Effective Collection

Bristol 156 Beaufighter -flown by Coastal Command with torpedo and rocket projectile armament The type proved lethally effective against enemy shipping

HAWKER HURRICANE 1
The supremely efficient fighter as it appears at the outbreak of World War One - less glamorous than the Spitfire but in practice the more effective aircraft

Advert for Pears Soap - A Chemist Recommends... 1912
Advertisement for Pears Soap - A Chemist Recommends the product for its pure, genuine, good value and effective properties! Date: 1912

Pentagram Sigil
PENTAGRAM SIGIL Sigils are occult signs, and pentagrams are known to be effective in protecting the magician while working his magic

Kawasaki Ki-45 Nick - one of the Japanese Armys most effective high flying fighters against such as the Boeing B-29

Ataturk and Inonu
Postcard depicting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938) and Ismet Inonu (1884 - 1973) - the effective founders and leaders of the Turkish Republic - inspiration to many in the Middle East

Junkers Ju 87B -developed specifically as a dive bomber, it was effective as long as it flew with friendly fighter cover

Volley firing by Scott Method by G. H. Davis
The gunnery experiment of which all the naval world is talking: the six-to-one superiority of volley firing by the Scott Method

WWI Poster, Be Ready! Join Now
Be Ready! Join Now. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster, with a soldier in silhouette on yellow background. Date: 1915

Babcock and Wilcox 6 ton Steam Roller YB7976 Toby (msn 95/4009). Seen with a 1955 Standard 10 motor car 200CPJ at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. Built in 1925 to the design of Messrs

Two Deer
A simple but effective dry point of two deer, only one of them looking alert. Date: circa 1929

The Lighter Side Poster
A Poster featuring in a magazine called The Lighter Side featuring four birds, of simple but effective design, with a bold usage of three colours, red, black and yellow. Date: circa 1926

Unusual corn bin, Dahomey (now Benin), West Africa
Unusual corn bin, Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin), West Africa. Made of earthenware, it was peculiar to the Konkombwa people of Tschopowa

Advert for Waverley electric car 1912
Waverleys new silent electric car with half the upkeep cost, made in Chicago, America. 1912

Page showing how to skilfully tie a sash in different ways. Date: 1913

SEWING A LAMPSHADE / 1930S
By pleating a strip of paper and sewing bright coloured wool through it, you can make an effective lampshade only costs a few pence. Date: 1930s

Hawker Hurricane Mk IV -fitted with anti-tank cannons, these aircraft proved highly effective in North Africa

Sigmund Holtzschucher
SIGMUND GABRIEL HOLTZSCHUCHER German statesman - a very fancy engraving with very effective ornamentation. Date: 1575 - 1642

Indian Tiger Hunt 1860
British in India shooting a tiger from elephants : their native guide hopes their shooting is effective

Charles Martel (Card)
CHARLES MARTEL Mayor of the Palaces of Austrasia and Neustria and effective power in the realm. His successors will be kings, though he is not

Porcupine (Bewick)
histrix cristata Bewick says that the quills are a defensive rather than offensive weapon, but are nonetheless very effective. This was drawn from life

Effective wraps for summer occasions from Harrods, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Signalling Balloons
Using balloons of different colours at different heights is an effective way of signalling if you re not in a hurry, the sky is clear and the enemy doesn t shoot them down. Date: Late 19th century

Advertisement, St Jamess Chest Expander -- Stooping of the Shoulders and Contraction of the Chest are removed in the most gentle and effective manner possible. 1845

Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans Starch
A serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century

Republic P-47D-surplanted by the P-51 Mustang as an escort fighter, the P-47 became a very effective (on the ground) attack type

Henschel Hs 123A -first flown in 1936, this single seat dive bomber proved very effective from its Spanish Civil War debut through to mid 1944

Fiat G55 -one of the most effective of the Italian late wartime fighters produced

Dornier Do 217E -among the most effective of the Luftwaffe bombers

Arado Ar 196A seen here operating from a Mediterranean base proved to be a very effective convoy shadower

Firemen at Battersbys hatworks were obviously employed in house, and despite the equipment being satisfactory, when a fire broke out in 1906 there was insufficient water pressure in the mains to be

Maximilian Von Konigseck
MAXIMILIAN FRIEDRICH von KONIGSECK German catholic churchman, Prince-archbishop of Munster, an influential and effective administrator. Date: circa 1761

Large machine to test effective push (weight 17 5lb)
Large machine to test effective push (weight 17.5lb). Hargrave Slide 18

Girl in Pinafore
A particularly effective portrait of a book-loving girl in a pinafore Date: late 19th century

An effective battering ram in the hands of the right men. Illustration shows two strong men labeled Labor and Commerce using a battering ram labeled Tariff Reform to knock down a door in a building

Cabirols Diving Suit
Cabirols diving suit combines effective protection with considerable ease of movement, the two basic requirements for working underwater. Date: 1856

Red Army Cavalry
The legendary horsemanship of the Cossacks ensures that the Red Army cavalry is uniquely effective : this detachment pose for their photograph in a Ukrainian village

Borax
A romantically styled ad for Borax antiseptic from 1885. Borax was used for a wide variety of household jobs being effective as an anti-bacterial, cleaning, fungicidal and bleaching agent

Griffith Steam Carriage
The patent steam carriage of Julius Griffith, a road locomotive which was effective in practise, but had little success due to a backlash from the horse-powered lobby

Daguerres Discovery
Daguerres discovery of an effective permanent photographic process, is announced by Arago to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. Date: 10 August 1839

Triumph of Titus
Titus, after taking Jerusalem, is granted a joint triumph with his father Vespasian, and an arch is erected in his honour. He will be a good and effective ruler

Five Steam Warships
Removed from the effective list: The last cruise of the coast-defence monitors (left to right) Hydra, Glatton, Cyclops, Gorgon and Hecate

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