Purposes Collection (page 2)

Sword Duel
An illustration of two men frantically engaged in a sword duel, with two watches sat at a desk nearby, probably used for advertisement purposes. Date: circa 1930s

Matania Advertisement Illustration
A detailed illustration, probably used for advertisement purposes, showing a scene in which two elegantly dressed figures, a man and a seated young lady

Advertisement Illustration, Outdoor Cafe Scene
A simple, yet colourful illustration used for advertisement purposes, showing an outdoor cafe scene where a man is speaking with two seated women. Date: circa 1939

Angrave Studio, Seated Woman
An illustration which portrays a woman sat sideways on a bright red chair. Used for advertisement purposes. Date: circa 1939

Austin Reed Advertisement Illustration
An illustration used for the advertisement purposes of Austin Reed Ltd, a fashion retailer. The image shows two men wearing smart coats, speaking with a young lady seated in a red car

Norfolk Studio Advertisement
A promotional page showing a layout of sample illustrations used for advertising purposes, by the Norfolk Studio Ltd. The images cover a broad aspect of topics, including seasons, warfare, health

Advertisement Photograph, Smiling Woman
A portrait photograph which would have been used for advertisement purposes, showing a smiling young woman with her hands behind her back, in a reclined, relaxed position. Date: circa 1939

Advertisement Photograph, Clown
A photograph which would have been used for advertisement purposes, showing a clown looking upwards, with a distinct lack of a smile. Date: circa 1939

Hastings Harbour, Sussex, with ferry, and an advertisement for electricity - clean, convenient, healthy. (2 of 2) Date: 1936

RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other items
RMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz

RMS Titanic - Harland and Wolff drawing of floating crane
RMS Titanic - extremely rare Harland and Wolff linen backed scale drawing of the 150-200 ton 1- 80 scale floating crane, designed by Bertha Krupps and fabricated by Benrather Maschinenfabrik AG

Japanese Nara Dolls - wooden carved dolls used for decorative purposes at a festival of the Kasuga shrine at the time of Emperor Sutoku in 1137

Caricature illustration of man smoking, struggling with crossword under lamp, with Russian-English dictionary. Captioned, Cross Purposes'

Royal Marines Artillery - A Drill turret used by the RMA for training on the operation of turrets on capital ships. Every aspect was practised with a magazine on the lower levels

A scene in a church, with the priests dead and the poor-box robbed, during the Spanish Civil War. On the wall, a hammer and sickle motif and the legend Viva Russia has been painted

Churchill tank AVRE, la Breche d Hermanville
AVRE stands for Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers. This category was a collection of armoured vehicles, generally but not always, Churchill tanks

United States Navy - Grumman YF9F-8T Cougar 142441 (Grumman G-105) of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC - NAS Patuxent River)

One of the chief industries of Derbyshire is the quarrying of limestone, for many and varied purposes. This busy quarry, at Worksworth, is one of the oldest established in Britain. Date: 1950s

Ufos / Burtoo / Aldershot
Alfred Burtoo, fishing at night, is approached by aliens who take him into their spacecraft but decide that he is too old for their purposes

WW1 poster, Don t... 1. Don t use a motor car or motor cycle for pleasure purposes. 2. Don t buy new clothes needlessly. Don t be ashamed of wearing old clothes in wartime. 3

Can-Can or Skirt Dance
The caption calls it THE SKIRT DANCE but to all intents and purposes its the Can-can. Date: circa 1900

Stone Mason 1827
" The business of the stone mason consists of hewing and squaring stone and marble, in cutting them for the purposes of building". Date: 1827

The Way of War with Civilians, WW1
The Way of War with Civilians -- a cross-section of an English home, showing how it could be adapted for military purposes during the First World War. Date: 1914

Cl魥nt-Bayard Vintage Car
Cl魥 nt-Bayard Vintage Car, England. Showing Vesta Tilley (Spell as Clement Bayard for search purposes) Date: 1910s

Army commandeering railway horses at Bexhill, WW1
Soldiers commandeering railway horses for Army purposes at Bexhill - taking the animals from their stables. Date: 1914

WW1 - buying horses for the Suffolk Territorial R. F. A
Soldiers from the Suffolk Territorial Royal Field Artillery buying horses for Army purposes at a Norfolk farm shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

Photo of hat taken by Ernest Battersby, presumably with a view to publicity or for design purposes Date: 1902

Women WW1 Joan of Arc
A poster appealing to the women of Britain to buy war savings certificates to help Save your Country, as Joan of Arc had saved France in the past. Once again the artist uses the iconic image of St

Suffragette Give Me a Vote Ceramic
A wild-eyed suffragette dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green, waves a flag which reads, I Want a Vote

Two or the four de Havilland Vampire F1s ordered by Swiss
Two or the four de Havilland Vampire F1s ordered by the Swiss Air Force for evaluation purposes. J-1001 was the first to be delivered

Bairds Noctovisor
John Logie Baird demonstrates his Noctovisor. The military were very interested in developing this technology for their own purposes. Date: circa 1929

Chart of illustrations for business purposes. Date c1855

HENBANE
Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger), is wild, poisonous plant, often used for medicinal purposes. Date: 1930s

Elizabethan Gatehouse
The beautiful black and white gatehouse of Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, England, dates from circa 1570, and was probably more for ornamental than defemsive purposes. Date: late 16th century

French Army Aircraft
In their annual manoeuvres, the French army experiments with the use of monoplanes for reconnaissance purposes, bringing back information about the enemys whereabouts. Date: September 1910

Chinese Pulse Therapy 3
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES Using the wrist-pulse of the human hand for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Two donkeys in a field. Used as a visual aid for propaganda purposes, used to describe two MPs as a pair of donkeys

Horse-Drawn Wagons
A selection of horse-drawn wagons used for commercial purposes

Airship of Io
On Io, third of Jupiters moons, atomic power has been harnessed for the purposes of aviation : this airship is really a rocket ship with wings

Masks of Tribespeople
Masks are worn for religious purposes in the ceremonies of tribespeople in many parts of the world, notably Africa and the Pacific islands. They generally represent deities

The interior of a British air ambulance
A photograph of a patient on a stretcher, with another stretcher above. The interior of the spacious cabin of a Vickers Vimy aeroplane equipped for medical purposes

The patent elevator and observatory
Engraving of the patent elevator and observatory showing a man being elevated into the air for viewing purposes. During the siege of Sebastopol a view of the enemys works was required

French Military Balloon
Balloons first proved their use during the war with Prussia, and are extensively used by the French army for observation purposes. Here a balloon is inflated

The Battersea Shield
Originally used for ceremonial purposes, this shield was found in the River Thames in 1857. The horned bronze helmet (found near Waterloo) has similar red enamel bosses

French Druids
In a forest near Chartres, France, druids collect mistletoe for ritual purposes

Gay Lussac Balloonflight
French scientist GAY-LUSSAC makes one of his ascents at Paris - the first instance of a manned aerial device being used for scientific purposes

French Capture Hong-Hoa
The French use captive balloons for reconnaisance purposes at the capture of Hong-Hoa in Indo-China (Vietnam)

Magnetism / Navigation
Magnetism used by the Chinese for navigation purposes. A statuette mounted on the front of a chariot points south at all times

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