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Arrested Alfred Thompson, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Alfred Thompson .Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on; 31st August 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-5-Alfred Thompson..These images are a selection from an ... More

Lokomotiv, Sven Turck Photos - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Locomotive..KB id: .turck_58727.Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Færdselsbetjent, Sven Turck Photos

Traffic officer..KB id: turck_58725..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Fireplace at the Biltmore House, George W. Vanderbilt's 225-room Frenc...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Arrested Mustapha Irola, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Mustapha Irola.Arrested for: False Pretences.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 19th August 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-55-Mustafa Inola..These images are a selection fro... More

On board "Lady Canning", floating church, Calcutta, India, c. 1875. E...

I'd be fascinated to hear if anyone has any further information about this floating church in Calcutta harbour, now dated to late 1875 or early 1876...Thanks to a little research we now know that the mother men... More

Centennial Exposition, Indian Exhibits

Description: Smithsonian exhibit of American Indian and other artifacts in the United States Government Building at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Go... More

Robert Louis Stevenson Scotland

A.G. Dew Smith..1885..Accession no. PGP 114.1 .Medium Platinum print .Size 36.90 x 29.20 cm .Credit Purchased 1986 . PGP 114.1 ) .

Smithsonian Exhibit at the 1888 Cincinnati, Ohio, Exposition

Description: The Smithsonian Institution Exhibit at the 1888 Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States in Cincinnati, Ohio. The sign on the long, low exhibit case in the middle of the photogra... More

Smithsonian Exhibit at the 1888 Cincinnati, Ohio, Exposition

Description: A general view of the Smithsonian Institution Exhibit looking north at the 1888 Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Smithsonian coordinated all of t... More

Identified! Bampton, Oxfordshire

A copy of another image in my stream (but reversed to show the correct view), identified as Bampton, Oxfordshire

Kitty, portrait - Public domain portrait print

This is a photograph of a man named, rather unusually, Kitty Bull, who lived in the Seaton Carew at the end of the 19th century and worked as the local blacksmith. ..Photograph Collection Number 672

Sankaty Head Lighthouse, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Sankaty Light was a popular destination for island visitors. 1890s, photo by Harry Platt...Image number: PH34-3

Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Description: At the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. A view of the reflecting pool traversed by several bridges and several Exposition buildings. The large dome of one of the buildings is visible i... More

Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Description: At the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, visitors ride in a gondola in the 'Court of Honor.' The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on it... More

Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Description: At the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, visitors walk along pathways and bridges between several of the fair buildings. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits an... More

Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Description: Close up of the fountains and sculpture of the 'Court of Honor' at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893. Buildings of the Exposition can be seen in the background. The Smithsonian coordin... More

Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Description: At the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, a view of some of the fair buildings around the reflecting pool. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a di... More

The Smithy, Manafon, Wales. Montgomeryshire by-election, 1894

Update Jan 2015: I hope no-one minds me changing the upload date on this one so that it appears at the top of my photostream. I have just replaced the original scan with a new 176 megapixel, 2,400 dpi scan of t... More

Smithsonian Institution Building, West Wing, c 1903

Description: Lower Invertebrates exhibit in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), 1903. Models of a giant squid and an octopus, designed for the Tennessee Exposition of 1897, hang from th... More

Trans-Mississippi Expo, Grand Court, Omaha

Description: At the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska a view of the Grand Court with a collection of large, white fair buildings arranged around a large reflecting pool. The Smiths... More

Trans-Mississippi Expo, Grand Court

Description: At the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska, visitors admire the view across the reflecting pool of the Grand Court. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Governmen... More

Trans-Mississippi Expo, Smithsonian Exhibit

Description: A view of one of the Smithsonian exhibits at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its... More

Hopfällbara sågmaskinen, affärstryck

Arthur Ekroth, Stockholm 1899.Ur Kungl. bibliotekets samlingar – [librisid: 14800034].Länk: libris.kb.se/bib/14800034 ( http://libris.kb.se/bib/14800034 )

Waratah Rovers Bicycle Club (WRBC) on tour. Sydney - Campbelltown - Ap...

Format: Photograph..Find more detailed information about this photograph: 394099 ( http://394099 ) ..Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: ( http:// ) ..From the collection of the St... More

Charles Johnson, arrested for stealing sash weights

Name: Charles Johnson.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 10th September 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-57-Charles Johnson..For an image of his accomplice Joh... More

Cropped version of Ernest Orlando Lawrence and Jesse W. Beams at Yale ...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Arrested Sylvester Hurlbert, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Sylvester Hurlbert.Arrested for: False Pretences.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 17th September 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-7-Sylvester Hurlbert..These images are a se... More

Arrested James Dawson, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: James Dawson.Arrested for: Indecent Exposure.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on; 9th June 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-3-James Dawson..These images are a selection from an ... More

Arrested John Reay, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: John Reay.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 31st August 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-5-John Reay..These images are a selection from an album of phot... More

Arrested James Williams, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: James Williams.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 24th August 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-5-James Williams..These images are a selection from an alb... More

Arrested Edward Anderson, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Edward Anderson.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 25th November 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-11-Edward Anderson..The Shields Daily News for 26 Novem... More

John O'Brien, fireman, arrested for stealing a waatch

Name: John O’Brien.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 23rd May 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-19-John O Brien..The Shields Gazette for 23 May 1903 reports:..... More

Arrested Alice Caush, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Alice Caush.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 31st October 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-33-Alice Caush..The Shields Daily Gazette for 31 October 190... More

Kate Stobbs, arrested for stealing from her landlady

Name: Kate Stobbs.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 11th June 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-31-Kate Stobbs..These images are a selection from an album of p... More

Annie Anderson, arrested for alleged theft of a watch

Name: Annie Anderson.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on; 25th August 1903 .Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-31-Annie Anderson..The newspaper report of 1 September fe... More

Alfred Wilkinson, clerk, arrested for obtaining money by false pretenc...

Name: Alfred Wilkinson.Arrested for: False Pretences.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 12th April 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-17-Alfred Wilkinson..These images are a selection... More

Mary Scott alias Wilson, arrested for stealing clothes

Name: Mary Scott alias Wilson.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 14th December 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-33-Mary Scott AKA Wilson..These images are a se... More

View of an old, decorative stairway leading to the long-abandoned Swif...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A major branch of the nation's leading nineteenth-century meat-packing firm and one of the nation's Big Four meat-packers of the early... More

View of an old, decorative stairway leading to the long-abandoned Swif...

Arrested Mabel Smith, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Mabel Smith.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 28th September 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-31-Mabel Smith..These images are a selection from an albu... More

View of an old, decorative stairway leading to the long-abandoned Swif...

Catherine O Brien, Mugshot photograph

Name: Catherine O Brien.Arrested for: not stated.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 11th November 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-33-Catherine O Brien..The Shields Daily News for 1... More

John Renstrom, Finnish fireman, arrested for stealing clothes

Name: John Renstrom.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 12th January 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-13-John Renstrom..These images are a selection from an alb... More

Susan Joice, arrested for stealing money from a gas meter

Name: Susan Joice.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 18th August 1903.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-31-Susan Joice..The Shields Daily News for 19 August 1903 rep... More

Sarah Patterson, arrested for trying to steal money from a gas meter

Name: Sarah Patterson.Arrested for: Thief.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 14th March 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-35-Sarah Patterson..These images are a selection from an alb... More

Louisiana Purchase Expo, SI Exhibit

Description: At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, a view of the Natural History exhibit looking down the center aisle towards a statue. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the United St... More

Louisiana Purchase Exposition - SI Exhibit

Description: At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, a view of the Natural History Fossil Exhibit with the model of a whale and skeletons of several dinosaurs. The Smithsonian coordinated... More

Jane Thompson alias Gordon, arrested for stealing a pair of boots

Name: Jane Thompson alias Gordon.Arrested for: Thief.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 13th July 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-35-Jane Thompson AKA Gordon..These images are a se... More

Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Sunken Garden

Description: At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis, MO, 1904, a view of the Sunken Garden flanked on all sides by the monolithic fair buildings. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Governmen... More

Mary A Butts, Mugshot photograph

Name: Mary A Butts.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 20th December 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-35-Mary A Butts..These images are a selection from an albu... More

Susannah Adamson, arrested for stealing a man's purse

Name: Susannah Adamson.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 15th February 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-35-Susannah Adamson..The Shields Daily Gazette for 1 ... More

Arrested Charlotte Branney, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Charlotte Branney.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 5th January 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-33-Charlotte Branney-b..The Shields Daily Gazette for 1... More

Arrested Andrea Laudano, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Andrea Laudano.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 21st July 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-63-Andrea Laudano..The Shields Daily Gazette for 8 August 19... More

Foot of 9th St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Foot of 9th St...Alternative Title: Foot of 9th Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm.... More

Victoria and Albert Museum, under construction, 1906

Another one identified by mark and delwen..View 'then and now' thanks to Google Street View and WhatWasThere.com - www.whatwasthere.com/b/4347 ( http://www.whatwasthere.com/b/4347 )

Den lille Havfrue - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

The littel mermaid..KB id: turck_62137..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Australian troops in a march past, London, after World War I, 1919

Photographer: Thomas Frederick Scales.Australian troops in a march past, London, after World War I, 1919.Dry plate glass negative .Reference No. 1/2-014220-G.Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association... More

Mary Steichen Calderone (1904-1998)

Description: The physician Mary Steichen Calderone (1904-1998) became a prominent public figure as the Director of Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, a post she held from 1954 to 1982..... More

Faith in Australia on the beach at Murawai [Muriwai] ready for take-of...

Format: Black & white photoprint..Notes: First official air mail from New Zealand to Australia. Photo titled & signed by Ulm. Charles T.P. Ulm collection of aviation photographs, ca. 1920-1934..From the collec... More

Kathleen Beyer Blackburn (1892-1968), sitting in chair

Description: The distinguished British botanist Kathleen Beyer Blackburn (1892-1968) taught at Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1926, Science News Letter reported that "plants as well as animals have... More

Celtic cross - memorial to Munster soldiers in Ypres, with the ruins o...

Originally I thought this may be Ireland, but some incredible detective work by Havering ( /photos/havering/ ) has pinpointed this as being in Ypres, which therefore dates it to about 1920 (confirmed by the hats!)

Kristine Elisabeth Heuch Bonnevie (1872-1948)

Description: The biologist, Kristine Elisabeth Heuch Bonnevie, was the first female member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and, in 1912, the first woman to be appointed as a university professor... More

Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: George Washington Rappleyea

Description: Taken the month before the Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial. June 1925..Creator/Photographer: Watson Davis..Medium: Black and white photographic print..Dimensions: 4.25 in x 3 in..Culture: Americ... More

Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee

Identified! The Swan Inn, Rose Island, River Thames, Oxfordshire

The sign to the left advertises Morrell's Genuine Ales & Stout and has a picture of a white Swan above it...---.Update 17/4/11: it ceased to be a pub in 1929...Update 8/1/11: now identified thanks to pellethepo... More

Model med Ko - A woman standing next to a cow wearing a hat

Model with cow..KB id: turck_61795..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Tømmerflådning ved Hampen Sø i Midtjylland

Young coulpe at Hampen lake, Central Jutland..KB id: turck_22013..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Saint Patrick's Day parade, c. 1930s by Sam Hood

Format: Photograph..Find more detailed information about this photograph: 35558 ( http://35558 ) ..Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: ( http:// ) ..From the collection of the Stat... More

Julemiddag, Sven Turck Photos, photo by Sven Türck, Denmark

Christmas dinner..KB id: turck_61927..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Jul på dansk - An old black and white photo of a man and a little girl...

Danish christmas..KB id: turck_58759..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Pakkeposten bringes ud, Sven Turck Photos

Delivering the packages..KB id: turck_27008..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Sommerliv på stranden ved Bellevue - Public domain map

Summer at Bellevue..KB id: turck_00061..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Skorstensfejer, photo by Sven Türck, Denmark

Chimney sweeper..KB id: turck_58648..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Mureren med sin murerske

Bricklayer with a bricklayer's trowel..KB id: turck_58659..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace, early 1930s, Hyde Park, London

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Ungdom på hyttetur - A black and white photo of a couple of people in ...

Young people on a camp stay..KB id: turck_23015..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Julemiddag, Denmark, Sven Turck Photos

Christmas dinner..KB id: turck_61927..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Avissælger med dyster forside på Dagens Nyheder

Selling newspapers..KB id: turck_06006..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Mand og kvinde om bord på færge

Man and woman on a ferry..KB id: turck_22025..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Amy Johnson motorcade in Sydney, 1930 / photographed by Sam Hood

Format: Black & white photoprint..Notes: First female pilot to fly solo from Britain to Australia..From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales ( ) ..Information about photog... More

Rådhuspladsen, photo by Sven Türck, Denmark

Copenhagen town hall square..KB id: turck_62675..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Model med Ko - A woman standing next to a cow wearing a hat

Model with cow..KB id: turck_61795..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Fisker ved Gammel Strand

Fisherman at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen..KB id: turck_03055..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Unge mennesker på stranden, photo by Sven Türck, Denmark

Young people at the beach..KB id: turck_00018..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Familen om bordet med madam blå

Family around the table..KB id: turck_61737..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Duerne fodres - A black and white photo of a group of people feeding p...

Feeding the pigeons..KB id: turck_62540..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Ungdom på hyttetur - A black and white photo of a couple of people in ...

Young people on a camp stay..KB id: turck_23015..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Hesteprangere - A group of people standing around a horse

Horsedealer..KB id: turck_61058..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Fiskerkonerne har taget opstilling foran statuen af Absalon på Højbro ...

The Women selling fish at Højbro Plads..KB id: turck_62511..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Lokomotiv - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Locomotive..KB id: .turck_58727.Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Cyklende på Strøget - A group of people riding bikes down a street

Riding a bike..KB id: turck_01003..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Kong Frederik IX og dronning Ingrid på rejse med kongeskibet

King Frederik IX (1899-1972) and Queen Ingrid (1910-2000)..KB id: turck_62276..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Juleaften - A group of people standing around a christmas tree

Christmas Eve..KB id: turck_61994..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Køb Bananerne - A couple of people standing in front of a fruit stand

Buy bananas, Woman at a fruit stand...KB id: turck_01024..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

En Vauxhall bliver demonstreret af sælgeren

Car demonstration..KB id: turck_61217..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

De handlende fra skuderne i Slotsholmskanalen tager sig et hvil

Traders taking a break at Slotsholmskanalen..KB id: turck_03053B..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.

Handlende på torvet i Odense

Traders at the square in Odense..KB id: turck_16004..Photo: Sven Türck (1897-1954)..Department of Maps, Prints and Photographs, The Royal Library, Denmark.