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King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. British officers explaining trench mortar to King George V and Edward, Prince of Wales at the Trench Warfare School, Helfaut, France during World War I

Tunnel 8, Temasopa [sic] Canon, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
Tunnel 8, Temasopa [sic] Canon, between 1880 and 1897

Man Crossing Log Bridge over Torrent, n.d. Creator: Jan van Eyck
Man Crossing Log Bridge over Torrent, n.d

The Diligence in the Alps, n.d. Creator: Thomas Allom
The Diligence in the Alps, n.d

Woman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia... 1695. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
Woman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur), 1695

Man Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace is Better than a Victory, from Communia... 1695. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
Man Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace is Better than a Victory, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur), 1695

Kamchatka, Hunting Puffins, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam, Godefroy Engelmann
Kamchatka, Hunting Puffins, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin commissioned by Tsar

Rough Sea with a Steamer near the Coast of Norway, 1847-1850. Creator: Peder Balke
Rough Sea with a Steamer near the Coast of Norway, 1847-1850

The Perils of Steam Coaches circa1810, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Perils of Steam Coaches circa1810, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Alpine Climbers, 1869. Creator: Elijah Walton
Alpine Climbers, 1869

Fisherman arranging salmon nets at Balestrand on Sognefjord - Balholm in distance, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

The Dangers of the Sea (MS. Harl. 4751), 13th century, (1902). From the collection of the British Library, London. From Social England, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

The Temporary Bridge, c1925, (1935). For many years fears were expressed as to the saftey of Waterloo Bridge. In 1925 a temporary bridge was opened for traffic. From His Majesty The King 1910-1935

Cameramen under fire while filming in the First Balkan War, 1912. By 1912 cinemas were showing newsreels and war reporters were being accompanied by camera teams

Diagram of Mrs Anne Edson Taylor in the barrel in which she plunged over the Niagara Falls, 1901
Diagram of Mrs Anne Edson Taylor in the barrel in which she plunged over the Niagara Falls on 25 October 1901, her forty-third birthday. She was the first person to survive such a journey

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