Practical Collection

Psychology Booklet Ad
Advert for a booklet issued by the British Institute of Practical Psychology called " I can and I will" guaranteed to eradicate your inferiority complex forever

The Duchess of Portland photographed for the front cover of The Tatler looking very serene and practical in a nurses uniform

Mytton Rides Bear
JOHN MYTTON English eccentric decides to enliven a dinner party by riding a bear into the dining -room. The bear bit him on the calf & the doctor was called

Walliss Hiking Kit Ad
Advertisement for Walliss hiking kit comprising rucksack, practical flannel shorts and mens pure wool stockings, all essential equipment for this pastime

Volvo V70 Sweden

Poster advertising Austin A40 Countryman car
Poster advertising the Austin A40 Countryman car

Cover design, Popular Aviation Magazine combined with Practical Mechanics, showing two criminals in a red car being pursued by two policemen in a biplane

Medical College For Women Women Woman Dissecting
A student dissecting a leg at the Medical College for Women on East Twelfth Street and Second Avenue, New York, USA. After an illustration from an 1870 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, c1550 BC
Detail of the Rhind mathematical papyrus, showing mathematical problems, from Thebes, Egypt, End of the Second Intermediate Period, c1550 BC

Two frogs with insect on a greetings card
Two frogs with an insect on a greetings card -- Happy be thy dreams. Date: circa 1890s

Winter fashion, 1954
Two women wearing warm, practical but stylish coats. On the left is a reversible coat of white wool and proofed black gaberdine by Ledux and on the right as snug

Lamp post made from German torpedo, Gibraltar
Lamp post made from a German torpedo, at a Royal Navy camp in Gibraltar. Date: circa 1920s

Balloon and parachute lecture, Charles Green

Carpentry & plumbing, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys learning carpentry and plumbing on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868

Amelia Bloomer, Originator of the New Dress - the first sight the British public received of the scandalous new attire for women

Seaside Fashions 1878
Princess line dresses: one is short & more practical for walking, the other has a stand up collar, lacing down the central back seam, buttoned panels at the sides & a train

William Hedleys engine, 1813. Listed in RE Bleasdales Locomotive Engines catalogue, entry 1259. Long held at Crag Head, Newcastle and photographed there in 1881

Check Burberry suit, 1916
A dashing black and white check Burberry suit with a full skirt, a coat smart and practical for sport and country wear worn with a matching close-fitting hat. Date: 1916

Advert for Frontier by Joyce California shoes 1941
Gallant and gay. if yours is a border-line case of not knowing whether to buy on style or economy, we d suggest you look at Cool-ees by Joyce

Tobacco farm in Norfolk
Tobacco workers at Major J. F. Whitmores farm at Methwold in Norfolk, loading leaves onto a specially constructed cart. The female workers can be seen wearing a more practical alternative to

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Greengage plum, Prunus domestica italica
5854968 Ripe fruit and leaves of the Greengage plum, Prunus domestica italica; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Greengage plum, Prunus domestica italica)

Souvenir du Congress pear and Madam Treyve pear, Pyrus domestica, from James Anderson's The New Practical Gardener
5854975 Souvenir du Congress pear and Madam Treyve pear, Pyrus domestica, from James Anderson's The New Practical Gardener, Glasgow

Ripe fruit, flowers and leaves of Keen's seedling strawberry, Fragaria
5854971 Ripe fruit, flowers and leaves of Keen's seedling strawberry, Fragaria; (add.info.: Ripe fruit, white flowers and leaves of Keen's seedling strawberry, Fragaria)

Ripe fruit and leaves of Gansel's bergamot pear, Pyrus persica
5854970 Ripe fruit and leaves of Gansel's bergamot pear, Pyrus persica; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of Gansel's bergamot pear, Pyrus persica)

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Alexander apple, Malus domestica
5854969 Ripe fruit and leaves of the Alexander apple, Malus domestica; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Alexander apple, Malus domestica)

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Moorpark apricot, Prunus armeniaca
5854966 Ripe fruit and leaves of the Moorpark apricot, Prunus armeniaca; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Moorpark apricot, Prunus armeniaca)

Ripe fruit and leaves of Madresfield Court Grape, Vitis vinifera
5854973 Ripe fruit and leaves of Madresfield Court Grape, Vitis vinifera; (add.info.: Ripe dark fruit and leaves of Madresfield Court Grape, Vitis vinifera)

Ripe fruit and leaf of the Brunswick fig, Ficus carica
5854974 Ripe fruit and leaf of the Brunswick fig, Ficus carica; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaf of the Brunswick fig, Ficus carica)

Green-fleshed melon, Cucumis melo
5854965 Green-fleshed melon, Cucumis melo; (add.info.: Green-fleshed melon, Cucumis melo, with yellow flowers, tendrils and leaves)

Administering gas and ether to a patient in a sitting position, using Clover's apparatus
527508 Administering gas and ether to a patient in a sitting position, using Clover's apparatus. From RJ Probyn-Williams A Practical Guide to the Administration of Anaesthetics, London, 1901

Ripe fruit and leaves of Coes Golden Drop Plum, Prunus domestica
5854972 Ripe fruit and leaves of Coes Golden Drop Plum, Prunus domestica; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of Coes Golden Drop Plum, Prunus domestica)

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Palmerston peach, Prunus persica
5854967 Ripe fruit and leaves of the Palmerston peach, Prunus persica; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Palmerston peach, Prunus persica)

Scarlet fleshed rock melon, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
5854964 Scarlet fleshed rock melon, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis; (add.info.: Yellow flowered, scarlet-fleshed rock melon or cantaloupe, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Salway Peach, Prunus persica
5854977 Ripe fruit and leaves of the Salway Peach, Prunus persica; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Salway Peach, Prunus persica)

Ripe fruit and leaves of the Queen Pine, Ananas sativus
5854976 Ripe fruit and leaves of the Queen Pine, Ananas sativus; (add.info.: Ripe fruit and leaves of the Queen Pine, Ananas sativus)

Poilus making mattresses, between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Poilus making mattresses, between c1915 and c1918. French soldiers making mattresses during World War I.

A furniture and repair shop at Snow Hill, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
A furniture and repair shop at Snow Hill, 1904

Dairy class, Tuskegee Institute, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Dairy class, Tuskegee Institute, 1902

Sewing lesson in a Gloucester County school, Va. 1915. Creator: Unknown
Sewing lesson in a Gloucester County school, Va. 1915

Typesetting printing office, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Typesetting printing office, 1904

A sewing-class at Snow Hill, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
A sewing-class at Snow Hill, 1904

Outdoor work for girls, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Outdoor work for girls, 1904

An out-of-door class in laundry work, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
An out-of-door class in laundry work, 1904

Class in cooking, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Class in cooking, 1904

Barrel furniture, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Barrel furniture, 1904

Learning dressmaking, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Learning dressmaking, 1904

Class in outdoor arithmetic, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Class in outdoor arithmetic, 1904

Wood-turning machinery, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Wood-turning machinery, 1904

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