Smallest Collection

Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a gale
The Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a Force 8 gale. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

Aerial view of Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly
Aerial view of the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

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

Le Chateau D'If fortress - Marseille, France
Le Chateau D'If, a fortress located on the Ile d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul, offshore from Marseille in southeastern France. Date: circa 1910s

Bewick / Mouflon
Linnaeus considered the mouflon a goat (capra ammon) but it is now classified as a sheep, indeed the smallest wild sheep and ancestor of all domestic breeds

Curtis British Entomology Plate 262
Coleoptera: Aphanisticus pusillus (Smallest Buprestid) [Plant: Melampyrum cristatum (Crested Cow-wheat)] Date: 1824-39

Church of the Good Shepherd, Lullington, Sussex, claimed to be the smallest church in England Date: circa 1908

Vickers Wellington B. III BK461, with Dunlop Compacta tyres
Vickers Wellington B.III BK461, at Honiley with Dunlop for trials of its Compacta wheel covers. Seen with the smallest diameter wheels fitted

Mlle Anita, actress with dwarfism, theatrical portrait on stage in velvet gown. Captioned, Cupid's Smallest Victim: twenty-five years old but only twenty-five inches high'

HMS Pinafore, Captain Corcoran marched away
HMS Pinafore. Captain Corcoran is taken away. A couple of marines marched him off under the command of the smallest midshipman in the ship. Date: 1908

John Drummond of Callander, Britains smallest postman. He was 4 feet 7.5 inches tall. 1935

Smallest house in Great Britain, Conwy, Wales
The smallest house in Great Britain, at Conwy, Wales, July 1939. 1939

Londons smallest shop
A tiny corner room in Savile Place with one small window, was the venue opened by two sisters as an Art Furnishing and House Decorating business

The Smallest House in England - Wavertree, Lancashire
The Smallest House in England - Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire - situated at No. 95 High Street, the house is only 6ft wide and was occupied until 1925

Boat trip to Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly
People on a boat trip to the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

JAPANESE BREAKFAST
A young Japanese family have breakfast together before the father commutes into work. Even the smallest child tries to eat with the chopsticks. Date: 1930s

Harold Pyott - Tiny Tim the English Midget
Harold Pyott (1887-1937) - Tiny Tim the English Midget The Living Doll - aged 43 years old, height 23", weight 24lbs. Twelve inches smaller than the renowned Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton) of P

The Worlds Smallest Bible. Printed in 1895 by David Bryce & Son, Glasgow, Scotland, Brought to America by J. Francis Ruggles, internationally known rare Bible collector, whose seal is in this book

The smallest house in Great Britain, also known as the Quay House, now a tourist attraction on the quay in Conwy, Wales. An extremely formitable Welsh lady stands outside

London Police Box
Police boxes used to adorn the East and West corners of Trafalgar Square and were the smallest police stations in London. The lamps at the top came from HMS " Victory"

Rifleman J Furnell with Rifleman Swift, 2nd Irish London Rif
Lantern slide of Rifleman J Furnell with Rifleman Swift, 2nd Irish London Rifles, manning a machine gun built from the parts of five captured enemy guns

Guernsey - St. Andrew at Les Vauxbelets - the worlds smallest consecrated church - 1st created in 1914 by Brother Deodat - the biggest tourist attraction on the island

Nail Varnish 1940S
Always buy the smallest possible bottle of nail varnish, beacause it does not keep well. A young woman lovingly applies varnish to her lovely fingernails. Date: early 1940s

St Johns, Upper Eldon
This little church in the village of Eldon, near Kings Sombourne, Hampshire, claims to be the smallest in England. The village itself is only 25 feet long, with only 7 people! Date: 1930s

Smallest or bee hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Paris, France - General View, The Smallest House
Paris, France - The Smallest House in the city at 39 Rue du Chateau-d Eau. Date: 1897

Twelve young people standing in a line, from the tallest to the smallest, with a large building in the background. Date: 1930

Upleatham - St Andrews Church, North Yorkshire - Smallest Church in Britain Date: circa 1907

Smallest house in Great Britain - Conwy
The smallest house in Great Britain, also known as the Quay House, now a tourist attraction on the quay in Conwy (formerly Conway), Wales

San Marino
The Serenissima Repubblica of San Marino has the smallest population of any EU country, and possesses the oldest written constitution still in force. Date: 1910s

Paedocypris progenetica (male)
This is one of the smallest known vertebrate, reaching only 7.9mm in length, discovered on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. Photographed by Dr. Ralf Britz

Paedocypris progenetica (female)
This is one of the smallest known vertebrate, reaching only 7.9mm in length, discovered on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. Photographed by Dr. Ralf Britz

Chihuahua
The Chihuahua is the smallest breed of dog in the world and is named for the Chihuahua region in Mexico. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Great Dane with Chihuahua
A Great Dane with Chihuahua, photographed by Harry Taylor

Family of Peter Elvis, New Orleans, La. All except smallest baby work in the Barataria Canning Company. Youngest boy, Jo. seven years old works Saturdays

Little Teeny, one of the smallest oyster shuckers at Pass Christian, Miss. Did not know how old she was. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi. Date 1911 February

Noon hour at Obear-Nestor Glass Co. East. St. Louis, Ill

A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were
1353 - - - A Pool Room Branch (Chouteau & Manchester). These boys were playing pool and smoking in the pool room while waiting for papers

General Tom Thumb & Wife, Commander Nutt & Minnie Warren. Four wondrously formed & strangely beautiful ladies & gentlemen in miniature, natures smallest editions of her choicest works

Harvest Festival Screen
A Harvest Festival screen decorated with Corn Dollies at Englands Smallest Church at Culbone, Somerset. Date: August 1963

Europes Smallest Window
The narrowest window in Europe! This vertical slit is between the stones in the wall of the George Hotel, Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England. Date: 19th century

Bayswater Small House
House in the Bayswater Road, reputed to be the smallest house in London. Date: 1928

Old Baslow Bridge, which spans the River Derwent, Derbyshire, England. On the extreme right can be seen the Toll-House, one of the smallest in Britain. Date: built 1603

London / Pickering Place
Pickering Place, St. Jamess Street, London, one of Londons smallest squares, with a bust of Palmerston. A spot where once the gallants used to settle disputes. Date: 1930s

Londons Smallest House
Yet another claim to be Londons Smallest House ! This one is No 10 Hyde Park Place, near Marble Arch. It has only two small rooms and is only four feet wide! Date: 19th century

A Giant Among Dwarfs
A giant among dwarfs. Date: early 1930s

Britains Smallest House
Tom Thumbs House, Conway, north Wales, reputed to be the smallest house in Britain. A 6 foot 3 inch tenant lived here for 15 years! Date: late 1930s

Harvest Festival
A Harvest Festival scene in the Choir of Englands Smallest Church at Culbone, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

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