License Collection

Elizabeth Bessie Coleman (1892-1926)
Elizabeth Bessie Coleman, 1892-1926, the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of African American descent to hold an international pilot license. Date: 1926

AJEP W-8 Tailwind G-BALR
AJEP W-8 Tailwind Series 1 G-BALR (msn TW4-381), at Southend Airport in October 1977. This aircraft was destroyed when it flew into Steeple, Scoat Fell, in bad weather on 29 February 1984

Piasecki Vertol CH-21C 83 17
Bundeswehr Heer (German Army) - Piasecki (Vertol) CH-21C 83 17 (msn WG17), one of 32 built under license by Weser Flugzeugbau for the West German Army, at Niedermendig, circa 1970

All-Weather Fisherman Date: 1950

Pile of License Plates Date: 1933

THE OLD BULL AND BUSH
Dating back to 1645, when it was a farmhouse, the building received its license to sell ale in 1721. A haunt for literary scholars and artists, including William Hogarth. Date: 1960s

Engraving depicting The dissipated habits of Chares of Athen
Chares of Athens. 4th century BC. Athenian general. Engraving depicting The dissipated habits of Chares. History of the Nations. 19th century. Colored

Matilde E Moisant (1878-1964)
Matilde E. Moisant, 1878-1964, the second woman in the US to get a pilots License. circa 1911. Date: 1964

Cartoon, Music Hall Licensing -- anxious moments for proprietors. 1881

Liars License Card, from The Ancient, Reckless & Independent Order of Prevaricators, entitling the recipient to lie for a whole year, to be signed by U. R. A. Nother, Secretary of State

Marriage during World War One
Cover of The Sketch documenting the predicament of many couples who had to hasten their marriages because of war commitments

Martin 2-0-2 NC 93002
Martin 2-0-2, NC 93002. The 2-0-2 was the first post-war twin-engined airliner to receive Civil Aeronautics Administration certification, an NC license on 13 August 1947. Date: 1947

Young woman protesting against licensing bill
A bill to licence drinking places meets with vigorous disapproval from a young woman in Kennington Road, London. She is so incensed that she climbs up a lamppost. Date: 1871

American Valentines Day card - Marriage licence
Dear Valentine Just say the word and I ll trot right down for the license Marriage Licenses are required prior to obtaining the right to maary in the USA - some states also require a blood test to

223 E. 107th St. NY Rent sign states that these are Eleganti Apartmenti. License was recently revoked and after that, our investigator found eight families doing home-work there

Son of white migrant sitting on bumper of their truck, Weslaco, Texas. Notice New Mexico license. Date 1939 Jan

L Opera, Paris, France

Dale Abbey Church & Inn
This curious little church at Dale Abbey, Derbyshire, England, was once also a pub, sharing a door with the vestry, until a scandal caused it to lose its license in 1821

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