Distinct Collection

Christmas Frocks 1935
Eight chic xmas party frocks. One has a distinct Classical Grecian influence. Broad belts, corsages and puffed sleeves are also fashionable

Advertisement Photograph, Clown
A photograph which would have been used for advertisement purposes, showing a clown looking upwards, with a distinct lack of a smile. Date: circa 1939

Gothic Gravestone Design
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing a design for a gothic styled gravestone, with the distinct form of a central cross, with flowers placed at intervals. Date: circa 1855

Polish Airborne Units Memorial, Polish Cemetery, Lommel
Operation Market Garden consisted of two distinct parts - airborne forces and land forces. The airborne forces were the Market part and the land forces the Garden

Petrified Trees

DISTRICT MESSENGERS / GPO
Young boys worked as GPO District Couriers and delivered packages all over London. They wore a distinct uniform with badges on their hats. Date: circa 1930

Two-Headed Boy
Two-headed boy, five years old, born in Turin, Italy in 1877 : each is a distinct individual, and controls his own arm and leg; both are friendly and intelligent Date: 1882

WWI aviation - a scout circus looking for trouble
Impression of aeroplanes painted with bright colours in order to give them a more terrifying appearance. The device was first employed by the Germans who had one squadron, under Baron von Richthofen

Lock House at Mossley, Manchester
Mossley, Manchester, Lancashire - the Lock House on the canal. The tight entrance to the lock is whitewashed (and labelled thus) to make it very distinct when travelling late in the day and at night

Quilted Silk Coat 1922
Loose fitting cape style evening coat in sable & quilted silk with a huge fur collar exhibits a distinct chinese influence in the fabric design & tassel trim

Combined Knocker / Bell
Waudes patented Knocker Bell, where one movement of the hand gives the two distinct sounds! Advertisement from a late 19th century trade catalogue

American Elk (Bewick)
Just to confuse us all, this is neither the European Elk nor the American Moose, but seems to belong to a distinct species, and is probably the Elk or Orignal of Canada

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