Board Collection (page 11)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow birthplace, Portland, Maine, USA
Birthplace of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland, Maine, USA. Date: circa 1915

Music cover, Alexandra Music Books, Songs of the Emerald Isle. With a portrait of Princess Alexandra of Wales when she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) at Trinity College

Captain Scott playing Real Golf on board The Discovery. 1902

Extended family on board the Kemusa - April 1921. 1921

Passengers on the rail of the RMS Sacndinavian to Canada
Passengers on the rail of the RMS Scandinavian en route to Canada - 24th September 1920. 1920

Board game, Up to Klondyke - based on the Klondike Gold Rush, Yukon, Canada. 1896

The mutiny on board Columbuss ship. circa 1492

Silhouette portrait of Charles Dickens. 19th century

Silhouette, Charles Spencer Bunyon at Oxford
Silhouette Charles Spencer Bunyon (1805-?) at Oxford, later a lieutenant in the 7th Fusiliers. circa 1830s

Passengers on liner, Empress of Ireland
Passengers on the deck of the liner, Empress of Ireland, which foundered in the St Lawrence River. 1914

Sir Benjamin Louis Cohen (1844-1909) was a businessman and Conservative politician. From 1887 to 1900 he was president of the Jewish Board of Guardians for the Relief of the Poor

Jewish Board of Guardians Offices, London
The Middlesex Street headquarters of the Jewish Board of Guardians for the Relief of the Poor. Date: circa 1896

Caterham Asylum, Surrey - Male Training
A male training workshop at Caterham Imbeciles Asylum. Like its twin at Leavesden, the asylum was established in 1870 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board for Londons sick poor with mental conditions

Personalities beside the pool and on the beach -- Lady Cynthia Mosley by the bathing pool, Cap d Antibes (top) and Cocktail Time

Revenue Cutters capturing an American Smuggling vessel
British Revenue Cutters capturing an American Smuggling vessel. Date: circa 1770

Poster, Salmon Fishing. circa 1928

Sebastian Cabot Leaves Labrador
Sebastian Cabot, a Venetian explorer, sets sail from Labrador in Northern Canada. Sailing through sheets of ice, various sailors on board fish over the side of the boat

People board warship to sing Te Deum for Military Victory
The French population of Rio de Janeiro board the Astree to sing the praise hymn Te Deum, to celebrate the capture of Puebla in the second siege of Puebla by the French army. Date: 1863

A regiment of Belgian troops en route to Mexico
The Belgian-Mexican regiment on board The Louisiana on their way to Mexico. A group of soldiers sit around a pot of food, eating

The Embarkation of Emperor Maximilian
The embarkation of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico on board the Austrian war-frigate Novara at Miramar. Two large ships wait at the port, with men lining the mastpoles

The Rescue of Zouaves on board the Prince Jerome, on fire
Off the coast of Gibraltar, the ship the Prince Jerome is on fire, with men still on board as men in longboats try to rescue them, and put out the fire. Date: 1862

Balboa attacked by the Dabaibe Indigenous people
Vasco Nunez de Balboa and his men fight with the indigenous people that lived in the Dabaibe region of what is now Columbia

Arranging railway timetables, 1908
An ingenious system of threads used by railway timetable planners to secure the perfect working of a great railway system in 1909. This was achieved by stretching threads across a board

On board the Queen Mary - Tourist Cocktail Bar
Guests enjoying a Whitbread Pale Ale of all things in the smart Tourist Cocktail Bar on board the newly launched Queen Mary ocean liner. 1936

Woman washing clothes, Savoie district, France
Woman in traditional costume washing clothes, Savoie district, south east France. Date: 1922

Men playing chess, China, East Asia -- the pieces represent the general, pairs of secretaries, elephants, horses, chariots, cannon, and soldiers. Date: 1922

Altoona Speedway, Pennsylvania, USA - a board track showing one of the very short straights and infield of smooth earth. 20th century

Cover design, Christmas cards, Whirligig of Time
Cover design by Robert Dudley, Christmas cards, The Whirligig of Time. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas card
Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

George Frederick Watts RA, painter and sculptor. circa 1900

Silk eiderdown travelling rug with foot muff, 1928
Advertisement for the Vickerys registered silk-covered eiderdown travelling rug with foot muff, ideal for reading on deck when its a bit chilly! 1928

Wrathall and Board, cricketers
Harry Wrathall and Jack Board, Gloucestershire county cricketers who made 106 runs at the 10th wicket in a match against Surrey. 1899

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, The Disciplinarian. 1901

Schoolboy bowled out two adult cricketers
The schoolboy (C L Townsend) bowled out H B Steel and E C Hornby before a run was scored

A nurse carrying out Balneotherapy - Millfield Home
A nurse carrying out Balneotherapy - spraying with sea water - at the the Millfield Home for children with tuberculosis at Rustington, near Littlehampton, Sussex

Women cycling on board a ship. circa 1898

Interval drinks at the Olympia, Paris, WW1
Interval drinks at the Olympia, a music hall in Paris, painting by Charles Henry Tenre, First World War, showing Allied soldiers of all nationalities and different ranks. circa 1918

Interior Scene, Memories of James Pryde, WW1
Interior Scene, Memories of James Pryde, painting by Sir Herbert James Gunn, First World War. circa 1915-1916

Hotel bill, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, USA
Hotel bill, Fifth Avenue Hotel, Madison Square, New York, USA, dated 3 August 1886, for two days board in Room 45, totalling $38.85. Date: 1886

Central telephone exchange 1903
The post office central telephone exchange, St. Pauls Churchyard, London, England. Date: 1903

Boardwalk and Lorraine Hotel, Edgemere, New York, USA
Boardwalk and Lorraine Hotel, Edgemere, Queens, New York, USA. Date: circa 1910

Letter from on board the steamer Transylvania, WW1
First page of a letter dated 20 April 1916 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from on board the Anchor Line steamer Transylvania

New Map Room at Scotland Yard
Marking a map with coloured flags in the new Map Room at Scotland Yard, 1947. Each flag represents a crime(yellow for housebreaking, red for burglary, green for murder)

Advert for Hamley Bros fortune-telling game 1905
Edwardian adults sitting around a table playing a game of Vishnu, fortune-telling game, where it will spell the answers to any questions you wish to know. Date: 1905

London Fire Brigade at work in a narrow street
London Fire Brigade at work with an extended ladder in a narrow street, probably in the City of London. Date: circa 1920s

LFB Fulham Fire Station firemen, SW London
Group photo, LFB Fulham Fire Station firemen, SW London. Date: circa 1900s

New Port of London Authority Building, Trinity Square
Opulent Civil Architecture - the New Port of London Authority Building, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, London designed by Architect Edwin Cooper. 1922

John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
The M Pyrean. John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (18381923) - British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor. Date: 1900

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