Branch Collection (page 14)

Girl and boy sitting on a branch of pink flowers on a greetings card, with ornate gold and white border. Design by Kate Greenaway. Date: circa 1880s

Two police officers on horseback, London
Two police officers, a man and a woman, on horseback in a London street. They are wearing protective helmets introduced in 1984. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1984

Four police officers on horseback, Central London
Four police officers, two men and two women, on horseback in a Central London street. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Two women police officers with horses, London
Two women police officers standing with their horses in a Central London street. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Two women police officers on horseback, London
Two women police officers on horseback in Central London. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Woman police officer with horse, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) standing alongside her horse in a field. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Woman police officer on horseback, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) on horseback in Central London in front of a band of marching guardsmen. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Woman police officer Shirley Becke, London, WW2
Shirley Cameron Becke (nee Jennings, 1917-2011), later to become Commander of the Met Polices A4 (Women s) Branch from 1966 to 1973

Police officer on horseback, WPC and little boy, London
A police officer on horseback smiles as a woman police officer holds up a little boy so that he can stroke the horse. The WPC is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968

Snow scene with birds and cottage on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Snow scene with Balmoral Castle on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Bird and butterfly on a greetings card, with green and brown leaves. Date: circa 1890s

Snow scene and white flowers on a New Year card with decorative branch border. circa 1890s

Mill and wheel on a cutout birthday card with rustic border and verse. Date: circa 1890s

Mill and wheel on a cutout New Year card with rustic border and seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Girl sitting on a swing on a Christmas card
Girl in a blue dress, sitting on a swing on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Child with rustic branch border on a New Year card
Child with rustic branch border on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in fishing boat on a Christmas card
Boy and girl with their dog in a fishing boat on a Christmas card, with ivy leaf and branch border and seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Birds and trellis on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Birds and leaves on a cutout Christmas card
Birds and autumn leaves on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and blue flowers on a cutout Christmas card
Pink and blue flowers with a gnarled branch on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Snow scene with church and bells on a Christmas card with decorative branch and ivy leaf border -- Bray Church. circa 1890s

Girl with green branches on a Christmas card with a lacy fretwork border. Date: circa 1890s

Dove and pink flowers on a Christmas card
Dove with an envelope in its beak and a branch of pink flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Three birds on a branch on a Christmas card
Three birds on a branch with white blossom on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Romantic greetings card in the form of a fan -- My heart for thine. Date: circa 1890s

Ornate fan with birds and flowers on a Christmas card
Ornate fan decorated with birds and flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Ornate fan and blue vase on a New Year card
Ornate fan with tassels and a blue vase on a New Year card. circa 1890s

Embroidered palm trees with gold edging
Embroidered palm trees and flowers on fabric with an ornate gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Embroidered fruit trees with gold edging
Embroidered fruit trees and flowers on fabric with an ornate gold edging, stuck onto card with a greeting in German below. Date: circa 1890s

Doves in snow on a German greetings card
Doves in the snow on a German greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin and flowers on a fabric birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin perched on a window on a fabric Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Squirrel in Tree C1917
A squirrel in the branch of a tree. Date: circa 1917

Oranges / Photograph
A branch of oranges and unopened blossom. Date: 20th century

Cartoon, The Good Housewife, WW1
Cartoon, The Good Housewife. A woman in a black cloak picks fruit from a tree and puts it into a bowl which her daughter is holding. The little girl gazes expectantly up at the tall branch. Date: 1918

Budapest Children Play
Photograph of children playing in the streets, Budapest. A boy swings from a branch of a tree. Date: 20th century

France Attacks Kellogg
An aggressive France attacks the Kellogg pact which was signed in 1928 denouncing war & advocating the peaceful settlement of disputes. Date: 1933

St Boniface / Bishop
SAINT BONIFACE Devonshire-born Benedictine missionary who became arch- bishop of Mainz, but was murdered with 52 others by the heathens of Friesland Date: 675? - 754?

Wilm Karl Von Rothschild
WILHELM KARL VON ROTHSCHILD Member of the German branch of the international banking family Date: 1828 - 1901

James De Rothschild
baron JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD (also known as Jakob) founder of a French branch of international banking family Date: 1792 - 1868

Henri De Rothschild
HENRI DE ROTHSCHILD Doctor and playwright, a member of the French branch of the international banking family Date: 1872 - 1947

Gooseberries on a branch

Dinorah / Meyerbeer 1859
A dramatic scene from Meyerbeers opera Dinorah: a branch has broken and the heroine is in danger of falling into a raging flood. Date: 1859

Two robins on a reversible Christmas card
Two robins with pink blossom on a reversible Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card with rural snow scene. Date: circa 1890s

Meacher & Higgins, chemists, Crawford Street, London
Meacher & Higgins, chemists, 105A Crawford Street, London. Date: circa 1908

What the owl saw
Fantasy image. An owl espies a young couple kissing on the branch of a tree. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1912

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