ZUM4844363: May 05, 1953 - Crown of eggs over the villages on River Rhine and Westerwald. The crown of eggs to be seen in many villages on River Rhine and in the Westerwald during Whitsuntide is a symbol of fertility. About 2,000 egg-shells collected by boys and girls since Easter are in the huge crowns. The crown of egg-shells will remain as long as the first harvest carriage is brought in and then the farmer has to pay a glass of beer for the youth of the village / Bridgeman Images
JEB4846418: Altarpiece of Saint Michel. The archangel Saint Michael threatens the demon of his sword on which Christ crucifies appears. He holds with the other hand a balance weighing souls. It is surrounded by Saint John the Baptist and Saint Peter. Above them, angels hold instruments of the Passion: ladder, nails, crown of thorns, column of flogging... Copyright: Hoc opus fecit Antonius Manchelus, a Monaco anno a Nativitate dui 1565 die prima augusti. Painting by Andre Manchello (Antoine Manchello or Manchelo), 1569. St. Michael's Church, Menton. / Bridgeman Images
ELD4846541: Paranormal Phenomene: The Levitation of the Medium and Scottish Seer Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-1886) rising in the air under the eyes of stupedone witnesses, in an apartment in London - (Daniel Dunglas Home, the famous Scots-born medium of the nineteeth century, levitates himself in front of witnesses in a house in London) Chromolithography of the end of the 19 th century Private Collection, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4846559: May 14, 1953 - The Hon. Mrs. Gerald Legge has a special hair-do 19th. Germany for Charity Show: The Hon. Mrs. Gerald Legge who is playing the part of a coquette in a special production of” Lord and Lady Algy” - paid a visit to the West End Hair Stylist Steiner to receive a special 19th. century hair-o. The show is to be produced aid the Children's Aid Association. Other members of the cast include Mrs. Ghislaine Alexander; Lord Porchester; Lord Ednam and Billie Wallace / Bridgeman Images
NWI4838319: American Anglo War of 1812 or Second War of Independence (1812-1815): American frigate USS Chesapeake going to fight the British ship HMS Shannon - Colorised engraving of a 19th century image - (American frigate “” Chesapeake”” headed for battle with HMS “” Shannon,” War of 1812. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4838382: Apr. 18, 1953 - Communists Get A Bus Ride: Sick and wounded communist prisoners of war board a red-cross marked bus after disembarking from an LST which brought them from Cheju on the first lap of their trip to Panmunjom where UN and Communist sick and wounded prisoners are to be exchanged. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4838505: Plan Marshall or European Recovery Program (ERP) (1948-1952): a worker of the SPAEF (Societe Petrolifere de l'Afrique Equatatoriale Francaise) in Gabon relies on barrels of gas oil (provided by Plan Marshall) which allow caterpillars to search for oil. Photography around 1950. / Bridgeman Images