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Settlement Certificate from Newington, OxfordshireA 1747 settlement certificate relating to Alecksander and Marcy Chalk of Newington, Oxfordshire. The certificate guaranteed that if the Chalks needed poor relief while living elsewhere
Motorised pump and crew in Tottenham. The vehicle was 100 hp, and cost £ 3000
Free Trade satireSir Henry Campbell Bannerman caricature as Free Trade store owner with high prices of produce in 1908 Date: 1908
An English country seat and racing stable cost a lot of mone
Christmas marketing before the days of the high cost of living. Illustration shows a colonist bartering with Natives outside a stockade in the winter; he is offering them a small piece of brightly
The Bill Met With Strong OppositionParliamentary Notes illustrated - The Bill Met With Strong Opposition! Date: circa 1905
Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle is in her nineties. Members of the circle quilt for anyone who wants it at the cost of one cent a yard of thread
Woman weighing love and a butterfly on scalesLove is the Lightest. Woman weighing love and a butterfly on scales. Date: 1847
Rowton House, VauxhallEntrance to the Rowton House on Bond Street (now Bondway) at Vauxhall, South London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built
Rowton House Reading Room, VauxhallThe reading room at the Rowton House on Bond Street (now Bondway) at Vauxhall, South London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built
Rowton House Shop and Bar in Dining Room, VauxhallThe shop/bar in the dining room at the Rowton House on Bond Street (now Bondway) at Vauxhall, South London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built
Advertisement for silhouette portraits, LeicesterAdvertisement for silhouette portraits by silhouette artist H.L. Oakley MBE, at Joseph Johnson and Company Limited, Market Street and Belvoir Street, Leicester
Chicago City HallThe City Hall and Court House covers an entre block in the center of the city, and cost more than ten million dollars. Date: 1916
Opening of the docks at BirkenheadThe docks were opened on the 5th April 1847, with a great number of people coming to view the event. Steamers crossed from Birkenhead to Liverpool and back again for the whole day
Italian Patriotic Card - Brothers Save me! Underwrite the effort and save your future! The powerful message of a card encouraging Italians to financially aid the war effort
Obesity ApparatusBergonies apparatus for the treatment of obesity by electrical means. Even in 1930 the device cost 100 pounds. Date: 1930
Chicago Post OfficeNothing in Chicago is modest : the Post Office built in 1905 occupies an entre city block and cost 5 million dollars. Date: 1916
Chicago Union Station(under construction) - terminal of Pennsylvania, Burlington, Alton and St Paul railways - estimated cost 65 million dollars. Date: 1916
Frazer-Nash SaloonFrazer-Nash - BMW TYPE - 326/50 Saloon, a low-cost family car. Date: 1937
Chicago BankAmerican banks are not like your High Street Barclays : this is Chicagos New Continental and Commercial National Bank which will cost 6 million dollars in 1916. Date: 1916
Poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipmentWartime poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment, from aircraft, tanks, ships, guns and shells to barrage balloons and searchlights. 1940s
Scottish Penny WeddingA Penny Wedding where the guests are expected to make a financial contribution to the cost of the wedding and setting up the newly-weds in the necessities of life. Date: early 19th century
Bread Riots, MilanoBREAD RIOTS IN MILANO The cost of bread, the lack of work, and general dissatis- faction bring the people out : the police are unable to prevent widespread looting Date: May 1898
Underwater ExplorerThe underwater explorer of de Collange and Jobard solves the problem of air supply, but at the cost of manoeuvrability - the air pipe would need to be flexible and extensible. Date: 1855
Dining Room, Rowton House, Hammersmith, LondonView inside the dining room of a Rowton House in Hammersmith, West London, with male inmates eating at tables and queueing to be served
Entrance Hall, Rowton House, Hammersmith, LondonMen pass through the turnstiles in the entrance hall of a Rowton House in Hammersmith, West London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built
Entrance ticket, Rowton House, Hammersmith, LondonAn entrance ticket for a Rowton House in Hammersmith, West London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men
Production and Plunder, campaigning statisticsA slide entitled Production & Plunder, used for a lecture about the South Wales Miners Federation. Statistics are listed, comparing the royalties on the use of coal on the luxury steamer
Working mens homes, Spitalfields, East End of LondonA block of working mens homes, near Middlesex Street, Spitalfields, East London. A number of organisations such as the Peabody Donation Fund
Living Room of a Rowton House, LondonThe living room of one of Londons Rowton Houses where the residents can be seen relaxing, reading, and playing draughts. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large
Skiing on a Shoestring with Thomas CookA poster or handbill advertising Skiing on a Shoestring, new low-cost holidays through Thomas Cook. Ski boots, ski poles and skis are arranged in a cartoon-style image
Salvation Army Food Depot, LondonMen queuing at one of the food depots set up in London by the Salvation Army in the 1890s. The depots provided low cost food and meals for down and outs
Rowton House, Whitechapel, East LondonThe Rowton House (named Tower House, built in 1902) on Fielding Street, Whitechapel, East London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose built
A Fool and his money is soon parted A bellboy and a lady are doing their best to remove the money from a gentlemans wallet!
Purloining power / W H RobinsonWith petrol prices rising, a motorist (with the correct accessory attached) can run his car on electricity at the expense of the local trolleybus company
Turkish Coin Card - small denominationsTurkish Coin Card, illustrating various small denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates
Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates
The Coal Problem, Great Britain, 1920Illustration showing a number of facts regarding the coal industry of Great Britain in 1920. These diagrams showed that miners wages were increasing, but coal production was diminishing
Sewer Construction under London, 1910Illustration showing the construction of a sewer from Belgrave Square to Barking, under London, in 1910. On the right of the image is the Greathead Shield
River Thames Flood Prevention Scheme, 1926Illustration showing a flood prevention scheme for the River Thames, from Oxford to Teddington, proposed by the Thames Conservancy c.1926
Group Meeting of the Family Colonisation Loan Society, 1852Mrs Chisholm set up the Family Colonisation Loan Society to enable poor families to save regularly to cover the cost of emigration. Donations were also made by the wealthy
Prince of Wales opening the new wards of Charing Cross HospiEstablished in 1831, this picture shows the opening ceremony after improvements made to the hospital in 1877. The alterations cost approximately 13, 000 and took just over a year to complete"
The Magnetic Hut, National Antarctic Expedition, 1902Photograph showing Mr. Bernacchi standing in the doorway of the Magnetic Hut during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4
A Thermostatic NurseIllustrations of a Thermostatic Nurse, an invention by Mr Hearson. The tank was separated into two compartments; in the lower, a shallow tank of water was used to moisten and heat the air
Salvaged Luxury Liner Normandie, New York Harbour, NovembePhotograph of the Normandie in New York Harbour, November 1943. The Normandie had just been refloated and was being towed to dry dock for repairs
ALBUERA 1811Beresford defeats Soult at ALBUERA, though at the cost of half his army : the French lose even more, including five generals : here, the 57th Fusiliers save the day
A Twenty-five seat Tricycle, 1896Illustration of a Tricycle for twenty-five, designed by the Herald Cycle Company, New York, 1896. This machine was being built for the Nynuke Bicycle Club of Brooklyn, at a cost of 120
The Crowd, Band and Police at the F. A. Cup Final, 1923Photograph of the crowd at Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United