Luggage Collection (page 8)

People loading a car at Perranporth, Cornwall. Date: 1931

Two airmen standing in front of plane
Two airmen in goggles standing in front of a large biplane

Car with contraption on the back
A car with luggage on the roof rack and a large contraption (possibly holding extra fuel) fixed to the back

Car with suitcases on roof rack - Germany post-war
A car with several suitcases packed together on the roof rack. Note the wood gas generator power supply system - Germany, 1945 - essential due to the severe petrol shortage at the end of WW2

People on a railway track alongside a train
People on a railway track alongside a halted train. Date: circa 1930s

Arrival of the Christmas train, Eastern Counties Railway
An engraving showing passengers loading their luggage, preparing to depart for Christmas. Date: 1850

French Box Maker
A French coffretier (box- maker) or emballeur (luggage-maker) Date: circa 1845

Liverpool and Manchester Railway - First Class Carriage. Date: 1838

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Arrival of French and British troops, joining the International Expeditionary Force at Thessaloniki - fighting Bulgarian forces on the Macedonian front. Date: circa 1916

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home
Evacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s

Porter and Water Carriers, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1897

Porter, Leanders Tower, Nusretiye Mosque Tophane, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1897

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Is My Journey Really Necessary?
" We have to gain the Victory that is our Task." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister Is My Journey Really Necessary

WW2 - Little girl searching for her home
This charming comic social commentary card from WW2 is either a little girl pondering where her new home will be (following her evacuation from the big city) or (potentially)

Elderly lady not overly generous with her tipping
" Have you got change for a threepenny-piece, Adolphus? I want to give the porter a gratuity." The porter appears to already be expecting the impending disappointment! Date: 1894

German lady off on her holidays poses with all her luggage
Auf Wiedersehn! (" Goodbye!" ) German lady off on her holidays poses with all her luggage Date: circa 1898

Luggage Label - Orient Line Cruises from England & Australia Date: circa 1920s

A Russian Stagecoach Journey. Date: circa 1900s

A Single Horse Family Omnibus - January, 1905. Date: 1905

HMS Montrose at Canakkale - troops in transit
HMS Montrose at Canakkale (Chanak), Turkey - troops in transit - 30th September 1922. The Chanak Crisis, also called Chanak Affair in September 1922 was the threatened attack by Turkish troops

Medina - Saudi Arabia - Hejaz Menaha Square - Caravan Date: circa 1905

Locomotive luggage engine. drawing

Couple off on honeymoon
Newly-weds fly off on their honeymoon, the moon smiling down at them. c. 1910

Taxi Girl
People You See. Taxi Girl. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Railway Station Announcer
People You See. Railway Station Announcer. From Teddy Bear (4 July 1970)

Holiday Rep
People You See. Holiday Rep. From Teddy Bear (11 July 1970)

Luggage transporter driver
People You See. From Teddy Bear (30 May 1970)

Teddy bears looking for accomodation

Travel / Luggage / Parkins
Girl with Parkins and Gotto bag Date: 1888

Advert fo Revelation suitcases 1939
Expanding suitcases. Confidence in having the best - confidence in knowing that your suitcase will always adjust itself to whatever you wish to pack - confidence too

Imperial Airways Poster, Reliability, Comfort. Showing details of the equipment of the most luxurious air liners in the world (Heracles Class), with pictograms of features on a yellow background. 1934

Poster promoting luggage delivery by bus
Overloaded? Hand in your parcels for speedy delivery by bus. circa 1960

The emigrants. Date c1882 Aug. 11

Trousseau of the Duchess of Roxburghe
A huge stack of trunks, portmanteaux, dress baskets and suitcases representing the substantial trousseau of Miss Mary Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr

British Army lands in France, 1939
British Army landing in France after crossing the Channel aboard steamers accompanied by destroyers to protect against enemy submarines

British nurses and airmen land in France, 1939
Nurses wearing a Red Cross armlet and a Red Cross ribbon round their hats disembark from a Channel steamer after arriving at an undisclosed location in France in the early weeks of World War II

Gentleman and his extensive luggage
Fully Equipped - A smart young Gentleman and his extensive luggage en route to a shooting weekend in the country. A porters nightmare... Date: 1908

The Old Curiosity Shop, the single gentleman
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

All aboard! A man about to miss his train after he has tripped and fallen, just as the guard signals to leave. The caption reads; " His Waterloo! Jump in George - We ve just caught it

Silhouette of a fashionable woman on her travels. A man in the background is lifting a bag of golf clubs

The hotel bus to Burgh Island
The tractor ferry for the use of guests and their luggage at Burgh Island Hotel, which lies on an island off Bigbury-on-Sea on the South Coast of Devon

Dining Car - German Railway
A Restaurant car on a sleeper train - Germany. This postcard has a space at the bottom for you to fill in from whence and to where you were travelling from/to. Date: circa 1909

Passengers disembarking at Madrid Airport
Passengers (tourists?) disembarking their aeroplane at Madrid Airport - they have flown by British Independent Airways Vickers 610 Viking 1B

Label, Hotel Reina Victoria, Ronda, Andalucia, Spain
Luggage label from the Hotel Reina Victoria, Ronda, Andalucia, southern Spain. Date: 20th century

Label, Hotel Orselina, Locarno, Switzerland
Luggage label from the Hotel Orselina, Locarno, Switzerland. Date: 20th century

Scotland, Glenfarg (near Perth) - The Bein Inn
Scotland, Glenfarg (near Perth) - The single-storey Bein Inn, detailing it was worked on the Gothenburg System. The Gothenburg or Trust Public House movement originated as an attempt to control

Label, Hotel Del Golf, Puigcerda, Catalonia, Spain
Luggage label from the Hotel Del Golf, Puigcerda, Catalonia, northern Spain. Date: 20th century

Bus coach been over loaded with luggage and children
The bus is waiting at the station, to bear us to our destination Date: Circa 1880

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