Coming Collection (page 4)

British propaganda for the American entry into the war
The card shows a young woman holding aloft the Stars and Stripes with a background of aeroplanes in the sky. We are coming brother, coming, it says. WW1 Date: 1918

Sydney Jewell, debutante, Dublin
Sydney Jewell, nee Auchinleck, as a debutante in Dublin, Ireland. 1902

Elephant and circus arriving on a New Year card
A little boy on a donkey meets an elephant and circus arriving -- We know not what is coming in the New Year. Date: circa 1890s

CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). Cartoon called A Radical Reformer, i.e. A Neck or Nothing Man! Dedicated to the Heads of the Nation. It was published by Thomas Tegg of Cheapside on 17 September 1819

Debutante dress show 1939
Society girls as amateur mannequins at Dorothy Laws dress show in March 1939. From left to right, the group shows Miss Anne Nettlefold, Miss Joan O Malley, Miss Muriel Cunningham, Miss Pamela Stokes

Queen Charlottes Ball, 1937
Gleaming in serried ranks: debutantes parading on the ballroom floor during Queen Charlottes Ball before the traditional cutting of the cake

Duchess of Argylls ball for her debutante daughter
A spread from The Tatler reporting on the lavish ball held at Claridges by the Duchess of Argyll for her daughter, Miss Frances Sweeny

Queen Charlottes Ball, 1934
The ceremony of cutting the cake performed by HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught (formerly Princess Alexandra of Fife), at Queen Charlottes Ball

Relief of Lucknow / Jessie
Two women hear the approaching army, coming to rescue them. Date: 1857

Sewing in the 18th C
Two french women in a sewing workshop doing needlework and taking advantage of the light coming from the huge windows. Date: Circa 1760

Macombs Dam Bridge, New York
Viaduct. 155th St. N.Y. - Pedestrians and horse & buggies coming off of the 155th Street viaduct bridge, New York

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Courage
An Italian postcard entitled " Courage! Victory is Nigh!". The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

The coming of the Loud speaker
Photograph of a loud speaker being used at Stamford Bridge football stadium. The man seated at the table spoke into the telephone receiver

Coming Off the Court
Two men walk off the court

Three angels answer the prayers of the mysterious woman Date: circa 1890s

Young Zulu child, South Africa - Coming out of hut - morning. Date: circa 1920s

Family of cats on a Greek Island, waiting to greet visitors coming off the boats. Date: 1978

Tiny passageway at the base of a column - Nara, Japan
Tiny passageway at the base of a column within the Todai-ji (Eastern Great Temple), a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan

South Africa Cape Colony - Molten coal mine - Coal truck coming out of mine - miners sitting either side. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony. Date: circa 1900

Olympic, Belfast - a view of the Olympic ship coming into the dock looked on by people to the left including a photographer (believed to be Robert J Welch, official photographer for H&W)

The Olympic Coming Up the Era Dock, Belfast - a view of the ship going into dock looked on by people to the left, 1st APR 1911. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Jolly Gentleman heads home for Christmas with goodies
Theres a good time coming. Jolly Gentleman heads home for Christmas bearing a wide variety of festive goodies, including a goose, presents, holly and ivy, mistletoe and a bottle of something strong

Coming from the mosque, Tunis, Tunisia, circa 1890s. Date: circa 1890s

The Pier, Kilkeel - a view over a boatbuilder towards the pier with a crowd of men at the end watching a boat coming in. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Kilkeel). Date: circa early 1900s

New Year card with the year 1891 in cutout form
New Year card with the coming year 1891 in cutout form. Date: 1891

The difference between an old maid and a married woman... The Old Miad waits for a Husband every day, yet The Married Woman waits for her husband every night !! Date: 1909

Calendar design, Hes Coming -- four schoolboys sit on a bench as their teacher enters the room. 1898

Refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge University
View of the top table in the refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge University, with professors coming and going. A large portrait of Henry VIII looms over them. Date: 1967

Mincing Beef
Minced beef coming out of the mincing machine onto a metal plate. Date: 1960s

Cartoon, Making progress. A young woman sitting at the piano tells her friend: My voice is coming on -- I just had a complaint from the tenant on the sixth floor ! Date: 1919

Dance in a Meadow
Four Italian girls celebrate the coming of Spring by dancing barefoot in a meadow among puddles of melting snow Date: early 20th century

Balloon in Channel 1810
Sadler and Clayfields flight lands them in the Channel; fortunately the sea seems calm and look, theres a boat coming to rescue them ! Date: 1810

St Bartholomew Great
St Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield: people coming out of church Date: late 19th century

Cumaean Sibyl & Jesus
The CUMAEAN SIBYL foretells the coming of Jesus - a pious invention of the early Christians, hoping to show that their faith had been predicted in ancient times Date: BC

Egyptian Bride
A wedding procession at Menzala : the home-coming of the bride Date: 1904

Santa Arrives at Party
The coming of Santa Claus - " he has good things in plenty for young and for old - right warm is his heart though his aspect be cold..." Date: 1901

Netherlands / Christianity
The coming of Christianity Date: 7th - 8th century

WW1 poster, Keep It Coming, Waste Nothing, United States Food Administration. Date: circa 1917

Is it Worth It? Page from The Sketch on debutante season
Page from The Sketch featuring an article by the photographer Tom Hustler reporting on whether the season, for the debutante was worth it

The Cost of Coming Out - 1958 Season
Page from The Tatler featuring an article about the cost of coming out as a debutante in 1958, the last year debs were presented to the Queen at court

WW1 - Cartoon - Wilhelm II hears the Cossacks coming
WW1 - A cartoon illustrating German Emperor Wilhem II standing proudly, mistaking the sound of distant rumbling as the arrival of his people

Engineers & Drilling Rig, Storrington, Sussex, England. Where Storringtons Water is Coming From Date: 1900s

Boys coming out of a sweet shop, Balham, SW London
Boys coming out of a sweet shop in Balham, SW London, with bottled drinks. Date: circa 1961

Westlake Boulevard, Seattle, Washington, USA
Westlake Boulevard and Hotel Wingfield (left), Seattle, Washington, USA. From a handcart on the left, a man is selling The Coming Nation, a socialist newspaper. Date: circa 1912

Edwardian group coming into garden
Edwardian group coming into in garden at Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport. Date: 1906

WWI Poster, Every Second Matters
Every Second Matters, Every second saved in unloading these ships means another American soldier and more food. British Dockyard work incentive poster supporting the Americans coming into the war

First World War (1918). Supplying for the English army coming from a parachute. Drawing

The vat overflows. Apocalypse of Angers
BATAILLE, Nicolas (14th c.). The vat overflows. 1375 - 1382. Blood coming out of the Wine-press of God. Scene 13 of the tapestry number 4 from the series Apocalypse of Angers commissioned by Louis I

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