Half Collection (page 20)

Discussing US Football
American version of a Chester or Chesterfield overcoat. This is a restrained model with fly-front & without a velvet collar. Worn with trousers with turn-ups & half-boots

Ryton Overcoat 1907
American gentleman in town boots (half-boots) & Ryton overcoat: 3/4 length, loose fitting with a back vent & velvet collar, reads a magazine

Tailored Suit by Worth
Tailored suit by Worth in salmon pink & black: sac-like jacket with half-length sleeves, pockets & high loose fitting collar & a barrel-line skirt or 2-piece dress

Exchequer Gate, Lincoln, close to Lincoln Cathedral. The gate is three stories high and dates from the 14th century and forms part of the walls of Lincoln Castle

Demolition / Paris
Demolition work prior to the building of the Rue des Ecoles with half demolished tenements propped up with wooden buttresses. Residents continue to dry their washing

Royal Crescent Bath
The Royal Crescent in Bath was designed by John Wood II and built between 1767 an 1775. It is comprised of 30 houses, and is shaped like a half- Colosseum, with Ionic columns

Brown Seal Coat 1930S
A brown seal half-length coat with suede collar, fly fastening & tulip shaped patch pockets. Designed by George Kaplan

ST PAULs CATHEDRAL 1930
The bottom half of the Cathedral is blackened with pollution

Dolls House Dresser 1625
An oak dresser from a dolls house, with tableware. The bowl is half the size of a thimble

Tate Entrance Hall
A policeman is the only visitor to the Tate Gallery, standing by potted plants where, one day, half a horse and suchlike masterpieces will be hung

Bramhall House, Cheshire, a fine example of a half- timbered stately home

Piltdown Skull / Diagram
PILTDOWN MAN - a diagram of the cranium and jaw bone, claimed to be the missing link by Charles Dawson in 1912. The skull was proven to be a half- human, half-ape fake in 1953

Augusta Leigh (Miniature
AUGUSTA LEIGH half-sister of Byron

Blunt / Sagittarius / Pl 46
The constellation of Sagittarius, half man and half horse with a bow and arrow

Culebra Cut
At work on the Culebra Cut : half hidden is one of the steam shovels digging out the bottom of the canal : the bridge is a temporary erection during construction

James I / Anon Eng
JAMES I OF ENGLAND JAMES VI OF SCOTLAND Half-length portrait wearing a ruff

England / Kersey
A girl walks down the lane, past the White Horse Inn, in the tranquil village of Kersey, Suffolk, England

Pyne - Halfpenny Showman
HALFPENNY SHOWMAN For half a penny, this travelling showman will exhibit his puppets or other toys, which he carries on his back from fair to fair

Paris to New York by Air
Plans are afoot to set up an aerial passenger service Paris - New York : the aero- express will carry you there in an hour and a half, at a cost of a thousand dollars

Mens Vest and Drawers
Aertex half-sleeve vest and trunk drawers - this two-piece garment suit is priced from seven shillings and sixpence

Flacid Fig Leaf Statue
Half man half something else, a type of satir perhaps with one large leg with an eagles foot & forked beard models the down-turned or passive fig leaf. What the bell means ?

George III & Garter
GEORGE III OF ENGLAND A half-length portrait in profile showing the king wearing the Order of the Garter

Elizabeth I / Marshall
QUEEN ELIZABETH I Half-length portrait wearing pearls

Henry VII of England
Half-length portrait within an oval showing him wearing ermine robes and holding an orb and sceptre

William III by Schenck
KING WILLIAM III A half-length portrait with ermine robes, crown and sceptre

Drunken Blind Granny
Blind Granny: a half blind, drunken nuisance who would beg by using her paricularly long tongue to wash her blind eye then spend the money on drink. Poems were written about her!

Pyne - Roundabout
THE ROUNDABOUT - Here is the merry-go-round, miserable straggling boys who receive a few half pence running within the bars

MENs HATS
Top hats come in Twenty Different Shapes at the Western Hat Company of Oxford Street, London, known for their unequalled Half-Guinea Hats

Licensing Bill Demo
March of the opponents to the Licensing Bill showing a crowd of 130, 000, half of which had been paid for by brewers to travel to London at reduced fares. The bill sought to

Blue Waistcoat 1909
Professional gentleman (Mr J C Wason) wears a top hat, frock coat, blue waistcoat, grey striped trousers with a front crease & turn-ups, half- boots & a wing collar & cravat

Railway accident at Abergele, north west Wales
A railway accident at Abergele, north west Wales, when two trains collided on the Chester-Holyhead line. This is the scene an hour and a half after the accident

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