Slack Collection

Henry James Slack, author of Marvels of Pond Life, Victorian period

Slack Men
A sketch of two slack looking men, wearing baggy clothes and neckerchiefs, with their hands placed in their pockets. Date: circa 1914

Woman making balls of clay and slack, West Country
West Country woman making balls of clay and slack (coal), an economical way of keeping fires alight from night to morning

Slingsby T. 59J Kestrel G-BDWZ 7
Slingsby T.59 Kestrel 17 G-BDWZ BGA 2470 / 85 (msn 1867), waiting for the slack to be taken up on the tow-rope. The Slingsby Kestrel was a licence-built / developed version of the Glasglugel 401

Slingsby T. 59 Kestrel 17 85
Slingsby T.59 Kestrel 17 85, waiting for the slack to be taken up on the tow-rope. The Slingsby Kestrel was a licence-built / developed version of the Glasglugel 401. Date: circa 1982

Caricatures at a gas school by Lieut. Fred May, WW1
Some Up-to-Date Gas-Coves, who are teaching the Boches the Game of Tit for Tat. Caricatures by Lieutenant Fred May of various men at a famous gas school (in an undisclosed location in Britain)

Music cover, The Royal Middies Polka, composed by Edward Slack, with portraits of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George (Later King George V). circa 1882

Advert for Lillywhites women in trousers 1938
Slack suits for the week-end, country wear. COrduroy suit with ribbed velvet, patch pockets and belt to the back. Tailored tweed jacket in check of tan, green, blue and lovat

The International Correspondence Schools Bleriot monoplane
The International Correspondence Schools BlÚ▓®ot monoplane, flown round the country on their behalf by Mr Slack in 1912, and presented to Col Seely at the War Office in 1913 for military use

Young Cigarmakers in Englahardt & Co. Tampa, Fla. There boys looked under 14. Work was slack and youngsters were not being employed much

Slack Day in Office
A slack day in the office

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