Rounds Collection

New British Sten gun by G. H. Davis
The Sten gun: the new British machine gun, introduced during the Second World War, explained in detail. It is a simplified Tommy-gun that fires almost any type of 9mm ammunition at 550 rounds per

The Great Fight for the Championship

Police / Watchmen
A night watchman on his rounds. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Milkwoman in Cart Photo
A milkwoman poses for the photographer before setting out on her rounds in a two- wheeled horse-drawn cart holding two churns from which she will ladle out milk

Danish Postman
A Danish postman is glad to be offered refreshment as he stops for a moment on his rounds

Rural English Soft Cheesemaker - preparing formed rounds of local cheese. Date: 1900s

Horseshoe Curve Date: 1948

Small Town America Date: 1947

Ashtray made from a German 45mm pom-pom shell
Most unusual ashtray made from a German 45 mm. pom-pom shell surmounted with three rifle rounds, engraved with the emblem of the town of Ypres. Trench Art

Rifle round ornament Souvenir from Vimy Ridge
Ornament made from rifle rounds engraved Souvenir from Vimy Ridge, France, embellished with an Edward VII copper halfpenny. Trench Art

Dairy Woman in Her Cart
A milkwoman poses for the photographer before setting out on her rounds in a two- wheeled horse-drawn cart holding two churns from which she will ladle out milk Date: circa 1905

A DISTRICT VISITOR
A district visitor making the rounds of her district. Date: circa 1860

Netherlands Postman
A Dutch postman on his rounds stops for a chat with a milkwoman with her dog-drawn delivery cart. Date: circa 1900

Aircraft machine guns by G. H. Davis
The principal weapon in air fighting during the Second World War: aircraft machine guns. American, British, French, German and Italian machine guns, capable of firing 1000-1200 rounds per minute

Boxing match which lasted a record 75 rounds, between John L Sullivan (1858-1918), nicknamed the Boston Strongboy, and Jake Kilrain (1859-1937)

All the Fun of the Fair by H. L. Oakley
Charming silhouette cut by H. L. Oakley depicting a travelling fair pay its annual visit to a fair. Merry-go-rounds and coconut shys are shown alongside a fortune teller and performing bear

Indian soldiers using a Bren gun
Photograph of Indian soldiers using a Bren gun. A gas-operated weapon, the Bren used the same. 303 ammunition as the standard British rifle, the Lee-Enfield

A smart lady coming home in the early hours
Role Reversal. A smart lady coming home in the early hours... " Just by Way of a Change". She has only just beaten the Milkman to the doorstep

Transporting cheeses - Alkmaar, the Netherlands
Transporting round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. circa 1910s

Church of Saint Vincent of Sarria. Frescoes
Church of Saint Vincent of Sarria. Built by Jose Mas Dordal. 18th century. Interior. Fresco depicting God Father. Barcelona. Spain

Carousel
A Carousel Date: 1930

Posada, Making the Rounds
Making the Rounds -- two men dancing with a lizard in human clothing. Date: circa 1890s

Boxing match by Higgins
Black and white illustration of a boxing match with the two opponents in full flow. Date: 1919

Lord Lothian and Lady Astor play a golf tournament
Over eighty politicians gathered at Walton Heath to contest the early rounds of the Parliamentary Handicap. Lady Astor was the only female competitor and beat Lord Lothian on the last green

Ashtray made from a German 45mm pom-pom shell
Most unusual ashtray made from a German 45 mm. pom-pom shell surmounted with three rifle rounds, engraved with the emblem of the town of Ypres. Trench Art

Rifle round ornament Souvenir from Vimy Ridge
Ornament made from rifle rounds engraved Souvenir from Vimy Ridge, France, embellished with an Edward VII copper halfpenny. Trench Art

Cartoon, A Hot Idea - Officer and Sentry, WW1
Cartoon, A Hot Idea - Officer: (going his rounds) And what would you do in case of fire? Sentry: Ave a bloomin good warm sir!. By Charles Crombie

The Milkwoman on Her Rounds
This photograph, specially taken for The Sphere, shows a milkwoman, wearing a smock and breeches and a leather pouch and carrying a milk pail

RAFVR at Gatwick, instruction with the camera gun and Vickers gun. Each pupil fired a course of 180 rounds with the latter on a 25 yards silhouette target of aircraft

British Country Fare
Feast your eyes on this spread of country food and drink: Fish, pasties, pies, rounds of cheese, fine wines, rolled butter, scones, bread, cakes, fruit, rabbit and pheasant &c! Date: 1970s

John C. Heenan, Champion of the World. (The Benicia Boy.) Born in West Troy, New York, May 2 1835, Height 6 feet 1 1/2 inches, Fighting weight from 185 to 195 lbs

Merry-Go-Round

Flemish Milk cart - Belgium
Flemish Milk cart pulled by a labrador - Belgium. The milkmaid is pouring out a windmill owners daily jug of the white stuff. Date: circa 1910s

Sennhutte - Switzerland - A Cheese Factory Date: circa 1910s

Danish Postmen
Postmen set out on their rounds at Copenhagens central post office, Date: 1888

Police / Watchmen / 1827
A night watchman on his rounds. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London. Date: 1827

Battlefield with mortar rounds and running soldiers
Distant view of a battlefield during the First World War, with mortar rounds exploding and soldiers running

Cavalry chargers as extra ammunition carriers: The horses bandolier (fifty rounds) used by the Welsh horse

Cheesy Girl
In the Gruyere Valley, Switzerland, children often use rounds of cheese as toys. Our picture shows one little girl playing with two particularly large rounds!

Police / Watchmen / Blarney
Ted Blarney, a night watchman on his rounds; he patrols a riverbank. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

German Watch-Guard
German troops of the watch, in their guardhouse between rounds

Social / Paris Winter 1902
Street people and workers gather round a brazier in the streets of Paris : a policeman on his rounds would like to join them

Red Army Propaganda 1918
A propaganda vehicle with newspapers and a phonograph, manned by the Red Army, doing the rounds in the Ural Mountains

Postman of French Guyana
A postman of the French department La Guyane Francaise chats up two women, offering them some fruit hes picked on his rounds (?)

Rounding Cape Horn
A double-headed train of the Central Pacific Railroad rounds Cape Horn, the first of the heavy climbing across the Sierra, and the first sight of California

Cross Street Brewery, Burton - fermenting rounds room

Doctor and Students / 1835
FRANCE Doctor on his rounds with a group of students, taking notes

Racial / Venezuela / Post
The postman of Venezuela carries his mail bag under his cape as he walks barefoot from house to house

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