Change Collection

Sri Lanka - Ceylon. Her tea and other industries
A larger version of this uncommon pictorial poster map was originally published by the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board in 1933

Loughborough - Bell-ringing - World Record Change-ringers
Bellringing - World Record Change-ringers - who produced a peal of 18, 027 Stedman Caters - rung in 12 hours and 18 minutes at All Saints, Loughborough on Easter Monday - 12th April, 1909

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great Change
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Cretaceous Period - a time of great change, about 80 Million Years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton)

Coldstream Guards on a Christmas and New Year card, changing sentry duty in the snow. Date: circa 1890s

Daphne Becomes a Tree

Farrows Bank Ltd. - The Peoples Bank - 1 Cheapside, London

Continental drift maps
Reconstruction of the map of the world for three periods according to the Displacement Theory. Figs 1-2 from The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1924) by Alfred Wegener

Your Britain - Fight for it NOW - World War 2 public information Poster designed by Abram Games for the War Office - first published in 1942. Date: 1942

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

Garraways Coffee-House
The exterior of Garraways coffee house in Change Alley, London, rebuilt after a fire in 1748, one of the first to sell tea in the 17th century

Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace - Christmas card
Changing of the (Scots) Guards at Buckingham Palace - Christmas greetings card design by Harry Payne for Raphael Tuck & Sons. Date: circa 1908

LCC-LFB Fireman in his fire kit with new cork helmet
A London fireman in his fire kit, including the new style compressed cork helmet with its LFB crest, which replaced the traditional brass helmets used since the days of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Exeter Change by Charles Robinson
A visit to the menagerie at Exeter Change, one of the many picturesque buildings in the Strand destroyed by road widening in 1830. Built on the site of St

Gwr Broad Gauge Loco
Broad gauge locomotive of the Great Western Railway : if you are travelling cross-country, you must change trains at Gloucester from broad to narrow gauge

Killarney Cart Woman
An old woman with a donkey cart counts her change whilst walking through the rainy streets of Killarney, Co. Kerry

The Un-locked cub
The New Zealand cub is too powerful for the English lion; plus ca change... Date: 1905

Strand Exeter Change
Exeter Change. in the Strand

1869 / Gladstone / Peerages
Gladstones Magic Change! or How to make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Satire on Gladstones appointments to the peerage

Books / Anstey
VICE VERSA by F Anstey (real name Thomas Anstey Guthrie); the book tells of a father and son who change places thanks to a magical stone

Berkhampstead Station
A train pulls into the station with passengers waiting on the tracks! With both the railway & a canal system a seemingly rural area appears on the verge of change. Date: 1852

Extreme process of beauty in the parlour of Mme Lina Cavalieri. Woman changing her nasal contours using electrical apparatus strapped around her face, all in the name of fashion. Date: 1927

Couples enjoying the music in a dance hall, while a lady changes the vinyl record. Date: 1926

A Devon beauty gets a film contract - Patsy Scantelberry becomes Patsy Drake for her new career

Janus, the two-faced Roman god of beginnings, gates, time and change. He is shown seated on a plinth with key and sceptre in front of an altar

Voltumna or Veltha, supreme god in the Etruscan pantheon
Vertumnus, Roman god of seasons, change and plant growth. With scythe, sapling and dog. Voltumna or Veltha, supreme god in the Etruscan pantheon. From a cornelian gem. Vertumnus Incis. in Corneola

Garraways Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, London
Garraways Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, City of London. 18th century

Cartoon, The End of the Rotten Borough -- the Reform Bill of 1832 did away with these so-called rotten boroughs, which were constituencies with a very small electorate

Hadendoa Warrior, Sudan - Fuzzy-Wuzzy by John Hassall - Union Jack Club Date: 1907

Cartoon, The Political Chameleon -- satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis ability to change his partys allegiance from Protectionism to Free Trade in anticipation of an approaching General

Westland-Sikorsky WS-55 Series 1 G-AOCF (msn WA56), of Autair at Luton Airport 14 September 1955 to 06 April 1964: British European Airways Helicopters Ltd as G-AOCF, named Sir Lionel

Change of Wind: Merchant Men Making For London

WW2, Change Of Pilots
A wartime illustration which shows a high octane scene in which two biplanes perform a death defying manouvre, with a man hanging from a wing. Date: circa 1940s

Illustration, The Mirror, What a Change Date: 1930s

Cartoon, Joseph's Coat of Many Colours
Political cartoon, Joseph's Coat of Many Colours - Joseph Chamberlain MP, a satirical comment on his changes of allegiance - True Blue Liberal, Red Republican, Neutral Grey Date: 1889

Children and the Wizard Date: 1933

Doorway, Sydney University
This etching shows an ornate arched doorway to the University of Sydney, established in 1850, their motto is sidere mens eadem mutato, translated as The stars change, the mind remains the same

Time Marches On!
Cartoon showing how times change... And how they don't. Date: 1940

Turkish women - 1920s - Liberation in Dress
A set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 3 XV779 AB
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV779 AB (msn 712029), of No.3 Fighter Squadron, at RAF Gutersloh, during an engine ground run after a CSDU-Alternator change

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1A undergoing an engine change
Royal Air Force - A Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1A of No.3 Squadron undergoing an engine change in the field, under the cover of an inflatable hide, during Exercise Heath Fir in Germany

Richard Attenborough greets Mandela marchers
In London, film-maker Richard Attenborough meets anti-apartheid demonstrators taking part in the Nelson Mandela Glasgow to London freedom march

Ken Livingstone with The Flying Pickets
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician

Michael Meacher, British Labour politician
Michael Hugh Meacher (b 1939), British Labour politician, served as Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003

The exterior of Garraway's coffee house in Change Alley, London, rebuilt after a fire in 1748, one of the first to sell tea in the 17th century

Horse Cab, Paris 1879
A customer pays the cab's driver in the rain in Paris. Date: 1879

Inspirational message, What you can do, WW2
Inspirational message, What you can do - Britain needs guts as well as guns. National character is the core of national strength. Change! Unite! Fight! WW2 Date: circa 1940

Comic postcard, Scotsman chats with neighbour Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman looking for nearest toilet Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man selling his car Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman with baby in a shop Date: 20th century

St Martin-in- the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
St Martiin-in-the-Fields church, Trafalgar Square, London, with pedestrians and motor traffic. Date: circa 1930s

Comic postcard, Couple with baby Date: 20th century

LIghting effects in Peep Show at London Hippodrome
Page from The Illustrated London News demonstrating how the lighting effects of specialist Adrian Samoiloff could change a scene completely in Peep Show at the London Hippodrome

Cartoon, Mr Gladstone Sent For -- a satirical comment on the General Election success of the Liberal Party, headed by William Gladstone

Cartoon, The Dryads of Disfranchisement -- a satirical comment on threatened constituencies and their respective MPs (Totnes, Wakefield, Yarmouth, Calne and Wells)

Music cover, Change Partners, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Music cover, Change Partners, featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, lyrics and music by Irving Berlin from the film Carefree. 1938

George Robey, quick-change scene in Zig-Zag, Hippodrome
George Robey in " Zig-Zag!" the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome, in a scene where he performed a burlesque of the methods of Fregoli, the quick-change artist, with comic results

Rolling up the floor covering at the London Hippodrome
Illustration showing stage hands quickly rolling up the floor covering of the arena at the London Hippodrome

Beneath the arena at the London Hippodrome
Scene beneath the arena of the London Hippodrome with stage hands readying themselves to convey large wooden properties above for the next act. 1900s

A Change of Scene - Advert for Southern Railway 1939
A Change of Scene - Advertisement for Southern Railway - Why not try France this Autumn? Date: 1939

London Underground ticket and change giving machine, issuing twopenny tickets. Date: 1928

Cartoon, Clapham Junction Station, SW London
Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No.6, underground passage at Clapham Junction Station, SW London - a passenger can t remember which stairs to take

Railway passengers taking refreshments at York Station 1872
Railway passengers taking refreshments at York Station, with ten minutes to spare between trains. Date: 1872

Hypothetical female smoking party, May 1894
Illustration of an all-female smoking party, captioned " what we are coming to: a ladies smoking party", in reference to the changing social standards for women in Britain. 1894

Women farm workers loading a cart, May 1918
Two female farm workers as they load a cart with " roots for cattle", possibly swedes

Women jam makers at work, May 1918
Women working in the boiler room of a jam factory in England

Women working at a South London gas works 1918
Women working at the South Metropolitan Gas Works, London

Cartoon, No More Closing on Ash Wednesday
Cartoon, No More Theatre Closing on Ash Wednesday - Hooray! 1885

Cartoon, Victimised Citizen - Here comes that cadger, Old Father Christmas, again! John Bull digs in his pocket for some change. 1884

Cartoon, Felix Morris as Scottish professor in On Change
Cartoon, Mr Felix Morris as Seneca Pickering Peck, the Scottish professor, in a Strand Theatre production entitled On Change. 1885

Marys Arithmetic Dream -- Mary hates arithmetic, but then she has a dream which changes her mind about it. (2 of 8) Date: 1950s

The Mexican Tiger-flower, Tigridia pavonia, Change; The blue major Convolvulus, Night

Pygmy musk of Sumatra, Moschus pygmaeus

Leopard, Panthera pardus. Near threatened
Leopard, Panthera pardus (Felis leopardus). Near threatened. Drawn from a specimen at Exeter Change

Mounted guards in Madrid, Spain, April 1931
Mounted guards in Madrid in April 1931, when Spain was declared a Republic. 1931

Parcel Post Drivers exchanging Carts, London on the divisional line of their districts. 1847

Cartoon, Its All So Simple! by Ghilchick. In the old days undressing was quite a business, but with the time-saving one-piece affair of today its all very much simpler. Date: 1933

Tyre change and refuelling at Montlhery, France
Tyre change and refuelling of a Hotchkiss car while attempting to beat records at Montlhery, France. 20th century

Auto-Union racing car, tyre change and refuelling
An Auto-Union racing car at the replenishment pits, having a tyre change and refuelling. 20th century

Britain leaves Gold Standard, Throgmorton Street, London
Britain leaves the Gold Standard, 22 September 1931 - Throgmorton Street, London, in turmoil. 1931

Cartoon of Oxford bags, 1925
Caricature of actors Peter Haddon and Rosaline Courtneidge in the play On Change, performed at the Savoy Theatre

Golders Green tube station, NW London, and an earlier view from 1904. Date: circa 1920s

Miss Eweretta Lawrence and Miss Grace Otway in On Change - in The Theatre Magazine, February 1886. 1886

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