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London, England - January 4, 2015: Two pages of advertisements for condensed milk, talcum powder, infant medicines, borax and knitting wool, from “Chats About Sailors” by “Mercie Sunshine” (a pseudonym), published by Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited in the 1890s. (The company of Ward Lock traded as Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited from 1893-1897 so the book was published between those dates.) Image scanned 4 January 2015 and modified 19 November 2015.
Old first class sign on a luxury ship
August 6, 2018, Birmingham, AL - Rickwood Field, America's Oldest Ballpark
The Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California, USA
Vintage book of 1829: safe and unmistakable means of exterminating mosquitoes, german language
The word wars is printed on a piece of paper, close-up.
Old worn and stained recipe card
Tifton, Georgia, USA - April 17, 2022: Plaque at the feet of a M60 Tank that now serves as war memorial at the Tift Veterans Memorial Plaza
Front and back covers of a British tenant’s rent book from the 1970s-1980s with all identifying details removed.
Recreation of WWI French trenches on display at Halifax Citadel, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Close up of National Register of Historic Placed plaque on exterior brick wall
An ancient book.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Montar in Green stone found in the Persepolis in Shiraz, Iran. The ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. UNESCO World Heritage
Stained and torn handwritten recipe for hand dipped chocolates.
An envelope with a cancelled postage stamp from the year 1916.
A framed version of the Ten Commandments inside the pretty church of St Botolph in the village of Culpho, Suffolk, Eastern England. The church dates from the 14th century but has had much more recent sympathetic interior restoration.
A quote by Thomas Jefferson about religious freedom - not freedom from religion - found in - \
Back of old postcard of the 1940's
The word easter is printed on a piece of paper, close-up.
The back of an vintage postcard
The Iguazu Falls are the largest waterfall system in the world. Stretching almost 3km along the border of Argentina and Brazil, the falls are made up of roughly 275 different vertical drops, with heights varying from 60 meters - 82 meters. This makes the Iguazu Falls taller than Niagara Falls and twice as wide.
Old mimeograph recipe sheet
Leesburg, Virginia
Sign on the wall of Paul Revere's Mall beside Old North Church, this sign gives thanks to all the men of the North End who fought in the various American wars. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Leather Book Label , Italian, Monte Sancto, Dante, Petrercha
The inside front cover and first page of an old British rent book dated 1947. The book was used by a local council to record the rent due on a property with the tenant's payments.Please see my lightboxes for lots more social history.
Chalan Kanoa / Charan, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CMNI): the Ten Commandments in two tablets in front of the Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral. You shall have no other God's before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it Holy. Honour your father and mother. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shall not bear false witness. You shall not covet.
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