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Foster Collection (page 4)

Background imageFoster Collection: Cuckoo in the Nest

Cuckoo in the Nest
A young Cuckoo in the nest, with an unsuspecting Reed Warbler foster parent feeding it. Date: 1950s

Background imageFoster Collection: Cover design, A Day in a Childs Life, Kate Greenaway

Cover design, A Day in a Childs Life, Kate Greenaway
Cover design, A Day in a Childs Life, with illustrations by Kate Greenaway and music by Myles B Foster. first published 1881

Background imageFoster Collection: Soldiers with a Daimler-Foster tractor, WW1

Soldiers with a Daimler-Foster tractor, WW1
Soldiers with a large Daimler-Foster tractor marked OHMS (On His Majestys Service) in a field during the First World War. Built for Daimler by Foster of Lincoln

Background imageFoster Collection: British Mark IX or supply tank, WW1

British Mark IX or supply tank, WW1
A British Mark IX or supply tank, designed in 1917 as a non-fighting tank used for carrying supplies or men through a fire zone. Because of its shape it was nicknamed The Pig

Background imageFoster Collection: Breton Congress

Breton Congress
In Britanny, a picturesque regional congress is held, to foster the prservation of traditional Breton costume Date: 1905

Background imageFoster Collection: Eleanor Lansing Thomas, social secretary to US Secretary of

Eleanor Lansing Thomas, social secretary to US Secretary of
Eleanor Lansing Thomas, social secretary to Mr John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State in 1954 pictured going through press cuttings

Background imageFoster Collection: Funeral of George Peabody at Westminster Abbey, 1869

Funeral of George Peabody at Westminster Abbey, 1869
Engraving showing the funeral of George Foster Peabody (1795-1869), the American businessman and philanthropist, at Westminster Abbey, 1869

Background imageFoster Collection: Baby incubators at the Berlin Exhibition

Baby incubators at the Berlin Exhibition
Dr Lions baby incubators proved to be a great attraction at the Berlin Exhibition. Babies aged between five and eight months old were kept alive in warm temperatures and nourished with drops of milk

Background imageFoster Collection: F. R. Foster (1889-1958)

F. R. Foster (1889-1958)
Photograph of Frank Foster, the Warwickshire and England cricketer, demonstrating his left-arm fast-medium bowling action, c.1910

Background imageFoster Collection: H K Foster - Cricketer

H K Foster - Cricketer
H K Foster - Worcestershire cricketer - who, like so many of his contemporaries also excelled at other sports, in Fosters case Racquets - as Champion Amateur 1894-1900

Background imageFoster Collection: R E Foster - Cricketer

R E Foster - Cricketer
R E Foster (Tip Foster) - Cricketer for Worcestershire and England. Foster held the record for the highest individual match score with 287

Background imageFoster Collection: The public in a divorce court

The public in a divorce court
Illustration by Steven Spurrier showing young women in the public gallery of a divorce court. The image accompanied an article in the ILN suggesting that divorce courts should be private

Background imageFoster Collection: Autumn / Harvest (Foster)

Autumn / Harvest (Foster)
Harvesting by hand - an idyllic scene in the English countryside

Background imageFoster Collection: Birket Foster / Cottage

Birket Foster / Cottage
A pretty thatched cottage

Background imageFoster Collection: Rugby Market

Rugby Market
The Market Place in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, showing original Victorian shop fronts, such as Liptons and Foster Brothers. Date: circa 1950

Background imageFoster Collection: Rhymes / Doctor Foster

Rhymes / Doctor Foster
Dr Foster went to Gloucester In a shower of rain He stepped in a puddle right up to the middle, And never went there again

Background imageFoster Collection: Aslaug & Heimer

Aslaug & Heimer
Aslaug (Aslog), the daughter of the Volsung Sigurd & the Valkyrie Brynhild, with her foster father Heimer who saved her, hiding her in the sound board of his harp

Background imageFoster Collection: Jay (Foster)

Jay (Foster)
(Garrulus glandarius)

Background imageFoster Collection: Girl Feeds Nestlings

Girl Feeds Nestlings
The foster-mother - A girl climbs a ladder to give food to nestlings who have lost their mother

Background imageFoster Collection: Wassail [Foster]

Wassail [Foster]
Carol singers, having done their stuff, are rewarded with the wassail bowl



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