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Diary with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s
Hardy Patent Pick Co. patent hand boring machine 1890sPatent hand boring machine, for rock and coal, produced by Hardy Patent Pick Co, works in Sheffield. Date: 1890s
Hardy Patent Pick Co. bone grinder 1890sThe Devil, Disintegrator, bone grinder and mixer. This machine will grind to powder, granulate or shed any material, animal and vegetable, wet or dry at one operation. Date: 1890s
Advert for Geo. Salter & Co. household items Advert for Geo. Salter & CoSelection of household specialities, available from Geo. Salter & Co. in West Bromwich. Date: 1887
Electrical Supplies 1889A page from The Ironmonger Diary and text Book, Woodhouse & Rawson United, Limited, electrical supplies. Date: 1889
Advert for Rowland Priest, manufacturer of pulleys 1889Examples of pulleys, hoists and a lifting jack Date: 1889
Pages of a calendar booklet for June and AutumnPages of a calendar booklet or diary for June and Autumn -- Junes red roses hang about, Love has found their secret out; Autumn fruits hang ripe and red, Thus a love is perfected. Date: circa 1879
Pages of a calendar booklet for 1879Pages of a calendar booklet or diary for 1879 -- Winter comes serene and slow, Love leaves footprints in the snow; Spring has touched the earth and sky, Love awakened passes by. Date: 1879
George Grossmith - Comedian, writer, composer, actor, singerGeorge Grossmith (1847-1912) - English comedian, writer, composer, actor and singer. Grossmith wrote (in collaboration with his brother Weedon), the 1892 comic novel The Diary of a Nobody
Gants Famous Sportsmans diaryAdvertisment for D.M. Gants leather waistcoat pocket diary, complete with a nickel pencil and ideal for elegant sportsmen Date: 1915
George Bubb DodingtonGEORGE BUBB DODINGTON Statesman and wit, baron of Melcombe Regis, author of poems and a diary : a cherub holds his portrait with other symbolic ornaments. Date: 1691 - 1762
Au Pair AgencyThe receptionist of an Au Pair agency answers a telephone enquiry and makes a booking in the office diary. Date: 1960s
Boy Keeping a DiaryA ten-year-old English boy keeps a wartime diary during World War Two. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)
Page from Ironmonger Diary 1889Two ads for Moorwood, Sons & Co. Comet, slow combustion stoves and Mathieson, Wilson & Co, ironfounders, Armley, Leeds. 1889
Stationery, T Cowley, Eastbourne, SussexStationery, T Cowley, 132 Terminus Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, also London and Brighton, with handwritten details. 1916
King Henry VI of England, 1421-1471, from a picture in the diary of the Knights of Ehingen.. With two black-winged dragons holding his heraldic coat of arms of lions and fleurs-de-lys
King Charles VII of France, the Victorious, 1422-1461.. He is shown with an angel holding his coat of arms. From a picture in the diary of the Knights of Ehingen in Stuttgart Library
Sydney, Australia - Silver Mine - Broken HillSlide showing a photograph of a Silver mine. Broken Hill is Australias longest-lived mining city. In 1844, the explorer Charles Sturt saw and named the Barrier Range
British soldier writing a letter or in a diary 1915Front cover, showing a British soldier in a tropical uniform and pith helmet, sitting down for a few quiet moments writing a letter or in a diary. 1915
Book cover design with woman and fawnBook cover design for a diary or journal, featuring a kneeling woman and a fawn. Date: 1927
British Empire Exhibition - St Ivel Cheese - MilkmaidA trade card (featuring a pretty young milkmaid) from the St. Ivel Cheese Company stand at the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924
Manuscript page from Robert Browns diaryManuscript pages from the diary of Robert Brown, showing a list of native names, dated February 5th, 1803
Cartoon published on a page of the Royal Albert GazetteDrawn during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876); an expedition funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Robert Browns diaryA record by Robert Brown of the Endeavour voyage, 14 June-31 July 1801
Fukujuso (Adonis plant): Tosa diary bookmark Fukujus? (AdoniFukujuso (Adonis plant): Tosa diary bookmark. Print shows diary and potted plant. Date between 1830 and 1835
Andersonville Prison as seen by John L. Ransom, author and publisher of Andersonville Diary, Escape and List of the Dead, Washington, D.C. Date c1882 Sept. 29. Andersonville Prison as seen by John L
Petit Trianon, the diary (i. e. dairy), Versailles, FrancePetit Trianon, the diary (i.e. dairy), Versailles, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 OctoberA double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 FebruaryA double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 February. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Front cover of a Victorian childrens diaryThe front cover of a Victorian childrens diary, entitled My Diary. A boy and a girl hold a giant quill pen and a giant fountain pen
Hunter attacked by pheasantsA hunter out shooting is attacked by pheasants, and he runs away in fear
Man and dog on the beach on a hot summer dayA man sits on the beach with his dog on a hot summer day, with a large white parasol to try to keep the sun off
Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 NovemberA double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Young boy sliding on the ice with his dogA young boy slides on the ice, his dog trotting happily alongside
Shortsighted young cricketer is bowled outA shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out -- the bales are flying off the stumps
Double page spread in a diary for 20-25 AprilA double page spread in a young persons diary for 20-25 April. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Double page spread in a diary for 9-14 JanuaryA double page spread in a young persons diary for 9-14 January. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Double page spread in a diary for 12-17 AugustA double page spread in a young persons diary for 12-17 August. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Double page spread in a diary for 15-20 MarchA double page spread in a young persons diary for 15-20 March. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Victorian schoolboy ready for the holidaysA Victorian schoolboy, smoking a small cigar, sits on a pile of suitcases on the platform of a railway station, ready for the long school holidays
Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 MayA double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 May. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Man fishing by a river with an improvised rodA man fishes by a river with an improvised rod -- he has tied his line to the end of a broken branch
Mans top hat blown off on a windy day in MarchA mans top hat is blown off over a cliff on a windy day by the sea in March. He waves his rolled umbrella in annoyance, but his dog seems unconcerned
Old Father Time at the end of another yearOld Father Time trudges through the snow at the end of another year. He is carrying a scythe over one shoulder, and an hourglass in his other hand. On the horizon a red sun is setting
Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 DecemberA double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Double page spread in a diary for 5-10 SeptemberA double page spread in a young persons diary for 5-10 September. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Young woman watering her gardenA young woman waters her garden on a warm day in May. A white cat and two white kittens are playing on the path