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Armagh Man (William Stickers?) laughs in the face of "Post No Bills" signs

Armagh Man (William Stickers?) laughs in the face of "Post No Bills" s...

Cheating a little with the title of this one, as there is no "Post No Bills" sign to be seen (although we know they existed in Ireland long before ( nlireland/8178145805 ) this photo was taken). However, I fel... More

On board "Lady Canning", floating church, Calcutta, India, c. 1875.  Elizabeth Ann Rust and baby William.

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

Fowey, Cornwall - estuary with ships of all sizes, late 1800s?

Fowey, Cornwall - estuary with ships of all sizes, late 1800s?

A lovely original print, I suspect dating from the 1880s or 90s (all thoughts welcome)

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

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

Lewis Tomalin (founder of Jaeger) and family at 20 Cambalt Road, Putney, c. 1895

Lewis Tomalin (founder of Jaeger) and family at 20 Cambalt Road, Putne...

The more I look at this image the more I love it. Dated from the children's estimated ages as c. 1895, it strikes me as being quite unusually relaxed for the era, and of exceptional quality...There is no indic... More

A cat sitting in the fairlead of the barque PAMIR, 1947

A cat sitting in the fairlead of the barque PAMIR, 1947

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts a ship's cat on th... More

The Stapleton Family, at the Rodney, Easter Monday 1907

The Stapleton Family, at the Rodney, Easter Monday 1907

Hook Edwardian Family Album page #29..Interesting that this is clearly noted as 'Stapledon' whereas the census records have the family as Stapleton...The lady marked as 'mother' will be Ethel Hook, nee Stapleto... More

Identified! Ruined church in Barcy, France, 1915 - WW1 glass stereoview

Identified! Ruined church in Barcy, France, 1915 - WW1 glass stereovie...

Now identified thanks to PiersSC (see comments)..Another image assumed to be just post WW1 from this large batch of French stereoviews. I do not believe that it is the same church as in the previous view...The... More

McLaren family picking Christmas Bells at Lime Burners Creek - Port Macquarie, NSW, 2 December 1918, by Harry McLaren

McLaren family picking Christmas Bells at Lime Burners Creek - Port Ma...

Format: Photograph..Find more detailed information about this photograph collection: 393055 ( http://393055 ) ..From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales ( )

French greyhound / whippet racing, 1920s, at Trouville-sur-Mer. 2 of 2 (animated)

French greyhound / whippet racing, 1920s, at Trouville-sur-Mer. 2 of 2...

This is one of two shots of greyhound racing in France on the 1920s, and are certainly some of the more exciting finds from this batch of early French stereoviews...The extensive set from which these two images... More

Squadron Leader E A McNab and his men, No 1 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force and Hawker Hurricane

Squadron Leader E A McNab and his men, No 1 Squadron Royal Canadian Ai...

More on McNab and his men - taylorempireairways.com/2010/06/rcaf-no1-sqn/ ( http://taylorempireairways.com/2010/06/rcaf-no1-sqn/ ) ..From a fascinating set of World War II photos, mainly medium format transpare... More

Father Christmas comes to Shrewsbury Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital

Father Christmas comes to Shrewsbury Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital

Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Siôn Corn yn ymweld ag Ysbyty Clust, Trwyn a Gwddf Amwythig.Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Dyddiad/Date: December 1, 1950.Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film n... More

Darby & Joan Club trip to Hastings 18th(?) June 1955

Darby & Joan Club trip to Hastings 18th(?) June 1955

These images have a charm of their own, but even more so when there are personal relatives pictured, namely two maternal Great Grandmothers and one Great Aunt (hover over photo for notes)..To check out the hats... More

Basilica di Sant'Elia in Castel Sant'Elia, Italy

Basilica di Sant'Elia in Castel Sant'Elia, Italy

People in front of the church Basilica di Sant' Elia in Castel Sant'Elia. . .Människor framför kyrkan Basilica di Sant'Elia i Castel Sant'Elia. ..Location: Castel Sant'Elia, Viterbo, Lazio (Latium), Italy, Ital... More