Bars Collection (#5)

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, The Mongrel Puppy Book. Date: 1912

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Battersea Dogs Home
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, dogs behind bars at the Battersea Dogs Home, waiting to be adopted and taken to a good home. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and other dogs in cages
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and other stolen dogs are kept locked up in cages. " Never before, or since, have I found myself in such a strange, mixed, company." Date: 1895

Barman and waiter working in a bar. A sign invites customers to Join Our Christmas Club. Date: circa 1930s

Gold bricks on display, Lead, South Dakota, USA
Gold bricks on display at Lead, South Dakota, USA. The large Homestake Gold Mine was discovered in 1876. The gold bricks seen here were worth $125, 000 at the time

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Rhinoceros. Date: 1933

Juarez Avenue by night, Juarez, Chihuaha, Mexico
View of Juarez Avenue by night, Juarez, Chihuaha, Mexico, with various bars, clubs and cafes, and neon lights. Date: 1943

Elizabeth Fry and Anna Buxton visiting women prisoners at Newgate Prison, London. Anna Buxton is seen kneeling in prayer. Date: 1813

Business card, Calton Bar, Kobe, Japan
Business card for the Calton (or Carlton) Bar, Sannomiyacho, Kobe, Japan, the finest place in town, with service by more than a dozen beautiful girls

Pigeons - Shield, Hyacinth, Suarbian, German Toy Breeds
A portrait of three varieties of pigeon from the German Toy breed. The illustrations of the Shield, Hyacinth and Suabian show their unique features

Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy
A portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine

Pigeons - Black Capuchins and Damascenes
An illustration showing two Black Capuchins, also known as Syrian Wammentauben Beirut pigeons, and two Damascenes in an outdoor scenery

Pigeons - A portrait of four Homing Pigeons
The pictured Racing Homing Pigeons were the property of J. Oliver Esq. of Bexhill, and were trained by The Brighton and County of Sussex Society

Pigeons - Short and Long-Faced Antwerps, Fancy Breed
A portrait of two Short-Faced and two Long-Faced Antwerps which are a breed of fancy pigeon. The illustration presents their distinctive colouration and markings

Pigeons - Young and Old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoon
A portrait of three young and old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoons, who are a member of the Fancy Breed of pigeon, most commonly found in London

Pigeons - Three Dragoons, Birmingham Fancy
A portrait of a Silver-Brown Bar, a Silver-Black Bar, and a Blue Dragoon, breeds of the fancy pigeon. The pigeons are also are in common with Birmingham, UK

Two Pigmy Pouters and Two Isabel Pigeons
A group portrait featuring one cream and one white Pigmy Pouters, with one yellow, and one red Isabels standing in their coop

On wall bars the Heave Date: 1927

Students supporting each other on parallel bars Date: 1903

Woman and lion in a cage, New Hampshire, USA
Sampson and Dililah -- a woman and a lion in cage, photographed by B W Kilburn of Littleton, New Hampshire, USA. Date: 1896

Horizontal bars Date: 1947

Cartoon, Boche, Wild Mammal, WW1
Cartoon, Boche, Wild Mammal, on display in a zoo, an imaginary scene looking forward to 1956. Date: 1915

Munich beer hall. Illustration by O. Graf published in L Illustration on August 3rd, 1901. Engraving

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - First output of Gold
Black and white lantern Slide of the First Output of Gold - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

ZOO - Young Tiger in a Cage, young female, close up to bars (Panthera tigris atta). Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia

Shand Mason horse-drawn manual pump and crew
A Shand Mason horse-drawn manual pump, with crew from Red Cross Street fire station in traditional costume, taking part in the 1932 Lord Mayors Show, City of London

Firefighter using railing expander to release boy
Firefighter using railing expander to release a boy who has got his head stuck

Two Bars Rest - Woman smoking, 1917
Illustration by E. Lucchesi taken from a De Reske cigarettes advertisement showing a woman multi tasking by playing the piano with one hand and lighting her cigarette from a candle with the other

Farewell to the Land Girls
Princess Mary presenting medals to Land Girls in December 1919 at the Drapers Hall, at their last rally before demobilisation

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove womens gloves 1935
A selection of wrist gloves: suede simplex fabric, hog skin, reynier quailty seleted French kid gloves, novelty French Chevrette Kid gloves with black patent leather bars

Baby in a play pen by Muriel Dawson
A laughing baby sitting in a play pen with a doll, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1928

Pug Peter -- chained dog in prison cell
Pug Peter -- Catching the Mice with Cheese. A chained dog in a prison cell, with a crowd of mice at the open door converging on a piece of cheese. Date: 1905

Fire in the Tower of London, rescuing the Crown Jewels
Breaking into the strong room in the Jewel Tower at the Tower of London to rescue the Crown Jewels during a fire in 1841. Date: 1841

Siege Weapon - Metal Cutter
An example of a typical 16th century siege weapon used to cut the bars restricting an armies ability of sieging an enemys fort. Date: 1588

Eldo ice cream and chocolate salesman
A salesman with his cart, selling Eldo ice cream and chocolate

Child in a playpen in a garden
A child standing in a playpen in a garden, with his teddy bear and toy dog for company, and some counting beads to play with. Date: circa 1920s

Moroccan Window
Plants on the cool window sill of a dark room in Morocco, North Africa, a shady escape from the scorching sun outside. Date: 1930s

Scotts Oyster Bars
A group of waiters at Scotts Oyster Bar, West End, London. Date: 1930s

Royal Mint Machinery
Bars of gold being fed into the stamping machines at the Royal Mint. Date: 1930s

Hedonistic champagne-drinking in Paris, early 1930s Date: 1901 - 1953

Advertisement for Crunchie Bar -- male and female models posing. 1959

National Gymnastics Competition Caen, Parallel and High bars
National Gymnastics Competition Caen, competitors competing on the Parallel and High bars (in synchronised performance). Note the safety mat is actually a large pile of soft sand! Date: 1911

Marimba
The Zulu Harmonicon (shown in front and rear view) is also known as the Marimba. Each of the ten bars of wood have a gourd attached, which acts as a resonator

Interior of a coffee in a city of Morocco. 20th c. Engraved color. Engraving

Caf順rascati in Paris, 1807. Engraving by Philibert-Louis
Caf順 rascati in Paris, 1807. Engraving by Philibert-Louis Debucourt. A cafe and games room, it became famous for having ice-cream early in 1789. Engraving

A bar is Paris. Staff photo

The little man has had a busy day... Harry himself. Harry, the owner of a New York style bar in Paris pokes fun at himself in this advertisement piece

Henrys hotel bar interior. Paris
Henrys hotel bar interior. Rue Volney, Paris. Patrons posing for a picture. C. 1908

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