Pawnbrokers Collection

Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act)

Drinking / Intemperance
Political print of Gin Lane supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. The pawnbrokers, gin cellar and distillery are now flourishing

Sign of the Mischief
The Mischief Inn used to be situated on the south side of Oxford Street, London. Its sign depicted a man and his drunk shrewish wife, two apes, a pig and suspicious looking gin shops and pawnbrokers

Science Jottings by Dr W. Heath Robinson II
II Testing gold with the uncle magnet at the mint. Typically ridiculous invention by Heath Robinson showing men at the Royal Mint testing gold by holding a pawn brokers sign nearby. Date: 1909

Man standing in the street outside the public house & pawnbr
Slide showing a drawing of a man holding a ticket standing outside of a public house and a pawnbrokers, with the words: My head is bad, my pockets are empty; the pawnbrokers got my clothes

Harrison Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Harrison Street and Market Square, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Bank building in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Natal Bank Building, Market Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1900

A London Pawnbroker
A London pawnbrokers Date: 1836

1930s Pawnbrokers Shop
Pawnbrokers Shop owned by J.G. Robertson set into a row of terraced housing with window display covered by sheets of paper. The distincive three balls Pawnbrokers sign hangs above the door

Three schoolboys run away from school in nautical disguise
Three errant schoolboys run away from school and disguise themselves as little sailors Date: 1898

Stock Exchange Notes (4 / 4) - Bond Market
Stock Exchange Notes - Bond Market - A loan on Turkey 1903

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