Numbers Collection (page 4)

Abacus, also called a counting frame. Cesis. Latvia

Scale with weights of platinum, 13th century
2. Reproduction of a miniature depicting the use of a scale for weighing silver. 3-5. Remains of a scale with weights of platinum, 13th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. Egypt
Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief depicting the deceased seated before the offerings table. Saqqara. Egypt

Italy. Venice. The Clocktower with astronomical clock. 15th century. St. Marks square

Drawing the State Lottery for the last time, 18 October 1826. 1826

Studio photo of three patients
Photograph by a Margate stuido photographer of three Belgian patients. They are wearing their uniform overcaots and two are wearing caps. Numbers have been written above them on the photograph

Eugene Godard
EUGENE GODARD: French aeronaut, best known for the captive balloon at the Paris Exposition which attracted enormous numbers of visitors. We have many pictures of it. Date: 1827? - 1890

Suez Construction 2
The great work commences : great numbers of fellaheen (native Egyptians) are recruited to dig a pathway through the desert sands. Date: 1862

Safety in numbers
Dutch girl wals arm in arm with three boys along the canal-side. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911

Train spotters
Young boys collecting train numbers as they pass by at speed. Date: c, 1915

Interior, Presbyterian Church, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
Interior of the Presbyterian Church at Cheraw, South Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1908

Border designs, SMB wallpaper sample book
Six art deco style border designs in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Miles Magister -the RAFs standard basic trainer built in large numbers

Martin PBM-3 -never built in the same numbers as the Consoldated Catalina, the PBM could fly further and faster

Dornier Do 17P -built in smaller numbers than the He 111, some used during the Battle of Britain of 1940

Why Englands Food is Safe, WW1
Why Englands Food is Safe, showing how the majority of food supplies come from countries who are not on the side of the enemy during the First World War. Date: 1914

Silhouettes, personnel involved in the Great War
Silhouettes showing the numbers of soldiers and sailors of Russia, Germany, France, Austria, Britain and Holland involved in the First World War. Date: 1914

Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 - Ornate Pavilion
Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 was a major national exhibition on an area by the Rhine which covered over 130 acres and had vast numbers of exhibits to showcase German industry

Children playing schools, with a teacher writing sums up on a blackboard. Date: circa 1930s

Page from The Illustrated London News, 23rd November 1912
An example of an inside page from The Illustrated London News, dated 23rd November 1912.Pictures promote Christmas Numbers of both the Sketch and The Illustrated London News

9d special value shop price sign
A point of sale card indicating that an item is special value at 9 d. c.1920

Dog - mongrels with tourist - Dogs roam free on a beach in Sabang in great numbers. Palawan (50km North from Puerto-Princesa), Philippines. February

Boy scouts creating a design on the ground, Greece
Boy scouts creating an arrow design on the ground, Greece

Bystander cover-Derby scheme
An illustration showing the number of men attested in 1916 for the volunteer (Derby) scheme to encourage military recruitment

Two foldout Daily Mail Military Maps Numbers - WWI era
Two foldout Daily Mail Military Maps Numbers 1 and 2. No. 1 - The Franco-Belgian & German Frontiers, Scale 12 Miles to the Inch. No. 2 - Austro-German & Russian Frontiers, Scale 24 Miles to the Inch

Westminster Abbeys might congregation for 1937 Coronation
A diagram giving an impression of the huge congregation present at the Coronation of King George VI. Numbering around 7500 pesons, it was made up of a vast concourse including foreign princes

British and Soviet ships by G. H. Davis
The decline and fall in numbers of ships of the British Navy and the Soviet Fleet, by comparison, and somecosts involved in rebuilding our fleet. Date: 1962

Pity the Poor Bowler by A T Smith
Humorous cartoon showing a small boy in church with his mother, pointing out the hymn numbers on the wall, and mistaking them for cricket scores

Cover design, Telephone Numbers book
Cover design for a Telephone Numbers book, depicting a woman writing at a desk with a telephone next to her

Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1865)
Portrait of Sir Colin Campbell, pictured in 1855 when he was in command of the Heavy Brigade, 93rd Highlanders notable for their actions during the Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War, 1854-6

Elephant trunk with numbers

Titanic - precisely what the sinking meant
A huge crowd scene of around 1635 people, the number estimated at the time of publication to have perished in the sinking of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic. Date: 1912

Buffalo in Chicago
Buffalo herd in Lincoln Park, Chicago : these noble animals, which once in countless numbers roamed our western plains, are now extinct except in captivity. Date: 1916

British Naval personnel, 1913
An illustration attempting to reflect the growth in the number of personnel in the British Navy, which, according to First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill

Athletics event with men on a race track
An athletics event with men running round a race track. circa 1940s

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

I. Calculator Esq: The Celebrated Conjuror
Copy of illustration, " I. Calculator Esq: The Celebrated Conjuror" by A.B. 30 August 1776. HPG/8/2/1 (v)"

Calculating calendar - dates and days
A remarkable calculating calendar of Yogi Fazalelahi Shiekh. You follow the instructions and (remarkably) it works superbly and will tell you the day of the week for any day that has ever been

The Income Official Cuts A Few Figures On The Ice, by H. M
A humorous illustration showing an accountant carving numbers into the ice whilst skating. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch

The General Strike
Cartoon sketch of a society lady helping out during the General Strike, accompanied by her pet poodle. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The Crowd at Greenwich for the passing of the Great Eastern
Engraving showing the scene at the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, as huge crowds assembled to watch I.K. Brunels steamship Great Eastern steam down the River Thames, 1859

A Belgian Church service under German Guard; First World War
Illustration showing a Belgian priest reading Cardinal Merciers protest against deportations to his congregation, whilst a German soldier stands guard at the bottom of his pulpit, 1916

The First Modern Telephone, 1909
Photograph of the first automatic telephone exchange system (modern telephone), installed by the German Post Office in 1909

Emigrants queuing for Berth Numbers on their ship, Gravesend
Engraving showing emigrant passengers being allocated berth numbers at the beginning of a voyage to Australia, 1887. In the background of the image

Everton and Manchester City Football Teams walk onto the pit
Photograph showing the Everton (light shirts) and Manchester City (dark shirts) teams walking onto the pitch at Wembley Stadium, prior to the start of the F.A. Cup Final of 1933

Swissair Aeroplane at Zurich Airport, 1936
Photograph of a Swissair aeroplane, of a type used between London and Zurich in 1936, seen at Zurich Airport. Winter flights between Croydon Airport

France / Fecamp
Opening of the new bathing establishment at Fecamp, Seine-Maritime, not far from Rouen : like all coastal towns, Fecamp is attracting growing numbers of visitors

Canberra: tourist class playroom
Colour illustration depicting the tourist class playroom for young travellers on board P&Os superliner Canberra around the time of her maiden voyage to Sydney, Australia in 1961

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