Skip to main content

Reliable Collection

Background imageReliable Collection: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO of Air Service Training. AOUO was purchsed by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association in the early 1970s and converted to a Supermunk

Background imageReliable Collection: For safety and comfort take the old reliable Cunard line

For safety and comfort take the old reliable Cunard line. Date c1875 Jan. 22

Background imageReliable Collection: A Variety of womens shoes 1926

A Variety of womens shoes 1926
Ladies 1920s footwear, including slippers, tennis and dress shoes. Date: circa 1926

Background imageReliable Collection: Babcock and Wilcox 6 ton Steam Roller YB7976 Toby

Babcock and Wilcox 6 ton Steam Roller YB7976 Toby (msn 95/4009). Seen with a 1955 Standard 10 motor car 200CPJ at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. Built in 1925 to the design of Messrs

Background imageReliable Collection: Advertisement for a range of fur winter coats, made from seal musquash, white fox fur

Advertisement for a range of fur winter coats, made from seal musquash, white fox fur and seal musquash coat with skunk collar and cuffs. Date: 1915

Background imageReliable Collection: Comic postcard, Little girl walking in the rain Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl walking in the rain Date: 20th century

Background imageReliable Collection: Comic postcard, Little boy and pillar box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and pillar box Date: 20th century

Background imageReliable Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Egg

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Egg
The caption is Good Egg. As the egg has not yet been opened let us hope so. A good egg is of course used to describe a reliable person

Background imageReliable Collection: Advert, Atwater Kent Model 32 Radio

Advert, Atwater Kent Model 32 Radio. 1926

Background imageReliable Collection: A Variety of womens walking shoes 1926

A Variety of womens walking shoes 1926
Ladies 1920s footwear walking shoe. Date: circa 1926

Background imageReliable Collection: Packaging, Wood-Milne Pilot Rubber Soles

Packaging, Wood-Milne Pilot Rubber Soles
Packaging design, Wood-Milne Pilot Rubber Soles for Ladies Shoes, price one shilling. circa 1940s

Background imageReliable Collection: WW2 - Bofors gun crew from the King?s African Rifles

WW2 - Bofors gun crew from the King?s African Rifles
Photograph of Bofors gun crew from the King?s African Rifles, 1939-1945 (c). The Bofors 40mm gun was the most widely used Allied anti-aircraft gun of the Second World War

Background imageReliable Collection: Brochure illustration, Oldsmobile car

Brochure illustration, Oldsmobile car -- safety interiors, beautifully furnished, luxuriously comfortable. Date: 1930s

Background imageReliable Collection: Brochure illustration, Oldsmobile Eight

Brochure illustration, Oldsmobile Eight, showing a stylish green car on a road -- the text suggests that the car is affordable luxury. Date: 1930s

Background imageReliable Collection: Rumpler CI two-seat reconnaissance German biplane

Rumpler CI two-seat reconnaissance German biplane
Rumpler CI 53/16 two-seat reconnaissance German biplane. The CI was considered to be the best and most reliable of all C types produced. Date: circa 1916-1918

Background imageReliable Collection: WW2 poster, Tommys always on the job

WW2 poster, Tommys always on the job! Are you? Stick to your guns. Victory won t wait for the worker whos late! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Background imageReliable Collection: British aeroplanes for private ownership by G. H. Davis

British aeroplanes for private ownership by G. H. Davis
Aircraft for the owner-pilot: British aeroplanes designed and built solely for private ownership. Showing 1945 examples of the family aeroplane of the future -- sturdy, reliable, and easy to fly

Background imageReliable Collection: Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens furs 1929

Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens furs 1929
Reliable furs, for Christmas fashion. Date: 1929

Background imageReliable Collection: Sweet Little man making his case to bathing beauties

Sweet Little man making his case to bathing beauties
Sweet Little man making his case to three bathing beauties: " I may not be much to look at, Girls, but I m Reliable." Date: circa 1925

Background imageReliable Collection: Teak mill - elephant - Moulmain

Teak mill - elephant - Moulmain - Steele Bros. Teak Mill - 40 years prime age for an elephant; 25 years old not entirely reliable. Always work with the same oozies. Date: 1951

Background imageReliable Collection: JW Johnsons Old Reliable Virginia Minstrels the show that i

JW Johnsons Old Reliable Virginia Minstrels the show that is different. Date 1921?

Background imageReliable Collection: JW Johnsons Old Reliable Virginia Minstrels worlds best co

JW Johnsons Old Reliable Virginia Minstrels worlds best colored show : the show that is different. Date 1921?

Background imageReliable Collection: The old reliable McFaddens flats everything new

The old reliable McFaddens flats everything new. Date c1902

Background imageReliable Collection: Pigeon Container on a British Paratrooper, Second World War

Pigeon Container on a British Paratrooper, Second World War
Photograph showing a pigeon container strapped to the stomach of a British paratrooper, 1944. Pigeons are one of the oldest and most reliable forms of military communication

Background imageReliable Collection: Edwardian Ladys Maid

Edwardian Ladys Maid
Eva Morrison, the demure and reliable ladys maid in the Edwardian Country House

Background imageReliable Collection: The Rotor Ship Buckau, 1924

The Rotor Ship Buckau, 1924
Photograph of the experimental Rotor ship Buckau, on sea trials, 1924. Anton Flettner equipped the 680 ton schooner, Buckau, with two rotating cylindrical towers to test his Flettner rudder

Background imageReliable Collection: Short Singapore

Short Singapore
Flown by Cobham in 1927, this reliable flying boat is used throughout the thirties, and this model III is in service with the RAF at the outbreak of World War Two

Background imageReliable Collection: Temporary Pile Bridge

Temporary Pile Bridge
A temporary bridge is built by French engineers, utilising planks laid on piles embedded in the river bed, a more solid and reliable method than laying them on boats

Background imageReliable Collection: Advertisement for Holdfast Boot Stores, Derby

Advertisement for Holdfast Boot Stores, Derby
Advertisement for Holdfast Boot Stores, 5 Sadler Gate Bridge, Derby. For Good Reliable Footwear, a Good Selection of Boots and Shoes, Satisfaction Guaranteed. As Rowell, Proprietor

Background imageReliable Collection: King of the Devils

King of the Devils
Joosje Goezar (the spelling is not reliable !), lord of the Underworld, honoured by Japanese worshippers

Background imageReliable Collection: Supermarine Walrus

Supermarine Walrus
Extensively used by the Fleet Air Arm for reconnaissance and air/sea rescue work, this flying boat is a reliable and versatile machine despite its old-fashioned appearance



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping