Brass Collection (#21)

Paris Garde Nationale band
The band of the Paris Garde Nationale at the Crystal Palace Date: 1858

O. T. C School band, 1900
The young men of the O.T.C School band, with their signatures, pictured in 1900. Date: 1900

Kaiser Wilhelm II with soldiers just before WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, taking part in a military exercise with soldiers just before the outbreak of the First World War. Date: June 1914

Grenadier Guards perform
The musical festival at Boston: the band of the grenadier guards playing The Star Spangled Banner. Date: 1872

Lord Herbert Kitchener, British Army officer
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), British Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman. Studio portrait by Bassano. circa 1900

Coronation Tea Party (advertisement)
As part of an advertisement for Bowater Paper Corporation Limited, artist Illingworth previews the typical scene in British villages during Coronation week. Date: 1953

Austrian Village Ensemble, featuring, yokels, musicians and a variety of age groups! The caption reads Aineter Militia. Date: 1928

Austrian Brass Band in traditional country costume. Date: circa 1910s

Simple Beds
Simple brass and iron bedsteads for working people, servants and others Date: 1889

A Village Brass Band
A village band dressed smartly but variously Date: circa 1900

Trumpets, Wurlitzer
Regulation trumpets, including U.S. army, post horn and coaching horn

E-flat Bass, Wurlitzer
Two E-flat Bass from the Wurlitzer range; in Medium and...if thats not big enough, in Monster. Available in various finishes

Helicon Bass, Wurlitzer
Two Helicon Bass from the Wurlitzer range; the Monster and...if thats not big enough, the Mammoth with a 16 and 18 inch bell respectively. Available in various finishes

BB-flat Bass, Wurlitzer
Two BB-flat bass from the Wurlitzer range; the Professional and the Lyric, both in Mammoth size for that ear shattering tone of remarkable volume. Available in various finishes

Boys Band at Erdington Homes, Birmingham
Boys military band at Erdington Cottage Homes, Birmingham. As well as the boys and their instruments, the picture includes the Union Chairman (left)

Band and parade at Mettray Colony, France
A band and parade of inmates at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s, the colony pioneered the cottage homes system where boys lived in small

Boys Band, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The Boys Band at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are in uniform, holding their instruments on the steps of the building

Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
View of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls

Four young inmates, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
Four young inmates (two boys and two girls) at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The boys are in band uniform and hold a trumpet or cornet

Group of scouts in front of a tent
A group of eight boy scouts pose for their photo in a field, in front of a tent. One of them is holding a bugle, no doubt used to wake them all up in the morning

Military band at a country house, Crickhowell, Mid Wales
A military band in the grounds of a large country house in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. Various civilians are walking around, enjoying the gardens and fountain

Soldiers march up High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Soldiers marching up the High Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, watched by various townspeople, around the time of the outbreak of the First World War

Parade in High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A parade, including a brass band, makes its way up the High Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Training Ship, Mount Edgcumbe Band, Saltash, Cornwall
The Mount Edgcumbe Industrial Training Ship for Homeless and Destitute Boys was established at Saltash in Cornwall in 1877

Brass Rail Restaurant, New York
Brass Rail Restaurant, at 7th Avenue and 49th Street, New York City, America

Union Workhouse, Tonbridge, Kent, Boys Drill
A line of boys at Tonbridge Union workhouse in Kent, probably in band uniforms, hold their rifles in military drill style. A man at the left of the line (their bandmaster?) looks

Strand Union Boys Band
A group picture of the Strand Union Boys Band on 12 July 1905, at the Childrens Fete held at the Vicarage, Tottenham, North London

Metal worker at Matiari, West Bengal, India
A metal worker makes a brass pot by traditional methods at Matiari, a village in West Bengal, India. Date: 2007

Duoeuphonium for duets
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Boys Band, Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland
Members of the Boys Band posing on the deck of the Training Ship Empress, operated at Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire, Scotland) on the Clyde, by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

Company & Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Ships company and band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Westcliff-on-Sea - The Bandstand
The Bandstand at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, close to Southend-on-Sea

On the deck of the Medusa
A smiling woman polishes a piece of brass fitting on the fore deck of a boat at Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex

German underground dug-out
Interior of a German underground dugout at Fricourt during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. Note the immaculately made brass bed and other comforts

Diagram showing The Detector
Undated diagram showing " The Detector", a method for testing substances in a glass bottle using brass terminals and a cylinder to feel the " etheric reactions". HPG/85/8"

Holborn Schools Band, Mitcham, Surrey
Boys band at Holborn Schools, High Street, Mitcham - originally established in 1856 in the grounds of Eagle House. The Schools provided accommodation

White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketches
A White Star Line handwritten booklet entitled Particulars of Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, SS Olympic, May 1911. The vessel returned to the shipyard in Belfast in October 1911 for alterations

Manchester Ship Canal - The opening of a new dock
Officials and local dignitaries on the deck of a steamship at the opening of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal - built between 1887 and 1894 - it was (for a time)

Chart Room key of Titanic lamp trimmer
The Chart Room key and brass identity tag of Samuel Hemming, a lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic. Hemming was saved from the sea by Lifeboat no.4 and had this key and others in his pocket

Stead telegram and brass nameplate
1. One of eight telegrams sent to Miss EK Harper relating to the Titanic disaster and the loss of WT Stead. 2. A cast brass nameplate from Titanic lifeboat no. 12

Spice Seller - Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
A spice seller near Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. The trader sells a variety of dried and ground spices from baskets and tin cans, weighing the quanities on a fine pair of brass hand scales

Elegant luggage 1956
Something more than sturdy usefulness in luggage is required by the elegant traveller nowaday. These Noton soft top cases in the Pandora range are made in matching sets of pig grain and cherry red

Brighton Works brass plates
Two brass plates for the Brighton railway works, and a smaller metal plate for the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works

A large group of Musicians - Constantinople
The Choice Artists and musicians directed by the Amiable Band Leader Mr Lange, Constantinople

Bruce Bairnsfather War collectibles
A selection of collectible items designed by the Bystanders World War I cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather. Includes an Ole Bill mascot (possibly a car mascot), a cigarette case

The Band That Blew Too Hard by Hynes
Humorous illustration showing a band in a club or restaurant blowing their brass instruments so hard, that diners and dancers find themselves struggling against a gale force wind - wigs are blown off

The band of HH Abbas II Hilmi Bey - Khedive of Egypt
The band of HH Abbas II Hilmi Bey (also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha) (1874 - 1944) - the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (1892 - 1914)

Princess Marys Christmas gift to the soldiers and sailors: The lid of the brass tobacco box

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