Plates Collection (page 12)

Christmas Dinner 1931
A jolly group in party hats hold out their plates for freshly carved turkey during Christmas dinner at Antoines restaurant, Charlotte Street, London

Bending the Plates for the Cylinders of the Rotary Printing-

Emigrant Ship Mealtime
Chaos ensues between decks on an emigrant ship during feeding time as the passengers jostle and push as the food is dished onto plates

Wizard of Oz / Henry & Em
Dorothy and Toto with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry

Shoe Shop Satire
Shoeing Asses - The Present Fashion for Making Shoes Everlasting. A shoe shop does a roaring trade in repairing shoes with small horse shoes on the heels

Ilford Photographic 1929
Advertisement for Ilford Panchromatic Plates of various film speeds, and colour filters

Photography, Imperial
Advertisement for Imperial panchromatic photographic plates. " Supreme in dependability and general excellence"

Fixing L-Plates
The first step in learning to drive : fixing L-plates to the family car

Robert Seymour / Artist
ROBERT SEYMOUR English caricaturist and illustrator. Produced plates for the first part of Pickwick Papers (1836-37)

Margery meets Old Mother Hubbard
Margery meets another of her nursery rhyme heroines, Old Mother Hubbard

Savoury Dishes
Turkey garnished with wild flowers, sandwiches, a whole tongue (!), open jelly, jelly of two colours, game pie, lobster, ham, and a centre piece of fruit & custards

Man & 4 Ladies / Costume
Composite image based on fashion plates. Man: top hat, pantaloons, cut-away coat with M-cut collar, cane & striped waistcoat. Women: white muslin dresses with puffed sleeves

Buffon / Monkeys
HISTOIRE NATURELLE A typical spread from the English edition of his Natural History, plates CCLXVIII and CCLXIX, depicting species of monkey

Hudson River Tunnel - 2
Constructing the Hudson River Tunnel between New York and New Jersey : laying the iron plates that line the tunnel

Lady in Drawing Room
A lady sits at home in her Blue Scheme drawing room

Sleeping Beauty Kitchen
Everyone in the palace falls into a deep sleep, including the kitchen staff

Africans with Pelele
Three Congo natives with lip plates (pelele), listening to a radio broadcast in West Africa

African Radio Broadcast
Congo natives with lip plates (pelele) making a radio broadcast in West Africa

Storing Printing Plates
Original Plates are Stored in Fireproof Vaults and Carefully Indexed

Spirit Photo Hope
Photo by William Hope, showing Harry Price with a spirit extra : Price showed that Hope had switched the plates, though he himself was accused of faking the exposure

Xmas Pudding
The King of the Feast comes in from the snow

Table Setting / Beeton
DINNER TABLE A LA FRANCAISE or laid in the Old-Fashioned style

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