Rate Collection (page 2)

A Gentle Reminder
The Dollar: Say, you two guys are looking a bit chippy; whats happened? The Sovereign & the Franc: Oh, just a bit of a scrap in France, old son: had you forgotten

Golden Grain
A satirical picture of an American reaper with a huge scythe representing the rate of exchange being sharpened with a lathe representing sterling currency

Pity the Poor Ratepayer
Pity the poor ratepayer - as he is presented with bills by Joseph Chamberlain and his colleagues for education and gas, poor rate, pin money and the Queens taxes

Launch of HMS Windsor Castle, September 1852
Engraving of the re-launch of HMS Windsor Castle, 140 Gun First rate warship, on 14th September 1852 at Pembroke Dockyard

The Pasha & the Merchant
THE PASHA AND THE MERCHANT A Greek merchant agrees that he will pay three Turks to protect his goods, as they will do this at a cheaper rate than the pasha

The Municipal Corporations Jubilee Banquet at the Freemason
Banquet held in 1885 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835. The Act, following on from the Reform Act of 1832 enabled 148 listed boroughs to establish a Town

The Lower Deck of HMS Foudroyant
Photograph of the lower deck of HMS Foudroyant ; the 2nd Rate ship, built in 1798, that served as Lord Nelsons Flagship in the Mediterranean, 1799-1800. Mess tables can be seen set up between the guns

Model of HMS Queen of 1839
Engraving of a model of HMS Queen, displayed in the Naval Gallery of the South Kensington Museum, 1865. HMS Queen, launched in 1839, was a three-decker first-rate with 110 guns

Village Idyll, 1930S
An idyllic scene in the Cotswold village of Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire. Peace and quiet reigns and families live safely alongside well-behaved teenagers

Rail Accident Risk
A satirical comment on the remarkably high accident rate of excursion trains

Warship / Section / Toms
Cross-section of a first-rate warship

toon / Railroad Rate Bill
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th American President: " Is it real gold, Teddy?"

Coin Presses at Mint
The coining presses are capable of striking coins of any denomination at the rate of one hundred and twenty per minute

Mania / Rail Nightmare
The Government - well, Lord Brougham, at any rate - are haunted by the nightmare of railway speculation

The Cats Meat Man goes from house to house in a London street, and a very popular visitor he is - with the cats, at any rate

Ford V8 Convertible
The Ford V-8 convertible stops by a flower stall, so amart, no wonder people - or at any rate the advertising agents - call it The Sunshine Machine

Warship / 3rd Draught
Third Draught of a First Rate. A profile cross-section of a warship showing the layout of the sails, masts & rigging & including crows nests

Warship / Ist Draught
First Draught of a Ship of the First Rate. A profile cross- section of a warship showing the structure, framework, layout of decks, canons & how provisions are stowed

Artists Model & Beggar
James Turner a beggar aged 93 who made a lucrative living even posing as an artists model for Sir Joshua Reynolds & Nathaniel Hone at the rate of a shilling an hour

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