Davis Collection (page 4)

S C H Davis, early racing driver
Sydney Charles Haughton (Sammy) Davis (1887-1981), British racing driver. early 20th century

Sheffield Wednesday Football Team: Massey, Bell, Crawshaw, Jamison, Johnson, Brandon, Petrie, Earp, Spikesley, Brash, Davis, Ferrier. 1890s

Millwall Athletic Football Team: Lindsay, Gordon, Law, Dewar, Stopher, Kidd, King, Matthew, Graham, Davis, Matthews, Higson, Jones, Whelan, Geddes, McInroy, Saunders, Clark, Rhodes, Leatherbarrow

Leicestershire County FC Team 1895: Davis, Hogan, Lovell, Swift, Montieth, Lee, Cotterill, Atkins, Thompson, Dixon, Carpenter, Bull, Hibberd, Wood. 1890s

Factory construction, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. circa 1910s

The Fleetest of the Fleet by G H Davis - Destroyers in heavy seas. 1914

Agnes Pinder Davis with designs for the Queen Mary
Agnes Pinder, an artist well known for her pictures combining metal and oils engaged on the decoration of the starboard lounge of the liner, Queen Mary. Date: 1935

The Davis Blockhouse near Coupeville, Washington, USA
The Davis Blockhouse in Sunnyside Cemetery built in 1855, near Coupeville, Washington State, USA. Whidbey settlers constructed a number of defensive blockhouses in the 1850s in response to threats

Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II N44MD (msn 81), of the Mike Davis Oil Company, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1980

Davis-Douglas Cloudster. The first commercial venture of the Douglas Aircraft Company, in partnership with David R. Davis

United States Air Force - Convair F-106A Delta Dart 57-2478 of the 456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron in the mid to late 1960s Jun 1959 - 81st F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA24 Jun 59 - To

Rosie Dolly and Mortimer Davis Jr, 1928. This was to announce that they had in fact been married for a year but it had been kept secret (they married 31 March 1927) Date: 1928

Part of a feature from London Life magazine charting the daily routine of Patrick Lichfield, cousin of the Queen, who carved a career for himself as a photographer

The Home of Jefferson Davis - Montgomery, Alabama, USA - the First White House of the Confederacy. Date: circa 1905

Protection from fire at sea on British liners 1932
Diagram showing the safety rules on board a British passenger ship in 1932. Date: 1932

FALL / ENGLISH SHEEPDOG / 63
SHEPTON MAGIC Owner: Davis Date: 1963

Hunter Davies leads a donkey along a road in rural France
Writer and journalist Hunter Davies leads a donkey along a road in rural France. He was retracing the tracks of Robert Louis Stevenson who wrote Travels With A Donkey

Fancing - The Ladies Cercle d Escrime - the winning team
The Ladies Cercle d Escrime - the winning team of the Martin-Edmunds Inter-Salle Challenge Cup held at Salle Bertrand (Bertrands Academy)

Lady Fencer Miss G M Davis - 3rd place in Hutton Cup Contest. Date: 1921

State of Oklahoma, USA - Jefferson Davis House
State of Oklahoma, USA - " Jefferson Davis House" (Adjutants Office) Built round 1828 and other Buildings of Stockade. Date: circa 1940

Pages from Catalogue of Latest Designs in General Furniture
Catalogue of Latest Designs in General Furniture, including black and white illustrations of bedroom, hall, library, dining room and drawing room furniture, mirrors and pianos

Page from Catalogue of Latest Designs in General Furniture
Catalogue of Latest Designs in General Furniture, including black and white illustrations of bedroom, hall, library, dining room and drawing room furniture, mirrors and pianos

Lord Patrick Lichfield
Photographs of Lord Patrick Lichfield (1939-2005), british photographer, outside his studio, Lady Elizabeth Ramsay in the darkroom and Lichfield with Lord Encombe and model Rory Davis. Date: 1966

Passenger aircraft of Imperial Airways fleet, cut away
Britains share in building giant passenger aircraft: a 40-seater of the new Imperial Airways fleet. A diagrammatic drawing of one of the worlds largest passenger aircraft

Queen Mary ocean liner: Lifeboats & gravity davits
Lifeboats built to carry 145 passagers, more than the total accommodated in the first Cunarder, " Britannia" : One of the Queen Marys 24 large lifeboats

Cross section of a German submarine by G. H. Davis
The steel sharks of the German navy -- the ten compartments of a modern German submarine. Showing a cross section drawing of a U-boat a few feet below the surface -- the bow to the left

Capital ship of a modern battle fleet by G. H. Davis
The capital ship of a modern battle fleet: a drawing of a typical British aircraft carrier, showing the general arrangements between decks, and two British innovations. Date: 1953

Defences of El Agheila, Libya, by G. H. Davis
Where Rommel planned to make his final stand in Libya during the Second World War: El Agheila and its formidable natural defences

German Lotfe 7B bomb sight by G. H. Davis
Secrets of enemy aircraft of the Second World War: details of the Lotfe 7B mechanical bomb sight. Date: 1941

Aircraft machine guns by G. H. Davis
The principal weapon in air fighting during the Second World War: aircraft machine guns. American, British, French, German and Italian machine guns, capable of firing 1000-1200 rounds per minute

Maginot Line fortifications by G. H. Davis
With Asparagus anti-tank defences: Maginot Line fortifications at the start of the Second World War. A typical frontier work, with galleries within a hillside, leading to pill boxes

Cunard ships of increasing size by G. H. Davis
A diagram showing the advance in ship-building from the foundation of the Cunard Company from the 1840 Cunarder Britannia

A Royal Yacht of 1674 by G. H. Davis
A diagrammatic reconstruction painting of a royal yacht owned by King Charles II, one of two presented to him by the Dutch when he was restored to the throne

G. H. Davis, ILN diagrammatic artist
George Horace Davis (1881-1963), British artist who signed his pictures G.H. Davis, and illustrator for the Illustrated London News between 1923 and 1963

Two Battleships Comparison by G. H. Davis
A comparison of the American Iowa battleship, and the British H.M.S. Vanguard. The ships are each given dimensions and a deck view, which details the ship guns and command centers

The cockpit where Nelson died in H. M. S. Victory
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory as shown for the first time in colour after its redecoration and restoration as it would have appeared at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

National flag and pretty lady depicting Japan
British propaganda depicting ally Japan. Japan had been an ally since 1902 and formally declared war on 23 August 1914. WW1 Date: 1916

Royal Arsenal Football Team: O Brien, Powell, McAvoy, Hollis (Trainer), Jenkyns (Captain), Davis, Boyle, Gavin Crawford, Mills, Hare, Gordon, Buchanan, Mortimer, Howatt, Storer, Caldwell, Ward. 1890s

Practical Bible Training School, Johnson City, NY, USA
Practical Bible Training School (Davis College), Johnson City (Union), Broome County, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1911

Crimean War, Sergeant Davies defending the colours
Crimean War -- Sergeant Davies (Poolfield Davis) of the Grenadier Guards defending the colours against Russian infantry at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854

New Extended Gatwick Airport, South London 1958
Illustration by George Horace Davis, showing the transport links by road and railway to the new extended international Gatwick airport, and the 7000ft long runway with reflective lights

Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), American film actress, resting her chin on her hand

Cabinet War Rooms by G. H. Davis
A drawing by G.H.Davis of the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground Headquarters of the Cabinet during World War II. These were situated 70 ft below Whitehall, London

Battle of the Falkland Islands by G. H. Davis
The Battle of the Falkland Islands -- how Admiral von Spees squadron was sunk, the German cruiser Dresden alone escaping. Showing the action between the German cruiser Leipzig

Warships of the six nations in the Mediterranean, WW1
The naval situation in the Mediterranean: the warships of the six nations (Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy and Austria). Shown looking eastwards from Gibraltar towards the Adriatic. Date: 1914

Aquitania and Vaterland compared by G. H. Davis
The Aquitania (British) and Vaterland (German) compared. Showing their relative length, displacement, engines and horsepower. Date: 1914

Transformation of the Royal Navy by G. H. Davis
The transformation of the Royal Navy: some present-day vessels typical of those which are being developed to meet the conditions of modern warfare. Date: 1953

Earls Court exhibition centre by G. H. Davis
The 1, 250, 000 plan to make Earls Court the worlds largest centre for exhibitions: a pictorial forecast. The coming revival of Earls Court exhibitions on the grand scale

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