Note Collection (page 10)

Four men in hat factory finishing room at Battersbys in Stockport, June 1906. Note the massive exposed machinery behind them and the driveshaft for it which comes through the wall. Date: 1906

Giovanni Battista Doni, Italian musicologist
Giovanni Battista Doni (1594-1647), Italian musicologist who studied ancient music. He changed the name of the tonic note Ut, renaming it Do after his own family name. Seen here at the age of 50

FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). Two soldiers on horseback in Africa.. Notes from the War of Africa (Hispano-Moroccan War), 1860. Drawing with pencil. Romanticism. Drawing. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Theodosius I the Great (347 - 395). Roman emperor (379-395). He made the Christianity the official religion of the Empire. Effigy in silver siliqua of the 4th century. Roman art. Late Empire. Coin

Banknote - Old Belorussia uncirculated banknote 100 roubles - depicting (Bison bonasus L.). European Bison of Bialowieza Nature Reserve

Russian Desman - female, view from back (note the flat tail) (Desmana moschata). Okskii Biospheric Nature Reserve; river Oka valley, Central Russia

Finnish boy scout writing in a notebook
Finnish boy scout sitting on a pile of wood, writing in a notebook. He wears a khaki uniform with a pale blue scarf, and a skull cap of sky blue crossed with white

Suffragette Arson Hatcham. A view of St Catherines church, Hatcham. S.E London, destroyed by fire on 6th May 1913. It was blamed on militant suffragettes and caused damage amounting to 15, 000

Suffragette Newspaper Seller and Cart. A suffragette stands beside a pony and trap with placard, advertising, The Suffragette newspaper. A note on reverse reads, Self & Press Cart 1912. Isabel Cay

Suffragette Charlotte Despard trafalgar Square. Mrs. Charlotte Despard (1844-1939) speaking to a crowd (of mostly men) from a platform in Trafalgar Square

Suffragette Demonstration Hyde Park 1912. George Lansbury M.P on the W.S.P.U platform at the rally in Hyde Park 14th July 1912. Note the W.S.P.U flag, the pole topped with the scarlet cap of liberty

Church League for Womens Suffrage March. The Church League for Womens Suffrage marched to Westminster Abbey on 14th November 1910. Note the CLWS banners

Suffragette March to Hyde Park 1908. Suffragettes march along Eustom road, en route to Hyde Park for the mass demonstration on 21st June 1908

Back of postcard written by American soldier in London, WW1
The back of a postcard, sent by an American soldier staying in London in January 1919, shortly after the Armistice. The front of the postcard (see picture number 10794219)

Embroidered badge of the Coldstream Guards, worked by Corporal Tom Hughes, 17321, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, The Park, Hurley Common, near Atherstone, Warwickshire. Dated March 1917

Embroidered badge of the Welsh Guards, worked by Private H. Gee, 13th Battalion Manchester Regiment and dated March 1917, Netley

Gott strafe England (For I can t)
Gott strafe England. (For I can t). France. Censor stamp and signed E. B. K(itching) - see No. 4489, note on Censor. Message verso - From what I read, he is taking London by storm

Pauper Lunatic Certificate
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Certificate certifying that workhouse inmate Ada Wheelhouse was feeble-minded and fit to remain in the workhouse, categorised as a lunatic

Frontispiece, Sketch magazines stars messages to soldiers
A rather beautifully drawn frontispiece to a special supplement of The Sketch magazine introducing several pages of photographs of leading stage stars whose photographs were published along with a

Stockholm Olympics 1912 - English Relay Team
The English 4 x 100 metres relay team who won gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. From left to right: D. Jacobs, H. M. Macintosh, W. R. Applegarth and V. D Arcy

Mexico Santiago Guat
Massive monument at Santiago Guatusco (note the size of the people seated on it !) Date: 1855

Advert for Asprey watches 1938
Asprey seletcion of watches from keys, bedside, gold note clips, wrist watches with cord bracelet and fob watches. Date: 1938

Fall River Falls
Falls on the Fall River in northern California. (note that there are several places with this name) Date: 1857

Multi-Storey Car Park
An ugly new multi-storey car park, on the banks of the River Thames, London. Note the cranes and modern office blocks under construction behind and St. Pauls (left). Date: late 1960s

France Queyraz
The magnificently sited Chateau de Queyraz, in the Hautes Alpes. Note also the fine crucifix... Date: circa 1836

Marie Antoinette Note
A note pricked with a needle by the captive queen : I am closely watched, I speak to no one. I confide myself to you, I will come. Date: circa October 1793

4th Earl Shrewsbury
GEORGE TALBOT, fourth earl of SHREWSBURY, with his dog and his first (Anne) and second (Elizabeth) wives. Note he is wearing the Order of the Garter on his left leg. Date: 1468 - 1538

Tobias Paurmeister
TOBIAS PAURMEISTER German jurist : note the rather interesting pen on the table before him. Date: 1553 - 1616

William James Linton - 2
WILLIAM JAMES LINTON artist (Note - theres a chance this chap has been confused with a different William Linton, artist) Date: 1791 - 1876

Francois Junius - 1
FRANCOIS JUNIUS French protestant translator of the Bible [Note - this portrait is very different from the others we have of him] Date: 1545 - 1602

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note ?
Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Old Chinese Postman in Traditional attire. Date: circa 1908

British Armed Forces One Pound Banknote
One Pound Banknote of the British Armed Forces, who issued their own paper currency between 1946 and 1972. Date: circa 1950s

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Banknote - 50000000000 Dinar
The Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 50000000000 Dinar, bearing the portrait of Milos Obrenovic (Milosh Obrenovich) (1780-1860), Prince of Serbia from 1815 to 1839

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 50000000 Dinar
The Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 50000000 Dinar, bearing the portrait of a young girl. Date: circa 1990s

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 5000000 Dinar
The Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 5000000 Dinar, bearing the portrait of Dorde Petrovic (also known as George Petrovich, Karadorde or Black George) (17681817)

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 50000 Dinar
The Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 50000 Dinar, bearing the portrait of Dorde Petrovic (also known as George Petrovich, Karadorde or Black George) (17681817)

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 5000 Dinar
The Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 5000 Dinar, bearing the portrait of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 10 Dinar
The Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 10 Dinar, bearing the portrait of Josif Pancic, Serbian Botanist and Doctor (1814-1888). Date: circa 1990s

Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering a letter
Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering good wishes. Traditionally chimney sweeps used to go door to door wishing (and hopefully bringing) folk good luck

Betsy Ross Home - and note from her Great Grand-daughter
The Betsy Ross Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA where Ross sewed the first American Flag of the United States - June 14th 1777 - and note (on left) from her Great Grand-daughter

Saucy postcard - Lady in Underclothes
" Come as you are" you write to me. But you d think it absurd, if sometimes when that message came I took you at your word! (I wonder if the sender of the note would really mind too much)

Satire on the 1906 elections in France
A satire on the 1906 elections in France - Durand was an actual candidate - commenting on the various hues of political opinion in the country

Purse full of money on a cutout Christmas card
Purse full of money (notes and coins) on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxims steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Notes and sketches by Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913)
These notes and sketches were all Alfred Wallace was able to salvage when his return vessel, Helen, caught fire on his return voyage from South America in 1852

Back page of Wallace - Darwin paper, with Wallaces notes
WP7/9 - Back page of Alfred Russel Wallaces annotated copy of his joint 1858 paper with Darwin. Wallace papers, Natural History Museum, London

Fossil Wood
Fossilised palm from the North African desert that supposedly carries a curse

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