Late Collection (page 10)

Blackpool Log Flume
These holidaymakers are getting wetter than they bargained for on the Log Flume at the famous Pleasure Beach funfair, Blackpool, Lancashire, England! Date: late 1960s

Kentish Ramblers
Ramblers admiring the view at Crockham Hill Common, Kent, England. Here can be seen mile after mile of the Kentish Weald, right to the forest ridges about Crowborough. Date: late 1930s

A Clever Bricky
This bricklayer has come up with a nifty way to carry his bricks. Date: late 1960s

Corwen Bridge
The bridge over the River Dee at Corwen, Denbighshire, North Wales. Date: late 18th century

Slow Coach and infuriated passenger
A lovely postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Urgent - featuring a carriage being pulled by a very tired old nag and being driven by an old soak of a driver

Lady Riding Sidesaddle
A lady riding sidesaddle: the horse belongs to the late Earl of Pembroke. Date: 1870s

Fancy-Ball Polka, music sheet
Cover design for a music sheet, The Fancy-Ball Polka, by E Reynolds. A late Victorian family is depicted, with adults and children dressed up for a party

A factory worker cuts a block of wood
A young apprentice carpenter uses a large industrial jigsaw to cut a block of wood, while an older employee supervises his work. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Strawberries
Frogmore Late Pine Sir Joseph Paxton Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury

Comparative Orbits
A diagram of the relative orbit distances of planets in the Solar System and the variable light hitting the Earth during different seasons

Richard of India - Maharajah in Istanbul
Richard of India. An Indian Maharajah during a visit to Constantinople

The Terrace, Windsor Castle, by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson
A watercolour and pen painting of the Terrace, Windsor Castle, London. The Illustrated London News featured a long running series of paintings of Londons architecture by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson

Midland Railway Badge
The wonderful decorative Coats of Arms of the Midland Railway Company

Basket seller, Japan
A Japanese man selling baskets from an overloaded cart Date: Late 19th Century

French Game of Whist
A group of friends gather round the whist table in 18th century France

Throwing the Hammer
Throwing the hammer

Japanese street
A street in an unknown Japanese town with rayed rising sun flags

Mexico / Tenochtitlan
A reconstruction of the Front wall and Entrance Gate of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, above which modern Mexico City now stands

Peire Vidal / Troubador
Peire Vidal, French troubador of the late 12th, early 13th centuries, entertains the lady Azalais of Roquemartine, from whom he stole a kiss while she slept and had to leave court

Inside the Heart
No man knoweth the secrets of the heart - but these interior views give you some idea... Date: late 19th century

4 Views of Heart
Four views of the heart, posterior and anterior, and the base and interior of the ventricle

Maes-Howe (Interior)
The interior of the Maes Howe chamber shortly after it was re-opened in 1861. Norsemen had already robbed the mound in the 12th century AD and left runic inscriptions

Solomon Writing Proverbs
When not entertaining queens or building temples, Solomon found time to write his Proverbs - as shown in their first letter in a 12th century German Bible

Posting Christmas Cards
Little boy taking his christmas cards to the post box

HARRY KELLAR 1849 - 1922
American magician who presented large stage shows during the late 1800s and early 1900s - the predecessor of Harry Houdini and successor to Robert Heller

Various Cuts of Beef
Beef cuts of poor and inferior quality

Couple at Eastbourne
He: straw boater, cane, wing collar & single-breasted suit. She: hat adorned with chiffon & plumes, blouse ornamented with pin-tucks & feather trim & a plain skirt cut in panels

Pram Advert C1888
A typical late Victorian perambulator, made by Lloyd & Hill, Birmingham

Buses at Trafalgar Squ
Four Routemaster London buses in a queue on the National Gallery side of Trafalgar Square, with the South African embassy in the background

Advert / Wind Pills / Page
Page Woodcocks Wind Pills: invaluable for the cure of indigestion, liver complaints and biliousness

Girl Match Seller
A young girl sells matches in the street

Racial / Thailand 19C
A King, Queen, Prince, and Buddhist priest

Anfiteatro / Pompeii
The Anfitheatro at Pompeii, with the original seating still in situ

Laundrymaid Ironing
Repasseuse (ironer)

Capetown Rail to Joburg
SOUTH AFRICA : the Union Express links Capetown and Johannesburg, passing through spectacular scenery on its way

London & Sw Railway Loco
London and South Western Railway express locomotive no 292

Old Dog Tray Rescue
Old Dog Tray, a Newfoundland, rescues his young mistress from a watery grave

Cycling Scrap
A girl cycles happily on a bicycle thats rather too small for her, and which at any moment may catch her skirt and cause a nasty accident

Baseball in a Field
A game of baseball in an open field, spectators round the perimeter : a formally dressed umpire watches as the pitcher makes his run-up from the centre of the diamond

Blackpool Hotels
A busy scene showing holidaymakers entering and leaving typical Victorian boarding houses at Blackpool, Lancashire, England

Rowleys Orrery

Maps / World / Currents
World map of the ocean currents

Tariff Reform Needed
How can the poor British agriculturist compete with foreign produce - German and American shops - the Chicago Meat Trust ? The answer is TARIFF REFORM, of course !

Eastbourne Sailing Ships
A busy scene on the Crumbles, a long stretch of shingles, from Eastbourn to Pevensey Bay, formed by the tidal wash of the sea

Advert / Mellins Food
Mellins Food - for infants and invalids

Late C18 Fire Engine
Known as a bed-poster, this London engine is a manual machine worked by pumping handles on either side : a Beadle and a Watchman are in official attendance

Molluscs / Sealife
A variety of sea-based molluscs including types of snail and clam, a large mussel and other soft-bodied sealife

Saudi Arabia / Al Muwaylih
Landscape near the Red Sea

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