Touch Collection

WWI German gas mask, c 1918, in its original metal containe
First World War German gas mask, c. 1918, in its original metal container. With a supply of silicone window panes, the instructions translate from German to for humidity, don t wipe

Bridge Score Card
A hand painted Bridge scorer cover, made from cardboard and varnished over the design for a professional finish. A lovely touch to the popular card game of Bridge. Date: 1930s

Louis Braille - inventor of system of raised-point writing
Louis Braille (1809-1852) - French inventor of system of raised-point writing for the blind. Date: circa 1850

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus and Girl
Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus healing the Rich Mans Liittle Daughter

Mediumship / Satirical
THE PLEASURES OF HAT-MOVING To perform this scientific experiment, the experimenters must touch hands for 20 minutes or so

Advert / Cleavers Soap
Cleavers Soap - One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, one touch of Cleavers cleans the whole worlds skin!

Jesuss Healing Touch
JESUS OF NAZARETH Jesus as the healer

Knitted Bows 1936
A machine-knitted jumper with narrow pleat detail on the shoulders & body. Wool lace bows add a decorative touch

Comic postcard, Large woman exercising on the beach, with warning from inspector Date: 20th century

Elizabeth Arden is in Personal Touch with you. Photograph by Baron Adolph de Meyer for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics. Date: 1928

Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight on USS Antietam CVA-36
United States Navy - Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight performing touch and goes on the newly installed Angled Deck of USS Antietam CVA-36

WW2 Greetings Card, Touch Wood!
A small WW2 greetings card wishing the recipient good luck. The card is complete with a red, white and blue ribbon and the shape of a ship made out of wood. Touch wood for luck! Date: circa 1940s

Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Memorial Hall is a Beaux-Arts style building in the Centennial District of West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

What She Really Thinks
A sketch of a laughing man with a young lady sat on his lap in a room interior, was accompanied with a caption translating to.. Me, what I prefer to touch is your money! Date: circa 1901

Royal Standard Typewriter Advertisement
An advertisement promoting the Royal standard typewriter visible writing machine, which can be seen illustrated, requiring the slightest touch on the keys to produce clear print. Date: circa 1921

White Flowers
Painting of an array of white flowers, by the Queen of Roumania who is keenly interested in all the arts. She writes poems and novels, and, as seen here, is an artist with skill and a personal touch

Evening Lit Street
Oil painting of a street in the evening, featuring a man pushing a cart down the road, towards the light. We see the calligraphic touch of Utrillo grafted to the dramatic vision of Vlaminck

Fish
The influence of Western naturalism upon the Japanese tradition of calligraphic drawing is shown in this water colour and one can also trace in it the influence of Western composition

Music cover, The Touch of Your Lips, Hildegarde
Music cover, The Touch of Your Lips, by Ray Noble, featured, broadcast and recorded by Hildegarde. Date: 1936

Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment
A group of people on a Right to Work demonstration, with a satirical comment on the words of the Conservative politician Norman Tebbit to the unemployed to "Get on yer bike

ELISHA POSTHUMOUSMIRACLE
After Elisha's death, a supposedly dead man's body happens to touch his bones and he is brought back to life and stands up on his feet

Cartoon, L'Etat, C'Est Moi! or, History Burlesques Itself -- dictatorship of the proletariat, showing a left-wing extremist just as detached from the common people as King Louis XVI was

Comic postcard, Woman and man diving into the sea, with the mans annoyed wife standing watching Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman sitting on a bench - Oh, hes touching me! Date: 20th century

Doris Keane wearing a model from Henri Bendel, New York with a Russian touch for Spring fashion, 1925 Date: 1925

Touch-me-not balsam, Impatiens noli-tangere. Balsamina noli-tangere, Balsamina impaziente, Erba impaziente. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Green algae, Chara haitensis, Cara di Haiti. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Hybrid poppy anemone, Anemone coronaria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Guirlande de Flore, Garland of Flowers, Chez Janet, Paris, 1816

To where the mountains touch the sky, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

Anatomy of the human nose, mouth and finger
Anatomy of the human nose, mouth, tongue, jaw and teeth, showing the senses of taste, smell and touch. Lithograph from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History

Jorinda and Yoringal - Scene from Jorinda and Yoringal. Yoringal about to touch the witch with the magic flower to make her evil magic leave her. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

C17 RUNNERS
Boyes exercife themfelves in runing in the open field, making a line, which he that defireth to win, ought to touch, but not to run beyond it. Date: 1658

GIRLS PLAYING TOUCH
Girls playing touch in the street - the aim is to touch the bollard before you yourself are touched Date: 1897

Giulio Romano (1499-1546). Italian painter. Noli me tangere
Giulio Romano (1499-1546). Italian painter, pupil of Raphael. Noli me tangere. Christ appears to Saint Mary Magdalen after the resurrectIon. Wood. Mannerism. Prado Museum. Spain

1914 Fums up charm - a doll-formed charm with wooden head and Registration Number to back 636612. (These charms were often given to World War One soldiers as good luck charms - the wood head for)

Heart with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Welsh International Rugby Football Team, 1895, at the time they played against England: Williams (Touch Judge), Jackson, Mills, Pearson, Boucher, Elsey, Selwyn Biggs, Nicholl, Hannen, Watts, Gould

Her Majesty Queen Mary visits an East End Garden
A marvellous photograph of Her Majesty Queen Mary (1867-1953) visits an East End Garden (and the owners of said residence) on 10th July 1935

Dandies / Lord Petersham
An extremely short footman touches his cap to his social superiors. (Two rather dissipated looking dandies, Lord Petersham and Sir Lumley Skeffington). Date: circa 1830

Advertisement for Remington shaver -- male and female models (Sandra Paul and Derek Ufton). 1959

London Fire Brigade - Alfie Shawyer, Boxing Champion
During the 1930s and 1940s, Assistant Chief Officer Alfie S. Shawyer was a prominent figure in boxing, becoming British Amateur Champion and winning the Golden Gloves of America

Frost in London, 19th century
A touch of frost in London brings chaos to the streets, with horses slipping on the icy surfaces. Date: 1865

Butterfly Bombs Warning Notice, Italy, 1944
Photograph of a British sargeant looking at a warning notice, regarding Butterfly anti-personnel mines in Italy, during the Second World War

Marlene Dietrich, 1933
Photograph showing Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) in a flannel suit with a waist coat, teamed with a bere, 1933. Marlene Dietrich

Puritan Woman
A young Puritan reads The Bible, but allows herself a touch of vanity in her dress

Music cover, O Touch the Ivory Keys Again, words by Henry Farnie, music by Luigi Arditi. Depicting a woman playing at a keyboard. circa 1864

Cartoon, Freddy Leader and Gussy Harris
Cartoon, Freddy Leader (right) thinks he will touch up Gussy Harris (left) this Christmas -- a reference to the Drury Lane pantomime season

Vintage Hair Net Packaging - Elvetta Nylon Hair Net with elastic, woven of Dupont nylon in dark brown. The final touch of loveliness. circa 1950s

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