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Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection

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Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Bell Rock Lighthouse

Bell Rock Lighthouse
16th December 1955: Bell Rock lighthouse, near Arbroath, off the Angus Coast. The lighthouse, built between 1807 and 1810

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Ruins At Baalbek

Ruins At Baalbek
November 1957: The remaining columns of the Temple of Jupiter (foreground) and the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis). (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Radio Caroline

Radio Carolines pirate radio ship MV Mi Amigo runs aground at Frinton-on-Sea on the Essex coast during a storm, 20th January 1966. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Blackpool Illuminations

Blackpool Illuminations
Illuminations on the promenade at Blackpool, Lancashire. Blackpool Tower is in the centre

U2 Spy Plane

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Franklin D Roosevelt

Franklin D Roosevelt
19th January 1938: United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) addressing a press conference. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Astoria Cinema

Astoria Cinema
August 1929: Exterior of the Astoria Cinema, Brixton, south London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams
23rd March 1965: Tennessee Williams, born Thomas Lanier (1911 - 1983), American playwright, in London to attend the first night of Night Of The Iguana at the Savoy Theatre

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: London Smithy

London Smithy
4th October 1928: A blacksmiths forge off Arundel Street near the Strand in London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman
24th June 1959: Benny Goodman (1909 - 1986), the American clarinettist and band leader known as the King Of Swing, at the Savoy Hotel during a short holiday. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: R 101 Dining Room

R 101 Dining Room
Members of the Dominion Legislative Conference dine on board the luxurious R101 airship. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Royal Carriage

Royal Carriage
19th March 1953: The intricate decoration on the State Coach that will take the Queen to Westminster Abbey for the coronation

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Imperial Airmail

Imperial Airmail
The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy bi-plane, which started Britains Imperial Airways in 1927, preparing to leave Croydon for a UK-India airmail service. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Berlin Revolution

Berlin Revolution
A demonstration in front of the Reichstag, during the revolution which broke out after Germanys defeat in World War I. The poster reads Down with the bloody Spartakus dictatorship

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Strike Breakers

Strike Breakers
Railway volunteers at work on railway track during the General Strike of 1926, in which trade union members from various key industries in Britain stopped work for a week in support of the miners

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Parading Anzacs

Parading Anzacs
March 1919: Australian soldiers taking part in a peace parade. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Officers At Home

Officers At Home
1929: A group of British soldiers, one sporting an eyepatch, drinking tea at the elegantly furnished officers home in Grosvenor Street, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: R100 Airship

R100 Airship
November 1929: Passengers on board the lounge promenade of the R-100 Airship at Howden, Yorkshire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Bournes Bash

Bournes Bash
18th September 1929: A garden party held by Cardinal Bourne at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. The gathering forms part of the celebrations surrounding the Catholic Emancipation Congress

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Catholic Procession

Catholic Procession
14th September 1929: A procession in London, which forms part of the celebrations surrounding the Catholic Emancipation Congress. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Pearlies

Pearlies
1929: A family of Pearlies posing in full costume. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Ascot Crowds

Ascot Crowds
circa 1930: Race-goers at Ascot. Some stand on their cars to get a better view. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Puppet Show

Puppet Show
16th July 1926: Crowds watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach at Ryde, on the Isle of Wight. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Gas Leak Drill

Gas Leak Drill
14th February 1950: A soldier stands by outside the village of Alberbury in Shropshire, during the monthly gas mask drill held as a precaution because of the poison gas dump in the vicinity

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Anti-Strike Women

Anti-Strike Women
circa 1926: A demonstration by anti-strike supporting women, led by Mrs Drummond. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Early Equipment

Early Equipment
circa 1930: Equipment at the BBC Broadcasting Station, (2LO), at Savoy Hall, London, from the early days of broadcasting. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: March Past

March Past
November 1914: Grenadier Guards march past Buckingham Palace, just before leaving for the Front. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Radio Days

Radio Days
May 1929: Pupils in a London County Council school using the radio for lessons on the lumber industry, helped by a large map. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Ship Wreck

Ship Wreck
circa 1916: A hospital ship wrecked off Scarborough during World War I. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Vessel Sinks

Vessel Sinks
26th November 1975: The bows of the Russian ship Gorizoni sink into the English Channel after a collision with a Moroccan cargo ship

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Great Lamb Trek

Great Lamb Trek
1930: A shepherd drives his flock through a town in the Great Lamb Trek to Aboyne in Scotland. There are good walking routes from Glen Mark to Aboyne

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Riverside Church

Riverside Church
1920: St Peters Church, Darmouth, Devon. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Suburban Sprawl

Suburban Sprawl
1933: The net work of rows and sprawl of identical houses on the housing estate at Saltdean in Sussex. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Carrying The Catch

Carrying The Catch
1927: Women in Devon carry loaded baskets of fish along the shore, watched by the men. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Church Riots

Church Riots
circa 1918: Mounted police at a peace riot at a North London Church at the end of World War I. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Labour Strike

Labour Strike
May 1926: A scene from the General Strike with mounted armed militia riding through the street. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Sea Elephant

Sea Elephant
circa 1930: A herd of Bull Sea Elephants. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves
30th October 1961: A view of Hyde Park, showing the autumn leaves settling on the ground with many more yet to fall. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Leaving Rhine

Leaving Rhine
December 1929: The Royal Fusiliers march through Wiesbaden. They are the last of the British troops to leave the Rhine. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Permanent Wave

Permanent Wave
circa 1930: A woman has her hair waved at the hairdressers. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Sunray lamp

Sunray lamp
circa 1927: A woman under a sunray lamp, on show at the first International Exhibition of Light and Heat in Medicine at Central hall, Westminster. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping
circa 1926: A crowd of Christmas shoppers on Oxford street in Central London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Refreshments

Refreshments
1926: Volunteers on a mobile refreshment stand at the Horse Guards Parade, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Going Down

Going Down
22nd January 1979: A view from the top of The Magic Mountain Colossus roller-coaster ride near Los Angeles. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: End Of Season

End Of Season
circa 1920: Workers in a boatyard loading up the boats for the winter. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: The Rock

The Rock
1933: The Rock of Gibraltar, the main landmark of the British dependency of Gibraltar and the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Orange Parade

Orange Parade
1920: An Orange Day parade through the streets of Belfast. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Historical Central Press Art Prints Collection: Spartacist Air Raid

Spartacist Air Raid
1919: Spartacist aeroplanes drop bombs on Government troops during the Spartacist uprising in Berlin. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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