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Packard in Italy 1928The 5200 cmc Packard with 8 cylinders in line is in the great tradition of fine carriages
Lancashire WitchesTHE LANCASHIRE WITCHES Nan Redferne and Mother Chattox
Beardsley Poster / BooksLondon booksellers poster (though, curiously, the publisher is not named !)
Weddle / Portsmouth F ballJ Weddle, Centre Forward for Portsmouth
Twine / Middlesbrough FootballF Twine, player for Middlesbrough
Turnbull / Clapton OrientR Turnbull, player for Clapton Orient; also played for Arsenal, Charlton and Chelsea
Keeping / Southampton F blA E M Keeping, player for Southampton
Bradshaw / Bury FootballTom Bradshaw of Bury and Scotland
EVERTON TEAM 1905-6EVERTON F.C. team 1905-6 (each player is named below)
TOZER FIRE PUMP / C. 1870Tozer Fire-Pump, a portable and extremely useful fire- pump, named after the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade of the City of Birmingham
Shrove Tuesday FootballA traditional game of football played on Shrove Tuesday in the streets of Kingston-upon- Thames, between teams named Townsend and the Thames- Street Club
North Berwick WitchesThe witches of North Berwick make cattle sick, set fire to churches and generally make themselves unpopular
First Car in ParisThe first automobile in the streets of Paris is Leon Serpollets Voiture Miracle, authorised by the police to drive in public
North American P-51D N991R, number 11 Miss AmericaNorth American P-51D-30NA N991R (formerly 44-74536), owned by Howie Keefe, of Pacific Palisades, Van Nuys CA, marked with race number number 11 and named Miss America Date: circa 1974
Scottish National churchCrown Court Church was established near Covent Garden in 1711, but extensively rebuilt in 1909 on the same site. The church is named after a small courtyard adjacent to its location
Rolls-Royce 1930SA woman driver sits at the wheel of her classic Rolls- Royce convertible. Date: 1930s
Tango Dress TrailingIf shes not careful, she is going to get her feet caught up in that trailing dress of hers... Date: 1914
Woman drying herself after a dip in the sea outside her hutWoman drying herself with a beach towel after a dip in the sea In her trendy striped bathing costume) outside her hut which is named Burleigh after a village in Berkshire, England. Date: circa 1920s
Edwardian lady in Peak DistrictNamed by the photographer as E.Bramwell near Bakewell, this lady is believed to be Ellen Bramwell, daughter of a local postmistress near Bakewell. Date: 1909
Advert for Lincoln carsAdvertisement for Lincoln cars Date: 1927
Rolls-Royce PhantomPriced at L2700, the Rolls- Royce Phantom III Continental touring saloon is the last word in comrt, speed and silence. Date: 1937
Hillman MinxOne of many models, the Hillman Minx Magnificent is a de luxe family saloon but priced at less than L200. Date: 1936
Guillemette and the WolfA wolf carries young Guillemette to meet its master, Satan : in the forest, it becomes an old hag, who presents the girl to the Devil, assuring him she will serve him all her life
Staff and Committee at Stepping Hill Union Infirmary, StockpThe staff and management committee (each named at bottom) of the Stockport Union infirmary, now Stepping Hill Hospital. Date: circa 1905
JAGUAR 100An early member of Britains renowned sports family, this is the S.S. 2.5 litre Jaguar 100, priced at just under a thousand pounds. Date: 1937
Brough SuperiorA handsome car combining speed and elegance which will nevertheless vanish without a trace... Date: 1936
Mercedes Benz CoupeA handsome two-door coupe, super-charged for high performance, and costing you a stunning two thousand pounds plus - the price of a dozen family saloons ! Date: 1937
M. G. MagnetteThe archetypal sports car popular with fresh air enthusiasts and motorists who value performance : this is the N type. The MG slogan is Safety Fast. Date: 1936
Triumph GloriaThis is the Triumph-Gloria two-litre Vitesse saloon. Date: 1936
Riley AdelphiRiley Eight 90 Adelphi saloon, with all-British V-8 engine. Date: 1936
A. C. Sports CarA.C. sports two-seater - maximum speed 90 mph ! Date: 1936
HUMBER SNIPE 80Advertisement for the Humber Snipe 80 motorcar, showing the car leaving through the gates of a smart residence possibly a stately home
French Cake-WalkerAccording to the caption, the cakewalk was invented by the kangaroo, but that doesn t explain this ladys eccentric cakewalking costume - and is that a spear shes holding ?
Can-Can (Postcard)A girl with skimpier underwear than usual for can-can dancers shows us her matching knickers
Marmon 8 CylinderThe Marmon - eight cylinders in line ! must be good !
Fiat Ardita Advert 1932Publicity for Fiats Ardita - as you see, it has a nice well-rounded steering wheel : but does the rest of it reach this high standard ?
Stutz SafetyThe improved new Safety Stutz - implying that all previous models, and of course all cars made by others, are NOT safe
MARMON 68 AND 78 1926Marmon 68 and 78 offered to the discrimating Italian buyer - a Mafia godfather, maybe
Dryden / Bugatti / 27Three types of Bugatti are shown with the kind of person the artist thinks would be likely to buy this sort of car
Social / Women, Girl & CarA lady and her child leave their Delage and walk along the pavement until they stop and talk with a friend
Rolls Royce TourerA Rolls-Royce tourer
Saint Dominic / MiniaturesSAINT DOMINIC preacher, founder of the order named after him, a relentless opponent of heresy, especially that of the Albigensians
Denyer / Swindon FootballBert Denyer, winger for Swindon Town
Joule / Electricity TestJames Prescott Joule, English physicist, measures the rate at which heat is produced by an electric current. The joule, a unit of work or energy, is named after him
Grub Street, London, C18Grub Street, near Moorfields, described by Dr. Johnson as much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries and temporary poems. It was named Milton Street in 1830
WW1 - Georges Guynemer in his SPADGeorges Guynemer (1894-1917) - popular hero and an airman of distinction, Guynemer won many medals in his prolific career. Photograph published in September 1917
Sir James Clark RossSIR JAMES CLARK ROSS Scottish explorer. Made a number of arctic expeditions, determining the position of magnetic north in 1831
Witch of WookeyThe notorious Witch of Wookey, in Somerset, is exorcised by a Holy Clerk from nearby Glastonbury, and is forthwith turned to stone !