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USA: A black student stands alongside his white peers conducting a lab experiment. INCREDIBLE photos from the turn of the 20th Century were included i...

USA: Described as 'the only negro store of its type', Mr Gardner proudly stands outside his repair shop in Chicago. INCREDIBLE photos from the turn of...

USA: A photo of the award-winning exhibit in Paris 1900. INCREDIBLE photos from the turn of the 20th Century were included in a bold and spectacular P...

USA: Mr. Dodson, a jeweller in Knoxville, Tennesee. A huge percentage of black workers were employed in low-paid agricultural work as work in other se...

USA: Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans. The American Civil War had seen an end to slavery which was legally abolished in 1865. These photos were...

USA: Black students in a science lab at Howard University. The exhibit hoped to challenge the notion that African American people were 'inferior', as...

USA: Prominent intellectual activist W.E.B. Du Bois was a key curator for the exhibit. He was disillusioned by its lack of impact in the USA, where it...

USA: An African American music tutor plys his trade. Unfortunately the exhibit, though hailed as a wonder in Paris, did not deliver the social change...

USA: A crowd of African Americans prepare for church. INCREDIBLE photos from the turn of the 20th Century were included in a bold and spectacular Par...

USA: A nursing student wearing a starched white uniform, seated in a rocking chair, reading. The exhibit hoped to show how far the black community had...

USA: This strikingly pretty African American woman was also included in the portrait section. INCREDIBLE photos from the turn of the 20th Century were...

USA: Sgt. John Lawson with his war medals. There was a collection of portraits of African American subjects included in the exhibit. INCREDIBLE photos...

USA: Impeccably dressed black students graduate from their law class at Howard University, Washington DC INCREDIBLE photos from the turn of the 20th C...

Space: Hubble telescope undergoing astronaut repairs on first servicing mission. AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD book is a cosmic celebration of the men and mach...

Space: A space shuttle is fired into Space. AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD book is a cosmic celebration of the men and machines which have smashed through Eart...

Space: Atlantis, the penultimate space shuttle to be built. Seen here with it's payload inside its open bay doors. AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD book is a cosm...

Space: Dramatic launch of a Gemini-Titan II rocket. These would pave the way for the Apollo missions and the moon landing in just a few short years....

Space: Book Cover. AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD book is a cosmic celebration of the men and machines which have smashed through Earth???s last frontier. July...

A photo provided by the U.S. National Archives of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, speaking with American Army parat...

A photo provided by the U.S. National Archives of German prisoners of war captured after the D-Day landings in Normandy being guarded by American troo...

USA: A publication from the turn of the 19th century celebrates 'The Exhibition of American Negroes'. INCREDIBLE photos from the turn of the 20th Cent...

UK: Book cover. REMARKABLE photos show the brutal reality of life in the trenches of World War One for Highland soldiers, renowned as some of the most...

NEWCASTLE: View of progress with the Tyne Bridge, 2 February 1928, showing the two halves getting closer together. It would go on to be the longest si...

NEWCASTLE: View of the Tyne Bridge towers under construction, 19 September 1928. STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women who built one of the...

NEWCASTLE: An historic moment as the Newcastle and Gateshead sides of the Tyne Bridge meet, 23 February 1928. The remaining 9 inch gap was closed by a...

NEWCASTLE: This was approximately the height from which Nathaniel Collins fell and lost his life. STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women who...

NEWCASTLE: Flags fly above the Tyne Bridge to celebrate the completion of its arch. Fireworks were also set off in front of an appreciative crowd. STR...

NEWCASTLE: View of the Tyne Bridge towers under construction. they wouldn't be totally finished until 1929. STRIKING photos capture the brave men and...

NEWCASTLE: View of the Tyne Bridge from Gateshead, as work on its construction continues, 6 March 1928 STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women...

NEWCASTLE: Two years into the builld, the iconic structure is taking shape. STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women who built one of the North...

NEWCASTLE: The first sections of steelwork rise over Hillgate Quay, Gateshead, 10 August 1927). Most of the girders in this photograph are part of a t...

NEWCASTLE: View along the Tyne Bridge as work on its roadway continues. STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women who built one of the North Eas...

NEWCASTLE: View through the girders from the Gateshead side of the Tyne Bridge to the Newcastle side, 27 January 1928. STRIKING photos capture the bra...

NEWCASTLE: Construction staff of the Tyne bridge, employed by Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women who built one of...

NEWCASTLE: View of the Tyne Bridge captured from the Newcastle side during its construction on 15 February 1928. This shot shows very clearly the cros...

NEWCASTLE: The stunning steel arch is just a few weeks away from completion. STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women who built one of the Nort...

NEWCASTLE: Seconds before the Tyne Bridge's stunning archway is meets int the middle. STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women who built one of...

NEWCASTLE: View of the Tyne Bridge in the very early stages of construction, looking from Newcastle upon Tyne over towards Gateshead, 22 March 1927. S...

NEWCASTLE: View of the Tyne Bridge, 1 October 1928. It would be officially opened by the king nine days later. STRIKING photos capture the brave men a...

NEWCASTLE: Building the road that links Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead.STRIKING photos capture the brave men and women who built one of the North E...

NEWCASTLE: A wonderful image as steel erectors, riveters and crane drivers perch on a 20-ton capacity crane to mark the completion of the Tyne Bridge...

UK: DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authoritative new book shows the crucial role British submarines played in the two world wars and the gru...

UK: The ???E??? class was conceived as an ocean-going craft. Pictured here is E 25 on its launch day 23 August 1915. DANGEROUS, dark and hugely techni...

UK: Smiling submariners onboard the World War One submarine B4 shows an early wireless antenna installation, usable only when she was surfaced. DANGER...

UK: A mini-sub ???X-craft??? at sea, the officer in the hatch giving an idea of its tiny scale. DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authoritative...

UK: Hunting for the enemy, British submariners test out the sights on their sub's gun turret. DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authoritative n...

UK: The claustrophobic control room of a First World War ???J???-class submarine DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authoritative new book shows...

UK: This photo shows how newer submarines dwarfed their predecessors. Here an ???O???-class submarine lies alongside M 2, L 25 and H 32, in descending...

UK: British submarine M 1 in camouflage, as delivered. The wavy pattern helped make it less visible when it surfaced. DANGEROUS, dark and hugely techn...

UK: The Royal Navy???s big ???J???-class submarines in World War One were well-adapted to the observational blockade mission, although they had not be...