Purpose Collection (page 9)

Feet Washing Jerusalem
Good Friday is feet-washing day for Greek Orthodox believers, so they crowd into the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the purpose

Glaisher Coxwell Balloon
Glaisher and Coxwell are affected by the altitude during their ascent at Wolverhampton for the purpose of scientific study

GREAT WESTERN STEAMER
One of the first steamships to cross the Atlantic, Brunels paddle-wheel vessel was the first purpose-built passenger liner, making 64 crossings before being broken up in 1856

Brooklands Motor Racing
Motor racing at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey - Englands first purpose-made motor racing circuit

French Oil Lamps
A French lamplighter replenishes the oil in a street lamp, which he has pulled down to ground level for the purpose

Coaling a Battleship
Vast quantities of coal are required to keep the worlds navies operating : purpose- built coal supply ships carry the coal to a fuel-hungry warship of the Royal Navy

Caproni Ca-3 Bomber
Italy is one of the first to build purpose-designed bombers, notably the inno- -vative Caproni whose twin booms allow space for a third motor with a gunner above it

Excursion Bill
Handbill announcing a two-day trip from Bradford to London, for the purpose of visiting the International Exhibition. A third class return ticket costs ten shilling

Algerian Trade Caravan
The annual migration of Algerian tribes, for the purpose of trading

All-Purpose Feminist
A useful all-purpose card for feminists of all persuasions - just write your own slogan on the board, and you re in the protest business !

Cocktail Frock 1930S
A wily looking platinum blonde wearing a black chenille frock with black velvet belt & hem, lights a cigarette which she has taken from a box designed especially for the purpose

Pope Stephanus VI
POPE STEPHANUS VI (sometimes listed as Stephanus VII) arraigns his predecessor Formosus, exhumed for the purpose : he himself was later strangled

London / Cries / Chairman
The chairman walks the street for the purpose of mending chairs

Beaver Felling Tree
The beaver can fell a tree, when it suits his purpose : he nibbles round the trunk with his teeth, choosing which way he wants it to fall

Bewick Ichneumon
viverra ichneumon : This animal, in Egypt, is domestic, like the Cat; and is retained by the natives for the same useful purpose of clearing their house of rats and mice

Lapps Preached At
Gudstjenst i ett lappkapell - divine service in a Lapp chapel, seemingly in a private home, cleared for the purpose. Presumably Lutheran

Captain Joshua Slocum
Captain JOSHUA SLOCUM, Canadian/American sailor who 1895-1896 was the first person to sail single-handed round the world in the Spray which he rebuilt for the purpose

Papal Invasion Uk 1852
PAPAL INVASION OF ENGLAND - the Catholic Church is depicted letting loose a swarm of monks, whose purpose is to lure honest Englishmen into the arms of the Scarlet Woman

Fairies on Beach
Three fairies with very tiny wings, clearly inadequate for the purpose of flight, run happily along a sandy beach

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