Spray Collection (page 5)

Variegated pansies and a cross on an Easter card. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers, mistletoe, holly and a cross on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

White flowers, thorns and a cross on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

White flowers, holly and a cross on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Variegated pansies and a cross on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and red flowers on a cross-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Red poppies and a cross on a Christmas card
Red poppies and daisies with ears of wheat and a cross on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Couple taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Karen and Kevin Moseley, a couple taking part in the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall, photographed on bank premises. Date: circa 1970s

Spray of holly on a New Year card, with a seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Spray of white flowers on a Christmas card, with a seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Green, brown and pink leaves on a Christmas card
Spray of green, brown and pink leaves on a Christmas card, with a seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Spray of green and orange leaves on a Christmas card, with a devotional verse. Date: circa 1890s

Orange and purple flowers on a Christmas card
A spray of orange and purple flowers on a Christmas card, with a seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Elf delivering a letter on a greetings card, with a large spray of blue flowers across his shoulders. Date: circa 1890s

Spray of pink flowers on a Christmas card, with a holly and mistletoe design in the border. Date: circa 1890s

Girl and boy in peasant costume on a birthday card, with a decorative spray of pink roses and white lily of the valley. Date: circa 1890s

Forget-me-nots on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Red berries on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

White flowers on a cross-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Foliage and religious texts on a Christmas card
Spray of foliage and religious texts on a Christmas card (signed on the back by Florence Nightingale, to a servant, Lydia Norman). (1 of 2) Date: 1882

Greetings card, Moss Roses, held together by a silk thread. circa 1890s

Dahlias, insert illustration in L Artisan Pratique
Insert illustration in L Artisan Pratique, a French decorative art magazine. Showing an arrangement of dahlias on a design for a velvet cushion. Date: 1924

Switzerland - Lauterbrunnen, the Staubbach
Coloured lantern slide of a view through the town of Lauterbrunnen. In the background is the Staubbach Falls. The waterfall drops about 300 metres from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging

Bottlenose Dolphin - Swimming at speed through water (Tursiops truncatus). Dolphins can reach 65 km per hour

Bottlenose Dolphins - Swimming at speed through water (Tursiops truncatus). Dolphins can reach 65 km per hour

Bottlenose Dolphin - Tail dancing (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin jumping with crowd watching in background (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin amusing the crowd with a tail dance (Tursiops truncatus)

Striped Dolphin - Jummping
STRIPED DOLPHIN - JUMMPING (Stenella coeruleoalba). Distribution: Tropical and temperate waters worldwide

Graffiti Vandalism at Pisa
Conservation experts applying mud packs to draw out spray painted graffiti on the porous Carrara marble walls of Pisa Duomo

LFB fireboat in action outside County Hall, London
A London Fire Brigade fireboat in action on the River Thames outside County Hall, London

Blitz in London -- training exercise, WW2
Blitz in London -- training exercise. Date: 1940s

Firefighter in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
Firefighter operating a two-man manual hose in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

Massey Shaw fireboat, River Thames, London
The London Fire Brigades Massey Shaw fireboat with two firefighters on deck operating the hoses

Massey Shaw fireboat in action, River Thames, London
The London Fire Brigades Massey Shaw fireboat in action with hoses spraying, on the River Thames near the Thames Barrier at Woolwich, with firefighters on deck

American fog gun in operation, WW2
An American Hardie fog gun (water hose) in operation, firing a water jet into the air, 8 September 1944. Date: 1944

Fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping, East London, in September 1935, with billowing black smoke on the right. On the left, firefighters train their hoses from a fireboat on the River Thames. Date: 1935

Blitz in London -- firefighters at work, Blackfriars, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with hosepipes at the Blackfriars Goods Depot on 16 October 1940. Date: 1940

London firefighters at work with hosepipes

Violet Day Fund silver-topped Pounce pot - WWI era
A Violet Day Fund silver (Birmingham 1904 silver mark) topped Pounce pot, with engraved violets on glass. Violet Day 1914 engraved on silver top

French soldiers spraying disinfectant, WW1
French soldiers spraying disinfectant after a gas attack on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Breakwater at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Breakwater with rough waves at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

New British fireproof lifeboat by G. H. Davis
The new British all-steel fireproof lifeboat designed for oil tankers. Its sprays form a constant shield of cold water over the boat, enabling it to negotiate a sea of blazing oil. Date: 1943

Testing the Hoover Dam, Nevada, USA
Testing the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Nevada, USA - view of the downstream face and the Power House. Date: 1936

Seasonable Cakes, Christmas Cake (right) with Holly Spray and Red Sugar Stocking. Greetings Christmas Cake (left), with Poinsettia Spray. Date: 1936

Christmas Cake
Seasonable Cakes, Christmas Cake. Marzipan Santa Claus Plaque and Spray of Poinsettias Date: 1936

Chocolate Filbert Tourte with Rose Spray decoration. Date: 1936

Shamrock IV at sea in rough weather, WW1
The Shamrock IV at sea in rough weather at the start of the First World War. The America Cup was postponed because of the war, but the Shamrock was already at sea, and continued on to New York

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