Short Collection (page 2)

Short Sunderland flying boat, RAF Wig Bay, WW2
RAF Short Sunderland flying boat B9604/RBJ, in service with RaF (Royal Australian Air Force) 10th Squadron. Seen here on water at RAF Wig Bay, Stranraer, Scotland, 11 June 1942. Date: 1942

The Aquila Airways Solent III, G-AKNU Sydney in Funchal Bay, Madeira

A Ferret armoured scout car at Belize with a RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1 in the background. 1975. Date: 1975

Bristol Britannia 314 CF-CZA Empress of Buenos Aires
Bristol Britannia 314, CF-CZA, Empress of Buenos Aires, of Canadian Pacific Airlines, making its maiden flight from Sydenham Airport on 11 January 1958

The Millionth Ton of Supplies reaches Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing Flight Lieutenant K.J. Ryall of the Royal Air Force handing a sack, representing the millionth short ton of supplies to be flown into Berlin during the airlift, to Dr

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III*. 303 in bolt action rifle, 1917; introduced in 1916 and differing from the Mk III in having the magazine cut-off omitted; two oil bottles in butt trap. Date: 1917

RAF Harrier Jump Jets, No. 1 Squadron, set up in 1969. The jump jet is a vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft. Seen here are staff at work in a control tower

Short Sturgeon TT2 aboard an aircraft carrier

Short S23 Empire flying boat, AX659, after conversion to military use, taxying on Belfast Lough in April 1941. This aircraft was formerly G-AETY, Clio

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETV Coriolanu
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-AETV, Coriolanus, which became VH-ABG in Qantas service

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-ADVE Centurion
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-ADVE, Centurion

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-ADHM Caledonia
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-ADHM, Caledonia, at the beginning of its first flight at Rochester. 11 September 1936. Date: 1936

Short seaplane Type 184 in flight, WW1
A British Short seaplane Type 184 in flight during the First World War. It was a two-seater reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo-carrying folder seaplane designed by Short Brothers. 1915-1918

Reginald Malby, photographer
Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society. Seen here in a head and shoulders portrait with a pipe in his mouth

Swords, Daggers, Maces
Assorted weapons: epees, short swords, daggers, maces, sabre, scimitar, cudgel and axe

Fish shop
The old fish shop owned by Short & Son by Temple Bar. 1846. Date: 1846

James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet
James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish novelist and poet. 1921

Short S29 Stirling towing Horsa

Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 - 1904), Russian writer of short stories and plays. He was also a physician

Caricature of John Corlett of The Sporting Times
Caricature of John Corlett (1841-1915), founder, proprietor and editor of The Sporting Times. Real Jam! He is annoyed that the cabman charges eighteen pence to drive someone one mile and 1700 yards

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove, fashionable dresses 1933
Two models wearing spring frocks; (left) Beautiful race gown in white organdie and net over crepe-de-chime, detachable frilled cape

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jim, a bobtail sheepdog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Jim, a bobtail sheepdog, owned by the actress Fabia Drake. The dog was a perfect actor, taking part in a childrens play called The Happy Family

Short S45 Solent interior -Cabin C

Advert for Horrockses Fashions 1949
Horrockses Fashion advert with women in cotton dresses 1949

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat after modifications for military service

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-ADDY Cassiopeia at Southam
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-ADDY, Cassiopeia, at Southampton prior to flying to Alexandria. January 1937. Date: 1937

Short S16 / 1 Scion II G-ADDN of Southend Flying Services
Short S16/1 Scion II, G-ADDN, of Southend Flying Services

Short C-23A Sherpa 83-0512 of the USAF
Short C-23A Sherpa, 83-0512, of the USAF

Short Stirling I N6001
Short Stirling I, N6001

A Land Rover is unloaded from a RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1 at Belize airport. 1975. Date: 1975

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETY Clio
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-AETY, Clio, on arrival at Belfast for conversion to a military role for coastal reconnaissance

Carmina Burana 13th C
A page from a Latin manuscript of the Carmina Burana, a collection of poems, songs and short plays; published in 1847 by Johann Schmeller, the name means songs of Beuren Date: 13th century

Wartime cuisine - fish and chips
Wartime rashioning during the Second World War. A plate of steak and veg is a dream, but at least there is still fish and chips to keep the spirits up and the bellies full! Date: circa early 1940s

A Top Notcher
Cartoon, A Top Notcher. One of the silly mistakes one makes when paying golf when it snows in Scotland. A short sighted golfer mistakes a bobble hat for the ball

Katherine Mansfield 2
KATHERINE MANSFIELD New Zealand writer, known for her short stories; married Middleton Murry, became a follower of Gurdjieff

1950S Girl and Flowers
A blonde model with typical short, set fifties hairstyle and glossy pink lipstick poses with a bunch of pink roses

Lady Jane Grey
LADY JANE GREY short-lived queen of England

Seaside Fashions 1878
Princess line dresses: one is short & more practical for walking, the other has a stand up collar, lacing down the central back seam, buttoned panels at the sides & a train

Man & Woman Costume 1806
Man: top hat, top boots, drab coat with sleeves padded & gathered at the shoulder, breeches. Woman: close bonnet, blue pelisse, short cape, vandyked falling collar

Riding Habits 1834
Riding habits. Woman: imbecile sleeves, embroidered canezou, cravat & top hat. Boy: pantaloons, waistcoat with a roll collar, short jacket with gigot sleeves, ruff

Short haired paphiopedilum orchid, Paphiopedilum ciliolare (Cypripedium ciliolare). Endangered. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

No. 2 Squadron, Canadian Air Force
Canadian Air Force - The assembled men and machines of No. 2 Squadron Canadian Air Force (1918-1920), probably at Shoreham aerodrome (or, less likely, Upper Heyford)

MYTTON / SHORT CUT HOME
JOHN MYTTON To win a bet that he could outride a friend this eccentric squire took a short cut through a lake despite the fact he couldnt swim. Date: 1796 - 1834

School children Ely Cathedral
A party of schoolchildren file out of the grounds of Ely Cathedral. The West Front of the cathedral is in the background. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Short S14 Sarafand, S1589

Cartoon, French soldier and his mother, WW1
Cartoon, French soldier and his mother, taking a borzoi and a lapdog for a walk. He says that people will think she is his fiancee

Short S35 Shetland II, Sept 47
Short S.35 Shetland II. First flown 14 December 1944, only two built -the first as a Sunderland successor, the second as a 70 passenger flying boat. Date: circa 1947

Short S29 Stirling I of No 7 Squadron, flying

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