Images Dated 7th August 2008

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The silver chariot of the Chettiars, Saigon, Vietnam, 1912. The Chettiars are a Hindu people of Tamil origin. A significant community used to live in Vietnam before the Vietnam War

The Dog of Himura, Japan, 1872. A festival in Yokohama. A print from The Illustrated London News, 13th January 1872

Admiral Yamamoto, Japanese Minister of the Navy, c1904-1905. Yamamoto was Navy Minister during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905

A Japanese greeting

Prototype Hawker Hurricane being test flown by Flight Lieutenant PWS Bulman, c1935 (1941). PWS George Bulman was Chief Test Pilot for Hawker Aircraft from 1925

Shinsaibashi Bridge, Osaka, Japan, 20th century(?). Built in 1909, this was Osakas first stone bridge

Sakaemachi Street, Nagoya, Japan, 20th century(?)

Ox carts, Cochin China, Vietnam, 20th century(?). Cochin China was the name given by the French colonial rulers of the region to southern Vietnam

Tiger hunters, Tonkin, Vietnam, 20th century(?)

Men with wheelbarrows, Vietnam(?), 20th century

The Asakusa Kannon temple, Tokyo, Japan, 20th century(?). This Shinto shrine was founded in 1649

Suda Cho Street, Tokyo, Japan, 20th century(?)

Market, Cholon, Saigon, Vietnam, 20th century(?)
Market, Cholon, Saigon, Vietnam. Cholon is the Chinese district of Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City as it is now known as

Foochow Road, Shanghai, China, 20th century(?)

Earthquake damage in the Piazza Cavallotti, Messina, Sicily, Italy, December 1908. Messina was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami on 28th December 1908

Admiral Togo, Commander-in-chief of Japanese Combined Fleet, c1903-1905. Heiachiro Togo (1847-1934) was Japanese Commander-in-Chief during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905

Fountain in a public garden, Hong Kong, 20th century

Chemists shop, Yokohama, Japan, 20th century

Peasant housing, Japan, 20th century

A row of shops in Asakusa, Tokyo, 20th century

Chinese silk weaving, 20th century

Japanese theatre, Nara, Japan, 20th century. Artist: Taylor
Japanese theatre, Nara, Japan, 20th century

Mr Pickwick, from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1912. Illustration used in an advertisment for the book, sold by the Nelson Library, 1912

Advertisment for The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, sold by the Nelson Library, 1912. The Pickwick Papers, Dickens first novel, was first published in 1839

The death of Mr Tulkinghorn, 1912. Artist: Harry Furniss
The death of Mr Tulkinghorn, 1912. Illustration of a scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens, published in 1852-1853. A print from The Bookman, February 1912

Mr Riah and Miss Wren at the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, 1912. Artist: Harry Furniss
Mr Riah and Miss Wren at the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, 1912. Scene from Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens last completed novel, published in 1865. A print from The Bookman, February 1912

Miss Georgina Hogarth, c1850 (1912). A print from The Bookman, February 1912. Georgina Hogarth was the younger sister of Charles Dickens wife, Catherine

Marcus Stone, British artist and illustrator, c1865 (1912). A photograph taken about the time he was illustrating Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens last completed novel, published in 1865

Facsimile of the inscription in a copy of The Pickwick Papers, 1839 (1912). Facsimile of the inscription in a copy of Charles Dickens first novel

Charles Dickens giving a reading, 1859 (1912). Artist: Herbert Watkins
Charles Dickens giving a reading, 1859 (1912). A print from The Bookman, February 1912

Charles Dickens presiding at the Newsvendors Dinner, 5th April 1870 (1912). From Fun, 23rd April 1870, reproduced as a print in The Bookman, February 1912

David Copperfield and Uriah Heep, 1912. Artist: Frederick Barnard
Scene from David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. A print from The Bookman, February 1912

Charles Dickens, British novelist, in 1840 (1912). Dickens portrayed at the time when he was writing The Old Curiosity Shop. A print from The Bookman, February 1912

Telegraph Office, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Civil Secretariat, Simla, India. In the second half of the 19th century the Himalayan hill station of Simla (Shimla) was the capital of the British Raj in the summer months when the heat of Delhi

Ellaline Terriss, British actress, with her daughter and baby, c1906. Ellaline Terriss was married to the actor, playwright and producer Seymour Hicks

The duel, scene from act I of The Breed of the Treshams by John Rutherford, 20th century

Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, Japan, 1864. A print from The Illustrated London News, 24th September 1864

Counting the compensation money for the murder of Mr Richardson, Japan, 1863. Charles Richardson, a British merchant, was murdered in September 1862 by retainers of Shimazu Hisamitsu

A house-boat in Japan, 1888. A print from the Graphic, 14th July 1888

Modern costumes of Japanese officers, 1866. A print from The Illustrated London News, 7th April 1866

American legation at Yeddo (Edo), Japan, 19th century. Artist: Richardson
American legation at Yeddo (Edo), Japan, 19th century

Progress of civilisation in Japan, 1875. Several Japanese people wearing Western dress, while others are dressed in traditional costume

Walter Elliot, Scottish Unionist politician, 1933. Elliot first entered Parliament as the Member for Lanark in 1918. He entered the Cabinet in 1932 as Minister of Agriculture

Stanley Baldwin, British Conservative politician, 1933. First elected to Parliament in 1906, Baldwin (1867-1947) served three terms as Prime Minister in Conservative governments, from 1923-1924

James Maxton, 1933. Maxton (1885-1946) was a Scottish socialist politician who was leader of the Independent Labour Party between 1926 and 1931 and from 1934 until 1939

Sir Samuel Hoare, British statesman, 1935. Artist: Edmond Xavier Kapp
Sir Samuel Hoare, British statesman, 1935. Known as Sir Samuel Hoare until 1944 when he was created Viscount Templewood, Hoare (1880-1959)

Ernest Bevin, British Labour politician, 1933. Bevin was an outspoken opponent of fascism and of the Conservative governments policy of appeasement during the 1930s

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