FLO4995438: Preparatory School for Young Ladies, 1851. Young ladies in aprons in a kitchen studying cookery with small girls in dunces' caps. Young ladies were urged to become good housewives. Handcoloured etching by John Leech from Follies of the Year, from Punchõs Pocket Books, Bradbury, London, 1864. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4995482: Croquet Match, 1862. Victorian gentlemen and ladies playing the fashionable game of croquet. A woman steps on a ball to croquet her male opponent, while another lady shows her ankles under her crinoline skirts. Handcoloured etching by John Leech from Follies of the Year, from Punchõs Pocket Books, Bradbury, London, 1864. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4997178: Egyptian statue of the goddess Isis with throne headdress, in hard granite with red spots. Found in the Gardens of Sallust. Copperplate engraving by Giacomo Bossi after an illustration by D. A. from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilii's Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4940688: Aug. 21, 1954 - Dutch Ship Arrives in the Mersey with a List of 30 Degrees: Battered by gales in a ten-day trip from Sweden, the Dutch motor vessel Jan arrived in the Mersey, Liverpool, yesterday, with a list of more than 30 degrees.The list was caused by her deck cargo of timber being swollen by the heavy rain which came with the crew gale.This ship carries a of 11 - including the young wife of the Captain L.Bergsma, who has travelled thousands of miles with him on his voyages / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4940961: Sep. 08, 1954 - The 56th London Armoured Division carry out exercise. Pumping up a rubber tanks - Some 12,000 men and 4,000 vehicles of the 56th (London) Armoured Division (T.A.) is carrying out exercise “” London Pride”” on Salisbury Plain. The exercise is designed to practice the division in carrying out an approach march followed by an opposed crossing of the River Avon and break-out from the bridgehead against an enemy known to be equipped with atomic bombs. Keystone Photo Shows: The scene as a motor pump is used to inflate a rubber centurion tank by members of the Joint Concealment Centre during the manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain today / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4940888: Sep. 05, 1954 - At this year's Leipzig Exhibition Indian was represented with a peculiar pavillion, which, above all, hadan appeal to the Soviet occupying forces. In the entrance hall one can see a large full-size picture which India's Prime Minister Nehru and his Chinese colleague Tschu-En-Lai jointly showed / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4941406: Sep. 09, 1954 - Royal Tour of Australia. The Gothic Arrives in Sydney Harbour. Keystone Photo Shows: Surrounded by dozens of small craft and escorting vessels - the liner” Gothic” with H.M. The Queen on board arrives in Sydney Harbour - for the start of the Royal Australian Tour / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4941591: Sep. 09, 1954 - Demonstration of British military vehicles. first gas turbine powered track vehicle on show. A special and unique demonstration of British military vehicle was held at the fighting vehicles research and development establishment (F.V.R.D.E), at chertsey, surrey today. staged primarily to promote sales in this special channel of our export trade, the display included little short of 100 different vehicles giving an immense range of usage. load and personal carrying motor workshop lorries, mobile cranes, tankers triers up to 60 tons for tank transpiration, and even armored ears were among the exhibits to be seen either on the display center or taking part in spectacular demonstration of their qualities on test circuits. The event has been orgainsed jointly by the ministry of supply, to who are calcification the vehicles are built and by the society of motor manufacturers and traders, certain of whose members are responsible for the carrying out of the production programmer / Bridgeman Images