Matches Collection (page 2)

Golfers Bobby Locke and R. Burton
South African golfer Arthur Bobby Locke (1917-1987) with English golfer Richard Dick Burton (1907-1974). Date: 1939

J. B. Priestley and Joyce Barbour
Writer 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, bowling
Writer A.P. Herbert (1890-1971) bowling during an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketing
Actress 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 Studdy
George 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 Road
Close 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 begins
Postcard 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 vendor
c.1890 China - Chinese types and trades - street vendor

Comic postcard, Boy smoking mothers cigarettes Date: circa 1918

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - and NO matches
The 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 1922
The Dragon, original galalithe smoking set, made in various attractive colours. 1925

Christmas present - gong and matchholder 1927
Everybodies must have! Unusual looking duck gong and matcherholder insect, available from Marshall and Snelgrove s. 1927

Curtis British Entomology Plate 551
Lepidoptera: *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 Australia
Onslow Auctions Collection Date: 1932 - 1933

HANDY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Every well-stocked household should have handy packs of matches, safety pins, once- use stocking pencils, etc. Date: 1930s

MATCH & TINDER SELLER MATCH & TINDER SELLER
A Parisian woman selling matches and tinder. Date: early 19th century

LONDON MATCH SELLERS
Streetboys 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 19C
London street boys sell matches to bus passengers, passing them up - and receiving payment - on long poles. Date: 1866

PERRY & VINES PERRY & VINES
Fred 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 1886
In 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 MATCHES
A woman and a small boy sell matches on the London streets Date: 1804

MATCH SELLER / GAVARNI
A small girl sells matches in the street Date: late 19th century

British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London - Bryant & May
Chemical Section - British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London - Bryant & May Ltd. exhibit based in a pretty tudor-style cottage

Page of Victorian adverts for household items 1888
Selection 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 match
Juan 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 Southampton
In 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, London
England 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 Johannesburg
The 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 Princess
The 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 Matchmakers
A group of women employed at Bryant & May cutting down & boxing Ruby & Runaway Matches. Date: 1888

Operation Mincemeat - possessions of Major Martin
Personal possessions of Major William Martin, found when his body was washed ashore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

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