accompanied Emperor Frederick on the 1189 crusade and died at the battle of Philomelium in 1190

Lion Gate at Mycenae
The Lion Gate at Mycenae represents the earliest large relief structure on the Greek mainland. The carvings were placed into an open triangle left by the corbelled blocks. Date: 1855

Metro - Old Station
The classic art nouveau design of the earliest metro stations, in central Paris

Egypt / Step Pyramid
The Great Step Pyramid at Saqqarah, one of the earliest funerary edifices in Egypt

Nurnberg Chronik 1493
The Cities of the Plain are destroyed : Lots wife, who turns to admire the show, is turned to a pillar of salt, but the rest of her family escape with angelic help

Carriage on Rail Wagon
In the earliest days of the rail, a private carriage might be carried on a rail wagon - anticipating todays motorail service by a hundred years !

Domesday Book
THE DOMESDAY BOOK - the earliest surviving public record, a survey of landholding ordered by William I the Conqueror; now housed in the Public Record Office

Leeds Co-Op Store
LEEDS INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE STORE, Yorkshire - one of the earliest co-ops

C17 Carriage
A French CARROSSE - the earliest type of private carriage

Prehistoric Aviation
Our earliest ancestors were surely inventive enough to experiment with flight, even if their efforts were not always crowned with success

Racial / Aborigines 1798
YOO-LONG ERAH-BA-DIANG An aboriginal gathering (One of the earliest depictions of a native Australian ritual occasion)

Henri Lasserre
HENRI LASSERRE author of one of the earliest and most comprehensive books on Lourdes, establishing the Lourdes myth in its widely accepted form

German Dowsers
German miners dowse for metals using a forked stick - this is probably the earliest depiction of a dowser at work

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