Part Collection (page 17)

A Village in the Island of Poros
Oil painting showing a village in Poros, a Green Island in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf. Date: circa 1930

Society of Herbalists
Decorative scheme of the prmeises of The Society of Herbalists, Bruton Street, in Mayfair, London. This illustration is part of the Colour The Townscape campaign

Poster Page, Oranges and Sugar Cubes
Poster page showing a lot of striking oranges, one of which has been neatly part pealed into quarters. There is also a blue bag of sugar cubes, satisfyingly spilling out across the picture

Moral and Industrial Training School, Leeds
A very early view of the Moral and Industrial Training School, Beckett Street, Leeds, now part of the St James Hospital site Date: 1860s

St Edward's Home for Boys, Coleshill, Warwickshire
St Edward's Home for Boys at Coleshill, part of a complex that became known as Father Hudson's Homes. Date: Early 1900s

McDonnell Douglas F-15A-6-MC Eagle 72-0119 Streak Eagle (MSN 0019/A017)on display at the National Museum of the USAF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

US Navy Consolidated Aircraft Corp flying boat Date: 1938

US Army Boeing YB-17 bomber aircraft Date: 1938

The De Havilland Frobisher airliner Date: 1938

Short Mayo Composite S20 Mercury long-range seaplane, test flight, Rochester, Kent Date: 1938

Royal Aero Club of Great Britain Balloon, Elsie, at Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, 1925 Date: 1925

RAF Supermarine Walrus, Amphibian Airplane being catapulted from HMS Sheffield Date: 1938

RAF Supermarine Stranraer Flying Boat Date: 1938

RAF Supermarine Southampton Mk II Flying Boat over the Needles, Isle of Wight Date: 1938

RAF light bomber aircraft Hawker Hind Date: 1938

RAF Hawker Nimrod II, K3654, preparing for catapult launch at No.1 RAF Flying Training School, Leuchars, Scotland Date: 1938

RAF Avro Anson reconnaissance plane escorting King George VI and Queen Elizabeth across the English Channel, 19 July 1938 Date: 1938

RAF Avro Anson K6152 multi-role aircraft Date: 1938

Qantas Empire Airways, De Havilland Express aircraft Date: 1938

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Douglas DC3 aircraft at Schipol Airport Date: 1938

Italian Savoia-Marchetti S74, long-distance commercial aircraft Date: 1938

Henri Farman in an early Voisin biplane Date: circa 1907

Glider Aircraft at National Gliding Contests, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, July 1938 Date: 1938

German Luftwaffe Heinkel He 51 Fighter Biplane Date: 1938

French Arc-en-Ciel or Rainbow Airliner, built by Couzinet Date: 1938

De Havilland Dragonfly on a test flight Date: 1938

Croydon Airport ground crew service Handley Page Heracles
Croydon Airport ground crew service a Handley Page Heracles Date: 1938

Blackburn Shark bomber and reconnaissance seaplane Date: 1938

Barrage balloons protecting RAF station, Cardington, Beds
Barrage balloons protecting RAF station, Cardington, Bedfordshire Date: 1938

Autogiro aircraft flying at Hamble, Hampshire Date: 1938

Part of Platform, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma Date: 1920s

The first all-decimal shop
Slightly bewildered Croydon lady, getting to grips with Britain's new decimal currency in April 1970, in the first all- Decimal shop in West Croydon

L'egare II - North Atlantic expedition raft, at Falmouth
L'egare II, a raft used by a French crew in 1956 to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The expedition, led by Henri Beaudout, departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving 88 days later at Falmouth

SNCASO SO-P1 Ferblantine 01, during assembly at the SNCASO factory in Vichy France. First flown in 1941, this glider was hidden when Vichy France was occupied by the Germans

ICA-Brasov IS-28M-2 G-BROM (msn 04A), Romanian-built motor-glider parked outside a gliding club hangar. British Aerospace took on the agency for Romanian aircraft in the UK

Nord Aviation N 500 Cadet (msn 001), at the Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget in June 1967, with airshow serial 344'. In 1966 Nord (later part of Aerospatiale) built two Cadets

1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Fruit Stall
The thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War

1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Vegetable Stall
The thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War

The Love Thermometer
Picture postcards were used as one of the early expressions of the Surrealist movement. This couple seem oblivious of each other and the thermometer above their heads

1914 Swiss National Exhibition The Flower Stall
The thirdSwiss National Exhibitionof1914was opened inBernon15 Mayand lasted until15 October.right at the outbreak of the First World War

The Giant Machnow at The London Hippodrome
Fedor Machnow (said to be 9 ft 8 ins high in 1905) was born in 1876 near Viciebsk, then part of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus). He is seen here outside the London Hippodrome

HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy

The audience of the Old Time Music Hall TV show, entitled The Good Old Days, filmed at the City Varieties in Leeds. Dressed in Victorian and Edwardian costume, they were an integral part of the show

Vintage Photograph China c. 1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British
Vintage Photograph China c.1900 - Boxer rebellion or uprising, Yihetuan Movement - image from an album of a British soldier who took part of the supression of the uprising - Liugong Island

The Severed Heads, c. 1819, by Jean-Louis Andre Theodore
Jean-Louis Andre Theodore Gericault (1791-1824). French painter. The Severed Heads, c.1819. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden. Date:

Flowers, cherubs and crosses on an Easter card
Flowers, cherubs and crosses on a three-part Easter card. Date: circa 1890s

Lantern Slides Slide Late 19th Century 1890s
lantern, slides, slide, late, 19th, century, 1890s, The, Life, Story, Edward, VII, Part, II, Slide, showing, picture, crowd, people, fence, Buckingham, Palace, car, foreground, someone, operating

Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence in the play Has Anybody Seen our Ship?, part of the programme To-night at 8.30, at the Phoenix Theatre, 1936. Date: 19/02/1936

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"Capturing Moments in Time: A Glimpse into History's Tapestry" From the enigmatic Turin Shroud Face of 1934 to the chilling Daylight Raid witnessed from my Studio Window in July, history unfolds before our eyes. The arrival of HMS Exeter at Plymouth during the Second World War in 1940 stands as a testament to bravery and resilience. Intriguing figures like Felix Dzerzhinsky emerge, leaving us pondering their impact on society. The intricate Tapestry of Bayeux takes us back to medieval times, revealing stories etched with threads of valor and conquest. Meanwhile, The Code of Hammurabi reminds us that justice has long been sought after. Delving deeper into ancient civilizations, Codex Troano - 1 unravels Mayan mysteries while an England snapshot from the 1950s transports us to a bygone era filled with nostalgia. Gliders poised for Operation Market Garden during the Second World War symbolize daring ambitions amidst adversity. A soldier from the British First Airborne springs into action in Arnhem; his unwavering courage echoes through time. Examining a map of Europe circa 1871 unveils shifting borders and political transformations that shaped nations. Lastly, we marvel at the Gloster Gladiator aircraft, an embodiment of aviation prowess. These fragments form part of humanity's vast tapestry – each thread representing triumphs and tribulations woven together throughout history. As we explore these captivating moments frozen in time, let them serve as reminders that our past shapes our present and future alike.