Early Collection (page 15)

Balloon ascent on Queen Victorias birthday

Opening of New London Bridge
Opening of the New London Bridge by King William IV and Queen Adelaide. The River Thames is full of royal barges, and a balloon can be seen in the top right. 1 August 1831

Three ballooning personalities
Three miniature portraits of ballooning personalities, arranged in a triangle, with a small balloon at the centre, and signatures below

Garnerin balloon with parachute
Garnerins balloon with a parachute below, and a French flag waved from the cage. He ascended from North Audley Street, landing 10 minutes later in the parachute near St Pancras Church -- claimed to

Satirical ballooning image
A rude satirical image of large and small balloons tied together, lifting a cannon, entitled The Montgolsier. A first rate of the French Aerial Navy. A Fart, an Ass, a Fool, A Monkey, a Nothing. 1783

Dog Playing a Trumpet
A dog playing a trumpet, reading sheet music from a stand! Date: early 1930s

England / Farnborough
A little girl walking home from school down a country lane in the village of Farnborough, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Penrhyn Slate Quarries
View of the Penrhyn slate quarries at Bethesda, Gwynnedd. Date: early 20th century

Teignmouth from Ness
Teignmouth, Devon, England, viewed from The Ness. Date: early 1950s

England / Stamford
The main street in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Towcester Chantry House
The entrance to Chantry House, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, founded by Archdeacon Spence. Date: early 12th century

Railway Tunnel House
A quirky house, built over a railway tunnel at Clayton, Sussex, England. Date: early 1930s

Striking Beauty Workers
Four women workers from The Beauty Shop, on strike for decent living wages and decent working hours. Date: early 1930s

THE LITTLE DRIVER PUB
The Little Driver public house, Bow Road, east London. Date: early 1900s

English Village 1960S
A scene by the village pond and green, showing the Exeter Arms inn, Barrowden, River Welland Valley, Rutland, England. Date: early 1960s

YE OLDE FIGHTING COCKS
Ye Old Fighting Cocks, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, a quaint old hostelery which claims to be the oldest unaltered house in the country. Date: early 17th century

Warwick Univ Students
Students relaxing in the Common Room at Warwick University. Date: early 1970s

William Lillywhite
WILLIAM LILLYWHITE The Father of Modern Cricket A right-handed bowler, who played for Sussex in the 1820s. Date: early 19th century

A Mazawattee Tea Van

Promotional photograph for the IBM 1410
A female computer technician sits at an IBM 1410, in a promotional photograph for this business computer system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Map of Lausanne
A colourful map of Lausanne, with a small engraved insert of the city

Queen Victoria and family entrain for Scotland
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the Royal children entrain for Scotland at the temporary station in Maiden Lane before the opening of Kings Cross in 1852

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

I m dropping in soon by G. E Studdy
Colour illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing his canine creation, Bonzo, parachuting through the sky. Studdy created Bonzo for The Sketch magazine in the early 1920s

Justice Avory
Sir Horace Edmund Avory (1851-1935) was one of the most noted English criminal lawyers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was the most dreaded hanging judge of his age

Landslip at Axmouth
A massive landslip causes extensive damage to the fishing port of Axmouth, at the mouth of the Axe river. (first of two views)

Members of the POUM march through Barcelona; Spanish Civil W
Photograph showing members of the Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) marching along one of the avenues of Barcelona, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936

Travelling Hairdresser
Roadside Beauty Service. A travelling hairdresser gives a girl a fashionable haircut

Esfahan, 19th Century
The royal palace and meidan at Esfahan (formerly known as Ispahan)

Exhausted Footman
An exhausted footman, reflected in a dressing table mirror, rests his weary head in his hands and ruminates on the lot of an Edwardian servant

Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
A lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity. In the early eighteenth century, Gray demonstrated that charges of electricity could be conducted by some materials

England / Chester / Eastgate
The famous Eastgate at Chester, erected in 1769 at the expense of Lord Grosvenor, replacing a former gate. The clock commemorates Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee

Knight Templar Effigy
The effigy of a Knight Templar in a niche in the south wall of St Marys Church in Walkern Hertfordshire. The knight is probably William de Lanvalei II

First Railway 1825
A man on horseback bearing a Union Jack flag heads the very first railway journey in England aboard George Stephensons " Locomotion"

British Earthworms 20C
Longworm Earthworm Blueworm Gilt-Tail Brandling Greenworm

Lenham, Kent, England
LENHAM, KENT, ENGLAND. Church Square. Brick and weatherboard cottages, including a small shop selling teas and new milk sodas for cyclists

Mother, Child, Limehouse
A mother stands with her child at the door of her home in Limehouse, east London : the boards are presumably to prevent the child straying into the street

Two Irish People Dance
Two Irish children celebrate Saint Patricks day by dancing a jig

Ludgate Hill 1930S
View looking down Ludgate Hill towards Ludgate Circus, showing a policeman on the right and a train going over the now dismantled railway bridge, London

BARRY STATUE, PARIS
Memorial statue to Barry, a St Bernard dog who rescued 42 people in the Alps, but was killed by the 43rd who thought the dog was attacking him, Asnieres cemetery, Paris

High Tea above London
A young man defies gravity by perching on a pole on the roof of the new BBC Broadcasting House building and having a truely High Tea! Date: early 1930s

Policeman riding a Triumph motorcyle
A police rider turning a corner on his Triumph motorcycle, fitted with white legshields and a front numberplate (denoting this picture is pre-1975)

George V Pillar Box
An English postman in his uniform, demonstrates the knack of buying a book of stamps from a vending machine attached to a King George V pillar box

Village Post Box 1960S
A typical village post box, next collection being on Tuesday. Normal collections are at 5.30 Monday to Friday and 8.30 on Saturdays, etc

Esperanto Stamp
A stamp encouraging postmen to learn Esperanto - the International Helplanguage

French & Polish Lancers
French and Polish lancers on horseback

Cleo De Merode / Long Hair
CLEO DE MERODE French actress and dancer who became the mistress of Leopold II of Belgium

Women Washing Dishes
Three young women (" Three Lions", perhaps in some way connected with womens services during World War Two) washing and drying dishes together in a large kitchen

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