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The 'Big Four', Paris Peace Conference
A photograph of the 'Big Four' leaders at the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles which decided peace terms after the First World War (1914-18). Left to Right: Prime Minister of Italy Vittorio Orlando (1860-1952), Prime Minister of the United...
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Fess Parker as Davy Crockett - Spark that lit the Crockett Craze of the 1950s
Actor Fess Parker in his role as Davy Crockett in the Disney Studio's production of the Davy Crockett miniseries (1954-1955). Parker's Crockett was so electrifying that it led to the Crockett Craze of the 1950s, during which children of all...
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Portrait of Davy Crockett
Portrait of David 'Davy' Crockett by John Gadsby Chapman, engraving by C. Stuart, part of the Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection, 1839.
National Museum of American History, Behring Center.
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The Arabian Commission in Paris
A 1919 photograph of the Arabian Commission to the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles which decided peace terms after the First World War (1914-18). Standing in the foreground is Emir Faisal while to the rear and immediate right of Faisal...
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War Memorial, Beaugency, France
A photograph of the war memorial in Beaugency, France commemorating the fallen in the First World War (1914-18) and the Second World War (1939-45). Flowers are laid before the monument each 11 November, date of the 1918 Armistice with Germany...
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The Formidable Women Who Shaped Medieval Europe
Cover of The Formidable Women Who Shaped Medieval Europe: Power and Patronage at the Burgundian Court by Susan Abernethy. This is a collection of 31 women who were related by blood, marriage, and politics to the Valois Dukes of Burgundy...
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Catherine of Braganza
Queen Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), oil on canvas after Sir Peter Lely, circa 1660-1705.
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
National Trust.
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Queen Catherine of Braganza as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Queen Catherine of Braganza as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, oil on canvas by Jacob Huysmans, c.1664-70.
State Entrance, Hillsborough Castle
Royal Collection Trust
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Map of Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War
A map of the Battle of Gettysburg (1–3 July 1863), the largest and bloodiest engagement of the American Civil War (1861–1865), fought in Pennsylvania between General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and General George...
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Map of Europe at the End of World War One, November 1918 - Lost Empires, Uncertain Borders, and New Nations
This map illustrates the geopolitical landscape of Europe in mid-November 1918, immediately after the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne (11 November 1918), which ended the First World War (1914–1918). The Great War, fought on an unprecedented...
