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Shells Collection (page 5)

Background imageShells Collection: WW1 Poster, Feed the Guns with War Bonds

WW1 Poster, Feed the Guns with War Bonds
Poster, Feed the Guns with War Bonds and Help to End the War. circa 1918

Background imageShells Collection: New Year card in the shape of an oyster shell

New Year card in the shape of an oyster shell (open), with ships in a harbour. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a shell

Christmas and New Year card in the shape of a shell (open), with a seasonal verse and a seascape with crescent moon. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a pink shell

Christmas card in the shape of a pink shell (closed). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a shell

Christmas card in the shape of a shell (open), with a seasonal verse and a seascape with sailing boats. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Christmas card in the shape of an orange shell

Christmas card in the shape of an orange shell (closed). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Susi - with newly hatched chicks

Susi - with newly hatched chicks. 1950s

Background imageShells Collection: Primroses on a shell-shaped Christmas card

Primroses on a shell-shaped Christmas card. circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Christmas card in the shape of an oval shell

Christmas card in the shape of an oval shell (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Sailing boat on a shell-shaped greetings card

Sailing boat on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Little girl on a shell-shaped greetings card

Little girl on a shell-shaped greetings card
Little girl with a spade on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Snow scene on a shell-shaped New Year card

Snow scene on a shell-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Little boy on a shell-shaped greetings card

Little boy on a shell-shaped greetings card
Little boy in a sailor suit on a shell-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Pink roses on a shell-shaped New Year card

Pink roses on a shell-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Green foliage in a shell-shaped Christmas card

Green foliage in a shell-shaped Christmas card. circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Forgetmenots on a shell-shaped Christmas card

Forgetmenots on a shell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Italian Lakes - Grotto, Isola Bella

Italian Lakes - Grotto, Isola Bella - Stone building - alcoves filled with shells and figures. Part of Box 184 Boswell Collection - Italian Lakes. Date: circa 1900

Background imageShells Collection: Testing for flaws in the sound, Creusot works, France 1915

Testing for flaws in the sound, Creusot works, France 1915
Every shell was tested for flaws by the sound, being hammered, in the background a man seen weighing each shell, in order to ensure its nanswering to the exact regulation weight

Background imageShells Collection: Book cover, Nursery Songs and Rhymes

Book cover, Nursery Songs and Rhymes
Book cover in blue and silver, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, edited bys Baring-Gould, with illustrations by members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A J Gaskin

Background imageShells Collection: Illustration, Mary Mary Quite Contrary

Illustration, Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Illustration (possibly the frontispiece), Mary Mary Quite Contrary how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: 1895

Background imageShells Collection: American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2

American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2
American 20th US Bomber Command Superfortresses bombing a Japanese supply depot near Rangoon, Burma, in March 1945 during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Background imageShells Collection: Birds, flowers, fruit, figures under glass shades, Plate 76

Birds, flowers, fruit, figures under glass shades, Plate 76
Birds, flowers, fruit, figures etc under glass shades, Plate 76. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShells Collection: Munitions in the Balkan war-area

Munitions in the Balkan war-area
A British soldier near an underground bomb-proof magazine designed as a reserve magazine in proximity to one of the British hevay-gun batteries during WW1. Date: 1916

Background imageShells Collection: Music cover, Shells of Ocean

Music cover, Shells of Ocean or I Wander d on the Sea Beat Shore, a song written and inscribed to P Fraser Esq by J W Lake, with music by J W Cherry. circa 1850s

Background imageShells Collection: Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatist

Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatist
Caricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron (1835-1884) -- A " Special" Engagement. 1881

Background imageShells Collection: Three insects and a snail on a Christmas card

Three insects and a snail on a Christmas card, progressing slowly along a country road. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Martyrs Monument, Hakugyokuzan Ryojun, Port Arthur, Memorial

Martyrs Monument, Hakugyokuzan Ryojun, Port Arthur, Memorial. ort Arthur is now under Chinese control and is known as Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian, Liaoning province)

Background imageShells Collection: Pink roses and shell on a Christmas and New Year card

Pink roses and shell on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Fairies walking on the seabed on a New Year card

Fairies walking on the seabed on a New Year card
Three fairies walking on the seabed on a New Year card, admiring the sea creatures. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Making Meringues

Making Meringues
A plate of beaten egg whites to be used for making a meringue Date: 1930s

Background imageShells Collection: British Reserves 1918

British Reserves 1918
Young British reserve soldiers arrive on the Western Front and march past a huge crater created by enemy shells. Date: 1918

Background imageShells Collection: Small Girl Carries Books

Small Girl Carries Books
A little girl attempts to carry a pile of enormous books past a baby sleeping in a cradle. The books, some of which look like hollow shells, topple onto the floor. Date: circa 1890

Background imageShells Collection: German Guns, Leningrad

German Guns, Leningrad
A German rail-mounted gun targets Leningrad : shells land on the city on an average of one every 3 minutes, day after day, week after week Date: 1942

Background imageShells Collection: Psalm Lxxxix 8. 9

Psalm Lxxxix 8. 9
PSALM LXXXIX 8.9 Illustrated with a view of a ship upon a calm sea and a bouquet of sea weeds and shells Date: 1886

Background imageShells Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webbs Christmas presents 1888

Advert for Mappin & Webbs Christmas presents 1888
Selection of artistic and useful Christmas presents. 1888

Background imageShells Collection: Details of skylights, Furnes (Veurne), Belgium

Details of skylights, Furnes (Veurne), Belgium
Details of skylights, with stepped gables, Furnes (Veurne), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Background imageShells Collection: WW1 - Journalists greeted by German shells at Reims

WW1 - Journalists greeted by German shells at Reims
Journalists (chosen by the French government) are greeted by German shells at Reims! Date: 1915

Background imageShells Collection: Garden scene with flowers on a greetings card

Garden scene with flowers on a greetings card
Garden scene with flowers, water spouts and a statue in a niche on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Sailing ship and lightship on a Christmas card

Sailing ship and lightship on a Christmas card
Sailing ship and lightship in the moonlight on a Christmas card, with ornate embossing around the edges. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Sailing boat and lightship on a New Year card

Sailing boat and lightship on a New Year card, with ornate embossing around the edges. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Fairies in a boat drawn by swans on a greetings card

Fairies in a boat drawn by swans on a greetings card
Five fairies in a boat made from a shell, drawn by swans on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Shells and coral on a greetings card

Shells and coral on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Shell and coral on a New Year card

Shell and coral on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Shells, coral and flowers on a Christmas card

Shells, coral and flowers on a Christmas card
Shells, coral and flowers on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Little boy riding pennyfarthing bicycle on a birthday card

Little boy riding pennyfarthing bicycle on a birthday card
Little boy riding a pennyfarthing bicycle on a birthday card. The wheels are made from two oval eggs. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Shells and seaweed on a New Year card

Shells and seaweed on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Shells and pine branches on a Christmas card

Shells and pine branches on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShells Collection: Cats and birds on a Christmas card

Cats and birds on a Christmas card. Some of the birds are just hatching out of their shells. circa 1890s



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