50 Collection (page 8)

FALLA, Manuel de (1876-1946). Spanish composer and pianist. Portrait aged 50 years old. Photography

Unhappy mother
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Unhappy mother!. Plate 50 of The Disasters of War. Etching

Rice - threshing floor - Rangoon -.about 50 feet square, we could see what they had been watering down carefully yesterday afternoon, was cow dung, smooth and hard as cement. Date: 1952

Caractacus, Chieftain
CARACTACUS Date: flourished 40-50

LCC-MFB Escape cart at Southwark HQ
Escape cart in the yard of Southwark HQ. Prior to this time, the 50 foot wheeled escape ladders were pushed to fires. Around 1890 the Chief Officer, Captain Wells

LCC-MFB Escape cart standing ready in station
An MFB fire station, showing the escape cart, carrying a 50 foot wheeled escape, ready to be connected to the horses who are standing in the stalls on either side of the fire engine

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire
A firefighter climbing a 50 foot wheeled escape towards a colleague already in the burning warehouse. A hose line is lying on the ladder

GLC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in use
An escape ladder remains pitched to a side balcony and down a narrow access path in the aftermath of a serious fire in a three storey terraced house

Cigarette showcard, a woman selling packets of straight cut cigarettes and Dubec Turkish cigarettes Date: 19th century

The son of A... 18 yrs -- A... 50 years. Print shows a father at age 50 and a son at age 18, half-length portraits. Date between 1850 and 1900

Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You will catch one in each package of Virginia Bright, ... cigarettes

Platforms 1 & 2 at Waterloo Station, London - 24th December 1953 - taken at 3:10pm !! A beautiful photograph with the lengthening shadows in the late afternoon light forming a mirror to the vanishing

Programme cover for Round in 50, 1922
Programme cover for Round in 50 staged at the London Hippodrome by Julian Wylie, 1922. Artwork by Paul Chesney. Date: 1922

Frazer-Nash Saloon
Frazer-Nash - BMW TYPE - 326/50 Saloon, a low-cost family car. Date: 1937

Penny Post Jubilee 1890
A Penny Post Jubilee card, issued in 1890 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee (50 years, 1840 - 1890) of the Penny Post, which was introduced by Sir Rowland Hill (top left). Date: 1890

Underwater Habitat
Diving chemists taking water samples for analysis at the Tektite II underwater habitat, which involved an all-female team of aquanauts, 50 feet off St. Johns, U.S. Virgin Islands Date: 1970

Coronation. Opposite temporary Abbey entrance
Early morning in Queen victoria Street, the crowds gather for the long wait before the start of Coronation proceedings. A display of early 50s fashions. 1953

Poster, Obey the Speed Limit
Poster warning drivers to Obey the Speed Limit, which is 30 mph in built-up areas. 20th century

Copperfield / Emily
Little Emily walking on a plank. Date: First published: 1849-50

50 Weeks and 14 Days
Fifty weeks hard labour... Fourteen days swank ! Date: 1920s

Miracle / Zulu Chief
A Zulu chief, converted to Christianity, seeks to emulate Moses by commanding a river to part like the Red Sea - but it doesn t, and he loses 50 of his subjects Date: 1925

Clarendon House
Piccadilly : built for 50, 000 by Lord Clarendon, using stone intended to repair St Paul s, it was both a scandal and a financial embarrassment, and sold, became Albemarle House Date: 1660s

Steamship offices
Bolognesi, Hartfield & Co. Interior of the main floor of Bolognesi, Hartfield & Co. at 50 Wall Street, steamship agents for the Italian Line

Babies from many racial groups in Istanbul
The Taste of Milk - 50 babies in Istanbul at the Lazarist Mission, who are Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Syrian and Israeli!

Illustration entitled Lanterne Magique
Illustration entitled " Lanterne Magique" showing many silhouetted images of magic by Michel Delaporte, 1832. HPF/5C/0"

German V-2 Base at Watten; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the huge concrete bunker of the German V-2 base at Watten, near St. Omer, France, 1944. This bunker was 300 ft. long, 200 ft. wide and 50 ft. tall

Checking the Thermometers at the Winter Quarters
Two members of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876 checking the thermometers used at their Winter Quarters. In 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships

Quarantine Cemetery
The Quarantine Cemetery and French Battery no 50; this was the site of a battle on 22-23 May 1855

Cartoon Depicting the Problems of Professionalism in Footbal
Cartoon showing the perceived problems of professionalism in football. In the main series of images, two football club directors haggle over the value of a player who performs a number of feats in

The Graphic Xmas no
Front cover of The Graphics Jubilee Christmas number, celebrating 50 years of publication from 1869-1919. The image shows a theatre audience watching a magical scene with a fairy centre stage

Jerome De Lalande - 3
JOSEPH-JEROME LE FRANCAIS DE LALANDE French astronomer, directory of Paris Observatory, catalogued nearly 50, 000 stars

Wantage Steam Tram
For over 50 years, until 1925, this old steam tramway maintained a passenger service bewteen Wantage Town and Wantage Road (G.W.R.) station, Berkshire, England

Varnishing Oars, 1930
Mr. A. Bushnell painting the blade of an Oxford oar which will be used in the Oxford vs Cambridge boat race. For over 50 years he was responsible for such finishing touches

Rolls Royce 1926
40-50 h.p. six-cylinder New Phantom limousine - already described in 1926 as an aristocrat of the road

Television in the comfort of your own home
The latest type of home receiver for vision and sound, with a fluorescent screen 8 by 6 inches, displaying a picture of Mickey Mouse

Roman Banquet / Winter
A Roman soldier, on guard duty on a cold winters day, watches as festive fare is carried to the banqueting hall

Launch of H. M. S. Nankin
An engraving of a noble and beautiful specimen of naval architecture, H.M 50-gun Frigate Nankin, designed by Oliver Lang and built at Woolwich

Lincoln / Roman Arch / 1940S
Roman arch still in use today. It is extimated to have been built 50 BC to AD 50

AUCTIONEER
THE SPECIOUS ORATOR " Will your Ladyship do me the honor to say 50, 000?" The auctioneer, James Christie, surveys his audience"

Battle of Fleurus
The French army of 70, 000, under general Jourdain (thats him on the horse) defeat 50, 000 Austrians under Coburg. Note the French balloon carrying out reconnaissance

Graphic Jubilee Xmas Number 1919
Sumptuous front cover illustration featuring Father Christmas for The Graphics Christmas number in the year it celebrated its 50 year anniversary

Jh Newman / Mrg Eng 1850
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, aged about 50

Halt during March
A French regiment on the march halts after every 50 minutes to rest for 10 minutes. Their weapons and baggage are stacked in neat piles

Ironmonger Shop / Photo / 50
The exterior of the shop of A.S. Walker, builder and decorator, London, which also sells wheelbarrows, plumbing equipment, tanks, boilers. logs, ladders, wood burners &c

Adelaide / Players / 45 / 50
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Queen to William IV

MARY II / PLAYERS / 35 / 50
QUEEN MARY II OF ENGLAND Reigned 1688 - 1694

James Ii / Players / 33 / 50
JAMES II OF ENGLAND Reigned 1685 - 1688

Edward Vi / Players / 25 / 50
EDWARD VI Reigned 1547 - 1553

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