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Brookes Collection

Background imageBrookes Collection: Golden spangled Hamburgh cock and hen

Golden spangled Hamburgh cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Henry Beldons pair, cock cup at Birmingham 1870, hen cup at Kendal, Whitehouse and Spalding 1871

Background imageBrookes Collection: Alice Brookes in the role of Robinson Crusoe. Date: 1896

Alice Brookes in the role of Robinson Crusoe. Date: 1896

Background imageBrookes Collection: Advertisement, for Brookes Soap, Monkey Brand

Advertisement, for Brookes Soap, Monkey Brand. Illustration of monkey in theatrical costume with box of soap. Captioned Always read the directions, won't wash clothes and for cleaning

Background imageBrookes Collection: Darling River

Darling River
A landscape oil painting showing a clearing in a woodland area, by the Darling River. Date: circa 1918

Background imageBrookes Collection: Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand Household Soap

Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand Household Soap
1890 UK Magazine Brookes Soap Advert Date: 1890

Background imageBrookes Collection: Brookes rhododendron, Rhododendron javanicum

Brookes rhododendron, Rhododendron javanicum ssp. brookeanum (Rhododendron brookeanum). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Background imageBrookes Collection: Sir Richard Brookes air plant, Aerides crispum

Sir Richard Brookes air plant, Aerides crispum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley

Background imageBrookes Collection: Advert for Brookes Soap 1890 Advert for Brookes Soap 1890

Advert for Brookes Soap 1890 Advert for Brookes Soap 1890
Women polishing all the metal wear, so much that she can see her reflection. Date: 1890

Background imageBrookes Collection: Formal group of doctors, nurses, possible clerical staff

Formal group of doctors, nurses, possible clerical staff
Date: 1917-20

Background imageBrookes Collection: Charabanc Tour - Brookes Bros, Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales

Charabanc Tour - Brookes Bros, Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales
Charabanc Tour - Brookes Bros (no.10 vehicle in their fleet), Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales Date: circa 1930s

Background imageBrookes Collection: Page of Victorian adverts for household items 1888

Page of Victorian adverts for household items 1888
Selection page of Victorian household hardware items for everyday use. 1888

Background imageBrookes Collection: Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion

Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray

Background imageBrookes Collection: Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes, tennis at Wimbledon

Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes, tennis at Wimbledon
Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes as " gentlemen in waiting" on the weather at the 1914 Wimbledon tennis championship in July 1914

Background imageBrookes Collection: N. E. Brookes, tennis player

N. E. Brookes, tennis player
Norman Everard Brookes (1877-1968) Australian No. 1. tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1907 and 1914. Brookes also played doubles with the New Zealander

Background imageBrookes Collection: Lya del Velez and Mr Brookes costumes for Chelsea Arts Ball

Lya del Velez and Mr Brookes costumes for Chelsea Arts Ball
Mlle. Lya del Velez, the well-known dancer and her partner, Mr Brookes, in the costumes they wore at the Chelsea Arts Ball which took place on New Years Eve at the Albert Hall, 1932. Date: 1932

Background imageBrookes Collection: Joshua Brookes

Joshua Brookes
JOSHUA BROOKES anatomist, Fellow of the Royal Society, proposed reforms to combat cholera epidemics Date: 1761 - 1833

Background imageBrookes Collection: Brookes Home, Grantch

Brookes Home, Grantch
RUPERT BROOKE his home at Grantchester Date: early 20th century

Background imageBrookes Collection: Anthony Wilding in action at Wimbledon, 1914

Anthony Wilding in action at Wimbledon, 1914
Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883 - 1915), shown in action in the mens final at the 1914 Wimbledon tennis championship against Norman Brookes

Background imageBrookes Collection: W Brookes & Co Grocery Shopfront, Thought to be at Elliot St

W Brookes & Co Grocery Shopfront, Thought to be at Elliot Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Date: 1910s

Background imageBrookes Collection: Tennis player Norman Brookes in caricature

Tennis player Norman Brookes in caricature
Norman Everard Brookes (1877-1968) Australian No. 1. tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1907 and 1914. Brookes also played doubles with the New Zealander

Background imageBrookes Collection: Davis Cup doubles match, Wildings last

Davis Cup doubles match, Wildings last
The last competitive lawn tennis match played by Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and four times Wimbledon Champion (1910-1913)

Background imageBrookes Collection: Davis Cup tennis match, McLoughlin v Brookes, New York

Davis Cup tennis match, McLoughlin v Brookes, New York
A Davis Cup tennis match between Maurice McLoughlin (America) and Norman Brookes (Australasia) in New York, USA. McLoughlin won. Date: August 1914

Background imageBrookes Collection: Colin Brookes-Smith table tilting research

Colin Brookes-Smith table tilting research
Colin Brookes-Smiths table designed for the detection of UMA (unconscious muscular action) in table tilting. The table surface has been removed to reveal the mechanisms underneath


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