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A box of Christmas Eve crackers
A lovely box of Christmas crackers from the 1920s

Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, WW2
Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, 22 March 1944. Showing firefighters in action on barrels of paraffin wax. Date: 1944

First aid hamper supplied by St Johns Ambulance
A large first aid hamper (ie first aid kit) for ambulance station and railway purposes, supplied by St Johns Ambulance Association

TYNDALEs BIBLE, 1536
TYNDALEs NEW TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH a page showing the contents

The Spinning Top Safety Matches - Matchbox top carton label

Ship Safety Matches - Matchbox top carton label

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Harland and Wolff date book
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Extremely rare Harland and Wolff hardbound employees build/date book chronicling the history of the ships built at the yard

RMS Titanic - cigar case recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a silver cigar case of rectangular outline with rounded corners

RMS Titanic - gold stud recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a late Victorian 18 carat yellow gold round collar or dress stud

RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - an 18 carat gold and small old-cut diamond solitaire band/signet ring, slightly tapering (1/4ins)

RMS Titanic - letter to James Moody's sister
RMS Titanic - highly significant and historically important letter to Sixth Officer James Moody's sister

Valley of the Kings, tomb of Rameses VI, 1186 - 1085 BC, wall painting showing contents of the Book of the Dead. Photograph by Lionel Coates Date: circa 1970

Disadvantages of a short cut. "I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time
Disadvantages of a short cut

Bride examining the contents of her marriage basket. Her bridesmaids show her lace, jewelry, diaments and finery. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Advert for Dunhills Lytup Handbags 1923
Advertisement for the Lytup handbag from Alfred Dunhill, with a small electric light illuminating the contents whenever it is opened up

The Savoy. Contents page
Illustration for contents page of The Savoy magazine No 1. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1895

Steamship Cedric in cross-section to show contents. Date: 1903

Greetings card in the shape of an artists sketchbook, open to reveal the contents. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Porcelain manufacturers 1843
Workers carefully place seggars or saggars for firing in the biscuit kiln at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester. 1843

Alfreds Mother presents him with a volume of poetry
According to the writings of Asser (a Welsh monk from St David s, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s)

City of London handcart with scrap metal, WW2
WW2 - City of London Corporation handcart containing scrap metal, including bomb ordinance, Southwark Bridge, London

Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882
The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny

GAMBLING TIPS BOXES
When a player has won, he throws a jeton onto the table, cries pour les employes to the croupier, who puts it into the tips box. The contents are divided later Date: 1930s

COOK STIRRING PAN
A cook stirring the contents of a pan Date: 1900

RMS Titanic - nail scissors recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - silver mounted steel nail scissors with rusted steel blades

Circular box of sweets on a New Year card -- with the lid open to reveal the contents and a verse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

D-Day invasion ration pack
The contents of the 24-hour ration pack which was to be carried by every combatant in the anticipated Allied invasion of the continent. These were to be carried in a small waterproof box

Salome Contents page by Aubrey Beardsley
Design by Aubrey Beardsley for the Contents page of the English translation of Oscar Wildes play Salome. A masked, winged, hermaphroditic satyr gestures to a lady in a long gown. Date: 1894

A Second World War Red Cross food parcel
The contents of a food parcel dispatched for Christmas in 1944. 180, 000 packages were sent out, many to prisoners of war in Germany, by the Red Cross and St John Organisation

Knights Cyclopaedia of the Industry of all Nations, detailing the contents of the Great Exhibition in London. Showing the River Thames and the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. 1851

St Annes on Sea Ormerod Home - Play Room
Interior of the play-room at Ormerod Home at St Annes on Sea. Contents include a rocking horse, ark, dolls house and piano. Date: Date unknown

Find the Fault card No. 16 -- kitchen cupboard. circa 1930s

Brown leather bag on a greetings card
Brown leather bag on a movable greetings card -- Don t let the Cat out of the Bag. Date: early 20th century

VAD Hospital stores, Quex House
The Billiard Room of Quex House was used as the Hospital Stores during the War. Two VAD nurses are seated either side of a table. One is sewing, the other is writing

Delivery man on a Christmas card, holding a large basket upside down and spilling the contents, including a goose, a bottle of wine and several apples. Date: circa 1890s

Favourite Sayings - The cracked dish
Black and white lantern slide of a woman pouring the contents of a pan into a cracked dish and liquid spilling out onto the floor.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Distribution of cigarettes at the front, WW1
A battery commander distributing the contents of a parcel of cigarettes amongst his men at the Front at Christmas time

Nursery Rhymes -- daffodil lady, giant on sea shore
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a lady dressed as a daffodil is pulled along by three white mice

A Court Jester raising the punch cup high! The illustration for the Contents page of the Phil May Folio. Date: 1892

Warwick Prison - Cell Interior
The interior of a cell at Warwick Prison. Contents include a table, chair and bedding roll. A plank bed stands against the wall at the left. Date: Date unknown

LCC-LFB Major church fire, Lower Sloane Street, SW1
Turntable ladders from Lambeth fire station (D61) assisting in the damping down following a fire that gutted a church building in Lower Sloane Street and destroyed it contents

LCC-LFB aftermath of fire, Hackney Road, East London
The aftermath of fire in Hackney Road, showing the dishevelled contents of a room

Table of contents. Print shows a table of contents page for the series of prints, Famous views in the sixty-odd provinces. The list of prints is arranged in the Provincial order of old Japan

Mokuroku - title page and table of contents

Metropolitan police dog investigating suitcase contents
A Metropolitan Police dog investigating the contents of a suitcase, in a sparsely furnished room used for training purposes. Date: circa 1960s

Kettles and Stands
Kettles and urns for use on the tea-table, each with its own powerful lamp to keep the contents hot if not bubbling. Date: 1930

Contents page, Under the Window by Kate Greenaway
Contents page for Under the Window by Kate Greenaway. (6 of 8) first published 1879

Contents page design, A Day in a Childs Life. Showing two little girls, the taller one pointing to the list of contents with a rolled red parasol. first published 1881

Cell contents, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The inmate sleeps on a plank bed covered by a thin mattress

Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left

A moment alone
A small child empties the contents of their spoon into a locket, making a rather sticky mess

Czech vaudeville telepath Fred Marion
Photograph of the Czechoslovak vaudeville telepath Fred Marion (a.k.a. Josef Kraus), 1933. Kraus is making a " trial" of a tin box as to whether it contains a hidden object

A THRILLER
A young women, cigarette holder perched artfully between her lips reads a sensational novel, her eyes wide at the contents

Hospital Saturday fund
A sketch of volunteers counting the contents of the collection boxes

Attempting Clairvoyance
Frederick Marion - real name Josef Kraus - Czech stage magician, attempts clairvoyance on the contents of a tin under the direction of Harry Price

Girl & Dog / Windy Day
The wind has carried her bonnet away, causing her to drop her basketful of buns : will her faithful dog fetch her hat, or just stop and eat his windfall of buns ?

Cook Stirring Pan
A cook stirring the contents of a pan

Dame Marjories Chimney Corner, contents page
Contents page, based around an open china cabinet with blue and white tiles on either side

London Nightman
A London NIGHTMAN offers to cart away the contents of your privy (loo) at reasonable rates

Young Lady Sewing 1840S
A woman sits on an upholstered chair by some french windows which open onto a garden. Contents of the room include a pedestal table, harp, framed landscape, birdcage & rug

Metric Series - Contents
Contents - a litre

Fat Boy Tucks in 19C
A fat boy tucks in to the contents of a table groaning with food

Dog and Saucepan
A naughty dog helps himself to the contents of a saucepan

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