Correspondence Collection

WW2 greetings card, Corporal Joan Pearson
WW2 greetings card, Corporal J.D.M. Pearson, official war picture by Laura Knight, official war picture from the National Gallery

WW2 greetings card, dog in helmet
WW2 greetings card, dog in a tin helmet. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card with plane. Date: circa 1942

The Studdy Dog - Somebody Cares by George Studdy
The Studdy Dog, later known as Bonzo, appearing as an example of animal caricatures in an article in The Strand magazine. This particular dog appears to be getting ready to post a love letter

Graca & Cos stall - Hong Kong - important printers and vendors of postcards, stamps and stationary. Date: circa 1905

WW2 Christmas card, Lloyds Bank, showing the white cliffs of Dover. Date: 1944

Postman delivers a letter to two children
A postman delivers a letter to two children and their dog. Date: c.1920

WW2 greetings card, As You Were! Three servicewomen in uniform, a WRN, an ATS and a WaF, look longingly at an elegant evening dress in a store window. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, London Carries On, by Joseph Bato, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, black cat in helmet
WW2 greetings card, black cat in a helmet marked OK. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Valentines Day card, You are my target
WW2 Valentines Day card (inside), You are my target for today. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, Bus Conductor
WW2 greetings card, A Girl Bus Conductor, by Ethel Gabain, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Escort! A Chelsea Pensioner looks in admiration at an RAF airman with an elegant woman on each arm. Date: 1941

WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941

WW2 Christmas card, dog with gas mask
WW2 Christmas card, a black Scots terrier runs along with a gas mask in a box tied to his collar. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Birthday Card, Blue Pencil
A series of illustrations from a WW2 birthday greetings card, showing a line of dogs dressed as wartime General post Office workers delivering mail

Desk, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Desk with letters and notebooks, in the bedroom of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, in his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes, in Champagne

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, archive of Ismay letters
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. A fascinating archive of letters from Wilton Oldham to Mrs Bower Ismay relating to research for his book The Ismay Line

Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No

RMS Titanic - letter from Carl Zeidler of Toronto, Canada
RMS Titanic - letter dated 6 May 1912 relating to the loss of a cable on the Titanic, from Carl Zeidler, an explorer in Toronto, to Messrs Houston Bros, Vicksburg, Missouri, USA. Date: 1912

RMS Olympic - document regarding blades
RMS Olympic - Harland & Wolff document relating to the brazing of turbine blades and the chipping and dressing of propeller blades, dated 6 February 1913. Date: 1913

RMS Lusitania - Archibald correspondence
RMS Lusitania - archive of correspondence relating to the sinking of the Lusitania. The letters date from 18 May 1915 and relate to a painting by Rubens, The Holy Family

Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in play scene
Actors Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in the letters scene from Pinero's play, His House in Order Date: 1906

Percy Venner Bradshaw, artist and owner of Art School
Percy Venner Bradshaw, artist and owner of the Press Art School, a correspondence course for drawing. Date: 1904

Comic postcard, father with baby, writing a card Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl running to post a letter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A row of six bottoms in swimsuits at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy soldier posting a letter, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

John Hassall Correspondence Art School advertisement, 1917
Advertisement for the John Hassall Correspondence Art School showing a sketch of Hassall himself putting the finishing touches to his famous poster for The Only Way starring Sir Martin Harvey

Mrs Thrales house
View of Mrs Thrales house in Streatham. Hester Lynch Thrale (1740/41-1821) was a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts

Young lady (off on her hols!) sends a quick postcard
Life is short as time will show - If you don t get this, please let me know. Date: circa 1910s

Method of sealing an ancient letter - Paston correspondence
Method of sealing an ancient letter, an item from the correspondence of the Paston family in the time of Henry VI and Richard III (15th century). Date: 15th century

Chamberlain in his study
Joseph Chamberlain in his study engaged on the enormous correspondence involved by the fiscal campaign. Chamberlain is assisted by his private secretary, Mr Wilson. Date: 1903

Two kittens with letters on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens at a table on a greetings postcard
Two kittens at a table, one of them writing, on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

WW2 pop-up Christmas card (inside), May Joy-stick to you, Happy Landings! Date: circa 1942

WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), soldier in khaki -- If its OK by you, its OK by me. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot
WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), RAF pilot shaking hands with a colleague. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog and two cats
WW2 pop-up birthday card (inside), a spotted dog and two black cats with binoculars as fire watchers and aircraft spotters, All Good Wishes and the Best of Luck! Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, ATS woman saluting
WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) woman saluting. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, firemen
WW2 pop-up greetings card, firemen (NFS, National Fire Service). Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, soldier drinking water
WW2 pop-up birthday card (inside), soldier drinking water. Date: circa 1942

GENTLEMAN AND LETTERS
A gentleman is overwhelmed by his correspondence Date: 1843

BUSY CORRESPONDENT
A prolific correspondent Date: 1880

WAR REPORTERS MOCKED 1880
The War Correspondent, imperturbable amidst shot and shell - if you believe his own account of his adventures ! Date: 1880

Futuristic dictation machine
A futuristic dictation machine, which allows a businessman to dictate his correspondence without the need for a secretary. Date: 1899

Blind Typists - Royal Normal College, Upper Norwood
Blind Typists - Royal Normal College for the Blind, Westow Street, Upper Norwood, London. Taking down a telephone message in shorthand

WW2 birthday card, blackout scene
WW2 birthday card with blackout scene. Date: circa 1942

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