Turn Collection (page 7)

At the turn of the year. Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing on steps, holding a large folder labeled Roots Portfolio containing papers labeled Army War College, Insular Policy

Turn the rascals out

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew - This ship shall not turn back!. Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Christopher Columbus holding a map labeled Route to Reform

Turn to the right The laugh hit! Turn to the right The laugh
Turn to the right The laugh hit!. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Turn to the Right at the Mason Theatre, 127 S. Broadway, showing a traffic sign. Date 1936

Save Power at Work - Help your Fuel Watcher
World War Two public information poster for the Ministry of Food & Power - Save Power at Work. " Hi! Don t leave that machine running idle! And turn off that Blue Pencil Light!" circa 1940s

Well together at the first turn. Date c1873. Well together at the first turn. Date c1873

Rear view of Wilbur making a right turn in glide from No. 2 Hill, right wing tipped close to the ground. Note on reference print: See also Bain negative (LC-B2-83-4) and file print in lot 10965

Orville making right turn, showing warping of wings, hill visible in front of him; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1902 Oct. 24

Early scouting certificate
An early scouting certificate, with the handwritten words: You are now a Scout. I trust you - on your honour - at all times to do your best to carry out your duty

Lord George Byron and Marianna Segati. Dear Tom, I really cannot go on; There are a pair of great black eyes looking over my shoulder so that I must turn and answer them instead of you. Date: ca. 1847

Netherlands - Neighbourhood of Middelburg
Rural scene in the Netherlands - a country girl carryies milk and a basket of laundry along the banks of a canal with a tower and dome of the town of Middelburg in the background

Henry Beaufort Deathbed
HENRY BEAUFORT, bishop of Winchester and cardinal, a worldly political prelate, is exhorted on his deathbed to turn his mind to Higher Things. Date: 1374 - 1447

Puppies Going to School
A cat teacher rings the school bell and two puppies turn up with their spelling books in their satchels. Date: early 1930s

The Fox Turns
The fox turns - the hounds turn - and the riders must follow... Date: early 19th century

Where to eat dinner with chopsticks a la chinoise
Scene from 1920 of a Chinese restaurant in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. The first Chinese to settle in Britain arrived in the late 18th century

Cats Going to School
A cat teacher rings the bell and two cat pupils turn up for school. Date: early 1930s

The Wild Swans who turn into handsome princes. 20th century

Alice: rose-Garden, Cards
The Queen orders the Knave to turn over the cards (who have been painting the roses). Date: First published: 1865

Midas / Flowers Turn Gold
King Midas turns flowers to gold

An angle in the Canal at Empire, Panama Canal

A Good Turn a day
A good boy scout should always be on the look out to lend a helping hand, from posing as Father Christmas to filling up the bird bath

Turning left / W H Robinson
An old motorist gets a hand from a policeman to help him turn left, to the pub. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

Lake Windermere, Cumbria - Sailing
Rounding a buoy during a sailing race on Lake Windermere, Cumbria

Girl and Boy sitting on cushions
A Brother and sister sit on cushions, their backs to a panelled wall in a watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard. There is also an additional pen and ink study (right)

Wood Turning, Tunisia
A carpenter turns wood supported using his feet

Poster for War Savings Certificates
Poster encouraging people to buy War Savings Certificates. The bayonets have won through -- its your turn now

Grand National Course
Bird s-eye view of the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree in Liverpool, featuring photographs of recent winners from turn of the century

Alexei of Russia during wartime
Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaievich of Russia (1904-1918) in field uniform. While other Royal children performed small engagements or were photographed to raise money for war charities

Distribution of boots and clothing to poor children
These illustrations show the London Samaritan Societys distribution of boots and clothing to poor children as follows: 1) Waiting their turn 2) Trying them on 3) The Clothes Department 4

Wait Your Turn
Disgruntled members of a gentlemens club must take a ticket and wait their turn to read a copy of The Bystander during World War One - a humorous comment on the paper shortages affecting the press

A Gurkha Charge
German troops decide to turn and flee rather than face the ferocity of the charging Gurkhas

Scenes from Behind the Front Line in Flanders
The pleasures of staying in a French billet after a turn in the trenches

ARMAGNAC BANDS
France is plagued by roaming bands of unpaid soldiers who, unable to turn their hands to an honest living, turn to banditry and are known loosely as armagnacs

Coloured Cousins 2
At first dismayed when his coloured cousins turn up from the West Indies, Gladstone soon finds work for them

Turks Besiege Rhodes
Having taken Constantinople, the Turks turn their eyes on Rhodes and besiege it, but it is heroically defended by the Hospitallers (Knights of St John) and the Turks retire

Royals at Amsterdam
The Dutch royals don t come to Amsterdam all that often, so when they do the citizens turn out to greet them : the scene at the Muntsluis

The Smokers Turn
Prohibition in the USA : - Beware, Mr Smoker, your turn is next !

Interior of the engine house at Camden Town
Interior view of the new great circular engine-house at the Camden Town depot of the North Western Railway. The vast circular building accommodates engines

American Indians. An Artist in the Far West. United States T
US Trooper in hot pursuit of an Indian who is trying to turn and use a bow and arrow on the trooper. Both are on horseback. The landscape is a typical rocky outcrop

Moors in Spain / 1091
The Moors, invited into Spain by the Saracens, turn against them

Chicago Stockyards 5

Chicago Stockyards 6
At the Chicago stockyards, cattle are driven through a narrow passage where each in turn is fatally stunned by a butcher, their first stage in their final journey

Bustle Causes a Stir
Even in 1931, a lady wearing a Victorian bustle could still turn heads in Hyde Park, London, England

The Making of the Illustrated London News: How the paper is
Illustration by Samuel Begg, showing an army artists at work in the offices of The Illustrated London News. At times of exceptional pressure, for instance, during a Coronation or a State Funeral

Robbing the Orchard by Louis Wain
An unusual illustration by Louis Wain, more usually known for his cat drawings, showing a group of children stealing apples from an orchard

Singers Firewatching
Two singers form the Bolshoi take their turn at firewatching

Queuing for vaccinations
An outbreak of smallpox during October 1922. An illustration of female assistants at Harrods taking their turn to be vaccinated

Pay Day on Naval Ship
Pay day on the Royal Sovereign - each man in turn doffs his cap to receive whats owing to him

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