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Postcard from Tom Mudd, RMS TitanicA handwritten postcard from Tom (Thomas Charles) Mudd to his mother in Halesworth, Suffolk, to let her know that he has arrived safely at Southampton for the departure of the Titanic on her maiden
NADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER, French music teacherNADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER (1887-1979), French music teacher and conductor. Her students included Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Lennox Berkeley, Virgil Thomson and Leonard Bernstein. Date: early 1960s
Titanic whistle and Turkish Bath ticket1. The brass Thunderer whistle of HJ Pitman, 3rd Officer on the Titanic, with an inscribed label attached. 2. A Turkish Bath ticket
Marriage certificate, Princess Elizabeth and Prince PhilipMarriage certificate of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
Luggage label, Zeppelin to South AmericaLuggage label, Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (Airline) for the LZ 129 Hindenburg flight to South America. The passenger is a Mrs Sinclair, destination Rio de Janeiro, berth number 32. 1936
Records of first UK aerial mail serviceThepostmasters official handwrittenrecordsrelatingto thefirst UKaerialmail service from London to Windsor andWindsor to LondoninSeptember1911. 1911
SOS message from TitanicA wireless message received by the Russian steamer Birma from the Titanic about five minutes after Titanic struck the iceberg that sank her
The Flying Saucer As I Saw It, book coverTHE FLYING SAUCER AS I SAW IT, by Kenneth Arnold, containing his own account. This copy is signed by the author
John Keats / Last IllnessJOHN KEATS English poet during his last illness
Share certificate for The Yukon GoldfieldsA share certificate for The Yukon Goldfields Limited, representing 35 shares. Gold deposits were first discovered along the Yukon River in Canada in 1896, and this triggered off a gold rush
Menuhin / Yehudi / PostcardYEHUDI MENUHIN Violinist as a young man
Graphology ManualGRAPHOLOGIE French manual by Dr Cornelius Ruys on the study of handwriting
Selection of Titanic itemsA selection of items from the ill-fated SS Titanic: 1. Receipts 2. Turkish Bath ticket 3. Certificate of Discharge 4. Carpet sample
Thomas De Quincey / MoteTHOMAS DE QUINCEY English author
The Bloksberg TrystUndated handwritten text regarding and colour illustration of The Bloksberg Tryst. HPF/5C/52
Hz. Alis Handwriting in Haji Bektash Veli MuseumIn the Meydan of the Forty (Kirklar Meydani), Secde sura of the Koran written in Kufic script on gazelle skin by Caliph Ali. Date: 2012
Blanchards balloon and apparatusA representation of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon and apparatus, with annotations. Below the large round balloon is a parachute, and under that two men in the gondola with wings for steering. 1780s
Sketch of Cockings parachuteDrawing of R Cockings parachute in which he died. Above it is a handwritten note by John Sadler, stating that his last ascent in a balloon was from St Jamess Park, London, on 1 August 1814
Mr Fitzpatrick Kights balloon flightA hand-painted drawing showing a man standing in the gondola of a balloon waving umbrellas. A handwritten note reads: Mr Fitzpatrick Kights Ascension bought in a native bazaar, Calcutta April 1853
Flying Globe
Early scouting certificateAn early scouting certificate, with the handwritten words: You are now a Scout. I trust you - on your honour - at all times to do your best to carry out your duty
Silhouette of David Lloyd GeorgeSilhouette profile portrait of David Lloyd-George (1863 - 1945), 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman by H. L. Oakley, made at Llandudno. circa 1925
Aerial photograph, Allaines, Somme, France, WW1Aerial photograph (French) of Allaines and surrounding area, Somme, northern France, during the First World War, taken from a height of 800 metres
War Office letter to Mrs G G Ranstead, from the Director General of Mobilization, concerned the expected demobilisation of men who enlisted in 1914 and 1915. 11 June 1919
Monk or priest singingMarginal drawing of what appears to be a priest or a monk singing with a book in his hand. 1543
General Kuttig von Domberg of the German ArmyGeneral Zdenko Kuttig von Domberg, Generalstabschef (Chief of Staff) of the German Army during the First World War. Date: 1916
Romulus and Remus being suckled by LupaDetail from a page of text, showing a marginal drawing of Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she wolf Lupa. 1543
Poster advertising war bonds, GermanyPoster advertising the 7th issue of war bonds in Germany during the First World War, with the face of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. circa 1917
Shorthand on the back of a postcard. Date: 1917
New Years letter with portrait of a little girlA Belgian childs traditional New Years letter to her parents, with an oval portrait and an ornately decorated border. Date: 1921
Jack Hatfield, British Olympic swimming championJack Hatfield (John Gatenby " Jack" Hatfield, 1893-1965), British Olympic swimming champion, seen here at the time of the Stockholm Olympics in 1912
Kenneth Swain, Yorkshire County swimmerKENNETH E SWAIN Yorkshire County swimmer, in costume, with large shield (swimming trophy). Date: September 1912
Pauline Frederick, American ActressPAULINE FREDERICK American actress -- she has signed the portrait in red lipstick on the right, and added an impression of her own lips in the lower left corner
This way to winter sunshine through CooksIllustration on a Thomas Cook poster or handbill -- This way to winter sunshine through Cooks -- with a brightly coloured image of a Mediterranean village, with sea, villas, boats, and a palm tree
European man in a white suit, Middle EastA European man in a dazzling white suit with rather short trousers and white shoes poses in front of a handwritten sign in arabic writing, in a street somewhere in the Middle East
1844 poor relief work ticketA ticket issued in 1844 by a Relieving Officer for the parish of St Mary, Islington, north London, directing the bearer to the stone yard on Wharf Road, City Basin
Vagrants Food Ticket, Hinckley Union, LeicestershireTicket issued to a vagrant following his departure from the Hinckley Union workhouse, Leicestershire. When he presented it to the specified person (en route to his next destination)
Workhouse Teachers Salary Receipt, WhitehavenA receipt for the quarterly salary payment of twelve pounds and ten shillings. It is from the Whitehaven Union, signed by workhouse teacher William Benson on 24 December 1856
Six Great Western Railway ticketsSix tickets issued by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1864 and 1865. Stations mentioned include Swindon, Wolverhampton, Oxford and London
Actress Gladys CooperEnglish actress of stage and screen, Gladys Cooper (1888-1971)
German poster campaign for servicemens appealGerman poster campaign asking for donations to the Colonial Servicemens Appeal, showing a colonial soldier holding an imperial flag on a broken staff
Handwriting, educationA small girl sits with her head just inches from the page and concentrates on her handwriting
William Nutbean, Certificate of DischargeCertificate of Discharge of William Nutbean, a Fireman/Stoker on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. Nutbean survived, and this is a replacement document
White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketchesA 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
Wartime letter of condolenceLetter of condolence written by a scribe from King George V to E. Camells mother during the first world war
Letter from Captain EJ SmithA two-page letter from EJ Smith, future Captain of the ill-fated SS Titanic, to My dear Alvin Taylor. It is written on RMS Baltic White Star Line headed paper
Selection of Titanic paperworkA selection of paperwork from the ill-fated SS Titanic: 1. Account of Wages for James Witter, Steward. 2. A letter written on board the RMS Laconia from a survivor, Mary Hewlett, dated 30 May 1912
Titanic postcard, letter, Turkish Bath ticket stubAn RMS Titanic postcard, a letter from Harry Wilde to My dear Norah & Edie dated 7 April 1912, and a Turkish Bath ticket stub relating to the Titanic disaster