48 Collection

Tolstoy / 1876 Photo
LEO TOLSTOY Russian novelist in 1876, at age 48

The first prototype Blackburn B-48 RT651
The first prototype Blackburn B-48, RT651

Caesar in a Storm at Sea
Julius Caesar, sailing from Marseille to Epirus in northern Greece, behaves with great courage during a storm at sea

Britains Brabazon I passenger aircraft by G. H. Davis
A Leviathan of the skies: Britains Brabazon I airliner, designed to carry 72 long-distance passengers. A mammoth aerial express able to cover the England-Australia route in 48 hours

The Signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty, San Francisco, 195
Photograph showing Shigeru Yoshida, the Japanese Premier, signing the Peace Treaty at San Francisco, 4th September 1951. This treaty, signed by 48 other countries of the United Nations

United States Air Force - Convair B-36A Peacemaker 44-92015 (msn 12) This aircraft was the first B-36 delivery to an operational unit when it taxied under its own power from Air Force Plant 4 to

Siege of Gibraltar - 1
The Spanish and French besiege Gibraltar 1779 to 1783 : the biggest attack involves 48 vessels and 100, 000 men, but is repulsed by the garrison under general Eliott. Date: 13 September 1782

WW2 - 25 pdr gun in action
Photograph of 25 pdr gun in action. One of 48 photographs collected by Maj M Budd, Royal Artillery, 1942-1952. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Date: circa 1860

Pierre Balmain with one of his designs, 1948
Photograph showing Pierre Balmain presenting a pink and white petticoat, with gueppieres that helped to achieve a 48 centimetre waist, 1948

Dombey & Son / Wrapper
The wrapper of the original edition

Wladyslaw Iv / Poland
WLADYSLAW IV VASA King of Poland (1632-48)

C17 - 48 TRADES
Forty-eight depictions of various trades

Caproni Ca-48
Men Standing by Ladder with Woman Sitting in the Passenger Cabin of a Caproni Ca-48 Parked with Hangar Behind Date: 1920s

North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang N1202 Houstonian (msn 111-29080, formerly 44-10947), with race number 60. One of three owned by Oil Tycoon Glenn McArthy

Junkers G24 (G23?), S-aA?. Unloading bullion to the ap?
Junkers G24 (G23?), S-aA?. Unloading bullion to the approximate value of $48, 000, 000 which was transported from Germany to Croydon as payment from Germany to Britain under the Dawes Plan, July 1925

1935 Ford Model 48 Phaeton 4-door cabriolet, regn 1088, in the desert, somewhere in a Middle Eastern desert. (Note: less than 1% of model 48 production was of the 4-door Phaeton cabriolet marque)

HMS Courageous
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50'), in August 1938. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

GAF Jindivik Mk. 2 A92-68
Royal Australian Air Force - Government Aircraft Factories Jindivik Mk.2 A92-68 (msn 48), at the SBAC Farnborough Air-show, held from 1-7 September 1958

Titanic postcard from passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - postcard written by Third-Class passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo-Martino from Queenstown, Ireland, on 11 April 1912

White Star Line - RMS Olympic plan of accommodation
White Star Line - RMS Olympic First Class Plan of Accommodation. 48 x 42 inches. Date: 1920

White Star Line - damask tablecloth
White Star Line - large embroidered damask tablecloth with central motif and Greek key border. 82 x 48 inches. Date: 1920s

No. 48, Doughty Street, where Charles Dickens lived from March, 1837, till the end of 1839, became the possession of the Dickens Fellowship who converted it into a Dickens house

Hebrew Manuscript Fragments
Two folios, parchment, probably from the same manuscript but not necessarily consecutive. Text is from the Book of Genesis, beginning at Chapter 7, verse 18 on f.1, and ends at Chapter 48 on f.2

Grumman C-1A Trader 146018
United States Navy (USN) - Grumman C-1A Trader 146018 (MSN 48), at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for storage and disposal. Date: circa 1990

Aerospatiale SA. 321G Super Frelon 48
Aeronavale - Aerospatiale SA.321G Super Frelon 48 (msn 148), from 32 Flotille, at AAC Middle Wallop, on 26 June 1982. (Aeronavale - Aeronautique Navale - French Naval Aviation) Date: 1982

Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander G-AWVY
Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander G-AWVY (msn 48), in April 1972. Date: 1972

HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, an aircraft carrier, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World

48 Mi-4 Hound
Mil Mi-4 (NATO codename: Hound). This is one of the series of Graphics Training Aids (GTA) used by the United States Army to train their personnel to recognize friendly and hostile aircraft

HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, a Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher

POMPEY'S HEAD
Pompeius's head is shown to Caesar, as evidence of his death. Date: 48 BCE

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162168
United States Navy- Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162168 (MSN 48), of VRC-40 Detachment II, tasked with supporting USS George H.W, Bush nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Date: circa 2000

Grumman C-2A Greyhound 162178
United States Navy - Grumman C-2A Greyhound 162168 (MSN 48). Date: circa 2000

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

Welsh Rabbit A N3599G
Welsh Model A Welsh Rabbit - N3599G George Welsh produced examples of Model A Welsh Rabbit single-seat lightplane (first flown 1965) and two-seat Model B (first flown 1968)

Hetton Colliery Railway locomotive. Verso stamped John R Moore, photographer, 48 Crowtree Road, Sunderland. Inscribed in pencil H Stephens, Quay. Date: circa 1901

Double-decker bus - Ramsgate - Westwood - Margate
Double-decker bus; Ramsgate - Westwood - Margate, 48 seater Hall Lewis. Date: circa 1940

4th Special Service Brigade HQ Memorial, Sallenelles
The Brigade was made up of Royal Marine Commandos Nos 41, 46, 47 and 48. Like the other Special Forces it was charged with filling the gaps between the major landings

Columns and cornices from Pompeii
Column (left) from Casa di Caccia Antica or House of the Ancient Hunt, VII.IV.48, Column (right) from Domus M. Asellini or House of Adonis, VI.VII.18, head of Oceanus from Domus M

Theseus and Ariadne from a tablinum in
Wall painting showing Theseus and Ariadne from a tablinum in the Casa di Caccia Antica or House of the Ancient Hunt, Reg. VI, Ins. 4, No. 48

H Class submarines at Torquay, Devon
H Class submarines 34, 48, 30 and 42 at Torquay, Devon. Date: circa early 1920s

Limousine motor car, carries seven passengers, five in the rear compartment with new style folding seats. Date: 1913

Advertisement for the new Pack "48"Salon Brougham, motor car able to seat four
Advertisement for the new Pack " 48" Salon Brougham, motor car able to seat four. Date: 1913

Douglas DC-3 N157H
Douglas DC-3-G102A N157H (msn 4132, C-49E 42-56626) 14 July 1960 00.03.41: N33677 - DC-3-270B with PCA (Pennsylvania Central Airlines) 42-56626

Airspeed AS. 5 Courier G-ADAY
Airspeed AS.5 Courier G-ADAY (msn 27), of Portsmouth Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation (PSIOWA). Due to persistent maintenance problems with the retractable undercarriage

FALL / NORWEGIAN BUHUND / 48
BERTIL IF THE HOLLOW Owner: Lybbe Date: 1948

BLUNT / AQUARIUS / PLATE 48
The constellation of Aquarius, a figure of a man carrying a jar of water. Date: 1849

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter N4914 (msn 48) of Wien Air Alaska, at Fairbanks, Alaska, awaiting repair after a mishap

Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander - G-AWVY
Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander G-AWVY (msn 48) Date: circa 1971

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