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Glow Collection (page 2)

Background imageGlow Collection: Evening glow at Seta

Evening glow at Seta. Print shows clusters of thatched-roof buildings, bridges spanning an inlet, boats in the harbor, during evening in Seta. Date between 1804 and 1818

Background imageGlow Collection: Titanic - How Ice Blink reveals the presence of bergs

Titanic - How Ice Blink reveals the presence of bergs
Diagram in The Sphere during the inquiry into the Titanic disaster showing how ice blink reveals the presence of bergs underneath the water

Background imageGlow Collection: Rowing - getting into the boat

Rowing - getting into the boat
A rather interesting early glow-in-the-dark postcard depicting rowers getting into their boat Date: 1920s

Background imageGlow Collection: Gas Fire Nibbles

Gas Fire Nibbles
Ladies in dinner dresses and stilettos share a nibble and a tipple beside the comforting glow of a Sugg Caprice gas room heater! Date: 1960s

Background imageGlow Collection: Waitomo Glow-Worm Caves

Waitomo Glow-Worm Caves
Why on earth are these fashionable young women putting on such ugly boots? So they can enter Waitomo Glow- worm Caves, New Zealand, silly! Date: 1940s

Background imageGlow Collection: Phantom on the Line

Phantom on the Line
A ghostly female figure stands on the track in the path of an oncoming train with her arms outstretched. The lights of the train surround her in a ghastly glow. Date: circa 1910

Background imageGlow Collection: Advert / Virol Food 2 / 2

Advert / Virol Food 2 / 2
Virol Food - for a ruddy glow (2 of 2) Date: late 19th century?

Background imageGlow Collection: Pauline Chase Smoking

Pauline Chase Smoking
Miss Pauline Chase smoking, promoting the play The Amazons at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in which she played Lady Wilhelmina

Background imageGlow Collection: First Fire of the Season

First Fire of the Season
The First Fire of the Season. A contented Victorian family bask in the glow of the fire and their own goodness

Background imageGlow Collection: Children / Fireside C1880

Children / Fireside C1880
Four children sit round the fireside

Background imageGlow Collection: GAY GLOW GAS FIRE

GAY GLOW GAS FIRE
An attractive young housewife flips through a fashion magazine, warming her white stilettos by her Gay Glow gas fire. Date: 1960s

Background imageGlow Collection: Electric Fire Brochure

Electric Fire Brochure
A uniformed maid carries a flaming plum pudding into the dining room where the family sit in formal dress, warmed by the glow of a Creda electric fire. Date: 1933-4

Background imageGlow Collection: Sunset on the Sea

Sunset on the Sea
A sailing ship on the crest of a wave basks in the glow of a sunset at sea

Background imageGlow Collection: Santa has Visited / Nast

Santa has Visited / Nast
Too exited to sleep, these children wake at 5.00am to find that Santa has called

Background imageGlow Collection: St Elmos Fire / Spears

St Elmos Fire / Spears
Julius Caesar reports that his soldiers, during a campaign in North Africa, were alarmed when the tips of their spears began to glow after a storm



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