Lost Collection (page 5)

COMICAL ROAD SIGN
A motorcyclist pauses to read a comical road sign for Much Hadham Cold Christmas. Did they indeed. Date: 1950s

POLICEWOMEN 1940S
A woman asks two policewomen for directions, probably somewhere in central London. Date: 1940s

GIRL / DOG RESCUE LAMB 19C
A little girl and her dog rescue a lamb which was lost in the snow. Date: circa 1875

LOVES LABOUR LOST
Act IV, Scene II Jaquenetta asks Holofernes to translate a letter for her; Costard, Dull & Sir Natheniel look on Date: 1793

LOVES LABOURS LOST
Act IV, Scene I The Princess & her train Date: Nineteenth century

MYTTON LOSES WINNINGS
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) homeward bound one evening from Doncaster falls asleep while counting his winnings - thus many bank- notes were blown away & lost. Date: 1820s

Cartoon, result of a football match
Cartoon, result of a rugby match -- Whos won? - Weve lost - What have you got in that bag? - The Umpire! Date: 1889

FLORIDA WIDOWS 1737
Women of FLORIDA who having lost their HUSBANDS in the WARS implore the Assistance of the KING Date: 1737

DEATH / MOURNING HUSBAND
THE COMMON LOSS She has lost a husband, he has lost a son, the dog has lost a master Date: 1840

CAPTAIN OATES 1912
LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES Member of Captain Scotts expedition which reached the South Pole in January 1912; lost his life in a blizzard on the return trip. Date: 1880 - 1912

Milton, Paradise Lost
Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky. (Book I, lines 44, 45). Date: First published: 1667

Street Violinist
Billy Waters, who lost a leg in an accident, plays the violin in the street. Date: 1823

GEORG V & QUEEN 1868 GEORG V & QUEEN 1868
GEORG V, KING OF HANOVER (1851 - 1866), He lost his sight in a childhood accident and is pictured here with his wife

MILTON DICTATES
JOHN MILTON, blind in old age, dictates Paradise Lost to his three daughters. Date: 1608-1674

The Lost Ball

Finks I ve been an gone an lost the mail again! A little girl in bridal attire but not a groom in sight... Date: circa 1935

Souvenir Medal to the pioneers of Transatlantic Flight
Souvenir Medal/Medallion to the pioneers of Transatlantic Flight - both those who lost their lives and then (finally) the one (Lindbergh) who succeeded. Date: circa 1927

A Turkish man from Canakkale pining for his wife (or lost love...!). This card was purchased by an unknown British serviceman based at Canakkale during the Chanak Crisis (late 1922, early 1923)

Some British Workmen - A Brass Finisher - play on words as this punter has lost ( finished with ) all his brass. Perhaps the consumption of the two bottle of champagne (pictured discarded behind him)

Heinkel He 280 -although flown before Messerschmitts Me 262, the He 280 lost out to its rival

The nursery rhyme, Little Bo-Peep
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, and cant tell where to find them; leave them alone, and theyll come home, and bring their tails behind them. Date: c. 1930

Suffragette Girls I Didn t Marry. Man is booted out of the home for Lost, Stolen or Strayed suffragettes. A group of men-hating women shout and cheer

Three Little Kittens Have Lost Their Mittens. Artist: Louis Wain. Traditional nursery rhyme Date: circa 1905

LEMURIA
The Lost Continent of Lemuria, located in todays Pacific Ocean, may have housed a highly developed civilisation with advanced technology and a sophisticated culture

Milton / Abdielangels / Dore
Abdiel leads good angels into the fight with Satan

Pyrrhus fighting the Romans at Battle of Asculum
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus and Macedon, fighting the Romans at the Battle of Asculum (or Ausculum), in his bid to defend the Greek city of Taranto (Tarentum) in southern Italy

Titanic passenger and victim Bertram Frank Dean
RMS Titanic - Third Class passenger Bertram Frank Dean, father of Millvina Dean. An original photo postcard of Mr Dean who was lost in the sinking at the age of 25

HMHS Britannic - dinner menu, WW1
HMHS Britannic - extremely rare dinner menu from the hospital ship Britannic, Titanic's ill-fated sister ship. The menu is dated 25 September 1916, in the middle of WW1

Ernst Busch - Sea-Star - Lost in thought Date: circa 1920

Sir Douglas Bader in TV interview, Falmouth, Cornwall
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982), RAF pilot during the Second World War despite having lost both legs in a crash in 1931

Cardinal Wolsey Arrested for High Treason, having lost favour with King Henry VIII. circa 1530

Theatre in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Theatre Royal in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Walter Melvilles Company were performing The Girl Who Lost Her Character, a bad woman drama. Date: circa 1904

Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Paradise Lost by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit. Paradise Lost by John Mi
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-1674)
John Milton (1608-1674). English poet. Paradise Lost, 1667. Title cover of an edition printed in London, 1727. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Rearming Venus
What did the Venus de Milo, now standing in the Louvre, Paris, look like before she lost her arms ? These are some of the suggestions... Date: 1896

Old Man / Young Woman 1919
An elderly, well-dressed man approaches a young woman in the street: she tells him to get lost! Date: 1919

MARSYAS
A Phrygian flute-player who challenged Apollo to a contest of musical skill, lost, and was flayed alive for his presumption

General Kuropatkin, Russia
ALEXEI NIKOLAIEVICH KUROPATKIN Russian general. Below are the words: I regret to report... (after losing the Battle of Mukden during the Russo-Japanese War). Date: 1848 - 1921

Three books, The Somme, Lille, Amiens
Three books, The Somme, Lille and Amiens, published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Petlyakov Pe-8 -the only heavy bomber to be produced by the Soviets during the war A significant number of the 93 built were to be lost

A bearded man stands in front of 3 ornately carved columns
Black and white. A bearded man stands in front of 3 ornately carved columns which are falling into disrepair - one of them has lost its middle section. At least of of the carvings represents Buddha

Suffragette Trampling on Policeman Ceramic
A gloriously victorious suffragette stands with arms outstretched on the head of a prostrate policeman. She is dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green

Laurence Irving & Mabel Hackney, lost in Empress of Ireland
Mr Laurence Irving, actor and playwright, and his wife, the actress Miss Mabel Hackney, who both died in the Empress of Ireland disaster. 1914

Unconquerable The King of the Belgians
Unconquerable. The Kaiser : So you see - you ve lost everything. The King of the Belgians : Not my soul. The frame has a plaque which reads Presented by the Belgian Refugees in recognition of their

Lucy Locket lost her pocket..Traditional nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1912

King John loses Crown Jewels in the Wash
On 14 October 1216, King John, while on a campaign, arrived at the south side of the Wash. As his army crossed the sands, the tide rose unexpectedly and the Kings baggage, including the crown jewels

Addled Ads - Humorous postcard - Irish Terrier and Bobby
Addled Ads - Wanted Section Reward. Lost a light brown rough-haired Irish terrier. Had collar with Bobby on plate. Date: circa 1905

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