Wakefield Collection (page 5)

Maserati of JP Wakefield, second in the JCC International Trophy, Brooklands, 1937
Maserati 6c 1500 1494S cc. Event Entry No: 20. Driver: Wakefield, J.P. Finished: 2nd. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. International Trophy. Date: 2.8.37

Empty road; the East Ardley section of the M1, prior to opening, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 1967. A lone van patrols the East Ardley section of the M1 near Wakefield prior to its opening

Miners social club bowling green, Featherstone, West Yorkshire, 1959. An ex miner looks on as a game of bowels is being played at Fetherstone in this photograph taken for the Coal Industry Wellfare

St. Marys Chantry, Wakefield c1900. Artist: G & J Hall
St. Marys Chantry, Wakefield c1900. The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield, is a chantry chapel in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, and is designated a Grade I Listed building

Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Artist: Arthur Salmon
Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Two miners from the Yorkshire town were killed when troops opened fire during a strike

Gatineau Valley, Wakefield, Quebec, Canada, c1920s. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Canada 1st series

Map of the South Yorkshire Coal Railway, and of the Canals and Railways communicating with the district, 1846
By C. Bartholomew, Civil Engineer.Scale 2 miles : 1 inch.Original at Sheffield City Archives: BM/71

1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of the worlds highest peak

Padded cell, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
A padded cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, used to hold mentally disturbed or violent prisoners. Some kind of calendar is scratched on the door. The inmate sits, head in hands

Wakefield Union workhouse, West Yorkshire
Aerial view of the Wakefield Union workhouse, designed by J.E. Oates and erected in 1851 on Park Lodge Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Illustration for William Shakespeares play Henry VI, Part 3, Act I, Scene III. From an 18th century engraving by Thomas Ryder after a work by James Northcote

The Vicar Of Wakefield Reconciling His Wife To Olivia, After The Painting By Gilbert Stuart Newton. From Histoire Des Peintres, ECole Anglaise, Published 1867

John Ker 3Rd Duke Of Roxburghe Marquis Of Cessford And Beaumont Earl Ker Of Wakefield 1740 To 1804 Scottish Nobleman And Bibliophile Engraved By E C Wagstaff After W Hamilton From The Book National

Ice Patterns Formed On Glass After A Hard Frost; Nelson, Wakefield, New Zealand

Wakefield, Canal Barge, Horbury Bridge

Woman police officer Beatrice Wills, London
Portrait photo of Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), an early woman police officer. She joined the force in January 1919, and is seen here wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in that year

Brunel at G. E. Launch
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL at the attempt to launch the Great Eastern, with Scott Russell and Henry Wakefield on his right, Lord Derby on his left Date: November 1857

The Village, Wragby, Nostel, England
The Village, Wragby, Nostel, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1911

Public House, Flockton, Yorkshire
Public House, Flockton, Wakefield, near Grange Moor, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1910s

Rugger Personalities - Rugby 1920
Rugger personalities by H. Crowther Smith. Includes G. Rowland Hill, Lieut-Colones S. S. D. Craven, B. S. Cumberlege, C. J. B. Marriott, C. N. Lowe, F. C

Popes Creek, Wakefield, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the birthplace of George Washington. Engraving, 19th century
WASHINGTON: BIRTHPLACE. Popes Creek, Wakefield, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the birthplace of George Washington. Engraving, 19th century

Chaplains visit, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The prison chaplain, jocularly referred to as the sky pilot, visits a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The prison was originally built as a House of Correction in 1594

Castrol Motor Oil Sign
An enamel sign advertising Castrol Motor Oil from Wakefield. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Hugh Wakefield by Giuseppe Amisani
Portrait of English actor Hugh Wakefield (1888-1971), possessing, according to The Sketch in which this painting was reproduced, a genius for the portrayal of inoffensive inebriates

Osbert G Mackie, Rugby player and Anglican priest
Osbert Gadesden Mackie (1869-1927), English Rugby union player and Anglican priest. He played rugby for Wakefield Trinity, Cambridge University, Yorkshire, Barbarians, British Isles XV and England

Two women police officers and a policeman, London
Two early women police officers and a policeman, London. They are (left) Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), (right) Alice Foscoe (nee Wills) both wearing the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919

Woman police officer Beatrice Wills on duty, London
Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), an early woman police officer, seen here on duty in a London street. She joined the force in January 1919, and is wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in that year

Dr Johnson / Goldsmith
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer reads Oliver Goldsmiths The Vicar of Wakefield and admires it - much to the delight of Goldsmiths landlady Date: 1709 - 1784

Goldsmith & Johnson
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writer, rescued by Dr Johnson, when unable to pay the rent, who reads The Vicar of Wakefield and admires it Date: 1730 - 1774

A portrait of Isabel Jeans
A portrait of Isobel Jeans (wife of the dramatist Gilbert Wakefield) just finished work on the film Easy Virtue Date: 1927

National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden - Chapel Window
National Childrens Home (NCH), Harpenden. The west window of the Homes chapel, designed by Frank O. Salisbury and gifted by Sir Charles C. Wakefield

Wakefield Road, Scissett, Huddersfield, England
Wakefield Road, Scissett, Huddersfield, near Skelmanthorpe/Clayton West, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1905

Brass Band, Flockton, Yorkshire
Brass Band, Flockton, Wakefield, near Grange Moor, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1910s

Cinema & Post Office, Fitzwilliam, Yorkshire
Cinema & Post Office, Fitzwilliam, Wakefield, near Kinsley, Yorkshire, England. Showing Howcroft Chemists & W Harrison Tobacconist Date: 1910s

Church Street, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire
Church Street, Heckmondwike, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1900s

River Calder, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1900s

Cricketer David Lucky Denton, . Born 1874 - Thornes, Wakefield, Yorkshire - Played for Yorkshire & England Date: 1900s

The Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1910s

Silhouette portrait, Bishop of Birmingham -- either Ernest Barnes (bishop from 1924 to 1953) or Henry Wakefield (bishop from 1911 to 1924). Date: 20th century

Closing Jewel House at Tower of London during 1937 Coronatio
A Yeoman warder pinning up the Lord Chamberlains notice on the Wakefield Tower in the Tower of London, announcing that owing to the removal of the Regalia the place will be closed until May 17

Sir John C. Dalrymple-Hay, Vanity Fair, Ape
SIR JOHN CHARLES DALRYMPLE-HAY, 3rd Baronet (1821-1912) British Admiral and politician, Member of Parliament for Wakefield from 1862 to 1865, Stamford, Lincolnshire from 1866 to 1880

Advertisment for Castrol oil
Advertisement for Castrol oil, boasting 250mph as achieved by Captain Malcolm Campbell in his Castrol lubricated Napier engine of his Bluebird

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