Names Collection (page 2)

Handwritten note from R G Ingersoll to R R Conklin, possibly part of a letter, dated 9 December 1890. Robert G Ingersoll (1833-1899) was an American lawyer, politician and freethinker

Silver Salver presented tos F Edge
Early Motor Car Racing - Silver Salver presented to Selwyn Francis Edge on his retirement from Napier. 1912

Santa Claus with book on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with book listing the names of good boys and good girls on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Map of North Africa 1513 Date: 1513

The Duke and Duchess of York invested as bards - Eisteddfod
The Duke and Duchess of York invested as bards at the Welsh National Eisteddfog at Swansea in August, 1926. They were given the bardic names Albert o Efrog and Betsi o Efrog

Advert for OSullivans rubber heels 1910
OSullivans rubber heels. Date: 1910

REIGN OF TERROR VICTIMS
The reign of terror : a prison warder reads out the names of those who are to be guillotined today. Date: 1793 - 1792

STEVENSON / POEMS / FLOWERS
The Flowers: All the names I know from nurse: Gardeners garters, Shepherds purse... Date: First published: 1885

Census - Cruikshank
Taking the Census. The head of an oversized, extended family has difficulty remembering the names of his kin and servants let alone how many there are! Date: 1851

BROTHER OF FREE SPIRIT
A BROTHER OF THE FREE SPIRIT - also known as the Voluntary Poor, Beghards and other names Date: 14th century

Royal Air Force Douglas Boston III with rockets
Royal Air Force Douglas DB-7B Boston III with rockets. Much confusion surrounds the Havoc / Boston / A-20 names and designations. The RAF and Commonwealth designations were: Boston I & II Date: 1942

The British Empire - Mane of the Lion names the territories
The British Empire - The mane of the Lion names the principal territories. Date: circa 1910s

Papyriform column. Egypt
Papyriform column of grey granite. The abacus has the name of King Amenhotep III and the axis shows the name of Merneptah of the 19th Dynasty

Aerial map view of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, with roads and place names. circa 1910

Academy of the Holy Names, Rome, New York State, USA
Academy of the Holy Names, a Roman Catholic boarding school in Rome, Oneida County, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1912

Lord Kitchener black bordered Mourning Card
Kitchener's portait is surrounded by the names of the campaigns in which he served. He was drowned when HMS Hampshire sank on 5 June 1916. WW1 Date: 1916

Battle of Trafalgar heroes
A document remembering the names of those who died fighting for the Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar. Date: 1805

Marble thrones in the Theatre of Dionysus, Athens, Greece
The Theatre of Dionysus, Athens, Greece. Alterations to the stage were made in the Hellenistic period, and 67 marble thrones (4 pictured here) were added around the periphery of the orchestra

Matabele Rebellion Memorial, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Matabele Rebellion Memorial, Main Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1908

New Orleans. French Quarter. Spanish Street Name Tile Murals
New Orleans. French Quarter. When New Orleans was Capital of the Spanish Province of Luisiana 1762-1803. Spanish Street Name Tile Murals. Maine Street. State of Louisiana. USA

Myanmar - Mandalay - The Mingun Bell
The Mingun Bell located in Mingun, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. This early photograph was taken prior to the bell being re-hung in 1896. It fell from its support following earthquake damage

Trench Art lighter inscribed Les Flanders
Trench Art lighter stamped on obverse with a lion and inscribed Les Flanders with the names of Vimy, Roeux, Bullecourt on reverse. Stamped with Allied soldiers and inscribed Victorious Tommies.|

Ten erotic names. Print shows a woman sitting with a young girl and a young boy, the boy is wearing a mask of the devil. Date between 1801 and 1804

Fountain, monument and pillar, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Abu Simbel, Egypt - Cartouche of Rameses II
Abu Simbel, Cartouche of Rameses II, " One powerful of truth is Ra, he whom Ra has chosen.". Photograph by Lionel Coate"

Emigration. Irish Emigrants Leaving Queenstown Harbour
Detailed harbour scene with hundreds of emigrants waiting for the boat for New York, steam ships in the background. In the foreground barefoot young lads are expectantly waiting

Racial Types Cen Africa
Racial types from Central Africa - Kaschna, Jakoba, Liessi, Dombu, Jarriba (these are German names and do not correspond to any listed in our reference books)

William Macdonald, British jockey and trainer
William (Mac) Macdonald (1800-1856), British horseracing jockey and trainer. late 19th century

Tom Cannon, British flat racing jockey and trainer
Tom Cannon (1846-1917), British flat racing jockey and trainer. late 19th century

George Fordham, British flat racing jockey
George Fordham (1837-1887), British champion flat racing jockey

RFC crewmen relaxing, Northern France, WW1
Four Royal Flying Corps crewmen relaxing on a pile of sacks outside a corrugated iron hut, somewhere in Northern France during the First World War. Three of them have signed their names on the photo

Advert for Faulkner diamond jewellery 1901
A selection of novelty Edwardian diamond brooches, pearl necklace, earrings for non-pierced ears, and also a personalised name brooch to order. 1901

Advert for Faulkner diamond brooches 1896
A selection of novelty Victorian diamond brooches, rings, side combs, and also a personalised name brooch to order. 1896

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Wynberg, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Wynberg, Cape Town, Cape Colony (now in Western Cape Province), South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Prison at Heidelberg University, Germany - Decorated Walls
Prison at Heidelberg University, Germany. As long ago as the 16th Century, citizen complaints about carousing students led the university to open a Studentenkarzer, or Student Prison

Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Prince Alfreds Guard Memorial in St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It commemorates four wars: the Transkei War (1877), Basuto War (1880-1)

Siege obelisk, Mafeking, South Africa
Siege obelisk (war memorial) in Mafeking (Mahikeng, Mafikeng), NW Province, South Africa, with the Town Hall in the background

Memorial, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Cape Police Memorial, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1904

Canadian Pacific to Canada and USA, Third Class, information page listed names of ships and destinations. Date: circa 1930s

Terence (195-159 BC). Engraving
Terence (195-159 BC). Playwright during the Roman Republic. Portrait. Engraving in an edition of his works of 1518. Library University of Barcelona. Spain

Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Dome and Mirhab. Isfahan. Iran
Islamic Art. Safavid era. Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Built in 1598 during the reign of Abbas I and completed in 1602 in time of Sheikh Lotfollah

Candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in Chicago: Bates, Pennington, Chase, Fremont, Lincoln, Seward, Banks, McLean, Cameron, Bell and Clay. Wood engraving (1860)

Terms and Conditions
A lodging-house keeper names her terms and conditions to a potential guest - no unaccompanied female visitors, no alcohol, no cooking in the rooms... Date: 1842

Registering Fellaheen for military service, Luxor. Date: circa 1886

Johannes Buxtorf
JOHANNES BUXTORF German Hebraist at Basel (NB: there were several people of this or similar names living at this period) Date: 1564 - 1629

Map / Asia / China C1880
China Proper showing the individual provinces, and underlining names of ports open to foreign trade Date: circa 1880

Six hounds of the South Berkshire Hunt. Date: 1936

Common Sea Bream, or Brean, with a range of Latin names, including Sparus aurata, Pagellus centrodontus, and Sparus centrodontus. Date: 1862

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