Special Collection (page 14)

Dive-bombing attack on Mediterranean convoy by G. H. Davis
The Stukas return: tactics and technique used in a dive-bombing attack on a Mediterranean convoy during the Second World War

Warship with guided missiles by G. H. Davis
The shape of ships to come: a warship armed with guided missiles and protected against radioactivity. An artists impression of a battleship of the future

Young people in ceremonial robes, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Scene in Ludgate Hill, London, with flags and garlands for the Silver Jubilee celebrations. Date: 1935

View of Fleet Street, London, with flags and garlands for the Silver Jubilee celebrations. Date: 1935

Stage illusions
Illustrations depicting various cutting-edge stage illusions at the beginning of the 20th century. The first shows the race of a motor-car again a train; also shown

Erecting coronation seats in front of Reform Club
Special stands and viewing galleries being constructed on the front of the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London from where members

Buttercream decorated iced cakes. Mother cake, Chocolate Cream Filbert, Rose Basket Cake, Chocolate Filbert Cake, Bavarian Cream Cake, Mocha Sponge Cake, Bavarian Cream Tourte Date: 1936

Kings State Harness for State Coach
A horse wearing the Kings State Harness, for use with the State Coach. Date: early 20th century

Sheet music cover, Your King & Country Want You, a Womans Recruiting Song, dedicated by special permission to Her Majesty the Queen

Fruit Label -- Jose MaColl, Valencia oranges
Fruit Label -- special oranges from Jose MaColl of Sagunto, Valencia, Spain. Depicting three men playing football with a large orange. Date: 20th century

Womens Royal Air Force -- Dopers Tea
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women painters and dopers having a tea break, while one toasts a slice of bread at the open door of a hot stove

Nursery Rhymes -- Robin Redbreast
Nursery Rhymes -- The Wedding of Robin Redbreast and Jenny Wren. Three guests (above), and Robin with his best man, the Bullfinch (below). Date: early 20th century

Soldiers at Waterloo Station
At Waterloo Station, London, soldiers rest while awaiting the special train to transport them to their centre, as the army is mobilised upon the declaration of war. Date: August 1914

Victor Bulla, special correspondent
Victor Bulla of St. Petersburg, one of the special correspondents of The Sphere and The Tatler, who gained permission to accompany the invading Russian forces en route to Manchuria during

Birthday card, the Many Happy Returns Inn
Birthday card, depicting the Many Happy Returns Inn, a colourful toadstool where special birthday teas are served. Various elves are making preparations and enjoying tea in the foreground

The General Strike - demobilisation of volunteers 1926
Colonel St. John Fox, Commandant of the Headquarters Central Division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve, addressing the division (including regulars)

Allied soldiers undergoing training as snipers 1916
Candidates undergoing special training as snipers during the First World War. Date: 1916

Women helped during the Great Strike 1926
In Mrs Loefflers canteen at Scotland House. Lady volunteers, including Lady Louis Mountbatten, feeding Special Constables, who had come to Scotland Yard to report, while on duty

Underwater Cameraman
Underwater photography has now been developed into a fine art thanks to this diving cameraman in his special waterproof gear, diving to photograph the floor of a dock Date: September 1932

TIDY DOG
An exemplary dog picking up litter and depositing it into a special litter bin in central London. Date: early 1930s

Aln. Baron Londesborough
ALBERT DENISON, first baron LONDESBOROUGH antiquarian, collector and archeologist with a special interest in tumuli. Date: 1805 - 1860

Miles Special Gemini 8A Aries, G-AKFX, flies past specta?
Miles Special Gemini 8A Aries, G-AKFX, flies past spectators at the 1956 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 July

A de Havilland Moth flies past the de Havilland Dove, G-?
A de Havilland Moth flies past the de Havilland Dove, G-ALVF, and Miles Special Gemini 8A Aries, G-AKFX, at the 1956 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 July

Sails drying - Arab Dhows in the harbour at Beirut, Lebanon
Sail drying - Arab Dhows in the harbour at Beirut, Lebanon. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS, was part of a 12-man Special Boat Service unit which made a daring raid

Childrens Corner, Southwold, Suffolk - A Childrens Special Service Mission beach event is in progress. The Childrens Special Service Mission was the original name, from 1867

Japan - Remarkable Fowl at Miyanoshita
Japan - Remarkable Onagadori at Miyanoshita with incredibly long tail feathers - nothing poultry about this display! Onagadori means " long-tailed fowl" in Japanese

Col Roscoe Turner in his Wedell-Williams Special Racer after arriving in New York from Burbank, California in 10 hours 2 minutes and 51 seconds, breaking his own West-East record

Col Roscoe Turner in front of his Wedell-Williams Special Racer

Short 360 of Royal Mail Special Services at Aberdeen Airport

Musick Memorial Trophy
Awarded for the most practical contribution to the safety of aircraft with special regard to trans-oceanic aviation, the Musick Memorial Trophy was presented by R.M

The first prototype Handley Page Halifax III R9534
The first prototype Handley Page Halifax III, R9534, was converted from a Halifax II series 1 (Special) in October 1942. Date: 1942

de Havilland Vampire F1 TG278
de Havilland Vampire F1, TG278, experimentally fitted with a de Havilland Ghost turbojet, 4ft extensions to the wings and a special hood

One of the special Airspeed AS65 Consuls produced in 1949 for the Burmese Air Force fitted with two fixed forward-firing guns under the fuselage and provision for eight 25lb rocket projectiles

Bristol Bulldog II J9591 in use as a Mercury testbed
Bristol Bulldog II, J9591, in use as a Mercury testbed, is fitted with a Mercury IVA with a special exhaust ring and cylinder helmets

Hawker Audax K3072 after convesion to a Hart (Special)
Hawker Audax, K3072, after convesion to a Hart (Special)

A Fokker FVIIb-3m equipped with special flotation apparatus. This aircraft was used for the first service of the Pan American Airways System between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba

Boeing RB-50B 47-134 later modified to RB-50F
Boeing RB-50B, 47-134, later modified to RB-50F standard with the addition of SHORAN navigational radar for special missions

L & SWR Ocean Special - 1st class dining car
L & SWR Ocean Special Interior of 1st class dining car

A size forging machine (special)

Special lathe for making tools for cartridge machinery. Height of centres 8.5 inches

High-explosive carvings, c. 1943
The SOE craftsmen had to provide materials for agents all over the world

The Bernard Sunley Room
Housing large books in the Natural History Museums Department of Botany

The Botany Library Special Collections Room
The Botany Library at the Natural History Museum London. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened to the public on Easter Monday 1881

Cover page for a special Christmas edition of La vie au grand air, 1904. Litography

Thomas Hardys funeral by Steven Spurrier
The funeral of Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) in Westminster Abbey drawn by ILNs special artist, Steven Spurrier. Hardys ashes were interred in poets corner in the Abbey next to Charles Dickens

Burnley Workhouse, Lancashire
Dining Hall of Burnley Workhouse, Lancashire with male inmates seated at long tables. It appears to a special occasion, with workhouse staff accompanied by Union Guardians and a small child

Berlioz Conducts 1844
Military concert conducted by Hector Berlioz including special cannons ! Date: 1844

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