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Integrity retiring from Office!, 1801

Integrity retiring from Office!, Pub. 1801 (hand coloured engraving). William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) resigns as Prime Minister in protest at King's rejection of the bills to unite England and Ireland and to emancipate Irish Catholics; incited by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

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Making Rubber Shoes

Photograph shows three men involved in the rubber trade and rubber shoe production, Seringueras, Brazil, early 20th Century. On the left is a complete ball of rubber weighing about 110 pounds and one ball at center in the making, at center-right are rubber shoes and the outfit (including moulds) for making them, in the background is a rubber smokehouse. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

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Terry de Havilland

Terry de Havilland (born 1942), iconic British shoe designer known for his glamorous designs during the 1970s and still making fabulous shoes today. Pictured at the age of 27 in 1965 in London Life magazine who describe him as looking, more like a happy Rugby forward than a fast-thinking designer whose ideas are suddenly in demand. The legs around him belong to model Perin Lewis who was his girlfriend and muse. Date: 1965

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