Personal Collection (page 20)

Smart card testing. An microscope used to visually check the integrity of electronic contacts on a smart card. Smart cards use these contacts to interface with reading devices

Heart rate monitor. Pulse tronic personal monitor

Bentley Continental T - Personal Commission

An early Egyptian Private Banker
Pop in and speak to your own personal banker at Egypts first fully staffed cash machine doorway! A wonderful postcard depicting a money changer seated in front of his unlocked safe alongside piles of

Royal Air Travel by Thompson
A Vickers-Pegasus Viastra all-metal monoplane fitted with two Bristol Pegasus engines built to the order of the Prince of Wales for personal use in this country and abroad

Queen Ena of Spain as a nurse
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), second child and only daughter of Princess Beatrice

John Brown (1826-1883)
Engraved portrait of John Brown (1826-1883), Queen Victorias personal attendant at Balmoral for 34 years, pictured in his Highland garb

Italian Expedition
Napoleon descides to take personal charge of the French forces in Italy : he will make a pretty fair job of it

Milan of Serbia
King Milan I of Serbia travels to the front, where he will take personal command of his army against the Bulgarians. Sadly, he will lead them to defeat, not victory

Zulu war. The Late Prince Imperial at Woolwich
The Prince Imperial seen on horseback at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, which he attended after personal appeals to Queen Victoria from his family

Portrait of Sir Joseph Lister
Born in Essex in 1827, he received his degree from University College, London. In 1860 he became a Surgeon at Glasows Royal Infirmary, where he researched the cause of infections

Marlborough House, London, 1936
Photograph showing Marlborough House, with the personal standard of Queen Mary flying over it (left of image), London, 1936

French Generals Carriage
The personal carriage of a French general during the First Empire

Edward VII as a freemason
Edward VII pictured with the Duke of Connaught as a Grand Master freemason. Freemasonry is a fraternal, secular society dedicated to the principles of brotherly love

Using Williams Talc
Williams Talc Powder

Clothing Poster
Poster for the Personal Service League requesting that unwanted clothes be donated to be distributed to those who need them

Jacques Necker (Gaildrau
JACQUES NECKER Swiss-born financier and statesman in France, achieved great personal power

Foot in Chamber-Pot
Ragotin, a careless child, gets his foot stuck in a metal chamber-pot. Break the pot or amputate the foot ? A lock- smith is called in to cut the pot, to everyones relief

Napoleon III Treviglio
Napoleon III, exercising personal command of the French expeditionary force, issues orders and directs troop movements at Treviglio

Sacrifices to Confucius
The emperor Kao Tsu (personal name Liu Pang), founder of the Han dynasty, sacrifices a pig, a goat and a cow at the tomb of Confucius, who surely would not have approved !

Confucius Honoured
The emperor Kao Tsu (personal name Liu Pang), founder of the Han dynasty, sacrifices a pig, a goat and a cow at the tomb of Confucius, who surely would not have approved !

John Brown / Profile
JOHN BROWN Queen Victorias personal attendant

STEAMSHIP LAPLAND
Transatlantic liner of the Red Star Line, a favourite among travellers for her comfort and her personal service for passengers is beyond criticism

Crinoline Destroys Love
Frustrated at every turn poor Adolphus, defeated by the crinoline, decides to leave the fashion conscious Kitty. Whale bone and metal triumph over love

Crinoline Prevents Kiss
Adolphus is foiled in his attempts to obtain a kiss from his beloved. The new fashion is proving a barrier to matrimony and intimacy between the sexes

BALMORAL / VICs ROOM 1857
Queen Victorias personal sitting room at Balmoral Castle

Boyhood of Cheops
The boyhood of Cheops, future Pharoah and visionary who ordered construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza as a personal mortuary chamber of unpresidented magnificence

Two Old Drunks (Bobbin)
Heavy drinking has taken its toll on a pair of elderly drunkards with gnarled features and poor personal hygiene

Personal Helicopter

Office Dispute
Trouble at the office? Is the Manager (in the checked jacket and pencil behind the ear) patronising a male colleague and invading his personal space by touching his shoulder?

Oiling a Crane Pulley
Two construction workers risking life and limb to oil the pulleys on top of a huge crane

Kicking the Bucket
- My dear friend, you ve just kicked the bucket ! - No, no, I ve only turned a little pail

Pyne - Peer of the Realm
A PEER OF THE REALM Besides his personal attrib- -utes he has many privileges, including freedom from arrest for many crimes for which you or I would be punished

Balmoral / Alberts Room
Prince Alberts personal sitting room

His Carriage in Egypt
During his Egyptian campaign, he astonishes the Arabs with his personal carriage

Puritan Satire / 1642
A satire on a Puritan weaver Worsley an Inckle Weaver a man of personal Valor (sic)

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