Vinyl Records Collection

Nottinghamshire CCC (b/w photo)
8671609 Nottinghamshire CCC (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nottinghamshire CCC)

Racing, Mr J Lawson (b/w photo)
8671554 Racing, Mr J Lawson (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Racing, Mr J Lawson)

An inmate having his picture taken, 1850
3478171 An inmate having his picture taken, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an inmate of Newgate Prison for police records. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Visitor to the Paris international Exhibition listening to a recording of Edison's Phonograph, 1889
3478804 Visitor to the Paris international Exhibition listening to a recording of Edison's Phonograph, 1889; (add.info)

Stone monument recording the sale of an estate
3330402 Stone monument recording the sale of an estate; (add.info.: Stone monument recording the sale of an estate with a goddess depicted helping with negotiations)

Stone monument recording the sale of an estate
3330376 Stone monument recording the sale of an estate; (add.info.: Stone monument recording the sale of an estate with a goddess depicted helping with negotiations)

Daniel Lambert. Portrait. (print)
7419946 Daniel Lambert. Portrait. (print); (add.info.: Daniel Lambert, 1770 - 1809. English. In his youth Lambert was a keen sportsman and outdoorsman)

Do You Know: Who invented the one-piece bathing suit? (colour litho)
8668110 Do You Know: Who invented the one-piece bathing suit? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Who invented the one-piece bathing suit)

Boys competing to see who can urinate the highest (colour litho)
8656726 Boys competing to see who can urinate the highest (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boys competing to see who can urinate the highest)

Yorkshire CCC (b/w photo)
8671614 Yorkshire CCC (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Yorkshire CCC. Left to right, back row: E Robinson, C Turner, L Hutton, H Verity, E Rawlin)

Pick-up on long-playing record, 1850
3479957 Pick-up on long-playing record, 1850; (add.info.: Pick-up on long-playing record. The tiny point of the stylus (needle) is here seen entering one of the micro-grooves

Foot prints, 1850
3478447 Foot prints, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of foot prints of different individuals, this system was used in identifying criminals. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Visitors to the Paris international Exhibition listening to a recording of Edison's Phonograph, 1889
3478805 Visitors to the Paris international Exhibition listening to a recording of Edison's Phonograph, 1889; (add.info)

Public demonstration of Thomas Edison's Phonograph; Germany 1895, 1895
3478802 Public demonstration of Thomas Edison's Phonograph; Germany 1895, 1895; (add.info.: Public demonstration of Thomas Edison's Phonograph; Germany, 1895.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Mahmoud, C Smirke up (b/w photo)
8671562 Mahmoud, C Smirke up (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mahmoud, C Smirke up. Mahmoud was the 1936 winner of the Derby)

One of Captain Scott's dogs listening to a gramophone record (b/w photo)
8673185 One of Captain Scott's dogs listening to a gramophone record (b/w photo) by Ponting, Herbert (1870-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Music in the silent south)

Making a recording on Edison Clockwork Phonograph, 1878
3478812 Making a recording on Edison Clockwork Phonograph, 1878; (add.info.: A woman making a recording on Edison Clockwork Phonograph. Foil recording 1878.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Public demonstration of Thomas Edison's Phonograph, 1888
3478803 Public demonstration of Thomas Edison's Phonograph, 1888; (add.info.: Public demonstration of Thomas Edison's Phonograph; Chrystal Palace, London, 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph, 1878
3478816 Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph, 1878; (add.info.: Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph)

Flying, Mr and Mrs J A Mollison (b/w photo)
8671573 Flying, Mr and Mrs J A Mollison (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flying, Mr and Mrs J A Mollison)

Paradoxical (litho)
8662999 Paradoxical (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paradoxical. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch, 1903).); © Look and Learn

Past & Present: The Gramophone (colour litho)
8668693 Past & Present: The Gramophone (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Gramophone. Edison's First Phonograph)

How films are made: Back View of Set (colour litho)
8660311 How films are made: Back View of Set (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Back View of Set)

Modern Wonders, 1938: Eye-Prints (colour photo)
8659939 Modern Wonders, 1938: Eye-Prints (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eye-Prints)

Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph, 1883
3478817 Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph, 1883; (add.info.: Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph)

Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph, 1878
3478815 Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph, 1878; (add.info.: Side view of the first model of Edison's phonograph)

Centaur beating the record (engraving)
8631283 Centaur beating the record (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Centaur beating the record. Illustration from Black and White)

A Plague of Locusts (litho)
8661053 A Plague of Locusts (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Plague of Locusts)

Pursuing Fugitives across the Chabur (litho)
8660902 Pursuing Fugitives across the Chabur (litho) by Roe, Fred (1864-1947) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pursuing Fugitives across the Chabur)

Middlesex CCC (b/w photo)
8671606 Middlesex CCC (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Middlesex CCC. Left to right, back row: L D'Arcy, G Hart, L Muncer, J Smith, W Nevell)

Motor Racing, Captain G E T Eyston (b/w photo)
8671566 Motor Racing, Captain G E T Eyston (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Motor Racing, Captain G E T Eyston)

Popular Superstitions: Thirteen at table (colour litho)
8668720 Popular Superstitions: Thirteen at table (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thirteen at table)

Album Cover for Yvette Guilbert, 1894 (lithograph on gray-brown wove paper laid down on board)
5859582 Album Cover for Yvette Guilbert, 1894 (lithograph on gray-brown wove paper laid down on board) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 38.4 -- 40.5 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Members of the Jury of the Grand Prix du Disque, 1933 (b/w photo)
1734244 Members of the Jury of the Grand Prix du Disque, 1933 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info)

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