Floor Boards Collection

Wind in the Willows
" The Badgers winter stores, which indeed were visible everywhere, took up half the room." Date: First published: 1908

Beethoven / Bonn Birthplce
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN His birthplace at 515 Bonngasse, Bonn The Relic Room Date: 1770 - 1827

Advert / Calverts Carboli
CALVERTs CARBOLIC SOAP for floors

Mozart & Aloysia Weber
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer with the accomplished singer Aloysia Weber, whose sister Konstanze he later married

Shakespeare / Home Room
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Room in his home at Stratford-upon-Avon, with a portrait and a bust

Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary, womens ward
An old womens ward in the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary on Charles Street (later Bakers Row, now Vallance Road), East London

Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary, London
A ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The room is decorated with potted plants and pictures. The floor is bare apart from a strip of matting

Gustav Vasa persuading the elders of Lubeck
Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden, persuading the elders of Lubeck to join him in a rebellion against Christian II of Denmark

Sheep Shearing / Australia
Shearing sheep in Australia. Date: 19th century

DRY ROT
Floorboards in an old house, destroyed by dry rot. Date: 1950s

Staining Floorboards
Using a brush to stain floorboards with permanganate of potash (potassium permanganate). Date: 1930s

Goldilocks / Fairy Tales
The three bears at the table where they discover their porridge has been eaten. Traditional tale originally worked on by Robert Southey

Nurses inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross
Scene inside the river ambulance Geneva Cross. Along with two other river ambulances it was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport smallpox patients from London down the Thames to

Kitchens, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Staff and inmate helpers in the kitchens at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. Kitchen fittings include a large cooking range and two coppers

Hand-operated loom for Axminster carpets, Glasgow
A team of five men operate the large hand loom for Axminster carpets at the factory of Messrs Templeton, Glasgow, Scotland

Crewe Railway Station electric signal box, Cheshire
View inside an electric signal box near Crewe Railway Station, Crewe, Cheshire

Childrens Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary
A childrens ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The children sleep in metal-framed cots

Whitechapel Workhouse, Casual Ward Dormitory
A dormitory of the Whitechapel Workhouse Casual Ward on Thomas Street, East London. There are rolled up hammocks attached along each wall. The floor is bare boards

Council of War 1854
A Council of War at Lord Raglans headquarters

Boy / Norfolk Jacket 1893
English schoolboy wears a knickerbocker suit with Norfolk jacket, white shirt with turned down collar, woollen socks & stout laced boots. Date: 1893

The Gun Deck of Lord Horatio Nelsons flagship, H.M.S. Victory, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Thomas More / Outrim
SIR THOMAS MORE English statesman and author in prison, visited by his daughter Margaret

Girl Reads with Kittens
A small girl reads The Story of the Three Kittens to her two kittens

Swedish mothers bring children to be vaccinated
Swedish mothers bring their children to the doctor to be vaccinated

Preparing a Swedish bride for her wedding, at Bleckinge, in southern Sweden

Thomas Edison / Ilz C1900
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Testing his Phonograph, circa 1900

Congress of Tucuman
The oath of Argentinian independence is taken at the Congress of Tucuman

GRANDMOTHERs STORY 1875
Grandmother tells three children a story

Boys Write on Wall 1894
Two naughty boys draw a caricature of their teacher on the wall, unaware that she is watching them

1798 Rebels Destroy Home
Rebels destroying a house and furniture : property smashed with hammers and axes, floorboards ripped up and set on fire, piano danced upon

Mother and children with Easter eggs and toys
A mother and her two children with Easter eggs and toys, in a room with a very ornate fireplace

Futuristic mechanised barbers shop
A futuristic mechanised barbers shop, where all the barber has to do is press a few buttons on a machine

Young mother admires baby in cradle
A young mother admires her baby in its cradle

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