Upper Collection (page 6)

Advert, William Dray and Co, Reaping Machine
Advert, William Dray and Co, Upper Thames Street, London, Patent Reaping Machine Date: 1856

Cloak that the Hawaiian chiefs wore as a symbol of status
Cloak that the Hawaiian chiefs wore as a symbol of their high social status. Feather and vegetale fibre. Polynesia. Hawaiian Islands, United States. Last third of the 18th century

Beauty of Japan's Textiles - the young woman on the left, holding a battledore, is in formal New Year's Day dress. The one on the right is in a homongi, a costume suitable for paying visits

Sydney in 1813
This view was taken from Grosvenor Street which is in the foreground. George Street crosses this at right angles in front of the white buildings with five windows on upper floor

Kattai Creek, Upper Hawkesbury River
An advertisement landscape photograph for The Government Tourist Bureau, promoting the Kattai Creek, Upper Hawkesbury River, in Northwest Sydney. Date: circa 1919

Lady Lavinia Dundas (1914-1974), with spaniel. Date: 1939

Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill (1922 -2000) was the daughter of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and cousin to Winston Churchill. She emigrated to the USA in 1945, and was reknowned for her charity work

Wysard's Waxworks
Artist Tony Wysard (1907-1984) depicted a series of celebrity victims in his Wysard's Waxworks illustrations. Here are shown Nina Studley-Herbert, 12th Countess of Seafield (1906-1969)

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, with others
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004) was born Lady Alice Douglas Scott. In 1935 she married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V

Taking a stroll at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham
Lady Helen Grosvenor (1888-1970), Lady Castlereagh (1878-1959), Lord Charles Beresford (1846-1919), Lord Hugh Cecil (1869-1956) and Miss Chaplin take a summer stroll at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham

Averil Streatfield (1911-1977) is here seen modelling a crepe romain gown and a coat bordered with grey fox, by designer Norman Hartnell (1901-1979). Date: 1932

General Dynamics F-111E 68-0055
United States Air Force (USAF) - General Dynamics F-111E 68-0055 Heartbreaker (msn Ai-224, bse code UH'). of the 55rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 20h Tactical Fighter Wing, at RAF Upper Heyford

McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II 69-0250
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II 69-0250 (msn 3776), at RAF Upper Heyford on 4 June 1988. Date: 1988

McDonnell Douglas F-15D Eagle 84-0044
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-15D-37-MC Eagle 84-0044 (msn 0924/D052. Base code BT'), at RAF Upper Heyford on 4 June 1988. Date: 1988

Canadair NF-5B Freedom Fighter 136
Luftforsvaret - Canadair NF-5B Freedom Fighter 136 (msn N.9014), of 338 Skv, at RAF Upper Heyford on 18 July 1981. (Luftforsvaret - Royal Norwegian Air Force). Date: 1981

McDonnell Douglas F-4G Wild Weasel 69-0250
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-4G Wild Weasel 69-0250 (msn 3776), of the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Spangdahlem Air Base, at RAF Upper Heyford on 4 June 1988

McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom 37+81
Luftwaffe - McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II 37+81 (msn 4549), of JagdBomberGeschwader 36, at RAF Upper Heyford on 18 July 1981. Date: 1981

General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon J-001
Koninklijke Luchtmacht - General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon J-001 (msn 6D-157), of 313 Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford on 13 September 1990. (Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Royal Netherlands Air Force)

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon J-002
Koninklijke Luchtmacht - General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon J-002 (msn 6D-158), of 313 Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford on 13 September 1990. (Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Royal Netherlands Air Force)

Dassault - Dornier Alpha Jet A 40+50
Luftwaffe - Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet A 40+50 (msn 0050), at RAF Upper Heyford on 13 September 1990. Date: 1990

Dassault Mirage F. 1CE C. 14-15
Ejercito del Aire - Dassault Mirage F.1CE C.14-15 (msn ?), of Escuadron 141 Patanes, Ala de Caza 14, at the 1990 Tiger Meet, held at RAF Upper Heyford, in September 1990 Date: 1990

Dassault Mirage F. 1CE C. 14-07
Ejercito del Aire - Dassault Mirage F.1CE C.14-07 (msn ?), of Escuadron 141 Patanes, Ala de Caza 14, at the 1990 Tiger Meet, held at RAF Upper Heyford, in September 1990 Date: 1990

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 26+72
Marineflieger - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 26+72 (msn 683-7418), of Marine FliegerGeschwader 2, at RAF Upper Heyford on 4 June 1988. (Marineflieger - German naval aviation). Date: 1980

Turret Ship, elevation, and plan of upper deck

Horse and cart making deliveries in a flooded street
The flood is in Watford and someone in an upper story of a house has a basket hanging on a rope and the baker in the horse and cart is putting things in it. Date: 1903

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon FA55
Force Aerienne Belge - General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon FA55 (msn 6H-55), of 349 Squadron, at RAF Upper Heyford on 4 June 1988, in 45th anniversary colours

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon FA49
Force Aerienne Belge - General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon FA49 (msn WA832, ex G-17-2, ex G-BDNI), of 349 Squadron, at RAF Upper Heyford on 4 June 1988, in 45th anniversary colours

General Dynamics EF-111A Raven 66-041
United States Air Force - General Dynamics EF-111A Raven 66-041 (msn A1-59), of the 20th Tactical fighter Wing, from RAF Upper Heyford. Date: circa 1985

Poster, Muratti's Ariston cigarettes, As smoked by Royalty and the Nobility Date: circa 1950

Cartoon, upper class Nuts and Nuttesses, Louis Wain
Cartoon of upper class Nuts and Nuttesses as comical cats, by Louis Wain. Date: 1914

Introducing a Lady to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte
Debutante Ceremony of Introducing a Lady to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte at the Court of St James's, 1766 Date: 1766

BAC Lightning F. 6 XS937 C
Royal Air Force - British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F.6 XS937 C (msn 95270), of No.23 Squadron, at RAF Upper Heyford on 25 May 1968. Date: 1968

Pretty Corner, Sheringham, North Norfolk with All Saints, Upper Sheringham in the distance. Date: circa 1910s

Royal Marines Artillery - A Drill turret used by the RMA for training on the operation of turrets on capital ships. Every aspect was practised with a magazine on the lower levels

Katharine (Kate) Louisa Russell, Viscountess Amberley (nee Stanley, 1844-1874), British suffragist and early advocate of birth control

John Russell, Viscount Amberley (1842-1876), British politician and writer. He was the eldest son of Lord John Russell, who served twice as British Prime Minister

Egyptians writing
Egyptian writing. Upper: Letter to a deceased on papyrus. Around 2000 BC. End of the First Intermediate Period. Origin unknown. Lower: Hieratic Papyrus. Ptolemaic Period. 305-30 BC. Origin unknown

Indigenous people of Brazil and Paraguay, South America
Indigenous men and women of Brazil and Paraguay, South America, wearing lip and ear plugs (pelele). This is done when the child is young, the upper lip is pierced close to the nose

People Before Profit demonstration, London
A People Before Profit demonstration in Upper Street, Islington, North London, against rent increases and property development. Date: 1974

Senufo mask (Burkina Fasso). It combines features of animals and humans. Senufo masks have the power to help communication between the living and their dead ancestors. African art. Decorative Arts

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Poster by Carles Fontsere for the Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM). Upper detail

Lord Salisbury (5th Marquess), Conservative politician
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury (1893-1972), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, served during the First World War

Jessica Mitford at a book signing event
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Jessica Mitford speaking at a microphone
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Sudanese Dinka Village
Sudanese Dinka tribesmen of the Upper Nile and their elaborate layered reed houses. A holy man stands to the right next to a dead tree adorned with the horns of hunted beasts. Date: 1930s

Regent Street - Upper Part 1935
Upper part of Regent Street, London, buses travelling up and down the famous street, with pedestrians walking alone the wide pavements, in the distance you can see with All Souls Church. Date: 1935

Longitudinal section of the Great Eastern Steam Ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. To be launched on 3 November 1857 but there was major logistical issues. Date: 1857

LEAF INSECTS
There are 25 insects here, all mimicking foliage or such : the dead-leaf butterfly is in the centre : the leaf-like locust upper right, and there are various stick insects. Date: circa 1890

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