Worth Collection (page 3)

Inspecting the Company at The Maltings, Mistley, Essex. James Whale, 7Th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment. Captured 26.8.17. Pow At Holzminden Camp, Germany

P O W at Holzminden
P.O.W. at Holzminden. James Whale, 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Captured (26.8.17) POW at Holzminden Camp, Germany

Three fleets worth watching by G. H. Davis
Three fleets which are worth watching: the naval forces of Brazil, Argentine and Chile. 1910

Miss Bunting Stephenson by Madame Yevonde. Seen here (left) modelling a Mainbocher evening gown of white linen, checked in coral and green stripes, from Kay Norton

Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits are sold
Sold Again! -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits are sold for a penny each, although their mother had told them that they were worth their weight in gold. Date: 1912

Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna
Engraving from a photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna, later Dowager Tsaritsa, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III

Henri IV Enters Paris
Henri of Navarre (the future Henri IV) unable to take Paris because hes a Protestant, decides that Paris is worth a mass, becomes a Catholic and enters Paris triumphantly. Date: March 1594

William Jenkins Worth 2
WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH American military commander whose success on the battlefield was marred by political intrigues. Date: 1794 - 1849

Russell Sage
RUSSELL SAGE American financier, a shrewd operator who died worth $70m, a tidy sum even now, still more so in those days. Date: 1816 - 1906

Home of Niepce
The home of Nicephore Niepce at Chalons-sur-Saone, now a museum of photography and well worth the visit if you re passing. Date: 1891

Three of four Bell Model 47J Rangers for the Canadian De?
Three of four Bell Model 47J Rangers for the Canadian Department of Transport at Fort Worth prior to delivery to Ottawa

A Bell Model 47J being loaded into a Fairchild C-82 of t?
A Bell Model 47J being loaded into a Fairchild C-82 of the Brazilian Air Force at Meacham Field, Fort Worth

Anywhere to escape from the wife
Wife (to Lion Tamer who has been out late) - " You Coward!" Date: 1892

Lake Front, Palm Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1904

Hotel Royal Ponciana, Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Pleasure steamers on Lake Worth Lagoon. Enlarged twice and doubling in size each time, it became the largest wooden structure in the world, with 1

Kambawza Palace - Rangoon -.. the view from the tower is worth the climb up the steps, from parquet floor to parquet floor. Date: 1951

Lacquer commode
A lady, wearing an evening gown by Worth, stands by an elegant lacquer commode. Date: 1914

It would be worth it. Illustration shows Uncle Sam in the background handing out pardons to criminals labeled Gyp the Blood (Harry Horowitz), Dago Frank (Francesco Carofisi)

The Falls of the Rhine, from Castle Worth, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

An Israelit soldier, after the battle of Worth, observing the anniversary of the death of his father (in France)

Wm. H. Crane in a new comedy, Worth a million by Eugene W. Presbrey. Date c1898

The Royal Ponciana, Lake Worth. Date c1898

Fashion by Worth and Molyneux, 1927
Three evening dresses for 1927. From left, a charming frock from Worth carried out in printed white chiffon wiht pastel-coloured flowers

Three young ladies in evening outfits by Worth
Three fashionable young ladies in evening outfits by Worth. On the left, a casino dress in bright pink satin crepe with black fur border and jet black belt

England / Worth Matravers
Worth Matravers, a lovely village in Dorset, England. It is mentioned by name in the Domesday Book in 1086. Noted for its fine stone quarries. Date: 1950s

St. Aldhelms Chapel, on top of the windswept promintory of St. Aldhelms Head, near Worth Matravers, Dorset, England. Built c.1140 in memory of a bride & groom who drowned. Date: early 12th century

Two ladies in winter outfits by Premet and Worth
Two fashionable ladies in the latest winter outfits. On the left, a visitors dress in blue with a tartan pattern, by Premet

Two young ladies in dresses by Martial et Armand and Worth
Two fashionable young ladies in the latest sleeveless dresses. On the left, a dress in black and red satin crepe with geometrical designs, by Martial et Armand

Poster advertising War Savings Certificates. One workman tells another that its worth while. 1940s

The Householders Foes
Is life worth living? or The haunted householder A householders foes. Date: 1885

Fashion House / Callot
comparing dresses in the salon of CALLOT SOEURS Date: 1910

CONSTITUTION VICTORY
The American warship Constitution - known as Old Ironsides - dismasts the British Guerriere, damaging her so severely that she is not worth towing back to port. Date: 19 August 1812

Stiebel, Worth and Paterson designs, 1954
From left; Overskirts were in favour with several designers, worn apron-wise, or in a pannier effect. One of the prettiest was Victor Stiebels young bell-skirted silk afternoon dress in mist

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Bar of Gold
Engraving of a bar of gold, a small slab weighing sixteen pounds, worth about 800 in 1845"

Henri IV before Paris
Henri of Navarre (the future Henri IV) unable to take Paris because hes a Protestant, decides that Paris is worth a mass and accepts the Catholic faith to gain support

The Terra Nova, 1903
Photograph of the three-masted barque, Terra Nova, taken in 1903 when she was setting out for the Antarctic to try to find and help the Discovery expedition

America, Street View in San Francisco, from a sketch by a co
San Franciscos commerce was growing by the day in 1850, as gold fever reached its height. Four rivers produced gold worth over 30 million dollars in the last 5 months of 1850

Franco-Prussian War. The Streets of Strasbourg during the S
Between August the 4th and 6th 1870 Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia defeated French Marshal MacMahon at Worth and Weissenburg, pushing him out of Alsace and surrounding Strasbourg

Franco-Prussian War. General View of the Battle of Sedan fro
French Marshal MacMahon is defeated at Sedan on September 1st 1870, following french defeats at Worth, Weissenburg, Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte

The Civil War in America: Riots in New York
Destructiion of the coloured orphan asylum. Anti-draft riots in New York caused at least 120 deaths and $2 million worth of damage

Little Fish & the Fisher
THE LITTLE FISH AND THE FISHERMAN: a tiddler tries to persuade a fisher to let him grow into a big trout, worth catching, but the man prefers to keep what he has

Social / Choosing Dress
Choosing an evening coat by Worth at a Paris couturier s

Battle of Monterey
At the battle of Monterey, the Americans under general Worth storm Independence Hill, enabling them to dominate the Mexican position in the Obispado (Bishops Palace)

Worth Going to Bed For by Harold Earnshaw
Illustration by Harold Cecil Earnshaw to accompany a rhyme by J.M. Barrie, showing a little boy fast asleep and enjoying a particularly vivid dream crammed with castles, pirates, elephants

Ready for a Drive
Preparing for an outing in their motor-car, one lady wears a printed velvet ensemble by Worth, her companion a satin crepe and woollen afternoon ensemble

Romanov Deathplace
Someone thought it worth while taking a photo, however poor, of the building where the tsar and his family were murdered

Henri IV Submits
In order to take Paris, Henri IV agrees to placate his Catholic opponents by a nominal conversion to Catholicism - Paris is worth a mass !

THE SORRY TALE novel communicated by Patience Worth through American psychic Mrs John H Curran (Pearl Curran)

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