1900s

The Crescent, dating back to the early 1900s, were homes built to service the nearby Busby Hall.

The salts, dating from the early 1900s and made by renowned Norwegian designer David Andersen, are being sold by the Old Mill Antiques Centre in Low Town, Bridgnorth.

More than 100 images of family portraits, working life, street scenes and school pictures of Filipino-Japanese nationals who lived in the cities of Baguio and Davao, which dated back from the early 1900s through to the 1940s, were made available for public viewing at the Kumin Gallery in Shinjuku Central Park, Tokyo.

Stroll down the cobbled street of The 1900s Town and meet the friendly townsfolk.

"In the early 1900s, the company also operated garages in Slater Street, Wood Street and Fleet Street, in the city centre.

These images of bygone days give a glimpse of life in the town in the 1900s. Included in the trip down memory lane is a view of the High Street FROMYOUNG's Corner as well as one looking towards Greyfriars Church in 1905 with paperboys and horse-drawn carriages making a busy scene.

The anti-suffrage voodoo doll was sent anonymously to a woman in west Wales in the early 1900s. Another, described as a Flora Copper doll, is said to have been made to poke fun at militant suffragettes.

Updating his City of the Plain: History of a Gay Sub-culture from 1991 (and including parts of that book), Wotherspoon chronicles the history of gay life and gay men in Sydney, Australia, from the early 1900s up to the present.

From the grocers of the 1900s to the trams and Welsh Cup final win in 1988, the images display the true essence of how Merthyr used to be | For more pictures go to www.walesonline.co.uk/merthyr

"I could probably see the funny side but it belonged to my great-grandfather in the early 1900s and it was brought to this pub by my grandad when it opened."

Terrible Typhoid Mary traces the story of Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant who worked as a cook on Long Island in the early 1900s. Mysteriously, in every home she ever worked, someone was infected with typhoid.

In the early 1900s, more than 2,000 blue whales lived off the coast of California.