Sponges Collection

Cub Scouts cleaning fire engine

Sponge diver loses his footing
Diving for sponges off the Tunisian coast, diver loses a leg to a shark

Horse and drunk huntsman crashing through a shop window, 19th century. Caingey Thornton in hunting pinks on Hercules, followed by Mr. Sponge on Multum in Parvo

English gentleman in hunting pinks having his portrait painted, 19th century. Ruddle the artist smoking a pipe while painting Bragg seated on a saddle stand. Mr. Braggs equestrian portrait

Divers and Diving - 1. and 2. Primitive diving suits, 3. Wreck of the Royal George, from a contemporaneous print, 4. Awkward work, torpedo laying, 5. Electric lamp, 6. An unexpected plunge, 7

All about Sandwich Cakes, Sponges and Swiss Rolls by the Stork Margarine Cookery Service Date: 1951

Comic postcard, the vicar sponges his aspidistra Date: 20th century

English tourists promenading in the Tuileries Garden, Paris, 19th century. French cuirassiers, ladies in crinolines stroll in the gardens. Mr

Huntsman in hunting pinks embracing a woman on a horse, 19th century. Mr. Sponge proposes marriage to Lucy during a fox hunt. The pack of foxhounds has lost the scent. Mr. Sponge declares himself

Two English gentlemen evaluating a horse in a paddock, 19th century. A jockey sits on Hercules, a groom Leather holds the horses head

English gentleman and ladies announced before dinner in a grand house, 19th century. Mr Sponge in blue coat and white waistcoat, Amelia Jawleyford in blue satin

Huntsman losing control of his horse during a foxhunt, 19th century. Sponge in hunting pinks on a chestnut horse knocking Lord Scarperdale from his mount. Mr. Sponge completely scatters his lordship

An unusual foot race during a horse-racing meet
English gentlemen gambling on an unusual foot race during a horse-racing meet on the Champs de Mars, Paris, 19th century. Stubbs the Yorkshireman is piggybacked on vulgar Cockney grocer John Jorrocks

The Sponge Exchange at Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
Scene at the Sponge Exchange - the largest in the world at Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Page from catalogue of toilet requisites
Page of toilet requisites from Harrods catalogue (1911 - 1912), Brushes and Turnery Department. This page includes shaving brushes, nail brushes hand mirrors and bath mats. Date: 1911

Sponge clipping, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies. Date: 1924

Belgian Bathing Equipment Shop, selling sponges, chamois leather cloths soaps, shampoo and sundry other bathing products for successful cleaning and grooming

Zoe Ball launching Scout Job Week, London
Zoe Ball launching Scout Job Week near Tower Bridge, London, with a group of Scouts (boys and girls). 1996

Trimming Sponges, Nassau, Bahamas Date: circa 1910s

Sponge, nuts and fig Sellers - turkey
Itinerant street vendors of Sponges, Figs and Nuts in Constantinople, Turkey

Thirty-two pounders on the lower deck of H. M. S. Victory
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory after extensive redecoration and restoration shown for the first time in colour. This is the lower deck with canons called thirty-two pounders

Norwegian Sea Creatures
Strange starfish, strange sponges, strange crabs, strange eels etcetera to be found in Norwegian waters

Sponge Sellers / Turkey
Sponge sellers from Istanbul carry their goods in baskets and tied onto sticks

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