Binoculars Collection

Army Recruitment Poster, 1960s
See what todays army offers you! Get the facts at your nearest Army Information Office. Recruitment poster, British Army, 1960-1969. Date: 1969

Cartoon, Rev Stewart Headlam, The Church and Stage Guild. The Guild was formed in May 1879 with a view to breaking down prejudice against the theatre and its performers

Advert for Curry & Paxton, binoculars 1934
Curry & Paxton, dispensing opticians, advertising binoculars with leather case. Date: 1934

German postcard, Kaiser Wilhelm and Hindenburg, WW1
German propaganda postcard, Germanys Pride, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II and Field Marshal Von Hindenburg standing side by side in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars to the Navy pack carefully, include your name and address : send to Naval Observatory Washington D.C

Bystander front cover - Summer Number 1933
Striking front cover of The Bystander magazine for 7 June 1933, with a design by Leon Benigni featuring fashionable spectators at the racing, probably Ascot. Date: 1933

Ismail Enver Pasha, Turkish leader, WW1
Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922), Turkish military officer, leader of the Ottoman Empire in both Balkan Wars, architect of the Ottoman-German Alliance during the First World War

Social / Cup Day at Ascot
Society ladies in Ascot fashions: hobble skirts & panniers, tunic dresses, a loose fitting kimono style dress with oriental embroidery. N.B unfashionably large hats!

Imperialism Ww1
Napoleon to Edward VII: " I wanted to create a French Empire, you a British one -- now theres going to be a German one!"

Sikh Troops Digging
Sikh infantry in the British army digging communication trenches and laying cables to connect up advanced positions

Hussar Scout in France - WWI
Hussar Scout on the look-out in France - WWI Date: circa 1915

German Uses Binoculars
German soldier on observation duty using binoculars

WW2 Poster -- Women of Britain Come Forward Now
Women of Britain -- These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service

One Mans Meat- by George Studdy
Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, looks away in horror (or boredom) as his owner peers a little more closely with the help of a pair of binoculars at a bevy of bathing beauties at

BOOKMAKERS
Kendall and McManus bookmakers stand by their blackboards as the race commences. Top tips include No.2, Westcroft

Advertisement, Thomas Harris, Opticians to the Royal Family
Advertisement, Thomas Harris & Son, Opticians to the Royal Family. 1841

General Peppino Garibaldi during WW1
General Giuseppe (nickname Peppino) Garibaldi (1879-1950), in a trench with others, including an English or American journalist, during the First World War

A British Advanced observation post
A ruined house is used as an advanced observation post by British officers. Situated close to German lines, the officers relay information back about the accuracy of artillery fire

WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars
Quick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! Date: 1940

Felix Nadar, half-length portrait, standing in the basket of a balloon, holding binoculars. Date 1897

Ascot hat from Debenham and Freebody, 1934
A stunning hat of organdie in an elusive shade of brown ; the brim reinforced in an open lattice insertion in which golden threads mingle with the organdie. Perfect for Ladies Day at Royal Ascot

Advert for Asprey for the races 1937
A variety of outdoor items for the races including: Ladies seal race companion, pigskin betting book, field glasses, binoculars, aluminium mount saddle seat

Royal Box in the Grandstand at Goodwood
The Royal Box in the Grandstand at the Goodwood Racecourse

Local Defence Volunteer Force
The uniform of the Local Defence Volunteer Force, established to defend Britain against the anticipated invasion by German parachutists

Elegant Luggage
Elegant luggage for elegant ladies

Robert E Lee / Iln / Civ War
ROBERT EDWARD LEE American Confederate general in North Virginia during the American Civil War

The Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911, was a revolution that overthrew Chinas last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty)

Sir Gordon Carter, Clerk of Ascot Racecourse, racing fixtures Date: 1930

J Lancaster & Son, Colmore Row, Birmingham
J Lancaster & Son, Cameras, Photographic and Scientific Equipment, Colmore Row, Birmingham. circa 1900

WOMAN WITH BINOCULARS
A woman (actress Marguerite Chapman) looks through a pair of binoculars on a sunny day 1940s

WW2 - Captain Cullen Comes Home
A short story illustration which shows a British WW2 Royal Navy captain looking through his binoculars at sea, a lady is shouting towards him excitedly. Date: circa 1940

WW2 Birthday Card, A Good Spotter
A WW2 birthday greetings card, a good spotter to bring you luck! The image shows a black cat symbolic of good fortune, that has climbed up the neck of a giraffe to act as a spotter with binoculars

On A Boat
An advertisement illustration showing a smiling young woman holding a pair of binoculars, seated on a boat which is racing through the ocean, steered by the man that can be seen behind her

British Infantry storming a village, WW1
British Infantry storming a village during the First World War Date: 1915

Au Cafe-Concert
This illustration shows the backs of a seated couple, comprising of a man smoking a cigar, wearing a top hat, and a lady looking through her Galilean binoculars, towards a female opera singer

Cunard White Star, On Watch for Nearly a Century - The British Tradition Distinguishes Cunard White Star, 13.5 x 14.25 inches

Lieutenant-General Sir R L McCreery, 8th Army, WW2
Lieutenant-General Sir R L McCreery commanding the British Eighth Army operating in Italy during the Second World War Date: 1940s

Major EH Egerton, Official Handicapper to the Jockey Club Date: 1889

Advert for Kershaw's Binoculars
Advert for Kershaw's Sportsman Binoculars - worn like spectacles. Date: 1939

Glorious Goodwood 1907
Watching the races from the enclosure. Date: 1907

Ho Chi Minh, communist leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and Dictator, Prime Minister (1946-1955) and President (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)

Last Night at Drury Lane 1872
Men and women in their best attire at the theatre in Drury Lane, London, to watch Christine Nilsson a Swedish operatic soprano. Date: 1872

Seen from the Box 1906
Two ladies exchange comments while their male escort watches the action through his opera glass. Date: 1906

J H Whitney and jockey, racing fixtures
Racehorse owner J H Whitney and very small jockey, racing fixtures Date: 1930

BBC staff take turns firewatching on roof, WW2
BBC staff take turns firewatching on the roof during WW2 Date: 1941

Comic postcard, couple at the races - They re Off! Date: 20th century

Fashionable woman in the Square of the Tuileries, 1870
The Square of the Tuileries, 1870. Woman in green dress with train, mantelet lined with fur, black hat. Families and children play behind her

The avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1856
Woman in bonnet, jacket and wide crinoline with dog watching horse riders and carriages on the riding track. The avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1856. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

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