Counting Collection

Jack Johnson in a boxing match
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, standing at the ropes in a boxing match with an unidentified opponent

Scrooge at his Desk
Old Scrooge sat busy in his counting house

Voting on the National Health Service Act, 1948
Counting of votes in the British Medical Association plebiscite on the National Health Service Act at BMA House, Tavistock Square, London. 1948

Childrens book adding
Teaching children simple counting in a Merry Days childrens book. Date: 1928

Census 1891
Census Registrars district 31. Sub-districts 1, 2 and 3, Walton, Chertsey, Chobham, 1891 Date: 1891

Sudetenland Elections
Schoolgirls counting the votes during the Sudetenland elections, which had become part of the new Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and included many German speakers

Japanese man counting on an abacus

Music cover, Lying Awake at Night, song, words and music by Hugh Bayly Date: 1926

King Henry VIII - counts his wives on his fingers
Original Artwork - King Henry VIII (1491-1547) - counts the number of his wives on his fingers! Date: circa 1937

Advert, Waterlows Patent Autographic Press
Advert, Waterlows Patent Improved Autographic Press or Portable Printing Machine for the counting house, office or library, by means of which every person may become his own printer. 1854

Interior of Court of Exchequer Chamber, showing the ancient ceremony of chopping sticks and counting horse-shoes and hob-nails, this tradition was abolition in 1882. Date: 1844

The Banker and his Wife Date: 1538

COUNTING VOTES 1978
The votes are counted up but who will win? Date: 1978

MYTTON LOSES WINNINGS
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) homeward bound one evening from Doncaster falls asleep while counting his winnings - thus many bank- notes were blown away & lost. Date: 1820s

Temple of Ramses III. Officials counting the severed hands of enemies killed in action to know the casualties in the enemy ranks. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes

Three views of a wolf bone excavated at Vestonice
Proof that the mammoth-hunters of 30, 000 years ago knew how to count: three views of a wolf bone (the radius) marked with numerical notches

Hands counting money, notes and coins
Hands counting money -- 10 notes, 5 notes, 1 coins and 50p coins. Date: circa 1980s

The Trial of the Pyx
The first part of the proceedings of the Trial of the Pyx, held in the Board room of the Treasury; this ancient ceremony is connected with the Mint for testing the purity of its work. Date: 1870

Presentation of the new Sheriffs of London at Westminster
Ancient ceremony of chopping sticks, and counting horse-shoes and hob-nails, in the Court of the Exchequer. Date: 1844

Occupations 1882 - The Miser. 1882

Counting and Packing Eggs in Crates for Shipment
Counting and Packing Eggs in Crates forShipment - a view of men with eggs packing them at Cookstown market. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Tyrone; Cookstown). Date: circa early 1900s

Counting Eggs for Market, Toome Co Antrim
Counting Eggs forMarket, Toome Co Antrim - a woman and a boy counting eggs in front of a corn stack. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Toome). Date: circa early 1900s

Abacus, also called a counting frame. Cesis. Latvia

The last pawning. 18th century. Colored engraving. The Artistic Illustration, 1886

Wool and silk tapestry depicting a banker making a loan transaction and recorded in the ledger. Arithmetic. 1520, approx. Tournai

Temple of Ramses III. Officials before Ramses III, who wears the Khepresh, counting the severed hands of enemies killed in action to know the casualties in the enemy ranks. New Kingdom

Boy does Maths Homework
Boy wears a summer sailor suit of white sailor blouse with pale blue turn-over collar & cuffs, white & blue striped knickerbockers or short trousers & ankle strap shoes. Date: circa 1890

Thomas Guy / Counting Coin
A miser, looking round suspiciously, carefully counts his money. (A portrait of Thomas Guy.) Date: Early 18th Century

Counting The Winnings. Sedgefield Co. Durham 1976 1976

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, inspector counting hounds
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- an excise officer counting hounds in the days when dog licences were required. Not surprisingly, he is having difficulty counting sixty couples who keep moving around

Child in a playpen in a garden
A child standing in a playpen in a garden, with his teddy bear and toy dog for company, and some counting beads to play with. Date: circa 1920s

Counting the geese. ca. 1350 BC. 18th Dynasty. Wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. London. The British Museum. Proc: EGYPT. Luxor. Thebes

Europe (15th c. ). Merchants stipulating a contract
Europe (15th c.). Merchants stipulating a contract. The notary registers the presents counting the money. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Census 1911 (Schedule reverse) Date: 1911

Tally sticks
Exchequer, Thirteenth Century tally Sticks Date: 13th century

13th century tallies, a tally stick was used to keep count or a record Date: 13th century

Census 1901, Whitechapel, London Date: 1901

1851 Census
Somerset Staple Fitzpaine Census 1851 description of district Date: 1851

The merchant with his counting frame. Drawing shows a merchant at his business place or office, with an abacus. Date 1878

Metronome on a Piano
A metronome, used for counting time to music, sitting on a piano. Date: 1960s

Advert for Esse cookers
In the first place The Esse looks makes a contented cook.... One... her cooking is better than ever before. Two.... no smoke, fumes, soot, grime, blackleading. Three... clean kitchen. ect 1937

Counting Votes 1979
Counting the votes in a hall during a British election. Date: 1979

Pearly Kings Count Up
Counting up money donated to a Pearly King charity. Date: 1930s

Saarland Plebiscite 1935
Counting the votes from Warthburg in Saarbrucken during the Saarland Plebiscite in 1935. 90% of Saar people voted for the Saarland to rejoin Germany

Pistachio nut seller - Izmir, Turkey
A Pistachio nut seller from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Counting compensation money for murder of Mr Richardson
Sketches in Japan: Counting the compensation money for the murder of Mr Richardson. Charles Lennox Richardson was a Yokohama based merchant who was killed by a large armed retinue of Shimazu

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

Census counting machine
Counting and tabulating machines used in the 1911 census. Punched cards, where different combinations of holes represented a different fact on the census sheet were then fed into the counting

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