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Background imageMedia Collection: WW2 Poster -- Union Jack on sale here

WW2 Poster -- Union Jack on sale here
Union Jack On Sale Here - Daily Except Sunday. Poster advertising the newspaper Union Jack, 1943-1944. 1944

Background imageMedia Collection: Ballooning celebration for Queen Victorias birthday

Ballooning celebration for Queen Victorias birthday
Front page of The Penny Satirist - A cheap substitute for a weekly Newspaper. Showing a large image of the Montgolfier balloon ascending from the Surrey Zoological Gardens with about ten people in

Background imageMedia Collection: Garnerins descent by parachute

Garnerins descent by parachute
Newspaper report with colour illustrations of Garnerins descent by parachute, London. 21 September 1802

Background imageMedia Collection: Cover of Home Chat Magazine

Cover of Home Chat Magazine, with Mother & Home, Special Entertaining number, with new ideas for Christmas parties. Showing an elegant couple in evening dress, ready to entertain their guests

Background imageMedia Collection: Cover design, The Autocar Magazine

Cover design, The Autocar Magazine
Cover design for The Autocar Magazine, founded 1895, showing a group of people enjoying an outing through the countryside in a Lea-Francis open topped car. March 1928

Background imageMedia Collection: Balloons and parachutes

Balloons and parachutes
Full front page from The Penny Dispatch, giving five images of balloons and parachutes. Top left: the Royal Nassau Balloon, first ascent

Background imageMedia Collection: Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music

Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music
The Daily Mirror newspaper for 16 April 1912, together with magazines and sheet music relating to the sinking of the Titanic. Date: 1912

Background imageMedia Collection: Poster advertising National Savings

Poster advertising National Savings (the best British recipe for prosperity), with six recipes from one of the first television chefs, Philip Harben (1906-1970). circa 1940s

Background imageMedia Collection: Canadian journalists visit France, Western Front, WW1

Canadian journalists visit France, Western Front, WW1

Background imageMedia Collection: House of the Free Press, Bucharest, Romania

House of the Free Press, Bucharest, Romania
View of the House of the Free Press (or Press Freedom House) in Bucharest, Romania, the headquarters of various newspapers and media publications. It was built between 1952 and 1956

Background imageMedia Collection: Daily Mirror poster, Titanic disaster hymn

Daily Mirror poster, Titanic disaster hymn
The Daily Mirror news vendor poster for 20 April 1912, depicting the hymn which was played while the ship sank: Nearer My God To Thee. Date: 20 April 1912

Background imageMedia Collection: Sporting Evening Times, Titanic disaster

Sporting Evening Times, Titanic disaster
Front page of the Sporting Evening Times for 16 April 1912, reporting on the Titanic disaster. Date: 16 April 1912

Background imageMedia Collection: A Night to Remember, book and film items

A Night to Remember, book and film items
The book by Walter Lord, with an information folder and film poster advertising the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912. Date: 1958

Background imageMedia Collection: Poster advertising The Ideal Home magazine

Poster advertising The Ideal Home magazine
Poster advertising The Ideal Home, a monthly magazine for home lovers. Featuring a stylish sitting room. 20th century

Background imageMedia Collection: Woman buying newspaper on a London street

Woman buying newspaper on a London street
Elegant young woman buying a newspaper from a vendor on a London street. 1970s

Background imageMedia Collection: British war correspondents in trench, Western Front, WW1

British war correspondents in trench, Western Front, WW1
British war correspondents in a trench, watching an aerial combat, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageMedia Collection: Holidaymakers on the beach at Hastings, Sussex

Holidaymakers on the beach at Hastings, Sussex
Three holidaymakers, two women and a man, sitting on the pebbly beach at Hastings, Sussex. He is reading the Daily Sketch newspaper. A terrace of hotels can be seen in the background. June 1927

Background imageMedia Collection: Horse reading over boys shoulder

Horse reading over boys shoulder
A boy stands reading his Boys Own magazine, while a white horse appears to be reading over his shoulder

Background imageMedia Collection: Cinematography trophies on display

Cinematography trophies on display
Various trophies on display. The notice reads: Modern Bee Breeding, but the large trophy at the centre is for Amateur Cinematography

Background imageMedia Collection: Crystal Palace TV mast, south London

Crystal Palace TV mast, south London
View from below of the Crystal Palace television mast in south London, during its construction. A solitary human figure stands on a hanging platform, one-third of the way up. Date: 1956



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