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Background imageHandful Collection: Last known photo of Captain Smith of RMS Titanic

Last known photo of Captain Smith of RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic - extremely rare first generation press photograph taken by Dr McLean from the tender Ireland as she brought mail and a handful of passengers to the Titanic

Background imageHandful Collection: Players cigarette advert

Players cigarette advert
Child with toys offering a handful of cigarettes

Background imageHandful Collection: Troublesome Youngsters

Troublesome Youngsters
Young and inexperienced racehorses prove a handful for their jockeys before the start

Background imageHandful Collection: Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR. 5 WK281

Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR. 5 WK281
Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281. Built by Vickers Armstrong and delivered on 5 November 1956, WK281 joined No 79 Squadron at RAF Gutersloh

Background imageHandful Collection: Boy with fishes, Sierra Leone

Boy with fishes, Sierra Leone
African boy with handful of five fishes freshly landed on Goderich Beach, Sierra Leone, West Africa Date: circa 1982

Background imageHandful Collection: Supermarine Swift FR. 5 7712M - WK281

Supermarine Swift FR. 5 7712M - WK281
Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR.5 7712M / WK281. Built by Vickers Armstrong and delivered on 5 November 1956, WK281 joined No 79 Squadron at RAF Gutersloh

Background imageHandful Collection: White Star Line, RMS Titanic, blue and gilt dessert plate

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, blue and gilt dessert plate
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Arguably one of the most important White Star Line porcelain items in private hands today. A Spode R4331 OSNC (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company)

Background imageHandful Collection: White Star Line, Titanic, blue and gilt dessert plate (back)

White Star Line, Titanic, blue and gilt dessert plate (back)
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Arguably one of the most important White Star Line porcelain items in private hands today. A Spode R4331 OSNC (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company)

Background imageHandful Collection: Jules-Alexandre Grun

Jules-Alexandre Grun
A self portrait side profile caricature of French post-impressionist painter and poster artist, Jules-Alexandre Grun, armed with a handful of dropping paint cans and brushes and a palette

Background imageHandful Collection: Titanic fireman Lindsay continuous certificate of discharge

Titanic fireman Lindsay continuous certificate of discharge
RMS Titanic - fireman William Charles Lindsay, continuous certificate of discharge, showing Titanic listed as voyage No. 7 and described as intended New York

Background imageHandful Collection: Comic postcard, Going to the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Going to the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imageHandful Collection: Plaque to Captain J J Crowe VC, Nieuwkerke Hospice

Plaque to Captain J J Crowe VC, Nieuwkerke Hospice
The final German attempt to break through to the Channel ports, known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, had initial success

Background imageHandful Collection: Shrimp fisherman, Flookborough, Morecambe Bay - 7

Shrimp fisherman, Flookborough, Morecambe Bay - 7
A handful of freshly cooked, freshly caught Morecambe Bay brown shrimps, Bob Dickinson, shrimp fisherman, Flookborough, Cumbria Date: 1993

Background imageHandful Collection: Sri Lankan pole fishermans catch

Sri Lankan pole fishermans catch
Poda, a Sri Lankan pole fisherman, or stilt fisherman. In podas hand are three small fishes - his entire catch for one day

Background imageHandful Collection: Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 -a handful built of this, the Wor

Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 -a handful built of this, the Worlds first transport helicopter

Background imageHandful Collection: Crying the Neck at Gulval, Cornwall

Crying the Neck at Gulval, Cornwall
A man in the village of Gulval near Penzance, Cornwall, in September 1984, following the harvest tradition of Crying the Neck

Background imageHandful Collection: Handful of brewers hops, Cornwall

Handful of brewers hops, Cornwall
A handful of brewers hops taken from a sack, Cornwall. circa 1970s

Background imageHandful Collection: Vickers FB26 Vampire completed in May 1917, this was th

Vickers FB26 Vampire completed in May 1917, this was the last of a line of Vickers pusher engined fighters Only a handful built

Background imageHandful Collection: Vickers FB16, in revised form Only a handful built

Vickers FB16, in revised form Only a handful built

Background imageHandful Collection: Seversky P-35 -forerear of the famed P-47 Thunderbolt o

Seversky P-35 -forerear of the famed P-47 Thunderbolt only 77 P-35 were built for the US Army Air Corps A handful were slaughtered in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked

Background imageHandful Collection: Saunders Roe London -a handful of these elderly flying

Saunders Roe London -a handful of these elderly flying boats lingered into wartime service as trainers

Background imageHandful Collection: Martin XPB2M-1R Mars -this giant flying boat started li

Martin XPB2M-1R Mars -this giant flying boat started life as a patrol bomber, but the handful built were converted to transports, plying the Pacific

Background imageHandful Collection: Lockheed XP-80A -precursor to Americas first productio

Lockheed XP-80A -precursor to Americas first production jet fighter Only a handful available before wars end

Background imageHandful Collection: Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofo Rex -first flown in May 1942

Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofo Rex -first flown in May 1942, only a handful built Led to land-based George More than 1, 400 built of both types

Background imageHandful Collection: De Havilland DH98 Mosquito IV -here is one of a handful

De Havilland DH98 Mosquito IV -here is one of a handful of civilianised Mosquitos that operated a vital shuttle between Scotland and Sweden

Background imageHandful Collection: A Little Handful by Muriel Dawson

A Little Handful by Muriel Dawson -- a child holds a large orange to its mouth. Date: 1930

Background imageHandful Collection: German poster encouraging soldiers to leave Berlin

German poster encouraging soldiers to leave Berlin. In Berlin there is little to eat, and no work. Elsewhere there is plenty of food, and work

Background imageHandful Collection: A Handful of Jewellery

A Handful of Jewellery
A pair of hands holding all sorts of jewellery

Background imageHandful Collection: Father in Fairytale

Father in Fairytale
A father is surprised when his son and daughter bring home a handful of beans (possibly a German version of Jack and the Beanstalk)

Background imageHandful Collection: Zeus / Jupiter in Chariot

Zeus / Jupiter in Chariot
Zeus, carrying a handful of thunderbolts, in his golden chariot drawn by eagles


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