Suitcases Collection

Can t We Come Too? by Cecil Aldin
Can t We Come Too? Woggles Series LVI. A spaniel and a Sealyham terrier cast pleading looks at their owner as a pile of luggage indicates to them they are being abandoned for a time. Date: 1932

Princes Street Station Hotel brochure cover
Princes Street Station Hotel, Edinburgh under management of the Caledonian Railway Company. Brochure cover featuring a small Scottish tartan clad boy sitting upon a pile of suitcases

Comic postcard, Little girl with her dog and doll, sitting on a large pile of luggage
humorous, fun, funny, comic, card, postcard, british, child, children, little, girl, girls, sitting, smiling, seaside, holiday, holidays, summer, enjoyment, red, dress, dog, doll, cage, birdcage

Page of Victorian advertisements 1896
A page from The Illustrated London News, dated 11 April 1896, showing three advertisements, for Liptons Teas, Beethams Glycerine and Cucumber preparation, and Mappin & Webbs fitted suit cases

Three Young Ladies are Home for the Holidays
Christmas and New Years Greetings postcard - Three Young Ladies arrive Home for the Holidays by train. Date: 1906

Advert for Revelation Luggage
Here Revelation Luggage are advertising their expanding suitcase. Date: 1939

Advert for the innovative Rev-Robe luggage
The Rev-Robe by Revelation Luggage promises a quick, easy and creaseless packing experience in this advert. Date: circa 1939

Christmas card in the shape of a suitcase, open to reveal a cat and four kittens inside. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Taxi Driver - People You See. From Teddy Bear (artwork dated 3 July). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1960s

Grandparents Visit at Christmas Date: 1948

Interior of a London West End Boutique, specialising in Gentlemans formal wear. Date: circa 1950s

Good Luck card in the shape of a suitcase decorated with flowers. Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, help with suitcases Date: 20th century

Birthday card in the shape of a suitcase. circa 1890s

Advert for Revelation travel wardrobe 1938
Advertisement for the Rev-Robe travel wardrobe (ladies model), hardly larger than a hatbox from Revelation, the makers of the worlds most famous suitcase

Noton luggage advertisement
Advertisement for Noton Luggage showing examples from the Luxan Grain range. The cases are accompanying a rather elegant couple onto a cruise ship or passenger liner

Little dog with suitcase
Unusual Friends - little dog with suitcase. 1950s

Advertisement for British United Airways to London. circa 1960

Luggage on a truck at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands
Luggage on a British United truck, about to be loaded onto an aeroplane at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s

Loading a plane at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands
Loading an aeroplane on the tarmac at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s

The Baggage Room by Longley
A cupid painting his quiver of arrows with a message in the luggage hold of a ship, announcing they will be wanted on the voyage. 1929

Snowman and snow woman on a New Year postcard
Snowman, snow woman and their snow dog on a New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Advert for Asprey travel goods 1936
A selection of gentlemens and ladies luggage sets. 1936

Tatler cover - Travel Number 1957
Front cover of The Tatler Travel Number in January 1957 featuring an illustration of a trunk and suitcase covered in travel labels. Date: 1957

Ground Floor of Our Boys Clothing Company, Oxford St, London
View of the ground floor of Our Boys Clothing Company in Oxford Street, London. The department visible here sells a variety of waterproofs, boxes and fancy goods. Date: c.1895

Our Boys Clothing Company, trunks / suitcases
Our Boys Clothing Company trunks and suitcases. Features Folding Portmanteau (fig.7024), The Railway Portmanteau (fig.7025), Cowhide Gladstone Bag (figs)

Japanese porters carrying a lot of luggage including suitcases, carpets and sundry other possessions - rural Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Two women police officers with children, London, WW2
Two women police officers in air raid helmets, on duty in London during the Second World War, seen here on a railway station platform with a group of child evacuees with labels on their coats

Mrs Gorringes Necklace by Hubert Henry Davies
Promotional postcard for Mrs Gorringes Necklace by Hubert Henry Davies First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre, 12th May 1903

The Way of War with Civilians, WW1
The Way of War with Civilians -- a cross-section of an English home, showing how it could be adapted for military purposes during the First World War. Date: 1914

Luggage on Wheels
The Latest Tip - But Not For the Porter! Luggage on Wheels Startling result of the appeal of the Railway Companies to the public to give as little trouble as possible to their under-manned staffs A

Scouts and sea scouts from British Guyana, South America, with a flag, surrounded by luggage

NFS personnel unloading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to unload luggage from buses onto trolleys outside St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

NFS personnel loading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to load luggage from a trolley onto a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

Hyams of Oxford Street, boys outfitters, advertisement
Advertisement for Hyams of Oxford Street, Leeds, Birmingham and Wolverhampton, one of the oldest established houses for boys tailoring and outfitting, providing first class goods at moderate prices

Advert for Revelation travel wardrobe 1937
Gifts by Revelation. A range of Revelation suitcases, from holders for your bottles of creams and lotions. To a travel case to hang your dresses straight from your wardrobe into your Rev-Robe with no

Advert fo Revelation suitcases 1938
Going away at Christmas? - Giving away at Christmas ? Going away? Then go with efficient suitcase - a Revelation!... You can pack it quickly, easily, and as full as you like

People loading a car at Perranporth, Cornwall. Date: 1931

Car with contraption on the back
A car with luggage on the roof rack and a large contraption (possibly holding extra fuel) fixed to the back

Car with suitcases on roof rack - Germany post-war
A car with several suitcases packed together on the roof rack. Note the wood gas generator power supply system - Germany, 1945 - essential due to the severe petrol shortage at the end of WW2

People on a railway track alongside a train
People on a railway track alongside a halted train. Date: circa 1930s

Luggage transporter driver
People You See. From Teddy Bear (30 May 1970)

Advert fo Revelation suitcases 1939
Expanding suitcases. Confidence in having the best - confidence in knowing that your suitcase will always adjust itself to whatever you wish to pack - confidence too

Trousseau of the Duchess of Roxburghe
A huge stack of trunks, portmanteaux, dress baskets and suitcases representing the substantial trousseau of Miss Mary Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr

Gentleman and his extensive luggage
Fully Equipped - A smart young Gentleman and his extensive luggage en route to a shooting weekend in the country. A porters nightmare... Date: 1908

Scotland, Glenfarg (near Perth) - The Bein Inn
Scotland, Glenfarg (near Perth) - The single-storey Bein Inn, detailing it was worked on the Gothenburg System. The Gothenburg or Trust Public House movement originated as an attempt to control

Close of Play by Harold Earnshaw
Family going to the railway station after a tiring holiday. Date: 1927

Advert fo Revelation suitcases 1937
Advertisement for Revelation leather suitcases with chromium-plated locks and fittings. 1937

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