Firm Collection

Girls filling penny tins of mustard, Norwich, Norfolk
Girls at work filling penny tins of mustard at the firm of J Colman Ltd, Norwich, Norfolk

Cadburys advertisement, 1954
Advert for the Birmingham confectionary firm, Cadburys showing a young couple taking a tour of the companys Factory in a Garden at Bournville

Horse and cats
Firm Friends. A horse with cats. Artist: Eileen Hood. Date: circa 1920

Cover design, Dombey and Son
Cover design, Part XI of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, August 1847, with illustrations by Hablot K Browne. 1847

Sir Richard Tangye, Birmingham engineering firm
Sir Richard Tangye, Head of the famous Birmingham engineering firm. late 19th century

Robinsons Ltd removal vans, Cricklewood, NW London
Two Robinsons Ltd removal vans, Cricklewood, NW London, also at Knolls House, Manchester and Moseley Road, Birmingham, offering a weekly road service. Date: circa 1920s

Alley & Maclellan Engineers - Promotional Card
Promotional Card for Alley & Maclellan Engineers of 139 Grosvenor Road, Pimlico, London. Engineers, Iron & Brass Founders and Shipbuilders

Making Barristers Wigs
The wigmakers firm, Messrs. Ede & Ravenscroft, prepare a wig to fit a woman barrister, whose longer hair has proved a problem with the wearing of wigs in court

Wine bottles and casks, D Oliveiras Lda, Madeira, Portugal
A display of wine bottles and casks at the firm of D Oliveiras Lda in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Comic postcard, woman at the races with bookie, placing a bet both ways Date: 20th century

Photographs of Harry Price at Work. Full length photograph of Harry Price seated demonstrating the electrical control under which Rudi Schneider was tested

WW2 - House Of Unrest
An illustration from a wartime short story, House Of Unrest, written by Wilfrid Robertson. The image portrays a man wielding his gun, with a firm stance. Date: circa 1940s

Room Interior
A photograph of an interior with a ceiling of exposed beams, used for advertisement purposes, probably of an interior decoration firm. Date: circa 1939

Seaside House, Treyarnon Bay
A photograph of a seaside house located at Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall, designed by architectural firm Denman and Son, (John Bluet Denman and John Leopold Denman) Date: circa 1937

Cinderella Tile
A tile, the design of which depicts Cinderella, the tile was made by the firm of Morris and Co. Date: circa 1860

Lipton's Tea Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Lipton Ltd, promoting Lipton's Tea, If you want the best tea, go to the firm that grows it

Vickers Viscount 806 G-APEY (msn 382), of British Airways, at London Heathrow Airport. (On 26 November 1965 APEY suffered a nose u/c collapse at Jersey airport after an intentional Firm touchdown)

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - But you said Fall In
The Caption is But you said - Fall In.The lad in the pool is wearing a forage cap, the Officer has a wooden sword and the girls has an oar and a walking stick for rifles

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Refresher Course
The Caption is Refresher Course They are sitting in a Forces Club. These were run by the NaFI and the WVS among others. Maybe the girl works there. A little dog is feeding at a bowl

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Piece of Cake
The Caption is A piece of cake. This latter was an RAF expresssion for an easy fight. Through the window can be seen an aeroplane. This was the year of the Battle of Britain

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Coo - you ought to have seen ours
The Caption reads Coo! You ought to have seen ours. The bombs look like what were called Butterfly bombs. These were anti-personnel weapons dropped for people to pick up

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The result of careless talk
The Caption is The Result of Careless Talk. This is a play on the wartime slogan Careless talk costs lives. The Prime Minister exhorts This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll make short work of this
The caption is I ll made short work of this. The enthusiastic look on the girls face suggests that she will do exactly that

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black Out
The caption is Black Out! a play on the need to cover all windows and lighting so that German bombers could not see their targets, and also putting the cat out

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Longing to see you
On the back of the card Churchills message is Stand together and hold firm. The little girl is in her Sunday best and presumably believes that her journey is Really Necessary.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime

Philips
A Swiss poster for the firm Philips which was once one of the largest lighting conglomerates in the world. Date: 1931

Managing Director of Welbeck Minicabs accepts new fleet cars
Mr Sidney Goldberg, the Managing Director of Welbeck Minicabs of London, accepts the first of his new fleet of 300 Ford Cortinas. 1963

Sir Richard Tangyes first workshop, for which the rent was four shillings per week. He was head of the famous Birmingham engineering firm. late 19th century

Michael Thomas Bass, Lord Burton, brewer, son of Michael Bass, founder of the firm. circa 1900

Michael Bass, founder of the brewing firm

John Rylands, head of cotton firm J Rylands & Sons
John Rylands, head of the cotton firm J Rylands & Sons

Frank Lloyd, head of the paper-making firm

Merchant Navy Poster
Merchant Navy recruitment poster - The life-line is firm thanks to the Merchant Navy

Weir W-2, at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War

The Swan with Two Necks was once a coaching in in the City of London. Until the arrival of the railways, it was one of the principal departure points for travel to the north of England

Leopold Godowsky performing at the Bechstein Halll, London
Leopold Godowsky (18701938) - Polish-American virtuoso pianist, composer, and teacher - performing at the Bechstein Hall (now the Wigmore Hall), Wigmore Street

Artist Cecil Aldin and the Firm - his pet dogs
Cecil Aldin, artist of sporting subjects and dogs, pictured with a group of his dogs known as the firm. Included is Turps, a rough-haired dachshund, Micky, the Irish Wolfhound

Thomas horns steam engine. Built around 1850 by the Thos. H
Thomas horns steam engine. This machine was built around 1850 by the Thos. Horn Engineer firm in London. It was used in the Paine Co. Ltd of St

Suffragette Tea set Sylvia Pankhurst
A Tea set designed by Sylvia Pankhurst for the W.S.P.U in 1909. It was commisioned from the Staffordshire Pottery firm of H.M Williamson for use in the tea room at the Womens Exhibition held at

Adolph Tuck of Raphael Tuck passing a card design
Adolph Tuck, Sir Adolph Tuck, 1st Baronet (1854-1926), fine art publisher and chairman of Raphael Tuck & Sons, pictured with his son passing a design for a Christmas card in 1903

Women WW1 Work
A group photograph of View Room Girls at Thornycrofts, the shipbuilding and engineering firm which was based at Woolston, Hampshire. The card is dated by the sender, 27th May 1917 and is marked K.A

USA - Eight Regiment Armoury. The Kingsbridge Armory - Eight Regiment Armoury. The Kingsbridge Armory, also known as the Eighth Regiment Armory

China - carrying young children in baskets hanging on a pole
China - carrying two young children in baskets hanging on the ends of a pole resting on the shoulder. Date: circa 1910s

Jakob Fugger (Jakob I)
JAKOB FUGGER (JAKOB I) German founder of the Fugger firm (financiers and merchants in Augsburg, Germany). Date: ? - 1469

Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 was a major national exhibition on an area by the Rhine which covered over 130 acres and had vast numbers of exhibits to showcase German industry

Pet Lion at Company in Aden, Yemen
Pet Lion at Messrs Cowasjee Dinshaw & Bros. Company at Aden, Yemen. " Mr Lion with some members of the staff of the firm"

A W Gamage Ltd. - Sports Outfitters of Holborn, London Date: circa 1905

Fleet of cars, Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chile, South America
Fleet of cars at a company in Tocopilla, in the Antofagasta region, Chile, South America. Possibly company cars of a nitrate firm. Date: circa 1930

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