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Admiral Yamamoto (b / w photo)
PNP272530 Admiral Yamamoto (b/w photo) by Japanese Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fleet Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto (1884-1943)

Cross-section of a landscape, from Thomas Mawsons
STC171136 Cross-section of a landscape, from Thomas Mawsons The Art and Craft of Garden Making, published 1900 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Mawson

Plan of Sydney with Pyrmont, New South Wales, the latter the Property of Edward
STC195053 Plan of Sydney with Pyrmont, New South Wales, the latter the Property of Edward Macarthure Esquire Divided into Allotments for Building, 1836, published by James & Luke G

Conspiracy to Blow up the Parliament, (HB Sketches No. 189)
STC192037 Conspiracy to Blow up the Parliament, (HB Sketches No. 189), published 1832 (colour litho) by Doyle, John (H.B.) (1797-1868); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Pool Garden (colour litho)
6005993 The Pool Garden (colour litho) by Stannard, Lilian (1877-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pool Garden. Illustration for Landscape Gardening, Planning, Constructing)

King Alfred plans the capture of the Danish fleet, 892 AD
984725 King Alfred plans the capture of the Danish fleet, 892 AD, from A Chronicle of England BC 55 to AD 1485, pub. London, 1863 (colour litho) by Doyle

M Gautrin, Architect (litho)
3652320 M Gautrin, Architect (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: M Gautrin, Architect)

William Woodward and Paul Hoffmann, Architects (litho)
3652299 William Woodward and Paul Hoffmann, Architects (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Woodward and Paul Hoffmann, Architects)

Fs Chesterton and J D Coleridge; Architects (b / w photo)
3652275 Fs Chesterton and J D Coleridge; Architects (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fs Chesterton and J D Coleridge, Architects)

The Boxer Rebellion: a meeting of Allied commanders in Beijing (colour litho)
3099174 The Boxer Rebellion: a meeting of Allied commanders in Beijing (colour litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boxer Rebellion)

A suggestion to The London County Council (engraving)
1064556 A suggestion to The London County Council (engraving) by Brewer, Henry William (fl.1858-d.1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: A suggestion to The London County Council)

The Emperor Mutsuhito (1852-1912) Holding a Council of War
CHT176841 The Emperor Mutsuhito (1852-1912) Holding a Council of War, an episode from the Sino-Japanese War, late 19th century (colour woodblock print) (see also 176842) by Japanese School

Industrial housing plan in Mulhouse, France, 1846 (colour litho)
CHT174138 Industrial housing plan in Mulhouse, France, 1846 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

Promotional pamphlet for Soul City, 1971. Creator: Unknown
The pamphlet is black with red letters and green banner across the bottom. The words [SOUL / CITY] are in red bubble letters. The rest of the cover reads [A NEW CITY/ DEVELOPED BY / FLOYD B

We Can Do It
Young Feng

Deciding matters that affect the whole Far East is this conference photographed at Singapore Naval Base Headquarters. At the head of the table is the Commander-in-Chief, Far East

General Auchinleck and Air Marshall Tedder at a war council at GHQ in Cairo. 26th March 1942

Wing commander G. R. Isherwood AFC and Russian air officers working out by chart details
Wing commander G.R. Isherwood AFC and Russian air officers working out by chart details of a mixed sortie against the enemy. Circa 1940s

Picture taken December 1944 when British army troops of the 86th Division advanced from " Rail" Indaw and linked up with he 4th Corps near Banmauk

Senior staff officers in the Operations Room at RFA Headquarters in France, plotting a mission. December 1939

RAF Balkans Air Force provides air support to Marshall Titos partisan forces in Yugoslavia during the Second World War. Leading Aircraftman T

Preparation underway for an RAF Bomber Command minelaying operation off enemy coastline. Picture shows: The news goes through the group and a conference is held there

A radioed wire image of General Montgomery and General Eisenhower studying the Italian mainland from Messina, as British and Canadian forces were making their final preparations for the assault

The best brains in the football business all got together with one common desire, to put a spark back into English soccer

Mr M. F Howarth (Widnes Town Clerk), Alderman J. T Clayton
Mr M.F Howarth (Widnes Town Clerk), Alderman J.T Clayton (chairman of the the Joint Committee), Councillor D. McCulloch and Mr

Battle Abbey, Sussex. Boys on bicycles plan the next part of their route outside the main entrance to the Abbey. June 1952 C3070

Room at Mount Batten Airport. Circa 1951

The Emperor of Abyssinia with the Brigadier and the G. S. O
The Emperor of Abyssinia with the Brigadier and the G.S.O. - Scenes inside Dambacha Fort after being captured by Patriots of the Emperor and Sudanese Troops. May 1941

Holidays: Pensioners seen here looking at the globe deciding where to go to for their holidays Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. 1957 A221-001

Holidays: Pensioners seen here looking at the globe deciding where to go to for their holidays Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. 1957 A221-006

Steve Davis deep in thought at the World Snooker Championships, April 1987

World War II: Battle of The Atlantic. Scene in the Admiralty Plotting Room showing the " old uns" plotting the positions of ships all over the world. In the picture can be seen Capt. A

Hikers planning their route through the Scottish mountains. April 1951 P000014

St. Petersburg
Antique map of St. Petersburg

Melbourne, Australia
Antique Map of Melbourne, Australia

Bournville Village - Cottages on Sycamore Road. Bournville is a model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for its employees. circa 1910s

The Council of War on the Morning of the Taking of the Mamelon. Lord Raglan, Omar Pasha, Marshal Pelissier, 1855

Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flats
Oatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953

St Pauls Cathedral in danger: why the Dean is opposing the tramway scheme. Sectional view from the south east showing the position of the waterline below the cathedral

BEDFORD PARK, TABARD INN
Bedford Park, Chiswick, London prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: School of Art and Tabard Inn, looking west (9 of 9) Date: 1882

MEETING IN PARIS
Banquet at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, to attract French support for the Exhibition project. Date: 1851

MEETING OF LADIES 1850
Meeting of the Ladies Committee at Stafford House, Piccadilly, in aid of the Great Exhibition of Industry of All Nations, to be held in 1851. Date: 1850

MEETING OF MERCHANTS 1850
Albert and the Lord Mayor of London hold a meeting at the Mansion House, where leading merchants and manufacturers are invited to support the Exhibition project. Date: 1850

LEVEE FOR TRADESPEOPLE
Albert and the Lord Mayor of London hold a levee at the Mansion House, where leading merchants and manufacturers are invited to support the Exhibition project. Date: 1850

DEAD CATS IN BUTCHERS
A butcher, planning to use cat meat as a cheap alternative, tells a distraught cat owner: No madame, I have no idea where your pet cat can have got to! Date: 1870

GER. OFFICERS STRATEGISE
German officers planning strategy. Date: 1914

HARMONY HALL, 1842
Robert Owens utopian community at Harmony Hall, Hampshire Date: 1842

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