Papers Collection (page 4)

Victorian 1890s Card Greetings Christmas Xmas
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The Love Letter by William A Breakspeare -- a pensive woman sits at a writing desk. late 19th century

Find the Fault card No. 21 -- office desk. circa 1930s

CS Winifred Barker and Superintendent Shirley Becke
Winifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960

Photo of the Queen of Spain and her brothers, the Tatler
Full page black and white photograph of Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain and her brothers in the Tatler of 8th December 1909

Photo of Ellen Terry and Mr James Carew in the Tatler
Black and white full page photograph of Ellen Terry and her husband James Carew at home in Kent, in the Tatler of 10th November 1909

Photo of Baroness von Hutten in the Tatler
Black and white full page photograph of Baroness von Hutten in the Tatler of 22nd December 1909. Born Bettina Riddle in Erie, Pennsylvania, she married Friedrich Karl August

Col Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne - Papers
Papers relating to Col Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thornes military career and family life, 1930-1931.Including: letters relating to his marriage settlement

William Heath Robinson interrogated in France, WW1
An autobiographical sketch by William Heath Robinson, published in his memoirs, My Line of Life, illustrating an incident at St. Nazaire when he visited the American Army in France

Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), English scientist, champion of Darwins Theory of Evolution. Date: late 19th century

Goethe with Schiller
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE with Schiller at Weimar Date: circa 1795

Royal Hop Pole Hotel
The Royal Hop Pole Hotel, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, immortalised by Charles Dickens in his Pickwick Papers (1836-7) Date: 19th century

Dickens Plaque
The Dickens plaque on the Royal Hop Pole Hotel, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. It was immortalised in Pickwick Papers (1836-7) Date: 19th century

Tomas Masaryk, Czech President, in Philadelphia, USA
Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak politician, founder and first President of Czechoslovakia

Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz at her desk
Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887-1947), second wife of the deposed Kaiser Wilhelm II. Seen here working at her desk in Doorn Castle (Huis Doorn), Netherlands. Date: circa 1930s

The Churchill family relax on holiday at Hendaye, 1945
Comfortably clad in beach attire, Mrs. Churchill and her daughter, Mary, spent a few peaceful moments reading the papers and enjoying the sunshine. Mr

Queen Elizabeth II at her desk, 1959
Queen Elizabeth II at work at her desk at Buckingham Palace. The Queen opens her dispatch box of State papers. Behind the box on the desk are a number of family photographs

Sit down and read the papers, I did as she bade me - A couple in their living room, with the man reading a newspaper and the woman writing a letter

Susi - with books and papers at a desk. 1950s

Susi - on a writing desk
Susi - with papers on a writing desk. 1950s

The Illustrated London News steam printing machines
Engraving of the steam printing machines used by the weekly periodical, The Illustrated London News. There were two separate machines; one for printing one side of the paper

The Evening Paper by H. M. Bateman
An old gentleman settles down to read the evening newspaper in an armchair by the fire but the news does not meet with his approval

Road Communications in Afghanistan. Sketch No 1. Map showing details of railways, roads and telegraph lines. Published by General Staff, India, February 1939

Map of India Shewing the Lines of Railways, Telegraphs?
?Map of India Shewing the Lines of Railways, Telegraphs, and Dawk Routes?, specially engraved for the Indian Traveller?s Guide (nd); from papers collected by J P K Murphy, 52nd Sikhs and 9th Hodson

The Calendar by Edgar Wallace - scene in the Stewards Room, where a jockey is speaking to five men. First produced at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and Wyndhams Theatre, London. Date: 1929

Cartoon, Edward and Clement. Edward: Let us no longer be estranged, dear Clement! Clement: Let us be like brothers, dear Edward

Cartoon, C W Thompson -- This is the gentleman who has done so much for actors benefits. 1883

Cartoon, Lord Cairns annoyed by his sons debts
Cartoon, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819-1885) -- Keep away from him, Garmoyle, while he is like this! He appears to be annoyed about a few bills which his son, Arthur William Cairns

Booklet cover, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Are We Heading For War? published by the Labour Party in 1934. Date: circa 1933

Communist China - university discussion group
Communist China - university students in a discussion group, with input from a tutor. circa 1960s

Soho, London - woman checking a report. 1973

Christopher Hibbert, writer, historian and biographer
Christopher Hibbert (1924-2008), English writer, historian and biographer, seen here at his desk in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 1960s

Cartoon, The Treasury -- a commentary on British politicians attempting to balance the books through cutbacks and taxes. late 18th century

ANCXF Signal Office, Minden, Germany
Man working in the ANCXF (Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force) Signal Office, Minden, Germany, August 1945, at the end of the Second World War. 1945

Two women in BAOR office, Braunschweig, Germany
Two German women in an office run by the British Army of the Rhine, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946

People at work, The London Gazette
People at work in the offices of The London Gazette, near Fleet Street, London. The publication has been described by some as the worlds most boring newspaper

War rooms under Whitehall, London
Subterranean war rooms under Whitehall, Central London, used by Winston Churchill during the Second World War. Date: circa 1960s

Susi - with upturned basket. 1950s

Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book, 1668, by Co
Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1657-1683). Flemish painter. Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book, 1668. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

The Socialist -- a working class political agitator in action. circa 1885

The Dilettante. circa 1840

Cheery Families - Mrs Bounce the Barristers Wife. 1890s

Woman police officer taking oath in court, London
Woman police officer taking the oath from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Woman police officer giving evidence in court, London
Woman police officer giving evidence from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Chief Inspector Celia May Cundy, Met Police, London. Seen here sitting at her desk, working on documents with WPC Ethel Walker. Date: circa early 1970s

Armand Dufaure - 2
ARMAND DUFAURE French statesman, depicted standing holding papers. Date: 1798 - 1881

Gazette Du Village
La Gazette du Village : During the Crimean War, a mounted newsman tells the inhabitants of a French village what is going on in the wide world. Date: 1855

Rus-Jap War Reported
RUSSIA-JAPAN WAR : war correspondents of Le petit Journal and other papers, in Manchuria Date: 1904

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