Notes Collection (#5)

Red purse full of money on a cutout card
Red purse full of coins, notes and stamps on a cutout card. Date: circa 1890s

Air crash investigator at work
An air crash investigator at work in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s

Junior police force
After a boy broke her window, Miss Marian Fletcher of Linthwaite, near Huddersfield in Yorkshire, set up a private police force of children aged 7-12 to encourage better behaviour

Underwater theodolite off the coast of Malta
Diver using a theodolite to survey the best location for an inflatable house which was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Life of Saint Dominic of Silos by Gonzalo de Berceo
Gonzalo de Berceo (c.1197-before 1264). Spanish poet. Life of Saint Dominic of Silos. Manuscript. First folio. Library of the Royal Academy of History. Madrid. Spain

ALBENIZ, Isaac (1860-1909). Spanish composer and pianist. S
ALBENIZ, Isaac (CamprodU?n, 1860-Cambo-les-Bains, 1909). Spanish composer and pianist. Suite Iberia (TRIANA). Sheet music dedicated to Joaquin Pena, friend and critic, in Barcelona on 26 March 1907

Music cover, The Old Kitchen Kettle Keeps Singing a Song! By Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly. 1932

Caricature of Sir Julius Benedict, composer
Caricature of Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885) -- Baby Mine. He was a German-born composer and conductor who lived in England for most of his career. 1881

Caricature of Sir John Astley, English soldier and sportsman
Caricature of Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet (1828-1894), English soldier and sportsman, and former Conservative MP. 1881

Music cover, Bats in the Belfry by Billy Mayerl on a theme by Austen Croom-Johnson. 1935

Two police officers working in a police station, London
Two police officers working in a police station, looking after a little boy in school uniform. The WPC is Elly Macon. A male sergeant sits at a desk, making notes in a book. Date: 1950s

Woman police officer giving evidence in court, London
Woman police officer giving evidence from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Police officers at work, Hammersmith, London
Male and female police officers at work in Hammersmith Police Station, West London. A sergeant sits at a desk making notes. The woman on the right is Matron Mrs Collins

Joseph Cradock - 2
JOSEPH CRADOCK Writer of plays, travel notes (he climbed Snowdon !) and a novel against gambling; in his later years he lived on turnips and roasted apples. Date: 1742 - 1826

Joseph Cradock - 1
JOSEPH CRADOCK Writer of plays, travel notes (he climbed Snowdon !) and a novel against gambling; in his later years he lived on turnips and roasted apples. Date: 1742 - 1826

Survey Party / Australia
Three aboriginal men look on in interest as three surveyors map out part of the Hampton Plains in Western Australia. Date: 1891

UFO investigation group at work in an office
An American UFO investigation group at work in an office. Files are consulted, locations plotted, and a field investigator writes up his notes. Date: 1950s

Heads Up by J McGowan and P G Smith
Heads Up by John McGowan and Paul Gerard Smith; lyrics Lorenz Hart; music Richard Rodgers. First produced in England at the Palace Theatre, 1st May 1930

Purse full of money on a cutout Christmas card
Purse (open) full of money (notes and coins) on a cutout Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: 1889

Gift of money on a cutout Christmas card
Gift of money (notes and coins) on a cutout Christmas card. Date: 1891

86th Street Brauhaus, New York City, USA, offering a real Bavarian atmosphere. Date: circa 1940

New fashions notes by Gordon Conway, 1927 - black satin dinner gown, a hat, tailor-made jacket and skirt and printed chiffon frock 1927

Winston Churchill at work in 1924
Winston Churchill at work with his secretary at his home at Sussex Square, 1924. Back of the photograph reads: The fight for the Abbey seat

Cartoon, Bank Notes, Paper Money, French Alarmists, o the Devil, the Devil! ah! poor John Bull!!! by James Gillray. Showing the Prime Minister, William Pitt

WW1 - French air reconnaisance, 1914
WW1 - French air-scouts on a Breguet biplane. A Sergeant of Engineers is piloting, one passenger is observing the country below, the other throws out a cylindrical case containing a message

Eyam Ball Hotel and rocks, Dovedale
Labelled as the Eyam Ball Hotel, this shows the street approaching the dwelling mentioned - it also notes the piles of rock by the front door which may have been in place for use as a flood defence

Group of four men with hats, showing a delightful glimpse of humour. Exactly what was going on here is unknnown, the photographer Ernest Battersby (second from left)

WWI Poster, Help fill the War Chest
Design by B A Osnis, Help fill the War Chest. Humanity Calls. American war loan poster. Date: circa 1916

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). Camels. Notes from the War of Africa (Hispano-Moroccan War), 1860. Drawing with pencil. Romanticism. Drawing. SPAIN. CATALONIA. TARRAGONA. Reus

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). Delio, the horse of General Prim. Notes from the War of Africa (Hispano-Moroccan War), 1860. Drawing with pencil (31.5x21cm). Romanticism. Drawing. SPAIN

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). Two soldiers on horseback in Africa.. Notes from the War of Africa (Hispano-Moroccan War), 1860. Drawing with pencil. Romanticism. Drawing. SPAIN. CATALONIA

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). Trooper saber. Notes from the War of Africa (Hispano-Moroccan War), 1860. Drawing with pencil. Romanticism. Drawing. SPAIN. CATALONIA. TARRAGONA. Reus

Theodosius I the Great (347 - 395). Roman emperor (379-395). He made the Christianity the official religion of the Empire. Effigy in silver siliqua of the 4th century. Roman art. Late Empire. Coin

Banknote - Old Belorussia uncirculated banknote 100 roubles - depicting (Bison bonasus L.). European Bison of Bialowieza Nature Reserve

Cockington Forge, Torquay, Devon, January 1956, before alterations were made. Date: 1956

Finnish boy scout writing in a notebook
Finnish boy scout sitting on a pile of wood, writing in a notebook. He wears a khaki uniform with a pale blue scarf, and a skull cap of sky blue crossed with white

Suffragette I Wish you were a Pub. Husband and wife having a row. She clutches a copy of the suffragette Gazette (notes by Miss Spankhurst) and he says

Collection of Lt D F Pilkington, Royal Garrison Artillery
Collection belonging to Lieutenant D. F. Pilkington, Royal Garrison Artillery. A coloured diagram of German ammunition, field artillery shells and fuses. Dated 12th October 1918

War Notes Enemy still hold their Own
War Notes. Enemy still hold their Own. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

WW2 poster, G R Notes are the Key Notes
WW2 poster, G R [Goods Received?] Notes are the Key Notes of harmonious store keeping. Wrong information and careless handling causes discord. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Cockington, Devon
Scene at the village of Cockington, Devon, with the famous Forge on the left. Date: 1960s

Frontispiece, Sketch magazines stars messages to soldiers
A rather beautifully drawn frontispiece to a special supplement of The Sketch magazine introducing several pages of photographs of leading stage stars whose photographs were published along with a

The Coming Raid, Notes from the East Coast by Will Owen
A page of humorous sketches on the subject of the East Coast bombardment of Britain during the First World War, from confused landladies not knowing what to do with their potential guests to old

Keble Howard aka John Keble Bell (1875 - 1928), author, novelist and playwright. The third son of the Rev. G. E. Bell, he joined The Sketch magazine as Assistant Editor in 1899

A food hygiene course
Two chefs prepare food infront of a predominantly female audience who take notes and listen keenly to the two experts. The blackboard behind the cooks has details of todays dishes which include beef

Sheet Music
A book of sheet music showing a treble clef and notes. Date: 1988

Secretary Taking Notes
A secretary takes notes as a man at a desk talks on the phone. Date: late 1960s

Page from the original notebook of George Cayley (1773-1857) - prolific English engineer and one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Date: 1808

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