Staff Collection (#87)

Waifs and Strays Society Industrial Home, Fareham
Girls and staff outside the Waifs and Strays Society Industrial Home, Fareham. Date: circa 1893

Kitchen at St Lucys Home, Gloucester
Girls and staff in the kitchen at St Lucys Home of Charity, Hare Lane, Gloucester, founded in 1866. Date: Date unknown

Barnardos Convalescent Home, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Inmates and staff at the Barnardos Convalescent Home, Felixstowe, Suffolk Date: circa 1907

Football game at Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1
Staff take time off for relaxation -- a football game at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

The Right Way to Speak to Maids - TMC house telephones
Advertisement for TMC House Telephones, particularly useful when your house is so vast you need to dole out instructions to the servants from another wing. Date: 1923

Radio supplies shop
Radio supplies and electrical shop, late 1920s, in an unknown location in Britain. Advertising for Burndept and Amplion radios in the window

People taking part in a 100 yard race, Norwich
People about to take part in a 100 yard race, Norwich. Date: circa 1910s

Reichspost staff in Berlin, postwar Germany. The Reichspost (German Empire postal service) was taken over by the Allied Control Council with the Berlin Declaration of June 1945. Date: circa 1946

Advert for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge 1912
Advertisement for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge - A Royal Usher gestures his guests to enter (the Palace?). Date: 1912

Mahdist War - Sudan Campaign - Hicks Pasha and Staff - Several soldiers on horseback - many locals watching. Part of Box 244 Boswell Collection - Sudan War. Date: 1881 - 1889

Vice Admiral Wells, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2
Vice Admiral Lionel Wells (1884-1965), Flag Officer of the Orkneys and Shetlands Commands, at a parade of naval staff at Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2. 1943

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Machinery Dept - High Glass - roofed hall with machines Exhibits. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection

China - Foreign Hotel - Low building, staff in doorway, sleeping dog on path. Part of Box 167 Boswell collection - Tour in China. Date: circa 1900

London Street Types - The Caledonian Market
A seller of junk, pictures and book at the famous Caledonian Market in North London. Date: 1933

Barnardos Dame Margarets Home, Washington, Durham
Children and staff in front of the Dame Margarets Home, Washington, County Durham, one of Dr Barnardos Homes. Date: circa 1928

Scene at Gatwick Airport, Sussex, January 1970, with passengers and staff at the General Enquiries desk. Date: 1970

Man outside the offices of The London Gazette
Man standing outside the offices of The London Gazette, near Fleet Street, London. The publication has been described by some as the worlds most boring newspaper

RSPCA with chimpanzee, Heathrow Airport, London
RSPCA staff with a young chimpanzee, Animal Rescue Centre, Heathrow Airport, London. 1965

RSPCA tending a sick animal, Heathrow Airport, London
RSPCA staff tending a sick animal at the Animal Rescue Centre, Heathrow Airport, London. Date: 1965

A High Class Chinese Lady and her Servant
A High Class Chinese Lady pictured with her Servant. Date: circa 1905

Crosier of Bishop of Barcelona, Arnau de Gurb. Limoges. Before 1284. Detail of the body of the serpent. Treasure of Cathedral of Barcelona. Spain

New Testament. Parable of the Prodigal Son. Engraving. Color
New Testament. Parable of the Prodigal Son. The prodigal son in the arms of his father. Gospel of Luke. Chapter 15. Verses 11 to 32. Engraving by Pannemarker. Gustave Dores drawing. Colored

Five members of the Utrecht Brotherhood of Jerusalem Pilgrim
Jan van Scorel (1495-1562). Dutch painter. Five members of the Utrecht Brotherhood of Jerusalem Pilgrims, c. 1541. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Croiser of Bishop Arnau de Jard?=? (1271-1306). Ivory. 13th century. Scene in relief of male figures. Tortosa Cathedral. Treasure. Catalonia. Spain

Detail of Saint Erasmus of Formiae. Saint John Altarpiece, 1
Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473-1531). German painter. Saint John Altarpiece, 1518. Detail of Saint Erasmus of Formiae, 4th century. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Joaquin Blake Joyes (1759-1827). Spanish military. Colored e
Joaquin Blake Joyes (1759-1827). Spanish military. Chairman of the Council of Regency of Spain and the Indies (1810-1811) and Chief of Staff. Colored engraving

Minutes of the Council of Jaca. 11th century. Fragment of an illuminated scroll. At the bottom, bishops. Diocesan Archives. Huescas Cathedral. Spain

Croiser of Clasqueri abbot. Showing the Agnus Dei. 13th century. Gilded wood. From Monastery of Sant Cugat (Catalonia). Diocesan Museum of Barcelona. Spain

Relief of Archangel Michael. 13th century
Archangel Michael. Relief. 13th century. From Constantinople. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Matthaeus Yrsselius (1541-1629), Abbot of Sint-Michiels Abb
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Matthaeus Yrsselius (1541-1629), Abbot of Sint-Michiels Abbey in Antwerp, c.1624. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Relief depicting the temple-treasurer Setju. Sakkara. Egypt
Relief depicting the temple-treasurer Setju. Limestone. From the tomb of Setju, Sakkara (Egypt). 4th-5th Dynasties. Old Kingdom. C. 2500-2350 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Relief depicting an offering scene. Egypt
Relief depicting an offering scene. Tomb of the official Nofer. Giza. Limestone. 4th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. C. 2500 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

English miner and transport of coal mined
Industrial Revolution. Nineteenth century. English miner and transport of coal mined. Engraving after a watercolor (1814) by George Walker. Colored

ALBENIZ, Isaac (1860-1909). Spanish composer and pianist. S
ALBENIZ, Isaac (CamprodU?n, 1860-Cambo-les-Bains, 1909). Spanish composer and pianist. Suite Iberia (TRIANA). Sheet music dedicated to Joaquin Pena, friend and critic, in Barcelona on 26 March 1907

Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, in Berlin, Germany
Assistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Berlin, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police

St Barnabas Home for Girls, New Brighton, Cheshire
Girls and staff in the garden of the St Barnabas Home at New Brighton, on the Wirral. The home was run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: circa 1900

Church Extension Association Mission House, Shoreditch, Lond
Children and staff outside the Church Extension Associations first mission house, at Shoreditch, East London. Date: Date unknown

One Kind of Picnic - Another by H. M. Bateman 1 of 2
A fabulously elegant and sedate picnic, with the diners being waited on by a team of servants as a gramophone plays. One of two cartoons by H. M

Women police inspectors in procession, WW1
Women police inspectors in procession along a street during the First World War. Date: 1915

Women staff officers, Metropolitan Police, London
Group photo of women staff officers, Metropolitan Police, London: D Meeson Coates (Chief Inspector), Miss St John Partridge, M Damer Dawson (Chief Officer), Ms Allen (Chief Superintendent)

Quex Park VAD patients & staff in hall of house
VAD hospital patients and staff in the hall of Quex House in March 1915. The hall was used as a recreation space for the patients

Spectators at Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients watching the Three-legged Race for hospital staff at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington

VAD patients at the Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients at the Sports Day held at Woodford House School field in Birchington during War Weapons Week. The Quex Park VAD Hospital

Group of Belgian and British soldiers at Quex Park, with three members of the VAD staff. The Belgian men are wearing civilian clothes. All the British soldiers are in army uniform

Oliver Cromwell (Walker)
OLIVER CROMWELL one hand on a staff, the other on his sword Date: 1599 - 1658

French Costumes 1477-80
Woman: mantle, gown with a square neckline, hat with a floppy brim. Men: hat with a round crown & the brim turned up at the back, gown, doublet & jacket with hanging sleeves. Date: 1477 - 1480

French troop train in World War One at a station
A French military troop train stops at a rural station, somewhere in France, and takes on refreshments and supplies at the military station canteen. Date: 1917

French Maitresse 1850
A French maitresse de table de l hote. Date: 1850

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