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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour
Vintage 19th century photograph: Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour GCB, GCH, PC (17 September 1787 - 20 January 1870) was a Royal Navy officer

John Stuart Williams ?Confederate States Army
Vintage 19th century photograph: captioned on the back as John Stuart Williams (July 10, 1818 - July 17, 1898), who was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War

Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Henry Keppel
Vintage 19th century photograph: Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Henry Keppel GCB, OM (14 June 1809 - 17 January 1904) was a Royal Navy officer

Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
Vintage 19th century photograph: Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC (Ire) (16 February 1778 - 17 April 1863) was a British Army officer and colonial governor

Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet, British soldier
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet (1803 - 9 May 1874) was a distinguished soldier in the British Indian Army, who fought at the siege of Bharatpur in 1825-6

Shop window display, West End of London
A surreal window display in a mens outfitters in Londons West End. Date: circa 1950s

The Great Wheel built for Empire of India Exhibition London
The Great Wheel was built for the Empire of India Exhibition at Earls Court, London, in the United Kingdom. Construction began in March 1894 at the works of Maudslay

Solar eclipse of 17 April 1912
Solar eclipse taking place on the 17 April 1912 the last eclipse of the sun was in 1858. Showing over London which would of got nine-tenths of the sun covered but in Portugal

The Principal Gate of the Priory of St. Bartholomew, Smithfield. Founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society

Bluebird
Gas-turbine powered vehicle that was driven by Donald Campbell and achieved the world land speed record on Lake Eyre in Australia on 17 July 1964. Date: circa 1950

Ekcovision 17 inch black and white television, model T330, manufactured by E K Cole of Southend. 1958

Horsa Glider Memorial, Wolfheze, Holland
Wolfheze is a small village about 10km to the west of Arnhem beside which the Operation Market Garden 17 September 1944 Landing Zones Z ands (gliders) and Drop Zone X (parachutists) were located

508th PIR, Devils in Baggy Pants, Memorial, Beek
The Memorial was designed by H. J. Guse and was erected on 17 September 1981. It commemorates the liberation of Beek on 17 September 1944 by the 508th who were known as the Red Devils

Operation Veritable Memorial, Groesbeek, Holland
Shaped like an airborne canister, or the Tinman in the Wizard of Oz film, this metal Memorial records on the back that on 17/18 September 1944

325th Glider, 504th PIR & Polish Para Memorial, Holland
The dramatic rusting parachutes, designed by Leo Gerritsen and Henk van Hout, were erected on 17 September 1985. They commemorate the fact that these fields, designated landing area O

Castle Henkenshage, 502nd PIR HQ, Holland
The US 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment was given the Operation Market Garden task of capturing this position and completed the clearing of the area on 17 September 1944

Cartoon, Political Anglers - Tory politicians Lord Salisbury and Randolph Churchill discuss where they obtained their bait (ie political policies)

Portrait, Mr A Henry, The Circus. 1885

Cartoon, The Coming Rosalind, Violet Vanbrugh and F C Burnand - Shall I be safe in these, Mr Burnand? Burnand is holding a copy of the Fortnightly Review

British CWGC War Memorial Bayeux, Normandy
This Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery is the largest British WW2 Cemetery in France. It contains 4, 648 graves - 3, 935 from the UK, 181 from Canada, 17 from Australia, 8 from New Zealand

US 354th Fighter Gp Memorial Cricqeville en Bessin
This is ALG (Air Landing Ground)A2. The 354th flew fromhere between 17 June 1944 and 15 March 1945. The Memorial was unveiled on 17 September 1990 in acknowledgement of the 354ths part in Operation

Wycliffe explains his thoughts before the Archbishop
John Wycliffe (circa 1320s 1384) -an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford

Dassault Falcon 50 N349K (msn 17), of Midwest Aviation Inc. at Luton Airport. Date: circa 1990

Piper L-4H Grasshopper F-BFQV (msn 12052), company designation J3C-65D. Built as L-4H 44-79756 17 January 1947: OO-GAZ, cancelled 17 September 1948 18 September 1948: re-registered OO-GAS

BAC One-Eleven 204AF N1129J
BAC One-Eleven 204/AF N1129J (msn 182), of Mohawk Airlines. Date: circa 1970

Slingsby T. 59J Kestrel G-BDWZ 7
Slingsby T.59 Kestrel 17 G-BDWZ BGA 2470 / 85 (msn 1867), waiting for the slack to be taken up on the tow-rope. The Slingsby Kestrel was a licence-built / developed version of the Glasglugel 401

Slingsby T. 59 Kestrel 17 85
Slingsby T.59 Kestrel 17 85, waiting for the slack to be taken up on the tow-rope. The Slingsby Kestrel was a licence-built / developed version of the Glasglugel 401. Date: circa 1982

Slingsby T. 59 Kestrel 17 667
Slingsby T.59 Kestrel 17 667. The Slingsby Kestrel was a licence-built / developed version of the Glasglugel 401. Date: circa 1982

de Havilland D. H. 104 Dove 8 G-ARJB
de Havilland D.H.104 Dove 8 G-ARJB Exporter (msn 04518), of JCB (J.C. Bamford Excavators), at Biggin Hill in 1960. Date: 1960

Westland-Sikorsky WS-55 Series 1 G-AOCF (msn WA56), of Autair at Luton Airport 14 September 1955 to 06 April 1964: British European Airways Helicopters Ltd as G-AOCF, named Sir Lionel

Douglas TA-4F 152847
United States Navy - Douglas TA-4F 152847 (msn 13493, air show ident 186), at the Paris air Show in June1967, with Military Airlift Command C-141A Starlifter 66-0174

British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS. 1 XZ491
Fleet Air Arm - British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ491, call sign 711, of 899 Naval Air Squadron, embarked on HMS Invincible (base code N ), at RAF Leuchars on 17 September 1983 Date: 1983

LTV F-8FN Crusaders 39, 17 and 35
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusaders 39, 17 and 35, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Piper PA-28 Cherokee G-ARSY with Miles M.17 Monarch G-AIDE. Date: circa 1970

Arpin A-1 G-AFGB (msn 1), designed and built by M.B Arpin & Co at Hanworth and first registered on 17 March 1938. This aircraft survived the war but was scrapped in 1946. Date: 1938

de Havilland Canada DHC. 3 Otter G-ANCM
de Havilland Canada DHC.3 Otter G-ANCM (msn 17) Registered to the de Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd. Hatfield, UK. Delivered 31 July 1953, for operations as the European demonstrator

Northrop YRB-49A 42-102376 (msn 1496), in storage with Northrop, at Ontario Airport. built as a YB-35, converted to YB-35B, then YRB-49A

Cockpit of a Sikorsky S-43 Baby Clipper - Sikorsky JRS-1 - Sikorsky OA-8, twin-engined amphibious aircraft. Of the 53 production aircraft

Hubert Latham, Henry Farman and Roger Sommer at Riems
Hubert Latham in his Antoinette IV, with Henry Farman in his Farman III biplane and roger Sommer, also flying a Farmn III at the Grande Semaine d Aviation de la Champagne, held near Reims in France

Royal Aircraft Factory RE. 8 prototype 7996
Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 prototype 7996; first flown on 17 June 1916, piloted by Frank Gooden and closely followed by the second prototype 7997 on 5 July 1916. Date: 1916

Learjet 23 D-IATD (msn 23-074 ). Built in 1965 and first registered as 5A-DAC. Sold in Germany as D-IATD and last registered to Maricopa County Community College District Mesa AZ

Blackburn YA. 7 WB781
Blackburn YA.7 WB781 (msn 5615), on the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough fire dump (struck off charge on 18 May 1955)

Oregon National Guard - de Havilland Canada L-20A Beaver 53-7951 (msn 770/1492). Delivered on 17 February 1955 and disposed of to MASDC on 14 February 1972

R5D Skymaster 39118 6F JAX
United States Navy - Douglas R5D-2 39118 (msn 10484, Line No. DC215) with unit code 6F from Naval Air Station Jacksonville ex USaF 42-72379. Disposed of to MASDC on 9 July 1965

United States Navy - Pratt-Read XLNE-1 31506, competition #32, at Harris Hill, Elmira, NY in 1946 for the first US soaring contest held after WWII

Schutte-Lanz S. L. 1 rigid airship
Schutte-Lanz SL.1 rigid airship, designed and Built by the Schutte-Lanz company, set-up by Johann Schutte and Karl Lanz. The SL.1 was Built largely from wood with a geodesic framework

GAF Nomad 22B VH-CRI (msn 53) (GAF - Government Aircraft Factories) of the NSCA (National Safety Council of Australia). First flown on 6 June 1977 and operated in Australia as VH-CRI

SAN LORENZO DE LA MOUGA The French defeat the Spanish Date: 17 November 1794

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