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Language - Esperanto at a glance - card produced by the British Esperanto Association. L L Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto (the Unua Libro), on July 26th, 1887. Date: 1923
Noah Webster, the schoolmaster of the Republic. Date c1886 April 18
The Latest Spelling Test by William Heath RobinsonA desperate effort to instil good luck into a five-franc plaque before returning to the Casino. Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)
Comic postcard, Couple at seaside - letter from wife Date: 20th century
Wallis & Steevens Road Roller OU5979Wallis & Steevens Road Roller, regn. OU5979, number 8065 at Southampton. Built in 1930 by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke. (Note : the spelling of Steevens is correct) Date: 24 June 1972
Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine HO5601Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine, regn. HO5601, 7294, The Sheaf of Arrows at Buckfastleigh. Built in 1912 by Wallis & Steevens at Basingstoke, powered by a 6 Nhp single cylinder steam engine
WW2 Greetings Card, R. A. F. SpitfiresA WW2 greetings card, Brave and gallant little Spitfires protect us day by day; This one to you comes winging, the best of wishes bringing, may good luck come your way
Advert for Hamley Bros fortune-telling game 1905Edwardian adults sitting around a table playing a game of Vishnu, fortune-telling game, where it will spell the answers to any questions you wish to know. Date: 1905
Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine Fair RosamundWallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine, regn. BL 4707, number: 7370, Fair Rosamund - Old Bill ). Built by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke in 1914, powered by a 6 Nhp single cylinder steam engine
Girl and boy on a cutout New Year card with alphabet bricks. Date: circa 1890s
Childs slate and toy gun on a Christmas card. early 20th century
LOLLIPOP CATA cat lollipop man, holding up a Stop sign for a little girl cat, on her way to school with her spelling bag over her arm! Date: early 1930s
Animals at a French Zoo - heucorya (?) - animal with slender back-curving horns. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. Slide 8
Pier, Margate - looking out through Ships Masts over water to town. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Margate was recorded as Meregate in 1264 and as Margate in 1299
Pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrapEight pigs sitting on a school bench on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Donkeys in a field on a Christmas cardDonkeys in a field at sunrise on a Christmas card, the shadows from their legs spelling out the words: A Merry Xmas. Date: circa 1890s
Marco BarbarigoMARCO BARBARIGO (ruled 1485 - 1486) Doge of Venice (The spelling on the engraving is incorrect) Date: circa 1480
Meteorite India 1857Quenngouch, India : (spelling uncertain) spectacular meteorite explodes over the town in fine weather. Date: 26-27 December 1857
People in historical costume on a New Year card, standing and sitting on ice and spelling out the words NEW YEAR. Date: circa 1890s
Kitten with letter cards on a Christmas cardKitten with letter cards spelling out Merry Xmas on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Book cover, Learning to Spell, by Irene Martyn. Showing a girl at a desk in front of a blackboard. Date: circa 1940s
God Save the QueenArrangement of people spelling out God Save the Queen. Date: victorian era
Subathers Form a WordA group of innovative sunbathers, form the word l Italia, presumably on a beach in Italy! Date: early 1930s
Chinese woman carrying her wares to market in two bags tied to the end of a yolk across her shoulders. Note the wonderful spelling mistake: " Happy New Year and Maxs" !! Date: 1910s
Teacher gets funny response from young boyA Teacher gets funny response to a question asked to a forthright young flame-haired chap. " Yes, Bobby, C stands for Cat; now what does D stand for
Arabic treatise on astronomy (Al-Andalus). Manuscript. Hispano-Moresque art. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)
Alphabet
London Spelling BookTitle page of a spelling book, showing a girl and boy reading a book while their dog watches with interest. Date: 1851
Puppies Going to SchoolA cat teacher rings the school bell and two puppies turn up with their spelling books in their satchels. Date: early 1930s
Addled Ads - Living in a HORSEAddled Ads - WANTED: " AT ONCE. Man wanted to look after horse, to live in." 1905
Elizabethan style Christmas card by Ethel ParkinsonA Christmas card by Ethel Parkinson, showing a young couple dressed in Elizabethan style costume in a snowy landscape. The greeting reads
Whitfields MountA protuberance on the Heath where methodist preacher George Whitefield (correct spelling) addressed the crowds. It survives, but is less protuberant today
India KumbakonamThe Gopura at Combaconum (former spelling) a place of pilgrimage to which devout Brahmins come back annually
Tartar GentlemanTartar from Schoumachi (thats the French spelling)
Russia - TaigusWarrior of the Taigus people (spelling ?) armed with pike and bow
Building Bricks 1925A child uses alphabet building blocks to build a tower spelling the name of a brand of cigarettes
Abdulla CigarettesABDULLA CIGARETTES A child uses alphabet building blocks to build a tower spelling the name of a brand of cigarettes
King of the DevilsJoosje Goezar (the spelling is not reliable !), lord of the Underworld, honoured by Japanese worshippers
Driving LicenceEarly driving licences (the spelling here is incorrect !) were issued by the County for a period of a year
Advert / Abdulla Cigs 1925ABDULLA CIGARETTES A child uses alphabet building blocks to build a tower spelling the name of a brand of cigarettes