Custom Collection (page 2)

Photograph of Railway Tavern, Custom House, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Corby Pole Fair, Northamptonshire 1902
Once every twenty years on Whit-Monday the people of Corby in Northamptonshire celebrate by holding a unique fair in commemoration of a charter granted to them by Queen Elizabeth in 1585

Diola Man from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa - at a Festival Date: circa 1907

Malta - Valletta - Custom House Date: circa 1910s

Malta - Greetings Postcard, featuring inset pictures of (from left): The Royal Opera House at Valletta - The Custom House and Barracca Lift - The Fountain at the St Antonio Garden

Kpalime, Togo - Festival of the Dead Date: 1910s

The Custom House, London

Custom House, Launceston, Tasmania

Tasmania Launceston Custom House pre-1900

MGB custom 8096 WU Date: circa 1965

MGB custom 8096 WU, with trade plates 0992 B Date: circa 1965

Dublin Custom House early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Plymouth Custom House

Royal Tomb in Cabinda
History of Africa. 19th century. Royal Tomb in Cabinda. At the death of a member of the royal family or of a distinguished family

Poland. People of Krakow History of Poland - Charles Foster
Poland. People of Krakow. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Poland. Mazoviens, Highlanders, Lithuanians, Cracowians
Poland. From left to right: 1- Mazoviens, 2- Highlanders, 3- Lithuanians, 4- Cracowians. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Poland. Harvesters Festival. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Selim II (1524-1574). Ottoman sultan from 1566
Selim II (1524-1574). Also known as Selim the Blond or Selim he Drunk. Ottoman sultan from 1566. Engraving by Lemaitre, Masson and Lesueur

Ottoman Empire. Functionaries Janissary Agha and Kadi Lechke
Functionaries of the Ottoman Empire. Janissary Agha (left) top Ottoman military official) and Kadi Lechken (right) ruling judge of the Turkish territories). Engraving by Lemaitre, Masson and Monnin

The Royal Barge Leaving The Custom House Quay
An oil painting which shows the gold and red themed royal barge leaving the custom house quay during the Thames pageant which took place on the 4th August, 1919. Date: 1919

Snow scene - Yokohama Custom House, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Yokohama Pier, Yokohama, Japan - Customs Office
Yokohama Pier, Yokohama, Japan - The brick building housed the Yokohama Customs Office Inspection Bureau - built in 1894 and designed by Japanese architect Yorinaka Tsumaki

The Traditional Japanese tea ceremony (Chanoyu). Date: circa 1920s

Rent Services to the Crown, Corporation of London
Officials of the Corporation of London performing rent services to the Crown in the old court of the Exchequer. It is described as a curious civil custom

The Quays from Custom House Quay, Salcombe, Devon Date: circa 1904

Salcombe Quay and Custom House, Devon Date: circa 1904

Two Japanese women taking tea
Two Japanese women in traditional costume taking tea in a garden. Date: circa 1930

Sidi el-Kebir cemetery, Blida
A seated figure overlooks the Sidi el-Kebir cemetery where Blida's founder, Sidi-Ahmed El-Kebir, is buried. Date: circa 1910s

Christmas Morning Swimming Handicap in Serpentine 1906
Various scenes of the annual competition at Serpentine lake at Hyde Park, London on Christmas day morning. Date: 1906

Changing of the Guard, St James's Palace, London
Changing of the Guard at St James's Palace, Central London. The colours are tied with black crepe in honour of the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: 1910

Wassail Bowl on New Years Eve
A tradition on New Years Eve where people in the village go door-to-door, singing and offering a drink from the bowl full of hot mulled wine, a mix of cider

ENGLISH FUNERAL PICART
Part of the custom of death in England in the Georgian period. The corpse dressed in a shroud & laid-out in a body- shaped coffin. Mourners take sprigs of Rosemary. Date: 1737

Tear Bottles 1930s
A young woman creating a tear bottle display, a mourning custom dating from Ancient Rome and Egypt, when mourners would bottle their tears for burial with their loved ones. early 1930s

A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water, either the walnut comes together or drawn to the side, according to their movements it brings good luck or ill-luck. Date: 1908

VENEZUELA SKELETONS
Among the peoples of the Oronoko region, the custom is to expose the dead till they are reduced to skeletons, which are then hung in a sacred building Date: 1737

CHINESE FUNERAL CUSTOM
The corpse is provided with a passport to ensure his easy entry into the next world : this is burned at the time of his funeral Date: 1915

JEWISH AKAFOTH CUSTOM
the AKAFOTH - Jewish ritual, during which the mourners process seven times round the coffin of the dead person, chanting as they go Date: 1737

REMARRIAGE CUSTOM
At Campine, when a widow marries again, the neighbours thoughtfully improvise a band to keep the ghost of her dead husband away Date: 1950

Putting bee-hives into mourning 1856
Telling the bees, traditional European custom in which bees would be told of an important event in the beekeepers life, such as long journeys, births, marriages and deaths

Neolithic funeral and interment
A funeral, with interment in a long barrow, during the Neolithic (Stone Age) era. Date: circa 3000 BC

Jewish Funeral Custom
Jewish custom of walking seven times round a dead person Date: 1820

Custom House, King's Lynn by Terry Whitworth

Built to be burnt: a u7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for a
Built to be burnt: a 7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for an Empresss spiritual use. A rite performed in Peking (now Beijing)

The Custom House, the Press Gang and the Tower of London. The New Custom House opened in 1817 on Lower Thames Street 10, Press Gang men armed with swords

The Bellman, a London Wharf and Coal-ship and barge
The Bellman, a London Wharf and Coal-ship and coal barge. London Bellman or Town Crier reading a notice about missing child Tommy Dallow 7, London Wharf at the East India Docks 8

The New Custom House on the River Thames, London. Designed by architect David Laing built in Portland stone with Ionic superstructure supported to a basement and finished with an attic

Plan and elevation of a Gothic conservatory. Large greenhouse with glass roof and high windows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1816

Main Street - looking North - Tijuana, Mexico. Date: 1913

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