Points Collection (page 3)

Terracottas female figure. Egypt
Terracottas female figure. Sculpted with an elaborate hairstyle, a necklace and incised points around the navel and buttocks as a tattoo

Joseph William Chitty -1
Sir JOSEPH WILLIAM CHITTY Judge, whose fondness for discussing points with barristers earned him the nickname Mr Justice Chatty. Date: 1828 - 1899

Barometer Says Rain 1905
The barometer points to rain, and sure enough, down it comes! Date: circa 1905

Doublet, Hose & Points
The man holding stones wears hose & a doublet attached by means of laces called points (poins). His boots have a slightly pointed toe. Another man wears a full length gown. Date: 15th century

Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, WW1
Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, a comment on the changing fashionable style from the narrow long skirts with tunics and drooping feathers to short, bell-shaped skirts, vertical hats and high boots

Zig-Zag Blue Dress 1899
Tunic dress with points at the front, a high throated sac like lace bodice, V shaped falling tucker, sleeves with shoulder puffs & inverted cuffs, flounce at the hem. Date: 1899

Bolero Dress 1899
Blue tunic dress: lace edge bolero with epaulettes & tight sleeves extending in points over the hands, wrap over lace edged tunic, belt with paste buckle, hat with wavy brim. Date: 1899

Two Girls & Signpost
As they reach a crossroads, two female hikers stop for a map inspection. One arrow points towards the sanatorium. Date: 1930s

MARINER 1827
A young sailor holding a sextant points out to sea at his ship. Date: 1827

Railway line disappearing into the distance. Date: 1970s

WW2 Christmas card, looking forward to peacetime. Date: circa 1942

Japan - Temple of Kwannon at Mizusawa
Lantern slide of Temple of Kwannon at Mizusawa. Mizusawa Temple, founded over 1000 years ago, plays an important religious role as one of the 33 sites of the Kanto Kannon Pilgrimage

Women Munitions Worker WW1. Woman in munitions factory proudly points to a large bomb and exclaims, Thats the stuff to give em! Date: circa 1916

Suffragette Injustice to Women. Indignant woman points to a notice from a methodist chapel announcing a meeting for Men Only. This she regards as Another injustice to Women! Date: circa 1910

Firefighter using telephone point in street
Firefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street

Lifeboatmen, c1870
Three lifeboatmen scan the horizon for seafarers in peril. Date: c.1870

Swissair Hostess
An attentive Swissair air hostess points something out in a Swissair leaflet to an old gentleman passenger. Date: 1938

Ter Hill Cross
The old stone cross on Ter Hill, one of the highest points of South Dartmoor, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Teacher scolding pupil for defacing the classroom walls
A stern Master scolding a small schoolboy for defacing the classroom walls with a humorous set of scribbles including the OXO Bull in a cup of tea and a little stickman. Date: circa 1920s

Temporary points maintenance - Army - French strike of 1912
Strike on the Northern French Railways in 1912. Bridge at Briche, a control switch being operated by temporary railwaymen - the French Army! Date: 1912

Jean Bourrat - caricature by Moloch
Jean Bourrat (1859-1909) - French Politician - in charge of the administration of roads and bridges from 1879 to 1896, as well as the construction of railway lines in France

Comic caricature in a lunatic asylum by Phil May
Dottieville Lunatic Asylum Visitor to the Asylum - " Is that Clock Right?" The Dotty One - " O course it ain, or it wouldn t be here." Date: 1900

I really like Veals head
A little girl expresses her like for this particular French culinary delicacy - Veals head! Date: 1905

The Milan Central Station, Milan, Italy - inaugurated in 1931. Date: circa 1932

WWI - Wearing a Derby Armlet - Comic Postcard
Bow-wow! I wonder what group shes in?! The first of the two things this postcard refers to is the Derby Armlet. In 1915, it was obvious that volunteers alone would not be enough to fill the armys

Moses and the Ten Commandments. circa late 18th century

Arrow points from the Argaric culture. Bronze Age. Photography

Galileo points to the heavens

Breathing apparatus control point at scene of fire
Breathing apparatus control point at the scene of a fire

Two men walking, one points to a shrine marker. Date 18--

Make your health points - get your test now. City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting testing for tuberculosis and showing two girls playing basketball

Public forum - Eric Grimwade, journalist and commentator, will discuss focal points of the world crisis. Poster for a public forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Date 1940

New York: a birdseye view from the harbor, showing Manhattan Island in its surroundings, with various points of interest in the city and the location of Rogers, Peet & Co.s building

Adjusting plow points on tractor-drawn planter, large farm near Ralls. Date 1939 May

Italian Patriotic postcard - WWI - Irredentist Movement
In Gorizia we are! To Trento and Trieste, we re going.. Italian patriotic postcard from World War One urging Italy to rise up and reclaim Trieste and Trento (having already captured Gorizia)

MacLeans assassination attempt on Queen Victoria
Roderick MacLean aims his pistol at Queen Victoria as she passes through Windsor in her carriage but is arrested and spends the rest of the days in Broadmoor Asylum. Date: 2nd March 1882

Animal Classroom
A rabbit teacher points to the blackboard, watched by three cat pupils! Date: early 1930s

Copernicus Home
His home at Frauenburgu : a local resident points it out to visitors. Date: circa 1500

Pune India - The Railway Junction
Pune (Poona) India - The Railway Junction Date: circa 1907

Man Pointing a Gun
A male model points a gun at the camera. Date: 1960s

Old Roman Road
A section of the Roman road at Datchworth Green, Hertfordshire, England, which points to the ford at Ayot St. Lawrence. Date: 1930s

Hindhead Common
A young man wearing shorts and Argyll socks studies a National Trust stone on Hindhead Common, Surrey, England, which points out local places of interest. Date: 1930s

Sports medal, Derbyshire Senior Shield
Sports medal of the Derbyshire Senior Shield, awarded to the runners up in the 1908-1909 season. A star-shaped medal featuring the Derby emblem of a deer in a park at the centre. Date: 1909

Promenade Dress 1840
Public promenade dress: green & black robe with skirt en tablier & bishop sleeves with reverse points at the cuff. Accessories: collar fastened with a brooch. Date: 1840

Chinese Pulse Therapy 2
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES The human hand, showing the points where the pulse of the blood flow can be accessed and used for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Young girl pointing
victorian child points Date: 1885

Gents Hat is Bombed
A passer-by kindly points out to a gentleman that his smart top hat has just been bombed by one of a swarm of seagulls in a Copenhagen street. Date: 1916

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