Images Dated 2018 April

Lysander in flight RAF_58A_50_1_O_502

A Westland Lysander in flight near York. Photographed by the RAF in August 1940. First used as an aerial observation post for the army, the Lysander was later used for operations behind enemy lines, being capable of landing on small, improvised airstrips

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Aerial, Aeroplane, Aircraft, Ww2

Fireplace BL20329_006

Detail of a tiled fireplace with wooden surround from the showrooms of the Well Fire Company in 33 Dover Street, Mayfair, London. The photograph was taken in the showrooms of The Well Fire Co. Ltd., who are recorded as clients for this image, but the negative has been masked so that only the fireplace itself is visible. Photographed by Adolphe Augustus Boucher, a photographer for Bedford Lemere & Co. 1908

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