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Golfers Bobby Locke and R. BurtonSouth African golfer Arthur Bobby Locke (1917-1987) with English golfer Richard Dick Burton (1907-1974). Date: 1939
J. B. Priestley and Joyce BarbourWriter J.B. Priestley (1894-1984) and actress Joyce Barbour (1901-1977), team captains in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939
Writer A. P. Herbert, bowlingWriter A.P. Herbert (1890-1971) bowling during an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939
Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketingActress Ursula Jeans (1906-1973) and novelist Alec Waugh (1898-1981) in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939
Cartoon by George E StuddyGeorge Studdy or G E Studdy (1878-1948) was a British commercial artist and cartoonist, best known for his creation Bonzo the Dog, who became a popular character in the 1920s
Horse drawn omnibuses Tottenham Court RoadClose up view of two full omnibuses. Postcard shows adverts for Bryant and May matches and Bensons luggage Date: circa 1900
Advert, Bryant & May's Patent Safety Matches. Date: 1868
Postcard design - Wishing you Luck, as the new term beginsPostcard design - Heres Wishing you Luck, as the new term begins. A schoolboy walking off for the first day at school. Date: circa 1937
c. 1890 China - Chinese street vendorc.1890 China - Chinese types and trades - street vendor
Comic postcard, Boy smoking mothers cigarettes Date: circa 1918
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - and NO matchesThe Caption is ??? and NO matches. The Natzi wearing a saucepan on his head is confronted across a broken wooden fence by two boys, one with a make-shift bayonet and the other with a Union flag
Cries of Paris - matches and tinder seller
Matchbook, Hotel El Rancho, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- stop at the sign of the windmill. Date: early 1940s
Christmas present - Dragon, smoking set 1922The Dragon, original galalithe smoking set, made in various attractive colours. 1925
Christmas present - gong and matchholder 1927Everybodies must have! Unusual looking duck gong and matcherholder insect, available from Marshall and Snelgrove s. 1927
Curtis British Entomology Plate 551Lepidoptera: *Spilonota marmorana (Marbled Dog?s-tooth Tortrix). Stainton?s Spilonota doesn?t include this species, or anything that matches it. Bradley et al
Poster advertising the Test Match in AustraliaOnslow Auctions Collection Date: 1932 - 1933
HANDY HOUSEHOLD ITEMSEvery well-stocked household should have handy packs of matches, safety pins, once- use stocking pencils, etc. Date: 1930s
MATCH & TINDER SELLER MATCH & TINDER SELLERA Parisian woman selling matches and tinder. Date: early 19th century
LONDON MATCH SELLERSStreetboys of London sell matches to the passengers of passing buses. They put the matches on long sticks so they can reach the upper deck. Date: 1866
STREET ARABS / MATCHES 19CLondon street boys sell matches to bus passengers, passing them up - and receiving payment - on long poles. Date: 1866
PERRY & VINES PERRY & VINESFred Perry and Ellsworth Vines, the worlds leading professionals before their match at the exclusive Everglades Club, Florida, USA. Perry won 9 to 7. Date: 1930s
American one-wheel carriage 1886In this curious which was invented for trotting matches in the United States, in the single wheel runs within an oblong frame to which the axle-boxes are fixed
SELLING MATCHESA woman and a small boy sell matches on the London streets Date: 1804
MATCH SELLER / GAVARNIA small girl sells matches in the street Date: late 19th century
British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London - Bryant & MayChemical Section - British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London - Bryant & May Ltd. exhibit based in a pretty tudor-style cottage
Page of Victorian adverts for household items 1888Selection page of Victorian household hardware items for everyday use. 1888
Old Japanese Matchbox label with a crane made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Old Japanese Matchbox label for Parrot Safety Matches made in Japan Date: c. 1910s
Find the Fault card No. 2 -- tray with bottle and glasses. circa 1930s
Juan and Eva Peron watching a football matchJuan Peron (1895-1974), President of Argentina, and his wife Eva (Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, 1919-1952), at the Racing Club in Buenos Aires to watch football matches between Formosa and Santa Fe
Sheffield V SouthamptonIn the FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace, Sheffield United draw 1-1 with Southampton; Sheffield won the replay 2-1
England v Scotland football match at the Oval, LondonEngland defeat Scotland 1 - 0 in a football match at the Oval, London
Match with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s
Cigarette and match with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a box of matches, With Kindest Greetings and all Good Wishes for your Happiness and Prosperity. Date: circa 1890s
Tennis in JohannesburgThe Wimbledon of Johannesburg - a crowd of spectators watching a match on a hard court in South Africa. Date: 1929
Old Japanese Matchbox label with two women and Chinese coins made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Old Japanese Matchbox label with a deer made in Yamada, Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Old Japanese Matchbox label with two birds made in Osaka, Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Old Japanese Matchbox label with a boy and two dogs made in Japan Date: c. 1910s
Old Japanese Matchbox label with an elephant chasing a deer made by Takashima in Japan Date: c. 1910s
Old Japanese Matchbox label with a man fighting a tiger made in Japan Date: c. 1910s
The Vulcan old Japanese Matchbox label made in Kobe by NKMSK for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Lily Elsie and Robert Michaelis in The Dollar PrincessThe Dollar Princess a musical starring Lily Elsie as (Alice Condor), the heroine, and Robert Michaelis as (Freddy Fairfax), a penniless Britisher, who seeks employment in the Condor household. 1909
Old Swedish Matchbox label with Robber and a tiger hunting possibly for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s
Bryant & May MatchmakersA group of women employed at Bryant & May cutting down & boxing Ruby & Runaway Matches. Date: 1888
Operation Mincemeat - possessions of Major MartinPersonal possessions of Major William Martin, found when his body was washed ashore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents