Shine Collection

Chrysina limbata, silver chafer beetle
Silver chafer beetle specimen. The beetles have a base pigment covered by several colourless microscopically thin layers called laminae

Postman in the Snow
This stalwart postman does his duty and delivers the post rain or shine, or in this case, thick winter snow. No chance of exceeding the 30 mile per hour speed limit!

Charity Bootblacks
To raise money for hospitals, English girls offer their services as shoeblacks to passing gentlemen in the streets of London

Shoe shine Lisbon, Portugal
A young shoe shine man reads a newspaper while waiting for his next customer in a Lisbon street Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

The Electric Polka by Alphonse Cary
Promotional music sheet for The Electric Polka by Alphonse Cary, circa 1880s, showing Mestopheles shining an electric light over the recently-constructed Victoria Embankment in London Date

Griffon preaching to the Maronites of Mount Lebanon
Griffon, preaching to the Maronites of Mount Lebanon, is aided by a miracle -- God moves the sun so that its rays illumine the church from the east, not the west

Woman in shoe shine booth Lisbon
Shoe shine booths in a Lisbon Street, Portugal. People sit in the small cabins to have their shoes cleaned and shined Date: 1988

Victorian Shoe Shine - Clean Your Boots, Sir? 19th century

Frozen pond with back light, Church Eaton, Staffordshire, England Date: 2000

Lobster pot lit by harbour light at night, Newlyn, Cornwall
An old, traditional lobster pot lit by a harbour light at night on the quayside the Old Quay at Newlyn, Cornwall, England. The deck lights of fishing trawlers can be seen in the distance

Small boy walks with dog along the tideline - Tenby Beach
A small boy walks with his dog along the tideline on Tenby Beach, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The water sparkles in the back light Date: 1988

Shoe Black Victorian period Date: 19th century

Now, boys and girls, come out to play, Nursery Rhyme
Now, boys and girls, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day - scenes from the Nursery Rhyme

Shine On Victory Moon
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Shine On Victory Moon, words and music by Jos Geo Gilbert, featured and broadcast by Hatton and Manners, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

Till The Lights Of London Shine Again
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Till The Lights Of London Shine Again, words and music by Tommy Connor and Eddie Pola

Pyramid tomb of Cestius, Rome, Italy, with shoeshines in the foreground. Date: late 19th century

Ex Libris. H F Tomalin
Wet or Fine Rain or Shine, kindly note this book is mine. H F Tomalin HF Tomalin was the author of Three Vagabonds in Friesland (1907). Date: circa 1907

Cartoon, J L Shine, director of the Gaiety Theatre
Cartoon, J L Shine (left), director of the Gaiety Theatre, London - Now, Mr Shine, what does all this rumpus mean? 1885

Cartoon, outside the Gaiety Theatre, London
Cartoon, outside the Stage Door of the Gaiety Theatre, London - We hope this will bring good business. The man in the foreground is J L Shine, director of the theatre. 1885

Advert, Use Stephenson Brothers Floor Polish. early 20th century

Cartoon, J L Shine, comedian and theatre director
J L Shine, comedian and Director of the Gaiety Theatre, London. 1884

Advertising Insert - Monkey Brand Polish. 1914

Scots soldier pursued by shoeshine boys
Shine, sir -- half piastre. A Scottish soldier with outsized boots polished like mirrors, being pursued by four Egyptian shoeshine boys! Date: 1916

Come rain or shine, or snow... this dedicated English postman delivers letters in the village. Date: 1960s

Man Gets Shoe Shine Date: 1941

Advert for Wrens shoe polish 1908
Wrens shoe polish. Date: 1908

WOMAN WAKING 1940S
Young woman, in a nightdress with gathered bodice & broad straps, stretches as she wakes up. A quilted dressing gown hangs up near her bed. N.B Satin quilt or eiderdown. Date: 1940s

Dramatic light on the Cook range of mountains, New Zealand
Dramatic light on the Cook range of mountains on South Island, New Zealand Date: 1993

Shoe shine man in a shady spot - Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia
A shoe shine man lies in a shady spot on the pavement in Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia. Beside him are the tools of his trade - brushes and polish

Lobster fisherman leaves boat and climbs bank of River Dee
At low water, a lobster fisherman leaves his boat tender at the end of a days fishing and climbs the steep muddy bank of the River Dee in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Aqaba harbour, on the Red Sea, Jordan
Silhouettes of four men on small boat Aqaba harbour, on the Red Sea, Jordan. A large freight ship is anchored in the background Date: circa 1995

Digbeth Canal bridge
A man leans over the parapet of the iron canal bridge on the Digbeth Canal at Bordesley Junction, Birmingham Date: 1987

Shoe shine in street, Lisbon
A shoe shine man cleans a customers shoes in a Lisbon street, Portugal. The male customer holds on to a traffic light as his shoes are polished. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Algeria - A Young Ouled Bootblack. Date: circa 1907

Algerian Shoeshine Boy. Date: circa 1907

The Transfiguration of Christ, depicting Elijah, Jesus, and Moses with the apostles James, John and Peter. Psalter. Miniature. 15th century. Chantilly Castle. France

Transfiguration of Jesus in the presence of James, Peter and John. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Bengal / Indian Tiger - at night, with eyes glowing in the dark (Panthera tigris). India

It suffices. What suffices? All suffices reckoned rightly: Spring shall bloom where now the ice is, Roses make the bramble sightly, And the quickening sun shine brightly

Victorian Scrap -- Boot Black. late 19th century

Time waits for no one - Music Sheet Cover, Time Waits for No One From the Warner Bros. Picture Shine on Harvest Moon, starring Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Irene Manning

Advertisement for boot polish -- such a shine in a minute. Date: early 20th century

Shoe shine boy looking for business in America Date: circa 1901

Two African American shoe shine boys playing a gambling game in America Date: circa 1901

Sun on steel. Old plough blades shining in the sun. Date: 1950s

Shoeshine boy, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Interesting Hollywood, California, USA
Interesting Hollywood, California, where stars shine night and day. Cover design of a set of postcards depicting Hollywood locations. Date: 20th century

Sheet music cover, Love Like a Star Dear Shall Shine on our Way. A comic duet sung nightly by Miss Lottie Venne (1852-1928) and M Marius, in Alfred Lees burlesque, The Lying Dutchman

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