Twentieth Collection (page 10)

Group of Native American Indian baskets, some with lids. Twentieth century 20th century

Native American woman from the Plains region, half-length portrait, facing right, with baby on her back. 20th century Twentieth century

Application of Darwinism in the twentieth century. Cartoon by George du Maurier. From Punch, London, 24 April 1880

Repression in Brazzaville, Belgian Congo, Africa, August 1896. Colonialism Early Twentieth Century Trade Card

Marchand Mission, French expedition under Jean Baptiste Marchand to prevent British expansion in northeastern Africa. Halting at Bakr-el-Gazal, Sudan, June 1897. Early Twentieth Century Trade Card

early twentieth century American steam ship

front cover of Germaine Greers The Female Eunuch a twentieth century feminist narrative

Gatun locks on Atlantic-side of the Panama Canal nearing completion, 1913. The construction of these locks was one of the great civil engineering feats of the early twentieth century. Photograph

Ludwig Erhard (1897-1977), economist and politician, left, with Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), statesman, at Bad Godesberg, 25 October 1960

Which was Passing Off in Much the Usual Manner When, in Doubling for the Twentieth Time, my Foot Caught in a Hole, and I Fell, 1888 Engraving

Portable solar cooker in desert
Solar cooking. Uzbek tribesmen use a solar cooker to heat water for tea. The solar cooker uses a paraboloidal mirror to reflect sunlight to a focus point

Destroying a ballistic missile C016 / 7646
Arms reduction. Explosion as the body of a RSD-10 Pioneer ballistic missile is destroyed as part of an arms reduction agreement. The explosion is from the solid fuel used in its rocket motor

MiG-29 fighter jet C016 / 7628
A Russian MiG-29 fighter at an air display. A product of the Mikoyan-Guryevich design bureau, the MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum ) is a fourth-generation air superiority fighter

RD-1 rocket engine C016 / 7642
Soviet RD-1 rocket engine. This was designed by Vladimir Glushko in 1941-45 and was the first Russian rocket powered by storable propellants

MiG-29 fighter jet C016 / 7626
A Russian MiG-29 OVT fighter just after take-off. This development prototype features thrust-vectoring nozzles on its engines

Luna 9 instrument capsule C016 / 7641
Luna 9. The instrument capsule of the Luna 9 mission just before integration with the body of the spacecraft. The Soviet Luna 9 was launched on 31 January 1966 and reached the Moon on 3 February

MiG-35 fighter jet C016 / 7627
A Russian MiG-35 fighter at an air display. A product of the Mikoyan-Guryevich design bureau, the MiG-35 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum-F ) is a fourth-plus generation air superiority fighter

Destroying a ballistic missile C016 / 7647
Arms reduction. Explosion as the body of a RSD-10 Pioneer ballistic missile is destroyed as part of an arms reduction agreement. The explosion is from the solid fuel used in its rocket motor

Venera-15 radar image of Venus
Venus. Radar image showing part of Sedna Planitia in the northern hemisphere of Venus. The are seen here is about 1100km wide and 850km high

Soyuz 15 rocket on launchpad
Soyuz 15. A rocket carrying the Soyuz-15 capsule on its launchpad. Soyuz-15 was launched on 26 August 1974 to take Gennadi Sarafinov and Lev Dyomin to the orbiting Salyut 3 space station

Industrial computer, 1980s
Computer history. View of a computer room of an watch-making factory in 1983. Along the walls are banks of tape readers that act as memory banks

Nikita Moiseyev, Russian mathematician
Nikita Nikolayevich Moiseyev (1917-2000), Russian-Soviet mathematician. Moiseyevs work was largely in applied maths, creating models of processes as varied as missile trajectories to nuclear winter

Sergei Korolev in 1934
Sergei Korolev (1907-1966), pioneering Soviet rocket scientist. Korolev studied aviation in Moscow, and in his late teens designed and built gliders as a hobby

Animal space capsule and ejector seat
Animal space research. View of a survival capsule for a dog, attached to an ejector seat. Ejection seats were used for many early Soviet space flights (including Gagarin s)

Controls of early electron microscope
Electron microscope. View of a technician operating the controls of an early model of electron microscope. The cabinets either side of the frame are computers and control equipment

Plasmatron for space research
Spaceflight research. View of a radio-frequency plasmatron (plasma generator) in a laboratory. The plasmatron is used to generate plasmas that simulate the conditions of very high-speed flight

Cell phone switchgear, 1994
Mobile communications. The switchgear of a second-generation (2G) mobile phone base station, seen in 1994. Photographed in Moscow, Russia

Lev Berg, Russian biologist
Lev Semyonovich Berg (1876-1950), Russian geographer and biologist and founder of the nomogenesis theory of evolution. Berg collected large volumes of samples and data, mainly of fish

Launch of the Zarya module for ISS
Space Station. Launch of the Zarya module, the first element of the International Space Station, on a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998

Soviet Oasis Antarctic station, 1958
Station Oasis. View of a research station code-named Oasis created by researchers during the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1957-59

Space capsule after landing with dog
Animal space research. Soviet capsule designed to carry animals into space seen after it has landed. Apparently in the foreground is a dog named Modnitsa ( Fashionable)

Weather satellite antenna
Satellite communications. A flat array antenna used to receive data from weather satellites. Photographed in Moscow in 1973

Intercosmos 4 during assembly
Intercosmos 4. View of the Intercosmos 4 satellite during integration with its booster. Intercosmos 4 was a joint mission by the Soviet Union, East germany and Czechoslovakia

Satellite control room, 1980
Satellite control room. View of a room used to control and communicate with the Gorizont ( Horizon ) series of communications satellites. Photographed in Moscow in 1980

Manoeuvring unit for Russian space suit
SMK manoeuvring back pack. Also known as the UMK, it was introduced in 1990 to allow a cosmonaut to fly around the outside of the Mir space station during extravehicular activity (EVA) in orbit

Circuit board from Phobos probe
Mars exploration. A circuit board used on one of the two Phobos spacecraft sent to Mars by the Soviet Union in 1988. Phobos 1 launched on 7 July but failed en route to Mars

Space station museum

Roger Kornberg, US chemist
Roger Kornberg (b.1947), US biochemist and Nobel Laureate. Kornberg won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on eukaryotic transcription

Soloviev and Hilleman at a conference
Vaccine experts meet at a conference. At left is Academician Valentin Soloviev of Russia, at right is Maurice Hilleman of the USA. Photographed at a meeting in Washington DC, USA, in 1966

Doctors at peace conference, Moscow 1987
Physicians at a peace conference. Seen here (left to right) are Professors Daniel Bovet, Ettore Biuca and Alberto Magliari

Computerised control system, 1985
Computer control. An early design of microprocessor-based computer control system. Such devices were used in computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)

Launch of Voskhod-1
Voskhod-1. The rocket carrying the Voskhod-1 mission seen just after lift-off. Voskhod-1 set a number of records: it was the first spaceflight with more than one crew member

Darkhan city, Mongolia
Darkhan city. View of Darkhan, a city built near the Russian border in northern Mongolia. The city was created as an industrial centre

Crew of Voskhod-1 in Moscow parade
Crew of the Voskhod 1 spacecraft being paraded through Moscow. The crew consisted of (left to right) Konstantin Feoktistov (1926-2009), Vladimir Komarov (1927-1967) and Boris Yegorov (1937-1994)

Andrey Kapitsa, Russian geographer
Andrey Petrovich Kapitsa (b.1931), Russian geographer and polar explorer. Kapitsa was born in Cambridge, England while his father Pyotr was working at the University there

Implanting a nuclear pacemaker
Pacemaker. Surgeons implanting a cardiac pacemaker powered by a nuclear battery. The battery contains promethium which decays by releasing beta-particles (electrons)

Konstantin Novoselov, physicist
Sir Konstantin Novoselov (b.1974), Russian-British physicist and Nobel Laureate. Novoselov was born at Nizhny Tagil, Russia, and studied in Moscow and Nijmegen, Netherlands

Juozas Matulis, Lithuanian scientist
Juozas Matulis (1899-1993), Lithuanian-Soviet physicist and chemist. Matulis was born at Tatkonyse and studied at Vilnius and the University of Leipzig

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Twentieth century wonders unfold: from the grace of a Scottish Deerhound to the delicate beauty of Achillea millefolium. In this captivating journey, we encounter the masterful symphonies conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler and the timeless allure of Hollywood's golden era with Some Like It Hot. Amidst blooming Wisteria and wildflowers, we remember the resilience forged during World War I through powerful imagery like the USA BONDS Third Liberty Loan poster. The vibrant colors of 1913-14 Bulbs, Plants and Seeds remind us of nature's enduring cycle while The Fountain Court invites us to pause and reflect on its tranquil beauty. Two loyal Dachshunds stand as faithful companions, even in times when gas masks were necessary for survival at battle fronts. As we soar through history, an aircraft poster reminds us of humanity's relentless pursuit to conquer new heights. Twentieth-century tales intertwine seamlessly in this diverse tapestry that celebrates artistry, courage, and progress.