Wind in Willows / GrahameWind in Willows/Grahame
Badger & Mole / WillowBadger & Mole on their way to rescue the Toad: " Crossing the hall, they passed down one of the principal tunnels". Date: First published: 1908
Admiral Nelson and Captain Hardy during TrafalgarDuring the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, it was shortly before Nelson was mortally wounded that a shot struck the fore brace bits on the quarter deck and passed between Nelson and Hardy
His Masters ViceBonzo asleep with his head in a glass after helping himself to the Masters drinks supply. Date: circa 1922
Fruits of Idleness - a young man has passed out from drinking too much alcohol. circa 1830s
Boats at Boulters Lock, Berkshire, 1907Photograph showing the crowd of boats queuing for Boulters Lock, Berkshire, on Ascot Sunday, 1907. The day this picture was taken 1300 boats passed through the lock
Fox Meet in Street AldinAll involved in the fox hunt make their way along the street, while a mongrel dog and lesser folk are passed by
Cartoon of David Lloyd-George as Queen Victoria, 1911Cartoon of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, then Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had just passed the National Insurance Act and thereby earnt The Bystanders scorn
Wwi / Italy / Sacile AdvanceFollowing their victorious crossing of the Piave and Monticano, British troops passed through Sacile over hastily-made pontoon bridges
Fruits of Freedom, A Free America, WW2 patriotic coverFruits of Freedom, A Free America, WW2 patriotic postal cover envelope passed by US Army Examiner Date: 1941
How syphilis is passed on, 1920s projection slide
Raiders Passed!An illustrated front cover for Raiders Passed!, written by John Hunter, no. 1 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library. Date: circa 1940s
Comic Score Card for Bridge Playing Card Game No. 6 Date: 1920s
Miss Mollie DangarA portrait pencil drawing of Mary Beatrice Dangar, or Miss Mollie Dangar, the later wife of A. Denis Wigram Allen, an Australian solicitor and aviator
Cameo portraits of seven Allied GeneralsPosted from the BEF in France the card shows the team United against the Barbarians'. Passed by Censor 1332. WW1 Date: 1915
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A sing-song in the British Embassy at Madrid, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936. A number of British citizens in Madrid had sought refuge in the Embassy
Salmon in Canada - CanningPhotograph showing a long stream of cans of salmon rolling through the machine, each turn hermetically sealed in closed tins in which the fish is preserved. Date: late 1890s
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - That ll stop your careless talkThe Caption is P raps that ll stop your careless talk!. Three little kids cover-up a younger toddlers mouth with a spotty hankerchief
Holy Trinity Church, in Marylebone, Westminster, London, is a Grade I listed former Anglican church, built in 1828 by Sir John Soane
Passed by the censor. Article in Britannia & Eve, 1942, giving advice about writing to men posted abroad in wartime. Date: 1942
Gas Bus the first one [in photo] was in public service between Kingston and Epsom Downs yesterday [2 Nov 1939]. Towed by the bus, the trailer produces gas from a stove burning solid fules
THE TAUBE HAS PASSEDLE TAUBE EST PASSE A German aircraft has just passed, machine-gunning civilian women.. fact ? or French propaganda ? Date: 1916
Heinkel He162A-2 Red 2 (Werknummer 120227 / Air Min 65 / VN679 / 8472M). One of eleven He 162s captured and delivered to the Royal Aircraft Establishment
Happy Easter - German greetings card showing a young lad, his large green shorts held up by red braces, wheeling a basket of Easter Eggs passed a group of rather non-plussed chickens! circa 1910s
Travel Through EgyptGirls of Araby. Arabian women in traditional costume carrying fruit and wine. Hilda Dix Sandford illustrated this image as her ship passed through the Suez Canal en rooute to Australia circa 1908
Thames wherry being passed by a steam ferry - Essex, EnglandThames wherry (with many-times-repaired sails) being passed by a steam ferry - off the coast of Essex, England. Date: 1911
Death of King George V - the last bulletin, 20th January 1936. Date: 1936
Couple water skiing passed the Hotel Saint Georges, BeirutA couple water skiing passed the Hotel Saint Georges, Beirut, Lebanon. Date: circa 1911
LFCDA-LFB Southwark training school squad group photoRecruit squad group photograph (listed as 12/87), with Station Officer instructor Trevor Dean. After the recruits have passed their final exams they are deemed probationer firemen
GLC-LFB Southwark training school squad group photoRecruit squad group photograph (listed as 14/79), with Station Officer instructor, after the recruits have passed their final exams and are now deemed probationer firemen
Colonel Victor Barker aka Valerie Arkell-Smith (1895-1960) a woman who passed herself off as a man and did not tell his wife when they married
Intoxication - drawing by Paris-based artist Jan Olitzki - a woman has passed out under the effects of a heavy night on the tiles - in so doing her top has unfortunately descended
Passed by the CensorOfficers of an unknown battalion and regiments pose for their official photograph. Nobody can see who they are however as they are all wearing gas masks
A Sectional Boat used by Sir Henry Morton Stanley in AfricaEngraving of a sectional boat, used by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) during his 1874 expedition to central Africa, being carried by a number of local porters
School CertificateG Percy Carter of the Asylum for Fatherless Children Reedham, Surrey passed " Excellent" in Geometry of the first grade for children in elementary day schools
The Farmers Wife by Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 29 December 1960). First produced at the Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, on 11th November 1916 and at the Royal Court Theatre, on 11th March 1924
Mourning card, King George VMourning card, In Loving Memory of His Majesty King George V who passed peacefully away January 20th 1936. R.I.P. Date: 1936
Reform / 1832 / BirminghamPolitical Unions gather at New-Hall Hill, Birmingham, to press the case for the Reform Bill. The Bill was passed successfully through the House of Lords on 7 June 1832. Date: May 1832
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne
WW2 birthday card, dog in uniform, passed by censor (inside). Date: circa 1942
China - Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railwayLantern slide of Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway. In 1881 Alexander Findlay Smith first put the project of a Peak Railway into shape
WW1 Recruitment Poster -- A ResolutionRecruitment poster, printed by A Thom and Company, Dublin. A Resolution passed in the Trenches. By an Irish Regiment (2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment)
Envelope from Firminy, near Dunkirk, WW1Envelope containing a letter dated 29 January 1915 from the architect and artist Ormerod Maxwell Ayrton (1874-1960) to his uncle Alfred Ayrton at Lloyds Bank, Chester, England
Searchlight command by G. H. DavisSearchlight command: the men who point the way for Britains anti-aircraft guns and night fighters during the Second World War
James RichardsonJAMES RICHARDSON - traveler in North Africa, wearing the Ghadamsee costume in which he passed unnoticed among the indigenous populace. He died of fever exploring Tchad. Date: 1806 - 1851
One Encore too many - Boy performer collapses backstageOne Encore too many - A young boy performer collapses backstage and is tended to by his female co-star, a kindly clown and another older member of the ensemble
