Pad Collection

Aerial view of Wolf Rock Lighthouse, off Lands End, Cornwall
Aerial view of Wolf Rock Lighthouse, between Lands End and the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, with the landing pad visible at the top. Date: circa 1970s

Autogyro Landing Pad
In tomorrows cities, the autogyro landing pad will be a standard feature, enabling travelers to fly directly to the city centre, landing on a rooftop

Loading a V2 Rocket
A V2 rocket on the launch pad. More elaborate than the V1, these were first fired against London on 8 September 1944

Bishop Rock Lighthouse - Helicopter Pad at top

Thatcher, Sidney Chun, splitting a spar - Marlborough
A thatcher, Sidney Chun (1903-1985), wears protective clothing, including a cricket shin pad, while splitting spars before thatching a roof at Marlborough - date: 1950s

Loading a V1 Rocket
Loading a V1 rocket into the launch pad. Use of these rockets accelerated after the start of the Second World War

Sevenstones lightship at sea, Cornwall
Sevenstones lightship at sea, off the coast of Cornwall, between the Scillies and Lands End. Date: circa 1980s

South Jersey hand-blown glass pitcher with lily pad design
Popular Art in the USA - South Jersey hand-blown glass pitcher with lily pad design. mid-19th century

Rifle, Bolt Action, Lee Enfield, . 303 In No 5 Mk I
Lee Enfield. 303 in No 5 Mk I bolt action rifle, 1944 (c); known as the Jungle Carbine; fitted with flash eliminator, sling swivels and a rubber cushion on the buttplate

18th century surgical knee pad and dislocation machine
18th century surgical knee pad in place on a leg 1, Jean Louis Petits machine for dislocated joints 2-5. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderots Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779

18th century knee pad 1, slipper 2, winch 3 and key 4. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderots Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779

Roanoid bakelite watch pad and frame in marbled cream. Date: 1930s

Infatuated with the Boss Date: 1950

Girl Writing Letter

LADY WRITES LETTER
A lady sits and thinks about what to write in her letter. Date: 1960s

DONT FORGET BOARD
A timely reminder board! A handy household appointments or tasks jotter pad, with a picture of Big Ben on it and a handy pen attached. Date: 1930s

Blue Streak flight vehicle F1 lifting off from Woomera
Blue Streak flight vehicle F1 lifting off from the pad at Woomera

A British Waitress in a restaurant or teahouse
A British Waitress working in a restaurant or teahouse - delivering a tray of hot drinks. Perhaps her slightly downcast expression is in part due to the fact that gratuities to serving staff were

Goblins on a river on a Christmas and New Year card
Goblins having fun on a river on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Trinity House Service Helicopter on Bishop Rock lighthouse
Trinity House Service Helicopter on top of Bishop Rock lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, 160 feet above sea level

Woman police officer in uniform, London
Woman police officer in woollen V-neck jumper and trousers, together with the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985

Judi Spiers, radio and TV presenter
Judi Spiers (b. 1953), radio and TV presenter, seen here taking part in a cricket match. circa 1980s

Ballet dancing frog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Lake in a park, Buitenzorg, West Java, Indonesia
Victoria Regia lily leaves on a lake in a park (botanical gardens) in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910

Caricature, Lord Salisbury as batsman
Caricature, Lord Salisbury, Conservative Prime Minister, as batsman -- John Bull as umpire calls him " Out", saying Leg Before Wicket! More Obstruction! 1884

Trinity House Service Helicopter at Sennen, Cornwall

Charity cricket match -- an American university student plays cricket for the first time. Date: circa 1980s

Fairies at a pool
Two fairies sitting on a lily pad. One of a series of delicate fairy pictures by Lydia Margaret Hine Date: circa 1922

Temptation - A frog is teased by a beautiful Dragonfly girl, who dangles a fly (trapped in a web) Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Asprey gift for christmas 1936
Acceptable gifts for christmas. Date: 1936

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - card back, red
Run-It-Out card game - card back, red. mid-20th century

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - card back, blue
Run-It-Out card game - card back, blue. mid-20th century

Christophe Leon Louis Juchault de Lamoriciere (1806-1865). C
Christophe Leon Louis Juchault de Lamoriciere (1806-1865). French general. Engraving by R. Henkel. Our Century, 1883. Colored

Bishop Rock Lighthouse - Isle of Scilly

White lilies and frog on a hexagonal Christmas card
White lilies and a frog on a hexagonal Christmas card with a gold border. Date: circa 1890s

The fairy pond
Young couple watch a fairy on a lily pad. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1914

Cup-flowered water lily with large white flower in front of round lily pad, Nymphaea nitida.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss

Chocolate box design, kingfishers
Chocolate box design, featuring kingfishers, the one in the middle with a fish in its beak. Date: 20th century

Two boys in their cricketing gear at the side of a cricket pitch

Tall slim cricketer
A tall, slim cricketer with two bats, wearing shinpads

Gas masks of 1915
Photograph showing two gas masks in 1915, (above); a cotton-wool pad of April 1915 and (below); Hypo Helmet gas-mask of November

An Atlas D launch vehicle on Pad 14 for the second attempt to place an unmanned Mercury spaceceaft into Earth orbit. August 1961. Date: 1961

CCMTA MTN Pad 18A a Vanguard satellite launch
CCMTA, MTN, Pad 18A, a Vanguard satellite launch. February 1959. Date: 1959

CCMTA Pad 18A Vanguard prior to launch
CCMTA, Pad 18A, Vanguard prior to launch. April 1958. Date: 1958

Nymphaea rubra, red indian water lily see 40246
Plate 1160 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1790. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphaea lotus, water lily of Malabar
Watercolour by T. Reichel, 1789. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Tanzanian leaf folding frog
The right hand of a Tanzanian leaf folding frog. The size of the toe discs can vary from specimen to specimen. These frogs were first discribed in 1928 but there has been no agreement on how many

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