Tail Collection (page 2)

Turkish Women and Flag
Patriotic postcard with four veiled women set in window shapes, and a sabre hanging from the Crescent Moon Date: circa 1912

German Tail-Gunner 1918
A German tail-gunner seated behind his machine gun

BLUNT / CAPRICORN / 47 / 1849
The constellation of Capricorn, this version has the head, shoulders and fore- legs of a goat and the hind body and tail of a fish

Howard Florey in Lab
Howard Florey injects penicillin into the tail of a mouse Date: circa 1940

SNECMA C-450 Coleoptere
Snecma C-450 Coleoptere Prototype Parked Outside the Snecma Factory Held in Place by a Mobile Rig before a Test-Flight Date: 1959

Militia or Marine Pattern. 78 in flintlock musket, 1759
Militia or Marine Pattern.78 in flintlock musket, 1759; 42 in barrel, iron ramrod, no escutcheon or tail-pipe. Date: 1759

Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K. 2 XH561
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K.2 XH561 of No.50 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath for an air display. After the Falklands conflict, the Victor K.2 fleet was fast approaching their fatigue limits

Grumman G-79 XF9F-2 Panther 122477, 3rdt prototype of the F9F and second XF9F-2, powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet, taxiing for take-off at the Naval Air Test Centre Patuxent River, Maryland

de Havilland Venom prototype VV612. The prototype Venom F.1 was produced by fitting moderately swept wings on the fuselage and tail of a Vampire FB.5 whilst on the production line

Teddy Tail, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
Teddy Tail, a childrens fantastic musical play by Charles Folkard, music by Frederic Norton, based on the Teddy Tail comic strip in the Daily Mail newspaper, at the Duke of Yorks Theatre

WW2 Comic Illustrations
A pair of comical WW2 illustrations showing an airman attempting to tighten up a loose wheel mid flight, the second scene depicts a pair of worried faces as the men watch their aircraft's tail

WW2 - Rear Of A Wellington Bomber
A colorized photograph portraying some British WW2 Royal Air Force airmen standing by the sting in the tail of a Vickers Wellington bomber plane. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Greetings Card, Wagging Tail
A WW2 greetings card, the illustration shows a dog dressed in a Royal Navy uniform, holding out his telescope. The card has a red, white and blue ribbon attached

WW2 Greetings Card, British Army Dog
A WW2 greetings card, the illustration shows a dog dressed in a British Army uniform.. The card has a red, white and blue ribbon attached, along with a springy Union Jack flag

WW2 Greetings Card, Blackout Dog
A WW2 greetings card, the illustration shows the barely visible form of a happy dog during a blackout. The card has a red, white and blue ribbon attached, along with a springy Union Jack flag

A few varieties of Desert Cacti - USA. Date: 1933

Advert, Trust Beecham's Pills to keep you fit Date: 1920

Waterloo Bridge
A painting of Waterloo Bridge, with the River Thames flowing underneath, a billowing trail of smoke can be seen coming from the tail end of a boat. Date: circa 1916

The Lemur
This painting captures the soft textured fur of a lemur, primates native to the island of Madagascar, his long tail is half framing the distinctive face with stark, bright orange eyes

Manx Cat, by Louis Wain Date: 1905

Teddy Tail League birthday card Date: 20th century

Steam Flying Machine aircraft proposed by Henson
Steam Flying Machine aircraft proposed by William Samuel Henson in his patent of 1842 Date: 1842

Mil Mi-26 SSSR-06141 with Ilyushin Il-86 SSSR-86066
The tail rotor of Mil Mi-26 SSSR-06141 framing Ilyushin Il-86 SSSR-86066, at the 1984 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held from 2-9 September

AJEP W-8 Tailwind G-BALR
AJEP W-8 Tailwind Series 1 G-BALR (msn TW4-381), at Southend Airport in October 1977. This aircraft was destroyed when it flew into Steeple, Scoat Fell, in bad weather on 29 February 1984

Canadair C. 4 Argonaut G-ALHK BOAC London Airport Queen flew
Canadair C.4 Argonaut G-ALHK, shown in white tail livery, on which HM Queen Elizabeth arrived back from East Africa after the death of her father King George VI in January 1952 Date: 1962

Republic F-105F Thunderchief 63-8345 - 62-4425
Republic F-105F-1-RE Thunderchief 63-8345 - 62-4425, on display with Georgia ANG, Dobbins AFB, Georgia with the tail number of 62-4425. Date: circa 1995

United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended

United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Shot away tail of Hurricane flown safely home, WW2
Shot away tail of Hurricane flown safely home across the Channel during WW2 Date: 1941

Simply Simon Cartoon Strip by Iris Chick in Tail-Wagger-Magazine. Date: 1938

Original Artwork - cartoon strip - Simply Simon ill in bed
Original Artwork for a Simply Simon cartoon strip - Simon ill in bed, trying to be a good dog. Iris Chick had a regular cartoon spot for Simon in Tail-Wagger magazine in the late 1930s

Original Artwork - Simply Simon, the Scottie dog
Original Artwork - Simply Simon - the star of an occasional cartoon strip drawn by Iris Chick, which appeared in the childrens pages of Tail-Wagger Magazine in the late 1930s. Date: circa 1937

Slingsby T. 51 Dart 17 BSL
Slingsby T.51 Dart 17 BSL (msn 1445, BGA 1197, civil reg G-DBSL), framed by the prodigious tail of ASW-17 266, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Comic postcard, Cats and kittens
Comic postcard, Cats and four kittens, two with missing tails Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Dog with a wasp on its tail Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Dog with horseshoe tied to tail - not so lucky! Date: 20th century

Mammillaria prolifera and Mammillaria rhodantha (Mamillaria pusilla, Mamillaria rhodantha). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden

Tipsy man riding a horse facing the tail to the amusement of his friends. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson to accompany Reverend James Beresfords Miseries

Barber and customer in a barbershop decorated with wigs. The Shaver and the Shavee. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed by Henry Bunbury

Regency gentleman on a horse caught on a sty during a fox hunt with hounds. How to Do Things by Halves. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by Henry Bunbury

Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum, Crisantemo indiano, Matricale della China. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Peacocks tail, Padina pavonica 1, and Dictyota dichotoma 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Albrecht III, Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, died 1475. In a scarlet cape lined with ermine over a gold suit of armor. From an altar painting in St. Gumbertus church, Ansbach

Interior of the Heliopolis, Baalbek, Lebanon
View of the interior of the Heliopolis or Temple of Baalbek, Lebanon Beqaa Valley. Interno del Tempio di Balbec. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios

The Porta all Arco, Etruscan door in the walls of Volterra, Tuscany. Decorated with three heads of Jupiter, Castor and Pollux (or Tinia, Uni and Menrva in Etruscan mythology)

Brown-tail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea 1-7. Phalaena chrysorrhoea, Phalaena auriflua. Date: 1786

Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, male, female, larva, chrysalis. Phalaena dispar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business (Disraeli and Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business -- a satirical comment on the conflicting approaches of Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) and William Gladstone (Liberal) to electoral reform. Date: 1866

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