Images Dated 16th August 2004

Paris fashions for November, 1864

A selection of dresses designed for the winter of 1864. From left, The manteau marchesa made from cloth and velvet, trimmed with a silk border. The bonnet is of green silk, with rich lace surmounted by roses and feathers. The manteau hongrois, made from velvet pile cloth and a satin cording bordering the sleeves. Worn with a bonnet of white taffeta pique with feathers on one side covered by velvet ribbons. The evening dress is a grey silk robe with a flounce of three colours. The bonnet is a green trimmed with a large feather and a roll of black lace

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2004 Le Mans Endurance Series Silverstone 1000 Kilometeres Silverstone, England

2004 Le Mans Endurance Series
Silverstone 1000 Kilometeres
Silverstone, England. 12th - 14th August 2004
LMP2 Podium - Winners Gounon/Frei/Hancock (Courage C65-AER), 2nd placed J-B Bouvet/J-R Fournoux (WR WR V6) and 3rd placed Favre/Ricard/Fargier (Lucchini SR2-ALFA).
World Copyright: Glenn Dunbar/LAT Photographic
ref: 35mm Transparency Axx

The Theatre on board HMS Alert, British Arctic Expeditio

Engraving showing the theatre on board HMS Alert during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Plays were staged aboard the ship to keep up morale during the cold, dark winter months. In the summer of 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships, HMS Alert and HMS Discovery, to make an attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, a new furthest North record was set, the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island were charted and much scientific data gathered

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