Twelve Collection (page 4)

Mexican Ollas Seller - An olla is a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes. Date: circa 1910s

Young Gent - 12 Months before marriage - care and fancy free! Date: 1905

Twelve-section German Biblical frontispiece circa 18th century

Twelve delegates from four of the NATO countries in front of the first Gloster GA5, WD804. February 1952. Date: 1952

Delage which won the French Grand Prix at Montlhery
The supercharged twelve-cylinder 2 litre Delage which won the French Grand Prix at Montlhery in 1925 at 69.7 mph for 621 miles. These cars would reach 134 mph with 190 hp available from the engine

Depiction of Asia in a globe built in Nuremberg in 1492. It shows all the known territories before the discovery of America, the Equator, a Meridian, the Tropics and the twelve Zodiac Constellations

ERMENGAUD OF BEZIERS (13th century). Br鶩aire
ERMENGAUD OF BEZIERS (13th century). Br鶩 aire d amour (Breviary of Love). 13th c. The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. Proven硬 School. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN

Half title of an edition that compiles twelve

Parasol making - Rangoon - Every basha hut along Thi Daing (Parasol Road) is a little factory in one phase of parasol making

Scene in Native School
Scene in an open-air school - twelve boys are having a writing lesson. Date: 19th century

Nassau Warship
With three sister-ships, the Nassau is the first dreadnought in the German fleet : she carries twelve 280mm and twelve 150mm guns which will soon come in handy. Date: launched 1908

Perspective picture of the twelve movements of a musical performance. Print shows a long hall receding into the background for a perspective view

Modern twelve plays. Print shows four women standing on a porch, one may be ringing a bell, and a man playing a flute, standing in front of the porch; from the tale of Junidan Zoushi and Ushiwaka

Jesus at the age of twelve, discoursing with the learned doctors - Luke II, 46. Print showing Jesus talking with a group of elderly men. Date between 1880 and 1900

Our baseball heroes - captains of the twelve clubs in the National League. Print showing bust portraits of the captains of the twelve baseball teams in the National League

Cacao Suchard advertisement
Illustration of traditional French songs from one of twelve postcards: J ai du bon tabac dans ma tabati? 1903

Velma Suchard advertisement
Illustration of traditional French songs from one of twelve postcards. " Il pleut, il pleut bergÞ▓Ñ...". 1903

Milka Suchard advertisement
Illustration of traditional French songs from one of twelve postcards: Que tas de belles filles Girofl?irofla!... 1903

Chocolat Suchard advertisement
Illustration of traditional French songs from one of twelve postcards: Meunier tu dors Ton moulin... 1903

Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps

Citroen Saloon
Citroen Sports Twelve Saloon. Date: 1937

Twelve sisters standing hand in hand
Twelve sisters, the Miss Pelicoes, standing hand in hand. first published 1879

Scout Patrol Leader Willie Chun signing autographs
Willie Chun, whos 12 years old and an American of Korean parentage, is a Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop 90 in Hollywood. Willie had a special showing of the new Robert L

West London Union Mens Casual Ward 1857
The mens casual ward of the West London Poor Law Union, used to provide overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants. The men slept on the bare floor in a twelve-stall stable

Herakles Versus Hydra
He slays the Hydra of Lerna, one of his Twelve Labours

The freight team, Los Angeles Aqueduct. Ten and twelve mule teams convey supplies from Division Siding to the tunnel camps up in the mountains

Workhouse Teachers Salary Receipt, Whitehaven
A receipt for the quarterly salary payment of twelve pounds and ten shillings. It is from the Whitehaven Union, signed by workhouse teacher William Benson on 24 December 1856

Morocco, Fez - Water Clock on Talaa Kibeera
Fez - The Street of ancient Clocks. The Water Clock, part of the Bou Inania complex on Talaa Kibeera can be seen on this card

French Front 1916
12 inch gun on railway mounting in action at Maricort, Somme on the French Front in France during World War I in 1916

Sitting on the running board
A gentleman and his three lady companions sit on the running board of their small car (a Vauxhall 12 Six Light Saloon) in a field

Saint Peter with Saint Paul
Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles and the first Pope, depicted holding the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, entrusted to him by Jesus

Saint Peter receiving the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven
Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles and the first Pope. Depicted receiving the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven from Jesus. His ultimate fate, crucifixion...head down

Saint Peter, Russian style
Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles and the first Pope. Depicted here by a Russian artist

Howitzer 1917
12 inch Howitzer gun and ammunition under camouflage netting at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Twelve boys have fun in dilapidated car 1928
Twelve members of a boys club have a jolly time of it as they sit for a photograph in the remains of an old dilapidated car body

Switzerland - Watching Clock strike midday - Berne. The astronomical clock was built in the 16th century by Caspar Brunner

A Ducks egg
Illustration by Raphael Kirchner taken from The Kirchner Album of twelve prints issued by The Sketch during World War I. Picture depicts a suspended egg

Hatches
Illustration by Raphael Kirchner from The Kirchner Album, a portfolio of twelve colour prints issued by The Sketch during the World War One period

Council of Charles VI
Twelve-year old Charles VI holds a council at Amiens, assisted by his guardians the ducs of Bourbon, Anjou, Berry and Bourgogne

American oli powered diesel electric locomotive
The Streamline Union Pacific Train for high speed passenger service. This oil powered diesel electric locomotive is fitted with a 900 H.P twelve cylinder diesel engine

Military Multi-Cycle On trial at Aldershot, 1887
Illustration showing the British Army trials of a Multi-cycle, a pedal machine for twelve soldiers and their equipment, at Aldershot, 1887

Crowds waiting for news outside the Tichborne Trial
The final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The crowds gather in the surrounding streets for the verdict

A Devonshire lace-maker
Lace-making was a typical cottage industry and could be carried out independently by women in their homes. The woman in the picture sits by the hearth in a cottage with a bolster-style pillow firmly

Tuileries Burn
Twelve Communards, led by Dardelle, set the Tuileries on fire with a mixture of petrol, liquid tar and turpentine : it will burn for two days and be utterly destroyed

The most powerful French locomotive that was running in 1914
The most powerful French locomotive running in 1914. The Mikado began service in 1914 and was used by the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Railway Company for goods transportation

Line-up of twelve swimmers and twelve men in suits
A line-up of twelve men in swimming costumes and caps and twelve men in suits

Washing Feet of Poor
On Holy Thursday before Easter, the feet of twelve poor people are washed, in memory of Jesus washing the feet of his twelve disciples

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