Army Recruitment Poster, 1960sSee 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 1934Curry & Paxton, dispensing opticians, advertising binoculars with leather case. Date: 1934
German postcard, Kaiser Wilhelm and Hindenburg, WW1German 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 1933Striking 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, WW1Ismail 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 AscotSociety ladies in Ascot fashions: hobble skirts & panniers, tunic dresses, a loose fitting kimono style dress with oriental embroidery. N.B unfashionably large hats!
Imperialism Ww1Napoleon to Edward VII: " I wanted to create a French Empire, you a British one -- now theres going to be a German one!"
Sikh Troops DiggingSikh infantry in the British army digging communication trenches and laying cables to connect up advanced positions
Hussar Scout in France - WWIHussar Scout on the look-out in France - WWI Date: circa 1915
German Uses BinocularsGerman soldier on observation duty using binoculars
WW2 Poster -- Women of Britain Come Forward NowWomen of Britain -- These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service
One Mans Meat- by George StuddyBonzo, 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
BOOKMAKERSKendall and McManus bookmakers stand by their blackboards as the race commences. Top tips include No.2, Westcroft
Advertisement, Thomas Harris, Opticians to the Royal FamilyAdvertisement, Thomas Harris & Son, Opticians to the Royal Family. 1841
WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binocularsQuick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! Date: 1940
General Peppino Garibaldi during WW1General 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 postA 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
Felix Nadar, half-length portrait, standing in the basket of a balloon, holding binoculars. Date 1897
Ascot hat from Debenham and Freebody, 1934A 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 1937A 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 GoodwoodThe Royal Box in the Grandstand at the Goodwood Racecourse
Local Defence Volunteer ForceThe uniform of the Local Defence Volunteer Force, established to defend Britain against the anticipated invasion by German parachutists
Elegant LuggageElegant luggage for elegant ladies
Robert E Lee / Iln / Civ WarROBERT 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)
WW2 - Captain Cullen Comes HomeA 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 SpotterA 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 BoatAn 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, WW1British Infantry storming a village during the First World War Date: 1915
Au Cafe-ConcertThis 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, WW2Lieutenant-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 BinocularsAdvert for Kershaw's Sportsman Binoculars - worn like spectacles. Date: 1939
Glorious Goodwood 1907Watching the races from the enclosure. Date: 1907
Ho Chi Minh, communist leader of North VietnamHo 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 1872Men 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 1906Two ladies exchange comments while their male escort watches the action through his opera glass. Date: 1906
J Lancaster & Son, Colmore Row, BirminghamJ Lancaster & Son, Cameras, Photographic and Scientific Equipment, Colmore Row, Birmingham. circa 1900
WOMAN WITH BINOCULARSA woman (actress Marguerite Chapman) looks through a pair of binoculars on a sunny day 1940s
Sir Gordon Carter, Clerk of Ascot Racecourse, racing fixtures Date: 1930
J H Whitney and jockey, racing fixturesRacehorse owner J H Whitney and very small jockey, racing fixtures Date: 1930
BBC staff take turns firewatching on roof, WW2BBC 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, 1870The 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, 1856Woman 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
