Cole Collection

First Christmas Card by Sir Henry Cole and John Horsley
Reputedly the first Christmas card, this was designed by Horsley in 1843, and a coloured version sent out by Sir Henry Cole in 1846

Edgar Allan Poe (Cole)
EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer

DREADNOUGHT HOAX
VIRGINIA WOOLF as a young woman, with Duncan Grant, Adrian Stephen, Anthony Buxton, Guy Ridley and Horace Cole as " The Emperor of Abyssinia and His Suite"

Nightingale / Cole / Century
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Nurse, hospital reformer and philanthropist

Music cover, When I Fall in Love, Nat King Cole
Music cover, When I Fall in Love, music by Victor Young, words by Edward Heyman, recorded by Nat King Cole on Capitol Records. 1952

Works of Eaton, Cole & Burnham Co. Bridgeport, Conn. Print shows large factory complex with Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company, Depot, 58 John St

Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon 1887
A page of vignettes from the 1887 Wimbledon Championships in London SW19 including the champion H.F. Lawford, E. Renshaw, C.Cole and that years ladies winner taking centre page, Miss Lottie Dod

Georges Melies
GEORGES MELIES French film director (on the left); first to film fictional narratives using scripts etc. Photographed here with his collaborator, EMILE COLE

Poison tanghin or ordeal tree, Tanghinia venenifera.. Illustration by Lady Frances Cole, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

Circus poster, Clyde Beatty Cole Bros, USA, the Worlds Largest Circus. 20th century

Mrs Cole Porter at the Venice Lido
Linda Lee Thomas (November 17, 1883 May 20, 1954), American socialite and the wife of musical theatre composer Cole Porter

The Dreadnought Hoax
THE DREADNOUGHT HOAX The Emperor of Abyssinia and his suite prepare to inspect the Royal Navy : Virginia Stephen (Woolf) on left, Horace Cole on the right Date: February 1910

Sketches of the Chin-Lushai expedition. Capture of Lalshimas village by the Cachar Military Police under Lieutenant Cole. Date: 1890

Mann's Tractor number 1260, Old King Cole, reg, U 4298, at Ryhill on 17 June 1972. Date: 1972

Theatrical and vaudeville presentations, December 1923
Three photos from theatrical and vaudeville presentations, December 1923: the 8 Embassy Girls in vaudevile; the Childs brothers in London Calling

Mann Tractor U 4298 Old King Cole number 1260, built by Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company in 1917, powered by a 4nhp Compound engine. Date: circa 1960

Royal Aircraft Factory F. E. 8 replica
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 replica, operated by Cole Palen from Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Date: circa 1970

Cowherds
A painting, in poster style, of a pair of farmers, herding some cows down a country road, with the help of a dog running beside them. Date: circa 1917

On May 1st, 1843 English Academic painter and illustrator John Callcott Horsley designed the first commercially produced and printed Christmas card

Cover of Eve Magaine 18 February 1925 featuring a sketch by M.D. Cole entitled The Bouquet Date: 1925

Photograph of Railway Hotel, Cole, Somerset. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Ekcovision 17 inch black and white television, model T330, manufactured by E K Cole of Southend. 1958

Music cover, Old King Cole, His Life & Death, A New Song by N Hounneman, arranged by As Rich, drawn by Alfred Crowquill. circa 1850

Advert for Miami Beach, Florida, 1920s (Americas Winter Playground showing Floridas foremost hotels - The Nautilus, The Flamingo, The King Cole and the The Lincoln) Date: 1920s

Bath partitions at Downham School, Harlow, Essex, constructed from Plymax standard lavatory design for slipper bath cubicles. Date: 1936

Lavatories at Downham School, Harlow, Essex, constructed from Plymax standard lavatory compartments type B. Date: 1936

American 302nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Memorial
The Memorial is known as the Cabbage Patch. In this area of Carentan Lt Colonel Robert G.Cole led a bayonet charge on 11 June 1944

Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with the Melba Theatre, the Britannia Theatre, the Bull & Mouth Hotel and Coles Book Arcade. circa 1912

Taming the Charleston
Mr E. Scott-Atkinson, professional tango champion, and Miss Dorothy Cole, the worlds tango champion demonstrate the old way to dance the Charleston - with legs and feet kicking outwards (bottom row)

English cricketers in the West Indies
Lord Brackleys team of English cricketers in the West Indies. Date: 1905

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

Comper C. L. A. 7 Swift G-ABUS
Comper C.L.A. 7 Swift G-ABUS, race Number 41, flown by A.L. Cole and David Ogilvy in the 1956 Grosvenor Trophy Race at Baginton (Coventry Airport), achieving second place. Date: 1956

Page from Unique guide to artistic furnishing: The home bea
Unique guide to artistic furnishing: the home beautiful, a catalogue containing 137 pages, including colour and black and white illustrations

Music cover, Pretend, Nat King Cole
Music cover, Pretend, by Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman and Frank Lavere, recorded by Nat King Cole. 1952

EKCO RADIO
An Ekco radio, well known make from the 1930s. The name derives from the company founders name - Eric Kirkham Cole

Cole Younger, American train robber
Member of the notorious James-Younger gang, Cole Younger, after his capture. 1889

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he... Old King Cole and a lady selling tickets to hoards of excited children to enter the world of nursery rhymes

Music cover, You d Be So Nice To Come Home To, words and music by Cole Porter, from the film, Something To Shout About. 1943

Portraits of three members of the Midnight Follies cabaret show at the Hotel Metropole, London, 1922 - Ida Parkinson, Cecile Maule Cole and Vera Lennox Date: 1922

Misfitz - Old King Cole. early 20th century

London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, textiles
London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, at the Sun in St Pauls Churchyard, importing and selling cambrics, lawn, macklin, English lace and edging, wholesale and retail. 18th century

London, England - Great Exhibition 1851 - Distant View of glass building and crowds.. Part of Box 177 Boswell collection - Round about London

The Dreadnought Hoax, report in The Sketch
Page from The Sketch magazine reporting on the Dreadnought hoax. The incident was a joke played by a group led by Horace de Vere Cole, including the writer Virginia Stephen (Woolf)

Aerostat. Engraving in The Illustration, 1887

Little Folk Misfitz - Old King Cole. circa 1910

Timothy Cole, Engraver
TIMOTHY COLE English - American engraver. Date: 1852 - 1931

Sir Galbraith Cole
SIR GALBRAITH LOWRY COLE British military commander Date: 1772 - 1842

Marcus Stone Photo
GEORGE VICAT COLE Artist, in 1881 Date: 1833 - 1893

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