Tins Collection

Things That Matter, by Bruce Bairnsfather
Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel receives the following message from G.H.Q Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday

Huntley and Palmers Cocktail biscuit tin lid
Biscuit tin lid for Huntley and Palmers cocktail assorted biscuits. Just the thing to have with some...cocktails. Date: c.1935

Girls filling penny tins of mustard, Norwich, Norfolk
Girls at work filling penny tins of mustard at the firm of J Colman Ltd, Norwich, Norfolk

WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, London
WW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940

Cover design, Ovaltine ABC Rhyme Book - a happy family with a giant Ovaltine tin. Date: early 20th century

Lin-Can advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Lin-Can tinned fruits and vegetables manufactured by Lincolnshire Canners of Boston, Lincolnshire, featuring two excitable housewives keen to demonstrate the endless possibilities

Things that Matter
THINGS THAT MATTER. Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel received the following message from GHQ - Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday

Central Stores & Post Office, High Street, Chalford, Glos
Central Stores and Post Office, High Street, Chalford, Gloucestershire. Date: circa 1909

Scene in the International Stores, Crediton, Devon, with two middle-aged women chatting in an aisle. The photograph dates from before decimalisation of the currency -- tins of peaches are priced at

Biscuit Tins
A selection of Christmas biscuit tins from Huntley and Palmers for the festive season of 1899

The Provision Shop. A General Grocers store selling rabbits, turkeys, chops, butter and tinned foods

Biscuit Tins for Xmas
A selection of biscuit tins for Christmas, offered by Huntley and Palmers of Reading, England

Mojave Apache Indian Woman cooking outside her home
Mojave Apache Indian Woman cooking outside her simple shelter made from tree branches cloth and foliage from the surrounding area. Date: circa 1910s

RMS Queen Mary, lifeboat emergency ration tin
RMS QUEEN MARY: Lifeboat emergency ration tin, identical to Queen Mary ration tins sold previously. 7ins. 2ins

Selection of Wills Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Wills Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

Selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets
A selection of Player's Tobacco and Cigar Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

Selection of Ogden's Tobacco Packets, Packaging and Tins
A selection of Ogden's Tobacco Packets, Packaging and Tins Date: 20th century

White Star Line - two tins with colourful designs. Date: 20th century

RMS Titanic and RMS Olympic - five models
RMS Titanic and RMS Olympic - five modern souvenir models, constructed out of Coca Cola tins or coal, scratch built model in glass box case, and Olympic and Titanic models in glass display case

RMS Queen Mary cruise liner - biscuit tin lid

Advert, Goodall Backhouse & Co Ltd, Leeds
Advert, food products from Goodall Backhouse & Co Ltd, Leeds, Yorkshire, including egg substitute powder as eggs were scarce during the war. Date: 1942

Leaflet, Toys from Tins, The Nursery School Association, Park Crescent, London W1

Toys from Tins by The Nursery School Association
Toys from Tins, leaflet 2, by The Nursery School Association

Biddy Pearson at Daily Worker Christmas Bazaar, London
Biddy Pearson with an array of cakes at a Daily Worker Christmas Bazaar taking place at St Pancras Town Hall, London. December 1956

Salmon in Canada - Canning
Photograph showing a long stream of cans of salmon rolling through the machine, each turn hermetically sealed in closed tins in which the fish is preserved. Date: late 1890s

Four shop workers line up for a photograph in a well-stocked grocery store. The rationing sign behind them and the royal tin suggests the photograph dates to around 1952 or 1953

Cartoon, Girl at the grocers shop. 1924

Advert, John Inglis & Sons, Leith, Scotland
Advert for John Inglis & Sons, The Midlothian Oatmeal Mills, Bonnington, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Susi - playing with paints Date: 1950s

EXPRESS DAIRY SHOP 1970S
An Express Dairy Company shop selling products with the E logo on them Date: 1970s

BISCUIT TINS FOR XMAS
A selection of biscuit tins for Christmas, offered by Huntley and Palmers of Reading, England. Date: 1893

INTERIOR OF MOBILE SHOP
Interior of mobile grocer shop van with shelves stacked with tins, packets and jars Date: 1950s

DELIVERY BOY C 1910
An errand boy in a snowball ambush. Date: circa 1910

The St. Louis Beef Canning Co. - Cooked Corn Beef - suitable for any dramatic raft-based sea survival situation... Date: circa 1870s

French soldiers eating in the trenches during World War I
Dinner-time for soldiers in a corner of a fire-trench on the French front in the Argonne. The caption reads: The clockwork regularity of the French culinary arrangements at the front

Types of grenades in WWI
The Marten Hale hand grenade, which can be also fitted to any type of service rifle. Hale time grenade, bomb is thrown, the ignition of the time-fuse does not occur until the grenade reaches a

German boy scouts enjoying a meal at camp

Advertisement for Poulton & Noel Ltd of London, luxury foods. Date: early 20th century

Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Jam-tin, hand-throwing grenade 1914
British soldiers in the early part of World War One at the front. Using Jam-tin, a home-made grenade which was made with jam and bully beef tins filled with small pieces of iron

Trade catalogue for Edwardian sweet making utensils 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of sweet making utensils. 1911

Susi - playing with paints. 1950s

Tommy always likes a water in the right place
Photograph: Tommy always likes a water in the right place. One is enjoying a cold douche [shower] while the others scour their mess tins.One of 193 British

Soho, London - shop window display, with some rather dusty bottles and some tins of coffee. 1973

Cow & Gate Snap - Its plane to me - circa 1930s

Cow & Gate Snap - All over the World! circa 1930s

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mr Feedus the Grocer. 1928

Greetings card in the shape of a sardine tin, Joseph Peneau, Conserves Alimentaires, Nantes. circa 1890s

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