Images Dated 23rd April 2003

Go Great Western to Cornwall, GWR poster, 1932

Poster produced for the Great Western Railway (GWR) to promote rail travel to Cornwall. The poster shows a view of a sandy path lined with stone walls leading toward the shore. Artwork by Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954), who was born in Montana, USA and studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco and then in Paris. He went to London in 1914 and 1915 and was commissioned by the Underground Group of companies. He produced posters for GWR and London Transport and also designed theatre costumes, interior and mural decorations, book illustrations, carpets and textiles. He returned to America in 1940. Dimensions: 990 mm x 661 mm

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Coloured X-ray of a womans flat foot

Flat foot. Coloured X-ray of the flat foot of a 25 year old woman. The decreased arching of the foot in this condition, also known as pes planus, means that her sole lies flat on the ground. The bones are blue and flesh is orange. The heel bone (lower left), metatarsals and tarsals are almost aligned in a straight line. Nearly all babies have flat feet, the arches only developing during childhood as the feet muscles and ligaments grow stronger. However in people with weak muscles and ligaments the arch can fail to develop. Flat feet can also develop in adults, for example in people who gain weight rapidly. Treatment with arch supports and exercise is only needed if the feet are painful

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