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Avro Lancaster Mk VII NX611 Aeronavale BankstownAvro Lancaster Mk VII NX611 in French Naval Air Arm livery at Bankstown in Sydney Australia. Eventually restored and bought in 1983 by the Panton Brothers she is now named Just Jane
Avro Lancastrian G-AGLW BOAC LAPBOAC used their Avro Lancastrians on the England to Australia route from May 1945. G-AGLW, named Northampton, was flown until 1950 Date: 1946
Avro Tudor Mk. V G-AKBZ BOAC StanstedAvro Tudor 5 G-AKBZ was originally built for British South American Airways and named Star Falcon. Used as a fuel freighter during the Berlin Airlift. It was taken on by BOAC in 1949 but never used
Boeing Stratocruiser N1024V Pan Am SingaporeOriginally named Clipper America N1024V was refitted as a Super Stratocruiser and renamed Clipper Kathay and used on the Pacific routes
Booths Silicon china mug - 8 Allies including IndiaA very rare Booths Silicon china mug, dated A.D. 1914, with hand enamelled transfer in blue. It has a continuous decoration showing the 8 Allies (which are all named) including India
British Red Cross Society, Duchess of Westminsters HospitalA collection of eleven original images relating to No. 1 British Red Cross Society Hospital, more commonly known as The Duchess of Westminsters Hospital, named after its Founder
Anarchist ParacutistA parachutist escapes from the Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - while on a bombing raid. (Story only guessed at) Date: 1902
AGUSTINA de ARAGON, Agustina Saragossa y Dom讥chAGUSTINA de ARAGON, Agustina Saragossa y Dom讥 ch, named (1790-1858). Spanish heroine during the Peninsular War, defendor of the Portillo in Zaragoza. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library
Orator or Arringatore. 90 BC. Representation of Aulus Metellus, named the Orator. Roman art. Republican period. Sculpture on bronze. ITALY. Florence. National Museum of Archaeology
Rome / Tarpeian Rock 1891Traditionally, traitors against the Roman state were thrown from this rock to their deaths : it was named after Tarteia who opened the gates Date: 1891
Paddle boatBoats, Hand Propelled side wheelers. Three men in a hand propelled side wheeler named Queen Dido; piers and other boats visible
THE PURE DROP INNThe Pure Drop inn at Wareham, Dorset, England. This curiously named inn has no sentimental or traditional history other than having a pure brew made in-house
Waltzing CoupleHer charming dress swirls as her handsome partner - Major Fotheringham, just back from the Boer War, surely - skilfully guides her through the waltz
Trotter / Sheffield WedsJ Trotter, player for Sheffield Wednesday
O callaghan / Tottenham HsE O Callaghan, player for Tottenham Hotspur
Stanley Matthews / Stoke(Sir) Stanley Matthews, known as The Wizard of Dribble, in his young days as a player for Stoke City Date: 1915 - 2000
Mcpherson / Swansea F ballL McPherson, player for Swansea Town
Buick for 1927The 1927 Buick will be the greatest Buick ever built - a handsome four-seater convertible
Heraldry / BlazonBlazon: showing elements from which coats of arms are composed including badge shape, colours, patterns & devices & how the badge is sub-divided and named
Francois Coli - French NavigatorFrancois Coli (1881-1927) - French pilot and navigator - lost in 1927 with Charles Nungesser during their doomed attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
Programme for Military Exhibition, Earl?s Court, 1901. Shows Guards bandsmen and drummer boy. Price ?2d?. Printed by J J Keliner and Company Limited, London
Sri Lanka - Working Elephant known as His Excellency Date: circa 1910s
The Deserted Village by H M Bateman. Speaking recently before a distiguished society, an architect named a village which to his surprise, though near the City
Gathering in Sidi-el-Kebir, BlidaA local gathering in Sidi-el-Kebir, Blida Province. Sidi-el-Kebir is named in the honour of Sidi-Ahmed El-Kebir, the founder of Blida. Date: circa 1910s
The Channel Islands - St Brelades Bay - Hillside view of white-walled houses around bay. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands
Animals at a French Zoo - Angora Goats - Sepia. Group of goats in pen. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo
USA - Burin Harbour. (Newfoundland) - Burin Harbour. (Newfoundland). The Burin Peninsula is a Canadian peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of
USA - Wall Street. New York - Wall Street. New York. Wall Street is the financial district of New York City, named after and centred on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South
Liverpool - Liverpool Lime Street - Lime street - tram lines, Shops with Blinds to House at the end. Part of Box 62 Boswell Collection - Liverpool
Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Eiffel Tower - Col Slide. Eiffel Tower against Sunset. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection. The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris
USA - Grand Geyser Yellowstone Park - Grand Geyser - a fountain geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It is the tallest predictable geyser known
USA - Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone parkUSA - old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone park - Geyser. Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park in the United States
The Girls name Claudia surrounded by flowers and fruit. Date: circa 1910s
An appropriately named shop behind a statue in ManchesterAn appropriately named shop behind a statue in St Anns Square, Manchester Date: circa 1980
Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) during an audience at the VaticanLeo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Audience at the Vatican. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored. Date: 20131114
The Ruffian widower named Trampagos (El Rufian viudo llamadoMiguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Short farce The Ruffian widower named Trampagos (El Rufian viudo llamado Trampagos). Colored engraving. 1868. Private collection
El Rufian viudo llamado Trampagos. Short farce by CervantesMiguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Short farce The Ruffian widower named Trampagos (El Rufian viudo llamado Trampagos). Engraving. 1868. Private collection
Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New ZealandA view of Port Chalmers, the port of Dunedin, which lies at the entrance to Otago harbour. It was named after Dr Chalmers, leader of the Free Church movement in Scotland. Date: circa 1895
Ponce De Lion Hotel, St Augustine, Florida, USAThe ornate architecture of the Ponce De Lion Hotel, St Augustine, Florida, named after a Spanish soldier, explorer and colleague of Columbus
Flatiron building, Broadway / 5th Avenue, New YorkFlatiron building in its year of completion. Originaly named The Fuller building upon it completion in 1902. Now widely known as the Flatiron building due to its resemblance to a cast iron cloths
South Station, BostonBuilt in 1899 to replace the downtown terminals of several rail roads. Originaly named South Central Station. Architects Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge of Boston. Cost 3.6 million Dollars in 1899
Mauritio GalbagioMAURITIO GALBAGIO (or Galbajo) Doge of Venice : this is only a tentative identification, there is no doge named Galbagio and this is the only Mauritio. Date: RULED 764 - 787 ?
George BirkbeckGEORGE BIRKBECK Educator of the working classes, who founded Mechanics Institutions, named after him. Date: 1776 - 1841
Display of PralinesA Display of Dainty Types of Pralines - nuts browned in sugar, named after Marechal de Plessis-Pralin (1598-1675) whose cook invented them. 15 kinds are shown here. Date: circa 1930
Pierce-Arrow + BorzoiIf a borzoi owner has a car, it must be a Pierce-Arrow; if a Pierce-Arrow owner has a dog, of course its a borzoi. Date: 1913
Overland in WinterVisiting at Christmas time in our 12 hp Overland tourer. Date: 1916
Benz Motor TricycleBenzs motor tricycle is essentially a carriage with a motor : in 1892 he will produce something more closely resembling a motor car. 1885
Renault Sports ModelsRenault do two sports models, one of 18cv, the other of 40cv. This is probably the 40 cv model. Date: 1924