Sending Collection (page 3)

Box of Oranges from California. Date: circa 1910s

Sending a new pipe and a heart of love to the front
France, WW1 - A pretty girl sends her beau a new pipe and a heart of love to the front, where her brave man is fighting. Date: circa 1916

John Bull coming to the aid of Victims of Messina Earthquake
John Bull coming to the aid of the personification of Italy (Italia Turrita) following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 at Messina, Sicily

LEO XIII (1810-1903). Pope (1878-1903). His Holiness the Pope sending a Jubilee phonographic message to the American people. Engraving

Some Barnardos Emigrants
A promotional picture showing some of the children from Barnardos homes destined to emigrate to new lives overseas. In 1872, Thomas Barnardos childrens homes began sending children to Canada

Bell Demonstrates Phone
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL successfully demonstrates his device at Boston, sending a message to North Conway, a distance of about 230 km. Date: 1877

Advert for Mackintoshs Toffee de Luxe 1914
Christmas eve. Santa Claus: " If I don t stop eating this Toffe de Luxe there won t be any left for the stockings - and I orderec an extra supply this year so folks could send some to their

Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps

And sent them to bed

Big Game hunter sending his last postcard
A big game hunter who has (what rotten luck!) become a lunchtime snack for his intended victim (a very jolly lion) sends his last address which is: In Red Lion, Timbuktu !!!!!!! Date: 1906

Sending Message to Mars
Communicating with Mars - sending a message with a massive beam of light. Date: 1907

Francisco Borgia - 3
Saint FRANCISCO DE BORGIA Spanish noble and churchman at court of Carl V, when his wife died became a Jesuit, General of the order sending missions to America. Canonised. Date: 1510 - 1572

Christmas Post by Ethel Parkinson
A woman, accompanied by a small girl, posts a rather large stash of Christmas cards off to lots of lucky recipients

Romanian Troops attacking Ghemesh Station, Austro-Hungaria
Illustration showing the surprise attack launched by Romanian troops on Ghemesh railway station in Austro-Hungaria, 1916. On the first day of hostilities between these two countries the Romanians

The loss of HMS Victoria the flagship after being rammed by
The loss of the flagship H.M.S Victoria showing the boat sinking after being rammed by H.M.S Camperdown. 436 men died as a result of an Admiral sending the two ships on a collison course

Marine telephone
A telephone or marine alarum being used by a sailor. This worked on the principle of sending air through a series of valves and pistons to make various notes

Birthday K C Spaniel
A King Charles Spaniel and a girl on a postcard sending a birthday message

Football / Charged Through
CHARGED THROUGH An attacking player gives the keeper a firm shoulder barge, sending him into his own net

Nollet and Soldiers
Nollet demonstrates electrical force at Versailles, sending a current through soldiers who stand with linked hands; in one experiment he does this with 240 soldiers

Grandma Re Grandpa 1911
Grandmother - Poor grandpa has had to go far, far away. Granddaughter - Do you know if he ll be sending me any postcards?

Gossip about Fairies 33
Rip van Winkle encounters the Man with the Keg, who entices him to drink too much of his Hollands, sending him to sleep for twenty years

Telegraph Stock Deals
Stockbrokers need high-tech communications to keep pace with their wheeling and dealing - this woman is sending coffee quotations over the ticker circuit

Iliad / Hecuba
The wife of Herakles, who hanged herself in remorse after sending a poisoned shirt to the husband of Iole, to punish her for making love with Herakles

Hannibal at Casilinum
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, at Casilinum, sends cows with bunches of burning twigs attached to their horns, causing the Roman garrison at Callicula to flee in fear

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