Cases Collection (page 5)

Pair of German Pom Pom shell cases - WWI
Pair of German Pom Pom shell cases. One is engraved with a well-dressed man and the other is engraved with an elegant lady. Trench Art

A coal-scuttle made from two types of shell cases (one a 2 pounder) and a naval button with the engraved inscription - HMS Maenad, Jutland, 31st May 1916. HMS Maenad was a Moon (M) class destroyer

WWI lighter in the shape of a pistol
First World War lighter in the shape of a pistol. The barrel is made from various small-sized shell cases with a bakelite handle engraved Guerre, 1914-19.|. Trench Art

Display in Baden Powell House, London
Display of items in Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Date: circa 1960s

Watertight tobacco & cigarette box for the front, WW1
An air tight, watertight tobacco and cigarette box to keep your smokes dry at the Front, available from Silver and Edgington of Eastcheap, London. The advertisement contains testimonials from J

Corpus Christi College Library, Oxford
The interior of Corpus Christi College library, Oxford. Contrary to the information printed on this postcard, the college was founded in 1517

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 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

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

Car with contraption on the back
A car with luggage on the roof rack and a large contraption (possibly holding extra fuel) fixed to the back

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

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

People on a railway track alongside a train
People on a railway track alongside a halted train. Date: circa 1930s

Women workers for WWI
400, 000 women were employed by the Ministry of Munitions in 1916, theses women came from France and England and more were required to keep up with the demand. Date: 1916

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

Johann Wier
JOHANN WIER German physician, notable for his investigation of cases of supposed demonic possession, which he ascribed to sickness rather than the devils work. Date: 1515 - 1588

Doyen Photo
EUGENE-LOUIS DOYEN French surgeon noted for his treatment of difficult cases such as Siamese twins : here he is being painted by Carrier-Belleuse in 1906. Date: 1859 - 1916

Grannie Makes Lace
Miss Mary Bates, aged 85, of Clifton Road, Cliftonville, Margate, England, can still see well enough to make lace pillow cases without the aid of spectacles. Date: early 1930s

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

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

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

Bermuda - Front Street, Hamilton - Busy mix of trade and traffic Date: circa 1903

Bermuda - Packing Onions
Packing onions into wooden crayes ready for international export - Bermuda. Date: circa 1910s

Packing Easter Lily Buds, Bermuda. Date: 1906

Cartridge case recovery unit for recycling spent anti-aircraft shell cases, c.1938-1939 Date: circa 1939

Machine for making cartridge cases

Animal railway station

Advert fo Revelation suitcases 1939
Expanding suitcases. Confidence in having the best - confidence in knowing that your suitcase will always adjust itself to whatever you wish to pack - confidence too

Face the facts and help to control syphilis Reported cases 100, 000 under 19 yrs. of age... 13, 000 between 11 and 15. Poster presenting information about syphilis. Date between 1936 and 1941

Milk truckers do not! pick up milk at farms where there are cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis, spinal meningitis, smallpox, typhoid Report all cases on your route to

W. M. Raymond & Co
W.M. Raymond & Co. Date c1866 Dec. 24. W.M. Raymond & Co. Date c1866 Dec. 24

Cancer kills in the prime of life 95 percent of cases of cancer are in those over 35. Poster providing information about cancer, showing male and female heads and a crab. Date between 1936 and 1938

Roadside Butter Market in Ireland Date: 1905

Gentleman and his extensive luggage
Fully Equipped - A smart young Gentleman and his extensive luggage en route to a shooting weekend in the country. A porters nightmare... Date: 1908

Railway Station at Odobesti
The Railway Station at Odobesti - a town in Vrancea County, Romania. Date: 1903

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