Pressed Collection

Cider Pressing 18th C
Apples are being pressed to make cider in a French barn of the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Cider pressing
Tower to crush the apples and old cider press in Normandy in northern France. Date: circa 1870s

Beauty Contest Participant and Proud Parents
A Bathing Beauty Contest Participant and her Proud (if slightly shy) Parents! Date: circa 1949

HMS Argus 149
Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum

Cunard Line, RMS Aquitania, tin printed sign (back)
TRAVEL AGENT?S PRESSED TIN PRINTED SIGN (back), THE CUNARD LINE, depicting Aquitania under way, signed Burns lower left, within simulated wooden frame with Cunard banner title

Heroic midshipman carrying ammunition to British fighters
Heroic midshipman carrying ammunition to hard-pressed British fighters Date: 1916

CLIMBING IS DANGEROUS
Pressed against a sheer rockface, buffeted by a howling gale, a climber gains a vivid insight into the narrow gap betwixt life and death. Date: late 19th century

The Bellman, a London Wharf and Coal-ship and barge
The Bellman, a London Wharf and Coal-ship and coal barge. London Bellman or Town Crier reading a notice about missing child Tommy Dallow 7, London Wharf at the East India Docks 8

MAFEKING CELEBRATION
RELIEF OF MAFEKING Celebrating crowds throng the streets of London: flags, banners, whistles, trumpets, confetti & false noses pressed into service of high spirits Date: 18 May 1900

Jesus Effigy
JESUS OF NAZARETH The effigy of Jesus, showing marks of the Crown of Thorns &c, seemingly preserved on a cloth pressed against his face (note Vatican seal attached) Date: 6 BC - 30 AD

Return of the hot water bottles 1946
Production of the rubber synthetic hot water bottle in Streatham factory, London, post Second World War. During the War, rubber was reserved for making tires for military trucks

Pressed seaweed book full of mounted seaweeds collected by women living in Jersey during the 1850s and 1860s

Pressed amber also known as ambroid which is formed by fusing small pieces of amber together

Superior Pressed, Engraved and Cut Glass, Plate 141, showing a range of jugs, basins, dishes, plates and containers in various styles and sizes. Date: circa 1880s

Pressed violets on a handmade greetings card, with handwritten note. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Handmade greetings card with pressed violets and a handwritten note inside. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Summer Pudding
Summer pudding can be made with any small fruit, but is especially nice with stewed, sweetened blackberries and sufficient juice to moisten bread, pressed overnight. Date: 1930s

Dance of the Hard Pressed, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

The Loving Cup by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) engraved by James Davis Cooper (1823-1904). Date: 1884

Dornier Do 24 -originally designed for the export market, a few of these were pressed into service with the Luftwaffe

Ciss on Rose Day - WWI postcard
Ciss on Rose Day. Won t you buy my pretty flower. Caricature of Ciss. Includes card saying Happy Christmas with pressed leaf and ribbon (one leaf missing). Card on verso reads To Ciss

A Trouser Stretch of the Imagination by Heath Robinson
Are you taking care of your summer flannels? A suggestion for preserving the shape of your nether garments in view of the summer holidays

Van Buren Street Loop - Elevated Railway, Chicago, USA
The Van Buren Street Loop - on the " L" (Elevated Railway), Chicago, Illinois, USA Date: 1900

Soviet Armenia - Cheese Factory
Soviet Armenia - Kalinin Mechanical Steam Cheese Plant No.1 - Foreman Akushev inspects the pressed round cheeses. Date: circa 1930s

Ipomoea quamoclit, Cardinal creeper
Specimen of Cardinal creeper (Ipomoea quamoclit) from George Cliffords herbarium

Ipomoea purpurea (L. ) Roth, tall morning-glory
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, tall morning-glory. Determinavit G.Staples 6/2008

Pressed Tulip specimens
Specimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)

Pressed insects, mounted by botanist Leonard Plukenet (1642
Pressed by Leonard Plukenet in around 1690

Rheum nobile, Sikkim rhubarb
Specimen of Sikkim rhubarb (Rheum nobile) collected by Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff and N M Elliot in Tibet in 1947

Pressed Auricula specimens
Specimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)

Lawson plant specimens
Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Mellissia begonifolia, St. Helena boxwood
A specimen of St. Helena boxwood (Mellissia begonifolio) collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in May 1771

Leonotis leonurus, Lions tail
A specimen of Lions tail (Leonotis leonurus) from George Cliffords herbarium

Rough and ready Pressed, sweet fine cut Cavendish tobaco, manufactured No. 2 Wall, 213 & 215 Duane Streets, New York. Print shows tobacco label with illustration of Zachary Taylor directing Capt

Dried Flower Periwinkle
PERVENCHE DESSECHEE periwinkle, dried

Nares / Kennedy Channel
The Nares expedition aimed to restore to Britain the farthest north record in Alert and Discovery. Alert pressed on shore in Kennedy Channel

Gordon Rioters in Street
Gordon rioters are pressed back in the London streets by government soldiers

Confederate Forces
After Gettysburg, the Confederate forces are increasingly hard-pressed by the Union; this corps is forced to march at night through burning woods

Napoleon at Rivoli
At the battle of Rivoli, hard- pressed by the Austrians, Napoleon reprimands his men and turns the near-defeat into a crushing victory Date: 14 January 1797

Tibetan Food Stamp
TIBETAN FOOD STAMP This talisman was pressed onto soft foodstuffs, creating an image which protected the lamas from evil spirits

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