Lives Collection (page 4)

Order of Service Booklet for those who died during the War
Order of Service Booklet from the service at St. Pauls Cathedral on Friday May 2nd 1919. In Memory of the Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Cavalry and Yeomanry

Memorial to the men from Klein Almerode
Ehren Tafel (In Memoriam). A Memorial to the men from Klein Almerode with the names and portraits of fifty-two of its men who gave their lives for the Fatherland in the Great War. German School

WW2 poster, We re working for our lives
WW2 poster, We re not only working for our living, we re working for our lives. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Life saving guide for seamen by G. H. Davis
For those in peril on the sea: a Government guide designed to save the lives of shipwrecked seamen during the Second World War

Inside a British submarine by G. H. Davis
Inside a British submarine in use during the Second World War: what happens during the hours of darkness and in daylight. The lives of underwater crews

Increasing supplies for lifeboats by G. H. Davis
Increasing the water and food supplies for ships lifeboats during the Second World War. New measures for saving the lives of crews of ships sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface
Diagram of British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface while exercising in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, was one of the oldest submarines left (at the time)

The volunteer life brigade at work : life saving at sea
The late storm: the volunteer life brigade at work. Rocket life-saving apparatus kept ready for use whereby a rocket is fired to throw a line over the ship in trouble from the shore

The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906
Cartoon showing a globe-headed American character nursing his bandaged head; a humorous look at the effects of the San Francisco earthquake on the American economy

Kubsang (Lydekker)
(prionodon pardicolor) This beautiful creature is probably the Oriental Linsang, which lives in south-east Asia : it is related to the Civet. Date: 1893

Pocket Gopher
This is probably Bottas pocket gopher (thomomys bottae) but there are other pocket gophers with quite different latin names. This one lives in Mexico. Date: circa 1880

Cinema Queue 1935
Queueing to see Gary Cooper in the film Lives of a Bengal Lancer, England. Date: 1935

Royal Engineers Memorial Arch, Chatham, 1860
Engraving showing an ornate classical arch erected at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, in memory of the Royal Engineers who lost their lives in the Crimean War, 1854-6. Date: 1860

Roger North
ROGER NORTH Lawyer and statesman, attorney-general, author of Lives of the Norths. Date: 1653 - 1734

Mouron De Rety
CONSTANT MOURON DE RETY Frenchman who not only saved the lives of 14 shipwrecked persons, but won the favour of Louis XVIII by his devotion to the Bourbon family. Date: 1761 - ?

Comic Postcard - Woman bemoans lack of male interest
Comic Postcard - Woman bemoans and mourns the loss of 500 men in a (fictional) disaster, not that it appears she is (unfortunately) a magnet for male interest! Date: circa 1910

PLUTARCH (45-125). Greek writer, philosopher
" PLUTARCH (45-125). Greek writer, philosopher and historian. Frontispiece of a French edition of the work " Life of the Noble Greeks and Romans"

Some Barnardos Emigrants
A promotional picture showing some of the children from Barnardos homes destined to emigrate to new lives overseas. In 1872, Thomas Barnardos childrens homes began sending children to Canada

Alban Butler, Hagiograph
ALBAN BUTLER Churchman and hagiographer, author of Lives of the Saints. Date: 1711 - 1773

Blitz in London -- funerals of AFS firefighters, WW2
Blitz in London -- the funerals of auxiliary firefighters (AFS) who were killed on duty whilst serving during WW2. The names of the 300 plus men

The pigmies attack; but the government still lives. Illustration shows President McKinley standing on the steps to the US Capitol, holding up two flags

For you - they are giving their lives over there - For them - you must give every cent you can spare 2nd war fund - May 6-11

Motherless, fatherless, starving - How much to save these little lives?. Poster showing a Red Cross nurse among small children, some with French flags

They give their lives, do you lend your savings? WSS. - War Savings Stamps issued by the United States government. Poster showing graves marked with crosses on a hill, much like views of Calvary

Sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists, Albert and Gaston Tissandier. Drawing shows preparation for a balloon ascension, view from the balloon, landing at Chauvigny and deflation

Pencil sketch for sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists Albert and Gaston Tissandier. Drawing shows preparation for a balloon ascension, view from the balloon

Child who lives on the other side of the tracks, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Date 1939 Sept

Migrant cotton pickers child who lives in a tent in the government camp instead of along the highway or in a ditch bank. Shafter Camp for migrants, California. Date 1938 Nov

Washington, DC A young boy who lives near the nations capitol. Date 1942 June

Early is the watchword for cancer control Early diagnosis, early treatment will save many lives : Early cancer can be cured

The U. S. Battleship Maine
The U.S. Battleship Maine. Twin Screw; Length, 318 Feet; Breadth, 57 Feet; Displacement, 6, 682 Tons. Destroyed in the Harbor of Havana, February 15th, 1898

Two lifeboat coxswains, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Retiring lifeboat coxswain John Byford (left) and new coxswain Thomas Bloom, pictured at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. John Byford had been cox from 1929 and Thomas Bloom, known locally as Puggy

Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat, Walton, Essex
The first National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, donated by and named after The Honourable Artillery Company whose Drama Club sponsored it, was launched in 1884

Scenes on board the SS Austral: the drawing room, the dining room and the promenade deck. The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat

NCH London Presenting Bibles to Canadian Emigrants
A ceremony in the chapel of the London Branch of the National Childrens Homes (NCH) at Bonner Road, Bethnal Green. Children about to emigrate to new lives in Canada are being presented with bibles

Prince George naming the new lifeboat, Walton, Essex
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), at the naming ceremony of the new lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. The boat was named EMED

Titanic - precisely what the sinking meant
A huge crowd scene of around 1635 people, the number estimated at the time of publication to have perished in the sinking of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic. Date: 1912

Joseph Rodgers, Able Seaman
Joseph Rodgers, (b. 1830 in Malta - ?), seaman of the Royal Charter, a ship which sank off the coast of Anglesey on 26th October 1859 in terrible storms

The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat between Australia and Europe

Champs Elysees
Intrepid pedestrians take their lives in their hands as cars and horse-drawn vehicles bear down the Champs Elysees. Date: circa 1904

Hand-Feeding a Puppy
A tiny premature or runt puppy is hand reared, by inserting a fine plastic feeding tube into its mouth. The lives of thousands of puppies each year are saved by this method. Date: late 1960s

Packing Poppies
Packing artifical poppies of linen or silk, at the British Legion, for Remembrance Day, in memory of those who so bravely gave their lives during World War One. Date: 1940

Making Poppies
Making artifical poppies of linen or silk, at the British Legion, for Remembrance Day, in memory of those who so bravely gave their lives during World War One. Date: 1940

Coscoroba Swans
Two Coscoroba swans, native to South America, where it lives close to wetlands and marshes. Regarded by some as a species of duck rather than swan. Date: 1960s

Silhouettes of scenes from Lives of Bengal Lancers
A series of four silhouettes depicting scenes from 1935 movie, Lives of a Bengal Lancer starring Gary Cooper. Date: 1935

Wartime leaflet, blood transfusion service
Wartime leaflet about the blood transfusion service, showing how blood, and blood transfusion equipment, are dropped by parachute behind enemy lines to save the lives of wounded soldiers. 1940s

Poster warning about safety on the airfield. Watch that prop. Careless walk costs lives. Showing a pilot losing his head by walking into a spinning propeller. 1940s

Title page of Smiths History
Title page of Smiths The History of the Lives of the most Noted Highwaymen, Housebreakers, Shop-lifts and Cheats. Date: 1714

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