Personal Collection (page 7)

Personal snaps (poly-photos)
Personal photographs taken in England 5 snaps showing unexploded bomb, bus with gas supply for fuel and firemen at play. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

Personal photos (poly-photos) taken by the men. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

VAD Hospital stores, Quex House
The Billiard Room of Quex House was used as the Hospital Stores during the War. Two VAD nurses are seated either side of a table. One is sewing, the other is writing

Mennens Toilet Powder
Mrs Patrick Campbell and Madame Albani are only two of the celebrities of the stage who recommend Mennens borated talcum powder for health and freshness. Date: 1904

Toilet / Sanitary Towels
An elegant advertisement for intimate items for ladies. Date: 1917

Notice Board - Personal Services - Soho, London. Date: 1973

Advertisement for Wrights coal tar shampoo powder. Date: early 20th century

VAD Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park
Voluntary Aid Detachment Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park. Major Powell-Cotton converted two of his personal cars into ambulances and was the Area Transport Officer (VAD)

Sopwith Bee single-seater biplane (sole model) produced in 1916 as personal transport for Sopwiths chief test pilot, Harry Hawker. Date: circa 1916

Miles Messenger -this light VIP transport type was used by such as General Bernard Montgomery as his personal transport

British soldiers washing at a rest camp
Washing off the mud of Flanders - our Tommies tubbing in a rest camp. British soldiers coming out of the front line, immediately take advantage of a line of tin baths arranged for them at a rest

Senior NCO, most probably a CSM or SNCO Acting Officer
A portrait of a senior NCO, most probably a CSM (Feldwebel) or SNCO Acting Officer (not commissioned), known as an Offizierstellvertreter

Advert for Dolcis shoes 1933
For occasions demanding elegance... A selection of fashionable evening court shoes and sandals, can be dyed to any shade, in a variety of fabrics or kid leather with high heels

Digs for a British soldier
A British soldier from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in his dorm, probably in China; the wall is decorated with photographs. Date: circa 1913

George Morland
GEORGE MORLAND artist, whose favoured subject matter - gin-shops, stables and public houses - reflected his personal habits... Date: 1763 - 1804

Suffragettes, Irish Nationalists and Unionists unite for WW1
WW1 - Another Triple Alliance - " We ve Stopped Hostilities - Now for the Germans!" - Suffragettes, Irish Nationalists and Ulster Unionists put aside their own social

Oddfellows Hall, Union Lodge No. 1, Denver, Colorado, USA
Oddfellows Hall, Union Lodge No.1, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a global altruistic

The State Coach - Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
The luxurious State Coach of the Northumberland Family, which once carried the 3rd Duke of Northumberland as George IVs personal representative to the coronation of Charles X in France in 1825

Comic Postcard - Housewives Choice! A queue of young ladies excitedly wait their turn to meet their new pop music idol at the stage door. Date: circa 1950s

Russian House Guard - likely the security for a wealthy Moscow or St Petersburg family. Date: circa 1907

Different approaches to personal slights
" You Engleeshe you do not fight ze duel. Vat d you do ven you air insult?" " Oh, we write to the newspaper." Date: 1895

The Mayor of Middle Wallop not appreciating Shakespeare
The sublime ignorance of the Mayor of Middle Wallop. The Mayor of Middle Wallop (who is interested in the decoration of the new theatre in M.W.) - " Oos that Gentleman you re painting

Royal Aeronautical Society staff in 1966. From left: Frank H. Smith, Librarian of the Society 1950-1967; Maureen Michael, Personal Assistant to the Secretary; Dr Archie Ballantyne

Vickers Viscount 734 bought by the Pakistan Government as the personal aircraft for the President

Gold and silver personal ornaments. Hellenistic art. Jewelry. Proc: SPAIN. X.bia. Necropolis of Portichol

Blanche Augusta Bury
BLANCHE AUGUSTA BURY, daughter of the rev Edward and lady Charlotte Bury, a female aristocrat with no claim on our attention beyond her personal charm. Date: CIRCA 1839

8th year of Des Moines public forum - Harry Overstreet, famous American philosopher, will discuss a personal philosophy for these times. Poster for a public forum at East High, Des Moines, Iowa

Personalised family Christmas card, c. 1900
Brilliant Christmas card from the late Victorian/early Edwardian era, showing a Christmas cracker being pulled to reveal the four faces of a family who send their greetings from Craig-Gowan

Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who came to pay Orville a personal call at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. June 22, 1927. Date 1927 June 22

Advert for The Vanity Kodak 1926
One would think the Kodak would be content to be admired for what it does. But no! This compacted Kodak comes in a choice of colours, carried in a case lined with lustrous silk

Advert for Mappin & Webb hair brush sets
Advert for a fine Morocco leather vanity travelling case, completely fitted with a set of superfine enamel and silver-gilt toilet requisities, beautifuly engraved and cut glass toilet bottles

Segur Photo
SOPHIE ROSTOPCHIN, comtesse de SEGUR - author, despite her personal misfortunes, of the immensely popular childrens book Les malheurs de Sophie, photo 1860. Date: 1799 - 1874

Private aeroplane advertisement, 1930
Advertisement for the Wessex, three-engined, six-seater British monoplane from the Westland Aircraft Works in Yeovil, England, the latest and smartest of the smaller craft. Date: 1930

Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too! Showing people in different countries attending to personal hygiene. Issued by the (British) Health and Cleanliness Council. 1939

Eglinton Tournament 8
Among the 100, 000 spectators are 2000 personal guests of the Earl, all in medieval dress, who enjoy the lavish arrangements : this staircase leads to the ballroom. Date: 30 August 1839

Advert for Swan pens
Swan pens with " fyne poynt" and a pencil both presented in a case, also desk stand with onyx base. 1929

Terriers Read the Times
Three terriers scan the personal columns of The Times. Date: circa 1890

Toilet / Cleaning Nostrils
A German lady cleans her nostrils with the aid of a water spray. Date: 1905

Argument against Chunnel
An argument against the Channel Tunnel - being cooped up with a snoring Frenchman smelling of frogs legs and garlic for as long as it takes to pass from Calais to Dover ! Date: 1882

John Brown / Tomahawk
JOHN BROWN Queen Victorias personal attendant, in a " Brown Study" Date: -

An early Egyptian Private Banker
Pop in and speak to your own personal banker at Egypts first fully staffed cash machine doorway! A wonderful postcard depicting a money changer seated in front of his unlocked safe alongside piles of

Royal Air Travel by Thompson
A Vickers-Pegasus Viastra all-metal monoplane fitted with two Bristol Pegasus engines built to the order of the Prince of Wales for personal use in this country and abroad

Queen Ena of Spain as a nurse
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), second child and only daughter of Princess Beatrice

John Brown (1826-1883)
Engraved portrait of John Brown (1826-1883), Queen Victorias personal attendant at Balmoral for 34 years, pictured in his Highland garb

Italian Expedition
Napoleon descides to take personal charge of the French forces in Italy : he will make a pretty fair job of it

Milan of Serbia
King Milan I of Serbia travels to the front, where he will take personal command of his army against the Bulgarians. Sadly, he will lead them to defeat, not victory

Zulu war. The Late Prince Imperial at Woolwich
The Prince Imperial seen on horseback at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, which he attended after personal appeals to Queen Victoria from his family

Portrait of Sir Joseph Lister
Born in Essex in 1827, he received his degree from University College, London. In 1860 he became a Surgeon at Glasows Royal Infirmary, where he researched the cause of infections

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