Size Collection (page 5)

Fern Tree Valley, Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia
A man illustrates the size of the tress in Fern Tree Valley, Mount Wellington, Tasmania. Date: circa 1895

Woman police officer helmet, Stanley uniform, London
Aerial view of an early Metropolitan Police female officers helmet, part of the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919. The helmet was made of cork and hard felt, with a large badge on the front

Two sizes of pram -- a man pushing a pram containing a baby, and a little girl pushing a very small pram, perhaps containing her doll. Date: 1970s

Four frog acrobats on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Four frogs diving on a Christmas card
Four frogs diving into a river on a Christmas card, leaving their top hats behind. Date: circa 1890s

Five frogs in top hats on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. Date: circa 1890s

Four VAD patients at Quex House front door
Four patients are in front of the main door to Quex House. One, whose left leg is amputated is sitting on a chair. Another is sitting on the arm of the chair. The other two are standing alongside

Miniature Egg Beater
This egg beater is small enough to beat up one egg in a cup, where the usual size would be unwieldy Date: 1930s

Size of People / Anatomy
The variations in Human Stature. The giant Winckelmeyr, measuring 8ft, 6", at the left; a new-born child to the right. Date: 1895

Wellington at Douro 1809
PENINSULA CAMPAIGN In Portugal, Wellington crosses the Douro river, and in a battle against a French army twice his size, drives the French from Oporto Date: 12 May 1809

Trying the Ring for Size
THE RING A shy bride tries it for size Date: 1828

Meteorite discovered at Bacubirito, Mexico
A meteorite discovered at Bacubirito, Mexico, in 1871. Its estimated weight is 22 tonnes, and it is made of iron. Date: 1871

Four bulldogs on a greetings card -- The Philosophers. With quotations (forming a four-line verse) from Lucretius, Hamlet, Kirke White and Democritus. Date: circa 1890s

Five bulldogs in tankards on a Christmas card
Five bulldogs sitting in tankards on a Christmas card, each one holding an envelope in his paw. Date: circa 1890s

Caretaker Fred Young
Fred Young was a caretaker and taxidermist at Walter Rothschilds Zoological Museum at Tring in the early 19th Century, succeeding the original caretaker Alfred Minall

Advert for Selfridges, 1927
The small woman says - Selfridges Salon-for-Petites - gowns, wraps and suits for the smaller size Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Saint Bernard posing
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a Saint Bernard posing for Aldin to sketch, looking rather unwilling, uninterested and sleepy. Date: 1927

Rag Dy-o-la Dye Dolly
How to get a regular size rag Dy-o-la Dye Dolly. A happy little girl holds her doll. Date: circa 1920s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Saint Bernard and toy terrier
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a Saint Bernard and a toy terrier. Date: 1927

Elephant, hippo and others in tug-of-war
An elephant, a pig and a mouse have a tug-of-war game with a hippo, a bear and a rabbit. Date: circa 1933

Bear and pig doing the washing
A bear and a pig doing the washing. A mouse asks if his shirt could be washed, but the bear is reluctant to take on anything extra. Date: circa 1933

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and a large puppy
Alice in Wonderland, Alice hides from a large puppy. Date: early 20th century

Dun Carrier Cock Pigeon
A full-length portrait of a Dun Carrier Cock. The Dun Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon. The large cere above the beak is one of the characteristics

Two boys and a dog in rubber dinghies
Two boys in a large rubber dinghy, towing along a smaller dinghy containing a small dog. Date: circa 1960s

Edwardian car which looks as if a young man is trying it for size while the chauffeur waits beside it. Date: circa 1908

Klipspringer - stand on the tips of their hooves and can fit all four hooves on a piece of cliff the size of a coin (Oreotragus oreotragus). Marakele National Park - South Africa

Atlas Moth - male (has feathery antennae used for searching females by their pheromones) - in hand - taken from a window of a house in the morning (its active at night) (Attacus atlas )

Taiga-forest canopy, mostly of pine trees. basin of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Rafflesia - Flower prior to petals opening. (Rafflesia sp )

Msai GIRAFFE - x three, Giraffe peers over 2nd giraffes back with tongue out (Giraffa camelopardalis). Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, Africa

Termite Mounds
TERMITE MOUNDS. Australia

Giant Wingless Grasshopper (Saxetania spp.). Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Birch Tree - Near river Serga, near Ekaterinburg, . Spring, Middle Urals, Russia

Dutch scouts with model sailing boat, Holland
Four Dutch scouts with a model sailing boat, and full size sailing boats in the background, Holland

Life size head of a WWI Tommy wearing a Brodie Helmet

Moving Cleopatras Needle, Cairo, Egypt. It was one of three which went to London, Paris and New York respectively during the 19th century. Date: circa 1870

Small craft in North Sea action by G. H. Davis
The battle of the small craft during the North Sea action, First World War. Top: British fast light cruisers and a German squadron. Middle: general engagement between British and German light craft

Maiden voyage of the Vaterland
The maiden voyage of what was at the time the biggest ship in the world: the German Hamburg-Amerika cruise liner, Vaterland

Launch of Cunarder, Aquitania, by G. H. Davis
The launch of the year. First drawings of the gigantic Cunarder, the Aquitania, in the process of being built on the Clyde. Above: a cross section

Ship-building record of 1912 by G. H. Davis
The ship-building record of 1912: ships under construction in the UK, and vessels being built overseas. Both categories are from 1909 to 1912

Growth of the big ship by G. H. Davis
Growth of the big ship: examples now being built by the great naval powers. A diagram illustrating the latest ships produced by France, Germany, the USA, Britain, Russia, Italy and Austria

Britains bomb progress by G. H. Davis
Britains bomb progress during the Second World War: from 500-pounder to a 12, 000-pound factory buster. Date: 1944

Queen Elizabeth passenger ship by G. H. Davis
The 83, 673-ton Queen Elizabeth as a passenger ship: diagrammatic details of the worlds largest liner. Date: 1946

Ranges of naval artillery by G. H. Davis
From Culverin to 16-inch gun: ranges of naval artillery. From the Armada to the Battle of Jutland: the progressive increase in the range of guns and the size of projectiles. Date: 1939

How your body measurements should be taken 1924
American clothing catalogue, showing where you should measure yourself, for a womans bust, waist and hip line, and also for length of skirt

Liberty shawl
Shawl in Liberty colourings from their own works at Merton Abbey. Georgette ground with embossed design in velvet, hand coloured

Liberty silk shawl
Silk shawl hand printed at Liberty & Cos own works at Merton Abbey. Reproduction of an old Indian design, 56 inches square, including fringe, costing 2, 17 shillings and sixpence. Date: 20th century

The Great Ladies Crusade Against The Matinee Hat 1906
Photographs showing hats made by the Comtesse de Talleyrand, the Comtesse Recope, the Comtesse de Fels, the Marquise de Jaucourt and the Comtesse de Guerne

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