Historical Collection (page 23)

Calvi Beach, Corsica
Sumptuous and colourful beach scene advertising the Corsican resort of Calvi, showing a 1920s lady in her bathing suit against beach and town

Union-Castle
Advertising poster for Union-Castle, Mail Steamship Company Limited, featuring a liner running from Southampton to Cape Town and vice versa next to small sailing dinghies

Britains Sea Power Is Yours
World War Two propaganda poster for the Royal Navy - Britains Sea Power Is Yours - depicting a British submarine crew at action stations during an attack

Motor Racing 1930S
A poster advertising a mixed car and motorcycles racing programme at the Nurburgring in Germany

Buick Advertisement 1929
A fine poster advertising 25 years of progress by the General Motors and their flagship Buick brand

Cid Officers as Dockers
C.I.D officers cunningly disguised as dockers during investigations into drug smugglers at Limehouse Docks, London. One man (r) has a hook for a hand!

Boxer / Daniel Mendoza
DANIEL MENDOZA 1764 - 1836 English boxer who was the acknowledged English heavyweight champion and who operated a successful boxing school in London

Ms - Lindisfarne Gospel
Illumination from the Lindisfarne Gospels or Gospels of Saint Cuthbert (page facing the Gospel of Saint John)

Hannibal / Naples Bust
HANNIBAL Carthaginian general, famous for his crossing of the Alps

Irish Guards Shamrock
The duke of Connaught presents Irish Guardsmen with a sprig of shamrock each

Pearly Kings & Queens
A procession of pearly Kings and Queens, Southwark, London

Gillray / Anglo-French
Politeness The state of Anglo-French relations played out by John Bull and his French counterpart

OLYMPICS / 1948 / 10, 000 MET
Emil Zatopek (Czech) sets the 10, 000 metre record

Lion Leads in Jutland
HMS Lion leads the battle- cruisers into the fray at the Battle of Jutland

Shirley Temple / Fox Films
SHIRLEY TEMPLE American child star of the 1930s

Sophia Loren / Postcard
SOPHIA LOREN Italian film actress, in a glamorous pose

Edward Vii / Grouse Moor
EDWARD VII Grouse moor at Balmoral - one of his favourite hunting grounds

French Bathroom 1906
A chambermaid helps her mistress take a shower in this elaborate bathroom containing bath, shower, bidet and loo, as well as the geyser to supply the hot water

David Bryant with Pipe
David Bryant, CBE, bowls legend; a trout-fishing, pipe- smoking man of Somerset who is regarded as the greatest player in the history of the sport

Landlord and Bar Sign
Due to the number of customers trying to pay for drinks by cheque, the landlords sign in this London pub makes it clear that draughts, not overdrafts, are available behind the bar

Lumley Castle / 1879
Lumley Castle, County Durham

Cornwall / Lamorna Cove
Cornish scenery: Lamorna Cove

Chatham / Kent / Medway / 1907
Chatham, Kent: looking down the Medway from Chatham Pier

Brightlingsea / Essex
Brightlingsea, Essex, High Street West - the flags may be for Edward VIIs Coronation

Ballroom Dancing Italy
Four couples take advantage of the dance-floor in a smart restaurant

Themistocles Bust
THEMISTOCLES Athenian military commander and statesman

Advert / Gossage Soap 1900
Gossages Soap - the right sort

Lithuania / Vilnius 20C
Vilnius (Polish " Wilno", Russian " Vilna" or " Vilno", German " Wilna" ), now the commercial capital of Lithuania: a church in the snow

Chopin / Polish Postcard
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish composer

Belfast / High Street
Belfast: High Street

Putney Bridge 1905

Routemaster Bus
A No.76 Routemaster bus drives past the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, on its way to Stoke Newington, north London

The London Palladium

Merlin & Vivien & Tree
Merlin and Vivien rest under a massive tree

Struwwelpeter Cover
Struwwelpeter The cover of the book

Harlequin, Columbine
Harlequin and Columbine (with Pierrot disconsolate in the background)

Isle of Wight / Ventnor
Isle of Wight: Ventnor

Sussex Vs. Kent C. 1840
A wonderful picture of the match between the sides at Brighton, with many of the top players of past and present, including Alfred Mynn, Felix, Wisden and Wenman (batting)

British Empire Map 1880
Map showing the extent of the British Empire circa 1880

Golf at St Andrews 1881
A golfer prepares to drive the ball during a round on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo & Juliet

QUEEN MARY
Cunard White Star liner - at the time, both the largest and the fastest ship of her kind in the world, with accommodation for 5000 passengers. Date: launched 26 Sept. 1934

Marie Curie / Photograph
MARIE CURIE Polish scientist

Champagne Charlie / Music
Cover illustration for the Champagne Charlie Galop by C.H.R. Marriott

Friedrich Engels & Marx
FRIEDRICH ENGELS German political theorist working on Das Kapital with Marx Date: 1820 - 1895

Cicero Bust
MARCUS TULLIUS the Roman writer, statesman and orator

Classical Orders
Columns, capitals and entablatures of the classical orders of architecture: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite

Fall / Deerhounds / 1950
Miss Hartley with a group of eight Rotherwood deerhounds

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