Horseshoes Collection

Village Blacksmith
Village blacksmith at work at his forge. circa 1905

WW2 Christmas Card, Good Luck
A WW2 Christmas greetings card with imagery symbolic of good fortune, the illustration shows some horseshoes nestled amongst some mistletoe and a Union Jack flag. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Greetings Card, Black Cat
A WW2 greetings card wishing good fortune through the symbology of black cats and horseshoes. The cat is wearing a tin hat. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Birthday Card, Digging Up Good Luck!
A WW2 birthday greetings card, Getting down to it and digging up a bumper crop of good luck for your birthday. The illustration portrays a boy digging up some horseshoes beside a black cat

WW2 Greetings Card, Good Luck
A WW2 greetings card wishing good fortune, of which there is no rationing! The image shows a cat shopkeeper showing his stock of horseshoes. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Birthday Card, Tons Of Luck
A WW2 birthday greetings card, the illustration shows a large delivery of good fortune, in the way of sacks of horseshoes, provided by a pair of cats and two horses, wearing tin hats and satchels

Comic postcard, Two black cats on Good Luck card Date: circa 1918

Farriers invoice (detail), Owen Coles, Silverstone
Farriers invoice (detail), Owen Coles, Shoeing and General Smith, Silverstone, Northamptonshire. circa 1910

Advert, Miller & Taylor, Cathedral Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for Miller & Taylor, Manufacturers of Horse Shoe Pads, Cathedral Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Collection of silver horseshoes, Virginia City, Nevada, USA
Collection of silver horseshoes at the Bucket of Blood Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA. The shoes were made by Charlie Farrell and shown at the Midwinter Fair at San Francisco in 1894. Date: 1940s

Birthday postcard with pink flowers and black cat
Birthday postcard with pink flowers, black kitten and horseshoe. Date: circa 1940s

Good Luck card with flowers and horseshoe. Date: early 20th century

Interior of Court of Exchequer Chamber, showing the ancient ceremony of chopping sticks and counting horse-shoes and hob-nails, this tradition was abolition in 1882. Date: 1844

This anvil, in Mucklestone churchyard, Shropshire, England, is said to be the one used by the blacksmith who reversed Queen Margarets horseshoes in 1459. Date: 15th century

The owner of Birminghams last horseshoe factory at work in the workshop. The factory exported horseshoes all over the world. The Times Date: 1987

Name Postcard - Jennie Date: circa 1909

Pink roses on a birthday greetings card made of metal
Pink roses and buds with horseshoe on a birthday greetings card made of metal. Date: circa 1890s

Bird and flowers on an embossed greetings card with initial R. Date: circa 1910s

Cosy scene with cat and fireplace on a greetings card
Cosy scene with cat sleeping in front of a fireplace on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1900s

Cutout Christmas card in the shape of a tankard with holly, ivy leaves and horseshoe. Date: circa 1890s

Jockey with horseshoe on a cutout Christmas card
Jockey leaning on a large horseshoe on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Girl and boy with flowers on a shaped Christmas card
Girl and boy with flowers on a horseshoe-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Swallows and rusty horseshoe on a Christmas card
Swallows and a rusty horseshoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink flowers on a horseshoe-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

White flowers on a horseshoe-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

White horses head on a horseshoe-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Horses racing on a horseshoe-shaped Christmas card
Horses and their jockeys racing on a horseshoe-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Winter scene and rusty horseshoe on a Christmas card
Winter scene framed by a rusty horseshoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Forgetmenots on a horseshoe-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Holly and horseshoe on a Christmas card
Holly and a horseshoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Puppy with horseshoe on a Christmas card
Puppy with a horseshoe on a Good Luck and Merry Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Horseshoe with flowers and seascape on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers with greetings on seven Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Horseshoe with roses and daisies on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Horseshoes and flowers on seven Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Horseshoe with blue flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Horseshoe with pink roses on a Victorian scrap, Date: circa 1890s

Red rose and horseshoe on a Congratulations postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Dog with horseshoe and rose on a Good Luck card
Dog with a horseshoe and a pink rose on a Good Luck card. Date: circa 1890s

Dog with horseshoe and holly on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

The Three Horseshoes Inn, Great Parndon, Harlow, England
The Three Horseshoes Inn, Great Parndon, Harlow, Essex, England. Date: 1910s

Horns & Horseshoes - Colour Bar, Stepney, London
Horns & Horseshoes - Colour Bar, Stepney, County of London, England. One of the first public houses to accept black- folk. Date: 1949

British troops shoeing horses at village near the front, WW1
British soldiers shoeing horses at a village near the Front in 1915. Date: 1915

British soldiers on the Somme, France, WW1
Two British soldiers on the Somme, France, during the First World War -- a greeting inside a wartime Christmas card. Date: November 1916

Mucklestone Anvil
A plaque at Mucklestone, Shropshire, England, where a blacksmith reversed Queen Margarets horseshoes to aid her escape from the Battle of Blore Heath, 23 September 1459. Date: 15th century

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