Means Collection

Wolseley 1937
The distinctive radiator grille of the Wolseley - the car without a doubt, the advertising copywriter claims, whatever that means

Chaffinch (Morris)
(Fringilla coelebs) Coelebs means bachelor, and refers to the birds habit of temporary separation from its mate

Indian Nautch Girl
A nautch girl of Hindostan. (Nautch means simply dance) with accompanying musicians

St John Chrysostom / Butle
SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM Syrian prelate of Antioch archbishop of Constantinople, banished by royals but loved by populace. His name means golen-mouthed given him

Neanderthal Man
An illustration of Neanderthal man 500, 000 years ago based on a skeleton found at La Chapelle-aux-Saints in 1908. It had been proven since then that man was by no means in the gorilla stage

EIDER (MORRIS)
EIDER (Somateria mollissima) Mollissima means very soft, and this birds down is favoured for bedding. Date: 1851

Carmina Burana 13th C
A page from a Latin manuscript of the Carmina Burana, a collection of poems, songs and short plays; published in 1847 by Johann Schmeller, the name means songs of Beuren Date: 13th century

Roman Fire Engine / Pump
Roman fire engine, consisting of two double-cylindered force pumps worked by means of a rocking beam (now lost)

Waterman (Petherick)
London characters: Once he offered the best way to cross the Thames but now every new bridge they build means less work for the THAMES WATERMAN. Still, its a nice uniform !

Izvestia Distributed
Copies of the Moscow newspaper Izvestia (it means messages or reports) are distributed to soldiers of the Red Army. Fortunately, many of them can read

Soldier X-Rayed / 1915
Locating a bullet in a soldiers heart by means of an x-ray

Ridinger Haute Ecole 14
Haute Ecole : Trotting the horse in a circle by means of a cord attached to the bridle

Downer Bellanca 14-13-3 Cruisair Senior HB-DUN (msn 1637), circa 1961. The model designation is based on the technical data of the machine. The number 14 means that the wing area is 14 square feet

LIVERPOOL DOCKS 1950S
A grain warehouse at the dockside, Liverpool, Merseyside. The lighter (barge) on the right is being unloaded by means of suction equipment. Date: 1950s

Pierrot And The Banker Part 1
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, in each scene, Pierrot tries to impress the banker carrying the bags of wealth via means of playing music

Two Brahmin Girls
A group portrait painting of two Brahmin girls, which means they belong to the highest caste society in Hinduism, a section of the social stratification system permitted to intellectuals and priests

Pears Soap Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Pears soap, from the womanhood in war time series. The image shows a woman on an allotment, leaning on a spade handle

Letter from Captain Edward Smith to his daughter
Future Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, from RMS Baltic - a unique handwritten letter to his daughter Helen, dated 29 November 1906: My Dear Daughter

Church Army Advertisement
Advertisement for the Church Army, an evangelistic organisation founded in 1882. This advert is charitable in that it tries to provide holidays

NUS President Charles Clarke with two students
NUS (National Union of Students) President Charles Clarke (b.1950, later a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister) with two students, Clare Weber and Paul Butler

Spanish Civil War. Defendamos Madrid unidos bajo el mando unico. (Madrid needs to be defended by the means of a unique force). Political propaganda poster from the Republican side

REINDEER HIDE
While it lives, the reindeer is a means of transport and source of milk : when it dies, its hide is put to good use in clothing. Date: 19th century

REGULUS RETURNS
After failing to agree peace terms in Rome, Roman ambassador Atilius Regulus returns to Carthage as he promised, though this means certain death. Date: 255 BCE

Sir John Bayley Judge 1763 1841 Court King Bench
sir, john, bayley, judge, 1763, 1841, court, king, bench, london, wearing, black, cap, means, process, condemning, wretched, malefactor, death, king's, history, historical, 10152355

EDISON'S KINETOSCOPE Reproducing to the eye the effect of human motion by means of a swift and graded succession of pictures'. Date: 1894

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Chin-Chin
The caption on the card is Chin-Chin! The expression has shades of meaning. Probably here it means Well done, perhaps on a successful first shave. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

Falconer
A painting of a medaeval falconer. A falconer is a hunter of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey

WW2 - Orders by means of the Ardente Loud Hailer
Captain to Captain - The Commander of a Corvette at Sea giving orders by means of the Ardente " Loud Hailer, " which has a remarkable Acoustic Range 1941

Fire salamander and critically endangered great crested newt
Fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra 1, and great crested newt, Triturus cristatus (critically endangered) 2. Salamandra comune o terrestre, Tritone cristato

View over Dikkebus Lake, Dickebusch, Belgium
The name Dickebusch means hick forest and dates from the time that this area was dense woodland. The Germans never took the lake, although they reached the water in May 1918

What digging for victory really means, 1940
This is what Digging for Victory really means, 1940. Growing vegetables in an allotment or garden. Date: 1940

Tinder Box, before matches were widely used
A Tinder Box, before matches became the chief means of obtaining fire

Is it Art? What Post-Impressionism Means - " A criticism of the Exhibition which is drawing the town to the Grafton Gallery". (from top left) St

Stationery, N Means & Sons, Outwell, Norfolk
Stationery (invoice and receipt), N Means & Sons, Undertakers, Downham Road, Outwell, Norfolk, dated 29 April 1914. 1914

Tempus Fugit Date: 1941

A patriotic cast iron frying pan with German soldier
A patriotic cast iron frying pan with a German soldier shaking the hand of a German woman in relief on the handle. Embossed around the diameter with Der Deutschen frau opfersinn

ARTHUR & EXCALIBUR ARTHUR & EXCALIBUR
Not an English myth at all but based on a Welsh story eagerly taken up by the Normans after the conquest as a means of culturally subjugating the English. Dont be fooled!

DRESSED FOR DRIVING
The chauffeur (in French, means simply heater) must wrap up well... Date: 1899

FALL / HA-PA DOG / C1909
TA-JEN Owned by the Honourable Mrs Lancelot Carnegie. This breed is known in China as hah-bah which means small pet dog. Date: circa 1909

DISCALCED CARMELITE
Monk of the DISCALCED CARMELITES [discalced means barefoot, so do sandals qualify ?] Date: 1848

John Chrysostom
Saint JOHN CHRYSOSTOM Greek churchman, ascetic, reformer, noted preacher (Chrysostom means golden- tongued), Patriarch of Constantinople. Date: 345 - 407

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Coach crossing Umtali river
Black and white lantern Slide of Coach crossing Umtali river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

China / Seaou-Koo-Shan
A remarkable island (the name means Little Orphan Hill) in the Yangtse-Kiang river : it is surmounted by a temple although its situation must discourage worshippers

Edisons Kinetoscope 2
EDISONs KINETOSCOPE " Reproducing to the eye the effect of human motion by means of a swift and graded succession of pictures"

Japan - A Kago litter being carried up the mountain
Japan - A Kago being carried up the mountain. Kago are a type of litter used as a means of human transportation by the non-samurai class in feudal Japan and into the Meiji period. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 poster, Sugar means Ships
Poster, Sugar means Ships, The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Must Be Reduced. US Food Administration. circa 1918

Tram Construction at Belfast, Expanding Tram Tyre By Means of the Gas Ring - a view of the tram tyre around a lit gas ring. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Electric tram. Engraving, 19th century

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