Case Collection (page 14)

Ladys weekend dressing case
A ladys weekend dressing case, made of rolled hide, lined with moirette, with spacious pockets, available from Messrs John Pound and Co of Oxford Street, London. Date: 1914

Lloyd George with remains of shell, Western Front, WW1
Lloyd George with the remains of a shell on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply, WW1
Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply with Lord Reading and M. Albert Thomas (French Minister for Munitions) on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Speed controversy and ship losses by G. H. Davis
Faster or slower cargo ships? Some of the outstanding features in the speed controversy over ship losses during the Second World War

Advert for Revelation travel wardrobe 1937
Gifts by Revelation. A range of Revelation suitcases, from holders for your bottles of creams and lotions. To a travel case to hang your dresses straight from your wardrobe into your Rev-Robe with no

Advert fo Revelation suitcases 1938
Going away at Christmas? - Giving away at Christmas ? Going away? Then go with efficient suitcase - a Revelation!... You can pack it quickly, easily, and as full as you like

Advert for Mappin & Webb dressing case 1935
Morocco dressing case, with sterling silver fittings. 1935

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1920
Advertisement John Pound & Co brown hide empty dressing case, tobacco pouch and ladys wrist bag. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Advert for J. C. Vickery dressing case 1920
J. C. Vickery dressing case, for wedding gifts. Blue morocco dressing case, fitted with a beautiful solid tortoiseshell toilet set inlaid with sterling silver. Date: 1920

Cottingley Fairy Case - Night Light
An Advert for the Nighlight supposedly used by the Cottingley Fairy children to forge the photos they produced. Date: December 1921

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1914
Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904. With less time to run his business, he gave contol of the company to his two sons

Advert for Dubarry gift cases 1934
A seletion of beautifully decorated gift cases from Dubarry, including perfume, flower scented bath crystals, fragant talcum powder, 2 tablets complexion soap and handkerchief puff. Date: 1934

People loading a car at Perranporth, Cornwall. Date: 1931

Middle-aged couple in a garden
A middle-aged, well-dressed couple standing in a garden. He is in plus fours and golfing socks, and is filling his pipe from a pouch

Man out walking with backpack
A man out walking with a backpack and various other items

Two airmen standing in front of plane
Two airmen in goggles standing in front of a large biplane

Car with suitcases on roof rack - Germany post-war
A car with several suitcases packed together on the roof rack. Note the wood gas generator power supply system - Germany, 1945 - essential due to the severe petrol shortage at the end of WW2

The hired fiddler at the end of the party
A hired musician prepares to leave an event he has being playing at. A fan lies discarded on the floor as he packs his instrument back into the case. Date: 1883

Mother and daughter sitting on a beach

Advert for Asprey dressing case 1928
A seletion of dressing vanity travel cases, made from crushed morocco and pigskins and fittings in silver gilt and enamel. 1928

Advert for Peter Robinsons men & women accessories 1915
Suggestion of practical christmas gifts for the lady and gentleman. 1915

Advert for Asprey travel clocks 1936
Ados travelling clocks, luminous hands in morocco or pigskin, crocodile or lizard case. Also a 8-day clock aneroid, thermometer and automatic calendar, all you ever need! Date: 1936

Advert by Asprey compact dressing case 1937
Cases for light weight travel complete and compact. Date: 1937

Card Pack Box
A frog grained case, opening like a jewellery box, containing two packs of cards and four contract Bridge scorers. Date: 1930s

Egyptian Cigarettes
Abdullah Egyptian cigarettes in stylish leather cases. Date: 1930s

Cigarette Holder & Case
Cigarettes in a stylish holder and a case. Date: 1930s

Mrs Yelverton
MRS THERESA YELVERTON (1833-1881), protagonist in a sensational court case regarding her husbands bigamous activities. Date: 1861

Melchior Rinck
MELCHIOR RINCK German classical scholar and humanist, religious extremist associated with anabaptists, protagonist of a controversial divorce case. Date: 1473? - 1530S+

Christ. Fried. Nicolai
CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH NICOLAI German bookseller and author, best known for his remarkable spate of hallucinations, a classic case in psychological literature. Date: 1733 - 1811

WW2 - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks
WW2 - " Wheres George?" - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks while the floor has disappeared. Date: 1940

American Pianist and Composer Ernest Schelling
Ernest Schelling (1876-1939) - American Pianist, Composer, Conductor and Musical Director. Date: circa 1910

The Packing Warehouses - Bournville, Birmingham, England
The Packing Warehouses - Cadbury Chocolate Factory Bournville, Birmingham, England Date: circa 1904

Three boys on a desert island captured by an indigenous man, who nails their packing case clothing to a long pole and carries them away midst weeping sore and wailing. Date: 1898

Three schoolboys on a desert island meet an indigenous man Date: 1898

Three schoolboys on desert island vanquish a rhinoceros
Three schoolboys on desert island bravely vanquish a rhinoceros using their makeshift bows and arrows. Date: 1898

Three schoolboys on desert island shoot at sparrows using makeshift bows and arrows made out of laces, bones and saplings. Date: 1898

Three schoolboys on desert island have to wear packing cases
Three schoolboys, washing up on desert island, have to resort to wearing empty wooden packing cases. Date: 1898

China - Shanghai - Heavy cart pulled by a human team
China - Shanghai - Heavy street cart (laden with wooden crates) pulled by a human team. Date: circa 1930

Turkey, Istanbul - Pide Seller (filled folded Turkish Flatbreads). Date: circa 1930s

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Cheerio
Little girl off on her travels, carrying a hat box, suitcase and violin. Her train awaits. The war will not be stopping her leisure travelling. Date: circa 1942

Gentleman puffing away at his pipe in a No Smoking Carriage - " So what??" Date: circa 1940s

Veiled Egytian Woman - Cairo Date: circa 1904

Elderly lady not overly generous with her tipping
" Have you got change for a threepenny-piece, Adolphus? I want to give the porter a gratuity." The porter appears to already be expecting the impending disappointment! Date: 1894

A New Seaside Tenor
A new Seaside Tenor launches into his signature tune. It looks as if the audience may just be making use of the extra exit in case of emergency... " Please vacate the aria !!! " Date: 1901

Magistrate at Bow Street Magistrates Court, London. Date: 1892

German lady off on her holidays poses with all her luggage
Auf Wiedersehn! (" Goodbye!" ) German lady off on her holidays poses with all her luggage Date: circa 1898

Positive Organ - a chamber organ belonging to the reign of Louis XIII of France. Intended to remain in a fixed position, as opposed to smaller portable organs

Packing Tea in India - Indian Tea Association. Date: circa 1910s

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