Case Collection (page 17)

Salmson Sports Car
The British Salmson 20-90 Sports two-seater is an attractive sports car with a concealed hood in case it starts to rain. Date: 1936

Samurai Armour - Japan
A Japanese man wearing full Samurai Armour and holding his katana sword, surrounded by the military kit of a member of the Samurai order, including longbow (yumi) and arrows, saddle, travelling case

Advert for Mappin & Webb hair brush sets
Advert for a fine Morocco leather vanity travelling case, completely fitted with a set of superfine enamel and silver-gilt toilet requisities, beautifuly engraved and cut glass toilet bottles

Pocket Chess & Draughts
Pocket chess and draughts, combined with a metal holder to fix on the board, to keep it steady in its leather case. Date: 1930s

Advert for Mappin & Webb compact dressing case 1937
Advertisement for Mappin & Webb compact dressing cases: Including Ladys Morocco leather dressing case, containing a lift out tray

Advert fo Revelation suitcases 1937
Advertisement for Revelation leather suitcases with chromium-plated locks and fittings. 1937

Fishing Lures
Fishing lures in a neat case. Date: 1960s

Sharkskin Cigar Case
A cigar case and cutter made of sharkskin, with silver trims. Date: 1930s

Art Deco Cigarette Case
A stylish Art Deco cigarette case, with an ash tray and a box of matches beside it. Date: 1930s

Bible Organ
Mrs Galpin plays a remarkable 17th century organ and bellows, with a case made from an old bible. Part of an collection of over 600 musical instruments, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Shagreen Cigarette Case
A cigarette case of silver and shagreen, painted wood matchbox and a wooden cigarette holder. Date: 1930s

Italian Munitions Factory - Naples
Finishing Shop for an Italian Munitions Factory - Naples, Italy. Date: circa 1915

American troops with 75 mm French field gun, France, WW1
American troops in action with a 75 mm French field gun on the western front in France during the First World War. Date: 1918

Busy communication trench, Mesopotamia, WW1
A busy communication trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during an action, with walking wounded and stretcher cases, during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Dr Syntax in a court of justice
Dr Syntax watches on whilst a judge presides over a case

Group of women in front of a coach
A large group of women posing for their photo in front of a coach, perhaps before setting off on a trip. circa 1940s

French Left Luggage Office
A French Left Luggae Office at a Railway Station with a variety of crates, trunks and cases, each containing some rather surprising (and alive!) contents!! Date: 1904

Model of Concorde
A model of the first prototype Concorde 001 stands in a glass case, close to the main assembly area (of the real aeroplane) at the St. Martin plant of Sud-Aviation, France. Date: 1967

Advert for Swan pens
Swan pens with " fyne poynt" and a pencil both presented in a case, also desk stand with onyx base. 1929

English Study 1911
A study with bookcase and grandfather clock. Date: 1911

Morning Room 1912
A peaceful morning room overlooking the garden. Date: 1912

German Napoleonic
Uhlan (left), Cavalry (centre) and Hussar (right) Date: 1813 - 1822

Pischoff Monoplane
A far-sighted design from a notable pioneer, the pilot - in this case Landron - being seated comfortably beneath the wing Date: circa 1909

Rosie Dolly arriving in court for film suit

Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 December
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Metropolitan Police investigation equipment, set out on the ground at the back of a green van

Metropolitan Police Specimen Reports book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Specimen Reports: A Guide for Police in Reporting Accidents, Collisions, Etc. How to Report a Case for Summons

Woman waiting for ferry, Fishguard, South Wales
A middle-aged woman waiting for the ferry boat at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. She has found a sunny corner to sit in, with the sea behind her

Holidays Abroad by Air, with Thomas Cook & Son
Cover illustration for Holidays Abroad by Air, with Thomas Cook & Son, and Dean & Dawson. A smartly dressed couple are at an airport -- the woman is carrying a circular luggage case

Indian Bearer - cleaning his Masters shoes and rifle
Indian Bearer - cleaning his Masters shoes and guns prior to heading out on a hunt

Jewellery Shop of Khan Kalil - Cairo, Egypt

Where Dr Crippen stayed
Disguised as Mr and Master Robinson, Dr Crippen and his mistress Ethel Le Neve stayed overnight at the Hotel des Ardennes in Brussels after fleeing London

How to disguise oneself as a boy
If only Willie Clarkson had helped Miss Le Neve. Advice given by Mr Willie Clarkson, the theatrical costumier, on how to disguise a young lady as a young man days after the disguise of Dr Crippen

Inspector Dew leaving the Laurentic
The End of a Dramatic Chase. Inspector Walter Dew leaving the ocean liner SS Laurentic and about to embark on the pilot steamer that took him to the SS Montrose

A Burmese girl preparing her make-up
A girl from Burma (modern Myanmar) preparing her make-up in front of a very European-style dressing table mirror, set on the floor

Postcard Collectors
A fabulous French postcard depicting two postcard collectors

Indian servant cleaning his Masters equipment
Indian servant sitting cross-legged, cleaning his Masters equipment, including his boots and shoes and hunting rifles with brushes and polish

Sfax, Tunisia - Outdoor merchant or cures / remedies
Sfax, Tunisia - Outdoor merchant in a truly spectacular hat selling traditional local tunisian cures/remedies by the side of the street

Elderly porter - Constantinople, Turkey
An elderly porter carrying a leather case with a rug on top

Luggage
A large leather-bound trunk with straps, buckles and locks

A Tale of Terror
Colour illustration/cartoon, " A Tale of Terror!!!" by Thomas Tegg, 1820. Cartoon relating to thoughts regarding the Prophetess Joanna Southcott. HPG/8/2/1 (ii)"

South east face of Borley Rectory
Photograph of the south east face of Borley Rectory taken from the south. The photograph, taken on 28 March 1939, shows the aftermath of the fire of 27 February 1939. HPG/1/3/5 (xxiv)

Professor Christian Winther of Copenhagen University - Danish psychical researcher, associated with the Anna Rasmussen case. HPG/1/7/19 (v)

Armenia - Carrying an immense wooden case
Extraordinary photographic postcard of an Armenian porter carrying a ridiculously large wooden box on his back

Railway Sleeper - Oxford Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing University graduate seated on his trunk, nods off at Oxford Station as he studies a map of the London Underground

Max Darewski, musical prodigy
Maximillian Arnold (Max) Darewski (1894-1929), a musical prodigy who composed, conducted and played the piano. Seen here as a teenager, in coat and hat, carrying a music case

The Loan Collection at the South Kensington Museum
The Loan Collection on display in the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) in 1862, an exhibition comprising over 8000 different objects from around 450 contributors

Annual Doll Show, Royal Albert Hall
A display of dolls presented by Her Majesty the Queen, in the arena of the Royal Albert Hall, London, at the annual Truth Doll Show

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