Float Gallery

Cabral and Coutinho fly from Portugal to Brazil

Gabo Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral - Portuguese aviators who flew from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922 in a Fairey IIIB Float plane- the first time this feat was achieved. A link is made to the Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral who discovered Brazil in 1500. Date: 1922

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Goldfish in a bowl

Goldfish in a bowl (Carassius auratus). The goldfish can grow up to 60cm long and weight 4.5 kilograms. Many different breeds are available to buy as pets from the aquarium trade

© DAVID AUBREY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Filling the Air with Fairy Forms

Filling the Air with Fairy Forms -- a little girl blows a dandelion clock and in her imagination it turns into a flight of fairies. Date: circa 1920s

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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