Turning Collection (page 2)

French girl bursts through Le Petit Parisien
A pretty French model bursts through the front page of Le Petit Parisien illustrated newspaper. Date: 1910s

Comic postcard, Man in deckchair at the seaside, admiring a pretty woman in her swimsuit Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two drunks in the street and water board worker Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle-aged woman and gravedigger Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, woman takes wrong turning in blackout, WW2 - Gents toilet! Date: circa 1940s

United States Navy - Douglas DT, rounding a race pylon at a public display/air race. circa 1926

Samuel Foote (1720-1777), a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall. He was known for his comedic acting and writing

Tram on Madeira Walk, Ramsgate, Kent
Tram on Madeira Walk (operated by The Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways and Lighting Company), Ramsgate, Kent with view outward the Harbour

Lady Eliza Deane at Dundanion, 1847
Lady Eliza Deane commencing, at Dundanion, the Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway. Date: 1847

Clock of St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London 1842
A man operating the workings of the clock belonging to St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London, to illustrate an article about a church clock factory and bell foundry, Moore and Co. 1842

Gas works retort house, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London
Men at work in the retort house of the gas works at Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. The retort house contained the retorts (vessels) in which coal was heated to generate the gas

Stoneleigh Drive, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey). Date: circa 1910s

Jamaican industry was struggling against fierce rivalry of production volumes from the great European Nations manufactures

Title page design, The Story of Me -- a baby book in which details can be recorded of the babys date of birth, weight, first birthday, etc. Showing a baby turning the pages of a large book

Three cats playing the piano on a greetings postcard
Three cats playing the piano and turning the pages on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for W. & T Avery, Duplex Coffee Mill. 1888
Patent Duplex Coffee Mill grind twice as fast. Date: 1888

Turning wood on a pole lathe, which is turned by a foot pedal. Date: 1930s

BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse defeats the Austrians under Daun, brilliantly turning defeat into victory but at the cost of 13, 000 casualties Date: 3 November 1760

Steamship Nera navigating a curve in the Suez Canal, Egypt
The French Steamship Nera navigating a curve in the Suez Canal, Egypt, North Africa. On 2nd October 1911 the SS Nera collided with the British ship SS Taviuni (which sank), off Millers Point

Horse doping tests in a laboratory, Newmarket
Horse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat turns a knob on a Packard Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer, used for testing samples at the Horse Doping Test Centre in Newmarket

Corn hand-mill. Date: circa early 13th century

Tea measuring machine 1909
Sumerland & Co, tea measuring machine, with padlock. Date: 1909

TURNING THE CAPSTAN
A barefoot boy lends a hand with the capstan, helping two fishermen to wind in a fishing vessel onto the beach of a fishing harbour. Date: circa 1900

TURNING A WINDLASS
Six men turning a windlass, a mechanical device with a horizontal axis for hauling or hoisting Date: 1803

SAINT SEBALD (DURER)
SAINT SEBALD German pilgrim of Nuremberg who performed miracles such as turning stones into bread. Date: 8th century

TOOLS / LATHE / 1806
Lathe for turning cylindrical poles Date: 1806

ANIMAL CONCERT
A cat concert, accompanied by monkeys and with the assistance of an owl turning the pages of the music book. Date: circa 1660

John Ainslies tile machine 1846
John Ainslies tile machine. Date: 1846

Fairy Tale - Cinderella - Carriage
Cinderella - Fairy Tale. The good fairy ttansforms a pumpkin into a carriage for Cinderella

Bushbys patent pill making machine 1869
Pill mass, is first placed between two plain rollers to form a sheet of thickness required for the size of pill to be made, the thickness of the sheet necessarily determining the size of the pills

St Dunstans clock
The clock at St Dunstan-in-the-West is one of the oldest in London. Installed just after the Great Fire of London in 1671, it was the first clock in London to have a minute hand

Skier turning back - Switzerland - 1900s Date: circa 1907

La Place Gambetta, Amiens, France. Date: circa 1908

Happy New Year card - turning over a new leaf
Happy New Year greetings postcard - turning over a new leaf and do a bit of washing for a change! Rather than idle chit chat on the doorstep, get the washing done...!!! Date: circa 1910s

Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien, Loiret, France
Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Date: 1910s

Stylish French Girl in revealing negligee with hand mirror
" Please Come" - a pretty ginger-haired girl with bright red lipstick, wearing a large hat with green feathers and a brown fur, makes a forward invitation... Date: 1913

Advert for John Gardner & Son, sausage machine 1888
Simplex, silent sausage machine and pie-meat cutter, patentees and sole makers, Smithfield Works, Bradford Street, Birminham. 1888

Hurdy Gurdy Man and Monkey. circa early 19th century

Advert for Edwards Harlene hair product 1893
Harlene for the hair, World-renowned hair producer and restorer. Prevents baldness and turning grey. 1893

Treble-geared lathe for turning, boring and facing pulleys. Height of centres 18 inches

The Prince of Wales in a sailor suit
Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, King Edward VII (1841-1910) dressed in a sailor suit, after a painting by Winterhalter

This Weeks Studdy - As Master Sees Me! by G. E. Studdy
Studdy dog shortly after his complete evolution into Bonzo. The dog is turning away in disgust from his owners portrait of him, painted in the style of Picasso

Handmade Christmas card with mill wheel
Handmade Christmas and New Year card with a mill wheel which turns to reveal a seasonal greeting. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Drawing by Harold Auerbach, waterwheel and stream
Pen and ink drawing by Harold Auerbach, waterwheel and stream. Date: circa 1910

Circa turning men into beasts
Circe, a powerful magician and daughter of the Sun, turns men into beasts, as described in Homers epic poem, The Odyssey. Date: BCE

What the Butler Saw - end of pier entertainment. 20th century

The Girl Who Took The Wrong Turning by Walter Melville
Promotional postcard for The Girl Who Took The Wrong Turning by Walter Melville. First produced at the Standard Theatre, 1st October 1906. The wording is full of innuendo. Date: circa 1906

Card shuffler, illustration by William Heath Robinson
The new card shuffler and mechanical dealer for bridge parties, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

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