Half Collection (page 8)

Big Ben, the Bell of the Clock Tower, Westminster
Photograph of Big Ben, the 13-and-a-half ton bell which resides in the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, London. In 1910, Big Ben was the object of some scrutiny as it had developed a crack

Half-Scale Replica of Drakes Golden Hind, 1935
Photograph of an exact half-scale replica of Sir Francis Drakes Golden Hind, which was a feature of Navy Week, Plymouth, August 1935

The Torpedo Washer / 1888
THE TORPEDO WASHER - clothes cleaned by compressed air, in half the time of any other washer

Peugeot advertising poster
Poster for Peugeot cars featuring a comfortable looking car with a driver and three passengers passing through an idyllic looking town or village with half-timbered houses

Cheesecloth
Ethel Beenham, Harry Prices secretary, demonstrates how a sheet of cheesecloth 2 metres by half a metre can be fitted into a deceiving mediums mouth or other orifice

Mincing Lane / Building
This building housing offices and sale rooms is character- istic of the commercial buildings springing up all over London during the latter half of the 19th century

1890S Blouse & Hairstyle
Satin blouse with deep lace falling tucker, puffed half- length sleeves with gathered cuff & frill, checked skirt with Swiss belt waistband. N.B doorknocker top knot hairstyle

Town Ulster Coat 1913
A bowler hatted businessman in a double- breasted coat with velvet collar described as a Town Ulster - but unlike the Ulster has no cape. His narrow trousers have turn-ups

Susi - sitting inside half an Easter egg. 1950s

Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy in Easter egg box
Unusual Friends - Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy sitting inside half an Easter egg box. 1950s

Hudson-Fulton Celebration ship, The Half Moon, USA
Hudson-Fulton Celebration ship, The Half Moon -- celebrating the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudsons discovery of the Hudson River

Normandy: The advance to Troarn
Photograph: Normandy: The advance to Troarn. Although thick mud is holding up operations in the Caen sector, a double blow by British and Canadian tanks

C Squadron half-track wading ashore
Photograph: C Squadron half-track wading ashore. Shows a half-track being driven through the water loaded with equipment and three men aboard

Nurse with the Army Abroad, 1960 (c).Photolithograph recruiting poster, (APD 304), published for the War Office by the Central Office of Information

Suffragette in prison Votes for Women
A suffragette is seated inside a prison cell. Note the graffiti on the walls. The rhyme, addressed to the inmate reads, While you remain a suffragetteA velentine you ll never getWhat man would ever

Hurdle making -- a range of scenes. 1899

The Deserted Village by H M Bateman. Speaking recently before a distiguished society, an architect named a village which to his surprise, though near the City

Chicago Worlds Fair - Victoria House - Half- timbered house, with small gabled roofs. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition. Date: 1893

Susi - lying inside half an Easter egg. 1950s

A steamer coat of Connemara tweed
A grand steamer coat that would look equally well ashore - an important consideration when one does not want to be overburdened with luggage

Poster, Telegrams to Europe at Half Rates. 20th century

Pre-decimalisation British coinage - Victoria and Edward VII
Christmas Greeting postcards showing pre-decimalisation British coinage from the reign of Queen Victoria and Edward VII. Date: 1906

Filming of Half a Sixpence, Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: mid-1960s

Fantastic Adventures - Toka and the man bats
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, February 1946, featuring the story Toka and the man bats by J. W. Pelkie. A beautiful young woman lies on the floor of a dark cave scared by a huge paranormal half man

Glazed octagonal tiles. 13th-14th centuries. Tiled Kiosk Museum. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Funerary headstone with Greek inscription. Second half of the 1st century AD. Detail. Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine

House from Sarkoz region. 19th century. Hungary
Interior of a house from the Sarkoz region. Second half of 19th century. Museum of Ethnography. Budapest. Hungary

Masks of Dionysos and Silenos. Roman relief. 2nd century AD
Roman relief depicting masks of Dionysus and Silenos. Marble. First half of 2nd century AD. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

WW2 poster, Work carefully, avoid scrap
WW2 poster, Accidents sometimes happen... Work carefully, avoid scrap. HMSO, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s

Music cover, Nancy Fancied a Soldier, or Nancys Fancies, written and composed by Gus Leach, sung by Mr E Mosedale. 1880

Music cover, Jig-Saw! Albert de Courvilles 10th Hippodrome Revue, Selection arranged by Henri Juxon, music by F W Chappelle. 1920

Joseph Fesch
Cardinal JOSEPH FESCH French churchman and diplomat, half-brother of Napoleons mother, acted as negotiator between Napoleon and the Vatican. Date: 1763 - 1839

Rose & Crown, Colchester
The Rose and Crown, Colchester, a fine survival of half-timbered building. Date: 16th or 17th century

BABYs FOOTPRINT 1921
A doctor takes the footprint of a half an hour old baby in Germany. Date: 1921

Male Costume C16Th
An interpretation of C16th costume: cap with a feather, striped stockings & heeled shoes with roses, skirted doublet & an ermine lined half- gown with hanging sleeves. Date: c16th

English Costume 1675-80
Woman: simple, yet elegant gown with ornamented bodice & long cloak. Men: lace falling collar or cravat, vests which replaced doublets, fur- lined coat with half sleeves. Date: 1675 - 1680

Sir Daniel Cooper at the races wears a bowler hat, brown striped lounge suit, half boots & tan leather gloves. Date: 1908

Monocled Businessman
Colonel W J Bosworth wears a frock coat, grey striped trousers with a front crease, half boots, a wing collar, a carnation buttonhole & a monocle. Date: 1909

Morning Coat & Cigarette
Anthony Drexel wears a morning coat, trousers with a chalk stripe & front crease, all round collar, tie & black & brown half boots. He smokes a cigarette from a holder. Date: 1910

Three Frenchwomen in fashionable outfits, WW1
Three Frenchwomen in fashionable outfits. High Empire waists, short full skirts and high hairstyles. Gingham dress: plain sailor collar

Cottage at Cropthorne
A man drives a flock of sheep up a country lane past a half- timbered cottage at Cropthorne near Evesham, Worcestershire Date: 1912

Dancing the Half + Half
An American couple - he in tails, she in the attractive dress style of the period - perform this graceful step. Date: circa 1912

John Abernethy
JOHN ABERNETHY medical vignette, half-length portrait in profile, within a frame Date: 1764 - 1831

Events / Italy / Ataulf C415
Ataulf, King of the Visigoths, marries Placida, half-sister of Emperor Honorius. Date: circa 415

Coleridge / Hancock
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Writer Half-length vignette facing to the left Date: 1772 - 1834

Augusta Leigh (Hayter)
AUGUSTA LEIGH half-sister of Byron Date: circa 1800

Costume / London Fashions
Two women in London fashions - full and half dress Date: 1799

Caroline Brunswick / Wooln
CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Amelia Elizabeth Caroline Queen of George IV Half-length portrait, face in profile Date: 1768 - 1821

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