Special Collection (page 6)

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal Certificate, 1944
Certificate bestowing a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal on J. Rutter of the Felling Division of the Durham County Constabulary, dated 1st September 1944. Date: 1st September 1944

Stage effects at Covent Garden for Das Rheingold
Behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden demonstrating how the Rhine maidens are made to swim naturally in Wagners Das Rheingold. Date: 1936

Street scene during carnival, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Date: 1922

Couple in traditional costume, Brittany, Northern France
Couple in traditional costume at carnival time, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

Schoolboys on Founders Day, Harrow School, Middlesex, setting off to play the annual ball game, their own version of football, which takes place on 10 October. Date: 1922

Racing car on a wet track with cut tyres
Racing car on a wet track -- the tyres had to be specially treated with shallow cuts transversing the normal tread for extra grip. 20th century

A wireless ball: dancers with headphones at a silent dance
The 1928 equivalent of a silent disco: dancers with headphones at a silent dance on leap year night. Date: 1928

Milkmaid in special costume and bonnet, Belgium -- she apparently won a beauty competition for milkmaids. Date: 1922

Advertisement for Icilma face powder. Date: 1949

Diary with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Travel tickets with comic verse on a Christmas card -- From All Difficulties to Prosperity, Special Xmas Train. Date: 1889

Cat couple on a bench on a postcard
Smartly dressed cat couple on a bench on a postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Cat couple in a park on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1904

A Representation of the Royal Entertainment at Guildhall, London, 1761. 1761

Beautiful bride and page boys
Cover of Home Notes magazine: Special Wedding Number. The bride wears a floor length gown with an endless train, puff ball sleeves

The Sphere British Empire Exhibition Number
Front cover of The Sphere magazines British Empire Exhibition Number featuring the Indian style pavilion gateway erected for the event at Wembley. Date: 1924

Royal visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bristol
Royal visit of George V and Queen Mary to Bristol, where 2500 school children formed a living British flag. Date: circa 1911

NFS (London Region) Boy trapped in a milk churn
Boy trapped in a milk churn is set free at Brigade HQ on 4 July 1947. The milkman had brought him to the fire station in his milk float. Date: 1947

Firefighting training display at Southwark Headquarters
London Fire Brigade special training event at Southwark Headquarters, open to the public, with jets of water pointing down towards the centre of the courtyard. Date: circa 1910s

Cover design, Art & Publicity, Fine Printing & Design, Special Autumn Number of The Studio. Date: 1925

Cover design, Posters & Publicity, Special Autumn Number of The Studio. Date: 1926

Beechcraft F-2-BH
United States Army Air Corps - Beechcraft F-2-BH. (The 14 F-2s were given the msn 340 to 353 and serial numbers 40-682 to 40-695)

Piper PA-11S Cub Special CF-FTQ (msn 11-454). Date: circa 1960

Curtiss P-36A Hawk 38-001 and North American X-10 GM-19307
Curtiss P-36A Hawk 38-001 (msn 12415, call-sign 69 ) in 1940 war game special camouflage colours, in the collection of the National United States Air Force Museum, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Boeing P-12J 32-42 (msn 1538, Model 234) built as a P-12E, 32-42 was converted to P-12J, by fitting a Pratt & Whitney SR-1340H supercharged engine and a special bomb sight

United States Air Force - Lockheed MC-130E-LM Combat Talon I 64-0566 (msn 382-4080). 0566 (MSN 382-4080). Built as a C-130E this aircraft was converted to a MC-130E Combat Talon I special forces

FRANK BUCKLAND Naturalist who took a special interest in natural curiosities, with some very small monkeys. Date: 1826 - 1880

Flags most commonly flown in Bermuda
circa 1910s

Paris, France - L Ecole Speciale d Administration - 28, Boulevard des Invalides Date: 1933

Cadillac-Fleetwood Sixty Special

Receiving Special Gift Date: 1948

Main Street Businesses Date: 1950

Cover design, Womans Pictorial
Cover design by Margaret W Tarrant, Womans Pictorial magazine, 10 May 1924. Depicting a girl and a boy climbing a tree in blossom, watched by a white cat

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

SPECIAL THIMBLE
A boon to all bachelors who sew, this simple device, fitted to a thimble, makes it impossible to lose the needle, and saves time, temper and trouble. Date: 1930s

CABLE CAR, FRANCE
The CABLE-CAR of the Aiguille du Midi, in the French Alps. Date: 1926

ALPINE GUARDS PLAY CARDS
The Alpine Casino in Austria has special security guards who, while the ivory ball rolls round the roulette table downstairs, pass the time with a game of cards upstairs. Date: 1930s

JAPANESE ARRANGEMENT - 9
WILD PEAR and LILY an arrangement for special occasions. Ohara School of Ikebana Date: 1934

Funicular, Montmartre, Paris, France
The Funicular railway at Montmartre which carries sightseers and worshippers up the Butte Montmartre to the church of Sacre Coeur. Date: circa 1905

Foss Special Racer N68732, race no 94, midget racer. Powered by the ubiquitous 85hp Continental C85, the Foss Special, also known as Ginny

Nimmo Special Racer N24C, race no 39, midget racer, also known as Argander Special (written on the engine cowling). The Special was powered by an 85hp Continental C85

Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator GR Mk. III (Special R
Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator GR Mk.III (Special R.P.). The use of rockets against submarines got mixed reactions from the aircrew

Advert, Pacific Creamery Co, Los Angeles, USA
Advert, Lily Milk Special Delivery from the Pacific Creamery Co, Los Angeles, California, USA - Territorial Fair, Phoenix, Arizona, 1907, 1st Prize at California State Fair, 1907

Promotional postcard for Harveys Special Scotch Whisky - The Spirit of the Hunt. Date: circa 1913

Sir Bennett Melvill Jones, CBE, HonFRAeS, 1887-1975, wa?
Sir Bennett Melvill Jones, CBE, HonFRAeS, 1887-1975, was presented with the Musick Memorial Trophy awarded for the most practical contribution to the safety of aircraft with special regard to

A mobile unit of the English Electric Thunderbird surfa?
A mobile unit of the English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air guided missile system leaves English Electric?s Guided Weapons Division factory at Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Front page, Daily Mail, Diamond Jubilee, Golden Extra
Front page of the Daily Mail newspaper for 23 June 1897, to mark Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee, called the Golden Extra as it was printed in gold ink. Date: 1897

Front page, Daily Mail, Silver Jubilee
Front page of the Daily Mail newspaper for 6 May 1935, to mark King George Vs Silver Jubilee, printed in black ink on silver paper. 1935

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