We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows the Colossus of Nero, by the Sculptor Zenodore, 66 AD.

The Colossus of Nero, by the Sculptor Zenodore, 66 AD

The second picture shows George Stephenson’s locomotive Rocket, 1830.

George Stephenson's locomotive Rocket, 1830

The third picture shows the Philippine Revolution and its leader.

Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino revolutionary leader and politician

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Charlotte Corday, assassin of Jean-Paul Marat.

Charlotte Corday, assassin of French Revolutionary Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat

The second picture shows the kitchen of a mediaeval castle.

Kitchen of a medieval castle

The third picture shows Ursa Major.

Ursa Major

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows the Goltzsch Viaduct Railway Bridge, Mylau, Germany.

The Goltzsch Viaduct Railway bridge, Mylau, Germany

The second picture shows Dante exiled from Florence.

Dante exiled from Florence

The third picture shows the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday.

The assassination of Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday, French Revolution, 13 July 1793

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Lord Byron in Greece.

Lord Byron, English poet

The second picture shows Jesus preparing to be nailed to the Cross.

Exhausted, Jesus prepares to be nailed to the Cross

The third picture shows the Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution, 20 June 1789.

The Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution, 20 June 1789

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows the Batavian revolt against the Romans.

Batavian revolt against the Romans

The second picture shows ostrich hunting in Patagonia.

Ostrich hunting, Patagonia

The third picture shows the use of magnesium filaments for flash photography.

Use of magnesium filaments for flash photography

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Ernest Reyer’s opera Sigurd.

Sigurd

The second picture shows the assassination of the German envoy to Beijing, Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900.

Assassination of the German envoy to Beijing, Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900

The third picture shows the Apparition of the Cross announcing victory to Constantine at the Battle of Milvian Bridge, 312.

Apparition of the Cross announcing victory to Constantine at the Battle of Milvian Bridge, 312

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This stylised poster-like image of Che Guevara is a powerful portrait of one of the world’s most famous Freedom Fighters who soared to fame during the Cuban Revolution, and whose Marxist ideas often seemed less potent than his iconic face, which has come to symbolise rebellion and the counter-cultural fervour of youth the world over.

Che Guevara

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The legend of Lawrence of Arabia has as much to with his appearance as with his remarkable political gifts and passion for the Arab world. We see in this picture a portrait of the serious and curiously wary T E Lawrence, whose fine intelligence and charisma seem to reside in his piercing blue eyes.

Lawrence of Arabia

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This unusual picture of Marie Antoinette approaching the guillotine in a shroud-like robe is a stark image of the fall of the Bourbon Queen-Consort of France, whose lofty disdain for the Parisian poor has been immortalised in her apocryphal remark, “Let them eat cake”; she might have made it, even if she did not, and in this picture there is a bleak atmosphere of Nemesis hanging over the scene of her impending execution.

Marie Antoinette approaching the guillotine

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One of the most undeserving victims of the Terror during the French Revolution was the scientific genius named Antoine Lavoisier. The nobleman and pioneering chemist is seen here in this crowded and atmospheric picture, standing on the tumbrel with the dais of death in the background, waiting to meet his unjust fate at the Guillotine.

Lavoisier on the way to his execution by C L Doughty

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