Sign Collection (page 45)

Montacute Post Office
A Post Office situated within an elegant Elizabethan building at Montacute, South Somerset. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Teenagers by the boating lake, Devon
Two teenage boys and a teenage girl, all in their evening best, hanging out by the boating lake, Devon, England. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Gideons Second Sign
When he asks God to confirm his first sign with a second, a sheeps fleece is soaked in dew while the ground around remains dry, such is the power of the Almighty !

Gideon Summoned by Angel
Gideon is summoned by an angel to deliver the Jews : when he asks for a sign of Gods good intentions, the angel miraculously consumes his sacrifice in a blaze of fire

The Brazen Serpent
When plague afflicts the people, Moses sets up a bronze serpent (a traditional symbol) as a sign that God has the power to heal

Noah Thanks God
After the flood has subsided, Noah thanks God for saving him, and a rainbow is Gods sign of his good intentions

Unemployment / Germany
Berlins unemployed - a sign of the economic distress

C17 Blacksmiths
Two smiths at work at an anvil, beneath a sign representing three roses

Costume / 1461 Aristos
A 15th century aristocrat and his wife: both are richly dressed, and she is reading a book (a sure sign of affluence) Date: 1461

Adam, Eve Leave / Martin
The couple leave Eden, while behind them a lion ravages a deer - a sign that, thanks to mans disobedience, the Peaceable Kingdom is no more

Wwi / Lille Cafe Scene
German soldiers and airmen pose for a photograph outside a Lille (?) cafe. The sign reads German Beer Restaurant. Heil the Kaiser and the Reich

Druid Sencha / Battle Sign
The Druid Sencha gives the men of Ulster the signal for battle

San Francisco Quake 4
True Grit - a barber paints his sign on a tent set up on the ruined site of his premises, offering business as usual

Anglo-French Agreement
Paul Cambon & Lord Salisbury sign the Anglo-French agreement on Africa

Recruiting Village Lads
A Recruiting Sergeant and village lads. The instant he becomes the Sergeants care, his pupil and his torment, and his jest

HOUSE SOLD / 1970S
A family of four view their new house which still has the " Sold" sign outside

Churchill / V-Sign & Hat
WINSTON CHURCHILL British Prime Minister in later life, making his famous wartime V for Victory sign

S Wilberforce / Mowbray Cv
SAMUEL WILBERFORCE Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester, noted opponent of Darwins theory of natural selection

Gideon Gets the Sign
He asks God for a sign that he will have heavenly support against the Midianites : an angel shows him a sacrificial lamb which bursts into flame with divine fire

Wwi / Occupied Lille
In occupied Lille, the French citizens refuse to sign a German peace petition

Advert / Neon Sign 1941
Electric sign on Broadway, New York, advertising Wrigleys chewing gum

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgoge
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll- gogerychwyrndrobwll- llantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey: road sign for those who aren t sure where they are

Policeman & Police Car
A policeman wearing white armbands used when directing traffic, stands next to a police car with a Stop Police sign on the back

General, Standard Bearer
A GENERAL AND HIS STANDARD-BEARER the general wears a laurel wreath as sign that he has won a victory; the standard- bearer wears a lions head

Children with their Guy
Children parade their guy through the streets : note its hat - an attempt to mimic the papal tiara, a sign of the surviving anti-papal significance of the tradition

Social / Horse Sale C1790
A horse sale at a country inn, The George, at Crawley in Sussex

Japan Surrenders 1945
Japan surrenders : on board the American battleship Missouri the delegates sign the act of capitulation. Lieut.gen. Derevyanko signs on behalf of the USSR

Deflationary Notice
A sign in Spalding, Lincolnshire, warning that any motorists who park their cars in the cattle market without paying the 2/6 fee will have their tyres deflated

Building a By-Pass
The sign reads By-Pass work suspended, owing to National Economy requirements, presumably due to the British Depression. Curiously, these men are still at work

Buddhas Cuts his Hair
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA ( Enlightened One ) The young Siddhartha symbolically cuts his hair as a sign that he is renouncing worldly values

Charladys Motorcycle
The motorcycle of the Royal Enfield travelling charlady with its hopeful sign: Stop me for cleaning, no job too small and mop and bucket ready to go !

Country Pub / Sussex / 1883
An unspecified country pub in Sussex

Hogarth Times Night
4. Night In a street leading to Charing Cross, with a statue of Charles I at the far end, a frightened horse has overturned a coach

Devils Bridge Station
A platform sign at Devils Bridge railway station, Wales, terminus of the Vale of Rheidol Railway from Aberystwyth

Wilson Barrett
WILSON BARRETT British actor, chiefly in melodrama, seen here as Marcus Superbus in his own pseudo- religious play The sign of the cross

no Trespassers Allowed
A curious sign on a gate in the countryside, reading: Please do not spit, or throw stones, etc. in field. No trespassers allowed. Grange- over-Sands, Lancashire

Whittaker / Aries
Including the sign of Aries

Whittaker / Leo
Including the sign of Leo

Whittaker / Pisces
Including the sign of Pisces

Whittaker / Taurus
Including the sign of Taurus

Queen of Scots Abdicates
Mary Queen of Scots is compelled to sign her abdication in Loch Leven Castle

Cecil B. De Mille
CECIL B. DE MILLE American film director - working on The Sign Of The Cross, 1932

Cross over Trenches
British troops see the Cross of Jesus in the sky over the trenches, and take it as a sign that God is on their side

Sign for Sight
This magical sign will preserve your good sight, but it is best used with water collected on Ste. Petronillas day (31 May)

FISH CHARM
FISH TALISMAN Because the Greek word for fish, ICHTHYS, is a monogram for Jesus, early Christians perceived the fish as a magical sign

Noah Sends Raven
NOAHs ARK - Noah sends forth the raven to see if theres any sign of the weather clearing

HALLEYs COMET 1546-7
Halleys comet is widely seen as a threatening sign from Heaven

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