Soldier keeping watch whilst his comrades sleep in a trench during World War One. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935

Thomas Hardy, 1840 – 1928. English novelist and poet. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures, published 1935.

Charles Lindbergh landing at Croyden, England in 1927 in his plane Spirit of St. Louis. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures, published 1935.

A British bombing squadron drawn up at St. Omer, France during World War I. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures, published 1935.

The ocean liner S. S. L'Atlantique of the French Line, on fire and adrift in 1933. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures, published 1935.

Rudolph Valentino, 1895 – 1926. Italian actor, and early pop icon. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures, published 1935.

Jewellers shop offering good prices for gold bullion in 1932 when the value of gold increased. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935

The London flood of 1928. A scene showing damage caused when the Westminster Embankment gave way. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935

An English switchboard operator speaking to America by radio telephone for the first time in 1926. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935

The battleship Vindictive returns to Dover after the raid on Zeebrugge in 1918 during World War One. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935

A woman posting bills during an intensive campaign to obtain more money and men during World War One. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935

World War One recruitment poster with the words Fall In Answer Now In Your Country's Hour of Need. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935

Feeding the Guns in 1916. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935