Boxes Collection (page 7)

New Year card in the shape of a box of white lilies. circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a leather hatbox with lock and handle. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Schollian cigars on a cutout card
Advert for Schollian No.1 cigars on a cutout card in the shape of a leather travelling trunk. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a box, labelled From Birdie To Edith. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a wrapped present decorated with holly and red ribbon. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a wooden crate with colourful fuchsias on top. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of medicines
Greetings card in the shape of a bottle of medicine (labelled black draught) and a box of little blue pills. circa 1890s

A pair of old phone boxes in Eccles Date: circa 1977

Glove box with greeting on a Victorian Christmas card (closed). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a cigar box
Greetings card in the shape of a box of Havana cigars with white flowers on top -- May all your troubles end in smoke. circa 1890s

Delivery man with parcels on a Victorian Christmas card
Delivery man with parcels on a Victorian cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Woman with box of crackers on a Victorian Christmas scrap
Woman with a box of crackers on a Victorian Christmas scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Louis Vuitton travelling trunk
A wardrobe trunk by Louis Vuitton with hanging space on one side and a series of drawers on the other. Also featured is a hat box with light frames on to which hats can be pinned and on the right

London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old & New
London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old and New methods. Date: 1908

Princes house and sentry boxes, Tokyo, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Shopkeeper with his wares, Thailand. Date: circa 1970s

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - House of the Governor General
Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Entrance to the House of the Governor General with guards boxes. Date: 1903

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish Porter carrying an immense load on his back. Date: 1923

Underwater house equipment under construction, Malta
Young man assembling electronic equipment connected with an underwater, inflatable house under construction on a beach in Malta

Myanmar - Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagon
Myanmar - Strand Road, Yangon - Street porters pull a large laden wagon. Date: 1928

Ground Floor of Our Boys Clothing Company, Oxford St, London
View of the ground floor of Our Boys Clothing Company in Oxford Street, London. The department visible here sells a variety of waterproofs, boxes and fancy goods. Date: c.1895

Art pottery, Plate 82, showing a range of styles and patterns, including human and animal figures, and ornate containers. Date: circa 1880s

Picking oranges, Riverside, California, USA
Workers picking navel oranges, Riverside, California, USA. The boxes are labelled Riverside Navel Orange Company. Date: 1898

Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104. 5
Smokers Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104.5. Date: circa 1880s

Donation boxes. Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany
Donation boxes. Jerusalem, about 1940-1941, sheet metal. It shows a pictures of the grave of Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes near Tiberias

Open Air Comedy theater (Corral de Comedias) (16th and 17th centuries). Corral scene and dressing side boxes sorrounded by 54 wooden supports and beams. Almagro. Spain

Cheese Covers, Egg Cups, Pots and Jugs, Plate 38
Cheese Covers, Egg Cups and Stands, Mustard Pots, Cream Jugs, Salt Cellars and Sardine Boxes, Plate 38, showing a range of plain and patterned items. Date: circa 1880s

Nursery Rhyme Snap cards - box. early 20th century

Two little girls with juke box
Two little girls consider the options on a juke box. Date: 1970s

Shopper with cornflake box on head
Shopper walking along a street with a cornflake box on his or her head. Date: 1970s

Bill Twigg at the counter of his shoe shop. Date: 1970s

Flowers and a box on a birthday card with a black background. Date: circa 1890s

VAD Hospital stores, Quex House
The Billiard Room of Quex House was used as the Hospital Stores during the War. Two VAD nurses are seated either side of a table. One is sewing, the other is writing

Red English Post Box in a brick wall in Cambridge, England

Barnabys Shelves
Shelves of box files, arranged in subject order at Barnabys Picture Library. Date: 1980s

French Post Box
A Parisienne posts a letter in a public letter box, and a gent hurries up hoping he hasn t missed the post, while the postman waits to make his collection. Date: circa 1818

Pantomime audience 1850
Children watching a pantomime in the Christmas-box at the theatre. Date: 1850

Cartoon, Trying on a new hat, WW1
Cartoon, showing a frivolous woman trying on a new hat. She complains: How long this war is taking! Her bored soldier husband replies: Not as long as it takes you to try hats on! Date: 1916

Barnabys Box Files
An employee of Barnabys Picture Library shows a visitor his way around the collection. The prints are kept in boxes on shelves, which you can see here. Date: 1960s

Advert / Choc Boxes Etc
Chocolats de dessert et bouchees (France) Date: 1910

Disraeli / Civil Service
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy as Manager of the Civil Service Stores, asking a bemused Mrs Britannia what he can do for her today Date: 11 March 1876

Scala Theatre, Milan, Italy Performance of a Ballet
Scala Theatre - Milan, Italy -Performance of a Ballet

Making Snuff Boxes
Snuff box manufacture Date: 18th Century

Holidaymakers - Hastings seafront, East Sussex
Smart Holidaymakers - Hastings Seafront, East Sussex. Date: circa 1910s

Three women in a small business - wearing overalls - sadly their exact profession is not easy to determine. The machine (back left) may be some form of polishing wheel?? Date: 1930

Cutout advertisement for Rowntrees chocolates
Cutout advertisement for Rowntrees Free Gift Boxes of Elect chocolates. Date: early 20th century

Cutout advertisement for Rowntrees Elect chocolates, with portraits of royal children round the edge. Date: early 20th century

Moulin Rouge dance hall, Vienna, Austria
Interior of the Moulin Rouge dance hall, Weihburggasse, Vienna, Austria. Date: circa 1930s

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