Board Collection (#25)

James Corry
JAMES CORRY Secretary to the Irish Linen Board, friend of the poet Thomas Moore, pointing to an interesting letter he has just written with one of those pens Date: 1772 - 1848

John Bigelow
JOHN BIGELOW American diplomat (Minister to France), writer, President of the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library, at age 89. Date: 1817 - 1911

Scrubbing Board 1940S
A housewife, wearing black rubber gloves, uses a scrubbing board, soap and a metal tub to wash clothes. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Chess Board Frock 1930S
A silk dress with a high neck line and full, 3/4-length sleeves in a brown and white chess board check design. Worn with gauntlets & a belt with pointed ends & button fastener Date: 1930s

Training Carrier Pigeons
A German soldier with a board on his back used to train carrier pigeons to carry vital military information and news. Date: 1930s

Brown or Blue Dress 1882
Front buttoning cuirasse bodices with 3/4 length sleeves & tie-back skirts with bustles. The brown dress has an apron front & checkerboard border, the blue has a peplum Date: 1882

British Defeat De Grasse
The Comte de Grasse surrenders his sword to Sir Samuel Hood on board the Ville de Paris Date: 12 April 1782

Sandwich Board
A man advertises jobs on a sandwich board in Oxford Street, London. Date: 1960s

Liverpool Pilot-Boats
LIVERPOOL PILOT BOATS Hoisting a pilot on board in heavy weather Date: 1857

George Sclater-Booth 3
GEORGE SCLATER-BOOTH Politician, President of the Local Government Board in the Disraeli Administration Date: 1826 - 1894

Bela Bartok
BELA BARTOK (1881 - 1945) Hungarian composer relaxing on board ship Date: circa 1930

Disraeli / Headmaster
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy becomes the New Head Master, alias Prime Minister, on the resignation of Lord Derby on 27 February 1868 Date: 7 March 1868

Richard Strauss - Cleopatra
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) the German composer in 1926 with his son, on board Lloyd Triestinos ship Cleopatra en route for Greece. 1926

Taking on Fruit Supplies
FRUIT BOATS A sailing ship takes fresh fruit on board in an eastern harbour Date: 1926

Mania / Railway Board
The Presidents Room at the Railway Board Date: 1845

Mania / Railway Plans
Plans for new railway projects being rushed to the Board of Trade, Whitehall, London, in order to meet the deadline on 30 November 1845 Date: 1845

Mania / Depositing Plans
Railway prospectors depositing their plans at the Board of Trade, on Sunday 30 November Date: 1845

Mania / Preparing Plans
A group of railway projectors make last-minute alterations to their plans in a tavern before submitting them to the Board of Trade, hoping to out- match their competitors Date: 1845

Pompeii Daily Life (2)
Everyday scenes in Pompeii : two men play a board game, two others talk while a third behaves curiously... Date: before 63

Undergraduate of Bradfield College, Berkshire, in academic mortar board and gown. Date: 1939

Notice Board - Personal Services - Soho, London. Date: 1973

The Devonshire pub, Duke Street, London W1. Date: early 20th century

Produce of the British Empire, Empire Marketing Board, depicting a typically English county show. Date: 1928

Sance summons spirit
From: Hours with the Ghosts, Henry Ridgely Evans, Laird & Lee, 1897: Sance summons spirit, Ouija board, Ghost, Apparition. Date: 1897

Rhyl, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wales - Open-air pool with scaffold diving platform and stands for a large intended audience. Used for large set-piece synchronised swimming galas and shows Date: 1957

The Victaulic drawing office, Dean Stanley Street, London SW
Men at work in the The Victaulic Co Ltd drawing office, Kings Buildings, Dean Stanley Street, London SW1 -- iron and steel tube (pipe and joint) manufacturers. Date: 1939

Joseph Robert Diggle
JOSEPH ROBERT DIGGLE Churchman and educator, Chairman of the London School Board : photo in 1892. Date: 1845 - 1917

Western Canada - British Columbia Indian Children Date: 1928

Group photo, Essex football team 1894
Group photo, Essex football team: Russell, Wells, Sheldrake, Porter, Brewerton, Johnson, Baker, Earle, Hughes, Mayes (Captain), Porter, Markham

Group photo on Cable Ship John Pender, Gibraltar
Group photo of officers on board the Cable Ship John Pender of the Eastern Telegraph Company, Gibraltar, July 1898. The names are, back row L-R: Grigon, Collinson, Tomlinson, Koszelski

UFO investigation group at work in an office
An American UFO investigation group at work in an office. Files are consulted, locations plotted, and a field investigator writes up his notes. Date: 1950s

Four women in a shopping street, China (probably Hong Kong). circa 1930

A lady ( Marion ) - sitting on the running board of her car. Date: circa 1930s

Buildings in Stepcote Hill, Exeter, Devon
Stepcote Hill, a set of steep steps in Exeter, Devon, with the church of St Mary Steps on the left and Ye Olde Tudor House Stores on the right. Date: circa mid 1960s

Highwood Schools, Brentwood
Children outside school blocks at the Highwood (or High Wood) School, Brentwood. The establishment was opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 to treat ophthalmia in children

Railway station, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
Central Railway Station hall interior, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1910

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, recreations
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. Recreations on board - the men appear to be playing chess or draughts

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, a family
A family group of steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. The journey began in London with an emigrant train from Euston to Liverpool. Date: 1896

Little dog with sandwich board on a Christmas card
Little dog with a sandwich board in the snow on a Christmas card, with a seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Swimming pool at a holiday camp, Paignton, Devon
Holidaymakers at a swimming pool in a holiday camp at Paignton, Devon, with chalets in the background. Date: 1950s

Nursery on board MV Christiaan Huygens ocean liner
Nursery on board the MV Christiaan Huygens Dutch ocean liner, later used as a troopship during WW2. Date: circa 1933

Schoolboy with book on a New Year card
Schoolboy sitting reading a book (A Volume of Good Wishes) on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Dog, stork on nest and moonlight scene on a Christmas card
A little dog, a stork on its nest on a roof, and a moonlight scene with water on a Christmas card -- all part of a trompe l oeil assembly of three pictures pinned to a wooden board. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl going for a walk on a Christmas card
Boy and girl going for a walk arm in arm on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Women diving, Lake Placid, New York State, USA
Women diving into the water at Lake Placid, New York State, USA. Date: 1920s

Seasickness - Satirical Greetings Postcard. Date: circa 1901

Darenth Schools, Kent - Day room
Inmates sit around a dayroom at the Darenth Schools, near Dartford, Kent. The Schools were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children

Darenth Schools, Kent - Upholstery
Older inmates at work in the upholstery department of the Darenth Schools, near Dartford, Kent. The Schools were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for

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