Spirit Collection (#14)

Advertisement for Emu sherry -- smiling male model (George McGrath) holding up a glass. 1959

Photographic studio setup for Rolls Royce stroboscopic photoshoot. 1959

Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens
Scottish American War Memorial (1927), West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh - The Spirit of 1914. The Sculptor was Robert Tait McKenzie (1867-1938). Date: circa 1940

Patriotic Postcard, Signees of Declaration of Independence
Flowers of Freedom - The Spirit of 1776 had for its motto: " Right, and not might, shall prevail." That motto still lives with Germanys Unconditional Surrender of May 8th, 1945

WW2 - Canadian Patriotic Postcard - Land, Sea and Air, We re over there. Date: circa 1943

A Cosy Diner - Workmen have lunch amid the air raids
Keep Calm and Carry On. A quite fantastic photograph showing two workmen engaged in repairing air raid damage in the London area continue with their private luncheon although the sirens have sounded

WW2 - Rationing of petrol illustrated on this postcard, a little boy relaint on his ration book to keep his car running! Date: circa 1942

Kate Kearneys Cottage, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. Kate was a well known beauty in Ireland in the years before the Great Famine and it was at this sibin that Kate distilled her famous poitin

Martin Johnsons two aircraft at Kimberley on the flight from Cape Town to Nairobi. Sikorsky S39CS, NC52V, Spirit of Africa, (foreground) and S38BS, NC29V, Osas Ark

A replica of the Ryan monoplane Spirit of St Louis N-X-211
A replica of the Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St Louis, N-X-211

Ryan monoplane Spirit of St Louis N-X-211
Ryan monoplane Spirit of St Louis, N-X-211, with Charles Lindbergh at the controls comes in to land at Le Bourget, Paris

The 46ft wing of the Ryan monoplane Spirit of St Louis, N-X-211, was built on the second floor of the Ryan Airlines factory in San Diego

de Havilland DH60 Cirrus II Moth G-EBQE Arom
de Havilland DH60 Cirrus II Moth, G-EBQE, Arom, is filled with Shell Motor Spirit by Mrs George Wilson

The Drummer of Tedworth - Glanville
The tale of the Drummer of Tedworth (told by Thomas Glanville) recounted that local landowner, John Mompesson of Tedworth (now Tidworth, in Wiltshire)

The Tank Room, Darwin Centre
The Tank Room in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Chamaeleo jacksonii, Jacksons chameleon
Jacksons chameleon specimen in spirit jar held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London. This image is on display in the link corridor from the Life Galleries to the Darwin Centre

Fish specimens
Specimen jars containing fish, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London. Notice how over time the specimen jars have been warped by gravity and are no longer straight

Juvenile fish specimens
Specimen jar containing juvenile fish, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Darwin Centre storage room for specimens in spirit
Zoological specimens in one of the storage rooms in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Marine specimens preserved in spirit jars
Specimen jar containing various marine creatures, in the former spirit building, which is now stored in the Tank Room of the Darwin Centre at the Natural Histroy Museum, London

Argyropelecus sp. hatchetfish
Specimen jar containing hatchetfish (Argyroplectus sp.), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Philothamnus irregularis, western green snake
Western Green Snake specimen in spirit jar held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London. This image is on display in the link corridor from the Life Galleries to the Darwin Centre

Marine specimens
Specimen jars containing various sea creatures, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Oliver Crimmen with fish specimens held in the Darwin Centre at The Natural History Museum, London

Synaphobranchus kaupi, arrowtooth eel
Specimen jar containing many arrowtooth eels (Synaphobranchus kaupi), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Zoological specimens in the Spirit Building awaiting movement to the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum
A visitor tour in the Darwin Centre Tank Room at the Natural History Museum, London

Coryphaenoides sp. rattail
A specimen jar containing rattail fish (Coryphaenoides sp.) collected south of Australia, 1874 on The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876)

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