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Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sleeping room in Kaiserin's Hospital Train, between c1914 and c1915. A room on the hospital train of the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (wife of Wilhelm II of Germany) during World War I.

Submarine "U-14", 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service
Submarine "U-14", 17 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). The German U-14 submarine which served in World War I.

British at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British at Etaples, Feb. 1915 (date created or published later). British soldiers at E´taples, France during World War I.

Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Laying concrete for the dam's sluice, Beloomut, 1912. Workers and supervisors posing for photograph amid preparations for pouring cement for sluice dam foundation across the Oka River near

[Barnard Canteen], 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
[Barnard Canteen], 1918 or 1919. Women preparing food in the Columbia University Gould Boathouse, 115th and Riverside Drive, New York City

Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914, 1914 (date created or published later). British soldiers at Aldershot army camp in England during World War I.

German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German Kitchen taken by French, 29 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A horse-drawn German field kitchen at Compie`gne, France

Recruits, Aldershot, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits, Aldershot, between 1914 and c1915. British soldiers at Aldershot army camp in England during World War I.

French Auto Laboratory of Radiology, 31 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
French Auto Laboratory of Radiology, 31 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A mobile radiology automobile during World War I, probably in France.

Cooking for French soldiers during battle, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cooking for French soldiers during battle, between c1914 and c1915. Men cooking on wagons for French soldiers during World War I.

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Before boat race, Columbian Naval Review, 1892 (i.e. 1893), 1893 April. Creator: Unknown
Before boat race, Columbian Naval Review, 1892 (i.e. 1893), 1893 April. Photo shows boat from navy of Brazil in front and rear; boat at right is probably from navy of France

U.S.S. Richmond, "stand by to lay aloft", between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown. U.S.S
U.S.S. Richmond, "stand by to lay aloft", between 1890 and 1901

Reliance before the start, Aug. 22, 03, 1903 Aug 22, c1903. Creator: Unknown
Reliance before the start, Aug. 22, 03, 1903 Aug 22, c1903

Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Series: Biographies of fine modern men

'Indians mashing Turtle Eggs; The Fresh-water Turtle of the Amazons, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Indians mashing Turtle Eggs; The Fresh-water Turtle of the Amazons, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Kitchenmaid, c16th century. Creator: Pieter Pietersz. the elder
Kitchenmaid, c16th century

The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road from Ypres to Menin... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road from Ypres to Menin, on the morning of October 30, 1917: English troops from the Northern Counties await the signal for the attack during which they

Warrior Taira-no-Tadanori about to Sleep under a Cherry Tree (image 2 of 3), 1884. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Warrior Taira-no-Tadanori about to Sleep under a Cherry Tree (image 2 of 3), 1884

Costumes de Différent Pays, Homme des Landes de Bordeaux Mettant ses Échasses, c1797
Costumes de Different Pays, Homme des Landes de Bordeaux Mettant ses Echasses, c1797

Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet, 1863. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Wild Chicory, Chervil, and Cruet, 1863

Still Life with Pomegranate, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Pomegranate, 1864

Finished Drawing of a Warrior, c1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Finished Drawing of a Warrior, c1878

Metal for Tooth Blackening, 12th month, 1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Metal for Tooth Blackening, 12th month, 1878. From Allusions to the Seven Planets

AI IMAGE - Victorian period kitchen with housekeeper and maid, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Victorian period kitchen with housekeeper and maid, 2023

Still Life with Celery, 1865. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Celery, 1865. On the tabletop partly covered by a white cloth, there are three heads of celery, some parsley, several garlic bulbs, and various utensils including a knife

The Departure of Helen and her Entourage for Cythera, c1468. Creator: Dario di Giovanni
The Departure of Helen and her Entourage for Cythera, c1468

French success on the Italian front; December 29, 1917, during artillery preparation... 1917. Creator: Unknown
French success on the Italian front; December 29, 1917, during artillery preparation, between the osteria of Monfenera and the ridge of Mount Tomba, 1917

Inter-allied Support; Assembling, on the Place d'Armes in Nice, automobile trucks... 1917. Creator: Pelanda
Inter-allied Support; Assembling, on the Place d'Armes in Nice, automobile trucks destined for the Italian front, 1917

Preparing the decorations at Colombo, Ceylon, for the Royal Visit, from a sketch by one... 1876. Creator: Unknown
Preparing the decorations at Colombo, Ceylon, for the Royal Visit [of the Prince of Wales], from a sketch by one of our special artists

The Battle of La Malmaison; One of the high-powered heavy artillery batteries.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of La Malmaison; One of the high-powered heavy artillery batteries that pounded the German positions without respite from October 17 to 23, 1917

How to make a surprise attack; Before departure: men being despatched... 1917. Creator: Unknown
How to make a surprise attack; Before departure: men being despatched and, on the right, the lieutenant commanding them, 1917

Noah's Family Assembling Animals before the Ark, c1660. Creator: Jan van Kessel
Noah's Family Assembling Animals before the Ark, c1660

'Women pounding Millet; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Women pounding Millet; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Model of a Battlefield; On the eve of the attack of June 7, 1917...1917 Creator: Unknown
Model of a Battlefield; On the eve of the attack of June 7, 1917, on the German side of Wytschaete-Messines, Australians of the Plumer army study a huge map in relief, made in cement

Dissolution of the Eastern Front; Entrance of delegates to the building... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Dissolution of the Eastern Front; Entrance of delegates to the building reserved for the sessions of the preparatory conference for the armistice, 1917

Preparatifs d'offensive; Le remplissage des caissons assurant le transport des munitions... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Preparatifs d'offensive; Le remplissage des caissons assurant le transport des munitions entre le depot et les batteries en ligne, 1917

L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Le mouvement national aux Etats-Unis en 1915: distribution...1917
L'Avant-Guerre aux Etats-Unis; Le mouvement national aux Etats-Unis en 1915: distribution d'objets d'equipement aux volontaires arrivant au camp de Plattsburg, 1917

Two Women Cooking, 1562. Creator: Pieter Aertsen
Two Women Cooking, 1562

Act IX: Honzo's Suicide in Front of His Family; Yuranosuke Dressed as a... between c1835 and c1839
Act IX: Honzo's Suicide in Front of His Family; Yuranosuke Dressed as a Komuso Making Preparations to Attack Moronao, between circa 1835 and circa 1839

Decorations for Season-opening Kabuki Performances at Saruwakamachi, between c1847 and c1852. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Decorations for Season-opening Kabuki Performances at Saruwakamachi, between circa 1847 and circa 1852. From Famous Views of the Eastern Capital

Shinozuka Iganokami Sadatsuna Lifting a Giant Beam, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shinozuka Iganokami Sadatsuna Lifting a Giant Beam, 1886. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

Still Life with Basket of Apples, 1863. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Basket of Apples, 1863

A Cook in a Red Apron in the Inn at Vaugirard, 1862. Creator: Leon Bonvin
A Cook in a Red Apron in the Inn at Vaugirard, 1862. A cook wearing a vermilion apron is chopping a large cabbage. Commonplace vegetables are strewn in front of her, including turnips, leeks

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 14 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 14 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

Still Life with Fish, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Still Life with Fish, 1864

Niwaka Performance (image 2 of 2), c1795. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Niwaka Performance (image 2 of 2), c1795

Niwaka Performance (image 1 of 2), c1795. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Niwaka Performance (image 1 of 2), c1795

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"Preparing for the unknown: From Red Kite to Shackleton's Quest" As St. Lucy's Day dawns, a sense of anticipation fills the air. Just like Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, the legendary polar explorer who meticulously planned his expeditions, we too find ourselves preparing for our own unique journeys. In Kent's picturesque countryside, a balloon ascends from Seal, near Sevenoaks. The crew carefully prepares every detail, mirroring Shackleton's attention to even the smallest hints of preparation. Meanwhile, in Djibouti, a man delicately styles his hair in anticipation of his wedding day. Much like Chef with Snails expertly crafting a culinary masterpiece or Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova readying herself for her historic space mission in 1963 - these individuals understand that preparation is key to success. Stepping back in time to 1912 artwork "The Pharmacy, " we witness pharmacists diligently preparing remedies and potions to heal their community. Similarly meticulous are golfers digging bunkers on their favorite course or billiards players lining up their shots with precision. On tranquil waters at Henley Regatta, swans gracefully glide through punts as rowers prepare themselves mentally and physically for the race ahead. But it is perhaps Ernest Shackleton who epitomizes preparation best as he readies himself for an audacious trans-Antarctic expedition. Like him, we must gather our resources and equip ourselves with knowledge and determination before embarking on any endeavor. Whether it be soaring through the skies like Red Kites or venturing into uncharted territories like Shackleton did over a century ago - let us remember that thorough preparation lays the foundation for extraordinary achievements that will forever echo throughout history.