Note Collection (#16)

Totnes Rooftops
Winter view of Totnes, Devon, England, seen from the castle walls. The houses (note the coal smoke coming from the chimneys) in this view line the towns main street. Date: 1950s

Italian Peasant Women
Italian peasant women of Pinerolo, in traditional costume, preparing to take their basket paniers of apples to market. Note the straw saddle on their horse. Date: 1930s

England / Watford 1948
A birdseye view of The Parade and High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Note the Odeon Cinema, which is showing Station West. with Dick Powell and Jane Greer! Date: 1948

NELLIE & FRANK
Nellie and Frank, photographed together in a studio in Hull, Humberside, England. Note the way the little boy is dressed in typical girlish costume. Date: circa 1900

Lady Motorists 1930
Female motorists enjoying a drive in the British countryside. Note the steep hill 1 in 7 sign. Date: 1930

Waterloo Commuters
Passengers and commuters leaving one of the platforms at London Waterloo railway station, England. Note all the old- fashioned railway carriage doors. Date: 1981

Pangbourne Smithy
The lovely old smithy (blacksmiths) at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Note the nice fat chimney! Date: 1930s

ABBEY FOLD
Abbey Fold, a reconstructed early 19th century street, at Kirkstall Abbey House Museum, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Note the Safety bicycle and water pump. Date: 19th century

Music Notation, 1810
Diagrams illustrating musical notation. The treble, tenor and base clef, the diatonic scale and note names and values are indicated. Date: 1810

Scottish Highlander writing home
A Scottish Highlander writing home to his beloved. The postcard carries the byline: " Oh! Hang the Censor." Date: 1917

50000000 Mark note
The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic. Front of a Banknote on 50 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 25/7 1923. Date: 1923

Copenhagen Phone Exchang
Telefonselskabets Centralbureau - the central telephone exchange, Copenhagen - note the operator with the long plaits ! Date: 1888

Scholar with his Books
A scholar with his books and his pupils : note the wall clock and scientific instruments. Date: 1509

Dunlop Tyre Advert 20
Parked outside a house where a lively Christmas party is in progress - note the blanket over the radiator... Date: 1933

19th Century Dive Bell
A diving bell in use, collecting materials from the sea-bed : note the lights, powered from the boat anchored overhead. Date: late 19th century

Macaroni, Napoli
Selling macaroni in the streets of Naples - note that it seems to be eaten with the fingers ! Date: circa 1880

TV SET 1936
A Marconiphone Television Receiver - note the size of the image compared with the size of the set ! Date: 1936

WW1 Propaganda
A sinister, if rather coy, note from German soldiers to British soldiers during World War One." Dear Tommy, You are quite welcome to what we are leaving

No Mans Land notice
Hand written German notice in No Mans Land, Gommecourt Sector, May 1916

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

An Astronomical Note
A Second Eclipse of the Sun. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Yugoslavian Girl reading a love letter - portrait
A striking postcard in vidid colours, depicting a pretty Yugoslavian Girl reading a love letter, possibly from a partner away fighting in a distant land

Dress And Fashion Note For Skiiers, by A. E. Bestall
Fashion ideas for the first time skiier. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) is best-known as the artist who drew Rupert Bear for thirty years

Dutch Stage Effect
A spectacular scene in a production at Amsterdam : note the candles used to light the stage - no wonder fires were a frequent occurrence !

Chateaubriand / Atala
ATALA - the heroine, a princess with a Christian mother (note the cross), takes pity on the captured warrior Chactas, frees him and escapes with him into the jungle

5 Million Mark Note
Banknote for 5 million marks

Lincing Deity
Deity named LIN-SING (?) by the Dutch ambassadors (note the enormous size of the idol)

Beijing Entrance
The Western Gates of Beijing leave travelers in no doubt that they are entering a mighty city. Note various forms of transport by river and road

THE KNOWLEDGE
A London taxi driver (note the for hire sign) gives directions to a lost gentleman, perhaps a foreign tourist. Drivers armband reads Je parle Francais

Restaurant Scene 1980S
A group of friends, colleagues or relatives eat out at a rather tawdry restaurant with interesting lino. Note the dour looking waiters and waitress!

Welsh Mountain Scenery
This wonderful North Welsh mountain scene was taken from near the summit of Snowdon. Note the mountain railway winding up the steep slopes

After a Swim
SORTANT DU BAIN - French girls come out of the water after their swim : note the safety rope - la corde - which saves them from being swept out to sea

Italian Pony & Wine Cart
An Italian wine merchant (note his stripy socks!), his pony and cart being highly decorated for the Lazio Festa (annual festival)

Fist Full of Pounds
A dashing man clutches a fistful of pound notes

Children and Dog Onbeach
A dog chases after a fine piece of seaweed tugged by a girl across the sand, while her brother runs behind. Note the ladies sheltering beneath their parasols

Military Camels
MEHARISTES MILITAIRES - French troops mounted on camels for operations in southern Algeria (Sahara). [Note that the lower pair are suplicates.]

Panama Canal Map 1890
Map of the Canal : note that the Atlantic is on the left, the Pacific on the right, because the canal actually runs from NW to SE - Panama is east of Colon

Portsmouth Wherry
Wherry of Portsmouth, Hampshire - note the extensive spread of sail

Moslem at Prayer
A moslem at prayer. Note that he has taken off his slippers

Note from the President
The President of the Republic sends a message to the Assemblee Nationale : they are more and more at odds as the year progresses, leading to the December coup d etat

BRITANNIA (1820)
Battleship of the Royal Navy, in 1859 converted to a training ship. (Note : there are many, many ships with this name !)

Seamans Allotment Note
A seamans allotment note by which a mother has sent money to her son aboard his ship Inverness

Donation to Seamen
A note detailing a mothers donation to the Missions to Seamen charity in memory of her son, whose ship was sunk in the Altantic in World War Two

Baptism Note 1876
A handwritten copy of a baptism certificate issued in 1876 for a baptism in 1840

The world of tomorrow- some dreams of invention run riot; se
Comical illustration of a scientific idea for the future (note date, 1st April 1905), of a man on the telephone shaking hands with a mechanical type hand protruding from the wall

Ships in Suez Canal
Two cargo steamers pass in one of the wider stretches of the Canal : note the desert areas on either side of the cutting

Donkey Serenade
A quartet of donkeys, selected for the note of their bray, perform - though it is unlikely that they could actually read the musical score

England / Albury
A glimpse of Albury, a Surrey hamlet with a delightful valley. Note the fine, intricate details on the various chimney stacks

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