Display Collection (page 4)

Wroxeter (Vriconium)
A surviving section of the Roman wall of Wroxeter, the largest Roman city to survive completely without any modern development. Only the Roman Baths are on public display

Fireworks on the Tiber
Firework display at the Castel sant Angelo, Rome, with St Peters in the background lit up by the cascade of light

Poulterer - Fishmonger
A fine pre-Christmas display by a poulterer / fishmonger of Basingstoke, Hampshire : mostly of poultry, but also a royal sturgeon and advertising for T Walls Sausages

Libellulium longialata, dragonfly
Fossil dragonfly from the Late Jurassic (150 million years old), Germany. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

George in the entrance, April 1927, the Natural History Mus
The removal of George the African elephant from the Central Hall in April 1927 for remounting

John Irwin grocers, Pensby Road, Heswall, Merseyside
John Irwin Sons & Co Ltd, cash grocers, Pensby Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, with delivery van and staff posing in a group outside. Date: circa 1920

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR. 2 XV466 K
Royal Air Force - McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV466 K, of No.56 Squadron at RAF Abingdon for a Battle of Britain air display on 16 September 1978. Date: 1978

Hiller YH-32 Hornet 55-4963
United States Army - Hiller YH-32-UH Hornet 55-4963 (msn 7), at an air display on a US Naval Air Station, (note the single-bladed tail-rotor and the hand-held starting engine)

SEPECAT Jaguar T. 2 XX146 J
Royal Air Force - SEPECAT Jaguar T.2 XX146 J, of No.16(R) Squadron, at an RAF Marham air display in 1993. (SEPECAT - Societe Europeenne de Production de l avion Ecole de Combat et d Appui Tactique)

Shoppers at Hamleys toy shop, Regent Street, London
Shoppers examine the toys in the window of Hamleys toy shop in Regent Street, London. Date: circa 1930s

Hardware shop in Islington, London with very extensive stock. Proprietor stands at door. Date: circa 1950s

Friends of the Yorkshire miner Charles Martin, who worked at Dinnington Colliery, admire an exhibition of his paintings. See picture no. 13127079 for a photograph of Martin. Date: 1912

Edwardian fireplace with ornaments. circa 1908

Julia Pastrana (1834 - 1860), from Mexico, a hairy woman who married a showman, Theodor Lent, but died in childbirth at Moscow (the child also died)

Antwerp, Belgium - 81 Place de Meir - Ganterie (Glove Shop)
Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium - 81 Place de Meir - Maison van Steenkiste Ganterie (Glove Shop) - the royal crest signifies they had some VERY high-end clients! Date: circa 1909

Binions Horseshoe Club, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- one million dollars in cash on display in the form of one hundred ten thousand dollar bills, inside a giant golden horseshoe. circa 1964

Cartoon, Business as Usual, by Rodo Pissarro, WW1
Cartoon, Business as Usual during the alterations of the Map of Europe, watercolour by Rodo Pissarro, First World War. Showing a London greengrocer standing defiantly outside his shop. circa 1915

Retro Toy Walking Plastic Robot - Blue-Grey Metallic Body
Retro Toy Walking Plastic Robot with grey blue body and colourful buttons and digital-style display panel

Typical Norman Castle. Date: 11th century

Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu (msn 565, allied reporting name Rex ), on display at Willow Grove Naval Air Station circa 1957. After capture it was taken to Patuxent River Naval Air Station

Chieftain tank
A Chieftaintank on display at the British Army Equipment Exhibition, held at Aldershot from 23-27 June 1980. Date: 1980

Hiller XROE-1 Rotorcycle at an air display, passing the US Army Square Dance helicopter team, who are ready to begin their sequence. Date: circa 1958

Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507
Convair NF-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507 (msn 8-27-01) at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. registered as NASA 607 Built April 1958

North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang N1202 Houstonian (msn 111-29080, formerly 44-10947), with race number 60. One of three owned by Oil Tycoon Glenn McArthy

United States Marine Corps - Douglas C-117D Skytrain 50835 (msn 43321, unit code WZ, call-sign 835 ) in 1963-65(WZ is tail-code for AIRFMFPAC - Air Fleet Marine Force)

Handley Page HP. 80 Victor 2nd prototype WB775
Handley Page HP.80 Victor 2nd prototype WB775 (msn HP80-02), landing after a display at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. Date: 1955

Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K. 2 XH561
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K.2 XH561 of No.50 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath for an air display. After the Falklands conflict, the Victor K.2 fleet was fast approaching their fatigue limits

United States Navy - Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat 42874, NACA 158, of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at Moffett Naval Air Station

A stuffed and mounted Polar Bear at Somerleyton Hall near Lowerstoft, one of 57 bears shot in five weeks at Spitzbergen and in no-mans land by Sir Savile Crossley and Mr Arnold Pike. Date: 1905

Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR. 5 WK281
Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281. Built by Vickers Armstrong and delivered on 5 November 1956, WK281 joined No 79 Squadron at RAF Gutersloh

Dornier Do 32E ultra-light helicopter D-HOPS
the Dornier Do 32E was a simple, collapsible one-man helicopter from Germany powered by a BMW 6012L gas turbine, driving a compressor which supplied compressed air to the rotor tip jets

Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter F Mk. 6 XE592 of No.111 Squadron RAF Black Arrows, formation display team. XE592 was delivered as an F Mk

Red Arrows at Gibraltar
British Aerospace Hawk T.1 trainers of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team Red Arrows, lined up waiting to start-up for their routine at the air display. Date: circa 1989

Jaguar at Farnborough
A SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 on display with a selection of the weapons it can carry, at Farnborough 1976. Date: 1976

Static line-up for the air display at RAF Gibraltar
line-up for the static display at RAF Gibraltar ca 1988/89 l to r Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.1, Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B of 237 OCU RAF, RAF Panavia Tornado GR.1 of the TTTE

A young man in jeans sits against a fashion shop window
A young man sits against a fashion shop window and makes a call on his mobile phone. The window display shows a smartly dressed chimpanze and a bearded man - both wearing in blue jackets

Cliveden, Bucks - Peacock Topiary in the Gardens Date: 1980s

A replica of Lunik 2 on display at Earls Court in July ?
A replica of Lunik 2 on display at Earls Court in July 1961. On 13 September 1959 Lunik 2 became the first man-made object on another celestial body when it was crashed onto the Moon. Date: 1961

Jeweller and Antique Silver Dealer - Arthur & Co. 36 New Bond Street, London. Now Delvaux - a high end handbag shop, thankfully retaining many of the period frontage feature depicted here. Date: 1906

Port Said, Egypt - Fioravanti and Chimenz Department Store. Date: circa 1903

Julia Pastrana from Mexico, hairy woman
Julia Pastrana, from Mexico, a hairy woman who married a showman, Theodor Lent, but died in childbirth at Moscow (the child also died)

Display of Fire Engines - Horse Guards Parade

Early balloon demonstration display

Balloon display, early 1900s

PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra 2007 - 7
Polish Air Force - PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra 0210 / 7 (msn 1H02-10) of the White Iskras formation aerobatic display team. Date: circa 2005

WSK-PZL An-2R HA-MEP (msn 1G190-25), of the Utterly Butterly / St. Ivel display team. Date: circa 1995

Lockheed TV-2 N1519 (msn 580-5313, ex 51-4019, ex BuNo 126583), on display at the Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport, Wichita, Kansas Date: circa 1995

Beechcraft U-8F Seminole 62-3838 (MSN LF-36), on display at the Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport, Wichita, Kansas Date: circa 1995

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