Boxes Collection (page 8)

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

Young boy laden with gifts
Smart young boy laden with boxes containing luxurious gifts for Christmas. Artist: Ellen Clapsaddle (American) Date: circa 1908

Babes in the Wood at the Grand Theatre, Islington
Promotional postcard for Babes in the Wood at the Grand Theatre, Islington, circa 1900 Date: circa 1900

Two artists painting, Portholland, Cornwall
Two artists painting at Portholland, Cornwall, looking across towards Dodman Point. Date: circa 1970s

Lady sitting on a hat box. Date: circa 1920s

Advertising postcard, Smith & Brewster, Bay Shore, Long Island, USA, for furniture, carpets and other household goods. Date: circa 1880s

Cartoon, A delivery mistake, WW1
Cartoon, a delivery mistake. A wooden crate supposedly containing 150 shells for the Western Front is found to contain a large, fashionable hat. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Two fashionable French women, WW1
Cartoon, two fashionable French women with their purchases, one of them reading a newspaper (Le Journal). One of them says that its easy to say Howitzers, Grenades, etc

Worker at Warrington Wire factory watching presentation
A worker at a Warrington Wire factory watches a retirement presentation taking place on the shop floor. Date: circa 1981

Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, WW1
Cartoon, Boche intellectuals, showing a variety of German boffins doing their work. Date: 1916

Cartoon, There will be a party, WW1
Cartoon, There will be a party! A woman prepares for the Christmas festivities, with a picture of her absent soldier husband at the centre of the fireplace display. Date: 1915

Mustard loaded aboard a Royal Navy ship - 18th century
Mustard for the Royal Navy being loaded aboard a ship setting out to broaden the scope of the British Empire during the reign of King George II in the mid 18th century. Date: circa 1750

Designs in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes
Designs in a brochure showing how to decorate household items with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

West Flagler Kennel Club, Miami, Florida, USA, with all glass starting boxes. Date: 1940s

Two Japanese Tofu sellers
Two Japanese tofu sellers hold their boxes over their shoulders. One holds a small horn that notifys people they are present. Date: 1932

Comic scene in Shanghai, China, showing a cart piled high with a familys belongings. Date: circa 1908

Page design, and so goodbye, School Silhouettes
Page design, and so goodbye, in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting a young woman with her luggage, waving goodbye

Page from a catalogue, Kunzle Chocolate List, showing two luxury presentation boxes. Date: 1937

Seamstress, Paris, early 19th century, in lace bonnet and collar. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis-Marie Lante from Tradeswomen of Paris, Paris, 1823

Caricature of the Duke de la Force laden with boxes, 1721.. Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, Duke de la Force, depicted with columnar legs and laden with boxes and jugs

WW1 - Indian Machine Gun Crews in France Date: 1915

Girls at work making ammunition boxes, WW1
Young women manufacturing ammunition boxes, fixing together the dovetailed pieces at an unidentified British factory during the First World War. Date: 1915

WW2 birthday card, ducks in helmets
WW2 birthday card, two ducks in tin helmets with gas mask boxes. Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, A dry telegram, WW1
Cartoon, A dry telegram, showing a chef (a spy) writing to his boss, that after eight days the boxes of rubbish have contained nothing of diplomatic interest. Date: 1915

Chimes
An automated musical instrument that chimes, somewhat similar to those used in miniature in musical boxes. See picture 10809687 for a similar chiming machine in action

Scouts landing food, Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece
Scouts landing food at Argostolion, Kefalonia, Greece. Four earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, destroying many buildings; the scouts helped with clearing up and humanitarian aid activities

Lectures at the Front, WW1
A lecture on scouting by a British officer in a small theatre behind the firing line on the Western Front. The audience, comprising British officers

J C Vickery sugar boxes, WW1 rationing
Advertisement for J. C. Vickery and their silver sugar boxes, a convenient receptacle for taking sugar to restaurants and cafes when rationing came into force during the latter stages of the First

Opera at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1913

Women taking finished goods to market, Germany
Three young German women taking finished goods to market, Germany

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