Effect Collection (page 2)

Cinema sound effects machine for silent movies - noises include babies, dogs, artillery and cars. 1912

Montage - Winnipegs Handsome Buildings
circa 1910s

Infatuated with the Boss Date: 1950

LITTLE GIRLS DRESSES
Two little girls in attractive dresses. The one on the left is in two shades of blue and white. The one on the right in green wool crepe. Note the jacket effect on the bodice. Date: circa 1930

DINNER PARTY SETTING
Setting a dinner party table does not end with putting the glasses, silver & cutlery in their proper places. Food & decoration should be colour co-ordinated for effect. Date: 1940s

Design by Paquin - black hobble skirt, fur-trimmed jacket
Design by Paquin: black hobble skirt, fur-trimmed jacket in a bright floral print cut-away at the front & creating a tunic effect, cocked brim hat with aigrette & buckle shoes. Date: 1912

FRENCH WOMEN / MUNITIONS
A French woman in a munitions factory imagines what the effect of the shells she is making will be. Date: 1917

TRAVEL DRESSES 1931
Two elegant dresses suitable for travel. One has a bodice of broderie a langlaise, the other uses a striped fabric to great effect. Date: March 1931

VERSAILLES DRAGON POOL
BASSIN DU DRAGON The mythological figures are doubtless added to give artistic effect to the picture rather than being a literal representation of the scene Date: 1688

Balfe - Satanella
SATANELLA A dramatic scene in which the heroine dreams of marriage - an effect achieved by a magic lantern projection Date: 1858

Hawker Siddeley Andover C1, effect of kneeling undercarriage
Superimposed photograph of the Hawker Siddeley Andover C1 showing the effect of the kneeling undercarriage to ease loading through the rear door

Bolton-by-Bowland - The Coach & Horses Pub
Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire - The Coach & Horses Pub. Date: circa 1905

Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire - The Village Forge. Date: circa 1905

From Toledo - a repeating photograph
Belle Epoque Photomontage, French Theatre Actress Miss De Toledo - Lovely early photographic photomontage trickery - a woman replicated three times to fine stylistic effect by the Reutlinger Studio

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, USA. The Scintillator and Tower of Progress Date: 1915

New York Skyline Illuminations - New York Worlds Fair of 1939 as seen from the top of the Empire State Building, NYC, USA. Date: 1939

Angel playing a violin, c. 1480. Melozzo da Forli (1438-1494
Melozzo da Forli (1438-1494). Italian painter. Fresco depicting an Angel playing a violin, c. 1480. From the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles. Pinacoteca Vaticana. Vatican City

Roman mosaic with a cube pattern giving a three dimensional effect. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Bomb damage at Old Trafford - Manchester United
The bomb damaged main stands at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United Football Club following bombing raids on the city during World War Two. Date: 1944

Rain Sculpture in Boulder Clay, Bray Head - a close in view of whirled effect in the exposed rock. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Wicklow; Bray). Date: circa early 1900s

Cause and Effect by Wallis Mills - tennis fashion cartoon
The new fashion for tennis shorts inspires one player to discard her dress and play in her underwear, much to the consternation and shock of some elderly female spectators. Date: 1931

Spider and web on a Christmas card, with a tab to pull for a three-dimensional effect. Date: circa 1880s

Patio of Hotel Hershey, Hershey, Philadelphia, USA
The colourful Patio of Hotel Hershey, Hershey, Philadelphia, USA, designed to look as if it is out of doors, with a sky effect on the ceiling, slanting tile roofs, a fountain

Entrance hall by Allan Walton, carried out by Fortnum & Mason, with lightly marbled walls in ivory and pale green with rose pink, and a trompe l oeil effect seascape in perspective. Date: 1933

Background effects, SMB wallpaper sample book
A selection of background effects, with code numbers, in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Aichi D3A1 Navy Type 99 Dive bomber Val flown off carriers was employed with impressive effect in Pearl Harbor strike

Damaged stand at West Ham United Football ground
The bomb damaged main stands at Upton Park (the Boleyn Ground), the home of West Ham United Football Club following bombing raids during the blitz on London in World War Two. Date: 1944

Edisons Kinetoscope 2
EDISONs KINETOSCOPE " Reproducing to the eye the effect of human motion by means of a swift and graded succession of pictures"

Lunar Corona (Arctic)
Lunar halo observed by Arctic explorers - a cross-like effect centred on the Moon, with a surrounding ring

Sir J Gordon Sprigg. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Sprigg was born in Ipswich, England, into a strongly Puritan family

Roman art. Mosaic. Opus sectile. Marble. House of the Faun. Pompeii. Italy

Rome. Roman Forum. Effects of lights in the Temple of Saturn
Italy. Rome. Roman Forum. Temple of Saturn, 5th century BC. Reconstructed in the 3rd century. Night view. Effects of lights

Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. 3rd century B. C
Roman Art. Italy. Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. Dated to 211 BC. It comes from Lucus Feroniae. Lazio

Greetings card with the words Best Wishes in mottled green and brown. Date: circa 1890s

Brocken Spectre
THE SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN a bizarre effect caused by projected shadows seen, notably, on the Brocken in the Harz mountains, Saxony, Germany Date: circa 1880

Motorised Armies
In the next war, infantry battles will be a thing of the past : the fighting will be between motorised armies, using armoured vehicles to deadly effect Date: 1906

Pink rose on a New Year card by Hyatt, dated 1879, with a thread to pull for a three-dimensional effect. Date: 1879

Spiders web on a New Year card, with a tab to pull for a three-dimensional effect. Date: circa 1880s

Floral design on a New Year card, with a gold tassel to pull for a three-dimensional effect. Date: circa 1890s

Floral design on a Christmas card, with a gold tassel to pull for a three-dimensional effect. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, The disciple of Kant, WW1
Cartoon, The disciple of Kant. Showing a German follower of Kantian philosophy, with illustrations of Kants theory of Cause, Effect, and Sufficient Reason

Art nouveau design with staircase effect, in cream, beige, blue, green and mauve. Date: circa 1920s

A tour through Sunny Spain
Slide with a crinkle effect with the words: A tour through Sunny Spain. Part of Box 366. Date: circa 1900

The impact the war had on upper classes in Hyde Park
A slightly comedic illustration in Hyde Park, showing the effect of WW1 on the upper classes. Shown in rags, the only sign of their class is the style of their clothes with a suggestion that this was

War horses during wet weather, Western Front, WW1
The effect of wet weather on war horses on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Protecting shipping against submarines by G. H. Davis
Fighting the U-boat with depth charges: the principal method of protecting shipping against submarines. How the Navy is hunting U-boats with depth charges: detecting and attacking submarines

Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis
The effects of bomb blast: how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Tree growing in damaged stand at Manchester United
The damaged main stand at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United Football Club. W G Roughton views the tree that grew in the Grandstand. Date: 1944

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