Images Dated 2000

Le Mans 24 Hour Race The Aston Martin team before the start of the race - cars 25

Le Mans 24 Hour Race
The Aston Martin team before the start of the race - cars 25, 26, and 27
1953

24 Hours Le Mans Endurance Race, Aston Martin, Classic Car, Flags, Pit Stop, Race Track, Racing Car, Sports Car, Vintage Car

British drivers Anthony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton scored a sweeping victory in the

British drivers Anthony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton scored a sweeping victory in the gruelling Le Mans race.
Driving the Jaguar, they flashed across the finishing line after covering more than 2, 500 miles in the 24-hour non-stop event.
The photo shows:The Jaguar driven by Stirling Moss and Peter Walker which finished second, leads the winners Rolt and Hamilton during the race.
14th June 1953

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Bloody Easter Dublin Martyrs to the cause

Bloody Easter Dublin
Martyrs to the cause ....these men .....and one woman led the 1916 Rebellion . They were not Quite the mould of Bolshevik revolutioinaries. They included poets, scholars, and several of noble birth. The woman Countess Markevicz and two men had their death sentances commuted to hard-labour for life. One of those two men was Eamon De Valera (bottom row) who Escaped to Become his country's elder statesman.This lauditory broadsheet was printed soon after the rising failed.
March 19 1916 Topfoto stills library picture library stock archive vintage Ireland Irish Rebellion 1916

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