Valuable Collection

Oyster Catch / Whitstable
Oysters, found to be a valuable remedy for the influenza epidemic, are sorted and packed by fishermen in Whitstable, Kent, for distribution to the hospitals

Three Cartier platinum and diamond bracelets Date: circa 1930s

Last known photo of Captain Smith of RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic - extremely rare first generation press photograph taken by Dr McLean from the tender Ireland as she brought mail and a handful of passengers to the Titanic

The poultry of the world--Portraits of all known valuable breeds of fowls. Fifty-two types of identified chickens. Date c1868

Safe. 16th century. Spain
Safe. 16th century. Cast iron and fretwork. Maria Pita House-Museum. Corunna, Galicia, Spain

SPAIN. Madrid. National Library. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Madrid National Library. Protecting with sandbags the rooms where the most valuable books and are kept. SPAIN. Barcelona

One of the members of the Volunteer Women's Militia, pictured in Madrid, 1936. Militias, such as this one, performed valuable service for the Republican Government in the Spanish Civil War

Thomas Lawrences Master Lambton ( The Red Boy - 1825) put up for auction at Lambton Castle, Durham - but withdrawn from sale, despite a bid of 95, 000. Date: 1932

Anglo-French forces looting the Emperors Palace, Beijing, August 1860, Second Opium War, China Date: 1860

Cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in the style of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Showing British soldiers making sandbags, bringing in ration supplies and ready to fight in the trenches. Date: 1916

Gold bricks on display, Dawson City, Yukon, NW Canada
Gold bricks on display from the Klondike gold rush, Bank of British North America, Dawson City, Yukon, NW Canada. Date: late 1890s

Columbus with Ferdinand and Isabella on his return
Columbus stands before Ferdinand and Isabella and the royal court at Barcelona, having brought back weapons, valuable cloth and jewellery, and several captured native people. Date: 1493

EMILIE LEHMANN Polish patriot and feminist who besides fighting for the liberty of Poland wrote valuable papers on the emancipation of women. Date: circa 1848

Orange Girl
London characters: an ORANGE GIRL offers her wares to passers-by in the street, a valuable source of vitamin C if they only knew it. Date: circa 1870

Mull Sack & Lady Fairfax
The arch pickpocket named Mull Sack, dressed as a trooper, audaciously steals a valuable watch from Lady Fairfax, wife of the then leader of the Rump Parliament. Date: 19th century

A selection of the Princes gifts, 1876
A selection of the presents made to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) during his Royal Progress through India in 1875-6. They have been arranged in the India Museum, South Kensington

Laure Junot
LAURE SAINT-MARTIN PERMON, wife of Andoche JUNOT, duchesse d Abrantes : wrote memoirs containing valuable information, also less memorable novels. Date: 1784 - 1838

DI Jill McTeague, Arts & Antiques Squad, with necklace
DI Jill McTeague of the Arts & Antiques Squad of the Metropolitan Police, holding a stolen necklace which has been recovered

Essex ring auctioned at Christie s
Two views of the famous Essex ring which Queen Elizabeth I is said to have given to the Earl of Essex, and which might have saved his life if it had been returned in time

The Great Balas or Black Princes Ruby, referring to a gem in the British crown jewels, dating back to the 14th century. 19th century

French spoils from China exhibited at Tuileries, 1861
French spoils from China recently exhibited at the Palace of the Tuileries. Treasures and valuable objects sent home from the Summer Palace as a present to Napoleon III

Tower of London fire, breaking into the strongroom
Tower of London fire, 30 October 1841 - a group of men breaking into the strongroom in the Jewel Tower to remove the crown jewels and save them from destruction. 1841

Ferreira gold bars, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Ferreira gold bars from the Ferreira Deep mine, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Interior of Titanias Palace dolls house
Interior of Titanias Palace, a valuable dolls house (or miniature castle) -- at the time of this photograph it was claimed to be the worlds most expensive one. This room is labelled Titanias Boudoir

Edmond Fremy - 2
EDMOND FREMY French chemist who made several valuable discoveries such as hydrogen fluoride gas, and wrote extensively on chemistry subjects. Date: 1814 - 1894

John Duncan, Explorer
JOHN DUNCAN Guardsman who became an explorer in West Africa, making valuable observations not only geographical but also of native superstitions. Date: 1895 - 1849

3rd Earl Spencer - 3
John Charles Spencer (1782 - 1845), third earl SPENCER; here when viscount Althorp. Statesman who despite his preference for country pursuits pursued a valuable political career

3rd Earl Spencer - 4
John Charles Spencer (1782 - 1845), third earl Spencer (previously viscount Althorp. Statesman who despite his preference for country pursuits pursued a valuable political career

Oatmeal on Scales
Oatmeal is a valuable addition to your everyday diet. It may be used in place of a proportion of the flour in most of your favourite recipies, scones, pastry etc. Date: 1940s

Dog Guards Trenches
With its superior senses, a dog makes a valuable guard for British soldiers in their trenches. Date: circa 1915

Gold mining on the moon
The Moon will surely be rich in valuable minerals: a gold mine there could be a profitable investment. Date: 1895

Patients race, Quex House garden
Four patients are seen taking part in a race in the garden of Quex House, two nurses and a lady civilian are in the background watching

Bedmaking race, Quex House garden
Three nurses are taking part in a bedmaking race, watched by Hannah Powell-Cotton (VAD Commandant) and a male civilian. The beds are positioned against the line of a tennis court marked out

Hospital Sports, Quex House garden
Patients in shirtsleeves are playing the game of trying to eating an apple hanging from a string tied to a horizontal line

Apple Bobbing, Quex House garden
Seven patients are gathered around at least one chair and some buckets. Five amused nurses are watching. The men are apple bobbing - trying to grab, using only their mouths

Gold bricks on display, Lead, South Dakota, USA
Gold bricks on display at Lead, South Dakota, USA. The large Homestake Gold Mine was discovered in 1876. The gold bricks seen here were worth $125, 000 at the time

Bell XP-77-a one off lightweight fighter built of wood to avoid using valuable alloys

Valuable Fragments from Flanders, by Bairnsfather
Valuable Frangments from Flanders It All Comes to this in Time " This interesting fragment found near Ypres (known to the ancients as Wipers)

Native Canadian Worship
Native Canadians honour their deity Quitchi Manitou (variously spelt) with a huge sacrificial pyre topped with valuable goods which they hope will appease him. Date: 18th century

Claude Bernard Photo
CLAUDE BERNARD French medical researcher who made valuable discoveries, though at the expense of many animals for which he was reproved. Date: 1813 - 1878

Richard Powell
RICHARD POWELL Doctor at St Bartholomews hospital, London, who was responsible for many valuable innovations in diagnosis and treatment. Date: 1767 - 1834

Sir George Morgan
Sir GEORGE OSBORNE MORGAN British statesman responsible for valuable social legislation, including the Burials Act and the Married womens property act. Date: 1826 - 1897

Joseph Lebon
JOSEPH LEBON - French priest, revolutionary statesman, despite valuable services to his country convicted of extremism and guillotined. Date: 1765 - 1795

Catherine Hutton, Writer
CATHERINE HUTTON Author of The miser married and other novels : she also left valuable correspondence with many leading writers of her day. She never married. Date: 1756 - 1846

Sir George Harrison
SIR GEORGE HARRISON Provost of Edinburgh 1882- 1885, responsible for providing the city with valuable open spaces. Date: ? - 1885

Gold specimens
A variety of gold specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London. Gold is an elemental metal. It occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits

Royal Wedding Presents at St Jamess Palace
A general view of the magnificent array of presents in the main salon, one of the three rooms in St. Jamess Palace to which the public were admitted

Admiralty Islands - decorated gourds
Decorated gourds from the Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. Pen & Ink with watercolour wash drawings by Raymond Sheppard

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