Packet Collection (page 6)

Kingston Harbour, Shoreham, Havre Packet Station (1845). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1845

Christmas card in the shape of medicines -- Seidlitz Powders and Liver Pills (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Some odds and ends of varied interest 1914
Some odds and ends of varied interest, including the Royal Mail steam packet Alcantara, an advert for the Pathescope Camera for amateur cinematography, and a Burberry advert

Security expert with latest spy kit
Security expert demonstrating the latest spy kit, including a book and a telephone directory with equipment concealed inside them. Date: 1970s

A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto Cigarettes
A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto American Taste Cigarettes. Date: 1934

French Happy Families - Pharmacist
French Happy Families - La Famille Potard, Grandmother, Pharmacist. early 20th century

Zoological Misfitz packaging, with an Old Sea Dog depicted. early 20th century

Woman police officer at work in communications room
Woman police officer at work in front of a computer screen in a Met Police communications room. Date: circa late 1970s

Seasick passengers
The cabin of a Channel packet (between England and France); several passengers feeling very sorry for themselves, while a steward brings pots. Date: circa 1830

Overland Low Water Land
At low water the Indian mails are landed from the steam packet by rowing boat at Folkestone. Date: 1844

DANIEL WEBSTER SHIP
Boston packet ship Date: 1851

RACER CLIPPER
American clipper packet-ship, of New York Date: 1851

Advertisement, Fruit Spangles. 1954

Advert, Huntley & Palmers Tribrek Breakfast Cereal
Advertisement for Huntley & Palmers Tribrek Breakfast Cereal. 1937

Delivery man on a Christmas card, holding a large basket upside down and spilling the contents, including a goose, a bottle of wine and several apples. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy with holly on a Christmas card
Little boy with a sprig of holly and a packet under his arm on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in a shop on a Christmas card -- the little girl is buying a packet of tea. Date: circa 1890s

Toddler helping out in the kitchen
A toddler helping out in the kitchen with the pots and pans. Date: circa 1960s

Vintage seed packet: Sweetpea
A beautiful Sweetpea seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Vintage seed packet: Calendula
A beautiful Calendula seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Vintage sweetcorn seed packet
A sweetcorn seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Vintage red onion seed packet
A red onion seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Vintage seed packet: Dwarf Nasturtium
A beautiful Dwarf Nasturtium seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Toddler playing with car tyre, Balham, SW London
A toddler playing with a car tyre (attached to a parked car) in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Steam Packets off Margate 1821
Published Sept 5th 1821 by John Hudson, 86, Cheapside Main inscription: To His Most Gracious Majesty KING GEORGE THE FOURTH The Illustrious Patron of Steam Packets

Scouts with Coronation programmes
Two Scouts with supplies of Coronation programmes and collection tins at the time of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953

Playing card reverse - advertising for Craven A cigarettes, featuring a stylish woman in 1920s costume with red cloche hat and fur-trimmed overcoat. Date: circa 1920s

Duty-free Cigarettes and Alcohol - Norway
Two women and a man pose on the deck of a Norwegian ferry boat wit their duty free spirits and cigarettes. Following WW2 there was still considerable rationing of food and drink in the UK

Track-gear nose landing gear of the Fairchild EC-82A Packet
Close-up of the track-gear nose landing gear of the Fairchild EC-82A Packet

Fairchild EC-82A Packet, 45-57746, fitted with track-gear landing gear

Fairchild C-82 Packet towing a CG-15 and CG-4A glider at Greenville (SC) Army Air Base

Fairchild XC-82 Packet 43-13202
Fairchild XC-82 Packet, 43-13202

Fairchild C-82 Packet

Fairchild C-82A Packet 44-23004
Fairchild C-82A Packet, 44-23004

Fairchild C-82A Packet 44-22962
Fairchild C-82A Packet, 44-22962

Teloschistes chrysopthalmus, lichen
Lichen shown in its herbarium packet from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Some lichens look virtually the same as dried specimens as in the field

Cigarette showcard, a woman selling packets of straight cut cigarettes and Dubec Turkish cigarettes Date: 19th century

Pearlings Victoria Cigarettes
Pearling and Co. Victoria cigarettes, 1909 1909

Buffalo & Chicago steam packet empire state: M. Hazard, Commander. Date between 1835 and 1856. Buffalo & Chicago steam packet empire state: M. Hazard, Commander. Date between 1835 and 1856

High pressure steamboat Mayflower first class packet between St. Louis and New Orleans on the Mississippi River - Capt. Joseph Brown. Date c1855

Packet boat leaving Joinville Quay, Trouville, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

London Bridge steam wharf
Steam packet wharf at London Bridge on the River Thames. London Bridge wharf is the main point for the Herne Bay and Margate steam boats. Date: 1844

Advertisement for Du Maurier cigarettes, filtered for flavour -- the cigarette with the exclusive filter. Showing an elegant woman in black and white, with an open packet of cigarettes in colour

Alexandria, Egypt - Steam Packet Docks Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Craven Cigarettes
Craven A cigarettes - quality never varies they re always smooth and fresh! Date: 1937

Advert for Leichners slim figure bath 1928
Keep slim and fit. Safe, simple and convenient reduction in weight - better health - a clearer skin - all yours bedtime bath a packet of new and wonderful Leichners slim figure bath No.1001

RMSP Alcantara, armed merchant cruiser, WW1
RMSP (Royal Mail Steam Packet) Alcantara, a merchant cruiser which was turned into an armed ship during the First World War

RMSPC Pier, Barbardos
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Companys Pier, Bridgetown, Barbados Date: circa 1910s

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