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Enquiry Collection

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Titanic blueprint

Titanic blueprint
SS Titanic section and plan scale original blueprint, rubber stamped by Harland and Woolf and dated 1 May 1912. It was used in the enquiry that followed the disaster

Background imageEnquiry Collection: YMCA Shakespeare Hut Enquiry Office, London during WW1

YMCA Shakespeare Hut Enquiry Office, London during WW1

Background imageEnquiry Collection: RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summons

RMS Titanic, Charles Lightoller summons
RMS Titanic - Second Officer Charles Lightoller. An official summons to appear before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry

Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry
RMS Titanic, Captain Maurice Clarke Archive. Typed notes dated 28 April 1912 relating to the Board of Trade enquiry into the Titanic disaster

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Daily Mirror, J. Bruce Ismay at Titanic Inquiry, New York

Daily Mirror, J. Bruce Ismay at Titanic Inquiry, New York
RMS Titanic - J. Bruce Ismay before the inquiry Commission in New York, copy of The Daily Mirror dated 29 April 1912. Date: 1912

Background imageEnquiry Collection: RMS Titanic - telegram from Marconi to Carpathia

RMS Titanic - telegram from Marconi to Carpathia
RMS Titanic - one of the rarest and finest Titanic related telegrams known, described by the late Ken Schultz as an exceptional piece of history'

Background imageEnquiry Collection: RMS Titanic - Marconi portrait with Carpathia telegram

RMS Titanic - Marconi portrait with Carpathia telegram
RMS Titanic - one of the rarest and finest Titanic related telegrams known, described by the late Ken Schultz as an exceptional piece of history'

Background imageEnquiry Collection: RMS Titanic - The Journal of Commerce

RMS Titanic - The Journal of Commerce
RMS Titanic - hardbound report into the Titanic enquiry (British), printed by the Journal of Commerce in 1912. Date: 1912

Background imageEnquiry Collection: HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Comic postcard, Looking for the babys father - car licence number

Comic postcard, Looking for the babys father - car licence number! Date: 20th century

Background imageEnquiry Collection: OFFICE WORK 1970S

OFFICE WORK 1970S
A young woman answers a telephone enquiry in an office environment. Date: 1977

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Titanic letter

Titanic letter
Letter from Ismay, Imrie & Co. to Marine Department, Whitehall, suggesting passengers saved from RMS Titanic by rescue ship, 15 April 1912 Date: 15th April 1912

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Royal Exchange at Harrods, Knightsbridge

Royal Exchange at Harrods, Knightsbridge. Erected for the convenience of Harrods visitors, the Royal Exchange fills many wants

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

Background imageEnquiry Collection: An Enquiry Concerning the Clock tax

An Enquiry Concerning the Clock tax

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Jumbo / Letter

Jumbo / Letter
In response to Miss Stevens enquiry Jumbos keeper, Matthew Scott, informs her that the circumference of the elephants hind feet is 5 and the fore feet 5 6"

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Calendar by Edgar Wallace

The Calendar by Edgar Wallace - scene in the Stewards Room, where a jockey is speaking to five men. First produced at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and Wyndhams Theatre, London. Date: 1929

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B9

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B9, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B8

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B8, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B7

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B7, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B6

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B6, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B5

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B5, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B4

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B4, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B3

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B3, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B2

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B2, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B10

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B10, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B1

The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B1, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Au Pair Agency

Au Pair Agency
The receptionist of an Au Pair agency answers a telephone enquiry and makes a booking in the office diary. Date: 1960s

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Soame Jenyns

Soame Jenyns
SOAME HENYNS writer and commisioner of trade, author of " Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil" Date: 1704 - 1787

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Christmas and New Year card (front cover)

Christmas and New Year card (front cover) -- Private Enquiry Office, Stage Door. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageEnquiry Collection: When do we get Off ?

When do we get Off ?
When do we get " Off" ? A lady train passenger makes a moderately suggestive enquiry to the handsome young man sharing her compartment! Date: 1913

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Country Tramp dismayed at only available activity being work

Country Tramp dismayed at only available activity being work
" Poor Man! And can t you find anything to do?" " Nothing but Work, Liddy." Date: 1898

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Railway Porter rather rude to sizeable female passenger

Railway Porter rather rude to sizeable female passenger
Stout Party - " And can t I get to X - without walking?" Railway Porter - " Well, theres the coal Train, Mum." Stout Party - " How much will it cost me

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Young waif posing for an artist has no knowledge of lunch

Young waif posing for an artist has no knowledge of lunch
A Fact (mores the pity) Artist - " Oh, by the way, have you had your lunch?" Little Waif (posing for the first time) - " Whats that?" Date: 1895

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Little girl amazed at condition of her Grandfathers book

Little girl amazed at condition of her Grandfathers book
" Grandpa, didn t you tell me Aesops Fables were written thousands of yers ago?" " Yes, my dear." " My Word! But you have kept the book clean!" Date: 1901

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Old Man enquires to Phil May about becoming a model

Old Man enquires to Phil May about becoming a model
Brother Brushes - humorous part-self-portrait drawing by Phil May of an old chap enquiring if the artist wanted " a Muddle, Sir?" !! Date: 1890s

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Leap Year - A young woman pops the question

Leap Year - A young woman pops the question
A young woman pops an innocent question to an elderly gentleman at a dance. His look of surprise is due to the date and the fact it is a Leap Year! Date: circa 1904

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Parliamentary Enquiry into the Affairs of the British Museum

Parliamentary Enquiry into the Affairs of the British Museum (1835-1836). Annotated by J.E. Gray. Catalogue reference DF 206/4

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Palaeontology Response Card

Palaeontology Response Card
The Palaeontology response card that was used in the Natural History Museum during the 1960s. Enquirers who had send in bones of sheep or horses thinking that they were fossils

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Army biscuit enquiry, 1920s

Army biscuit enquiry, 1920s
Troops in South Africa and Mauritius found that biscuits sent out had been infested with moths, and become inedible. John Hartley Durrant of the Zoology Department was asked to investigate

Background imageEnquiry Collection: WVS Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point

WVS Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point
WVS (Womens Voluntary Service) Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point. 1940s

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Georg Agricola Bauer

Georg Agricola Bauer
GEORG AGRICOLA BAUER Considered the father of mineralogy, basing writings on observation and enquiry rather than received opinion

Background imageEnquiry Collection: Euston Sq Station 1877

Euston Sq Station 1877
London and North Western Railway, enquiry and parcels office. Standing guard is the statue of Robert Stevenson, (1803-1859), engineer


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