Aged Collection

Birthday card - Man relaxing in a chair
Birthday card, Man relaxing in a chair. circa 1930s

Nun looking at the camera, with her finger covering her lips as if in a conspiracy of silence. Date: circa 1970s

Gertrude Bell aged 26
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) aged 26 in 1894. Date: 1894

British Countryside - A 75 year-old Shepherd at Crondall, Hampshire Date: 1938

Suffragette Hyde Park Demonstration 1908. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst stands beside Mrs. Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918) Pioneer Suffragist then aged 75 yrs, in a Votes for Women sash

Soho, London - Greek Street W1 - a middle-aged couple about to cross the road. 1973

Movie Chief Technical Advisor General Adolf Galland (Lef?
Movie Chief Technical Advisor General Adolf Galland (Left), Former Head of the Real Luftwaffe

W Heath Robinson - At the At Home

Cartoon, Henry Jameson Turner, actor
Cartoon, Henry Jameson Turner -- A Strand Veteran. He was the longest-serving actor at the Strand Theatre, London, and also ran a theatrical agency. 1883

Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864 - 1892) - elder son of Edward VII, died of pneumonia aged 28. Date: circa 1890

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale - British Royalty, elder son of Edward VII (1864-1892), died of pneumonia aged 28. Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day

Two neighbours chatting over a fence. Date: circa 1950s

Kenneth Kendall with teddy bears
Kenneth Kendall (1924-2012), British broadcaster. He worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC and other channels, and also hosted the game show Treasure Hunt for Channel 4 (1982-1989)

W Heath Robinson - Peeling Potatoes by Gramophone

W Heath Robinson - Opening the Wine Bottle

Early Motor Cars - Karl Benz aged 81
Early Motor Cars - Karl Benz in 1925 aged 81, seated in his first car of 1885. 1925

Lady Letitia Louisa Kerr (1800-1885), amateur silhouettist. circa 1850s

Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-1983), renowned English actor. 1960s

Edward Boyle and Anthony Crosland, Eastbourne
Edward Boyle (1923-1981), Conservative MP, and Anthony Crosland (1918-1977), Labour MP, at Eastbourne. They wrote a book together, The Politics of Education, published in 1971. Date: 1975

Harold Wilson, British Labour Prime Minister
Harold Wilson (1916-1995), British Labour Prime Minister from 1964-1970 and 1974-1976. Date: mid-1960s

Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Engraving. Colored
Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Engraving by Knesing in The Catalan Illustration, 1893. Colored

Coach party having lunch in a pub
A coach party stops for lunch in a pub. circa 1950s

George Woodcock, TUC General Secretary
George Woodcock (1904-1979), British trade unionist and TUC General Secretary from 1960 to 1969. Date: 1963

Millicent Duncan, early woman police officer
Millicent Duncan, an early woman police officer. Date: 1910s

Esther Hammerton, Sexton
ESTHER HAMMERTON Female sexton of Kingston on Thames : the work was evidently too much for her, she dug herself into an early grave aged only 35. Date: 1711 - 1746

Embossed Victorian mourning card, Mary Hickman
Embossed Victorian mourning card with a funerary monument. In Memory of Mary, relict of the late Job Hickman, of the Bilston Quarries, she departed this life, December 2nd, 1857, aged 73 years

Little Women - Professor Bhaer entertains the children
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Professor Bhaer from Berlin entertains the children (Tina and Kitty) during Jos visit to New York. 1880

A Memorial Notice of Julian Gould, D Company, 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. k.i.a. 30th May 1917 near Monchy-le-Preux aged 25 years. This book was privately printed by his father, Frederick J

Louis Napoleon Photo 4
Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON as a cadet : aged only 13, he goes to war with papa. After the defeat at Sedan, he flees to Belgium and thence to England. Date: 1856 - 1879

Two early women police officers -- one of them is Millicent Duncan (right). Date: 1910s

Edwardian couple at Lion Rock, Dovedale, Derbyshire
Finely dressed, on the left is Kate Nash and beside her is Edgar Battersby, brother of the photographer

A Woman of No Importance
A rather dark humoured illustration by Phil May, entitled A Woman of No Importance, a skit on the title of the play by Oscar Wilde of 1893

Embossed Victorian mourning card, James Woodhead
Embossed Victorian mourning card, with a woman and a girl grieving at a tomb in a cemetery

Comic postcard, Vicar chats with Colonel Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man gives order to maid Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Courting middle aged couple. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman waiting for husband to return home. Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, estate agent and elderly woman viewing a property. Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Soldier and elderly woman in train compartment. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, After you, Mother! WW1 Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Drunken man and goldfish Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man asks scarecrow where his Derby Scheme armband is, showing that he is signed up and ready for active service. Date: circa 1915

Comic postcard, Man in a muddy street, pretending to be in the trenches, watched by policeman. A Derby Scheme armband on his jacket shows that he is signed up and ready for active service

Comic postcard, Keep the home fires burning - woman shocked to see fire coming out of the chimney Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Fat man after his army medical. A Derby Scheme armband tied round his waist shows that he is signed up and ready for active service, as and when required, despite his excess weight

Comic postcard, Couple in bed, man longing to begin his army service - Only three more weeks! A Derby Scheme armband on his jacket shows that he is signed up and ready for active service

Comic postcard, Roof damaged in air raid - This will be the third time I've put that blooming roof on! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Man mistakes airship for marrow - There goes my prize marrer! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Man attacking washing line - I'm practising bayonet charging! A Derby Scheme armband on his jacket shows that he is signed up and ready for active service. Date: circa 1915

Comic postcard, Man eating meal in coal cellar - I'm practising living in a dug-out! A Derby Scheme armband on his jacket shows that he is signed up and ready for active service. Date: circa 1915

Comic postcard, Man wheeling baby in pram - This is our transport service! A Derby Scheme armband on his jacket shows that he is signed up and ready for active service. Date: circa 1915

Comic postcard, Man kept awake by crying baby - Called up! A Derby Scheme armband on his jacket shows that he is signed up and ready for active service. Date: circa 1915

Advert for Benger's Infant Food 1921
Advertisement for Benger's dried milk for infants, invalids and aged. Date: 1921

Portrait of a man in uniform, WW1, possibly serving as a special constable. Date: 1916

Woolfe family of The Clough, Hale, Bucklow, Cheshire - from left: Lily, Lucy (below), Carl (standing), Amy (standing), Bob (below). With an unnamed woman seated at the centre of the group

Gaffney Home for the Aged, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA. Date: 1914

Ernst Gideon von Laudon in the Austro-Turkish War
Ernst Gideon von Laudon arrives at the Imperial Army camp near Dubica, Austro-Turkish War, 1788-91

Henry Welby, reclusive inhabitant of Grub Street, aged 84. The Grub Street Hermit. Woodcut from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836

Portrait of Elias Hoyle, aged 113
Portrait of Elias Hoyle, of Sowerby, Yorkshire, aged 113. Teetotal journeyman mechanic who worked until 110

Thomas Parr, famous aged man of Shrophire, 1483-1635
Thomas Parr, who died at the age of 152 years. Old Tom Parr or Old Parr married Jane Taylor at age 80, had an affair with Katharin Milton at age 105, and married Jane Adda (or Jane Lloyd) at age 122

Thomas Laugher, commonly called Old Tommy, 1700-1812. Teetotaller, former liquor merchant of Tower Street, London, famous for his great longevity

Henry Jenkins, who lived to the amazing age of 169 years
Portrait of Henry Jenkins, 1501-1670. Fisherman and later beggar who lived to the amazing age of 169 years. Self-proclaimed supercentenarian who died 1670 in Bolton-on Swale, Yorkshire

Karl Marx and his wife, Jenny (nee von Westphalen)
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary

W Heath Robinson - The Lullaby Bed, to save getting out of bed to rock baby when he is troublesome at night

Alexander Carlisle, Managing Director, Harland & Wolff
Portrait photograph in sepia of the Olympic class designer Alexander Montgomery Carlisle, Managing Director of Harland & Wolff, signed bottom right ever your old father'. Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Husband after riotous night out Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man kneeling in bed, praying for a woman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman kneeling in bed, praying for a man Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Servant and angry mistress Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Policeman and fainting woman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple at an underwear counter - real silk undies Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Grieving woman in cemetery Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and seaside landlady Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on the phone - reducing diet Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Wife, husband and secretary Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man interviews woman in office Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple getting dressed Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Maid and mistress Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Maid, mistress and master Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman buying material in a shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Neighbours chat over garden fence Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance speaker and audience Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Chauffeur and seaside landlady Date: 20th century

Woman and vegetable stall, East End of London
Woman selling vegetables from a stall in a market in Londons East End. The prices are in old currency, with D for penny. Date: circa 1950s

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