Pocket Collection (page 4)

Pocket battleship Deutschland by G. H. Davis
A hunted German raider believed to be active in the Atlantic: the pocket battleship Deutschland. A photograph (above), and a cross-section drawing (below). Date: 1939

Advertisement for Waltham pocket watches, Riverside Series. 1914

American ladies coat fashion 1924
Collection of 1920s American coats, from a clothing catalogue. Date: 1924

Vicar captured by Cannibals
Shakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it

Six nations pocket battleships
How the six cheif naval powers have developed their cruisers under treaty limits. Date: 1930

Advert for Wilson & Gill, Ermeto ladies pocket - bag watch
The most practical and stylish watch ever introduced, commencing the third chapter in the history of the watch. Shock-proof, dust-proof and damp-proof; protected against glass breakage

Mary Frith aka Moll Cutpurse, a notorious master thief & an Ugly who frequently dressed as a man; escaped from Newgate by bribery. Date: c.15841659

Central African Republic - Baya People (Gbaya), comprising 34% of the population

Deutschland Pocket Battleship, 1931
Cut-away diagram showing the main features of the German Navys Deutschland pocket battleship, drawn shortly after her launch in 1931

Paul Kruger
STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS (PAUL) KRUGER, last President of the South African Republic and generlly regarded as the greatest figure Afrikanerdom produced

Scottish fishwife, 1830s
A Scottish fishwife selling fish from a basket and putting it in her customers pocket, 1830s Date: 1830s

The Broken Wing by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. First produced in England at the Duke of Yorks Theatre on 15th August 1922

Tennis frocks, 1927
Tennis frocks from Robinson and Cleaver s, Regent Street. 1927

Young woman going to market. 1851

Advert for John Bennett pocket watches 1902
A selection of pocket watches, all available in Cheapside, London. 1902

Advert for Portable hand-held electric lights 1902
A selection of Christmas portable electrical presents. 1902

Advert for John Bennett calendar watches 1902
Reverse pocket watch with the time on one side and separate clock for seconds and on the back the date with day, month, and year. 1902

Young woman in Opera Dress and elaborate blue hat. 1827

Woman in a Walking Dress. 1827

Duchess of Clarence, later Queen Adelaide
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849), Duchess of Clarence, wife of Prince William, Duke of Clarence. When her husband became King William IV, she became Queen Adelaide (reigned 1830-1849)

Elegant young woman in a summer ball dress. 1827

Princess Victoria, later Queen Victoria
Princess Victoria (1819-1901), later Queen Victoria. 1827

Hotel Bill - Fresh Victuals. circa late 18th century

Woman in a dinner party dress
Woman in a pale pink dinner party dress and an elaborate feathered hat. 1827

Woman in a dinner dress
Woman in a grey dinner dress. 1827

Young woman in a carriage dress
Young woman in a pale blue carriage dress and elaborate hat. 1827

Elegant young woman in a ball dress. 1827

Women wearing negligee 1912
Selection of womens full length negligees. Date: 1912

Advert for J. C Vickery wind screen for match box 1914
Electro-plated or polished lacquered brass, easy to use works in the must strongest winds patent match box screen. Flat silver pocket flask. 1914

Things I Should Like To See I by Bateman. A profiteering greengrocer obliged to buy his household vegetables at an exorbitant price from another shop

Advert for Bensons pocket watches with roman numerals 1888
Special strength watches and chronographs. 1888

Elegant woman in Morning Visiting Dress
Elegant woman in a blue Morning Visiting Dress with elaborate hat. 1827

Woman in evening dress
Woman in a frilly white evening dress. 1827

Woman in evening costume
Woman in pale pink and white evening costume. 1827

Christmas card in the shape of a jacket with a handkerchief in the pocket. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Mappin & Webb vanity items 1934
Mappin & Webb advertising a variety of items. 1934

Find the Fault card No. 7 -- pocket watch. circa 1930s

Albert Verwey (1865-1937). Dutch poet. Portrait by Jan Veth
Albert Verwey (1865-1937). Dutch poet. Portrait, 1885, by Jan Veth (1864-1925). Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Evaristo Arnus y de Ferrer (1820-1890). Spanish financier. Engraving. Coloured

Gants Famous Sportsmans diary
Advertisment for D.M. Gants leather waistcoat pocket diary, complete with a nickel pencil and ideal for elegant sportsmen Date: 1915

Little girl on the telephone on a Valentine card -- Hello! Yes I ll be your Valentine. Date: early 20th century

Caricature of JosephHurst, Lyceum Theatre box office manager
Caricature of Joseph Hurst, Lyceum Theatre box office manager. 1883

Caricature of the dramatist Henry James Byron
Caricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron -- Our Boys Father

Caricature of the actor Robert Soutar
Caricature of the English actor, comedian, stage manager, writer and director Robert Soutar -- Full of Gaiety. circa 1880s

Superintendent Sophia Stanley, woman police officer
Superintendent Sophia Stanley, who served from 1918 to 1922 as the first Superintendent of Women Police in London. The new uniform for policewomen, introduced in 1919, was named after her

Three women police officers in a garden
Three women police officers (Iris Walker, Connie Hobbs(?) and Joan Strangleman) posing for their photo in a garden. They are in the Bather style uniform which was worn from 1946 to 1968

Jockey / Jh Martin Vf 1907
American jockey John Henry Martin wears top boots, a jockety cap & over his silks a grey overcoat (possibly fly- fronted) with a velvet collar, a large pocket. 1907

Velvet Suited Cupid
Velvet cavalier costume: breeches with buckles at the knee, waistcoat with pocket flaps, lace fall collar, cuffs & shirt ruffles, socks & shoes with a bar across the instep. Date: circa 1913

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