Concertina Collection (#2)

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Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? WW1
Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? A German couple and their daughter go for an innocent country walk, but gradually metamorphose into a concrete platform, a camera and a telephone! Date: 1915

Susi - inside a large camera, yawning. 1950s

Three tabby kittens on top of an old camera
Unusual Friends - three tabby kittens on top of an old camera. 1950s

Photographer in Florence, Italy
Street photographer with large camera and tripod in Florence, Italy. circa 1969

Victorian Scrap -- Salvationist. late 19th century

Days that are gone - Appy Ampstead - people enjoying a bank holiday on Hampstead Heath, north London, as depicted by Webster Murray. 1925

Susi - with kitten and camera. 1950s

Susi - climbing into a large camera. 1950s

Susi - looking inside a large camera. 1950s

Susi - with large camera. 1950s

Music cover, I Like Mountain Music, fox trot song, words by James Cavanaugh, music by Frank Weldon. With a signed photo of Florrie Forde, music hall singer. 1933

Caricature of Edwin Booth and William Booth
Caricature of Edwin Booth (1833-1893) as Cardinal Richelieu at the Adelphi Theatre, London, and William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, at the Grecian Theatre in north London

Three frogs and rocking horse on a cutout card
Three frogs dressed as clowns on a rocking horse on a cutout greetings card. circa 1890s

MADRID BARBER 1 / 5 1987
The tiled fascia of a Madrid barber shop - ladies also catered for, and home visits can also be arranged. Date: 1987

Two musical cats on a Christmas card, one singing, the other playing the concertina. Date: circa 1890s

Black clown playing concertina on a Christmas card
Black clown playing the concertina on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cat with a camera on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian Scrap, little boy playing concertina
Victorian Scrap, little black boy playing concertina. circa 1880s

Little boy photographing a kitten in a garden
A little boy photographing his pet kittten in a wheelbarrow in a garden. Not forgetting that someone else is photographing the boy, photographing the kittten! Date: circa 1960s

Little boy photographing pet dog in a garden
A little boy photographing his pet dog on a chair in a garden. The dog is keeping obligingly still, with its front paws resting on the wooden arm of the chair

Little boy with a camera in a garden
A little boy with a camera in a garden. Date: circa 1960s

Suffragette Votes for Women Views. Stereotypical suffragette stands behind a VFW newspaper placard, which reads, Our Views At Bude contains concertina of photo views of Bude, Cornwall

View inside Cannon Street Station, London, showing trains waiting to depart, but very few passengers in evidence. Date: circa 1940

Digital illustration of terrestrial snake locomotion including lateral undulation, sidewinding, concertina, rectilinear, and slide-pushing

Some of the sights that liven London Streets, illustrations from Wonderful London
XJF283171 Some of the sights that liven London Streets, illustrations from Wonderful London by Almey St.John Adcock, 1935 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Birds on a concertina-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) British physicist. Electrical resistances. Electric telegraph. Concertina

The Blind Girl. 1856: Two beggar girls, the elder one blind and with concertina she uses for begging in her lap, rest by wayside stream after rain Double rain bow in background

Image at Kharsakov, Saghalien, Eastern Siberia, Korsakov, Korsakovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast
IMAGE AT KHARSAKOV, SAGHALIEN, EASTERN SIBERIA, KORSAKOV, KORSAKOVSKY DISTRICT OF SAKHALIN OBLAST, RUSSIA, AN OGRE, THE CORPORAL IN CHARGE AMUSES HIMSELF WITH THE CONCERTINA, engraving 1890

Street music: A concertina player with monkey friend, c. 1890
A shabbily dressed but smiling boy plays a concertina in a park, with a monkey perched on his shoulder. Date: c. 1890

Street music: accordion player, 1930s
A child playing a Puratone accordion in a sunny street, surrounded by admiring friends. 1930s

Three dresses by Beer, Premet and Martial et Armand
Three fashionable women wearing evening dresses. On the left, a salmon pink narrow strap tubular satin crepe casino dress with embroidered silver pearls and a green fan detail at the hip, by Beer

Charles Wheatstone, British physicist
Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), British physicist. Wheatstone study of acoustics and the theory of resonance of columns of air, lead to his 1829 invention of the concertina musical instrument

EVNT2A-00032
Miners ball during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century painting

London Italian Children
Poor Italian immigrants playing with a concertina, Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Italian Immigrants
Italian immigrant children playing with a concertina in the Saffron Hill area, near Farringdon, London EC1

LAZY-TONGS FIRE-ESCAPE
Lazy-tongs fire escape, a novel idea in which a sliding stage is mounted on an extending trellis-work frame or support

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"Captivating Concertina: A Melody of Images and Stories" Step into the world of concertinas, where music intertwines with history, art, and culture. 🎶✨ In a vintage photograph, a man passionately plays his concertina, his fingers dancing across the buttons as melodies fill the air. 📸🎵 The image transports us to an era when these instruments were essential in towing Erie Canal barges on the majestic Hudson River. Traveling further back in time, we encounter John Everett Millais' masterpiece "The Blind Girl" from 1856. In this captivating painting turned photo reproduction (1948), a blind girl delicately holds her concertina while immersing herself in its enchanting tunes. Millais skillfully captures both vulnerability and strength through this poignant portrayal. Reginald Malby's garden becomes a stage for photography as he poses proudly with his giant camera alongside blooming flowers. Amidst this picturesque scene emerges three musical hares perched atop decorated Easter eggs - whimsical symbols of joyous celebration harmonizing with the sounds of the concertina. During the Victorian period, a lady gracefully embraces her instrument - her eyes filled with passion and elegance that only music can evoke. Another portrait reveals another lady captivated by her own concertina; perhaps she is lost in reverie or preparing to entertain guests at soirées held within opulent Birmingham establishments like J Lancaster & Son on Colmore Row. As history unfolds before our eyes, we stumble upon an intriguing cartoon depicting espionage or snooping during World War I - reminding us that even amidst chaos, music can bring solace and unity. Harry Crabb shares a heartwarming moment with his son Neville as they craft their very own concertinas together – passing down not just an instrument but also love for music from one generation to another. Lastly, we confront uncomfortable truths as clowns blacked up as minstrels perform, reminding us of the complexities and controversies surrounding cultural representation.