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Reserved Collection

Background imageReserved Collection: WW2 poster, Fly with the RAF

WW2 poster, Fly with the RAF
WW2 poster, Men in reserved occupations can now fly with the RAF as pilot or observer. Apply nearest combined recruiting centre. Date: 1941

Background imageReserved Collection: Place in the Line Poster

Place in the Line Poster
This space is reserved for a fit man - There is still a place in the line for YOU - will you fill it?. Classic World War One recruitment poster

Background imageReserved Collection: Tango craze: British ballroom version imagined, 1913

Tango craze: British ballroom version imagined, 1913
" The tango untangled, and made suitable for use in British ballrooms." The Bystander imagines a sanitised version of the tango, suitable for dancing in respectable British ballrooms

Background imageReserved Collection: Samuel Cody assorted memorabilia, Wild West days

Samuel Cody assorted memorabilia, Wild West days
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Collection of printed publicity material from Samuel Cody?s days as a Wild West showman, the largest being 29ins. 10ins. Date: late 19th century

Background imageReserved Collection: RMS Titanic - letter to Carl Asplund, victim

RMS Titanic - letter to Carl Asplund, victim
RMS Titanic - Lillian Asplund Collection - a letter written in Swedish, dated Worcester, 28 February 1912, to Carl Asplund. I have received your letter today

Background imageReserved Collection: Comic postcard, Railway passenger and station porter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Railway passenger and station porter Date: 20th century

Background imageReserved Collection: Comic postcard, Little girl with Reserved chair for a friend Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl with Reserved chair for a friend Date: 20th century

Background imageReserved Collection: THE TOMBS PRISON

THE TOMBS PRISON
THE TOMBS, NEW YORK a prison mainly reserved for prisoners awaiting trial Date: circa 1830

Background imageReserved Collection: British Rail dining car, with waiter serving a passenger

British Rail dining car, with waiter serving a passenger. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageReserved Collection: 1930s couple on their honeymoon at Felixstowe

1930s couple on their honeymoon at Felixstowe
1930s couple on their honeymoon (!) on the seafront at Felixstowe, Suffolk. Photograph by Mr Snaps (!), opposite the Pier Pavilion, next to Cordy the Chemist, Felixstowe. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageReserved Collection: WW1 recruitment poster, Attest Now (Welsh version)

WW1 recruitment poster, Attest Now (Welsh version)
WW1 recruitment poster (Welsh version), To starred or badged single men or single men in reserved occupations, Attest Now. Date: circa 1916

Background imageReserved Collection: Beaulx abc belles heures. Book peddler. Belongs

Beaulx abc belles heures. Book peddler. Belongs to the genre le Cris de Paris that illustrates street vendors of Paris. Until the invention of printing

Background imageReserved Collection: Captain Henry and Lady May Abel Smith

Captain Henry and Lady May Abel Smith
Studio portrait of Captain Henry(1900-1993) and Lady May Abel Smith(1906 - 1994)(previously Lady May Cambridge), taken just before their wedding at the village church of Balcombe, West Sussex. 1931

Background imageReserved Collection: Liberation of Europe: Commandos Pour Into Beachheads

Liberation of Europe: Commandos Pour Into Beachheads
Photograph: Liberation of Europe: Commandos Pour Into Beachheads, Fight Their Way Inland. Shows Commandos wading ashore from landing craft. One is carrying a small motor cycle. Picture issued: 1944

Background imageReserved Collection: Female Type / Reserved

Female Type / Reserved
The faithful, stay-at-home type: reserving a seat for her soldier boy, for when he comes home from the war. Date: 1914

Background imageReserved Collection: WW1 recruitment poster, Attest Now

WW1 recruitment poster, Attest Now
WW1 recruitment poster, To starred or badged single men or single men in reserved occupations, Attest Now. Date: circa 1916

Background imageReserved Collection: Road reserved for use of cyclists, Germany

Road reserved for use of cyclists, Germany
A road or path reserved entirely for the use of cyclists, in Germany. Date: 20th century

Background imageReserved Collection: British Gymnastics Display with announcer & seated audience

British Gymnastics Display with announcer & seated audience
Unintentionally hilarious photographic postcard of a British Gymnastics Display with announce/trainer (armed with a megaphone) and a very reserved seated audience

Background imageReserved Collection: Algerian woman behind the veil

Algerian woman behind the veil
An absolutely stunning photograph of an Algerian Veiled Woman. Her piercing gaze is the only clue to her hidden visage. A study in reserved modesty Date: 1906

Background imageReserved Collection: Boulogne Restaurant - Gerrard Street, London

Boulogne Restaurant - Gerrard Street, London
Boulogne Restaurant - 27 Gerrard Street, London. See 10586806 for the Full Menu and 10586807 for the advert for the restaurant on the reverse of the menu. Date: 1936

Background imageReserved Collection: Theatre going: the audience, 1858

Theatre going: the audience, 1858
An array of upper class characters find their seats before a theatre performance begins. A young man clutching a pair of opera glasses stares dolefully up at a box containing a young lady

Background imageReserved Collection: Ngo Mon Gate, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam

Ngo Mon Gate, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam
View of the Ngo Mon Gate, entrance to the Imperial Palace in the city of Hue, in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. The central passageway was reserved for the use of the Emperor

Background imageReserved Collection: The honeymoon carriage on the Midland railway

The honeymoon carriage on the Midland railway
The compartment for newly wedded couples by the Midland Railway Company on selected trains. The carriage is unofficially termed the honeymoon carriage but can be reserved for the price of two first

Background imageReserved Collection: Ballroom Dance / Forgotten

Ballroom Dance / Forgotten
Though he has reserved this waltz on her dance card, he has not come to claim her - has he forgotten her ? is he drunk ? is he playing poker ? or has he found another ?

Background imageReserved Collection: Afghan Toy-Maker

Afghan Toy-Maker
An Afghan toy-maker, who would surely have had his hands cut off by the Taliban for making human images, a function reserved for Allah alone

Background imageReserved Collection: Brit Museum Ladys Seat

Brit Museum Ladys Seat
In the Reading Room there are seats reserved For Ladies Only

Background imageReserved Collection: The Regulars Table

The Regulars Table
A table reserved for regulars in a German bierhaus

Background imageReserved Collection: Testing on Animals

Testing on Animals
A scene in a bacteriology laboratory, where animals have the opportunity to experience all kinds of diseases and treatments normally reserved exclusively for humans


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