Turning Collection (page 3)

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

Comic Postcard - Suggestive poster and girl
Humorous 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 Type
A turnspit dog depicted when not turning a spit : but this engraving shows the type of dog that was employed for this purpose

Wheel of Fortune
The turning wheel enables some to rise, causes others to fall, but nothing lasts

Turning on the Cooker
Lady models with the new Prince II, Parkinson Crown cooker, in a domestic setting

Perseus & Andromeda / Ford
Perseus 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 clock
Susi - 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 engine
Roundabout 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 day
Ink 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 1902
Harlene 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, Syria
Two 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, Switzerland
Spectators 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 street
Hurdy 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 - 1923
Photograph 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 Ireland
Shankill Rangers girls marching band with Orangemen behind them, on parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Marriage at Cana. Miracle of Jesus. Miniature. 15th century
Marriage 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 book
Japanese Geisha turning the pages and looking through a picture book. Date: circa 1904

Quex Ambulance Q. 2 used as a selling booth
Quex 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 Lathe
A turner using a treadle- operated turning-lathe to carve a piece of wood Date: 1827

Social / German Plough 20C
A farmer ploughs his field, while nearby land is bought up by developers, turning the countryside into a suburb of the city Date: 1902

Cycloscaphe 1896
The 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 1890s
Ice 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, WW1
Cartoon, 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

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