Strips Collection

Minehead Hobby Horse
MINEHEAD HOBBY HORSE Seen here at the opening procession of Sidmouth Folk Week. The horse is made from painted hessian, cloth strips & has a painted mask face

All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
An unusual view from the doorstep of the Ecclesall Bierlow Union workhouse at Nether Edge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The building on the opposite side of the street was used as the Unions offices

EMBALMING
Egyptians embalming their dead with strips of fine linen smeared with gum. In the foreground there are three jars for the organs of the body

Fragments of Codex Justinianus and Digesta
Ten strips of parchment manuscripts cut to similar size and shape, probably used to reinforce the spines of later bindings. They all appear to be from Justinian's Codex and Digesta

Belgain Internal circulation Postcard
The card carries extra printed strips at each end that give instructions in French and Flemish about where the card can be used. It was posted in Louvain on 5 June 1874 Date: circa 1870

View of the Besiktas Sahil Palace, 1800s
View of the Besiktas Sahil Palace, the Sultans vacation palace on the European side of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1800s. The Sultan

MUSSOLINI STRIPS
Mussolini is warmly applauded when he strips to the waist to show that he, too, is a worker, when he gives a triumphant agrarian speech in the fields Date: July 1938

MUSSOLINI GOES SKIING
BENITO MUSSOLINI strips to the waist while ski-ing at Terminillo Date: 1883 - 1945

MANDAN HANGING CUSTOM
NATIVE AMERICANS The cutting of young warriors of the Mandan people, hanging from strips of flesh which slowly and painfully tear... Date: 1830s

Three models, two men and one woman
Three models posing in a studio, two men and one woman, in smart evening clothes. 1950s

3210 Servicing Commando RAF Memorial ALG B3
The RAF Commando Units were trained and organised in a similar way to the Army and Royal Marines Commandos. They accompanied forward Units into battle to maintain the air strips made by

Woman wearing pillbox hat 1933
Blue and white striped pillbox hat and scarf to match. Available to buy at Debenham and freebody. Date: 1933

Woman police officer in reflective uniform, London
Woman police officer in yellow reflective jacket and dark trousers, holding a white protective helmet with visor. Date: circa 1990s

Floating landing strips for aircraft by G. H. Davis
Surface tension seadromes: floating landing strips for aircraft. A revolutionary British invention: a floating aerodrome tested by the Admiralty. 1945

Bonzo the cartoon dog getting stuck in the bath. Cartoon strip from Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

PHRYNE, a Greek courtesan, is accused of profaning religious ceremonies, but her lawyer Hyperides wins an acquittal when she strips on the shore before the judges

Tibet - A High Lama Standard Bearer Date: 1907

Luttik Oudorp (House with the shovels) The Netherlands
Alkmaar Luttik Oudorp (House with the shovels) commercial building with rich stepped gable. Use of natural stone in the form of water frames, blocks, strips

Four C14 Men
Four men in short garments, three with attached hoods, and with strips of fabric dangling from their arms, seemingly for ornament rather than any practical purpose Date: 14th century

Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens blouses 1937
Tailor-mades silk blouses in a varity of of shades and combinations. Date: 1937

Border designs, SMB wallpaper sample book
Six art deco style border designs in an SMB wallpaper sample book. Date: 1934

Bonzos Midsummer Day-dream. Cartoon strip from Bonzos Annual, 1935. 1935

The story of a cold chicken and a hot wasp. Cartoon strip from Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Japanese Women washing fabric
Japanese Women washing and drying strips of fabric (for wall hangings?). Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Three Japanese women washing patterned fabric strips Date: circa 1905

Design for Woven Textile in pink, red and green. Gouache and Pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1905

Firefighters at scene of railway fire, West London
Firefighters at the scene of a railway fire, Acton Lane, West London

Sights at the fair ground. Date c1888

Japan - Geisha girl preparing daikon
Japan - Geisha girl preparing (cutting) daikon (white radish), possibly for takuan or bettarazuke dishes. Date: circa 1910s

Ballad / Yonge Andrew
YONGE ANDREW He lures the earls daughter with false promises, then strips her of her fine clothes and the money she has stolen for him from her father. Date: traditional

News Stand in Japanese, America, 1907
Photograph showing a Japanese-style wooden stand, with strips of Japanese characters hanging from the roof giving the latest news, America, 1907

Drying Macaroni
Long strips of macaroni are laid out on poles to dry in the sun somewhere in Italy

Sioux Ordeal of Sun
NATIVE AMERICANS The Sioux ordeal of looking at the sun, while hanging from strips of flesh which are gradually pulled away

Cutting Room at Mint
Coin blanks of a specified weight are cut out from strips by presses

Rolling Room 1 at Mint
Rolling room no.1 at the Royal Mint, where gold or silver bars are rolled down into strips of coin thickness

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