Rack Collection (page 3)

Row of shabby shops, East Berlin, Germany
A row of shabby shops in East Berlin, Germany. Date: 1970s

Advert for Mappin & Webb wedding gifts 1935
Suggestions for wedding gifts for Mappin & Webb, Regant Street, London. 1935

Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book, 1668, by Co
Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1657-1683). Flemish painter. Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book, 1668. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Kintetsu Ikoma Cable Line - Nara Prefecture, Japan
Aerial view of the cable car ascending the slopes of Mount Ikoma, rising from Hozanji Station on the Kintetsu Ikoma Cable Line - Nara Prefecture, Japan (built in 1918). Date: circa 1922

Caricature of W E Gladstone and John L Toole
Caricature of W E Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister, and John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer. Politics and Comedy. 1882

Cruikshank / Indigestion
An early 19th century gentlemans self-contained room. It includes a hob grate, letter rack, wash stand, curtained off bed, pelmet & curtains, table, rug & fender

Air Stewardess 1960
An Air Stewardess serves a meal aboard a BEA flight from London to Gibraltar. Date: 1960

Passengers on a 727
Happy passengers aboard a Boeing 727 (Lufthansa) aeroplane. Date: late 1960s

Advert for Mappin & Webbs Christmas presents 1888
Selection of artistic and useful Christmas presents. 1888

Sea front view at Paignton, Devon, with holidaymakers, parked cars, two boating lakes and chalets. Date: 1950s

Wine Room, Pierres Restaurant, New York City, USA
Wine Room, Pierres Restaurant, East 53rd Street, New York City, USA, offering French cuisine. circa 1950s

American couple studying a map in an elegant automobile
American couple studying a map, riding in the open-top rear section of an elegant cream-colured car, their luggage carefully stowed in the roofrack. Date: 1920s

Statue and train, Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The famous statue Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor) and a train, at the top of the Corcovado Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Date: 1930s

British dug-out interior, WW1
A sketch of a dug-out billet behind the lines showing an officer comfortably curled up under the curved corrugated iron roof which forms the main structure of the dug-out

Rack of umbrellas
Illustration of an umbrella rack with umbrellas.Date: 1902

Charlotte Fire Department vehicle, North Carolina, USA, August 1935. It was the first enclosed Sedan-type fire appliance in America -- a six-cylinder engine of 160 horsepower with a pumping capacity

Brass letter rack with badge of the Royal Artillery
Brass letter rack with cut out LETTERS together with the badge of the Royal Artillery in centre. Trench Art

Fisherman with a sailfish in dock, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Inlet Dock, Palm Beach Florida, USA - Proud fisherman with his catch of the day - a sailfish. Date: circa 1955

Madeira, Camara de Lobos - Fishing boat - drying fish
Portugal, Madeira, Camara de Lobos: Fishing boat with dry fish. Date: 2013

Portugal, Madeira - Antique mountain train
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte: Antique mountain train (Rack Railway). Date: 1893

Workman in a factory - lead works - ww1
A workman in a factory, having a break from his work. The factory produced lead shrapnel for us in artillery shells - WW1 era Date: circa 1915

Country scene with thatched cottages
A country scene with thatched cottages and a church

Couple on a two-seater cycle, Belgium
A couple on a four-wheeled two-seater cycle (also known as a velo double) outside the Taverne Emile in a town in Belgium. Date: 1936

Car with contraption on the back
A car with luggage on the roof rack and a large contraption (possibly holding extra fuel) fixed to the back

Car with suitcases on roof rack - Germany post-war
A car with several suitcases packed together on the roof rack. Note the wood gas generator power supply system - Germany, 1945 - essential due to the severe petrol shortage at the end of WW2

Man at the wheel of a car
A man at the wheel of a rather smart-looking early car

Keage (Biwako) Incline / Cable Railway at Kyoto, Japan
Keage (Biwako) Incline, Kyoto, Japan - an old cable railway that was in use until 1948. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms awake from hibernation
Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms during second hibernation phase. Date: circa 1909

Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms feeding on mulberry leaves Date: circa 1909

Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms begin to construct cocoons Date: circa 1909

Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering silkworms from egg paper
Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering the silkworms from the egg paper using a delicate feather brush. Date: circa 1909

Japan - Silk Industry - Bombyx mori Moths lay eggs on paper Date: circa 1909

Japanese Silk Industry - Storing the Cocoons Date: circa 1910

Liverpool and Manchester Railway - First Class Carriage. Date: 1838

Gornergratbahn, Switzerland - The Zermatt-Gornergrat Line. Date: circa 1903

Drying Fish - Kamchatka Peninsula - Far Eastern Russia
The Method the people of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Far Eastern Russia dry fish (on racks) and melt down the grease and oils for other uses. Date: circa 1800

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Is My Journey Really Necessary?
" We have to gain the Victory that is our Task." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister Is My Journey Really Necessary

Vietnam - preparing (drying) the skin of a shot panther, pictured with the French hunter who realised his demise... Date: circa 1910s

Russia - Glazier Date: 1902

Lourdes, Frances - Funicular Railway - Viaduct du Pic du Jer Date: 1910s

Lourdes, Frances - Funicular Railway - Grand Jer Date: 1906

Cambodia - Water Buffalo and hanging elephants feet
Cambodia - A small settlement with Water Buffalo and a rack of hanging elephants feet - destined to become fashionable western furniture items - (see picture 10528268). Date: circa 1910s

A Russian Stagecoach Journey. Date: circa 1900s

A Single Horse Family Omnibus - January, 1905. Date: 1905

Ceylon Tea - withering the green leaf - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s

Vietnam - Chinese Butcher
Vietnam - A Chinese Butcher Date: circa 1910s

Rigi-Kulm, Switzerland
Rigi, Switzerland - visible is the rack railway running from Arth-Goldau and Vitznau, operated by the Rigi-Bahnen. The Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn started operation on May 21

Shop assistant
People You See. Shop assistant. From Teddy Bear (13 June 1970)

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