Board Collection (page 20)

LCC-MFB Rushey Green fire station, SE London
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council), Rushey Green fire station was located at Rushey Green, Catford, SE London

Susi - getting tired of playing chess. 1950s

Susi - sitting on chess board
Susi - sitting on a chess board. 1950s

Susi - asleep on chess board
Susi - asleep on a chess board after a tough game. 1950s

Walton Belle, final call of the season at Southwold, Suffolk
The Walton Belle paddle steamship departing from the pier on her final trip of the summer season, at Southwold, Suffolk, on 19 September 1910, with passengers on board. Date: 1910

Mr Taylor, teacher at Marlborough College, Wiltshire (Summerfield House Master), May 1908. Date: 1908

The Orphans - two children play draughts, watched by a woman. 19th century

La France Maritime - Boatswain (in everyday uniform on board ship). 19th century

La France Maritime - Ensign (in everyday uniform on board ship). 19th century

Public information notice, Decimal Money
Public information advertisement preparing for the introduction of decimal money in the UK on 15 February 1971. 1971

Fancy dress en route to India, c. 1920
Male passengers on board a ship bound for India posed on deck in a variety of strange fancy dress. There are a few clowns, a nurse and a somewhat sinister chap holding two sheeps heads on plate

Prince of Wales on board May Frere, viewing Bombay fireworks
Visit of the Prince of Wales to India. The Prince (later King Edward VII) on board the May Frere, viewing the fireworks in Bombay harbour. Date: 1875

Starr Woods Annual The Snark - ironing
Front cover of Starr Woods Annual, The Snark, Summer 1928, featuring an illustration of a flapper girl with hair severely cropped and very short skirts

The Prince of Waless bedroom on board HMS Serapis, on the voyage to India. Date: 1875

The Devils Rosary by Henrietta Schrier and Lodge Percy. First produced at the Kellys Theatre, Liverpool, on 31st July and, as The Blind Girls Rosary at the Elephant and Castle, on 20th December 1915

Father Christmas with tree and presents, in a street at night, with people gathered round him. Date: circa 1970s

Diving
Natation (Plongeons). Page from Larousse Encyclopedia with photographs demonstrating a variety of dives. Date: 1930

Patriotic poster, Buy British from the Empire at Home and Overseas - buyers are builders. circa 1925

Christmas Morning - Decorating the Signboard. circa late 19th century

Scene at Leith Docks with ferry for Shetland Islands
Scene at Leith Docks with a ferry about to depart for the Shetland Islands. The photographers van is in the foreground, also waiting to be loaded on board. circa late 1950s

People in leisurewear and swimwear on board ship
A group of people in leisurewear and swimwear on board ship, possibly in Miami, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1930

Cock fighting on board a P&O cruise liner -- two men tied up inside a chalk circle, with other passengers watching in amusement. Date: circa 1905

Four Indian women playing Pachisi, India
Four Indian women playing Pachisi (Pucheesee, Parcheesi, Parchisi, Parchesi, Twenty-Five), India. The game was adapted in England and renamed Ludo in the late 19th century. Date: circa 1910

On board state barge of the Maharajah at Benares
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) on board the state barge of the Maharajah at Benares during his tour of India, 1876. Date: 1876

Studio photo, three people on board ship, The Fern
Studio photo, three people on a mockup of a ship, The Fern, with a painted backdrop. Date: circa 1910s

The Modern Boy front cover - Naval
Taking their Christmas medicine. Front cover of The Modern Boy magazine featuring a photograph of two naval cadets on board a training ship tasting the mixture for a Christmas plum duff. Date: 1932

Fun on a Holiday Barge
Fun on a holiday barge. Three boys and a dog enjoy themselves on board a barge called the Jolly Roger. Date: 1932

Egypt - Arab Musicians on board a Dahabeah - River Nile
Egypt - Arab Musicians on board a Dahabeah (also spelled dahabeeyah, dahabiah, dahabiya, dahabiyah and dhahabiyya, as well as dahabiyeh and dahabieh) - a passenger boat used on the River Nile

Deck Scene on NRL (Niagara River Line) Steamer Chippewa
A deck scene on the Steamer Chippewa of The Niagara Navigation Company Limited (popularly known as the Niagara River Line or N.R.L.), which ran between Buffalo and Toronto (via the Niagara Falls)

Municipal Swimming Baths, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Municipal Swimming Baths, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1930

Four men with trowels and cement on boards, USA
Four men with trowels and cement on boards, outside a log cabin, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Hastings lifeboat on a rough sea, with crew on board. Date: circa 1930s

Society at Cowes - on board the Solace
On board the Solace during Cowes Week - the Hon. Ruby Hardinge, Miss Meeking, Lady Milford Haven (previously Countess Nada Torby), Princess Margaret of Greece

On board landing craft - D-Day - WW2
One of fourteen photographs of scenes on board landing craft, wading ashore from landing craft at Ouistreham and Bernieres, St Aubin sector, 6 Jun 1944

Poster: Did the last war end war? Don?t be caught again!Peace poster, 1930 (c) - 1939 (c). Published by the Friends? Peace Literature Committee for Northern Friends

Tax office in Toamasina, Madagascar
Tax office in Toamasina (Tamatave), Madagascar. Date: circa 1910

The Rev. J Dodd (author of A History of Canon Law)
The Rev. J Dodd (author of A History of Canon Law in Conjunction with Other Branches of Jurisprudence: with Chapters on The Royal Supremacy and the Report of the Commission on Ecclesiastical Courts)

Victorian scrap - School Board and politics
Victorian scrap - Political Types - School Board and Politics. late 19th century

Cartoon, Henry James Byron, dramatist
Cartoon of Henry James Byron (1835-1884), the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor. Seen here surrounded by posters advertising plays by other writers

Two men playing chess, watched by a woman - With an Eye fix d as Marble. circa 1825

Two men playing draughts - The Veteran Defeated. circa 1820

Lorna & Errol Holder walking along the dock of a Greek Island, to board the curse liner Date: 1978

Outward Bound and Homeward Bound, WW1
Troopship deck with First World War soldiers leaving France on leave while others return to the Front via a boat in the distance. Date: 1916

Board game on the beach, Tobago, West Indies
Two men playing a board game on a beach in Tobago, West Indies. circa 1969

New Year card, boy on the ice with a dog
New Year card, boy in a mortar board sliding on the ice with a dog. circa 1905

Soho, London - 1 Greek Street W1, sign for The House of St Barnabas-in-Soho, founded in 1846 as a homeless charity (described here as a temporary home for women)

Suffragette Barbara Ayrton Campaign Bus
Barbara Ayrton stands on the running board of the W.S.P.Us battle bus, while suffragettes sell copies of Votes for Women newspaper, Date: 1909

Soho, London - Westminster City Council building works - to contain 52 dwellings, plus office and showroom accommodation. 1973

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