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Background imageSizes Collection: Tuba on its Own

Tuba on its Own
There are three sizes of tuba - the smallest is the Euphonium : the Bombardon is the most usual; there is also the Contrabass Tuba, used in military bands and by Wagner. Date: 1897

Background imageSizes Collection: The Eggs of British Birds

The Eggs of British Birds -- assorted eggs of different colours and sizes. Date: 1894

Background imageSizes Collection: Advert for the Ministry of Food 1940

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1940
The weeks food facts No. 6. If you eat more than you need, you are wasting food as surely as if you had thrown it away. So eat what you need, but no more. Buy wisely and cater strictly

Background imageSizes Collection: Post Office Radio Telephone Services and Fisheries

Post Office Radio Telephone Services and Fisheries
A wonderful, original, poster map showing Post Office Radio Telephone Services commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, 1935

Background imageSizes Collection: Biblical Commentary (Fragment)

Biblical Commentary (Fragment)
Fragment of a leaf from a religious text, probably a biblical commentary, parchment. Contains a commentary on and text from Romans

Background imageSizes Collection: Comic postcard, A row of six bottoms in swimsuits at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A row of six bottoms in swimsuits at the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imageSizes Collection: Comic postcard, Soldier in the British Army, WW2

Comic postcard, Soldier in the British Army, WW2 - They only issue two sizes of shirts in the Army, large --- and very large! Date: circa 1940s

Background imageSizes Collection: Chinese money changer cutting silver ingots

Chinese money changer cutting silver ingots into different sizes for payment, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste

Background imageSizes Collection: Advertisement, H O Strong, Guards for Circular Saws

Advertisement, H O Strong, Guards for Circular Saws
Advertisement, H O Strong & Co, Norfolk Works, Bristol - Guards for Circular Saws. 19th century

Background imageSizes Collection: Round and Flat Watercolour Sable Brushes

Round and Flat Watercolour Sable Brushes in Albata. circa 1880s

Background imageSizes Collection: Diagram showing German air-dreadnought, zeppelin compared to a section of buildings in

Diagram showing German air-dreadnought, zeppelin compared to a section of buildings in Piccadilly London. Date: 1915

Background imageSizes Collection: Japanese Parasols

Japanese Parasols
Five Japanese women in traditional costume, three of which hold flat circular parasols of varying sizes. Date: late 19th century

Background imageSizes Collection: MARKET AT MIDDELBURG

MARKET AT MIDDELBURG
Stalls of all shapes and sizes fill the town square of Middelburg, in front of the 16th century Town Hall : this was a Hanse trading centre in former days. Date: circa 1880

Background imageSizes Collection: Advert for Charles H. Baber ladies footwear 1929

Advert for Charles H. Baber ladies footwear 1929
Elegant ladies footwear for widths - all fittings made to the specification of your foot. 1929

Background imageSizes Collection: Church Furniture, Plate 166

Church Furniture, Plate 166, showing candle holders, candlesticks, lecterns, boxes, vases and other items. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSizes Collection: A selection of British Shells

A selection of British Shells Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSizes Collection: CHAMELEON - on human finger, to show scale

CHAMELEON - on human finger, to show scale. (Brookesia minima ). Madagascar

Background imageSizes Collection: Making Chatties, Phini, Cyprus

Making Chatties, Phini, Cyprus
Making Chatties (pottery jars / amphorae), Phini (Foini), Troodos Mountains, Cyprus Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSizes Collection: Football Blocks Ad

Football Blocks Ad
Football Blocks A device to protect a footballers shins. Supplied in five sizes

Background imageSizes Collection: Petite fashion 1930 - Dignity for the small woman

Petite fashion 1930 - Dignity for the small woman
Harrods advertisement promoting their range of petite sizes for women, particularly in the new floor length skirt lengths fashionable in 1930. 1930

Background imageSizes Collection: Albums for scraps, cuttings, cards, Plate 181

Albums for scraps, cuttings, cards, Plate 181
Albums for scraps, newspaper cuttings, Christmas cards, etc, Plate 181. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSizes Collection: Best carbon block filters, Plate 40

Best carbon block filters, Plate 40
Best carbon block filters fitted with anti-corrosive taps, Plate 40, for obtaining purified water in different locations. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSizes Collection: White earthenware, Plate 59

White earthenware, Plate 59, showing dishes, serving dishes, jugs, bowls and other items. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSizes Collection: Photograph Albums, Plate 180

Photograph Albums, Plate 180, showing a range of styles and sizes, patterned and plain. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSizes Collection: Stained, Painted, Engraved and Embossed Windows, Plate 164

Stained, Painted, Engraved and Embossed Windows, Plate 164, showing a range of windows for churches, homes and other buildings. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSizes Collection: Superior Pressed, Engraved and Cut Glass, Plate 141

Superior Pressed, Engraved and Cut Glass, Plate 141, showing a range of jugs, basins, dishes, plates and containers in various styles and sizes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSizes Collection: Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado, USA

Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado, USA
A narrow gap between two sandstone masses forms the entrance to the Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado. The Garden contains strangely shaped isolated rocks of all shapes and sizes

Background imageSizes Collection: Four frog acrobats on a New Year card

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

Background imageSizes Collection: Four frogs diving on a Christmas card

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

Background imageSizes Collection: Five frogs in top hats on a Christmas card

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

Background imageSizes Collection: A Wire-Drawer

A Wire-Drawer
A wire drawer reducing rods and threads of wire to smaller sizes for use in manufacture Date: 1827

Background imageSizes Collection: Biscuit Making C1860

Biscuit Making C1860
Biscuits are produced in many shapes and sizes. Date: circa 1860

Background imageSizes Collection: Children / Railings 1870

Children / Railings 1870
Seven children of varying sizes look through some railings at an interesting sight... Date: circa 1870?

Background imageSizes Collection: Four bulldogs on a greetings card

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

Background imageSizes Collection: National Childrens Home (NCH) Industrial School, Gravesend

National Childrens Home (NCH) Industrial School, Gravesend. Uniformed boys stand in front of a table bearing a large number of bells of different sizes. Date: 1890s

Background imageSizes Collection: Boats of many sizes on a rough sea

Boats of many sizes on a rough sea
Hand coloured. Illustration of boats of many sizes on a rough sea, some of them steam powered. There are people in smaller boats with oars.. Part of Box 365, Miscellaneous Part 1, Boswell collection

Background imageSizes Collection: Atlas Moth - male (has feathery antennae used for

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 )

Background imageSizes Collection: Taiga-forest canopy, mostly of pine trees

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

Background imageSizes Collection: Rafflesia - Flower prior to petals opening

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

Background imageSizes Collection: Msai GIRAFFE - x three, Giraffe peers over 2nd

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

Background imageSizes Collection: Termite Mounds

Termite Mounds
TERMITE MOUNDS. Australia

Background imageSizes Collection: Birch Tree - Near river Serga, near Ekaterinburg

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

Background imageSizes Collection: Russian Basket Seller playing a whistle

Russian Basket Seller playing a whistle (to attract the attention of would-be basket purchasers). Date: 1902

Background imageSizes Collection: Advert for Vani-Tred shoes 1941

Advert for Vani-Tred shoes 1941
Heavenly walking. Advertisement for Vani-Tred shoes, soft, billowy zephyr when you walk, you simply can t come down to earth with a bump; the hidden feature in Vani-Tred constrruction distributes

Background imageSizes Collection: Camera and photography shop interior, Walton, Essex

Camera and photography shop interior, Walton, Essex
Interior view of camera sales and professional photographers shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A large array of different sizes and types of film are displayed behind the counter

Background imageSizes Collection: Cairo, Egypt - Pot Seller

Cairo, Egypt - Pot Seller
A pot seller in Cairo, Egypt with his wide selection of pottery in varied shapes and sizes. He sits in the open entrance to his shop and talks to a passing fresh water carrier / seller

Background imageSizes Collection: Turkey - Basket Seller

Turkey - Basket Seller
A Basket Seller - Turkey

Background imageSizes Collection: A Display of Vases

A Display of Vases
Vases by Clarey of Asnieres, in a variety of shapes and sizes, weird and wonderful, the sort of thing you find in dusty antique shops or the marche aux puces

Background imageSizes Collection: Owen Jones Flowers 93

Owen Jones Flowers 93
Ivy Palmata and Common Ivy: full-sized leaves, traced from nature

Background imageSizes Collection: Owen Jones Flowers 95

Owen Jones Flowers 95
Various leaves, full-sized, traced from nature: Vine, Holly, Oak, Turkey Oak, and Laburnum

Background imageSizes Collection: War Orphan in Coat

War Orphan in Coat
This Soviet war orphan has lost home and family : but at least she is kept warm in this coat several sizes too big for her !

Background imageSizes Collection: Blunt / Relative Planets

Blunt / Relative Planets
The relative sizes of the planets. A-Mercury, B-Venus, C-Earth D- Mars, H-Uranus, top-Jupiter and bottom-Saturn

Background imageSizes Collection: Anteater (Bewick)

Anteater (Bewick)
Ant-eaters come in many shapes and sizes. This one is the GREAT ANT-EATER, myrmecophaga jubata, more than a metre long, not counting its tail which is most of 1m more



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