In November 2022, Matthew Hawes wanted to use a collection image which the production company he works for was producing for a BBC production about Great Coastal Railway Journeys.

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In the February of 2020, Mehmet Tutuncu wanted to include some Algerian images for a forthcoming book 'Historical maps and illustrations of Algiers.'

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In May 2019, Don Stadtner wanted the title page image from one of our books in the collection for his book on 'The Sacred Sites of Sri Lanka'. We were very happy to oblige.

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In 2019, Josh Sykes of Blakeway Productions was looking for an image of Archibald Brown to be included in a documentary about Queen Victoria for Channel 5 in the UK.

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Chris Shoubridge had a relative that was clerk of the Brighton Racecourse, and he requested images to aid him in some family research he is carrying out.

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Aida Metcalf got in touch wanting a specific image of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for a book about the history of water in the city. If she could discover the actual location of the image it goes into 'ImagineRio', a digital atlas of the history of the city.

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In December 2022, Jennifer Selitti said that she was writing a book about a ship that sank off the coast of Maaschusetts in 1856. The author Don Vicente Diaz Y Comas was on the ship. She wanted an illustration to link into the book's narrative.

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From Hamburg, Rolf Foth recently completed a biography of F.W. Delkeskamp, and he required many images from our collection to illustrate his wonderful book. We were kindly gifted a copy of the finished work!

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Audrey Alves in France wanted some images to help illustrate a publication dedicated to the French Embassy in India and the history of Franco-Indian relations, which will ultimately be distributed by the French Embassy. This was done, Audrey was delighted

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Recently a regular website requester, Ina Line, dropped the collection a line requesting an image for a book to be published by the Turaida Museum 'Cassiobury Manor Swiss House'. As always, we were happy to oblige Ina.

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