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Background imageSelection Collection: Hat Styles for 1920

Hat Styles for 1920
A rather shady set : a page from Barribals sketchbook shows a selection of hats including a beret style & cloche hats with wide brims or round or square crowns

Background imageSelection Collection: Stories for Tiny Folk

Stories for Tiny Folk
A selection of spines in bold primary colours taken from the 1920s series of Stories for Little Folk books

Background imageSelection Collection: Barmaid in Smoky Pub

Barmaid in Smoky Pub
A barmaid serves a customer in a smokey London pub. On the back wall is a fine selection of spirits while in the foreground, punters chat among themselves

Background imageSelection Collection: Monk with Skull, Etc

Monk with Skull, Etc
Father Leonard Parisinus, a missionary monk, with a selection of significant items - a skull, a crucifix, a missal and an empty candlestick

Background imageSelection Collection: Advertisement for the London Glove Company

Advertisement for the London Glove Company of Cheapside and New Bond Street, showing a selection of womens gloves including long white evening gloves

Background imageSelection Collection: Costume June 1886

Costume June 1886
Hand-coloured page of the latest Paris fashion of 1886, dinner dresses with drapped swags and flower arrangements, ball dresses with long gloves and fans and traditional garden party frocks

Background imageSelection Collection: SURVEYING LEVELS

SURVEYING LEVELS
A whole selection of different surveying instruments, and diagrams relating to their specific uses. Date: 1810

Background imageSelection Collection: Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Barbados

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Barbados. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Background imageSelection Collection: Sheet music cover, Selection from The Yellow Mask

Sheet music cover, Selection from The Yellow Mask
Sheet music cover, a Selection of music from The Yellow Mask, a musical play by Edgar Wallace, produced by Julian Wylie and Laddie Cliff at the Carlton Theatre, London

Background imageSelection Collection: Fireworks Factory

Fireworks Factory
Women from Brooks fireworks factory, one of the oldest British fireworks companies, show off a selection of their huge rockets and catherine wheels!

Background imageSelection Collection: Advert for Debenham & Freebody lace race wraps 1912

Advert for Debenham & Freebody lace race wraps 1912
Selection of luxurious lace jacktets, coats and wraps for racing. 1912

Background imageSelection Collection: Selection of Views of Seoul, Korea - Postcard Pack

Selection of Views of Seoul, Korea - Postcard Pack Date: 1930s

Background imageSelection Collection: A Selection of Museum Specimens

A Selection of Museum Specimens
Specimens here include an Entomological tray of insect from the order Orthoptera, a herbarium sheet from Cooks first voyage collected in New South Wales, Australia in 1770 and fish specimens

Background imageSelection Collection: DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist

DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, author of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Litography. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. Down. Down House

Background imageSelection Collection: Scene in Petticoat Lane

Scene in Petticoat Lane
Traders in Petticoat Lane selling an eclectic selection of tools-saws, chisels, plyers, locks and even a giant corkscrew are laid out on the street

Background imageSelection Collection: A selection of funnels, food warmers and flour bins

A selection of funnels, food warmers and flour bins. Date: circa 1900

Background imageSelection Collection: A selection of assorted pastry cutters

A selection of assorted pastry cutters

Background imageSelection Collection: Paris fashions for November, 1864

Paris fashions for November, 1864
A selection of dresses designed for the winter of 1864. From left, The manteau marchesa made from cloth and velvet, trimmed with a silk border

Background imageSelection Collection: Healing Plants 1904 Pl. 3

Healing Plants 1904 Pl. 3
A selection of 10 healing plants & herbs including nettle, dandelion, chicory, fennel, peppermint & anise

Background imageSelection Collection: Sea Anemones / 1865

Sea Anemones / 1865
A selection of very colourful and decorative sea anemones

Background imageSelection Collection: Forceps and Bandages

Forceps and Bandages
A selection of medical appliances, including forceps and a hook to extract bullets (fig 8). Also bandage application diagrams

Background imageSelection Collection: Antwerp Exhibition

Antwerp Exhibition
A selection of handmade laces are shown by a local manufacturer at the Antwerp Exhibition, (Exposition Internationale Coloniale), Belgium

Background imageSelection Collection: Selection of Spades

Selection of Spades
A selection of spades : the 10, Knave, Queen, King, Ace

Background imageSelection Collection: Hardy Patent Pick Co. mining tools 1890s

Hardy Patent Pick Co. mining tools 1890s
Selection of solid steel mining hand tools made by Hardy Patent Pick Co, in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Background imageSelection Collection: Acrobates - acrobats

Acrobates - acrobats
A delightful illustration from Larousse Encyclopedia detailing a variety of acrobatic entertainers performing impressive physical feats. Date: 1930

Background imageSelection Collection: Eggs

Eggs
A stunning variety of eggs. Date: 1930

Background imageSelection Collection: Fruit

Fruit
Glorious variety of fruit including cherries, peaches, pears, grapes and apples. Date: 1930

Background imageSelection Collection: Gymnastics

Gymnastics
Page from Larousse Encyclopedia showing various disciplines in gymnastics showing a selection of intriguing equipment and exercises performed thereon! Date: 1930

Background imageSelection Collection: A Mixture of Vegetables

A Mixture of Vegetables
A whole page of assorted vegetables Date: 1913

Background imageSelection Collection: Page of Victorian adverts - November 1895

Page of Victorian adverts - November 1895
A variety of advertisements in The Illustrated Sporting Dramatic News dated November 1895. November 1895

Background imageSelection Collection: Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1893

Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1893
Selection of oak furnishing for 1893. Date: 1893

Background imageSelection 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 imageSelection Collection: Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897 Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897

Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897 Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897
Selection of travelling dressing bags and cases, available from W. Thornhill & Co, in New Bond Street. Date: 1897

Background imageSelection Collection: FROZEN FOOD SHOP / 1970S

FROZEN FOOD SHOP / 1970S
People with trolleys lift the lids and peer into the chest freezers trying to decide which foods to choose. There is a good selection including Kosher meat and poultry. Date: early 1970s

Background imageSelection Collection: Jaguar at Farnborough

Jaguar at Farnborough
A SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 on display with a selection of the weapons it can carry, at Farnborough 1976. Date: 1976

Background imageSelection Collection: Handbags

Handbags - Selection of fashionable handbags. Good Housekeeping. July 1931. Date: 1931

Background imageSelection Collection: WW2 - Mummy's Uniforms

WW2 - Mummy's Uniforms
A selection of illustrated cards from a WW2 children's book in which members of a family can be dressed in different military uniforms

Background imageSelection Collection: WW2 - Daddy's Uniforms

WW2 - Daddy's Uniforms
A selection of illustrated cards from a WW2 children's book in which members of a family can be dressed in different military uniforms

Background imageSelection Collection: WW2 - Mary Jane's Uniforms

WW2 - Mary Jane's Uniforms
A selection of illustrated cards from a WW2 children's book in which members of a family can be dressed in different military uniforms

Background imageSelection Collection: Service Land Music Cover, WW2

Service Land Music Cover, WW2
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Service-Land, a grand selection of popular song successes arranged by R. S. Stoddon

Background imageSelection Collection: The Victory Parade Selection

The Victory Parade Selection
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Victory Parade Selection, comprising of songs including When The Guards Are marching On Parade, Were Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line

Background imageSelection Collection: Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive

Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Background imageSelection Collection: Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive

Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Background imageSelection Collection: Madame Blondeau's Tenants

Madame Blondeau's Tenants
A series of comic illustrations showing Madame Blondeau speaking with a lady, with a different selection of tenants in each picture, each with a dog. Date: circa 1901

Background imageSelection Collection: French Caricatures, Hodgepodge of Heads

French Caricatures, Hodgepodge of Heads
A selection of caricatures of prominent French figures, including Minister of Public Works Pierre Baudin, painter Albert Pierre Rene Maignan, historian and journalist Georges Eugene Sorel

Background imageSelection Collection: Sada Yacco, La Belle Otero and Le Bargy

Sada Yacco, La Belle Otero and Le Bargy
A selection of three caricature sketches, including a portrait of Japanese geisha, actress and dancer, Sada Yacco, 1871-1946, a side profile study of Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias

Background imageSelection Collection: Female Fashion Studies

Female Fashion Studies
An illustration from a page of L'Album Les Maitres De La Caricature, highlighting the way in which Ferdinand Bac portrays glamorous women in his art

Background imageSelection Collection: Selection of Wills Tobacco and Cigar Packets

Selection of Wills Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Wills Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century



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