Down Collection (page 10)

Miner at coal face -3
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Interior of French Cutlery Factory, Thiers - Knife Grinders
Interior of French Cutlery Factory (Coutellerie), Thiers, France - Knife Grinders (Emouleurs). Date: circa 1920s

Comic postcard, Couple riding tandem on a country lane Date: 20th century

Four young women walking along a street, London
Four young women in Central London walk together down a street, passing an older woman. Date: circa 1960s

ANGELS & MONSTERS ANGELS & MONSTERS
Angels come down from Heaven to deal with the evil monsters

Miner at coal face -2
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Coal mining terraced houses at Tredegar, South Wales
Rows of terraced, working class houses on a winter hillside in Tredegar, South Wales. First published in The Sunday Times in 1988. 1988

Hughes H-4 Hercules / Spruce Goose
The Huge Hughes H-4 Hercules / Spruce Goose Under-Construction at Terminal-Island, San Pedro, Long Beach Harbour, California, Usa Date: 1947

Bessie Bellwood music hall singer 1856-1896
Bessie Bellwood (Catherine Mahoney) music hall singer who engaged with her audience and had a reputation for putting down the toughest of hecklers. Carte de visite advertising Taunus table water

German rescue buoy in Channel by G. H. Davis
Rettungsboje -- nicknamed lobster pots by the RAF -- German rescue buoys anchored in the English Channel during the Second World War

Air Rifles Ancient and Modern, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Date: circa 1910

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman and cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty woman and psychiatrist Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance speaker and audience Date: 20th century

Cartoon, The Washington Hatchet
American design for a Japanese screen. It is announced that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is to be terminated in favour of an understanding between the Four Great Powers that have interests in

Sketch plan map of Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Date: circa 1910s

Two mature women with a younger man pose for a snap on a bench along the sea front at an unidentified British resort. Date: c.1950

Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 2
Figure 2 of 2. Terrible accident - Lady ablaze, her dress has caught fire and she has fallen to the ground unconscious. This illustration shows that if one lies down horizontally

Cartoon, The End of the Rotten Borough -- the Reform Bill of 1832 did away with these so-called rotten boroughs, which were constituencies with a very small electorate

Advert for John Carters invalid chairs 1884
Selection of invalid and students chairs, including holding a book or writing at a desk, lamp in any position over an easy chair

United States Navy - Goodyear ZSG-3 airship K-120 (BuAer number 33512), based at Oakland Naval Air Station in California, being used as a recruitment billboard for the US Naval Reserve

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London. Placards read: Black Dwarf, Axel Springer Today! Cecil King Tomorrow

A novel village pump, this one at Steyning, Sussex, England, is approached by some steps, and the water flows down a long trough. Date: 19th century

Comic Postcard - Golfing Humour - One Down
Comic Postcard - " Wasn t I two up at the last hole, Caddie?" " Yes, but yer one down now, Lady!" circa 1930s

Comic Postcard - Gent and two ladies on a bench - This is what I saw last night
Comic Postcard - Gent and two ladies on a bench - " This is what I saw last night, were you there?" Date: 1910

Hand Grips Pliers Date: 1947

Elizabeth, Duchess of York attempts to knock down a coconut
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (1900-2002) (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) attempts to knock down a coconut at the coconut shies at the Fresh Air Fund annual outing in Epping Forest

King Edward VII and King Carlos I of Portugal
King Edward VII (1841-1910) and King Carlos I of Portugal (1863-1908) Date: circa 1907

ELEPHANT CARRYING LOG
This Indian elephant is a resident in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris but helps to carry logs when the trees are cut down and apparently makes himself generally useful. Date: 1930s

The Village, Rostrevor, Newry, County Down, Ireland. Date: 1932

Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Me 410A-3 TF209 (Werk Nr. 10259) (Luftwaffe F6-OK formerly of 2(F)/122). Captured intact at Monte Corvino in Italy F6-OK arrived at the Royal Aircraft

United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain 41-18608 (MSN 4769) to USaF 25 October 1942, bailed to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), Boscombe Down

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S. 2B XW988
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XW988 (msn B3-3-72) of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Boscombe Down. XW988, with two more S.2Bs

Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797
Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy

USAF / Oregon ANG F-4C
United States Air Force/Oregon Air National Guard McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II 64-0776 (MSN 1079) credited with shooting down MiG-21 over North Vietnam 3 Apr 1967. Credited with

Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - Take Cover - an eager volunteer
Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - " Take Cover" - an eager volunteer warden shouts down an alert of any occupants of a Ladies Public Convenience! Date: circa 1917

Carlingford Lough between Counties Down and Louth, Ireland by J. Willis

Scrabo Tower near Newtownards, Co. Down, N. I. by E. Nagele
Scrabo Tower near Newtownards, Co. Down, N.I. by E. Nagele

Ballyholme Bay, Yachting Centre, Bangor, Co. Down, N. I
Ballyholme Bay, Yachting Centre, Bangor, Co. Down, N.I. by E. Nagele

A carter drives his horse into the water for a drink, Konya
A carter drives his horse into the water for a drink on the shores of Lake Aksehir, Konya, Turkey Date: 1992

The Dalkey Rowing Club, Coliemore Harbour, Dalkey
A couple fall asleep on the roof of a boathouse at the Dalkey Rowing Club, Coliemore Harbour, Dalkey, near Dublin, Ireland Date: 1992

A man carrying a huge roll of heavy material on his back
A man stoops almost double as he carries a huge roll of heavy material on his back. Even under the weight he moves quickly through the back streets of Istanbul, Turkey 1984

Children playing Ryecroft Estate, Walsall
Children play football in the street on the Ryecroft Estate, Walsall, West Midlands. A girl watches from the footpath. Winter backlight casts long shadows

Miner at coal face -1
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

John Street, Hanley, Stoke
Two young boys with their bicycles smile for the camera by the John Street sign in Hanley, Stoke of Trent. Vintage black and white photograph. The area of Hanley is unrecognisable today

Young boy pulls along his toy train - puppy takes a ride too
" I took the train down here" - Young boy wearing a fine top hat with red ribbon pulls along his green toy train - his rather crazed-looking puppy takes a ride too! Date: 1923

U. S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - Returning Home
U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - Returning Home. Date: 1938

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van ?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961

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