Check Collection (page 4)

Joe Kings Rathskeller, New York City, USA
Joe Kings Rathskeller, 17th Street and 3rd Avenue, New York City, USA -- a retro-style restaurant serving old-fashioned German-American-Irish food. Date: circa 1950s

Tea table with strawberries and jam
Tea table set out with freshly picked strawberries, a pot of jam, and cups of tea poured out. 1936

Sandwich board man with dogs on a Victorian scrap
Sandwich board man attacked by two dogs on a Victorian scrap. He is advertising J Thridgould & Co, Sidney Street (off Commercial Road), cheapest house in London for scraps

Advertisement for Felco chain block. 1938

Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt, who is wearing the Norman Hartnell style womens uniform introduced in 1968

Margaret Thatcher meeting Metropolitan Police officers
Margaret Thatcher (Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, nee Roberts, 1925-2013), who served as British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990

Woman police officer with car and radio, Egham, Surrey
Woman police officer (mobile officer) on duty in Egham, Surrey, standing by a police car and speaking on a handheld radio

Woman police officer in uniform, London
Woman police officer in woollen V-neck jumper and trousers, together with the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985

Jewellery designer Carol Russell in Biba
Carol Russell, a freelance jewellery designer wearing a jersey trouser suit from Biba in a brown and beige check. The necklace is one of her own and was available from Tony Armstrong boutique

Burberry cotton houndstooth coat and Simone Mirman turban
A Burberry in French cotton printed in large black and white houndstooth design, fully shower proof and lined with cherry taffeta

Susie Bisco in 1960s fashions
Susie Bisco, fashion coordinator for an advertising agency in New York, pictured wearing a black and white check dress (and English import for Bigi of Bergdorf Goodman)

American anti-gambling cartoon
An American anti-gambling cartoon, showing a Rum-Soaked Old Sport sitting at a table. The verse below ends: It would be very hard to find / A more worthless, useless sample of mankind. Date: 1906

Tile designs in SMB wallpaper sample book
Fourteen Tileonite tile designs in an SMB wallpaper sample book. The only British made enamelled metal decoration on zinc. Date: 1934

Firefighters in breathing apparatus, Everett Street, SW8
Firefighters in breathing apparatus at a fire at The Steam Packet public house in Everett Street, Battersea, London SW8, on 26 April 1959

Checked knitted chess board vest, WW1
A British soldier proudly displaying a knitted vest under his jacket which, as well as eeping him warm, doubles as a portable chess and draughts board

Peter Hugo with a clown
Peter Hugo (Prince Charles lookalike) with a clown. Date: circa 1980s

Robert Robinson, radio and TV presenter
Robert Robinson (1927-2011), radio and TV presenter, journalist and author

Three people with a car
Three people, a man and two women, posing alongside a car with an a badge on the front

Portugal - Lisbon Girl Street Seller Date: 1930s

Gentleman in Harris Tweet Suit with Plus Fours, holding a cigarette in an elegant holder. Date: circa 1920s

NFS (London Region) Fire Force 34 Control Unit, WW2
There were five Fire Force areas in the London Region of the NFS, Nos 34 to 38. Each Fire Force area had its own local headquarters and Control Unit with dedicated staff

A young boy sitting on a stool
A watercolour painting of a young boy seated on a four-legged stool by Raymond Sheppard

Welfare of horses on His Majestys Service. A female vet giving a horse a check-up during World War I

Horse Litter of 1325
A fine picture of a medieval horse litter with its well- to-do occupant poking his head out from under the covering to check on the progress of the journey

Hot Water Bottle
A smartly dressed woman fills her hot water bottle from a kettle

Fur Coat & Hat 1930S
A diagonal plaid / check dress worn with a 3/4 length coat in grey fur & a tall, brimless hat with a flared crown trimmed in the same fur

Little girl with Corgi dog
Unusual Friends - Little girl with Corgi dog 1950s

Yes, no - Yes, no - I don t care anyway! A sweet little girl slowly removes the petals from a daisy to check if her true love shares her feelings....!! Date: 1931

Time Savers Easy Correspondence card! Fill in the blanks! Date: 1937

Clothing and hats for womens spring wear 1913
Three very smart models wearing the latest spring clothing and hats Date: 1913

Stable grooms with horses, Porlock, Somerset. Date: circa 1960s

Victorian scrap - Wanted a chappie with some go in him
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted a chappie with some go in him. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - I should like to marry anyone
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - I should like to marry anyone. late 19th century

Tatler cover - Flare for Fashion 1963
Front cover of society magazine, The Tatler with a model wearing a black and gold check brocade evening dress and jacket, in which she looks so hot, flames are literally licking at her hemline

Christmas present gift tag -- boy in chair with book and cat. Date: circa 1950s

Communist China - sorting weapons and ammunition
Communist China - soldiers sorting weapons and boxes of ammunition captured from the enemy, probably during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa 1940s

Soho, London - woman checking a report. 1973

Ballooning - A Cruise in the Clouds
Three men ballooning - A Cruise in the Clouds. One man checks an altimeter, another empties sand to lighten the balloon and gain height, and a third releases a pigeon. circa 1900

Simpsons of Piccadilly jacket and slacks, 1954
A gay scarlet wool jacket lined with jersey costing 8 12s. 6d. A warm and comfortable coat to wear with slacks about the house or farm (according to The Tatler!)

Advertisement for Crunchie Bar -- male and female models posing. 1959

Scheveningen, The Netherlands: Fishwife holding a basket on the beach. Date: 1906

The Nose Game - Impulsive Nose A8, Denotes Quick Temper. 1927

Advert for McDonalds Limited womens skirts 1917
Advertisement for McDonalds Limited, in Glasgow, a variety of fashionable tailored kilts, check tweed and Scottish clan tartan. Date: 1917

Girl with two cats on a cutout greetings card, with verse (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Harry Tate - Music Hall Star
Harry Tate - (Ronald Macdonald Hutchinson) (1872-1940) - English comedian who performed both in the music halls and in films. Date: 1905

Christmas card in the shape of a jacket with a handkerchief in the pocket. Date: circa 1890s

Dog newlyweds in human dress on a German postcard. Date: circa 1930s

Backless sun dress from Harvey Nichols, 1934
Two views of a backless sun dress in uncrushable cotton showing a broken plaid and check design in a variety of pastel colours, worn with a snappy little coat. Date: 1934

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