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Road to Mecca - Camels and Pilgrims. A beggar sits at the roadside, offered alms by a passing child

The Strangers Home, Limehouse, 1870
Engraving showing the interior of one of the rooms of the Strangers Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders in West India Dock Road, Limehouse, London, 1870

French Model Cars for the British Princesses, 1938
Photograph showing two model cars offered by the children of France to Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, pictured with two dolls Marianne and France sitting in them

Uprising at Ghent - 6
The White Hood rebellion in Ghent : the insurgents are offered terms by Lewis, count of Flanders

A Derby night
Illustration by S. Begg showing a long queue of men lining up to enlist. Lord Derby, Director General of Recruiting in 1916 introduced the Derby scheme which encouraged men from the same offices or

Marriage Ceremony, Panama
Marriage ceremony among the natives of Panama - gifts are offered, music and dancing, as the veiled bride is presented to the groom

Midas and Silenus
For services rendered, he is offered a wish by Silenus : he foolishly asks that anything he may touch shall be turned to gold... in the end he begs Silenus to withdraw his gift

Advertisement for Bowns Perfect Process for Bicycle Tyres
Advertisement for the Perfect Process of securing Rubber tyres to rims of bicycles and carriages, as offered by W. Bown of Summer Lane, Birmingham

Scale Model of an 80-gun Stuart Warship
Photograph of a model of an 80-gun ship of Charles the Seconds Navy, of about 1680. The model, made of boxwood and walnut, was 53 inches long and was being offered for sale in 1929 by J.M

Stage Coach / Flood Tide
A Flood Tide " Ship a hoy!!" A concerned gentleman is offered passage by jolly boat, but encouraged to stay in the stage which will make the final five mile in 20 minutes

Prospective Customers
Two girls - one rich, the other poor - admire a display of dolls outside a shop, offered at the bargain price of eleven pence and three farthings

Circulating Library
A customer is offered a book by the librarian

Wassail [Buss]
Wassailers at the door of a manor house are offered the wassail bowl by the lady of the house

Speed-King Steel Scooter
Speed-King all-steel scooter, offered for only $1.29 to any Boy or Girl who collects forty bottle tops from drinks manufactured by the Lansford Bottling Works

Santos Dumont at Paris
Brazilian aviator Santos- Dumont successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, Paris, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize

Revolutionary New Year
REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE During the Revolution, the start of the Revolutionary Calendar is celebrated with flowers offered by Parisiennes to government officers

Sin-Of-Ignorance Offered
The National Sin-of-Ignorance offering, where a cow is ritually slaughtered to atone for the ignorance of the Jews

Feather-Sellers, Aden
When their ship, the steamship Peshawar, stops at Aden, passengers travelling to India are offered exotic feathers by Jewish traders

Seaside Bungalow
A three bedroom seaside bungalow offered as a prize in a competition

Riquet a LA Houpe
(Riquet with the tuft) The beautiful but stupid princess is offered intelligence if she weds ugly king Riquet : not only does she become clever but he becomes handsome

Free Injections
Free vaccinations against smallpox offered by Le Petit Journal, in Paris

First Fruits Offered
The oblation of FIRST FRUITS (French, L oblation des premices) is the setting aside of the first of the harvest, brought to the Temple as a thank-you for Gods bounty

Coronation Festivities
Gifts and money offered to the people for the coronation of the King of Hungary, in Pesth

Coronation Celebrations
Gifts solemnly offered to his Majesty the King of Hungary for his Coronation, in Pesth

Japan Soul Festival - 2
The Festival of the Souls : Having offered food and drink to the souls of their ancestors, they conduct them out of the city and take their leave in an amicable manner

Giordanus Refuses
Giordanus is offered the Empire, but prudently refuses it

Appius Claudius
Though old and blind, Appius Claudius convinces the Senate that they should reject the peace proposals offered by Pyrrhus

Stone of Scone
THE LEGEND OF THE STONE OF SCONE - many versions are offered for the origins of the Coronation Stone, including that it came to Scotland via Ireland from Egypt

Cigar Connoisseur
English gentleman sets his pipe on one side as he contemplates the pleasures offered on a cigar chart

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1901
SANTOS-DUMONT successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize

William & Mary Crowned
William & Mary are Offered the English Crown at Whitehall : they Accept it

Hotel Du Louvre Banquet
At the Hotel du Louvre, a banquet is offered to the commissioners of the Paris Exposition

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