Fin D Collection (#2)

FINDING OF MOSES. The finding of Moses by pharoahs daughters (Exodus 2: 6). Color wood engraving after Gustave Dor
FINDING OF MOSES. The finding of Moses by pharoahs daughters (Exodus 2:6). Color wood engraving after Gustave Dor

My wife and my mother-in-law. They are both in this picture - find them. Illustration is an optical illusion showing a portrait of the artists wife, head-and-shoulders

Find the range of your patriotism by enlisting in the Navy. Poster showing soldiers firing a cannon as a plane flies over. Date 1918

Girls - are you interested in a job? Find out what an occupation has to offer you in pay, employment, security, and promotion : Free classes in occupations

Boys - are you interested in a job? Find out what an occupation has to offer you in pay, employment, security, and promotion : Free classes in occupations

Find the Lady
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Nimes / Boulevard
Follow the boulevard Victor- Hugo and you ll find yourself at the Roman arena. Date: circa 1900

Exiled Communards 2
Living as best they can, French communist refugees after the collapse of the Commune find refuge in London. Date: 1872

Hunters and Signpost
Two German hunters have lost their way and try to find out from a signpost whether they should go this way, that way or the other... Date: early 20th century

Hunt the slipper
All dressed up for the evening, just about to go out when she can t find one of her shoes. The maids look everywhere, and when asked, they just shrug their shoulders

Chester Rows
Collectorss Find Antiques on the famous Rows, Lower Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Belgian Air Force 4
Michel Donnet and Leon Divoy, after the German defeat of Belgium, find and repair an old aeroplane and make a daring escape to England where they fight with great success. Date: 1916+

Boy on beach with Sea Mine
" Look what I ve found Mummie!" A small boy discovers a mine on the beach whilst making a sandcastle. His Mother is fainting in shock at this explosive discovery. Date: 1940s

Nautical Students 1930S
Young men, students at the London School of Engineering and navigation, learning how to take a bearing by sextant to find the position of a ship when out at sea. Date: 1930s

Paul and Barnabas
At Lystra, Paul and Barnabas find that - thanks to their miracle-working - they are being worshipped as gods ! Date: 1st century

The Queen Bee
The grateful ducks find the Princesss key for Blockhead

Diamond Hunting / Borneo
Natives hunting for diamonds in a river, Borneo. They sieve through the silt in the hope that they will find diamonds. Date: 1883

The Lady and the Lion
- needless to say, the lion is really a Prince who has been magically transformed : when transformed back again, she will find that he is not just a prince, but very handsome

Diviners finding minerals. Artwork of divining rods being used to search for underground minerals during the 16th century. Diviners are using forked, wooden rods at centre left and upper left

1823 William Buckland cave hyena fossil
1823 Copper engraving of a modern hyena (top) and British hyena jawbones (below) from Kirkdale cave (below) with an actual cave hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea) fossil jawbone resting on the page

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East Indian divers gathering parls, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

In a French bar
A waiter waits patiently for a customer to find the money needed to pay for his glass of wine

Secret Admirer 1918
A showgirl, dressed as a bottle of Champagne - and why not? - is intrigued to find that a secret admirer had left flowers in her dressing room

Fish Sailing Couple 1939
A sailor, with his female companion, find a far more interesting way to sail the seas, on the back of a fish. The steering wheel must be of invaluable assistance

Prince George and war ambulance
Prince George, later Duke of Kent (1902-1942), fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace with Mr Hansell

A London Fog, 1847
Engraving showing a street scene in London, on a particularly foggy day, 1847. This image shows several people carrying burning torches to try to find their way through the gloom. Date: 2 January 1847

Find the Man Who Has Enlisted
A propagandist illustration during World War One contrasting the pride and satisfaction of the man who has enlisted to join up, with the shame of one who has not

The Babes in the Wood Race, Bermuda, 1904
Illustration showing the Babes in the Wood race at a gymkana held in Bermuda, 1904. The race was as follows: The men had to gallop up to a wall, dismount and climb over

A British observation-officer testing his communications equ
A British observation-officer testing the communications equipment which allowed him to speak to the ground when aloft in his kite-balloon

A British observation-officers parachute being tested
Photograph of a British observation-officers parachute being tested prior to his take-off in a kite-balloon. Such balloons remained tethered to the ground

The Terra Nova, 1903
Photograph of the three-masted barque, Terra Nova, taken in 1903 when she was setting out for the Antarctic to try to find and help the Discovery expedition

Footprints of a mysterious creature in the Himalayan mountai
A track made by a langur bounding along and placing all four feet together, or by a bear? The footprints of the abominable snowman in the Himalayan snow

Captain James Fitzjamess Cabin aboard HMS Erebus, 1845
Engraving showing Captain James Fitzjamess cabin aboard HMS Erebus, pictured shortly before departure, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

H. M. Stanleys meeting with Forest Pygmies, Central Africa
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Anglo-America explorer and journalist, meeting with some forest pygmies, during one of his expeditions to Central Africa

Sir Samuel Baker (1821-1893)
Engraving of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Baker undertook extensive exploration of Central Africa, in search of the source of the Nile River, in the early 1860 s

The Pandora heading for the Carey Islands, 1875
Engraving showing the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, beating upwind to the Carey Islands, 1875. The Pandora was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875

Bismarck and Disraeli at the Kaiserhof Hotel, Berlin, 1878
Engraving showing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck (left, seated) and Benjamin Disraeli (right, seated) in discussion in the Kaiserhof Hotel, Berlin

The Musick Hal at Disco Island, 1875
Engraving showing the building on Disco Island, Greenland, which the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, had converted to use as a Musick Hal for their entertainment, 1875

The Pandora in Peels Strait, 1875
Engraving showing the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, in Peels Strait, 29th August 1875. The Pandora was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875 and 1876 to find the Northwest Passage

Lieutenant Parr sets out to find help for the Northern Sledg
Engraving showing Lieutenant Parr setting off from the Northern Sledging party, in order to fetch help, during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875)
Engraving of Lady Jane Franklin, nee Griffin, the wife of the English explorer, Sir John Franklin. Lady Jane travelled extensively with Sir John through Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Tasmania

Lady Florence Baker (1841-1916)
Engraving of Lady Florence Baker, the wife of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Lady Baker joined her husband on his extensive exploration of Central Africa

Walrus Hunting during the Pandora Arctic Expedition, 1876
Engraving showing the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, using the ships boats to shoot walruses in Arctic waters, 1876

A Member of H. M. Stanleys expedition threatening a baggage
Engraving showing a member of Sir Henry Morton Stanleys expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone threatening a baggage porter, Central Africa, 1871

H. M. Stanleys Expedition crossing the Makata Swamp, Central
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanleys expedition crossing the Makata swamp in Central Africa, 1871. In October 1869

The Civil War in America. Claiming exemption from the draugh
During the American Civil War, the rich could pay $300 or find a substitute willing to serve in the army in his place, the so-called rich mans law was used by many notable Americans

Space Ship Station
When mankind start to explore space they will find it practical to anchor space ship stations at convenient locations, where travelers can transfer to smaller craft

A Bastuto Witch Doctor
A sketch made from a photograph by Mr F. Armstrong. The Witch Doctor pictured is said to be highly regarded within his tribe

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