Off Ice Collection (page 11)

Admiral Jellicoes farewell to Lord Kitchener
A photograph of Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) bidding farewell to Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) before his embarkation aboard the H.M.S

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Sycee Silver
This bar of silver was used by the Chinese Emperor to pay a ransom. It is above the quality of British silver coin and has the date of issue

Gladstone home Rule Leap
Gladstones Home Rule Leap - his commitment to Irish Home Rule leads to his downfall - he is defeated in the General Election and spends several years out of office

Between two stools the Bottom goes to the Ground
George Tierney falls between two stools, a tattered Whig Stool and a smart Tory Stool. Amused and standing either side are Fox and Addington

Man, Secretary & Couch
A secretary is dragged towards the couch while she takes dictation

Dryden Simpsons Office
ERNST DRYDEN Photograph of the advertising department of Simpsons, Stoke Newington, at work, working from Drydens originals

PAPERWORK !

A Man and his Secretary
A secretary in danger from her boss while she takes dictation

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

Ramsay MacDonald leaving Buckingham Palace, 1924
Photograph of (James) Ramsay MacDonald (on left in top hat) being congratulated by members of the Labour Party as he leaves Buckingham Palace after accepting the office of British Prime Minister

Hotel Office in a frontier town, North America, 1880
Engraving showing the scene in a hotel in a frontier town, with Indian trophies, moccasins, penants, belts and a moose head on the wall

Kitchener at work
Illustration showing Lord Kitchener (1850-1916), Secretary of State for War receiving the famous soldier, Lord Roberts in his room at the War Office in 1914

Royal Mail departure from the General Post Office
Colour illustration showing horse-drawn Royal Mail carriages departing from the General Post Office, London

Russian Emigrants landing in New York, 1892
Engraving showing Russian emigrants, young and old, arriving by tender at the Barge Office, New York, 1892. As an elderly immigrant is helped ashore, customs officals wait to inspect the new arrivals

The Government Inspectors Office, Liverpool, 1850
Engraving showing emigrants queueing outside the Government Inspectors Office, Liverpool, 1850. Passengers were checked at the office, for infectious diseases, prior to departure

Collecting the first pension cheque at the post office
Collecting the first weekly pension instalment at the post office. The Old Age Pension Act was introduced by David Lloyd George in 1908 with the first pensions available on the 1st of January 1909

Amphibious Car, France, 1909
Photograph of a Canot-Automobile Ravailler amphibious car taking to the water, France, 1909. The car had a 14-hp engine, capable of 40km per hour on land and 10km per hour on the water

Travelling telephone in use on a express train
A travelling call office, a telephone in use on an American express train. The train ran from Salt Lake, Utah to the mining camp of Ely, Nevada

Joffre and Kitchener
General Joffre leaving the War Office with Lord Kitchener on a visit to London in October 1915

The Passport Office at Delagoa Bay, Africa, 1889
Engraving showing the Passport office run by the Portuguese at Delagoa Bay, East Africa, 1889

Senator Cass in his office, Washington, 1856
Engraving showing Senator Lewis Cass (1782-1866) in his office at the Senate, Washington, 1856. Date: 1856

Sorting room at the General Post Office
Engraving from 1875, showing the sorting room of the General Post Office with workers (all male) stamping and sorting mail

American Indians. Ration Day at the Agency
Indian reservations (agencies) were set up by the American Indian Office and rations were distributed by government agents to the Indians

Struggle for tickets at a railway station
An illustration of a fight breaking out at a railway ticket office on the first day of Epsom races. Demand for transportation was always high and inevitably resulted in scuffles at the ticket office

First day at the General Post Office
Sketches showing scenes from the first day at the General Post Office in 1883

William O Brien (1852-1928)
Photograph of William O Brien, the Irish journalist and nationalist, seen during his term of office representing Cork in the British Parliament

Womans Part in the War
Watched by a policeman, nurses and nuns leave the War Office after receiving their orders following the outbreak of war in August 1914

Collecting and applying for pensions at the post office
The introduction of pensions for the elderly. Images of men and women filling out applications in post offices after old age pensions were introduced by David Lloyd George in 1908

The inland letter office of the General Post Office, London showing male workers weighing, stamping and sorting letters

First dispatch of mail-bags by pneumatic tube
First dispatch of mail-bags in 1863 through the pneumatic tube from the district office in Eversholt Street, London to Euston Station

Prerogative Office
The Prerogative Office, Doctors Commons. This was the office in which wills proved in the Prerogative Court were registered

Man Dances for Joy
Lady Waverley! Ten thousand a year! Mr. Macwheeble dances a jig, knocking his best wig out of the window, and throwing his cap in the air. Waverley looks on with a smile

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo (Cetshwayo)
Following negotiations in England with Queen Victoria and The Colonial Office, Cetshwayo was given back his throne and title King of the Zulus by the British 3 years after the war

The late Sir Rowland Hill, author of the Penny Postage syste
Portrait of Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879), originator of penny postage and Post Office supremo. Date: 1879

Business Keeps Going Up
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orang utan having to saw a hole in the ceiling to accommodate his ever growing sales projection

Quaker Oats Ad 1931
Advert for Quick Quaker Oats which can be knocked up in moments by a young housewife on the hob of a cooker before her hard working husband goes off to the office

Lost Property
Lost property - gloves, handbags, a ball and even a Christmas tree, all held in the Left Luggage Office of Waterloo Station, London, waiting to be claimed!

Fable / Momus
JUPITER, NEPTUNE, MINERVA AND MOMUS: Momus found fault with everything made by the gods including man, so much so that Jupiter drove him from his office of judge

Birmingham Firemark
A Birmingham firemark of the Sun Fire Office. Firemarks were displayed by insurance companies, who maintained fire brigades to protect the properties they had insured

MODERN TELEPHONE
A modern office telephone which enables the operator to put calls on hold before tranferring them

Selling the ILN
Scene at the Publishing Office of The Illustrated London News at 172, Strand, London in 1911, where retailers could obtain copies of the ILN and the Sketch and where general distribution

In the editors room: a special artists drawing is brought
A photograph showing the editors office of the Illustrated London News with editor Bruce Ingram, seated, assessing a a drawing submitted for publication by one of the ILN special artists

Mail Sorting Office
Postal workers at the General Post Office (Britain), manually sorting mail into pigeon holes

At a Printing Office
A force of Communards prepare to requisition a printing- office, to produce posters and handbills in the Communard cause

The London Office of the Society for the relief of the sick
A sketch of volunteers sorting and packing linen bandages for the sick

Scotland Yard / Convicts
The Convict Office

GPO EXETER
The self-service section of the General Post Office at Exeter offering change, postal orders and stamped stationery

Lost Property Office 1 / 2
Two ladies in 1920s fashion of cloche hats and furs check through the New Scotland Yard Lost Property Office racks for their missing umbrellas. Metropolitan Police

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