Straight Collection (page 4)

Straight cut frock of ribbon tussore 1909
Woman wearing a straw and ostrich plumes and straight cut frock of ribbon tussore, at Goodwood races. 1909

Cricket a hot return
The ball is returned straight back to the bowler giving him a wicket. Date: 1886

Cricket the right and wrong way of batting
A batsman demonstrate the correct way of batting; straight play and then the incorrect way; cross play Date: 1892

A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI
A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War. Signature on base of pipe - P. S. WILSON

Professional Jealousy French Tommy - WWI (Humour)
Professional Jealousy. French Tommy - I don t deny that they ve got nice straight legs, but our figures are the more substantial, anyhow

Pencil sketch of seated child
Pencil sketch of a seated child. Date: 1920s

An archaeologist sits next to the unearthed remains of a st
This is the first discovery of a pre-historic straight tusked elephant, which is larger than a mammoth. The discovery was made at Upnor, near Chatham in Kent. Date: 1916

HRH The Princess Anne visited the headquarters of the Ro?
HRH The Princess Anne visited the headquarters of the Royal Aeronautical Society at No.4 Hamilton Place, London, on 20 May 1974 to present the Whitney Straight Award

Lady Fortune out to capture one more heart... Date: circa 1910s

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Avenida Presidente Vargas - Parade
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Avenida Presidente Vargas - A ceremonial parade in full swing. Date: circa 1950s

An old sport by Phil May - Elderly Huntsman
A profile portrait by Phil May entitled An Old Sport. He appears to be polishing his monacle. Date: 1894

Virgin Vinegar - Cruel labelling of a stern Victorian lady
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a late middle-aged woman with a severe expression, placed somewhat pointedly on a pavement as a horse omnibuspasses

Lituus and a Buccina
Lituus - The original version of the antique straight instrument pictured, found at Cervetri in the tomb of a warrior, is preserved in a museum in the Vatican, Rome, Italy

Hawker P1081, VX279, was the P1052 modified to include a straight-through jet pipe and an all-swept tail

Miles M11A Whitney Straight G-AEVL
Miles M11A Whitney Straight, G-AEVL

The prototype Miles M11 Whitney Straight G-AECT
The prototype Miles M11 Whitney Straight, G-AECT

Hawker P1081 VX279
Hawker P1081, VX279, was the P1052 modified to include a straight-through jet pipe and an all-swept tail

Straight milling machine

Straight axle turning lathe

1934 single-seater Maserati
The 1934 single-seater Maserati with 2.9 litre straight-eight engine represented (together with the corresponding Alfa Romeo)

Bactrites carinatus, nautiloid
This straight nautiloid Bactrites carinatus originates from the Devonian of Germany

Orthoconic nautiloid, originating from near Castleton, England. The more unusual straight-shelled species belonging to the same group as ammonites and to todays living nautilus

PERU. ICA. Southern Pan-American Highway crossing the desert

Basket fisher women - Thailand - A line of women and children with baskets in each hand going in a straight line from one end of a small klong to the other, catching or rather trapping the fish

1938 hairstlyes for women
High hair with long straight back, side sweep and curls well forward on the crown where much the fashion in 1938. Date: 1938

Syria / Damascus / Straight
Damascus: Straight (or Strait) Street, where St Paul stayed after his temporary blinding Date: 1880

The street called straight, Damascus, Holy Land, (i. e. Syria
The street called straight, Damascus, Holy Land, (i.e. Syria). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Allen & Ginter. Richmond, Va. Richmond straight cut no. 1 cigarettes Virginia brights. The worlds champions second series. Allen & Ginter. Richmond, Va. Richmond straight cut no

The gate of the street called straight, Damascus, Holy Land, (i.e. Syria). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Magatama?, curved gems - kudatama, straight gems, worn by high off. Drawing shows two long sets of gems suspended from cords, worn by high government officials. Date 1878?

The Old Curiosity Shop, Kit darts off
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Lassoing a cattle thief Date: 1926

Daimler Light
The Daimler Light Straight Eight will set you back all of L1200, but for your money you get the fastest Daimler yet produced, with aristocratic looks and comfort as well. Date: 1937

Football Goal
A healthy young footballer heads straight towards the goal. Date: circa 1930s

Daimler Straight-Eight
Sports saloon combining sports performance with comfort and quietness. If you can t manage a Rolls... Date: 1936

State Street - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
A view straight down State Street (viewed from the dome of the Capitol Building)- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

Morris Park Race Track - The Bronx, NYC, USA Date: 1903

Canadian armourers repairing rifles, Salisbury Plain, WW1
Canadian armourers repairing Ross straight-pull rifles on Salisbury Plain at the start of the First World War. Another man in the background is repairing a bicycle. Date: 27 September 1914

Naughty Boy Eats Jam
A naughty boy eats straight from the jam pot, despite having promised not to. Date: 1939

Santa Filling Stockings
" He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, & filled all the stockings..." Date: First published: 1823

St Bernard drinking from a tap
A St. Bernard puppy, Totila, owned by McKenna, aged ten weeks. Totila drinks water straight from an outdoor tap while his little friend watches. Date: 1976

GWR navvies at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
A group of Great Western Railway navvies straightening the track at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales

Khyber Pass, Afghanistan - Straight Road
The straight road to Afghanistan - The Khyber Pass, North West Frontier Province

1926 Fashion
Latest trends from Paris in the spring of 1926. Here, the women are wearing a Flaring Skirt, Smoking Suit, Straight Suit and Picture Frock

Skirting The Difficulty
I won t marry a man who can t look me straight in the eye Then wear them longer! Woman upset at the affect that her exposed legs are having. Date: 1925

Prince Albert playing tennis
Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future King George VI (1895-1952), was a keen tennis player in the 1920s; in July 1920 with his partner Louis Greig he won the RAF doubles competition

He Soon Found It
An experienced American officer during World War One, advises a fresh-faced recruit to keep walking straight until he gets to the fighting in the front line

Mans Bedroom
A mans bedroom; masculine straight lines with furniture of mahogany and lubinga. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

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