Letters Collection (page 2)

Hardacre J Pitt
Hardacre J. Pitt An important touring manager in the decades around 1900, he used his notepaper to advertise his repertoire. This letter, from the Comedy Theatre, Manchester, is dated November 1894

S Teerwood. The mail van
A red mail van stops at a remote village in the Scottish Highlands to collect and deliver post

Stylish young lady writing a letter sitting on cushions
A stylish young lady seated on a set of plump and elaborate cushions, writing a series of blank letters to a male friend, as a lead-up to an April Fools Day prank! Date: 1923

An alphabet of Dutch Dolls
Wooden Dutch dolls are contorted into the letters of the alphabet, showing off their supple wooden joints. 1912

S for Ship
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

White Star Line letter holder
A wooden letter holder with two compartments, with the words White Star Line printed in gilt on the front

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

Lady Queen Anne, words and music
Lady Queen Anne she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a swan

Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter
The aviator Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter which he himself will transport by air to Windsor. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor

Gustav Hamel signing receipt for mail, Hendon
The aviator Gustav Hamel in the cockpit of his aeroplane, signing the official receipt for the mail, just before setting out from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor on the very first airmail flight

Chap Posts a Letter
A smart cyclist stops to pop a letter into a Royal Mail letterbox

Arthur Quiller-Couch / Cig
SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH pen name: Q English man of letters in 1936

William Ernest Henley / Vf
WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY English man of letters, editor of the Magazine of Art and other journals

Postman (Petherick)
London characters: the POSTMAN brings letters of thanks, letters from banks, letters of joy from girl and boy, receipted bills and invitations... (Auden)

Lady Posts Letter 1906
A lady goes out in her evening dress and cloak to post a letter in a London street

Gpo Sorting, 1875
The General Post Office, London : stamping and sorting letters

Posting Letter into Sack
A woman posts her letter into a postmans sack which he carries around with him

Country Letter Box
A boy stretches to post a letter in the box at Bowlers Green, Surrey : this was before all letter-boxes were painted red

Reading a Letter
She reads a letter above a vase of blue flowers

She Reads a Letter 1889
She reads a letter at her dressing table

Shannon Copier
The Shannon No-chemical Letter Copier copies at the fantastic rate of forty letters a minute - whats more a juvenile may operate it. How does it work? Shannon aren t saying

FLOWER S
Flowery S

FLOWER G
Flowery G

FLOWER B
Flowery B

Jesus Christ mosaic over door, San Babila Church, Milan
Mosaic panel over the main entrance door to the San Babila Church in Milan - once considered the third most important in the city after the Duomo and the Basilica di Sant Ambrogio

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

LORENZO DE MEDICI Florentine statesman, ruler, and patron of arts and letters; eldest son of Piero. Date: 1449 - 1492

925 Exhibition of Decorative Arts - Paris
1925 Exhibition of Decorative Arts - Paris - The car manufacturer Citroen places one of the most famous advertisements in history on the sides of the Eiffel Tower! Nighttime view. Date: 1925

Juliette Recamier by Francois Gerard
Francois Gerard (1770-1837) painting of Juliette Recamier (born Bernard, 1777-1849), French woman of letters. Date: 1805

Greetings Postcard - Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Date: circa 1908

Miss Jessie Bateman - English stage actress
Jessie Eliza Bateman (1877-1940) - English stage actress. Raphael Tuck large letter postcard. Date: 1905

Place Name Large Letter Card - Chico, California Date: 1943

Thank you letter from Winston Churchill, Prime Minister
Thank you letter from Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, headed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, SW1 -- many of these were reproduced to look like an original handwritten letter

Roman alphabet, upper case A-Z. circa 1900

Byzantine Art. Virgin and Child. Mosaic. Xi century a. C
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. PANAGHIA KAPNIKAREA. Mosaic of the Orthodox church built in the eleventh century, dedicated to the presentation of the Virgin Mary. Picture shows the Virgin and Child. Athens

Reading Letters from home Royal Navy

Large Letter Name card - Harold'. Date: circa 1905

Large Letter Name card - Ada'. Date: circa 1930s

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, archive of Ismay letters
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. A fascinating archive of letters from Wilton Oldham to Mrs Bower Ismay relating to research for his book The Ismay Line

Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No

Off Duty R. A. F. Men
A pair of illustrations showing various ways in which British Royal Air Force servicemen might spend their time off duty, examples include playing darts and writing letters to home. Date: 1941

Pether's Sign Makers, 58-60 Banner Street, London EC - entrance to premises Date: 1903

Inner Office and Shop, Pether's Sign Makers, London Date: 1903

Cartoon, His Valentine, W E Gladstone at his desk
Political cartoon, His Valentine, William Ewart Gladstone at his desk, holding a portrait of Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician Date: 1891

Lettres D'Amour
This illustration portrays a young lady nonchalantly placing her love letters into the fire, causing the oaths to go up in smoke, as it were. Date: circa 1901

Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina
Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase - The Royal Yacht, HMS Medina, 1911-1912 Coronation Expedition to India for the Durbar. Designed and made for Her Majesty by Waring and Gillow

RMS Titanic - two insurance company letters
RMS Titanic - two letters dated 27 June 1912 and 24 September 1912, from the North British & Mercantile Insurance Co in Edinburgh to the Ocean Marine Insurance Company in London

Ocean Liners - collection of items
Ocean Liners - Cunard Line ephemera. Passenger lists (First Class), telegrams, letters, luggage labels, first generation photographs of ships. Date: 1920s-1990s

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