Jack Collection (#33)

J Hassall. Jack & Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water... 20th century

Anon 4. Jack and Jill

Picture No. 10508198
Anon 2. Jack Sprat

British Snails Training
Mrs. Connie Lythgoe holds a training session for some British snails. Their international races will help to provide shelter for the homeless. Date: 1960s

Jack, Firemans Dog
Jack, the Firemans Dog, collects in aid of firemen, though whether to buy them a new fire engine, or better living quarters, is not stated. Date: early 20th century

City Beneath Pacific
THe Green Girl (Jack Williamson) - reaching the city beneath the Pacific Ocean. Date: 1930

Jack Hatfield, British Olympic swimming champion
Jack Hatfield (John Gatenby " Jack" Hatfield, 1893-1965), British Olympic swimming champion, seen here at the time of the Stockholm Olympics in 1912

Snail-Racing
A snail, taking part in an international snail race, in front of a Union Jack flag Date: 1960s

Jack Sprat / Mother Goose
Jack Sprat and his wife

Jack and Jill / Rackham
JACK and JILL fall down the hill Date: 1913

Advert for Jack Barclay, car retailers, 1936, London Date: 1936

Advert for Jack Barclay & Rolls-Royce, 1935, London Date: 1935

Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, Yorkshire
A gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856

Royal visit to Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth Common
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visit the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum at Wandsworth Common, Surrey (now in south west London), on 24 July 1907

Three Victorian men with four assorted dogs, in an outdoor rural setting. One man wears a top hat, one wears a bowler, and the third wears a cap

Patriotic World War One postcard
A dashing naval officer offers a deckchair to a young lady wearing a complementary sailor dress. The scene is given a patriotic flavour with a Union Jack cushion and a bulldog standing by

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Jack-Daw
Jack-Daw (Mr John Dawkins, Junior) Looking rather shifty as he passes a stolen notice on the fence onto which he casts the shadow of a Jackdaw bird, a bird known for its thievish nature

Flag of the R101 airship
The torn flag of the British R101 airship salvaged from the wreck after the airship crashed on 5th October 1930 near Beauvais, France, on its maiden voyage

Uruguayan jewellery shop trade card
An advertising card for Biarritz Jewels in Montevideo, Uruguay during World War Two, featuring a saluting woman in uniform and a ship decorated with the Stars and Stripes and a Union Jack

Jack Payne
John Wesley Vivian Payne (1899 - 1969), British dance band leader whose band played at the Hotel Cecil in London during the 1920s and later for the BBC

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 July
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 July. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Edwardian family group outside house, Mid Wales
A large, middle class Edwardian family (adults, children and dog) pose for a group photograph outside their house, probably in the Mid Wales area. Date: early 20th century

De Dion Bouton motor car, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A proud family with their 1903-4 De Dion Bouton motor car, registration AJ 232, in a back yard in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Gilding the Lily by Dennis Mallet
Gilding the Lily or True Patriotism at The Nook. An extremely patriotic and houseproud family go to extreme trouble to express their patriotism by individually painting all the yellow tulips in their

Family group on Newgale beach, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
An Edwardian family group, with two dogs, on Newgale beach, Pembrokeshire, West Wales

Boys assemble for drill, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys assembling for drill at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London
A view of Dorset Street, Spitalfields, East End of London - sometimes referred to as The Worst Street in London. Women and children sit or stand on the pavements and the road is strewn with rubbish

Little boy enjoying a Silver Jubilee tea in the street
A little boy enjoying a Silver Jubilee tea out in the street. He is wearing an enormous home-made hat with 25 YEARS written on it, and is tucking into his glass of jelly

Jack Delaney Restaurant, Greenwich Village, Grove Street, New York City, America

Man pouring water into car radiator, Middle East
A man pouring water into a car radiator in the middle of dry scrubland, somewhere in the Middle East. There is a Union flag flying on the front of the car

Parade down Whitehall - WW2 victory celebrations
Parade down Whitehall in Central London during victory celebrations to mark the end of the Second World War. Naval officers and ratings can be seen marching

Funeral of the Unknown Warrior - Westminster Abbey, London on 11th November 1920

Brother and Sister with fine Go-cart
A small boy (driving) and his elder sister (standing) with their fantastic homemade Go-cart, seemingly constructed out of fruit boxes supported on the chassis of a former large upright pram

Charlots Review 1925, Nerman
Jack Buchanan, Beatrice Lillie, Phyllis Monkman, Morris Harvey, Gertrude Lawrence, Herbert Mundin, Maisie Gay, in Charlots Review, 1925

The combatants cut and slashed with savage fury. Illustration from Jack Ballisters Fortunes by Howard Pyle, first published by The Century Company 1894

Sign for Union and Redline Motor Spirit
An enamel sign advertising Union and Redline Motor Spirit. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

John Gale, alias Dumb Jack
Undated copy of etching of John Gale, alias Dumb Jack, in profile, smoking a pipe. HPG/8/2/1 (xxix)

Poster advertising Made in England, a theatre production at the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone

Flag for the South Pole expedition
The flag presented by Queen Alexandra to Captain Scott on 25 June 1910, to be carried on the South Pole Terra Nova expedition and planted at the most southerly point reached

Pinocchio meets Jack and the Beanstalk
A composite illustration of two childrens stories -- Geppetto making Pinocchio at a table (right), and the Giant falling off the Beanstalk (left)

World War One Navy postcard
World War I postcard featuring two children dressed in naval uniform and holding the navys Union Jack flag aloft

British soldier postcard
World War One postcard featuring children, a boy dressed in a British soldiers uniform holding the Union Jack flag aloft and being presented with a rose by a little girl who holds a basket of

Railway Sleeper - Downham Market Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Farmer at Downham Market Station awaiting his return train back north of the border. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Boys Club evening activities, Jack Straws 1937
Six boys from a Boys Club sit around a table for a game of what could be Jack Straws or Spillikins

Phyllis and Jack Dare in Arabian costume
The actress and singer Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) with her elder brother Jack. They are dressed in costume for an Arabian Nights Ball

Empire Day in Wandsworth, London
Empire Day celebrations in Wandsworth, south west London. Empire Day was celebrated between 1904 and 1958 to commemorate Queen Victorias birthday

Hampstead Jack Straw
Jack Straws Castle, a famous tavern

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