Frame Collection (#19)

Ruined windmill - Madingley, Cambridge
Lovely photograph of a ruined windmill at Madingley, Cambridge Date: circa 1910s

Syra, Greece
View from the sea of Ermoupoli (Ermoupolis / Hermoupolis / Town of Hermes ) on the island of Syros (Siros / Syra), in the Cyclades, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Girl at tapestry frame by Florence Hardy. A beautiful maiden in 18th century costume sits at her tapestry frame Date: circa 1907

Great Indian Exhibition, Paris -- nine Indian men
Great Indian Exhibition (Grande Exposition India), held in Paris, showing nine Indian men with their arts and crafts. Date: 1902

Music score: Sonata by Purcell, 1683
Sonata by Henry Purcell, 1683. Date: 1683

Conductor and orchestra
A couple mourn the death of a loved one in the upper scene, whilst a conductor on a stage conducts a large choir below. Date: c.1850

Bonang Players - Bali
The Bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan (percussion orchestra). It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called kettles or pots)

Bruges, Belgium - Women making lace
Lacemaking at Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Children / Playground 1957
Children on the climbing frame in the playground of Branfield Primary School, Suffolk. Date: July 1957

Two Women / Embroidery
Two women from the Royal School of Needlework work side by side on a design on a canvas frame. Date: 1930

German Police Academy
A police class in Germany, showing students the effect a gunshot has on a frame of glass. Date: early 1930s

Aircraft construction
Cantilever Aero Co. exterior, wooden frame of wing of aeroplane. Men working on the wooden framework of an aeroplane wing at the Cantilever Aero Co. factory in Babylon, L.I

Matchmakers filling frames with wax strands
Women working at a matchmaking factory fill frames with wax strands

Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals
A Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals, earned during both the First and Second World Wars

Woman posing with broken windows
A young woman posing inside the curved bay of a house with broken and missing windows

Old man working on the street
An old man (possibly Spanish) working on the street. He wears a scruffy overcoat, a beret, and his glasses on a string round his neck. He has a small wooden work bench and a box of materials

Delivery Van for Bakers Bedsteads
Beautifully decorated Delivery Van for Bakers Bedsteads of 450 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London

The Throne of George IV by T. Dowse
The throne of King George IV by T. Dowse, inventor of the burnished raised gold and silver in imitation of the ancient missal" presented in a gilt frame

Framework of a Tongan House
The basic framework of a Tongan House, Tonga, Pacific

Stretching Polar Bears Skin - Inuit
Two Inuit man and a young boy stretch a Polar Bear skin on a frame

Inuit Camp at Hudson Bay in summertime. A Canoe is being built by the side of a hide-covered tent

Madonna and Child by Adriaen Isenbrant, painter of the Flemish school in the first half of the sixteenth century

First Golf Lesson
Her First Lesson. A young girl takes her first swing of a golf club, as her young boyfriend watches on an offer some advice along the lines of keeping her head still and her eye on the ball

Empire Exhibition Scotland - The Clachan
A replica Scottish hamlet - The Clachan - at the Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland. This area of the exhibition was sponsored by the Scottish island ferry company Caledonian

German beach holiday 1936
Climbing frames on the beach and a family on holiday in Warnemunde, Germany in 1936

Chinese peasant pushing wooden tool, possibly for farming
Undated illustration of Chinese peasant pushing wooden tool, possibly for farming, with dog (Dadley, London, Sculpt). HPG/8/2/1 (xxxiv)

White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketches
A White Star Line handwritten booklet entitled Particulars of Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, SS Olympic, May 1911. The vessel returned to the shipyard in Belfast in October 1911 for alterations

Manchester Ship Canal - Creating a new dock
Workmen operate a temporary pulley-based device used in the process of the construction of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal

Steel Frame Building construction - London
The building of the Film House - 142 Wardour Street - an early photographic example of the technique of steel frame construction - still the favoured method of putting up a building seen everywhere

White Star Line Olympic showcard
A White Star Line RMS Olympic chromolithograph showcard, in a gold coloured frame

The private apartment of Emperor Nicholas II
The bedroom of Emperor Nicholas II and the Empress at the Alexandra Palace, Tsarskoe Selo

Samuel and Florence Baker
Engraving of Sir Samuel White Baker(1821-1893), the English explorer, and his wife Lady Florence Baker((1841-1916), surrounded by a decorative oval frame of palms and flora

Temple in Mandu
A wonderful photograph of a Temple in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. The distinctive pointed arches frame the late afternoon light creating beauty in design and form

Photograph of a John Walker Clock
Photograph of a clock by John Walker of South Molton Street, London, with roman and arabic numerals around the dial and a circular wooden frame

Results of Fire at Brussels Exhibition
The devastation caused by a fire at the Brussels Exhibition of 14-15 August 1910. This was the entry to the Palace of Belgium on the Avenue of Nations

Tunisia - Carthage - Excavation of a Sarcophagus
The excavation of a Sarcophagus from a funeral pit / burial ground at the site of ancient Carthage, Tunisia

Tangiers, Morocco - Snake Charmer
Tangiers, Morocco - Street snake Charmer and musician with a Bendir Frame Drum

Russia - Bayonet Practise for members the Preobrajensky Guard Regiment

The Christmas Party Up to Date: Fairy Tales by Broadcast b
Christmas parties this year will possess a new and fascinating attraction, both for young and old, in the shape of the latest wonder of wireless telephony

Swiss Pudding Merchant (Fruitier), carrying his wares on a wooden shoulder frame

Family Golf at Burhill
Four members of the Worplesdon Golf Club - the Frame family seen taking part in a family foursomes tournament at Burnill near Walton-on-Thames

Sewer Construction under London, 1910
Illustration showing the construction of a sewer from Belgrave Square to Barking, under London, in 1910. On the right of the image is the Greathead Shield

Swan and a village pond
A painting of a swan by Malcolm Greensmith is set into the border framing an English country village pond in the bright spring light

Decorative circular border
A circular decorative border, comprising of various colourful foodstuffs from fruit and vegetables to game birds

Light through the trees with Badger border
The light from the rising sun bursts through a misty morning scene of an autumnal wood. A badger in inset into the square framing of the scene. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Decorative Floral rectangular border
A decorative Floral rectangular border. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Winter lake with mountains with Snowy Owl
A view toward a snow-capped peak across a cold wintery lake. A snowy Owl has been added to th border framing the scene. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Frame work of the viaduct
Frame work of Coopers Bridge, near Greenwich. The designers, Mr Grissell and Mr Petolent lent inspiration from similar American structures

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