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Advert for Waring & Gillow twin bedsThe Antiques of the future. Good funiture made to-day will be the sought after Antique funiture of the future. The 1920s and 1930s saw the rising popularity of twin beds for married couples
Silver matchbox holder engraved Ypres - Les HallesSolid Silver matchbox holder engraved Ypres and Les Halles and dated 1914. Shows The Cloth Hall in its full glory before its later destruction. Stamped on reverse RB.925a. Commemorative Ware
Walking cane with solid silver Bairnsfather Old Bill haA walking cane with a solid silver Bruce Bairnsfather Old Bill handle. Copyright Registered Number 669204. Bairnsfather Ware
Advert for J. C. Vickery dressing case 1920J. C. Vickery dressing case, for wedding gifts. Blue morocco dressing case, fitted with a beautiful solid tortoiseshell toilet set inlaid with sterling silver. Date: 1920
The Truce CollapsesSatire on the collapse of the never-very-solid truce with Spain. Date: 1665
Pennine FarmhouseA Pennine farmhouse, Haggs House, Arkengarthshire, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is a solid building made of local stone, with small windows to keep out the cold. Date: 1960s
Woodstock Town HallThe solid little Town Hall at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, built in 1766 for the Duke of Marlborough by Sir William Chambers. Date: built 1766
A burly Russian coachman in his summer (!) outfit of coat and peaked cap - a style only worn by coachmen. Other tack and accoutrements hang on the wall behind him. Date: circa 1901
Hanoi - Vietnam - Wheelbarrow driver - delivering his load of recently deceased pigs! Date: circa 1904
Railway Porter rather rude to sizeable female passengerStout Party - " And can t I get to X - without walking?" Railway Porter - " Well, theres the coal Train, Mum." Stout Party - " How much will it cost me
Souvenir of Scarborough - Lady Cab DriverSouvenir of Scarborough - Lady Horse-drawn Cab Driver. Date: circa 1890s
L Heure d Absinthe - French coupleL Heure d Absinthe - A venerable French couple, possibly after consuming a tipple of Absinthe, although both appear to still be relatively vertical... Date: circa 1895
Theatrical Lodging House Keeper who drops her h sTheatrical Lodging House Keeper: " What name did you say, Sir? Harlton?" Actor (about to take apartment): " No, not Harlton - Arlton." T.L.K: " Oh
A Breton FishwifeA very solid and formidable Breton Fishwife from Brittany, France. Date: circa 1890s
A burly Russian coachman, Moscow, RussiaA Russian coachman and his carriage, Moscow, Russia Date: circa 1903
A burly Russian coachman, Moscow, in his summer outfit of coat and peaked cap - a style only worn by coachmen. Date: circa 1904
Sordino - known to the French as a pochette - this instrument is a pocket fiddle. Derived in form from the medieval Rebec, orignating from the Near East and also known as the Gigue
Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Patmos, GreeceThe Monastery of St. John the Theologian, which takes the form of a Citadel (Chora) on Patmos Island, Greece Date: circa 1940s
Design for a solid of least resistancesDesign for a solid of least resistance, based on the form of a trout. 1809. From Cayleys original notebook
A technician checks over a Lockheed Kingfisher guided missilA technician checks over a Lockheed Kingfisher supersonic guided target missile at Sunnyvale, California. The missile is without its solid booster. June 1958. Date: 1958
Sir George Cayleys drawingsSir George Cayley manuscript illustration. From: C.H. Gibbs-Smith Sir George Cayleys Aeronautics 1796-1855 (London: HMSO/Science Museum)
Solidus of Honorius and Arcadius (4th c. ). RomanSolidus of Honorius and Arcadius (4th c.). Roman art. Late Empire. SPAIN. Burgos. Provincial Archaeological Museum
Verdun : too StrongThe battle of Verdun : the German finds that the French defences are too solid for him to batter down ! Date: May 1916
LCC-LFB solid tyre Turntable LadderLCC-London Fire Brigade solid tyre Turntable Ladder
LCC-LFB Dennis motorised pump-escapeIn 1910 the London Fire Brigade took delivery of the latest motorised fire engine from Dennis, the fire engine manufacturers in Surrey
Mexican Wagon with solid wheelsMexican oxen-led wagon with solid wooden wheels transporting a load of hay Date: circa 1910s
Horse Mounting BlockAn ancient horse-mounting block of steps, well worn over the centuries, at Burford, Oxfordshire, England. It was made from a solid piece of Cotswold stone. Date: 1950s
Chemical TechnologyA JEM 7A microscope can examine gas or solid interface reactions at temperatures of up to 1200oC, Chemistry Division, Harwell. Date: 1960s
Kenya, Africa - The Treasury, Nairobi Date: circa 1910s
Humber SnipeThe Humber Snipe is chosen for police use, giving it a reputation as an establishment car, solid but with high performance when required. Date: 1937
Britannia and Eve magazine, July 1933Front cover illustration featuring a pretty blonde 1930s woman with a Bob haircut and short, solid fringe. She wears a floral patterned scarf tied to one side
Highly decorated Nepalese WomanSolid Nepalese woman, with elaborate jewellery and a large nosering
Turkish Ox Cart - GallipoliTurkish ox-cart - Gallipoli. Note the three-block solid wheels, a technology dating back to the earliest wheels depicted in relief carvings from the ancient near Eastern/Mesopotamian civilisations
Vintage Car with little puppySmart chap in his solid Tourer car, with a small black puppy sat on the running board!
Ford 8 Y Model and ownerA solid gentleman stands next to his Ford 8 Y Model on a suburban street
Indian Rope Trick PosterUndated coloured poster featuring illustration of Thurston, the famous magician, performing the East Indian rope-trick. HPF/5B/17
Serbian woman in National CostumeA rather severe and solid Serbian woman in National Costume
SHOESBeige suede high fronted chukker boot, black calf ghillie laced shoe, sepia suede shoe with buckled strap and white buckskin shoe banded and buckled with solid heel
Dinka Tribesmen in carved-out canoeA group of African Sudanese Dinka men in and around two canoes (for use on the River Nile) carved out of whole tree trunks
Temporary Pile BridgeA temporary bridge is built by French engineers, utilising planks laid on piles embedded in the river bed, a more solid and reliable method than laying them on boats
Triplex Kitchen GrateA kitchen, complete with Triplex grate, which has separate heating compartments
Successful Ghost HunterA successful ghost hunter watches an apparition walk through a solid wall
Bulldog / DalzielA solid and powerful looking bulldog
Bassinoire of C17A bassinoire (warming pan) : it is filled with hot coals and slipped between the bedsheets to do the same job as the hot water bottle
STOVE, 1851Stove and fender by Stuart and Smith of Sheffield, exhibited at the Crystal Palace
Lemaire Revolving GrateRevolving stove-grate by Godin Lemaire of Guise - featured at the 1867 exposition
Pugin-Designed StoveStove in the medieval style designed by Augustus Pugin and constructed by Hardiman of Birmingham
Ornamental FireplaceOrnamental fireplace with flower-decorated tiles to the sides and in front