Commercial Collection (page 5)

Caricature illustration, The Optimist by Will Owen. Showing homeless man with handkerchief tied to stick, asking grumpy banker with cigar for a loan

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner, Middlesex
Junior House at the Commercial Travellers Schools at Pinner. Date: Date unknown

Italian Savoia-Marchetti S74, long-distance commercial aircraft Date: 1938

Lockheed Vega 5 NC658E (msn 55), in American Airways livery, with noted aviatrix Elinor Smith, at age 19, standing in front of it

The Drawing Room of a Handley Page Pullman - a new luxury commercial passenger plane which began operating between London and Paris in December 1919 Date: 1919

Piper PA-28-161 Cadet G-BXTZ (msn 2841181), of Bournemouth Commercial Flight Training, at Hurn Airport. Date: circa 2005

Ursula Packe, daughter of Sir Edward and Lady Packe, before her marriage to Mr Peter Clifton, Grenadier Guards. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Lady Dashwood
Lady Dashwood, wife of Sir John Dashwood, is noted in the Sketch as, one of the smartest of the young women in Society. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait

Blackwall Extension Railway Bridge over the Commercial-Road East. The new link in the metropolitan system of railways was to bring the Eastern Counties and other lines terminating at Shoreditch

McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 T-264
Koninklijke Luchtmacht - McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 T-264 (msn 46985 line Number 264), of 334 Squadron, on approach to RAF Mildenhall in March 1998

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

The Wedding of the World Champion Sculler Mr George Towns to Miss Amy Roslyn Harding at Southsea, prior to Towns return to his native Australia

North American P-51D Mustang N5441V
North American P-51D-30-NT Mustang N5441V (msn 124-48335, ex 45-11582). Marked as 44-13334 G4-U, of the 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, flying from RAF Leiston in Norfolk

Imperial Airways Handley Page 42 Air Liner
Imperial Airways Handley Page 42 Commercial Type Air Liner Date: 1930s

Comic postcard, Two commercial travellers Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scene at secretarial college Date: 20th century

Rockwell Sabre 60 HZ-NCB (msn 306-94) of the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: 1987

Rockwell Sabre 60 HZ-MA1 (msn 306-110) of the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia, centre-stage on the apron at Luton Airport in May 1987. Date: 1987

Comic postcard, Marriage proposal from commercial traveller Date: 20th century

Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan
Vintage 19th century photograph: Baku, the capital and commercial hub of Azerbaijan, is a low-lying city with coastline along the Caspian Sea

Building demolished manually, Bromley, Kent
A commercial building in Bromley, Kent, being demolished the hard way, by hand. Date: circa 1950s

Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner, Middlesex
Children engaged in a variety of craft and other activities in the kindergarten class of the Commercial Travellers Schools at Pinner. Date: Date unknown

Sicele O Brien (1887 - 1931), Irelands pioneering pilot, second woman to get her commercial licence

Photograph of Commercial Tavern, Spitalfields, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Commercial Tap PH, Stepney, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Commercial PH, Barking, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1913

Artist: "And I suppose you d like some artistic lettering on it
Artist: " And I suppose you d like some artistic lettering on it?" Business Manager & Philistone: " No, legible please." A commercial artist visits the office of a client

A Muslim man performing his ablutions before prayer, washing his hands in a bowl of water. A servant pours water and another offers a towel. Musulmano che fa abluzione

Painting dolls and toys for Au Bon March鬠Paris, France
Painting dolls and toys for the Toy Department of the department store Au Bon MarchÚá®n Paris, France. circa 1900

Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Hall
Interior of the Old Hall at the Royal Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner Date: 1920s

Corn Exchange, Glasgow, Scotland
The recently built Corn Exchange in Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1843

Advert, Booseys Musical Cabinet, Drawing Room Pieces
Advert, Booseys Musical Cabinet, Drawing Room Pianoforte Pieces, listing works by composers including Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Meyerbeer and Verdi. Date: late 19th century

Advert, Boosey & Co, Song Books and Operas
Advert, Boosey & Co, The Royal Song Books, The Royal Edition of Operas, Ballad Operas, and Booseys Cabinet Operas for Pianoforte Solo. Date: late 19th century

Advert, Booseys Cabinet Classics, Pianoforte Solo, listing works by composers including Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms and Bach. Date: late 19th century

Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, NY State, USA
Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1915

National Bank of Commerce, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
National Bank of Commerce building in the moonlight, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Skyscrapers in business district, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1915

Exchange Building, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1915

Central Bank and Trust Co Building, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1915

Bank of Commerce and Trust Co Building, Memphis, USA
Bank of Commerce and Trust Co Building, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1915

Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey), with a few commercial premises, including Milward and Sons, House and Estate Agents. circa 1910

Madame Yevonde portraits of various young women - sisters, twins and cousins, three storeys of beauty. Mollie and Maimie Paget (twin sisters) with their cousin Anne Paget between them (top), Myrtle

South African Airways DC7B over Johannesburg, South Africa. Date: 1959

Burns Philp & Company Ltd, Java Singapore Line terminus. Date: circa 1900s

Charles Tyson Yerkes first deal selling soap. circa 1870s

LCC-LFB engines and crews, Whitechapel fire station
Located at 27 Commercial Road, East London, Whitechapel fire station opened in 1874. It was also a superintendent station (district headquarters) and was known as Station No 27

Von Landenberg wine cellar, Germany
Gundi and Trimbonn von Landenberg sample wine in their own wine cellar in Germany. Date: circa 1960s

How Germany treats neutral commerce, torpedo WW1
How Germany treats neutral commerce in the First World War. A German torpedo just about to strike a merchantman. 1915

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