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Letters Collection (page 3)

Background imageLetters Collection: RMS Titanic - two insurance company letters

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

Background imageLetters Collection: Ocean Liners - collection of items

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

Background imageLetters Collection: Harland & Wolff letter to Mrs A W Frost

Harland & Wolff letter to Mrs A W Frost
RMS Titanic - letter to Mrs A W (Lizzie) Frost, widow of Anthony (Artie) Wood Frost, Harland & Wolff Guarantee Group Fitter, dated June 1912

Background imageLetters Collection: RMS Titanic - passenger's album of scraps

RMS Titanic - passenger's album of scraps
RMS Titanic - album of scraps, which were the property of Richard May, a Titanic passenger who travelled only as far as Queenstown, Ireland

Background imageLetters Collection: RMS Titanic - items from Erik Jaer Archive

RMS Titanic - items from Erik Jaer Archive
RMS Titanic - items from the Erik Jaer Archive. Mr Jaer was a Norwegian man working in the United States in 1912. The archive comprises letters and photographs of Mr Jaer, and newspaper cuttings

Background imageLetters Collection: RMS Titanic - archive of Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer

RMS Titanic - archive of Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer
RMS Titanic, archive of Joseph Bell (1861-1912), Chief Engineer on the Titanic, and victim of the disaster. Collection of letters and ephemera relating to Mr Bell's son Frank

Background imageLetters Collection: RMS Titanic - compensation claim of Mrs Herman

RMS Titanic - compensation claim of Mrs Herman
RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Samuel Herman (1862-1912). Letter dated 7 May 1913 from the Public Trustee Office, Strand, London

Background imageLetters Collection: White Star Line - blue, white and gilt egg cup

White Star Line - blue, white and gilt egg cup
White Star Line - Cobalt blue, white and gilt Stonier and Co. First Class egg cup. 2.25 inches. Intertwined initials OSNC (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company)

Background imageLetters Collection: RMS Lusitania - Archibald correspondence

RMS Lusitania - Archibald correspondence
RMS Lusitania - archive of correspondence relating to the sinking of the Lusitania. The letters date from 18 May 1915 and relate to a painting by Rubens, The Holy Family

Background imageLetters Collection: Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in play scene

Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in play scene
Actors Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in the letters scene from Pinero's play, His House in Order Date: 1906

Background imageLetters Collection: Joan Crawford Fan Mail

Joan Crawford Fan Mail
A fan's letter to Joan Crawford, using a portrait of her face in lieu of an address. Date: 1933

Background imageLetters Collection: Unidentified Fragment

Unidentified Fragment
Fragment of a leaf of a manuscript, parchment. Text in Middle German(?). The text block has wide margins above, beneath and to the left-hand side but the leaf has been cut down the right-hand side

Background imageLetters Collection: Decorative lettering typography, STOCK

Decorative lettering typography, STOCK, featuring farm animals and farming Date: circa 1840

Background imageLetters Collection: Franking machine at the London General Post Office

Franking machine at the London General Post Office Date: 1923

Background imageLetters Collection: Letters arrive for sorting at the London General Post Office

Letters arrive for sorting at the London General Post Office Date: 1923

Background imageLetters Collection: Sweden, Stockholm. Storkyrkan (Saint Nicholas Cathedral)

Sweden, Stockholm. Storkyrkan (Saint Nicholas Cathedral). Detail of a tombstone. Date: 2015

Background imageLetters Collection: Terra Cotta Mask

Terra Cotta Mask
A Terra cotta mask sculture of an unknown head of a man. Just below his chin, the letters MAEV are inscribed. Date: circa 1930

Background imageLetters Collection: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llandisiliogogogoch

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llandisiliogogogoch - longest place name in Wales, described here as the record tongue twister

Background imageLetters Collection: Kazan Helicopters Mi-17M SSSR-95448

Kazan Helicopters Mi-17M SSSR-95448, at the SBAC Farnborough International Air Show in September 1992. (Note: Soviet Union registrations used the Cyrillic letters CCCP = SSSR = USSR = Union of Soviet)

Background imageLetters Collection: Antonov An-72 SSSR-72000

Antonov An-72 SSSR-72000 (msn 005), at the 1984 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held from 2-9 September. (Note : The Soviet Union used Cyrillic letters in their aircraft registrations CCCP in Cyrillic is)

Background imageLetters Collection: Mil Mi-26 SSSR-06141

Mil Mi-26 SSSR-06141, at the 1984 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held from 2-9 September. (Note : The Soviet Union used Cyrillic letters in their aircraft registrations CCCP in Cyrillic is SSSR in)

Background imageLetters Collection: Mil Mi-26 SSSR-06141 with Ilyushin Il-86 SSSR-86066

Mil Mi-26 SSSR-06141 with Ilyushin Il-86 SSSR-86066
The tail rotor of Mil Mi-26 SSSR-06141 framing Ilyushin Il-86 SSSR-86066, at the 1984 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held from 2-9 September

Background imageLetters Collection: Soviet propaganda poster. Death to World Imperialism

Soviet propaganda poster. Death to World Imperialism
Russia. Communism. Soviet propaganda poster. Death to World Imperialism. Date:

Background imageLetters Collection: Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew. Ar

Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew. Ar
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew of Abramo Roccas (d.1587) in the cloister. Rome. Italy

Background imageLetters Collection: Stela with Oscan inscription. 300-100 BC

Stela with Oscan inscription. 300-100 BC
Stela with Oscan inscription. Fragment located in the inner arch of Nola Gate. Pompeii, Italy. The inscription say: Vibius Popidius

Background imageLetters Collection: New tunnels for the Post Office Railway. 70ft beneath the ground near Oxford Street the nearly

New tunnels for the Post Office Railway. 70ft beneath the ground near Oxford Street the nearly completed, double track line

Background imageLetters Collection: POSADA, Jos頇uadalupe (1852-1913). D�de los

POSADA, Jos頇uadalupe (1852-1913). D�de los muertos en M鸩co. El jarabe en ultratumba (Day of the Dead in Mexico). Contemporary Art. Engraving

Background imageLetters Collection: POSADA, Jos頇uadalupe (1852-1913). La calavera

POSADA, Jos頇uadalupe (1852-1913). La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (The calavera of popular editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo)

Background imageLetters Collection: Manuel Aza񡮠Speech

Manuel Aza񡮠Speech
AZAс, Manuel (1880-1940). Spanish Republican politician and man of letters. President of the Republic (1936-1939). Manuel Aza񡧳 speech Por la libertad. Por la Rep�a

Background imageLetters Collection: 88 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School

88 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Inlaid silver and copper damascene work depicting Rachel sitting

Background imageLetters Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Poster of Hora

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Poster of Hora de Espana, literary magazine. Made by Ramon Gaya (Valencia, 1937). SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Background imageLetters Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La ciudad sitiada

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La ciudad sitiada (The besieged city), novel by Jesus Evaristo Casariego (1939)

Background imageLetters Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). nd International

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). nd International Congress of Writers, held in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia in 1937. Poster by Ramon Gaya. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Background imageLetters Collection: Prepare for the Holidays by William Heath Robinson

Prepare for the Holidays by William Heath Robinson
A man learning how to swim without water by correspondence from a college by letter. Date: 1919

Background imageLetters Collection: Lea Hurst, home of Florence Nightingale

Lea Hurst, home of Florence Nightingale
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florence's social standing to become

Background imageLetters Collection: Florence Nightingale's carriage

Florence Nightingale's carriage
The nursing carriage that accompanied Miss Florence Nightingale through the Crimean War. Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father

Background imageLetters Collection: Tokyo postman delivering letters to the rubble

Tokyo postman delivering letters to the rubble
Laden with letters from anxious enquiries from relatives. A Japanese postman amongst the ruins of where the house were once situated

Background imageLetters Collection: LETTER A

LETTER A
THE LETTER A Date: 1709-1784

Background imageLetters Collection: Mil Mi-17-1BA SSSR-95043

Mil Mi-17-1BA SSSR-95043 (msn 95043), while at Helitech, Redhill in September 1989. (still carrying the Paris airshow aerial H-298)

Background imageLetters Collection: Mil Mi-26T SSSR-06197

Mil Mi-26T SSSR-06197 (msn 34001212030), detail of the cockpit, while at Helitech, Redhill in September 1989. (SSSR - Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik - Union of Soviet Socialist)

Background imageLetters Collection: Kamov Ka-32 SSSR-31000

Kamov Ka-32 SSSR-31000 (msn 21013210001), detail of the cockpit, while at Helitech, Redhill in September 1989. (SSSR - Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik - Union of Soviet Socialist)

Background imageLetters Collection: Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

Background imageLetters Collection: General Post Office - St Martin s-le-Grand, London. This was the main post office for

General Post Office - St Martin s-le-Grand, London. This was the main post office for London between 1829 and 1910. Photograph showing the room devoted to sorting of newspapers

Background imageLetters Collection: Comic postcard, Man relaxing on the beach, happy to be having a week away from the office

Comic postcard, Man relaxing on the beach, happy to be having a week away from the office Date: 20th century

Background imageLetters Collection: Cover design, BBC at War booklet by Antonia White, WW2

Cover design, BBC at War booklet by Antonia White, WW2
Cover design, BBC at War booklet by Antonia White Date: 1941

Background imageLetters Collection: Comic postcard, father with baby, writing a card Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, father with baby, writing a card Date: 20th century

Background imageLetters Collection: The Comedy Whirligigs Flora and Alberta in Twists and Twirls, Grand Theatre

The Comedy Whirligigs Flora and Alberta in Twists and Twirls, Grand Theatre, Leeds Date: early 20th century

Background imageLetters Collection: Letters To Post

Letters To Post
Boy and girl taking letters and gifts to the post office. Date: circa 1912



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