Nearest Collection

1st Golf International
The first international golf match - England v Scotland at Hoylake : Robert Maxwell is about to drive for Scotland, while John Ball junior (England) is nearest left

WW2 poster, Fly with the RAF
WW2 poster, Men in reserved occupations can now fly with the RAF as pilot or observer. Apply nearest combined recruiting centre. Date: 1941

Women WW1 Land Army
A poster recruiting for the Womens Land Army, showing a land girl feeding a horse and foal. Proclaiming, National Service

Three English Electric Lightnings flying from Warton in July 1968. Leading is the first Kuwaiti T55, 55-410/G27-78. Nearest the camera is the unpainted Saudi F53, 53-686/G27-56

Home safety is home defense Men: to learn proper fire control join the fire department auxiliary corps at the nearest fire house

8x Douglas DB-7A Havoc II aircraft awaiting delivery
Royal Air Force - Douglas DB-7A Havoc II intruder aircraft lined up at the factory before delivery. The nearest aircraft is AH433, the fourth production aircraft

Pleine Eau
This illustration portrays a group of three older ladies standing in the shallow waters of the sea, the nearest is holding a dog under her arm. Date: circa 1901

Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No. 2 -- dismay on the faces of the market stall sellers as a horse and cart trample all over the baskets of veg. 1883

DEVON POSTMAN 1938
At Hartland Quay, Devon, at 16 miles (the furthest in England) from the nearest railway station, the postman delivers the afternoon, and only daily mail. Date: 1938

Man nearest the camera in long black traditional Egyptian dress, white head dress on a busy street in Cairo Date: 1978

Two men in traditional Egyptian waiter?s dress in a restaurant in Cairo. Light brown Wicker tables and chairs. Table nearest with pink table cloth. Two men at the back Date: 1978

Mottos - Childrens Matinee - Boy Under Sign Post childrens matinee / Nearest Dentist. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

John Lord Fisher
JOHN ARBUTHNOT, lord FISHER (nearest camera) First Sea Lord, in 1915, walking with George Lambert MP. They may be planning naval operations, or may be discussing lunch. Date: 1841 - 1920

Naval Officers Ca 1800
A group of Royal Naval officers : the one nearest us is Nelson. Date: 1787 - 1812

Poster, Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, Olympia, London, 26 February to 23 March. Nearest stations Addison Road, West Kensington, Hammersmith. Date: circa 1930s

WW1 poster, War Loan, Invest Today
WW1 poster, War Loan, five shillings, Invest Today, apply at nearest Post Office. Date: circa 1916

WW1 recruitment poster, Group System, Enlistment in Groups will reopen on Monday January 10th 1916 and proceed until further notice

Trotsky in Warsaw
LEON TROTSKY Russian statesman, at Warsaw 1919 during the peace of Brest-Litovsk - he is nearest camera in foreground. Date: 1879 - 1940

Jaguar S06 XW560 nearest and Jaguar S07 XW563 circa 1971
Jaguar S06, XW560, nearest, and Jaguar S07, XW563. circa 1971. Date: 1971

The A300 production line at Toulouse. Nearest the camera is the first prototype, F-WUAB, being prepared for a demonstration tour to America, it is followed by aircraft Nos 4, 5 and 6

The four prototype B1 Canberras, VN850 nearest; then VN813 with Nene engines; next is VN828, the first aircraft without the dorsal fin; then VN799, the first prototype

Northrop YF-17 first and second prototypes
Northrop YF-17 first prototype (nearest) and second prototype (furthest)

Kamayut fire walking festival - Rangoon - Down the centre is a shallow pit about 20 feet long, 4 feet wide of glowing charcoal fire

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
Lady Dufferin (nearest to camera) married as her second husband, Mr H. C. S. A. Somerset. Lady Veronica is her only daughter, and married Mr Anthony Hornby in 1931

PARIS IN 1900
General view of the centre of Paris. Thats Notre-Dame on the skyline, and over to the right you can see Le Pantheon. The pedestrian bridge nearest us is the Pont des Arts. Date: circa 1900

Poster seeking women for the ATS and WaF
Poster seeking women to join the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and WaF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) -- full information at the nearest recruiting centre or your employment exchange

Making Dolls, Sweden
Making dolls in a Swedish atelier. The girl nearest us is gluing the hair onto the dolls head. Date: 1890

The Voyage of Cleopatras Needle to England, 1878
Engraving showing the obelisk ship Cleopatra (nearest) and its tug, in the background, crossing the Bay of Biscay on passage from Egypt to London, 1878

Hylda Baker (1905-1986) English comedy actress, best known for playing Nellie Pledge in Nearest and Dearest

Hannan gold field Western Australia
A lock-up at Hannan gold field in West Australia, a temporary measure for locking up criminals pending their trial. The nearest prison to Hannan gold field was Fremantle on the coast near Perth

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