Size Collection (page 8)

A Gold Nugget
A nugget of gold, photographed with a hand to show its size. Date: 1930s

Cow & Calf Rocks, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England. These rocks are well known landmarks, the size being indicated by the climbers at the top. Date: 1950s

The Longest Bar in the World - Tijuana, Mexico
The Longest Bar in the World - Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. 241 feet along Date: 1910s

Record-breaking cauliflower
A gigantic record-brealing cauliflower and the very proud gardener responsible for this remarkably-leaved vegetable! Date: circa 1894

Bridge Workhouse, Kent
A view of the rear of the Bridge Union workhouse, Kent, opened in 1836. The inmates lived in cottage-size rooms around the outside of a central courtyard

RMS Queen Mary compared in size with Buckingham Palace
The newly launched RMS Queen Mary compared with Buckingham Palace and other large buildings. With other indications of her size, power, speed and safety. Date: 1934

Slimmer Extraordinaire! Before & After
Before & After - the remarkable results of going on a diet and how it affects ones choice of corset.... circa 1909

Launching a huge Japanese kite on a festival day, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Pinocchios Nose Pecked
Pinocchios nose pecked down to normal size by the woodpeckers Date: First published: 1880

Frog Prince (Rackham)
DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess catches the frog who is really a prince

Battle of Dresden
BATTLE OF DRESDEN Napoleon defeats a combined Russian, Prussian and Austrian army more than double the size of his : picture shows charge of the French Cuirassiers Date: 26-7 August 1813

Prince to Frog (2)
The Frog (who is really a Prince, of course) retrieves the Princesss golden ball

TV SET 1936
A Marconiphone Television Receiver - note the size of the image compared with the size of the set ! Date: 1936

The Dwarf and the Giant
Bravo, my little fellow! You shall do all the fighting, and we ll divide the glory! Napoleon III towers over the diminutive Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Queen Elizabeth II visiting Cornwall
A smiling Queen Elizabeth II visiting Cornwall. She is accompanied by the local Mayor and a Police Officer and has been presented with a small bouquet of flowers

Man and boy with junior sized motorcycle
A man gives his son a bit of advice under an umbrella before the boy sets off on his junior sized motorcycle

Zip opening letterbox / W H Robinson
Post War Town planning. The new Zip opening letterbox for taking all sizes of letters. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Cars To Suit All Figures / W H Robinson
Fat cars, thin cars, cars to suit all. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Making of the standard International Metre
The making of the standard International Metre in France

Marshall Britannia Boiler transported - India
The transportation of a Marshall Britannia boiler across the Indian countryside by a vast team of oxen and men. Many thousands of portable steam engines were made between the 1840s and 1920s

Being measured for a new car / W Heath Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Cleaning Shoes
A seated bearer cleaning a pair of massive black boots, a pair of safari boots and a pair of black leather gaiters

Chamberlain and the proposed corn tax
A satire on Joseph Chamberlains speech at Bingley Hall, where he produced two loaves (here babies, farmers and tea cups) to illustrate the impact of the proposed corn tax on the size of a loaf

The Deck Cafe on the Titanic
This photograph shows the Deck Cafe on the Titanic. The ship surpassed all rvials in size and luxury

Life / Her Tackling Dummy, 1924
This lady has her own version of a football Tackling Dummy - a life size American footballer ! on which she practices the art of love and seduction

Lear / Nonsense / Dorking
There was a Young Lady of Dorking, who bought a large bonnet for walking; But its colour and size, so bedazzled her eyes, that she very soon went back to Dorking

Lear / Nonsense / Eyes
There was a Young Lady whose eyes, were unique as to colour size; When she opened them wide, people all turned aside, And started away in surprise

Prince Albert playing tennis
Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future King George VI (1895-1952), was a keen tennis player in the 1920s; in July 1920 with his partner Louis Greig he won the RAF doubles competition

Design for a winter garden at Alexandra Palace, 1859
Engraving showing the interior of a proposed winter garden inside the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, 1859. The large dome shown was proposed to allow tropical plants

Olympia Hall, Kensington, London, 1886
Engraving showing the exterior of the Olympia Exhibition Hall, London, 1886. At that time the official name of this building was the National Agricultural Hall, Addison Road, Kensington

The Royal Panopticon, Leicester Square, London, 1852
Engraving showing the Royal Panopticon of Science and Art, which was being built in Leicester Square during 1852. When constructed the Panopticons dome was somewhat smaller in size than this image

Statue of Tutankhamen on guard at his sepulchre for 3000 years. One of the life size statues standing either side of a sealed which was left sealed until Lord Carnarvon arrived to open it

Lincing Deity
Deity named LIN-SING (?) by the Dutch ambassadors (note the enormous size of the idol)

Life on Mars
Mars is closer to Earth in size than the other planets, so we can expect life there to be somewhat similar to ours - this is an educated guess at a Martian metropolis

Antarctic Expedition Sledge, c. 1903
Photograph showing a laden sledge of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04. A sledge this size would have been packed with supplies for three men of a sledging party

Chinese Pagoda
A pagoda of later style, comprising a number of superimposed storeys of diminishing size : also a bridge built high to allow masted vessels to pass

Overheard at the docks by H. M. Bateman
Black & white illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man asking directions to the newly built cruise ship the Queen Mary

D ANNUNZIO IN 1917
GABRIELE D ANNUNZIO Italian writer, freshly decorated for his wartime achievements, with a dog of a size appropriate to his heroic self-image

Pembrokeshire Coast
The beautiful Lydstep Haven and Point, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The celebrated caves are reached at low tide and are noted for their size and beauty

The Rotor Ship Buckau, 1924
Photograph of the experimental Rotor ship Buckau, on sea trials, 1924. Anton Flettner equipped the 680 ton schooner, Buckau, with two rotating cylindrical towers to test his Flettner rudder

Woman who Lived in Shoe
The old woman who lived in a shoe, had so many children she didn t know what to do. Luckily, the shoe was the size of a house

Television in the comfort of your own home
The latest type of home receiver for vision and sound, with a fluorescent screen 8 by 6 inches, displaying a picture of Mickey Mouse

Short Scion Senior
Essentially a half-size version of the Empire class, the Scion is produced in landplane and seaplane versions, as a medium-size passenger carrier

Galloways rotary steam engine
Engraving of Galloways rotary steam engine. The machine was extremely powerful for its size

Cycle-cars were fashionable and popular from Edwardian times to the early 1920s, when their light weight, small size, low purchase price and running costs made motoring accessible to the masses

Feeding a Hunting Falcon
Feeding a hunting falcon (they grow to a great size in Scandinavia !)

Tree-Creeper (Morris)
(Certhia familiaris) Although tolerably numerous, it is not very frequently observed, owing to its small size, modest colours, and its quickness

Money Changer / China
A money changer examines a coin to check against others which he stoes on strings to correctly assess size and weight

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