Lifebelt Collection

The American Great White Fleet arrives in Australia - Uncle Sam meeting a Kangaroo. On 20 August 1908 well over half a million Sydneysiders turned out to watch the arrival of the Fleet

Tug of War winning team, Demosthenes, Aberdeen
Tug of War winning team on board the Demosthenes, belonging to the Aberdeen White Star Line

Kyle of Lochalsh car ferry, Skye, Scotland
People using the Kyle of Lochalsh car ferry, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Group photo, crew of HMS Marshal Ney
A large group photo, officers and crew of the Monitor ship HMS Marshal Ney. Date: circa 1915

People and car on ferry at Cowes, Isle of Wight
People and a car on the ferry at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Date: 1922

A Transparent Dodge, cartoon
A Transparent Dodge. Germany: Help! Help! I drown! Throw me the life-belt! Mr Lloyd George and M. Briand: Try standing up on your feet

An old man on a bench in the harbour at Ramsey, Isle of Man
An old man in a cloth cap sits on a bench in the sunshine beneath a life ring on the harbour at Ramsey, Isle of Man Date: 1993

White metal mantel clock, RNYC Fujiyama
MARITIME: A rare white metal mantel clock, RNYC FUJIYAMA in blue enamel and two flag logos belonging to the Royal Clyde and Royal Northern Yacht Club

Lifeboatman Victorian period

Dover Castle from Admiralty Pier, Kent Date: circa 1910s

Come Aboard the Lifeboat - man gesturing Date: 1920

Cunard White Star Line - three souvenirs. MV Britannic butterfly wing pin dish, 3.5 inches diameter. RMS Mauretania plastic souvenir lifebelt, 4.25 inches diameter

RMS Titanic - SOS Titanic film, EMI colour trade brochure Date: 1979

RMS Titanic - poster, Spanish version of SOS Titanic film
RMS Titanic: rare Spanish colour poster for the film SOS Titanic, 28 x 42 inches. They said that not even God could sink it! Date: 1979

RMS Titanic items in a frame: models of the ship and of a lifebelt, a nameplate, and various newspaper articles (including New York Times) and photographs

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Horse Racing Card, cover design Date: 1950

The Lifeboat Going to the Rescue, by Thomas Brooks Date: 19th century

The Manxman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
The Manxman, British International Pictures film, based on Hall Caine's novel, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carl Brisson and Anny Ondra Date: 1929

Bryan Entracte 24 1884 1880s Victorian Morbid
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Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1
Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, showing Emperor Franz Josef of Austria lying in state (although he was still alive at the time)

Bryan Gould, Labour politician and MP
Bryan Charles Gould (b 1939), UK Labour politician and MP, born in New Zealand, where he returned in the early 1990s. Seen here (just left of centre)

Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1
Cartoon, Disenchantment. The old ones are no fun, they die too quickly, muses a German U-boat commander. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The Rescuer, WW1
Cartoon, The Rescuer. Germany comes to the help of Death, represented by a skeleton drowning in a sea of blood. Date: 1916

Comic postcard, Large couple on deck of ship Date: 20th century

Thames barge Terror, near Woolwich, SE London
Thames barge Terror on the river near Woolwich, South-East London. Date: circa 1930s

A group of Cornish Fishermen
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Steamer, Resolute, with passengers at Great Yarmouth
Steamer (double-ended ferry), Resolute, with passengers at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, owned by the Yarmouth & Gorleston Steamboat Company. Date: circa 1920

The Dogger Bank Incident or Russian Outrage
The Dogger Bank Incident (or Russian Outrage ) occured on the 22nd October 1904, when the Russian Fleet (sailing to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur during)

Lifeboat crew in action at sea, English coast
Lifeboat crew in action at sea on the English coast. Date: 1922

Advertisement for Players Medium Navy Cut cigarettes
The Cut of the Navy - Players Please - fantastic advertisement for Players Medium Navy Cut cigarettes, featuring a Royal Naval Lieutenant (note sleeve rank insignia) (out on manoeuvres)

RAF Survival School, Plymouth, where air crew are taught how to survive after ditching their aircraft. Seen here is a man in the water wearing a lifebelt, about to be air lifted to safety. Date: 1966

Cartoon, How proud... WW1
How proud my wife and daughter will be of me! Date: 22 June 1916

Passengers on board the Steamship Queen, Southampton
Passengers on board the Steamship Queen at Southampton on 9 August 1933. Date: 1933

Leaving Holyhead Harbour on Irish ferry to Dun Laoghaire
A man stands at the rail of an Irish ferry as it leaves Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey, Wales, for Dun Laoghaire, Ireland Date: 1992

The Dogger Bank Incident or Russian Outrage
The Dogger Bank Incident (or Russian Outrage ) occured on the 22nd October 1904, when the Russian Fleet (sailing to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur during)

Promo postcard for W. E. Meyer & Co. Coal Agents, Bermuda
Promotional postcard for W. E. Meyer & Co. S.S. & Coal Agents, Bermuda. Date: 1904

Fairy & a drowning pixie
A winged fairy throws a lifebelt to a drowning pixie while others watch from the riverbank. Artist: Thomas Maybank Date: circa 1916

Eight Florida girls in Bikinis on the beach
Wish you were here in Florida with us ! Eight Floridian girls in brihtly-coloured Bikinis on the beach. Date: circa 1940s

Ice skating accident with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Seaside scene with ship on a German greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Cover design, The Sunny Mag, price seven pence -- All Hands on Deck! circa 1927

View of the harbour and quayside, Aberdeen, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Ancient Japanese Horse racing at Kamo Shrine, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 18th century

Attack of the 47 Ronin and Ryogoku Bridge, Tokyo, Japan
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

William Henry Beckwith, English swimmer
William Henry Beckwith (1857-1892), English award-winning swimmer who often performed at the Royal Aquarium in Tothill Street, London. late 19th century

King Harry Ferry, crossing the River Fal, Cornwall
King Harry Ferry, a chain ferry which crosses the River Fal in Cornwall, roughly halfway between Truro and Falmouth. Date: circa 1950s

Girl with Great Dane on a pebbly beach
Unusual Friends - girl with Great Dane on a pebbly beach. 1950s

Studio photo, three people on board ship, The Fern
Studio photo, three people on a mockup of a ship, The Fern, with a painted backdrop. Date: circa 1910s

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