Laid Collection (page 3)

Eggs in bed hen
Boy with pet hen that laid eggs in his bed, Abergavenny, Wales. First published The Sunday Express Date: circa 1969

Family sitting around the dinner table
Slide showing a picture of a man, woman and two children sitting at a dinning table laid with food, saying prayers. Part of Box 366. Relates to the set of slides 2012.392 to 2012.402 Date: circa 1900

Rail on Ice 1904
Railway tracks are laid over ice-covered Lake Baikal, and short trains cross carrying troops to the battlefront of the war with Japan

Boleyn Castle, East Ham, Essex
Boleyn Castle, East Ham. Tram lines are being laid in front of the building. Date: early 1900s

Red-breasted Goose - female by nest with 5 eggs laid in gooses down - at riverbank cliff (Branta ruficollis). river Maksimovka near Kara sea - near Dikson - Russian Arctic - summer - July

Anti-tank mines by G. H. Davis
Anti-tank mines: a deadly defensive weapon in mechanised warfare during the Second World War. Types of British and German land mines -- a desert minefield being laid, and in operation. Date: 1942

Franz Graf Von Thurn
FRANZ graf von THURN UND TAXIS (Ruggiano de Tassis) Italian- German entrepreneur who established communications system for the Empire, laid foundations of family fortune. Date: 16TH CENTURY

A True Prospect of the Giants Causeway (1696). Sandys, Edwin d.1708. Date: 1696

LCC-LFB Dennis hose laying lorry
The hose laying lorry from Lee Green fire station pictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1. The hose laying lorry carried one mile of 3.5 inch hose that could be laid out from the lorry as it

Map and location of YMCA Hotel - Chicago, USA Date: circa 1930s

Dining room, Portobello Hotel, Walton, Essex
The Dining Room at The Portobello Hotel, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, with tables laid ready for a meal. 1963

Milk delivery men and carts, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Ws Baker & Son Victoria Dairy milk delivery men pictured with their carts at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Milkman Bill Whittle (left)

Harold Macmillans Speech to the South African Parliament, 1
Photograph of Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) (standing at top) delivering a speech to the South African Parliament, 3rd February 1960

The first Illustrated London News
Front cover of the very first copy of the Illustrated London News, published May 14th, 1842. Founded by Herbert Ingram, who anticipated demand for a newspaper containing illustrations

British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Companys Offices
The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Companys Offices in Threadneedle Street, London, built in 1859. The Company was formed out of a merger between The Magnetic Telegraph Company

WW1 - The Kaiser and his troops fail to make it to Paris
WW1 - The Paris Dinner - The Kaiser and his troops fail to make it to Paris in time for dinner.... The only recipient of Wilhelms feast is a nasty-looking spider! Date: 1914

USA - Interior Pullmans car - tables laid for meal. Part of Box 5 Boswell collection. American Trip. Date: circa 1900

Fulgerites from Dundrum Sand Hills, Co. Down - a view of the lightening struck fused tubes of sand laid out on a black background. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum)

Prehistoric Spindle Whorls, Dundrum Sand Hills - a view laid out, of a spindle and Whorls and an old penny for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

Prehistoric Hearth - Dundrum Sand Hills - a view of stones laid out in the sand to form a hearth. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

Objects Found During Excavations at the Church on Mahee Island - a view of laid out objects found on a dig at Mahee. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Denuded Cairn, Lough Crew Showing Arrangements of Chambers - a view of an open cairn showing the chambers laid out. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Meath: Lough Crew). Date: circa early 1900s

Liverpool - Liverpool Lime Street - Lime street - tram lines, Shops with Blinds to House at the end. Part of Box 62 Boswell Collection - Liverpool

English Cathedrals - The Cloister- Gloucester - View along high vaulted corridor. Part of Box 144 Boswell.Collection Wardle records that in 1058 Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester at the time

South China - Drying hides - Hides laid out on open ground. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900

Interior of Jordans Castle, Co. Down - a view of the inside of the Castle with a table laid out for eating. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Ardglass). Date: circa early 1900s

St Vincents Orphanage, Hereford - Refectory
The refectory (dining room) at St Vincents Orphanage, Hereford, laid out with mugs and plates. Date: circa 1908

Telegram mobilising VAD 1914
This telegram, sent to Birchington late in the day on 14 October 1914, was the call to mobilise the local Voluntary Aid Detachments to set up their hospitals

Charles Marie Danremont
CHARLES MARIE DANREMONT French military commander, standing by a table on which a map is laid out. That strange object on the table is his helmet. Date: 1783 - 1837

Fleet Laid Up / Gen Strike
Fishing trawlers and liners laid up at the Fleetwood docks, owing to shortage of coal due to the General Strike Date: 1926

Valley of the Kings
Entrance to the Valley of the Kings, where many Pharoahs were laid to rest. It was here that Howard Carter discovered the un-robbed tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Date: 1848

Humboldt / Centenary / Berli
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT Centenary celebration in Berlin for the German scientist and traveller: the first stone is laid for a monument in his name Date: 1769 - 1859

Mojave Maze
Mystic maze of the native American Mojave people, laid out with stones on the desert floor near Needles, California Date: 1923

Laid up for repairs
Young Dutch boy laying across mothers lap gets his trousers darned. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham - Dining Hall
Tables laid for a meal in the dining hall at the Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham Date: circa 1903

Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks Orphan Schools, Cheadle Hulme - dining hall laid out with a meal buns and bread and butter. Staff stand at the rear. Date: early 1900s

Art deco iIllustration for dinner time showing well-dressed woman opening curtains to reveal an elegantly laid out dinner table 1920s

Horse-drawn wagons on frozen Lake Baikal
Horse-drawn wagons on the frozen Lake Baikal. Tracks were laid across the ice during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. Date: 1905

The Empire Cookery Book - Long table set out for dessert
The Empire Cookery Book - Long table set out for the dessert course. Date: 1920s

Illustration, A Song of the English, Deep Sea Cables
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

St Vincents Boys Home, Hull - Dining Room
St Vincents Boys Home, Hull. Tables laid out for a meal

St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe - Dining Hall
St Marys Waifs and Strays Home, Felixstowe. The dining hall is being laid out for tea, with mugs, plates and stacks of sliced bread

The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men, by Bairnsfather
The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men - Old Bill had thought of a splendid idea for the next battle, and, frankly, was rather hurt when a Staff Officer condemned it A cartoon by Captain Bruce

North Melbourne Town Hall
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Town Hall in the city of Melbourne in Australia. The foundation stone of the Town Hall was laid on 29 November 1867 by the visiting Prince Alfred

Melbourne University Buildings
Black and white photographic image of Melbourne University buildings. The universitys foundation stone was laid 3rd July 1854, the buildings were officially opened on 3rd October 1855

Street egg seller
New laid eggs, eight a groat. Street egg seller. From Old London Cries (1885) Date: 1885

Gymnasium Lord Mayor Treolars Home, Alton, Hampshire
Inmates exercising in the gymnasium at Lord Mayor Treolar Cripples Home and College, Alton. Some have crutches laid on the floor next to them. Date: Date unknown

Laying the foundation stone, Baden Powell House, London
Scene during the laying of the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

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