Results Collection

The Divotee, H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration showing the results after a rather untalented golfer has tried to tee off

George V with military leaders during First World War
King George V in army uniform with British and French military leaders during the First World War. They are standing outside General Joffres chateau at Beauquesne in northern France

Soldiers doing target practice on a shooting range
A group of men doing target practice on a shooting range before the outbreak of the First World War. Their success or otherwise is written up on various blackboards

Silesia Plebiscite
In Silesia, with a mixed German and Polish population, residents of Kattowitz/ Katowice await the results of the plebiscite which will divide the region

Surgery Cures Stupidity
SATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: young mans stupidity cured by replacing straw head- stuffing with a brain!

Trail left by the Loch Ness Monster?
Photographic results from a four week search organised by Sir Edward Mountain into the existence of the Loch Ness Monster

A Barber Distracted
THE RED-HOT POLITICIAN A barber is more absorbed in the latest political gossip than his hot curling tongs, with painful results for his singed customer

Testing Rasmussen
Apparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained

Watching Election Result
Londoners watch the election results as they are shown on giant screens erected in Trafalgar Square

Mr. Vernon-Ward's Treatment Salons
A photograph of the interior entrance hall which leads to Mr. Vernon-Ward's treatment salons, at Vere Street. The medical establishment had some fame for combatting obesity via fat reduction

Banstead Chinchillas Advertisement
An advertisement for The Banstead Stud of Chinchillas, promoting their superior breed and show results for sale. Date: circa 1926

PORTUGUESE TAKE DIU 1509
A sea battle in the harbour of Diu, on the west coast of India, results in the death of Sultan Badur and Portuguese annexation. Inset : Nugno d'Acona who founds the colony. Date: 1509

Comic postcard, Two men in an office Date: 20th century

Museum of Underwater Wrecks Port en Bessin
In 1970 Jaques Lemonchois was asked to clear war wrecks not cleared by the government. The results here include tanks, parts of aeroplanes and torpedos, plus films, photos and documents

Take My Tip The one way to follow horses with success
Take My Tip.. Theres only one way of following horses with any success... AND THIS IS IT! circa 1930s

HIGH BROOKS MINE 1866
An explosion at the High Brooks colliery, near Wigan in Lancashire, England, results in the deaths of 30 miners. Date: 23 January 1866

SURGERY CURES INFIDELITY
SATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: infidelity cured by replacing much-pierced heart Date: 1847

SURGERY CURES STUPIDITY
SATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: young mans stupidity cured by replacing straw head- stuffing with a brain! Date: 1847

Surgery cures ugliness 1847
SATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: young woman patient exchanges ugly head for pretty one Date: 1847

Winston Churchill returned as MP for Epping, 1924
Winston Churchill returned for Epping with big majority, October 30th, 1924 in the General Election. The scene after the declaration showing Mr and Mrs Winston Churchill and the Liberal

Royal Navy, China fleet regatta results, Wei-Hai-Wei. With a photo of the Yokohama Bowl, won by HMS Cumberland. HMS Berwick came 2nd and HMS Suffolk 3rd. Date: 1931

WW2 Poster -- Your Release can be delayed with VD
Your Release can be delayed with VD! Colour lithograph, British Army anti-venereal disease medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

Harold Abrahams
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (18991978) - a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was champion in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (July 7th)

Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholars
Three schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898

Eadweard Muybridge with his animals in motion images
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), US photographer and inventor, showing his instananeous photographs of animals in motion at the Royal Society

This Weeks Studdy - Bonzos Winter Sport
Several Bonzo dogs sledging with calamitous results. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo, a small dog with saucer-like eyes

ROBERT HOOKE 1635 - 1703
ROBERT HOOKE English scientist. Author of Micrographia (1665), in which he published results of his microscopic investigations

County of London Rifle Shooting Championship - The Competitors and Results. Date: circa 1930

The Cries of Paris - Sports Newsheet Seller
The Cries of Paris - A Sports News sheet Seller, running through the streets and working up quite a sweat! Date: 1901

Mosside Mine Flood / 1939
A flood at the Mosside Mine, near Airdrie, Scotland, results in the deaths of three miners. Date: 22 September 1939

Dinner reception at election time
Upper class ladies and gentlemen at a dinner reception at election time, with a results board above them naming the four political parties: Conservative, NAT Liberal, Liberal and Labour

Suffragette, Simple Life - Caravanning. The couples caravan lands in a stream and frightens the horse. This results in damage to the vehicle. Its decorated with ribbons in suffragette colours

Cricket Stumped
Some players can be very eager to get runs therefore this results in them getting stumped. Date: 1845

A Japanese general election, results being posted up
A Japanese general election. Election results in Tokyo are posted up on a board outside a newspaper office during the cleaner politics general election, in which the left made important gains

Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. Davis
Blast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage

Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis
The effects of bomb blast: how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1936
Grey hair treated by specialist. In the clever hands of an expert, at the Inecto daylight Salons, grey hair can to-day regain its natural colour and lustra in as little as thirty minutes

Results of British mines and guns on the Somme
Officers examining the damage caused by an explosion of a British mine underneath the enemies position during the Battle of the Somme

Doggie Beauty Treatment
Even dogs have their beauty parlours, and although they do not enjoy the treatment, their joyous barks show that they like the results! Off Brompton Brompton Road, London. Date: 1930s

Well-heeled man reduced to staying at the Temperance Hotel
Formerly Well-heeled elderly gentleman (now a little tatty) reduced to staying at the Temperance Hotel. Down in the World Alas! See what Drink had brought him to. Date: 1892

Biggleswade parliamentary return
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, 1275 Date: 1275

Old Sarum electoral return
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Old Sarum returning Thomas Pitt, 1734 Date: 1734

Margaret Thatcher return notice
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Margaret Thatcher, 1979 Date: 7th April 1979

Peter Coopers example, which our mulit-millionaire philanthropists might follow with good results. Illustration shows Puck standing next to a statue of Peter Cooper in front of the Cooper Union

Syphilis - Examination results are confidential... Poster showing a stethoscope, a hand holding a pen, and a padlock. Date between 1936 and 1940

Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the inspection under the direction of teacher who records results. This has been done every day this year. School, 49, Comanche County

Metropolitan Police breathalyser equipment
Two Metropolitan Police officers with a piece of equipment called an Intoximeter 3000 at New Scotland Yard, London. One officer is blowing into a tube

Results of German heavy artillery, Belgium, WW1
Results of German heavy artillery at Maubeuge, Belgium, during the First World War, showing a damaged gun dome. Date: September 1914

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