Zag Collection

Spurgeons Homes, Birchington
Aerial view of the distinctive zig-zag layout of Spurgeons Homes, Birchington, Kent. The Homes were originally based at Stockwell

Italian Alpini climbing Monte Adamello
Italian Alpini troops forming a zig-zag line as they ascend Monte Adamello during their Alpine struggle against the Austrians in World War I

The Zig Zag Path, Folkestone, North Downs, Kent, England. Date: 1910s

Naerodal zig zag road, Stalheim, Norway

Naerodal zig zag road, Stalheim, Noway - early 1900s

Zigzag Path, West Cliff, Cromer, Norfolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

White Star Line, RMS Olympic and Majestic - jigsaw puzzles. Six complete, one with two pieces missing, boxed, plus a framed jigsaw puzzle. Date: 20th century

Wall Flowers
Still life oil painting showing a vase with blue zig zag design, holding a loosely arranged set of orange and red flowers. Date: circa 1930

c. 1890 Australia Zig Zag Railway Lithgow New South Wales

Lake Lucerne. Old Axenstrasse Switzerland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Lake Lucerne. Old Axenstrasse is the name of the sharply winding and precipitous ascent in a a steep and narrow zig-zag road in Central Switzerland

The Stone Age scene in Zig-Zag! London Hippodrome
The Stone Age scene in the 1917 Hippodrome revue, Zig-Zag! featuring Daphne Pollard as Mrs Stone Hatchett who flirts with her lover, played by George Clarke

Daphne Pollard as Mrs Stone Hatchett, Zig-Zag, Hippodrome
Daphne Pollard in the comic role of Mrs Stone Hatchett in the Stone Age scene, part of " Zig-Zag!" the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1917

George Robey, quick-change scene in Zig-Zag, Hippodrome
George Robey in " Zig-Zag!" the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome, in a scene where he performed a burlesque of the methods of Fregoli, the quick-change artist, with comic results

Shirley Kellogg & chorus in Zig-Zag, Hippodrome
A zig-zag effect in " Zig-Zag!. Shirley Kellogg, star of the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome, " Zig-Zag!" seated on a cushion as Shir Lee in the Chinese Lacquer scene

Sketch cover - Cicely Debenham in Zig-Zag, London Hippodrome
Cicely Debenham as Louana Lou of Honolulu in the revue " Zig-Zag!" at the London Hippodrome in 1917. Date: 1917

Printing blocks used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Six printing blocks used to create one pattern at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Printing block used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Original printing block used at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Christmas card in the shape of a sewing box, open to reveal items inside and a greeting under the lid. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Zig Zag Road - Box Hill, Brockham, Surrey
Zig Zag Road - Box Hill, Brockham, Tadworth, near Dorking, Surrey, England. Date: 1910s

China - Shanghai - Huxinting Teahouse (Huxinting Chashi)
Huxinting Teahouse (Huxinting Chashi), Shanghai, China. The pavilion was built in 1784 by cotton merchants as a brokerage house. In 1855 it became, and remains, a quintessential Chinese teahouse

Zig-Zag Fag Papers
Splendid wrapper for a packet of Zig-Zag cigarette papers, winner of many gold medals

Mount Tabor, near Nazareth, Northern Israel, with a zigzag path visible. Date: circa 1920

Zig-Zag railway in Australia
The " Zig-Zag" on the Western Line, New South Wales, Australia. Zig-zag railway (probably the Lithgow Zig-Zag) built in the mid-19th century to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb up

Folkestone Railway
Miniature railway at Folkestone - Zig-Zag Station

Embroidered palm trees with gold edging
Embroidered palm trees and flowers on fabric with an ornate gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Zig-Zag Blue Dress 1899
Tunic dress with points at the front, a high throated sac like lace bodice, V shaped falling tucker, sleeves with shoulder puffs & inverted cuffs, flounce at the hem. Date: 1899

Zig-Zag by Albert de Courville
Promotional postcard for Zig-Zag by Albert de Courville, Wal Pink and George Arnould; music David Stamper. First produced at the London Hippodrome, 31st January 1917

East Cliff, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Showing the Zig Zag path Date: 1920s

Locomotive Accident, Ida Falls Gully, New South Wales
Locomotive Accident, Ida Falls Gully, Lithgow, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Great Zig Zag Railway Date: 1901

Medieval portal at Nablus, Palestine, West Bank
Medieval portal (possibly part of a crusader church converted to a mosque) at Nablus, Palestine, West Bank. Date: 1920s

Sydney, Australia - Zigzag
Slide showing a photograph of a zigzag railway tracks up the side of a mountain. Probably the Great or Lithgow Zig Zag which operated between 1869 and 1910 in New South Wales.. Boswell Collection

Programme for Zig Zag at the London Hippodrome, 1917, produced by Albert de Courville Date: 1917

Huxinting Teahouse (Huxinting Chashi), Shanghai, China. The pavilion was built in 1784 by cotton merchants as a brokerage house. In 1855 it became, and remains, a quintessential Chinese teahouse

Various views of Sydney, Australia: the Zig Zag Railway, the Harbour and the Town Hall. circa 1883

British battle fleet avoiding enemy submarines, WW1
A British battle fleet zigzagging to avoid enemy submarines during the First World War. Date: March 1915

Fountain at the Chiostro dei Benedettini, Monreale, Sicily
A superb photograph of the Fountain, set in the middle of the Norman Cloister at the Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily. The Cathedral is one of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture in

Pratts High Test Petrol & Oil
An enamel sign advertising Pratts High Test Petrol & Oil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Cigarette Paper Wrapper
Splendid wrapper for a packet of Zig-Zag cigarette papers, winner of many gold medals

Battle-ground from the air
Fighting lines in Flanders photographed by an airman, pitted with shell-holes and showing a maze of zig-zag trenches

Costume / Girl / Photo C1860
Girl: very low bodice, no shoulder straps, short sleeves with volans, short double skirt - the upper trimmed with a zig- zag design. Hair worn long & off the face

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