Apr17 Collection

The Three Spires - Coventry, Warwickshire
Coventry, Warwickshire is known as The City of the Three Spires - Holy Trinity Church (left), St. Michaels Cathedral (centre) and Christ Church (Greyfriars) (right). Date: circa 1910s

16th century haircut at a barber shop
Gentleman at the barbers gets a haircut, while a chap in the background has his hair washed. 16th century

A succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields Manure
A succesful crop of potatoes grown using Hadfields Special Potato Manure - George Hadfield & Co. Ltd. (Established 1820) - Bone, fertilizer & Vitriol Works, Liverpool. Date: circa 1910s

Shirley Temple starring in Captain January
Shirley Temple (1926-2014) starring in Captain January (American musical comedy-drama film directed by David Butler), 1936 - 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation Production. Date: 1936

The Bridge - Bridge of Allan, Scotland
The Bridge - Bridge of Allan - a town in the Stirling council area in Scotland, just north of the city of Stirling. The town lies on the Allan Water, a northern tributary of the River Forth

The port - St. Tropez, France. Date: circa 1930s

Tatler cover - Christian Dior suit
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a Christian Dior suit of fine navy-blue wool with a wide organdie collar trimmed with grosgrain

Harrods ballgown of nylon net, 1958
Advertisement for a Harrods ballgown of nylon net and lace with a billowing skirt on a fitted swathed top. Perfect for a debutante, though inadvisable to stand near open fires while wearing it

Bringing ivory to the wagons, South Africa, c. 1863
Engraving from a sketch by Thomas Baines, made while travelling in South Africa with explorer and elephant hunter James Chapman in around 1862-3

Little Janes Cottage - Brading, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Formerly the home in Brading, Isle of Wight, of Jane Squibb who was commemorated in Annals of the poor by the Revd Leigh (Legh) Richmond

fashionably and expensively dressed 1920s teenage girl
A very fashionably and expensively dressed teenage girl with wristwatch gloves and handbag. Note the fantastic art deco table she is resting against - possibly taken inside a hotel or boutique

American Hot Rod postcard - for sticking on ones car bumper, luggage, walls, dens, offices and factories! " These humorous signs are easy to apply

Oars, Flags and Arms of the Colleges of Oxford University (2/3). Featured on this card: New, Lincoln, Magdalen, Brasenose, Corpus Christi, Christ Church, Trinity and St. John s. Date: circa 1930s

Woman with daughters
A lady with her two daughters in a walled garden. Date: 1790s

The 1958 Season - Debutantes to make their curtsey
Double page spread from The Tatler magazines Debutante number, 1958, significant in that it was the final year debutantes were presented to royalty at court

The 1958 Season - list of parties and balls in The Tatler
Brilliant vista of last Royal season. Double page spread from The Tatler magazine listing some of the coming out dances and debutante cocktail parties for the 1958 London Season - significant in

Tatler cover - Miss Georgina Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Inner front cover of The Tatler magazines debutante number featuring a portrait of Miss Georgina Montagu-Douglas-Scott, daughter of Lord and Lady George Scott (aka the artist Molly Bishop)

The Ziggurat Akar Kuf (Aqar Quf)
The Ziggurat Akar Kuf (Aqar Quf, formerly Dur-Kurigalzu), situated near Baghdad and originates from the Kassite Dynasty. The layers of masonry consist alternately of clay bricks and hemp or raffia

Somalian - Somali warriors playing draughts. Date: circa 1910s

St. Marys Roman Catholic Church, Star of the Sea, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. Built in concrete to a design by Italian Architect Guiseppe Rinvolucri

Cave dwellers, Downderry, near Seaton, Cornwall. These folk were mostly Irish people who came from Plymouth and lived in the caves on the beach from March to September harvesting shellfish

Office of American Express Company - 6 Haymarket, London. Date: circa 1912

The lifesaving Mermaid of Bognor Regis, Mary Wheatland
Mary Wheatland (1835-1924) - a well known Bognor Regis Character, a woman who hired bathing machines from the east of the pier

Woman milking cow, c. 1800
Woman milking a cow, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Parcel delivered, c. 1800
Delivering a parcel to a man in the street, c. 1800. Date: C.1800

Two women with children, c. 1805
Two women with a baby and another small child, c. 1805 Date: 1800s

Woman feeding ducks
A woman feeding ducks Date: 1800s

Woman feeding hens Date: 1790s

The 1958 Season - The last Presentations
Page from The Tatler reporting on the last presentations of debutantes to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the Season of 1958

Timken tapered roller bearing axleboxes - train
A recent innovation by British Timken Ltd - a tapered-roller-bearing wagon bearing unit for freight stock made suitable for high speed and replacing the old plain-bearing axlebox

Tatler cover - Pucci dress, 1958
Front cover of The Tatler, 12 March 1958, Spring Fashion Number featuring a summer dance dress by master of the colourful print, Italian designer Emilio Pucci

The 1958 Season - Palace presentation outfits
Outfits suitable for a debutante to wear for presentation at Buckingham Palace during the 1958 season, the final year in fact that debs were presented

The 1958 Season - Fashions for her First Season
Double page spread from The Tatler featuring outfit ideas for a debutantes first season in 1958. On the left, mornings in town require a warm suit for the early days of the season so The Tatler

Victor Stiebel & Lady Pamela Berry
Two prominent figures in fashion attending the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers ball at Dartmouth House in February 1958

The Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1900s

The Royal Artillery Lines and Barracks, Karachi, Pakistan
The Royal Artillery Lines with Royal Artillery Barracks, Karachi, Pakistan (at this stage the N.W.F.P - Northern India). Date: circa 1905

Tunbridge Wells - The High Rocks Hotel. Date: circa 1920s

Jeppestown, Johannesburg suburb, South Africa - Post Office
Jeppestown, a Johannesburg suburb, South Africa - Post Office. Date: circa 1909

Eastbourne, East Sussex - View of the beach from the Pier. Date: 1911

Switzerland - Bobsleigh race in winter Date: circa 1910s

Caledonian Canal and Loch Ness, Scotland - Steamer Date: 1903

Verona, Italy - the main scene shows the Castel Vecchio Bridge (Scaliger Bridge) and the inset shows the unique floating boat mills of Verona, the last one of which stopped working in 1929

Place de la Gare - Bizerte, Tunisia, North Africa - The Northernmost city in Africa. Date: circa 1910s

The east end of Walton Street, London Date: circa 1910s

Receiving House of Royal Humane Society, Hyde Park, London. Date: circa 1910s

Holloway Seventh Day Adventist Community Church
The New Holloway Hall, Holloway Road, London. The Holloway Seventh Day Adventist Community Church. Date: circa 1920s

Ideal Wicket Gates - transported by horse cart - Yorkshire
Ideal Wicket Gates in best red deal (painted in white - two coats) or selected English oak (stained) - transported by horse cart - by Peter Patrick & Son, Otley, Yorkshire. Date: circa 1910

Profile of Dutch girl in a white cap
Her Cap is white, her eyes are brown, She Lives by the sea in an old Dutch town. Date: circa 1910s

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