Cases Collection

Captain Robert Falcon Scott - Frys Cocoa Advert
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the English naval commander and explorer. A Captain in the Royal Navy, Scott led a number of expeditions to the Antarctic

Advert for Mappin & Webb Ermeto Movado pocket watch 1934
Ermeto Movado watches a new model at a new price. Built for a life-times service, they have strong outer cases ensuring double glass breakage. Date: 1934

AL CAPONE/1931 PHOTO
Alphonse Scarface Capone, Chicago gangster Date: 1931

WWI - Battle of Champagne - Spent shell casings
WWI - Spent shell cases from just one battery after the first day of the Battle of Champagne (25th-30th September 1915) Date: 1915

Ox-pulled wagon - Lipton Tea Company
Colombo, Sri Lanka - a wagon of the Lipton Ltd. Tea company bearing a mass of wooden tea chests and pulled by a pair of white oxen. Date: circa 1910s

Owen Jones Egyptian 10
The ornaments in this plate are taken from Mummy-cases in the Louvre (1-5), from the Tomb at Thebes (6+7), from a Mummy-case (8+9) and from the ceilings of various tombs

Col. Blood / Jewel Thief
Colonel Thomas Blood, an audacious rogue known as the Man who stole the Crown Jewels from the basement of the Tower of London

The astronomers waiting for the eclipse
The eclipse expedition in India to observe the total eclipse of the sun. Mr. Norman Lockyer is shown seated a little to the left beneath the umbrella

Mary Frith / Pickpocket
Mary Frith aka Moll Cutpurse, a notorious master thief & an Ugly who frequently dressed as a man; escaped from Newgate by bribery

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - The Museum
A view of the medical museum at St Bartholomews Hospital in the City of London. The room is packed with shelves and display cases containing medical specimens, most of them in glass jars

Advertisement for Louis Vuitton hairbrushes. 1929

Advert for Tyme, Ermeto Movado ladies pocket watch 1933
Tyme, the best pocket watch made. Small and compact, yet absolutely protected against all causes of trouble. Can be carried in any pocket or hand-bag with other articles. Date: 1933

Advert for Mappin & Webb Ermeto Movado pocket watch 1933
Ermeto Movado watches are the last word in efficiency. The movements are doubly protected against dust, damp, and breakage by an inner and outer case

Louis Vuitton advertisment
Advertisment for the Louis Vuitton showroom in New Bond street, London. 1928

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912
Ladys real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1933
Bear Brands newest expression in silken luxury. Dull lustred, gossamer thread and softest strength. 1933

Market Reports Series - Country Ducks arriving
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Country Ducks arrived in excellent condition. Date: 1903

Advert for Yardley Lavender 1932
Yardley Lavender, The lovable gift most welcome and acceptable of all delightful things at Christmas time. Date: 1932

Violin accesories, Wurlitzer
Violin cases sold by the Wurlitzer company with prices ranging from 12 dollars fifty, to sixty dollars for an alligator skinned

Borgia Family / C16Th
Francesco Borgia, with Lucrezia, his mother

Owen Jones Egyptian 8
Ornaments from Mummy-cases in the British Museum and the Louvre, mostly composed of the lotus flower

Joseph & Louisa Rhine
Joseph Banks Rhine and his wife Louisa, prominent American parapsychologists; he is known for clinical experiments with ESP, she studied spontaneous cases

Owen Jones Egyptian 11
Various ornaments from Tombs in Thebes, Mummy-cases, Kings Robes and an ancient Tomb in Giza, which was opened by Dr Lepsius

Manchester Goods on horse cart, LNWR Goods Depot, Camden
A load of Manchester Goods transported by horse cart to the LNWR (London & North Western Railway Co.) Goods Depot at Camden, London. Date: circa 1907

Advert for John Pound & Co cases 1913
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

Japanese Woman Cooking
A young Japanese housewife cooking the family meal in her well-equipped kitchen. Chopsticks will be used for eating and the rice will be served in wooden cases. Date: 1930s

Advert for Finnigans Dressing Cases, London, 1921 Date: 1921

British stretcher cases, Salonika, WW1
British stretcher cases awaiting transfer to a ship at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 1916

Royal Box in the Grandstand at Goodwood
The Royal Box in the Grandstand at the Goodwood Racecourse

BOX SELLER
Band Boxes. A box seller passes Benjamin Tabarts Juvenile Library on Bond Street, London. Tabart was an early seller of fairy tales & nursery stories for children

Dr Crippen Arrested / 1910
Dr. Peter Hawley Harvey Crippen & his accomplice, Miss Le Neve, are arrested on board the Montrose

Pope and Son Poisoned
Pope Alexander VI(Rodrigo Borgia) and his son Cesare are allegedly poisoned while dining with Cardinal Corneto

The Boston Tea Party - a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773

Robert Falcon Scott and his Frys Cocoa and Chocolate supply
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the English naval commander and explorer. A Captain in the Royal Navy, Scott led a number of expeditions to the Antarctic

Page of Victorian advertisements 1896
A page from The Illustrated London News, dated 11 April 1896, showing three advertisements, for Liptons Teas, Beethams Glycerine and Cucumber preparation, and Mappin & Webbs fitted suit cases

Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897 Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897
Selection of travelling dressing bags and cases, available from W. Thornhill & Co, in New Bond Street. Date: 1897

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Lipton Ltd. Tea Company - Maddema Mills - note the ox-pulled tea wagons, each individually numbered (see also: 10296761). Date: circa 1905

Iskenderun, Turkey - Alexandretta - Place de la Douane
Iskenderun, Turkey - Place de la Douane (Customs Square). Also known as Alexandretta in Greek and in English Alexandrette. Turkish city at the far eastern end of the Mediterranean coast

WW2 - Loading Machine Gun Cartridge Cases
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force airmen loading machine gun cartridge cases. Date: circa 1940s

Advert, Allen & Wright, Briar and Meerschaum pipes
Advert, Allen & Wright, Briar and Meershaum Pipes Date: 1902

Taking An Exit
This sketch shows a husband and wife leaving a venue, with cases in their hands, the woman looks rather unimpressed. Date: circa 1901

The Linen Hall Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Robinson and Cleaver Ltd, promoting exquisite Irish linen and the Linen Hall. The image shows a woman laying in bed, with a tea tray

Battersea Enamelware
This illustration shows three examples of Battersea enamel, in the form of two decorative etui needle cases, with gilt framed portraits of women and children, and a central large blue ornament

Travelling Man
A portrait painting of a seated foreign traveller, wearing a white headscarf and carrying a large assortment of bags and cases strapped around his body. Date: circa 1914

Advert for Revelation Luggage
Here Revelation Luggage are advertising their expanding suitcase. Date: 1939

Advert, John Pound & Co, Oxford Street, London - Ladies Leather Dressing Case Date: 1911

The card that pleased Ireland
This card for overseas mail replaced the one issued on 1 April (unfortunate date!) which had left Ireland off the title. It was posted from Hull to Magdeburg

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