Pounds Collection (page 2)

Christmas cheque from the Bank of Friendship (postcard), from Father Christmas, Chief Cashier. Date: 1911

Myanmar - Village Scene - preparing food
Myanmar - Village Scene - preparing (pounding!) food using a large pestle and mortar Date: circa 1910

Louie Pounds (1872 - 1970), Actress and singer in light opera, in 1911

Sterne Ltr to Garrick
A letter to the famous actor David Garrick, with a request to borrow twenty pounds Date: 18th century

Bombario the Hunchback, was used as a writing-desk by brokers and is reputed to have earned 6, 000 pounds in a few days Date: circa 18th century

The Golden Girl by Basil Hood.; music Hamish McCunn. First produced Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, 5th August 1905. Below the image

Licence for a mechanically propelled vehicle, otherwise known as a road tax disc, issued by Surrey County Council and valid until 31 December 1951

Advertisement for Fenwick tailoring
Advertisement for Fenwick ladies tailoring department, , with a silhouette of tailors at work by H.L. Oakley. Tailor gowns to order, twelve and a half guineas (just over thirteen pounds)

WW2 poster, careful handling of material
WW2 poster, knockabout comedy is funny on the films but its not funny in the factory. Careful handling of material costs you nothing -- carelessness costs the nation pounds! Design by Victor Hicks

Money and munitions by G. H. Davis
Money and munitions: an illustrated armament catalogue. Pictures showing the various costs of the weapons used during the Second World War, ranging from a battleship at 8, 000

Sale Shakespeare House
The sale by auction of Shakespeares birthplace at Stratford. It was purchased by a committee for 3000 pounds. Date: 1847

Shakespeare Theatre 1905
The Shakespeare Memorial THeatre at Stratford, completed in 1877 at a cost of 25000 pounds on land donated by C E Flower of brewery fame. Date: 1564 - 1616

Scene in Kaffir Kraal (village settlement), Zululand, Southern Africa Date: circa 1904

New Year Greetings 1911 / 1912 Wishing Wealth in year ahead
New Year Greetings Postcard wishing the recipient wealth and success in the year ahead. Sent from the model in this shot - Bell Dixon. Date: 1911

Figure-of-eight described by trochoidal plane. Hargrave Slide 24. Section of a flying machine strut that has stood a crushing strain of 360 pounds

Money belonging to differebt countries of the European Economic Community (1986-1995). Coin

National Guard half pounds. Manufactured by Baker Pleasants & Frayser, Richmond, Virginia. Tobacco label showing three officers of the New York State Militia wearing shakos. Date c1857

Thousand pounds reward. Charles Mathews, Esq. Humorous text-only broadside appears to offer a reward for information on Charles Matthews whereabouts in order to announce his appearance at the English

Kern County, California. Undernourished cotton pickers child listening to speeches of organizer at strike meeting to raise wages from seventy-five cents to ninety cents a hundred pounds

Male Child found dead -- reward poster

Bribing Caroline
Queen Caroline is offered an annuity of fifty thousand pounds to stay out of England and leave her husband (George IV) free to marry again. Date: 1820

Austin York
Austin 16 York family car priced at 318 pounds. Date: 1936

Riley Monaco Saloon
The Riley Nine Monaco is a handsome family saloon priced under three hundred pounds. Date: 1937

German bomb used in Gotha heavy bombers, WW1
A large German bomb, taller than a man and weighing 300 kg (660 pounds), of the type used in the Gotha heavy bomber during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Obesity Apparatus
Bergonies apparatus for the treatment of obesity by electrical means. Even in 1930 the device cost 100 pounds. Date: 1930

Austin Seven
My father had one of these when he first married - it is the popular first car of its day, costing only 125 pounds. Date: 1936

Salmson Saloon
British Salmsons 14-horse- power saloon, hand-made yet priced under four hundred pounds. Date: 1937

Alvis Silver Eagle
For 598 pounds you can buy this six-cylinder saloon capable of over 75 mph. Date: 1936

Hudson Eight Saloon De Luxe, aimed at the family who are ready to spend a few hundred pounds more. Date: 1937

Railton Fairmile
An English car with some American parts, and with a price approaching seven hundred pounds - evidently for the choosy motorist. Date: 1937

Lammas-Graham Coupe
The Lammas-Graham Foursome Drop-head Coupe is an up- market tourer with an up- market price tag of some seven hundred pounds. The engine is American. Date: 1937

Large Trout Catch
A record catch. Such large fish (1 ft. 7 inches and 41 pounds in weight) are rare. The normal weight of a grown trout is 1 pound. The big red skin spots are typical. Date: 1930s

Two men on a street, one tall and slim, the other short and plump. Horace asks: Got such a thing as a spare fiver on you, old chap? The reply is unprintable. circa 1916

Eeling in Kent / 1930S
Eel spearers at work on the marshes at Reculver, Kent, England. By digging a pronged spear into the mud, skilled eel catchers catch as many as ten pounds of eels an hour. Date: 1930s

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Jack-Daw
Jack-Daw (Mr John Dawkins, Junior) Looking rather shifty as he passes a stolen notice on the fence onto which he casts the shadow of a Jackdaw bird, a bird known for its thievish nature

John Pounds, provider of education to poor children
John Pounds (1766-1839), a Portsmouth shoemaker, teacher and philanthropist, who from 1818 provided free basic education for the poorest children in the town, by teaching them reading

Workhouse Teachers Salary Receipt, Whitehaven
A 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

Around the world in an iron mask
An extraordinary postcard of a man who for a wager of 21, 000 pounds, walked around the world. Harry Bensley alledged to have pushed his perambulator all around the globe wearing this mask

Poster advertising Gold Coast Cocoa
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board advertising Gold Coast Cocoa. In return, British goods are exported to the Gold Coast, totalling several millions of pounds in value

A Sovereign Remedy
John Bull holds the hand of a rather unhealthy looking pound note in a satirical illustration which alludes to the falling value of sterling against the dollar in 1920

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

Towed Derelict Torpedo
Recovery of a lost torpedo by a fishing boat or patrol vessel. Finders received 5 pounds for salvaging derelict torpedoes and returning them to the Admiralty authorities

Brighton / Lamprells Baths
Brighton, Sussex: Lamprells swimming baths. Situated in East Street, domed roof design, costing some 9000 pounds to build. Long since demolished

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Bar of Gold
Engraving of a bar of gold, a small slab weighing sixteen pounds, worth about 800 in 1845"

Harrisons Ice Making Machine, 1858
Engraving showing the ice making machine, designed by Mr. Harrison of Geelong, Australia, 1858. Built by Mr. Siebe of Denmark Street, Soho, London

Lansdowne College, Bath, 1864
Engraving of Lansdowne College, Bath, which had been purchased in 1864 for about 3000 pounds to provide a School for Daughters of Officers in the British Army"

Cartoon Depicting the Problems of Professionalism in Footbal
Cartoon showing the perceived problems of professionalism in football. In the main series of images, two football club directors haggle over the value of a player who performs a number of feats in

The Civil war in America: Midnight storm on the Missippi
Federal flotilla at anchor, off Fort Pillow. The storm occurred on the night of May 20th 1862, when lightning just missed hitting the amunition boat with 25, 000 pounds of gun powder on board

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