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Description: Atomic bomb damage in Nagasaki, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from Japan
Location: Nagasaki, Japan
Date: September-October 1945
Our catalogue reference: ADM 1/19302 (14)
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Description: "Photograph of Camel Corps, 2 Sihks at the 'Ready'." Photograph taken by Felice Beato on the Nile Expedition to relieve Khartoum.
Date: 1884/5
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/373/371
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Edmund Dene Morel (1873-1924) politician, author, journalist. Founder of the Congo Reform Association, Labour MP for Dundee 1922-1924.
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Description: BRM 3 litre racing car photographed in the British Industry section of Montreal Expo 67.
British Racing Motors (or 'British Racing Misery' when not performing well) were one of the leading Grand Prix teams of the 1960s. In 1962 Graham Hill became World Champion driving for the team.
Date: 1967
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 14/345
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Description: Photograph taken to demonstrate some of the worst housing conditions in British Antigua. The island was in the process of carrying out slum clearance. The file reads "I believe I am correct in stating that, nowhere in the British West Indies, are the working people more wretchedly housed and more detached from the land than in Antigua."
Date: 1914
Our Document Reference: CO 152/340/23
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Description: Illuminated title page of Valor Ecclesiasticus, the survey of the lands and wealth of England's monasteries prepared for Henry VIII.
Date: 1535
Our Catalogue Reference: E 344/22
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Emanuel Shinwell (1884-1986) (standing), socialist and Labour MP, with J Samond (agent) and Hugh M[?]nin (miners leader) at an election meeting in 1918.
Shinwell was born in London, but moved to Glasgow with his family when he was 11. He was a socialist and campaigned with trade unions for the 40 hour week before being elected as Labour MP for Linlithgow in 1922. Shinwell served as financial secretary for the War Office in 1929, Secretary for Mines (1930-1931), Minister for Fuel and Power (1945-1947), Secretary of State for War (1947-1950), Minister of Defence (1950-1951) and was made a Baron in 1970.
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Description: Entrée du Porte H. Arnoux 15
Location: Egypt
Date: 1890 - 1899
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/179
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Description: Postcard from a staff member at the Great Western Railway office in Paddington, London, who went to war.
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Date: 1915- 1918
Our file reference: RAIL 253/516
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Description: Obverse (front) of the Great Seal of Elizabeth I. The Great Seal was used by the Chancery, the Tudor Civil service, to show that the document attached was ordered in the Queen’s name. The pattern (or matrix) for this seal was produced by the artist Nicholas Hilliard in 1586.
Date: Between 1586 and 1603
Our Catalogue Reference: SC 13/N3
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Forest fires on Kalimantan and haze visible over the Java Sea - as seen from Metop-A, EUMETSAT's polar orbiting weather satellite (02:43 UTC 26/10/15).
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Description: Page from the Medical and surgical Journal of HMS Racoon by Dr Pierce Mansfield. The ship was stationed at the Cape of Good Hope.
Watercolour illustration showing 'Strap and buckle apparatus for fracture of patella'.
Date: 1868
Our Catalogue Reference: ADM 101/139/3
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Description: Chest made to hold the Treaty of Calais, signed between Edward III of England and John II of France. Edward agreed to give up his claim to the throne of France in exchange for the territory of Aquitaine.
Date: 1360
Our Catalogue Reference: E 27/8
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Description: Poster attacking the coalition National Government of Ramsey Macdonald as well as calling on readers to demonstrate their opposition to the British Union of Fascists. BUF leader Oswald Mosley led a march to Hyde Park in September 1934.
William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw" in the Second World War) attempted to prosecute the Daily Worker newspaper for incitement to violence because it urged anti-fascists to counter-demonstrate against the Blackshirts in this way.
Date: 1934
Our Catalogue Reference: MEPO 2/3074
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Description: Teacher Training in Hong Kong. Chemistry students at the Northcote Training College carrying out an experiment to show convection of liquids.
Location: Hong Kong
Date: 1962
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/478.
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Back row (from left to right): Hendrik Meesman (the Netherlands), John Paget (Switzerland/England), ??? (Scotland), Luca Ferrari (Italy), ??? (England), Andy Shingler (England); front row: Adam Markin (England), ??? (England), Neil Hutchinson (England), John Nolan (England, captain), Martin ??? (USA). Picture taken at the New Malden Sports Ground.
Many thanks to John Paget (BSc Econ 1986) for sending us this photo:
'The LSE First Team was one of the stronger teams in the University of London league. The team was very international, with players from the United Kingdom, Europe (the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy) and North America. John Nolan, a Liverpudlian, was a strong and an inspirational captain!'
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Description: Portrait of 13th century landowner in one of the Home Counties (Kent or Sussex). Illumination with gilt from Abbreviatio (abridgement) of Domesday Book.
Date: c.1240
Our Catalogue Reference: E 36/284
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Description: "Lake Yamanaka from the summit of Mount Fuji Japan". Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935).
Date: c.1907
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/507/167
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Description: Satire on George IV in support of Queen Caroline, his estranged wife. The new king spent much of the lead up to his coronation trying to get rid of her.
Date: 1820
Our Document Reference: TS 11/115
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Description: Map showing the extent of German attacks on Birmingham in November and December 1940, produced by the Research and Experiments Department of the Ministry of Home Security.
Date: 1940
Our Catalogue Reference: HO 193/57
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Description: K. 8689. With the Kenya Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. European and African crew of H.M.S. - Working with the Royal Navy.
Location: Eldoret, Nairobi, Liverpool, Machakos, Mombasa, Kakamega, Kenya
Date: 1945
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/139
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Description: Hongkong Hotel.(From the Queen's Road).
Location: Hongkong, Hong Kong
Date: 1869-1900
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/444.
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Description: "In Happy Valley, Llandudno, North Wales". Photograph from the Dixon-Scott Collection.
Date: 1926-42
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 9/821
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Description: St. John's Cathedral.(From the Parade Ground, H.K.)
Location: Hongkong, Hong Kong
Date: 1869-1900
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/444.
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Description: Joss House in Hollywood Road.(Hongkong)
Location: Hongkong, Hong Kong
Date: 1869-1900
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/444.
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Description: Water Fall, Pokfulum. (Hongkong.)
Location: Hongkong, Hong Kong
Date: 1869-1900
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/444.
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Description: Workers at the Audit Office at London's Paddington Station joined up together to fight in the Great War. Photo caption reads: "Late Audit old sport. Trooper J.H. Hyam more generally known as "Fatty" (front row, third from left). 11th Hussars, Remount Football Team."
Date: World War One
Our Catalogue Reference: RAIL 253/516
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Location: Hong Kong
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/555.
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Location: Hong Kong
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/555.
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Super Typhoon Hagupit is forecast to track towards the Philippines over the weekend of 6-7 December.
Latest forecast track and information about the strength of the storm are available from the Japan Meteorological Agency (www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/).
Warnings are being issued by PAGASA in the Philippines, where the local name of the storm is Ruby.
Composite image of infrared data over NASA's Blue Marble, data acquired at 09:00 (UTC) on 4 December 2014.
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Description: Coloured woodcut portrait of Martin Luther with verses in German.
Date: c.1546
Our Catalogue Reference: EXT 9/40
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Composite image of tropical cyclones Philippe, close to the Bahamas, and Selma, near Honduras, from 06:00 UTC on Monday, 30 October 2017.
Updates and advisories on these storms can be found on the GDACS website.
Infrared data from the geostationary satellites of EUMETSAT, JMA and NOAA overlays a computer-generated model of the Earth, containing NASA's Blue Marble Next Generation imagery.
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Description: Signed photograph of General Charles de Gaulle, future president of the French Republic, extracted from a file on the Czech assault on Dunkirk.
Date: 1945
Our Catalogue Reference: CN 4/19
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Description: Postcard from a staff member at the Great Western Railway office in Paddington, London, who went to war.
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Date: 1915- 1918
Our file reference: RAIL 253/516
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Description: Poster produced by the newly established Ministry of Munitions during World War One.
Date: 1916
Our Catalogue Reference: EXT 1/315/10
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Description: "Photograph of friendly chief and followers". Photograph taken by Felice Beato on the Nile Expedition to relieve Khartoum.
Date: 1884/5
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/373/377
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Description: "The Peacock Inn, Rowsley, Derby"
Date: 1926-1942
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 9/154
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Composite image of category 2 Typhoon Hato approaching Hong Kong, at 09:00 UTC on Wednesday, 23 August 2017.
Updates and advisories on this storm can be found on the GDACS website.
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Description: Radio and TV in Hong Kong. Spinning the discs in Radio Hong Kong's new 16 studio complex.
Location: Hong Kong
Date: 1969
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/467.
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Description: Central Police Station.
Location: Antigua, Leeward Islands
Date: 1880-1929
Description: Post Office (ground floor - Audit & Agricultural Dept, in upper story).
Location: Antigua, Leeward Islands
Date: 1880-1929
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/411
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Fog over parts of W Europe causes flight delays - image from EUMETSAT's Metop-A polar-orbiting satellite - 02/11/15 at 10:10 UTC.
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Description: Turkish flank trench
Location: Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Date: 1915
Our catalogue reference: WO 317/1 (15)
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Description: Correspondence from a staff member at the Great Western Railway office in Paddington, London, who went to war.
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Date: 1915- 1918
Our file reference: RAIL 253/516
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Miniature oil portrait of Harriet Taylor (nee Hardy), 1807-1858. Wife of John Stuart Mill and an important influence on his works, especially those on women's rights.
IMAGELIBRARY/1350
Description: Pen portrait from 'Bishop Stapelton's Calendar' from the reign of Edward II
Date: c.1324
Our Catalogue Reference: E 36/268
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Description: Official printed copy of Elizabeth I's "Golden Speech" delivered in the Presence Chamber at Whitehall Palace to 141 MPs. Attacked for granting lucrative trading rights to favoured courtiers the Queen responded with a speech which totally disarmed the distrustful audience.
Date: 30th November 1601
Our Catalogue Reference: SP 12/282 f.138
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Sidney James Webb (1859-1947); Baron Passfield; politician. Reading at Bryans Ground.
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Description: Building research photograph from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research showing a multistorey car parking experiment.
Date: c.1958
Our Catalogue Reference: DSIR 4/3533
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Description: Hong Kong Electric Tramway Car
Location: Hong Kong
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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/446.
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