Enabling Collection (page 2)

Panorama. Snow White
Snow White. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the fairyland figures & place them in a theatrical setting. Date: 1921

Panorama. Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty.Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the fairyland figures & place them in a theatrical setting. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Little Boy Blue. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Little Miss Britain
Little Miss Britain. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the doll character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Little Miss Spain
Little Miss Spain. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the doll character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Cinderella
Cinderella. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Jack at Play
Jack at Play. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the doll character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Tom, Tom the Pipers Son. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Queen of Hearts
Dressing doll. The Queen of Hearts. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Reading W / Book Machine
A man uses a circular contraption to read books, enabling him to move between volumes with ease. Date: 1588

Fairy tale, Jack the Giant Killer
An illustration to the fairy tale, Jack the Giant Killer -- Jack blows his horn at the door of the Giants castle. Two dragons lurk round the corner, breathing fire, while a lizard

Gaucho Using Bolas
A gaucho uses the BOLAS which wraps round the animals legs preventing it from running, thus enabling the gaucho to control it Date: 1901

Military Style 1790
A French soldier in uniform - and a fashionable dress which echoes the military style, enabling revolutionary ladies to demonstrate their solidarity with the chaps Date: 1790

Automatic Autographer
An automatic autographer, a handy device for the famous, enabling multiple autographs to be signed on many photographs at the same time. Date: early 1930s

Observation post for the officials
The observation post for the officials, enabling them to view the entire circuit

Surgical Operations
Devices enabling incisions in the skull and giving access to the brain which must have been an interesting experience for the patient. Date: 1525

London Clearing House
The London CLEARING HOUSE, an institution enabling bankers to adjust their mutual claims for cheques and bills Date: circa 1860

Repairing Red Army Gun
Engineers of the Red Armys 24th Division repair a gun in a workshop installed on a train, enabling it to be moved to where it is needed

Restored figure of the Iguanodon
The Iguanodon, a large herbivore, which could grow up to 10 metres. It had numerous teeth enabling it to chew vegetation. Its powerful hind legs were ideal for escaping predators

The Belgian Royal family
King Albert of Belgium seen with his family, the Queen Elizabeth, their daughter Princess Marie Jose (left), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (middle) and Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (right)

Wrights Wall Brush
A handy wall brush with an oscillating head or duster enabling servants to clean cornices, walls or staircases without trying using a ladder

Acoustic Umbrellas
Umbrellas can be used as sound-collecting devices, enabling two people to conduct a whispered conversation without others overhearing

Section of the Bessemer
Bessemers design for a cross- channel paddle steamer is designed to reduce passenger discomfort by enabling them to stay level no matter how much the boat herself rolls

Battle of Monterey
At the battle of Monterey, the Americans under general Worth storm Independence Hill, enabling them to dominate the Mexican position in the Obispado (Bishops Palace)

New Alexandra Graving Dock at Belfast
Prince Albert Victor, opening the new Alexandra graving-dock at Belfast. A graving or dry dock was a dock which could be sealed off with gates, enabling work to be carried out on the hull

British Museum Egyptian Gallery
British Museum interior of the Egyptian gallery from 1890. Electric lights enabling the museum to be opened to the public in the evenings

Congo railway, station at Matadi
Station at Matadi, forming part of the new Congo railway from Matadi to Stanley Pool. The railway took nine years to complete, and in the first five years only 25 miles of track was constructed

Nollet and Gold Leaf
Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrates how an electrical charge can be passed from one person to another, enabling the second to attract pieces of gold leaf

Mercadiers Multiphone
Mercadiers multiple receiver, enabling the whole family or office to listen to an incoming message

Honduras Mejocote R
Rope suspension bridge enabling people to cross from one bank of the Mejocote river to the other

Pontoon Bridge
A temporary bridge is built by French engineers, utilising planks laid on boats, enabling troops to cross without getting their feet wet

Train-Passing Project
By enabling trains to pass each other on the same track, the cost of building railways could be substantially lower. So could the life-expectancy of rail travellers

Samuels Sacrifice
He sacrifices to God, who thanks him by enabling him to defeat the Philistines, something he d always wanted to do

ELISHA
He causes a widows oil to multiply until every container in the house is full, enabling her to sell it and pay off her debts, so her sons are not taken away as bondsmen

Muette De Portici 4
LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (The dumb girl of Portici) Act 4 scene 9 - Masaniello saves Elvira and Alfonso from the mob, enabling them to escape by boat

Election / Rosebury Falls
The Earl of Rosebery falls from power, as his Liberal party lose the 1895 election. Lord Salisbury clears the fence and the Tories win

Merlins Wheelchair
Merlins Mechanical Chair has built-in controls enabling it to be adjusted and propelled in any required direction, at the pleasure of the operator

WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS
Rosamund, tied to a tree in Hyena-Full Wood, is saved when the tree un-gags her, thus enabling her to cry for help...etc

Fire Escape Shute / 1884
Merryweathers fire-escape ladder and canvas chute, enabling persons to descend rapidly from a burning building

Passageway in Space
corridor Enabling Space Travellers to Transfer from One Spacecraft to Another

Girl on Chairs
GIRL STRETCHED ON CHAIRS In the hypnotic state, general muscular contraction can be induced, enabling the body to do things it couldn t do in the normal state

Chemical Warfare
Chemical weapons will wipe out entire populations in future wars, enabling the aggressor to take over the country without encountering any resistance

Jesus Quits his Tomb
Angels roll aside the stone blocking the entrance to Jesuss tomb, enabling him to escape : the soldiers guarding the tomb are astonished

Watering Crops
The flying machine will be the farmers friend, enabling him to water his crops in times of drought

North-Sea Canal
The Nord-Ostseekanal (or Kiel Kanal) links North Sea and Baltic, enabling Germany to move her warships from one sea to another. Its the worlds busiest artificial waterway

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