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Music cover, Shell Out Waltz by Herman Darewski, danced by Cebalios Desmond. 1912
Cartoon, Butterfly Fever -- No Fees to French Authors. 1881
Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar BruceCaricature of Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) and Edgar Bruce (1845?-1901), both actor-managers. Bancroft is portrayed as Shylock wanting his pound of flesh
Caricature of David James and James AlberyCaricature of David James (left, 1839-1893), English comic actor, and James Albery (right, 1838-1889), English dramatist. Two Roses at the Lyceum, a Little Cheque
George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo rides an elephant, who snatches away his bun in payment. Artwork for a story, Taking the bun, originally published in The New Bonzo Book (Partridge, London). Date: 1927
Advert for Bensons Edwardian jewellery 1906Selection womens Edwardian diamond jewellery, a system of 20 monthly payments obtainable by The Times. Date: 1906
Gentleman paying a tradesman or servant, c1800Gentleman paying a tradesman or servant, c. 1800 Date: C.1800
Invoice from Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, to Mr Frank Blackley, for the supply of one hundred greetings cards, total cost ten shillings and ten pence. Date: circa 1891
Electricity bill for resident of Lima, New York State, USAElectricity bill for Mrs William Vary, a resident of Lima, New York State, USA. The power supplier is the Lima Honeoye Electric Light & Railroad Company, six kilowatts were consumed in May 1918
Cartoon, Explanation, WW1Cartoon, Explanation. Three old age pensioners outside a restaurant discuss earnings and taxation. The plump man says he pays no taxes because he spends all his money on food. Date: 1916
Office of wetnurses in Paris.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825
WWI Poster, Soldiers Separation AllowancesWWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Soldiers Separation Allowances, details of increased rates. Date: 1915
Firewood Receipt, Settle Union, YorkshireA receipt issued by the Settle Union for a payment for firewood. Chopping wood for firewood was a common task given to workhouse inmates. Date: 1912
Cartoon, British father wheeling pram, WW1Cartoon of a British father wheeling a pram past a Post Office during the First World War. He is looking at the War News of battle casualties, and comments: What a life
Womens Royal Air Force -- Pay ParadeIllustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women queueing up to receive their pay from male officers. Date: 1919-1920
Actors discuss rates of payFirst Budding Actor (to second budding actor) - " Oh yes, you hear about those salaries of Twenty-five and thirty shillings, but you never get em." Date: 1901
Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffaloThese are the largest Indian water buffalo horns ever recorded, each almost 2 metres long
Priviledge granted by the Catholic Monarchs to the city of Seville which withdrew the alcabala payment (sales-taxes) (20th October 1484). Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Valladolid
Codex Iustiniani or Justinian Codex (1350)" Codex Iustiniani or " Justinian Codex" (1350). The payment of the gabelle. Bolognese school. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin
The strike of Creusot of 1870. Meeting of factory workers in the pay moment. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library
Maternity Grant PosterMaternity grant poster, 1973 Date: 1973
Marcus Miller and family in shack that he built himself. Spencer, Iowa. This is half the house. Miller is a hired hand who has managed to save enough to make a part payment on seven
Fork Over What You Owe play on words Date: 1868
Austrian army receiving their first pay, WW1Newly recruited members of the Austrian army receive their first pay on mobilisation at the start of the First World War. An official takes coins out of a canvas bag. Date: 1914
Leaflet, A Defence of the Army Pay CorpsOpening page of a printed leaflet entitled: Non-Combatants in Khaki: A Defence of the Army Pay Corps. circa 1919
Female surface workers queueing, South WalesA line of female surface workers queueing up at a mine in South Wales, probably for their wages
Workhouse Teachers Salary Receipt, WhitehavenA receipt for the quarterly salary payment of twelve pounds and ten shillings. It is from the Whitehaven Union, signed by workhouse teacher William Benson on 24 December 1856
Poor Rate Receipt, Kidderminster UnionA receipt for a poor rate payment by A Gristwood of the Borough of Bewdley to the Kidderminster Union in September 1923. The Unions operation was financed by the poor rate - the forerunner of
Car credit payments / W H RobinsonTunes of merriment emanate from the pub, celebrating the payment of the last instalment - which has presumably taken quite some time to pay off
Cartoon on Stock Exchange Settlement TermsUntil Big Bang in the City of London (1986), there was a settlement day (every fortnight) for the payment of stocks and shares - this period was known as The Account
Money for the Helen Duncan seancePhotograph of envelope with the following written upon it: " Received from Miss Maule, The sum of Four Pounds, 5th January 1933, for tonights sance. Helen Duncan", January 1933
Postman circa. 1840An early photograph of a postman, circa 1840 wearing a cape and top hat. Before postage stamps, he would have to collect payment for each individual letter
Lecture on Cookery at the International ExhibitionLecture on cookery attended by a well-heeled crowd at the London International Exhibition of 1873. The short lectures, by Mr Buckmaster
Payment to MassacrersA record of the payments given to those who carried out the September Massacres at Paris and Versailles
Penny-In-Slot MachineA penny-in-the-slot machine presumably promising some kind of entertainment upon payment and possibly a prize
Land League MeetingPolice surprise a clandestine meeting of the outlawed Land League, which advocates non- payment of rent and other forms of resistance to the authorities
A Bank FailureSUSPENDED ! When a bank suspends payments, its clients know they are unlikely to see a penny of their money again: for most it spells ruin Date: 1882