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Handmade Christmas card with mill wheelHandmade 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 streamPen and ink drawing by Harold Auerbach, waterwheel and stream. Date: circa 1910
Circa turning men into beastsCirce, 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 MelvillePromotional 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 RobinsonThe new card shuffler and mechanical dealer for bridge parties, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
Comic Postcard - Suggestive poster and girlHumorous Postcard - a satire on the play The Girl who took the Wrong Turning (Theatre Royal, London) - the poster has the cheeky addition " Twice Nightly at Cheap Prices - a Free
Turnspit Dog TypeA turnspit dog depicted when not turning a spit : but this engraving shows the type of dog that was employed for this purpose
Wheel of FortuneThe turning wheel enables some to rise, causes others to fall, but nothing lasts
Turning on the CookerLady models with the new Prince II, Parkinson Crown cooker, in a domestic setting
Perseus & Andromeda / FordPerseus rescues Andromeda from being sacrificed to the monstrous fish with walking feet by showing Medusas dismembered head to it and thereby turning it to stone
Susi - with clockSusi - with a clock, and a note with a reminder about turning the clocks back one hour. 1950s
The Seaside Girl. Date: circa 1910s
French Railway Alphabet - P for Plaques tournantes (turntables). 19th century
Street Potter - London Date: circa 1900s
The Count of Luxembourg adapted by Basil Hood. The staircase is in Grand Duke Rutzinovs reception hall. (Act II). Naturally, Adele and the impoverished Count fall in love
Revolving a steam engineRoundabout ride for a steel giant. A large steam engine is turned around on a revolving track. Date: 1932
Japan - A Country Watermill. Date: circa 1910s
Napoleonic era cartoon woman in bonnet on hot dayInk and watercolour cartoon no.2 Walking fast and far, in a hot sun to overtake a woman?you have decided?is Angelic till on eagerly turning as you pass her you are petrified by a Gorgon
Advert for Edwards Harlene hair product 1902Harlene for the hair, the great hair producer and restorer, World renowed remedy for baldness. Endorsed by Mabel Love, British dancer and stage actress, celebrated as a young woman of beauty. 1902
Grinding wheat - Deir Mar Yaqoub Monastery, Qara, SyriaTwo seated Women grind wheat using a rotary hand quern at Deir Mar Yaqoub, a monastery dedicated to Saint Jacob near Qara, Syria. Date: circa 1910s
Spectators watch the Bobsleigh Run at Morgins, SwitzerlandSpectators watch a Bobsleigh team negotiate a sharp turn the run at Morgins, Switzerland, part of the Portes du Soleil ski resort. Date: 1921
Kittens by Edward S. Annison. A pretty young woman seated on a wide padded stool plays with a little fluffy black kitten. Set within a border of kitten studies. Date: 1912
Interior of a 16th century mill in operation. 16th century
People operating a hand mill. 17th century
Hurdy Gurdy man and woman performing in streetHurdy Gurdy man and woman performing in the street. 19th century
WW2 - Land Girls working the land. Date: circa 1943
Animals at a French Zoo - Gnu - Sepia - Gnu turning head to look at camera. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. Slide 35. Date: circa 1900
Carting Manure the Primitive Iron Grape in Use, Co. Antrim - a view of two men turning manure beside a horse and cart. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s
Threshing With Flails, Turning the Sheaf, Toome, Co Antrim - two men with flails turning corn outside a thatched building. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Toome). Date: circa early 1900s
Street Organ Grinder in the East End of London Date: 1905
Cupids and hearts on nine Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card with seated couple, and a wheel to turn to change the scene. Date: circa 1890s
New Year card with turning calendar. Date: circa 1890s
Floral greetings card with turning images. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas and New Year card with turning calendar. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card with turning wheel showing different faces. Date: circa 1890s
An inquisitive Boy poses a puzzler to his Father. " Are we made of Dust Pa?" - " Certainly" - " Well, why don t we turn to mud when we drink?" !! Date: circa 1910s
British Fleet - 4th Battle Squadron on Manoeuvres - 1923Photograph from the deck of the HMS Marlborough of three other Iron-Duke Class Battleships of the British Mediterranean Fleet (the HMS Emperor of India)
Girls band on parade, Belfast, Northern IrelandShankill Rangers girls marching band with Orangemen behind them, on parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969
Marriage at Cana. Miracle of Jesus. Miniature. 15th centuryMarriage at Cana. First miracle of Jesus. Turning water into wine. Miniature. 15th century. Live of Jesus. Chateau of Chantilly. France
Japanese Geisha looking through a picture bookJapanese Geisha turning the pages and looking through a picture book. Date: circa 1904
Quex Ambulance Q. 2 used as a selling boothQuex Ambulance Q.2 being used as a selling booth during War Weapons Week in Birchington. Major Powell-Cotton (in Homberg hat) is speaking to one of the women at the table
Turner Working a LatheA turner using a treadle- operated turning-lathe to carve a piece of wood Date: 1827
Social / German Plough 20CA farmer ploughs his field, while nearby land is bought up by developers, turning the countryside into a suburb of the city Date: 1902
Cycloscaphe 1896The CYCLOSCAPHE gives a new meaning to the phrase three men and a boat with its adaptation of the bicycle to boat propulsion, the pedals turning the propeller. Date: 1896
Mrs A. B Marshalls ice breaker 1890sIce breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, useful for hotels, confectioners, refreshments and cabins, butlers and pantries. Date: 1890s
Cartoon, Old man at the cinema, WW1Cartoon, Old man at the cinema, watching a heroic war film. He turns round to the soldiers seated behind him, saying that they too have the chance to take part in such glorious scenes. 1917