Continuous Collection

British Soldiers resting near Monte Camino; Second World War
Photograph showing a group of British infantry taking a break, near Monte Camino, Italy, 1943. This unit had just been involved in six days of continuous fighting

Never-stop railway at British Empire Exhibition 1924
Diagram showing step-on, step-off method, where people walked slowly onto the moving carriage that went around the British Empire Exhibition, in Wembley, designed by William Yorath Lewis

Morris Jasmine Wallpaper
A patterned example of the jasmine wallpaper, designed by Morris and Co. featuring a continuous, flowing design of flora. Date: circa 1864

Poster - Keep Attacking! - Shout this loudly!
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Keep Attacking! - Shout this loudly! Date: circa mid-1970s

Fish market At Dieppe
An oil painting of a very crowded fish market square, made up of buildings with continuous archways and green balconies in Dieppe, northern France. Date: circa 1915

Titanic fireman Lindsay continuous certificate of discharge
RMS Titanic - fireman William Charles Lindsay, continuous certificate of discharge, showing Titanic listed as voyage No. 7 and described as intended New York

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

Aboriginal Shield Design
This design was adapted from a shield in Cairns, north Queensland, representing a section of a continuous design for borders to hanging shades, curtains, cushions etc. Date: circa 1925

Diagram showing a proposed the never-stop train system described as electric cars mounted on tubular shaft along a continuous route in London. Date: 1911

Booths Silicon china mug - 8 Allies including India
A very rare Booths Silicon china mug, dated A.D. 1914, with hand enamelled multi-coloured transfer, It has a continuous decoration showing the 8 Allies (which are all named) including India

HARTS CONTINUOUS LIFT-2
Harts continuous lift system in action, with the engine mechanism shown below. (pic 2 of 2) Date: 1882

Woman doing automatic writing in a garden -- she is Mrs P Savile of South Norwood, London, who could receive psychic information from an entity called White Cloud

Booths Silicon china mug - 8 Allies including India
A very rare Booths Silicon china mug, dated A.D. 1914, with hand enamelled transfer in blue. It has a continuous decoration showing the 8 Allies (which are all named) including India

Lighthouse, Ramsgate - Across water ( with sailing ship) to lighthouse. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. The lighthouse situated on the West harbour arm was built in 1842

Continuous Bleaching Linen By the Chemical Process - an interior view in a spinning mill of a man operating a machine for the chemical bleaching of linen. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Linen Bleaching By Continuous Chemical Process - an interior view in a spinning mill of a man operating a machine for the bleaching of linen. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Krupp: Steel Rolling
Steel manufacture at Krupps factory: continuous rolling work Date: 1911

Night view of Empress Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Night view of the Empress Theatre and Cinema, Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1913

de Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, CF-HOE, of Laurentian Aie Services fitted with the McPhar continuous wave induction system

The sale of Manhattan (price not mentioned) - a continuous performance. Illustration shows a modern version of the sale of Manhattan Island between unidentified legislators masquerading as Natives

The Glorious Stand of the Royal West Kents in Trones Wood
An illustration of a small group of the Royal West Kent regiment repelling German attacks in Trones Wood, France. The soldiers are reported to have been separated from their main force during a night

The Civil War in America. The interior of Fort Sumter, Charl
The interior of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbour, after a continuous bombardment by the Federal batteries on Morrs Island. Fort Sumter provided the first engagement of the civil War

Sir Henry Morton Stanley and his men exit a forest, Central
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre with walking stick), the Anglo-American journalist and explorer, and his companions leaving a dense forest, Central Africa

Advertisement for the Empire Cinema, Derby -- The House that is Different. Proprietor Edgar Duckworth, General Manager Jos. Ferguson. Continuous performance daily from 2.30 to 10.30

Harts Continuous Lift-1
The continuous lift system of M.Hart. (pic 1 of 2)

Mississippi Naval Fight
The Mississippi is the scene of continuous naval operations throughout the war : here Union vessels engage confederate forts below New Orleans

Continuous Roll Paper
Modern manufacturing processes produce paper in a continuous roll

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