Boxes Collection

Advertising card for Thoms Castile Soap of Manchester
Advertising card by Louis Wain for the Gold Medal-winning Thoms Castile Soap - the Best in the World - manufactured by David Thom & Co. Ltd. of Pendleton, Manchester

Police Public Call Box in the snow, London
A Police Public Call Box, on a London street on a snowy day. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

Captain Robert Falcon Scott - Frys Cocoa Advert
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the English naval commander and explorer

Ratner patent safe, fire and fall resisting, Grade 1, Size MP, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Teatro San Carlo - Naples, Italy Date: circa 1903

After World War Two - Heathrow Airport Facilities
After World War Two - The rather basic Heathrow Airport Reception and Communication Facilities. Date: 1946

Police Public Call Box, London
A police officer using a Police Public Call Box on a London street. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

French Customs officers X-Ray for smuggled goods 1897

West Indian Musicians
Marimba boxes feature in popular Calypso bands, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: 1960s

Mailboxes in Takaka, South Island, New Zealand
A row of colourful farm mail boxes at the roadside in Takaka, at the northern end of New Zealands South Island

Advertisement for Caillers chocolate and bonbons
Showcard advertisement for Caillers chocolate and bonbons. 1900s

Example of a woman dialling 999 for the emergency services in a red telephone booth

Unloading Ships at London Docks, 1908
Illustration showing various cargoes coming ashore at London Docks, in the East End of London, 1908

Village Post Box 1960S
A typical village post box, next collection being on Tuesday. Normal collections are at 5.30 Monday to Friday and 8.30 on Saturdays, etc

Ratner fire-resisting safes and wall safes
Ratner light fire-resisting safes, and wall safes, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner patent extra strong safe, fire and fall resisting, Grade 2, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Manchester Goods on horse cart, LNWR Goods Depot, Camden
A load of Manchester Goods transported by horse cart to the LNWR (London & North Western Railway Co.) Goods Depot at Camden, London. Date: circa 1907

London Coliseum - auditorium
Promotional postcard showing the auditorium at The London Coliseum

Boys at Marlborough College, a public boarding school in Marlborough, Wiltshire, with their brew boxes. The boys eat from tins, pans or wrappers or drink from cups or bottles. Date: 1962

Cutout advertisement, Crawfords Pufflets - boy and girl with umbrella and biscuit boxes. early 20th century

Advertisement, Morny Paris perfume, Essence Mysterieuse. 1918

Safety Deposit Vault
Merchantile Safe Deposit Co. 120 Broadway, c. 1904. Safety deposit vault with mosaic tile floor flanked by banks of safe deposit boxes

Salvation Army Womens Night Shelter, East London
The dormitory of the Salvation Army night shelter for women, opened in 1889 at 194 Hanbury Street, Whitechapel in the East End of London

USA / Met Opera / Stage
NEW YORK a performer takes a bow, as a bouquet of flowers is handed up

Advertisement for poultry farm, Mickleover, Derby
Advertisement for CR Salt, Chestnuts Poultry Farm, Mickleover, Derby, offering eggs for hatching, day old chicks, three month old pullets, stock birds, ducklings, ducks, poultry houses

George V Pillar Box
An English postman in his uniform, demonstrates the knack of buying a book of stamps from a vending machine attached to a King George V pillar box

Old Kingston Bridge
This oil painting shows a boat stocked with various boxes, travelling under an arch of Kingston Bridge, which spans the river Thames in southwest London

Ratner wooden safe stands - box, frame, drawer and cupboard. Date: circa 1920s

Ratner patent safe, fire and fall resisting, for registrars, Size No. 5, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Scene outside a theatre on a Christmas card, with people arriving to see the pantomime. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Caleys chocolates 1941
Chocolate is scarce -but Caleys make the best of it! Young woman holding a box of Fortune chocolates 1941

British troops wearing gas masks in the trenches, Salonika
British troops wearing gas masks in the trenches, Thessaloniki, 1917. Lantern slide from box of 111 slides associated with the Balkans, 1914-1918. One of 29 boxes of lantern slides

Stone Letter Box
A quaint carved stone letter box on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Fishmonger - Port of London
A fishmonger carrying boxes of fresh fish unloaded at the Port of London, close to Tower Bridge, visible in the distance

WWI Fashionable French aviation outfit
A patriotic young French girl takes to the air in her French air force inspired outfit

BOX SELLER
Band Boxes. A box seller passes Benjamin Tabarts Juvenile Library on Bond Street, London. Tabart was an early seller of fairy tales & nursery stories for children

Harvesting Apples
Harvesting apples on a British farm. After being picked, the crop is collected in boxes for transporting to the packing station. Here, apples from the orchard are being inspected

Mail Steamer, 1940S
Loading mail boxes onto the steamer at the Kyles of Bute, Argyllshire, Scotland

Country Letter Box
A boy stretches to post a letter in the box at Bowlers Green, Surrey : this was before all letter-boxes were painted red

Seating / Lycuem & Strand
Plans showing the layout of seating available for booking at the Lyceum and Strand Theatres with prices ranging from Boxes to the Gallery via stalls, circles & the pit

Four examples of pillar boxes (or post boxes): a fluted example with a dome and crown, erected in Birmingham in 1856

Beauty products for gifts for New Years. Date: 1895

Japanese insect seller Date: circa 1890s

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

The Princess Irene Fusiliers Guards Regiment (Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene) - a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Princess Irene, the Granddaughter of Queen Wilhelmina

Ottawa, Canada - Parliament Buildings, Changing of the Guard
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - The Parliament Buildings and the Changing of the Guard at Rideau Hall. Date: circa 1970s

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Changing the Guard at Rideau Hall
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Changing of the Guard at Rideau Hall. Date: circa 1970s

Beltona Gramophone Sound Boxes - Beltona Gramophones catalogue 1930 Date: 1930

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). France. Central post office, installed in the Gallery of Battles of the Palace of Versailles. Drawing by Miranda. Engraving by Ricord

Band-box seller in front of Juvenile Library, London, 1805
Band-box seller in front of Tabart's Juvenile Library, New Bond Street. Box maker in hat, coat and breeches, with stock of colourful pasteboard and paper boxes on a rod

Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). Island of Cuba. Distribution of rations on the trocha (defensive line) from Jucaro to Moron. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898

A busy early morning scene by the quayside at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, showing freshly caught fish being shot into boxes for despatch to London and elsewhere. Date: early 1950s

Advertisement for a British company Bryant & May's, special safety matches. Date: 1914

Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London
An atmospheric early summers morning view of Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London. Date: 1960s

1970S Chest Freezer
A trendy chest freezer. Date: 1970s

Comic postcard, Woman buying material in a shop Date: 20th century

Swiss Mobile Post Office (Schweiz Automobil Postbureau) offering postal, telephone and telegram services to remote parts of the country. Date: 1939

Printing - Upper Mower Case Boxes

Carrying turf in tea boxes, Geesala, West of Ireland, early 1900s

Port Sunlight - nailing wooden boxes - early 1900s

Nailing wood boxes, Port Sunlight soap factory, Wirral

Making wood boxes, Port Sunlight soap factory, Wirral

A universal fill-in-the-gaps holiday postcard with multiple options to suit every vacation!! Date: circa 1950s

Young Joseph Grimaldi falling into orchestra pit
The young Joseph Grimaldi as a boy, falling into the orchestra pit in the role of a monkey

De Reszke American Cigarettes Uncle Sam's Best
An advertisement illustration for De Reszke American Cigarettes, portraying the mascot, Miss America, offering some boxes of De Reszke Cigarettes to some military men, titled Uncle Sam's Best

Dubarry Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Dubarry et Cie, perfumers, promoting a range of potential Christmas gifts of scents in attractive boxes. Date: circa 1916

Ocean Liners - selection of jigsaw puzzles and books. Victory plywood jigsaw puzzle of RMS Queen Mary

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Mercator cast models
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - boxed pair of modern Mercator cast models, on treen stands. 11.5 inches. Date: 20th century

White Star Line, RMS Olympic and Majestic - jigsaw puzzles. Six complete, one with two pieces missing, boxed, plus a framed jigsaw puzzle. Date: 20th century

RMS Queen Mary, Cunard memorabilia
Items from a lifetime's collection of Cunard memorabilia including paperwork, ceramics, metalware, books, postcards and ladies uniforms

Advert, Footgloves, luxury footwear for ladies
Advert, Footgloves, Luxury Footwear for Ladies Date: 1910

Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1838-1913). Politician
Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1838-1913). Spanish politician. Spain, Madrid. Banquet of the Partido Democratico-Monarquico in the Theater of La Alhambra, November 14, 1881

Boeing-Vertol 107-ii-15 Y-61 - 04061
Marinen - Boeing-Vertol 107-ii-15 Y-61 / 04061 Mona ii (msn 501, HKP 4B), at Middle Wallop on 13 July 1986. (Marinen - Swedish Navy Aviation)

Box of Victorian mourning pins by George Goodman. Date: circa 1880s

Stalls with wooden partitions selling fresh fruit wholesale. Date: 1937

Fruit auctions at Covent Garden 1900
Interior of a busy auction at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1900

Stage at Little Theatre, Haymarket, London. Date: 1815

NATIONALISTS TAKE BILBAO
Nationalists take Bilbao Date: 1937

Transport by Ox Cart - Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1922

Original Artwork - Thank you card - Teddy bear and gift box
Original Artwork - Design for a Thank you Card - Teddy bear opens a pretty patterned gift box to find just what I need. Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Three identical maids with hat boxes
Original Artwork - Three identically-dressed maids, with matching capes and bonnets carrying their striped hat boxes. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Woman buying underwear in a shop Date: 20th century

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