Opportunity Collection

Vassar College Girl 1922
American college girl or the Vassar girl of 1922

Maps Wrens London
Christopher Wren seizes the opportunity of the Great Fire to draw up plans for a brave new London - which alas will be only partially realised. Date: 1666

Poster advertising Canada to British settlers
Poster for Canadian Pacific, inviting British settlers, married or single, to go to Canada. Help given towards farm purchase. Assisted passages for approved applicants

Tarasque of Tarascon
At Tarascon, Provence, a dragon processes through the town recalling a monster caught by Ste Marthe, who took the opportunity to convert the townsfolk to Christianity

Charing Cross Dressing Station bunkers, Ploegsteert
These are close by the Plugstreet Experience 14-18 (Interpretation Centre) and served the Dressing Station which, like many of the sites around here, used a series of Central London names

Fauvel AV. 36 R15
Fauvel AV.36 R15, a tail-less glider of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association, based at the RAFGSA Centre, RAF Bicester

Titanic Hero Memorial notice, Belfast
RMS Titanic - notice relating to the Belfast Titanic Hero Memorial'. It reads The Lady Mayoress having desired the opportunity of putting before our employes a suggestion that they should be

Comic postcard, Man and woman in the street - no cash to buy her a drink! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man on the beach, almost blind! Date: 20th century

Samuel Foote (1720-1777), a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall. He was known for his comedic acting and writing

Spectacular Goat-Powered Childrens Coach
A quite spectacular goat-powered miniature childrens Royal coach, with ornate decorations and mouldings. Unfortunately, the location is unknown

The Ladies Opportunity, by E. T. Wattson and Carlo Minasi
Promotional music sheet for The Ladies Opportunity - Song for Leap Year - song of 1860 by E. T. Wattson and Carlo Minasi. Dedicated to the Young Ladies of England

Young women university graduates, Copenhagen, Denmark
Young women university graduates linking arms in a street, Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: 1922

Opportunity Public School, Denver, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1920

MUSSOLINI E BAMBINI
Never one to miss out on a favourable photo-opportunity, Mussolini poses with homeless children when he visits Palermo, Sicily. Date: 1924

A long queue to buy railway tickets - and an opportunity for casual flirtation ! Date: 1872

THE HALFPENNY BOAT
In 1861 the halfpenny boat is still the cheapest and most convenient way to get around London : street vendors seize the opportunity to offer their goods to a captive market. Date: 1861

WOMENS TYPING OFFICE
From the start, typing was perceived as the archetypal employment opportunity for women : this is the Typing Office of the Society for the Employment of Women Date: 1889

EQUALITY / COLLEGE GIRL
American college woman or the Vassar girl of 1922 Date: 1922

A marine serving with Mortar Platoon, 40 Commando Royal Mari
Digital photograph: A marine serving with Mortar Platoon, 40 Commando Royal Marine attached to the Black Watch Battle Group at Camp Dogwood takes an opportunity to have a field shower during a fire

Steamship united States
The United States of the United States Lines passes her sister America in New York harbour, providing a memorable photo-opportunity Date: 1952

Fama, Nature, and Occasio, Roman allegorical figures.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Taking advantage of the situation... Street Lad - " Do you want an Errand Boy?" Shopkeeper - " No." Street Lad - " Yus you do, yours as just been runned over." !!

Little girl at the seaside on a comic postcard -- Hurry up, Auntie, theres another big wave coming! Date: circa 1900s

Ruskin Hall, Oxford
Ruskin College, originally known as Ruskin Hall, Oxford, an independent educational institution in Oxford, England. It is named after the essayist and social critic John Ruskin (18191900)

Warden and students of Ruskin Hall, Oxford
The warden (Mr Dennis Hird M. A.) and students of Ruskin Hall, shortly after it had opened in 1899. Ruskin College, originally known as Ruskin Hall, Oxford

Temptation by Berthold Genzmer - a young lad with a basket full of porcelain ornaments is tempted to pilfer a slice of sweet pie/cake from his Bakers apprentice friend (balanced carefully on his head)

Cartoon, departure of Henry Irving for America
Cartoon, departure of the actor-manager Henry Irving for America -- With Henry leaving, there is a fine chance for some of our legitimate actors. 1883

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett, actor, manager and playwright
Cartoon, Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett; 1846-1904), actor, manager and playwright. Seen here wondering whether to take advantage of Henry Irvings absence from London during the latters visit

Cartoon, Burnand, Byron and Sims in hospital -- All In
Cartoon, three prominent writers ill in hospital -- F C Burnand (1836-1917), H J Byron (1835-1884) and G R Sims (1847-1922)

Mayor of Oldhams Lamb Holiday Fund - The Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs Hague), the sheep ( Michael, Mary and Mona ) with several of the school children

Poster, youth club photography opportunity
Poster advertising a youth club photography opportunity. Six members invited to take photos, develop and print them, all equipment provided. Date: circa 1960s

A Maxim Maxim
A MAXIM MAXIM. Fire should be witheld until a favourable opportunity presents itself. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Britains chief exports to the world by G. H. Davis
Britains chief exports to the world: vast fields of opportunity are kept open during the Second World War by British supremacy at sea

William Pett Ridge
WILLIAM PETT RIDGE Writer, author of The second opportunity of Mr Staplehurst and A breaker of laws neither of which I have read and I don t suppose you have. Date: 1860 - 1930

Phil May having a funny chat to an actor - Off for a drink
Phil May (on the right): " By the Way, when does your American Tour come off?" Famous Actor: " Oh not for about a year"

Illustration of the novel Julia takes the opportunity
" Illustration of the novel " Julia takes the opportunity" by Concordia Merrel. Spanish edition translated from English by Isabel de Palencia (1925-1930). Engraving."

Cubas opportunity. Illustration shows a wall labeled Tariff Wall on the US coastline, it has two gates, one labeled Annexation and the other labeled Reciprocity

A young mans opportunity for work, play, study & health A y
A young mans opportunity for work, play, study & health. Poster promoting the US Civilian Conservation Corps showing a young man with pickaxe. Date 1941

The Motor Transport Corps offers you an opportunity to become an expert auto mechanic and repairman. Poster showing a mechanic in overalls. Date 1919

A wonderful opportunity for you - United States Navy. Poster showing a sailor striding briskly with his duffle and suitcase; ships and palm trees in the background. Date 1917

Kiss Me Quick. Couple kissing taking the opportunity while children are not looking. Children: this is the third time within an hour that I have placed your hats properly upon your heads

Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - Our Advantage A romantic liason between the local Bobby (Definitely off the Beat!) and a parlour maid

Bull Beside a Gate
A bull waiting patiently behind a country gate, looking for an opportunity to attack the photographer! Scene after autumn rain, near Crosshill, Ayrshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Picking up a girl at the Bristol skating rink -- a woman has slipped on the ice, and a man takes the opportunity to pick her up

American Explorer program
Young men and women sit listening as one of them plays the guitar. In the newly revised Explorer program, a Learning for Life subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America

Grand Hotel St Moritz
Advertisement for the Grand Hotel St Moritz, featuring the latest sanitary arrangements and the opportunity for every kind of winter sport Date: 1906

A Charity Bazaar
A charity Bazaar in aid of the Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Ventnor, an opportunity for fashionable folk to relieve their social consciences 1879

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