Companies Collection

Flags & Funnels
House flags and funnels carried by steam ships belonging to some of the main companies of the British Mercantile Marine

The Zulu war. Scene of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana)
After the Battle of Isadhlwana. A description by Lieutenant Crealock reads, Day waned and the night hung over the hill, when we reached the last ridge, beyond which lay what had been our camp

Mail Ship Flags & Others
Flags including those of the States of Australia, New Zealand, Royal Mail & the Orient and Pacific Steam Navigation Companies

Flags and Ships of the Great Steamship Companies, 1932
Illustration of the Flags and Ships of the Steamship Companies offering ocean cruises in 1932, with a map of their routes. Lloyd Triestino, Booth, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, P.&O. Coast, B.&N

John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers
3786257 John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers; (add.info.: John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers, Groces & Co. Early 20th century advert)

John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers
3786256 John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers; (add.info.: John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers, Groces & Co. Early 20th century advert)

In the office at Parkes Machine Tools Ltd; Mr Edwin Hallard (joint managing director), Miss Victoria Parkes (office junior), Mr Geoff Arnold (accounts)

The Loss Book at Lloyds of London, 1877
Engraving showing a group of Lloyds underwriters consulting the Loss Book in their offices, after a bad spell of storms in the winter of 1876-7

Painting Stage Sets
Painting stage sets on old wooden scaffolding at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

Theatrical Wig Maker
An old gentleman wig maker at work, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford-upon- Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

Fireworks Factory
Women from Brooks fireworks factory, one of the oldest British fireworks companies, show off a selection of their huge rockets and catherine wheels!

Wardrobe Department
Ladies in the Wardrobe Department of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

The Long Office at the Railway Clearing House, 1884
3478923 The Long Office at the Railway Clearing House, 1884; (add.info.: The Long Office at the Railway Clearing House: This organisation was set up to make it possible for passengers)

Pneumatic tubes at the General Post Office, 1888
3480041 Pneumatic tubes at the General Post Office, 1888; (add.info.: Pneumatic tubes at the General Post Office; St Martin's-le-Grand)

The Long Office at the Railway Clearing House, 1896
3478922 The Long Office at the Railway Clearing House, 1896; (add.info.: The Long Office at the Railway Clearing House: This organisation was set up to make it possible for passengers)

The English traveller, in the shape of John Bull, looking on in horror at what the railway companies were planning for
527866 The English traveller, in the shape of John Bull, looking on in horror at what the railway companies were planning for him

Cantrell & Cochranes Belfast Ginger Ale
3786287 Cantrell & Cochranes Belfast Ginger Ale; (add.info.: Cantrell & Cochranes Belfast Ginger Ale - advertisement. With illustration of woman with a dog on a boat. Fashions of period ( c)

George Prices Safe Company - advert, c. 1907
3786284 George Prices Safe Company - advert, c. 1907; (add.info.: George Prices Safe Company - advert, c. 1907. Caption: Modern Burglars at Work)

Havas Publicity Agency, Paris, c. 1900
3785059 Havas Publicity Agency, Paris, c. 1900.; (add.info.: Havas Publicity Agency, Paris, c. 1900. Adminstration department ('service d'Execution').); Lebrecht History

Shell Motor Oil - advertisement, c. 1900s
3786249 Shell Motor Oil - advertisement, c. 1900s; (add.info.: Shell Motor Oil - advertisement, c. 1900s. Caption: Invincible!'. no 73); Lebrecht History

advertising, household, match label, trademark Darby & Joan, Ideal for the home and the smoker, ADDITIONAL-RIGHTS-CLEARANCE-INFO-NOT-AVAILABLE Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

Willimantic Thread - late 19th century advertisement
3786310 Willimantic Thread - late 19th century advertisement; (add.info.: Willimantic Thread - late 19th century advertisement for American -based company (Atlanta, Georgia), founded 1881

Frog Playing Banjo (chromolitho)
733088 Frog Playing Banjo (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frog Playing Banjo.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Bebb Travel hostess Alison with one of the firms newest coaches at their Church village headquarters. 17th April 1989

David Preston, managing director of the Northallerton haulage firm Prestons of Potto with Mike Lindsey, section manager of road transport at Teesside works as they stand in front of one of

Thorp T-11 Sky Scooter NX91312. Designed in the US by John Thorp in 1945, the T-11 was intended to be home-built. NX91312 was one of eight prototypes built by Thorp in 1946

WW2 Christmas Card Illustration
A WW2 Christmas greetings card illustration issued by the directors and staff of dairy companies including Dried Milk Products Limited, Cow & Gate Limited and Home Counties Dairies Limited

Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531
CIA / Air America - Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531 (msn 8440, ex 44-85531). at Clark Field in the Philippines, either before, or after, covert missions over Tibet

Danish Riviera
Franz Sedivy was a Czech born Danish artist famed for his impressive panoramas of Copenhagen. He designed several posters for Danish companies, especially Carlsberg

Advert for Columbia Grafonola
Advert for The Columbia Graphophone Company Limited (Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.). It was one of the earliestA gramophoneA companies in theA United Kingdom

Music cover, When the Curtain Falls, words by Ronald Frankau, music by Billy Barnes, featured by Ronald Frankau's Companies Date: 1927

Insurance companies memorial with the Latin motto: Non Omnis Moriar (not all will die). The sculpture shows firefighters on a horse-drawn fire engine, rushing to fight a fire. (2 of 3)

Manufacture of Steel Pens, Birmingham 1874
Royal visit by Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) to Mr. Joseph Gillott, steel pens manufacture in West Midlands, Birmingham. Date: 1874

Elkington & Co. Manufacture, Royal Visit 1874
Royal visit by Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) to Elkington factory in Birmingham, where electro and silver plating where made. Date: 1874

Royal visit by Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) to Elkington factory in Birmingham, where electro and silver plating where made. Date: 1874

Advertisement of the company Eger & Sohn for sleeping skirts, 1890, Germany, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, black, black-and-white, black-white, commerce, companies, company, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital

Advertisement of the company Kaiser Portemonnaies, Bitte Bitte, Theodor Kaiser, Stempelfabrik, Berlin, 1887, Germany
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, archive, asks, black, black-and-white, black-white, capital market, capital markets, cash, commerce, companies, company

Advertisement of the Victoria sewing machine company, 1887, Germany, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, commerce, companies, company, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions

Advertisement of the company Unger und Hoffmann for projection devices and enlargers
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, commerce, companies, company, contemporary, copy, depiction

Advertisement of the Wolf company for locomobiles and farm machinery, 1890, Germany, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, agrarian, agricultural, agriculturally, animal of prey, animals, announcement, announcements, archive, beast of prey, black, black-and-white, black-white

Advertisement Matching Christmas present, monogram stamp, Hurwitz Company, Berlin, 1890, Germany, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, christmas gift, christmas gifts, christmas season, christmas seasons

Advertisement of the Mundlos company for Victoria sewing machines, 1890, Germany, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, commerce, companies, company, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions

Advertisement of the Spangenberg company for irons, 1890, Germany, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, commerce, companies, company, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions

Advertisement by the Louis Krauss Company for Triumph cradle bath and wave bath, bath tub with sweating device, 1887
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, advertising, announcement, announcements, archive, bath, baths, bathtubs, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, commerce, companies, company

Hotel Intercontinental in Bucharest, Romania
accommodation, accommodations, architectural photograph, architectural view, balkan, balkan peninsula, brand, building, buildings, business building, business house, businesses, commercial building

Administrative building, ministries, in the city centre of Bucharest, Romania
administration, administration building, administrations, administrative building, administrative buildings, architectural photograph, architectural view, authorities, balkan, balkan peninsula

Convention Centre, Docklands, Dublin, Ireland
administration, administration building, administrations, administrative building, administrative buildings, architectural style, architectural styles, building, buildings, businesses

Custom House, Teach an Chustaim, 18th century neo-classical building in Dublin, Ireland
administration, administration building, administrations, administrative building, administrative buildings, authorities, building, buildings, business building, business house, businesses

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Unveiling the untold tales of companies through captivating glimpses into history and art. From the Zulu war's haunting Battle of Isandula to the majestic Mail Ship Flags & Others, embark on a journey that unravels the legacy of great steamship companies in 1932. Witness Tank Corps Recruitment, where brave souls answered the call to defend their nations. Explore The Loss Book at Lloyds of London, an intriguing chapter from 1877 that reveals stories behind maritime disasters. Dive into Flags & Funnels, a colorful world where ships proudly display their identities. Discover the hidden artistry behind Painting Stage Sets and Theatrical Wig Maker, as they bring imagination to life on stage. Experience explosive creativity at the Fireworks Factory and delve into Wardrobe Department's enchanting realm of costumes and transformations. Join Travelling Actors as they traverse lands with their mesmerizing performances. Lastly, marvel at WW2 Christmas Card Illustration showcasing heartfelt messages amidst wartime adversity and can not just entities; they carry within them tales that shape our past and inspire our future.