Smith Collection

William Smith Geological Map

OLYMPIC GAMES, 1968. American runners Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) showing the Black Power salute during the medal ceremonies at the Olympic Games in Mexico City

Last known photo of Captain Smith of RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic - extremely rare first generation press photograph taken by Dr McLean from the tender Ireland as she brought mail and a handful of passengers to the Titanic

Spring pasqueflower, Anemone vernalis (Pulsatilla vernalis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The British Flower

IROQUOIS CREATION MYTH. Sky Woman. A depiction of the Iroquois creation myth. Oil on canvas, 1936, by Ernest Smith

Wartime Toby jugs, WW1
Advertisement for Soane & Smith of Oxford Street, promoting their range of Toby jugs based on wartime leaders, principally Sir David Beatty, Sir Douglas Haig, Lord Jellicoe, Marshal Joffre

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989). Robinson (right) during the seventh round of a fight
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989). Walker Smith, Jr. Robinson (right) during the seventh round of a fight against Carmen Basilio, 1957

Blacksmiths outside their forge
A superb photograph of six Blacksmiths and coachbuilders posing for a photograph outside their forge/workshop, each holding the tools of their trade

Huddersfield Town FC football team 1922-1923
Huddersfield Town FC football team c 1922-1923. Back row: Walter, Wood, Slade, Cowell, Barkas, Brough. Smith. Third row: Chaplin (Trainer), Marlow, Stentiford, Wilson, Goodier, Goodall, Cawthorne

A Plan of the town of Sheffield in the county of York drawn by W. Fairbank 1797. Engraved by Thomas Harris
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library:s 45 S

The Iron Forge Viewed from Without, c. 1770s (oil on canvas)
BAL16108 The Iron Forge Viewed from Without, c.1770s (oil on canvas) by Wright of Derby, Joseph (1734-97); 105x140 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; English, out of copyright

West Indies Cricket Team - 1957 Tour - Signatures
The West Indies Cricket Team - Tour of England 1957. Featured are the brilliant (Sir) Garfield (Gary) Sobers, Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, (Sir) Wesley Winfield Hall and Sonny Ramadhin

Rocky Marciano (left) defending his heavyweight title in a fight against Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx
MARCIANO & CHARLES, 1954. Rocky Marciano (left) defending his heavyweight title in a fight against Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City, 17 June 1954

Sopwith Camel
Royal Flying Corps Rfc Sopwith Camel Cockpit with Vickers 7.7 Mm Machine-Gun and Instruments Date: 1910s

Sopwith Camel 2F-1
Major Graham Donald Wearing Shorts Standing with 66 Sqn Royal Airforce RAF Sopwith Camel 2F-1 Navalised Version Fitted with a Synchronised Vickers 0.303-Inch Machine-Gun Parked at Lemnos

Inside the clock face of Big Ben, Palace of Westminster, London, c1905. Photo published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

Queens Park FC football team 1936. Back row: Campbell (Captain), Dickson, Smith, Hosie, Cross, Grant. Front row: Crawford, Kyle, Dodds, Martin, Soutar. Date: 1936

Bolton Wanderers FC football team 1935. Back row: Goslin, Atkinson, Smith, Jones, Finney (Captain), Taylor. Front row: Taylor, Eastham, Milsom, Westwood, Cook. 1935

Map of Bermuda (colour engraving)
XCF285171 Map of Bermuda (colour engraving) by English School; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Blacksmith at White Hart, Petworth - July 1939
Horse and handler with blacksmith filing front hoof. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N18447

VIRGINIA MAP, 1612. Captain John Smiths map of Virginia, 1612

Paratroops landing on the outskirts of Arnhem
Photograph: Paratroops landing on the outskirts of Arnhem. Taken by Sgt D M Smith, Army Film and Photographic Unit, Arnhem, 17 Sep 1944

Herm, Channel Islands, Blacksmiths Cottage, La Rosiere Steps
Blacksmiths Cottage and La Rosiere Steps at Herm (Haerme) - one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Date: circa 1930s

Blackpool FC football team 1936. Back row: Hall, Cardwell (Captain), Smith, Dougall, Roxburgh, Watson, Wallace, Witham. Third row: Hampson, Davidson, Carter, Reeday, Jones, Jones, Watson, Finan

Leamington Spa Pump Room
The Royal Pump Room and Baths, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, were designed and built by C.S. Smith of Warwick and were opened in July 1814. Date: opened 1814

William Smiths geological map
Part of William Smiths geological map of Great Britain, published in 1815

KENNEDY / NIXON DEBATE, 1960. John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, debating Richard M
KENNEDY/NIXON DEBATE, 1960. John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, debating Richard M. Nixon on television during the 1960 Presidential Campaign, moderated by Howard K. Smith

SMITH & WESSON REVOLVER. Smith & Wessons hammerless safety revolver. Line engraving, 19th century

BOSTON MAP, 1722. Engraved facsimile by George G. Smith, 1835, of a map of Boston, Massachusetts, by John Bonner, first printed in 1722, showing changes in the citys topography through 1769

The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845
Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled They Forged the last link with their lives. This engraving was taken from a painting by W

Commander E. Smith, Captain of the Titanic
COMMANDER EDWARD. J SMITH Captain of the ill-fated Titanic. Commander Smith was a highly regarded and experienced captain who had worked on a number of White Star Liners before captaining

Allied D-Day Commanders
The Allied general staff for the invasion - Air Marshal Tedder, gen. Bradley, Eisenhower, Admiral Ramsay, Leigh-Mallory, Montgomery, lt.gen. Biddle Smith

Abigail Adams
ABIGAIL ADAMS nee Smith. American writer and wife of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

Advertisement for W H Smith -- newsboy on an enamel sign. circa 1925

3rd Hussars, Infantry and Light Infantry, Kings German Legion. Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith. From Charles Hamilton Smiths Costumes of the Army of the British Empire

Crew inspection of the Vickers Vimy selected for the England to Australia flight. In the front from left: Capt Ross Smith, Lt Keith Smith and Sgt W.H. (Wally) Shiers. In the rear cockpit is J.M

Blacksmith shoeing a Metropolitan Police horse
A blacksmith shoeing a Metropolitan Police horse. There are discarded horseshoes on the floor, and more hanging from a rack on the wall. Date: circa 1960s

Goldilocks / Willcox Smith
Goldilocks gives three teddy bears a talking-to

Interior of the Forge, 1837 (oil on canvas)
XIR154717 Interior of the Forge, 1837 (oil on canvas) by Parran, Rosine (fl.1831-39); 65x53 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France; French, out of copyright

Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith 1897-1935
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, 1897-1935. This photo is regarded by his family as the best and most typical ever taken of Smithy. Date: 1935

Arum dioscoridis
Engraving by George Sowerby from original watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Flora graeca 10 (1840) by James Edward Smith

Kelloways Stone

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). The Theory of Moral
" SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). " The Theory of Moral Sentiments". Half-title with portrait of the author. Published in 1809. Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Oil on canvas

Portrait of a blacksmith at work, town of Axoum (Axum) (Aksum), Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa

Horace Walpole / Smith 10
HORACE (HORATIO) WALPOLE 4TH EARL OF ORFORD English man of letters at the age of ten

ADAM SMITH Economist and philosopher

Captain Cook / M Smith
JAMES COOK Explorer

Lady Milford Haven and Gloria Vanderbilt at Antibes
Nada Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (1896 1963) seen at the back of this picture with Lady Bower Smith and Gloria Vanderbilt

Lady Sybil Smith, c19th century. Artist: Ambrose McEvoy
Lady Sybil Smith, c19th century. A painting thought to be of Lady Sybil Mary Smith nee MacDonnell (1876-1959). Daughter of William Randal McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim and wife of Vivian Hugh Smith

A satirical lithograph of 1833? on Andrew Jacksons Kitchen Cabinet, the first Presidential brain trust
ANDREW JACKSON (1833). A satirical lithograph of 1833? on Andrew Jacksons " Kitchen Cabinet", the first Presidential brain trust

Universal Rescue Mission Caravan - E. H. Smith of Sheffield
Universal Rescue Mission Caravan and its owner, Mr E. H. Smith of Sheffield (on the right) - a local Christian Evangelical preacher, known as the Blind Evangelist

Good Morning, Bill! By P. G. Wodehouse
Promotional postcard for Good Morning, Bill! By P. G. Wodehouse, based on the Hungarian of Ladislas Fodor. First produced at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne

Yellow flowered California poppy, Eschscholzia californica.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

The West Indies Cricket Team - Tour of England 1957. Featured are the brilliant (Sir) Garfield (Gary) Sobers, Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, (Sir) Wesley Winfield Hall and Sonny Ramadhin

1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930) with his daughter Lady Pamela Smith Berry, Baroness Hartwell (1915-1982) on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

Two Short Sunderlands rescuing crew, 1940
An artists impression of two Short Sunderlands rescuing the crew of the torpedoed merchant ship Kensington Court, 1940. On 18th September 1939 Kensington Court was stopped by U-32 with 13 shots of

G O Smith, footballer and cricketer
Gilbert Oswald Smith (1872-1943), amateur footballer who played for Oxford University and the Corinthians, and was captain for England. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey

Funny Face by Fred Thomson & Paul Gerard Smith
Promotional postcard for Funny Face by Fred Thomson and Paul Gerard Smith; lyrics Ira Gershwin; music George Gershwin which was first produced in the Princes Theatre on 8th November 1928

Market Jew Street with Davy statue, Penzance, Cornwall
Market Jew Street with Humphry Davy statue, Penzance, Cornwall. The name of the street comes from the Cornish Marghas Yow, meaning Thursday Market. The scientist Humphry Davy was born in Penzance

Many small yellow roses, Lady Banks rose, Rosa Banksiae var. lutea.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

1908 Olympic Ice Skaters
A montage of competitors who took part in the figure skating events at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The event was held at the Princes Skating Club in Knightsbridge

William Smiths Geological Map
Fig. 6 from Delineation of Strata of England and Wales (1815) by William Smith

Metropolitan Police officer, PC Tom Smith
Studio photograph of the Metropolitan Police officer, PC Tom Smith, wearing the new eight button tunic which replaced the old Peelers tailcoat in 1864. The top hat remains as before. Date: 1864

A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Bob Cratchit & his son Tiny Tim: illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935) to " A Christmas Carol"

Tubal Cain is mentioned in the book of Genesis as the son of Lamech and Zillah. He is referred to as " an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron" in other words the first smith

TEXAS: COWBOY, c1910. A cowboy holding a rope around the neck of a bucking bronco on a ranch in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1910

Lord Pentland marriage
Lord Pentland (Henry John Sinclair) (1925-1984), the second and last Baron Pentland, marries Miss Lucy Babington Smith, niece of the Earl of Elgin, at Eton College Chapel

Craven Lodge Fancy Ball
A page from The Tatler, featuring photographs and a report on the Craven Lodge Fancy Ball in Melton, Leicestershire, a New Year party with a prehistoric fancy dress theme

Crew of RMS Olympic
The crew of RMS Olympic in dress uniform including Captain Edward Smith (centre with white beard). Four of these men, including Captain Smith

Aston Villa Football Club, 1896
Photograph of the Aston Villa Football Club, with the team for the 1896-1897 season. The photograph shows: Back row, left to right: G.B. Ramsay (Secretary), Dr. V.A

Survivors of the Battle of Balaklava, 1875
Series of engraved portraits showing the surviving British participants of the Charge of the Light Brigade of the Battle of Balaclave, Crimean War, pictured in 1875

Royal wedding at Balcombe, Sussex
The general interest in the wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Captain Henry Abel Smith, Royal Horse Guards, in the little village church of Balcombe

Master of the Asteroid, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
MASTER OF THE ASTEROID - A stranded astronaut is honoured as a god when he crashes on a distant planet

Titanic Captain (Smith)
The captain of the SS Titanic - Captain E J Smith

Old houses in the Butcher Row, London The right-hand corner house on St. Clements Lane reputedly used by the leaders of the Gunpowder Plot

Crimson Jacobean lily, Sprekelia formosissima. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Aurochs, Bos primigenius. Extinct. (Wild ox, Bos urus.) Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Jaguar, Panthera onca. Near threatened
Jaguar, Panthera onca (Felis onca, great var.). Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Yorkshire, The Champion County Cricket Team 1919
The champion county cricket team of the 1919 season. Date: 1919

Aston Villa FA Cup Winners, 1894-5: Grierson (Trainer), Dunkley (Hon Sec), Johnstone, Spencer, Wilkes, Lees, Rinder, Margoschis (Chairman), Reynolds, Devey (Captain), Welford, Ramsay (Secretary)

Advertisement, Holt Mild Ale, Birmingham
Advertisement for Holt Mild Ale, Beer and Stout bottled by Charles Heeley Ltd. 1931

Edith Smith, first woman police officer in UK
Edith Smith, first woman police officer in the UK, working in the Grantham area. Date: circa 1915

Birkenhead / Fe Smith / 1919
FREDERICK EDWIN SMITH 1st EARL of BIRKENHEAD Lawyer and statesman, depicted with a copy of Samuel Smiless Self Help Date: 1872 - 1930

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"Smith: A Multifaceted Journey Through Time and Culture" From geological maps to Olympic protests, the name Smith has left an indelible mark on history. William Smith's Geological Map revolutionized our understanding of the Earth's layers, unveiling its hidden secrets. In 1968, during the Olympic Games in Mexico City, American runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a powerful statement by raising their fists in a Black Power salute during the medal ceremonies. Australian Peter Norman stood in solidarity with them, wearing an OPHR badge. Delving into ancient mythology, we encounter Sky Woman from the Iroquois creation myth. Her tale reminds us of our interconnectedness with nature and the origins of life itself. During WW1, Wartime Toby jugs served as both mementos and reminders of sacrifice on battlefields far away. These ceramic treasures hold stories that echo through time. A glimpse into history takes us to Sheffield in 1797 when W. Fairbank meticulously drew a plan of this Yorkshire town engraved by Thomas Harris. It captures a moment frozen forever within ink lines. Sugar Ray Robinson's fierce determination shines through as he battles his opponent during a boxing match. His skill and resilience have made him an icon for generations to come. The inner workings of Big Ben reveal intricate machinery that keeps time ticking at the Palace of Westminster in London since c1905—a symbol not only for punctuality but also for British heritage. On Herm Island in Channel Islands stands Blacksmiths Cottage amidst La Rosiere Steps—an embodiment of craftsmanship passed down through generations—forging connections between past and present. Blacksmiths themselves stand outside their forge—a testament to their dedication to shaping metal into functional artistry while preserving age-old traditions alive today. Captain John Smith's map of Virginia from 1612 offers insights into early exploration efforts—the cartographic representation marking new frontiers discovered by intrepid adventurers seeking fortune or a new beginning.