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Background imageGiving Collection: Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and Montgolfier

Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and Montgolfier
Balloon designs by Charles and Robert (1, 5) and the Montgolfier Brothers (2, 3, 4). No. 3 ascended from Versailles. No. 4 ascended from the Chateau de la Muette. No

Background imageGiving Collection: Satirical images of an Air Balloon

Satirical images of an Air Balloon
Set of 12 satirical images with captions of an Air Balloon, showing filling, flying, reaching the moon, coming back to earth, and bursting. 1784

Background imageGiving Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- February

Silhouette Calendar -- February, Saint Valentines Day. Showing a little boy handing a heart shape (perhaps a box of chocolates) to a girl. 20th century

Background imageGiving Collection: Business card design, man with presents

Business card design, man with presents
Business card design, depicting a man with three nicely wrapped presents. 20th century

Background imageGiving Collection: Man begging for alms, Egypt

Man begging for alms, Egypt. circa 1870

Background imageGiving Collection: Children ride on the top deck of an open omnibus

Children ride on the top deck of an open omnibus
Children ride on the top deck of an open horse-drawn omnibus. A conductor makes sure everyone has purchased a ticket. The driver, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Mr Punch

Background imageGiving Collection: APM with mounted police, Western Front, France, WW1

APM with mounted police, Western Front, France, WW1
An APM (Assistant Provost Marshal) giving orders to mounted police just behind the line on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageGiving Collection: One For You? by Muriel Dawson

One For You? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a wide-brimmed straw hat offers a daisy from a bunch of flowers. Date: Circa 1925

Background imageGiving Collection: British MO with German prisoner, Western Front, WW1

British MO with German prisoner, Western Front, WW1
A British Medical Officer gives a wounded German prisoner a light for his cigarette on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageGiving Collection: German prisoner and British sergeant, Western Front, WW1

German prisoner and British sergeant, Western Front, WW1
A German prisoner receiving a cigarette from a generous British sergeant on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageGiving Collection: Xmas card. Giving alms to a beggar with dog

Xmas card. Giving alms to a beggar with dog
Traditional Victorian Christmas card Date: 1868

Background imageGiving Collection: Scene at a sports day prizegiving

Scene at a sports day prizegiving, with British and Australian flags on display

Background imageGiving Collection: Man giving away Empire Day flags

Man giving away Empire Day flags
A man standing on a street corner giving away Empire Day flags for the annual 24 May event

Background imageGiving Collection: Two schoolboys give first aid to a teddy bear

Two schoolboys give first aid to a teddy bear
Two boys giving first aid to a teddy bear in the gymnasium of their school. Date: 1963

Background imageGiving Collection: Wedding Celebrations

Wedding Celebrations

Background imageGiving Collection: Woman Giving Birth 1960S

Woman Giving Birth 1960S
A woman lying in a hospital bed about to give birth is soothed by a midwife with a surgical mask over her nose and mouth Date: 1960s

Background imageGiving Collection: Christmas - Couple with small child

Christmas - Couple with small child
A couple stand in a snow covered street looking down at a little girl who offers them some holly. 1906

Background imageGiving Collection: Advertisement for Chocolat de Royat

Advertisement for Chocolat de Royat, presented by Madame de Sevigne to the Parisiennes of the 20th century. The ultimate in aspirational advertising! 1910

Background imageGiving Collection: Chemistry Teacher 1960

Chemistry Teacher 1960
A Chemistry teacher giving a demonstration at Charterhouse School. Date: 1960

Background imageGiving Collection: A Magpie Drinking Whisky

A Magpie Drinking Whisky
An old man in a straw boater giving whisky to a magpie! Date: early 1930s

Background imageGiving Collection: Married Couple 1960S

Married Couple 1960S
Have you met my wife? A man stands behind his wife, giving her a wry look... Date: 1960s

Background imageGiving Collection: Delineator Christmas Number 1927

Delineator Christmas Number 1927
Festive front cover design by Helen Dryden featuring a woman with fashionably cropped blonde hair clutching a heap of wrapped up Christmas presents against a candlelit background. Date: December 1927



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