Shells Collection (page 10)

The Great Fire - Thessaloniki, Greece, 1917 - Aftermath
A view of the devasted remains of the centre of Salonica, Greece, following the Great Fire that raged between 18th-19th August 1917

200, 000 bushels of Oyster Shells, Hampton, Virginia, USA - adjoining an oyster packing plant Date: 1914

Sudanese old man with a very toothy grin
Sudanese jolly old man bedecked with colourful textiles and strings of small shells with a very toothy grin (or lack thereof!). Date: circa 1910s

Type of French Fisherwoman from Northern France, with some impressive conch shells in her basket. Date: circa 1905

View of the Shipyard, Newport News, Virginia - with a decorative surround of seashells Date: 1912

Tray of shells

Sir Hans Sloanes collection of shells
Plate 5 from Arhtur MacGregors Hans Sloane, 1994. Shell specimens showing Sir Hans Sloanes catalogue numbers

Collection of shells
Plate 83 from Albertus Sebas Thesaurus, Vol 3, (1758)

Shells from Sir Joseph Banks collection
Some of these shells featured in this museum drawer were collected during the first of Captain Cooks voyages 1768-1771

A selection of seashells 2011

Ammonite 2011

Gold mask and pectoral

Modern fairy tale: submarine and mermaids

Children painting eggs

Mermaids at play. Illustration from Teddy Bear (date unknown)

London Oyster Stall 1861
The first day of oysters in the streets of London - enthusiastic customers keep the traders busy opening shells Date: 1861

Gathering shells. Print shows a large group of people gathering seashells in a tidal pool. Date 181-

Rebel caisson destroyed by Federal shells, at Fredericksburg

Making a shell, 1939
A munitions worker performing of the many operations that go to the making of a shell. The projectiles he is working on are still noseless - without the pointed cap which will be fitted later

The Motor Cyclist and the Magnetic Shell
" The Motor Cyclist and the Magnetic Shell: A Military Fantasy" H. M. Batemans animated, slightly maniac style is perfectly suited to this sequential cartoon showing a motorcyclist being

Finished shells in a munitions factory, 1939
Men arranging finished shells in a great stack ready for dispatch to the ammunition convoys. These shells are designed for use by the 3.7 inch guns. Date: 1939

Resounding message of Allied female solidarity
" Vanities of Valdes: The Munitioneers" This resounding message of Allied female solidarity shows " Mary" of Britain and " Marianne" of France, who

Queen Charlotte Island - Masset Totem Poles
The Masset Inlet - Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. The Totem Poles of the Haida People. Masset was known by the Haida as Uttewas (or White Slope Town)

Maori Chief - New Zealand, with a spectacular tattoo on his face and wearing a smock made of tiny seashells. Date: 1904

War trophies exhibition, WW1
Part of an exhibition of German war trophies captured by the Allies during the First World War. Showing two dummies wearing German uniform, shells and wickerwork shell containers, various weapons

New Zealand howitzer battery moving shells, WW1
Men of a New Zealand howitzer battery moving a supply of shells during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Gunners with heavy gun and shells, Salonika Front, WW1
Gunners sorting shells for a heavy gun on the Salonika Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

British gunners with 18-pounder, Macedonian Front, WW1
British gunners in action with an 18-pounder gun on the Macedonian Front, near the Struma River, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

German gunners with field gun, Champagne, France, WW1
German gunners, loading a field gun during action in the Champagne area of France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German 15cm Model 13 heavy howitzer, WW1
A German 15cm Model 13 heavy field howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, in service during the First World War. Seen here with shells superimposed on the photograph. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian weapons captured by the Russians, WW1
Austrian weapons captured by the Russians at Podvolochisk, Galicia (now Ukraine) during the First World War. A box of shells is propped up against the wheel of a field gun carriage. Date: 1914-1918

German gunners loading 25cm trench mortar, WW1
German gunners loading a 25cm trench mortar at Notre Dame de Lorette (Loretto Heights), near Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Emden Bombards India
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

Damaged by the Emden
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

Oyster Shell and Pearls
Oyster shells and pearls. Date: 1988

Brtish corporal checking shell delivery, WW1
A British corporal checking a delivery of shells which have arrived by rail, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German gunners in action, Western Front, WW1
German gunners in action with field artillery on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American artillery at Chatel Chehery, France, WW1
American artillery (a 155 mm gun) in action at Chatel Chehery, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 3 October 1918

Muslim women sorting ammunition, Turkey, WW1
Muslim women sorting ammunition for the British army in Turkey during the First World War. Date: 1917

Gunners during the defence of Baku, Armenia, WW1
The defence of Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War, showing British and Armenian gunners in action with a 6-inch Russian Howitzer. Date: August 1918

American artillery near Lenoncourt, France, WW1
American artillery loading a shell into a gun near Lenoncourt, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 1918

Action during Battle of the Falkland Islands, WW1
The scene of action at 4.17pm during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, First World War. From left to right: the Scharnhorst turning over and sinking, the Gneisenau still firing all her guns

Italian Munitions Factory - Naples
Finishing Shop for an Italian Munitions Factory - Naples, Italy. Date: circa 1915

German artillerymen checking weapons, WW1
German artillerymen checking weapons towards the end of the First World War. Large shells can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1918

American troops with 75 mm French field gun, France, WW1
American troops in action with a 75 mm French field gun on the western front in France during the First World War. Date: 1918

Indian carts transporting ammunition, Middle East, WW1
Indian carts transporting ammunition along a road across the desert in the Middle East during the First World War. A shell has just exploded in the distance. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian gunners loading 12cm trench mortar, WW1
Austro-Hungarian gunners loading a 12cm trench mortar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British artillery in action, Mesopotamia, WW1
British artillery in action in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

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