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Names Collection (#8)

"Unveiling the Stories Behind Names: From Novels to Elements, Cattle to Maps" Journey through Wessex: Exploring Thomas Hardy's world with a captivating map engraving

Background imageNames Collection: Pa. German Fractur Design, c. 1937. Creator: Charlotte Angus

Pa. German Fractur Design, c. 1937. Creator: Charlotte Angus
Pa. German Fractur Design, c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Woven Coverlet, c. 1937. Creator: Helen Bronson

Woven Coverlet, c. 1937. Creator: Helen Bronson
Woven Coverlet, c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Woven Coverlet, c. 1937. Creator: Helen Bronson

Woven Coverlet, c. 1937. Creator: Helen Bronson
Woven Coverlet, c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Wooden Doll - 'Sadie Berman', c. 1942. Creator: Sadie Berman. Wooden Doll - 'Sadie Berman', c

Wooden Doll - "Sadie Berman", c. 1942. Creator: Sadie Berman. Wooden Doll - "Sadie Berman", c
Wooden Doll - "Sadie Berman", c. 1942

Background imageNames Collection: Pa. German Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Charlotte Angus

Pa. German Plate, c. 1936. Creator: Charlotte Angus
Pa. German Plate, c. 1936

Background imageNames Collection: Door Knocker, c. 1936. Creator: William L. Antrim

Door Knocker, c. 1936. Creator: William L. Antrim
Door Knocker, c. 1936

Background imageNames Collection: Door Knocker, c. 1936. Creator: William L. Antrim

Door Knocker, c. 1936. Creator: William L. Antrim
Door Knocker, c. 1936

Background imageNames Collection: Pa. German Shaving Basin, c. 1937. Creator: Charlotte Angus

Pa. German Shaving Basin, c. 1937. Creator: Charlotte Angus
Pa. German Shaving Basin, c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Sampler, c. 1937. Creator: Charlotte Angus

Sampler, c. 1937. Creator: Charlotte Angus
Sampler, c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll: 'Maggie Bentley', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll: 'Maggie Bentley', c. 1937

Doll: "Maggie Bentley", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll: "Maggie Bentley", c. 1937
Doll: "Maggie Bentley", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll: 'Flora Richardson', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll: 'Flora Richardson', 1935/1942

Doll: "Flora Richardson", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll: "Flora Richardson", 1935/1942
Doll: "Flora Richardson", 1935/1942

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Eugenia', c. 1939. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Eugenia', c. 1939. Creator: Edith Towner

Doll - "Eugenia", c. 1939. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Eugenia", c. 1939. Creator: Edith Towner
Doll - "Eugenia", c. 1939

Background imageNames Collection: Doll: 'Rachel', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll: 'Rachel', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner

Doll: "Rachel", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll: "Rachel", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner
Doll: "Rachel", 1935/1942

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Delight Bates', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Delight Bates', c. 1937

Doll - "Delight Bates", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Delight Bates", c. 1937
Doll - "Delight Bates", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll--'Hannah Hitch', c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll--'Hannah Hitch', c. 1940

Doll--"Hannah Hitch", c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll--"Hannah Hitch", c. 1940
Doll--"Hannah Hitch", c. 1940

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Flora Richardson', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Flora Richardson', c. 1937

Doll - "Flora Richardson", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Flora Richardson", c. 1937
Doll - "Flora Richardson", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Sally Taber', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Sally Taber', c. 1937

Doll - "Sally Taber", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Sally Taber", c. 1937
Doll - "Sally Taber", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Chest of Drawers, c. 1939. Creator: Leonard Battee

Chest of Drawers, c. 1939. Creator: Leonard Battee
Chest of Drawers, c. 1939

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Eleanor Cabot', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Eleanor Cabot', c. 1937

Doll - "Eleanor Cabot", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Eleanor Cabot", c. 1937
Doll - "Eleanor Cabot", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Mitio', c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Mitio', c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner

Doll - "Mitio", c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Mitio", c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner
Doll - "Mitio", c. 1940

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Felicia', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Felicia', 1935/1942

Doll - "Felicia", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Felicia", 1935/1942
Doll - "Felicia", 1935/1942

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Abbie', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Abbie', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner

Doll - "Abbie", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Abbie", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner
Doll - "Abbie", 1935/1942

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Annie Sampson', c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Annie Sampson', c. 1940

Doll - "Annie Sampson", c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Annie Sampson", c. 1940
Doll - "Annie Sampson", c. 1940

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Hattie', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Hattie', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner

Doll - "Hattie", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Hattie", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner
Doll - "Hattie", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll: 'Carrie', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll: 'Carrie', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner

Doll: "Carrie", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll: "Carrie", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner
Doll: "Carrie", 1935/1942

Background imageNames Collection: Bundle Carrier, c. 1941. Creator: Edward Bashaw

Bundle Carrier, c. 1941. Creator: Edward Bashaw
Bundle Carrier, c. 1941

Background imageNames Collection: Doll--'Belle Hervey', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll--'Belle Hervey', c. 1937

Doll--"Belle Hervey", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll--"Belle Hervey", c. 1937
Doll--"Belle Hervey", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Charlotte Blankenship', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Charlotte Blankenship', c

Doll - "Charlotte Blankenship", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Charlotte Blankenship", c
Doll - "Charlotte Blankenship", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Dolls - 'Molly and Polly', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Dolls - 'Molly and Polly', c. 1937

Dolls - "Molly and Polly", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Dolls - "Molly and Polly", c. 1937
Dolls - "Molly and Polly", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Ida Stebbins', 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Ida Stebbins', 1935/1942

Doll - "Ida Stebbins", 1935/1942. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Ida Stebbins", 1935/1942
Doll - "Ida Stebbins", 1935/1942

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Sarah', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Sarah', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner

Doll - "Sarah", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Sarah", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner
Doll - "Sarah", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Doll - 'Retta Hervey', c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - 'Retta Hervey', c. 1937

Doll - "Retta Hervey", c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner. Doll - "Retta Hervey", c. 1937
Doll - "Retta Hervey", c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Pottery Milk Jug, c. 1934. Creator: Edward Bashaw

Pottery Milk Jug, c. 1934. Creator: Edward Bashaw
Pottery Milk Jug, c. 1934

Background imageNames Collection: Signature Fragment from the Shepherdess, n.d. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Signature Fragment from the Shepherdess, n.d. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Signature Fragment from the Shepherdess, n.d

Background imageNames Collection: Pepperberry Quilt, c. 1939. Creator: Ralph Atkinson

Pepperberry Quilt, c. 1939. Creator: Ralph Atkinson
Pepperberry Quilt, c. 1939

Background imageNames Collection: Quilt, c. 1936. Creator: Ralph Atkinson

Quilt, c. 1936. Creator: Ralph Atkinson
Quilt, c. 1936

Background imageNames Collection: Sampler, c. 1937. Creator: Arelia Arbo

Sampler, c. 1937. Creator: Arelia Arbo
Sampler, c. 1937

Background imageNames Collection: Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate street sign in York, Yorkshire, England

Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate street sign in York, Yorkshire, England

Background imageNames Collection: Marquis Claes Lagergren (1853-1930) in eastern costume smoking a hookah. Creator: Guillaume Berggren

Marquis Claes Lagergren (1853-1930) in eastern costume smoking a hookah. Creator: Guillaume Berggren
Marquis Claes Lagergren (1853-1930) in eastern costume smoking a hookah

Background imageNames Collection: Portrait of Rutger MacLean (1742-1816), baron, politician, country housekeeper, Svaneholm, Scania

Portrait of Rutger MacLean (1742-1816), baron, politician, country housekeeper, Svaneholm, Scania. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Rutger MacLean (1742-1816), baron, politician, country housekeeper, Svaneholm, Scania

Background imageNames Collection: Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Col WF Cody, 1890. Creator: Alick P F Ritchie

Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Col WF Cody, 1890. Creator: Alick P F Ritchie
Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Col WF Cody, 1890. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Buffalo Bill, composed of guns, rope, heads of buffalo and horse, snowshoes, etc

Background imageNames Collection: One step to the future

One step to the future
Kumiko Nakata

Background imageNames Collection: advertising, advertising sign for Perutz photographic film, frog is taking a photo

advertising, advertising sign for Perutz photographic film, frog is taking a photo, Perutz Photowerke GmbH, Munich, Perutz was taken over by Agfa in 1964, Germany, circa 1956, joking, funny

Background imageNames Collection: Charing Cross Dressing Station bunkers, Ploegsteert

Charing Cross Dressing Station bunkers, Ploegsteert
These are close by the Plugstreet Experience 14-18 (Interpretation Centre) and served the Dressing Station which, like many of the sites around here, used a series of Central London names

Background imageNames Collection: Making puns on his name is the occupation of Mr Alfred Sparkes

Making puns on his name is the occupation of Mr Alfred Sparkes. Hes an electrical engineer at Collyhurst, Manchester. 11th October 1935

Background imageNames Collection: Seller of the teapot is Mr. Fred Potts, of Gorton, Manchester

Seller of the teapot is Mr. Fred Potts, of Gorton, Manchester, who has been trading in pottery for twenty-five years, and finds his name to be an excellent advertisement

Background imageNames Collection: Mr Uncle the pawnbroker. 8th November 1935

Mr Uncle the pawnbroker. 8th November 1935

Background imageNames Collection: Mrs Catt from Carshalton Beeches with some of her Siamese cats

Mrs Catt from Carshalton Beeches with some of her Siamese cats. She is a member of the Siamese cat club and has bred Siamese cats for nearly four years. 7th November 1935




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