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Poster, Telegrams to Europe at Half Rates. 20th century

Brochure page, Oldsmobile service, terms and accessories
Brochure page, Oldsmobile cars, giving details of service, payment terms and approved accessories. Date: 1930s

Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar Bruce
Caricature of Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) and Edgar Bruce (1845?-1901), both actor-managers. Bancroft is portrayed as Shylock wanting his pound of flesh

South Station, Boston
Built in 1899 to replace the downtown terminals of several rail roads. Originaly named South Central Station. Architects Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge of Boston. Cost 3.6 million Dollars in 1899

Obituary notice form, Daily Express newspaper, London
Blank obituary notice form, Daily Express newspaper, Fleet Street, London EC4. Date: circa 1930s

Social / USA / Cheap Lodging
Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement in New York: the cost is " five cents a spot" Date: 1889

Ship on Railway
A French project for carrying ships across Panama from the Atlantic to the Pacific : this would save the cost of building a canal... Date: 1900

Argosy over Croydon
An Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy flies over the air-station at Croydon, which cost 260, 000 ! Date: 1927

Montespan / Mme / Cost Hist
FRANCOISE-ATHENAISE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART alias MME DE MONTESPAN Mistress of Louis XIV and mother of six children by him Date: 1641 - 1707

After a Cattle Fight
The aftermath of a cattle fight - what an unbranded cow has cost Date: 1895

Siege of Numantia 133 Bc
Scipio Africanus beseiges Numantia, a siege that lasted 9 years and cost the lives of most of the towns inhabitants. Date: 133 BC

The Cost of Coming Out - 1958 Season
Page from The Tatler featuring an article about the cost of coming out as a debutante in 1958, the last year debs were presented to the Queen at court

Invoice from Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, to Mr Frank Blackley, for the supply of one hundred greetings cards, total cost ten shillings and ten pence. Date: circa 1891

Memorial Organ, New City Hall, Portland, Maine, USA
Herman Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, New City Hall, Portland, Maine, USA, the gift of Cyrus H K Curtis, built in 1909, dedicated in 1912

Old women on a bus ride through Manchester, with a poster advertising the Cut Cost Store. Date: circa 1977

Cartoon, Cost of food and drink, WW1
Cartoon illustrating the cost of food and drink during the First World War. Various tradesmen comment on the cost of their produce. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Replacing the maid, WW1
Cartoon, Replacing the maid. A middle class couple are forced to do the household chores themselves during a period of wartime austerity

Cartoon, Good sense, WW1
Cartoon, Good sense. An extravagant wife explains to her soldier husband why she had to buy such expensive clothes, and travel home by taxi. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Golden eggs, WW1
Cartoon, Golden eggs, a comment on the cost of eggs during the First World War. A cockerel says his wife has become very snooty since the value of her eggs went up to nine sous each! Date: 1916

Photographic print envelope
Photographic film envelope advertising Kodak and Brownie cameras, with the developers name and address: R Jalbhoy, Elphinstone Street, Karachi, India

Licence for a mechanically propelled vehicle, otherwise known as a road tax disc, issued by Surrey County Council and valid until 31 December 1951

WWI. France (1915). Propaganda Poster to promote war loans to finance the cost of the war. Emprunt de la defense nationale, N oublie pas de souscrire... pour la victoire !... et le retour

A Scent Evanescent by Wilmot Lunt - petrol shortages, WW1
CHEMIST: " That, madame, is petrol - our dearest and rarest perfume." Cartoon in The Bystander commenting on the extortionate cost of petrol as it became increasingly scarce on the home

The Bill for Billeting Soldiers, WW1
Billeting terms for householders taking in soldiers during the early weeks of the First World War. with an extremely young soldier demonstrating how a young Tommy fits in - sleeping on the floor

Girls Friendly Society Princess Mary Caravan
The Girls Friendly Society supported young women by help in finding work, providing hostels etc. The caravan, shown here with GFS workers, was purchased in 1922 as a mobile publicity unit

Ecclesall Bierlow Claim for Inmate Maintenance
A claim issued by the Ecclesall Bierlow Union for the cost of maintaining the Thomas Hill in the union workhouse for almost four years

WW2 poster, careful handling of material
WW2 poster, knockabout comedy is funny on the films but its not funny in the factory. Careful handling of material costs you nothing -- carelessness costs the nation pounds! Design by Victor Hicks

Comparing aeroplanes and battleships by G. H. Davis
Comparative values of aeroplanes and battleships. One super-dreadnought ship is the equivalent of 3000 aeroplanes in monetary terms. 1912

Money and munitions by G. H. Davis
Money and munitions: an illustrated armament catalogue. Pictures showing the various costs of the weapons used during the Second World War, ranging from a battleship at 8, 000

Design for the building of small holdings
The question of the land: small holdings. How a pleasant-looking livable house can be erected on a suitable site for 233. It has a dairy in the south-east corner adjacent to the larder and scullery

Liberty shawl
Shawl in Liberty colourings from their own works at Merton Abbey. Georgette ground with embossed design in velvet, hand coloured

Liberty character dolls in various costumes, all looking very cute. Date: 20th century

Liberty jumper
Jumper in hand-printed crepe de chine, with collar and facings of plain silk, from Libertys own works at Merton Abbey. Available in a variety of designs and colours, costing 3

Liberty silk shawl
Silk shawl hand printed at Liberty & Cos own works at Merton Abbey. Reproduction of an old Indian design, 56 inches square, including fringe, costing 2, 17 shillings and sixpence. Date: 20th century

Entrance to Birkenhead Park
The park cost 127, 775 to build and was opened on 5th April 1847. Date: 10th April 1847

Firmin Gemier
FIRMIN GEMIER French actor and theatre manager who worked hard for popular theatre presenting classics at low cost. Photo 1910. Date: 1869 - 1933

Bernhard Tauchnitz
BERNHARD baron TAUCHNITZ German publisher, famous for his low-cost reprints of texts in English etc. popular with railway travelers. Date: 1846 - 1895

Shakespeare Theatre 1905
The Shakespeare Memorial THeatre at Stratford, completed in 1877 at a cost of 25000 pounds on land donated by C E Flower of brewery fame. Date: 1564 - 1616

Marguerite Guadet
MARGUERITE ELIE GUADET French revolutionary statesman whose support for the Girondin cause cost him his head. Date: 1758 - 1794

Portrait Meryon 1853 Etching laid paper first state
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Source Size = 1908 x 2553
THE NEW CHAPEL, QUEENs COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE: The entire cost of which has been defrayed by the subscriptions of Members of the College and their connections

Andrew Barclay Walker, Esq. Mayor of Liverpool, Founder of an Art Gallery at a Cost of £ 20000, 1873 Engraving

A yellow and a black pencil crossing out the letterings Familien, Hartz IV and Rente, German for families, Hartz IV, a German unemployment benefit, and pension

Multi-plug power strip with plugs and cables

WW2 - Cost of a Selfridges 3-piece suit in rationing coupons
WW2 - Cost of a Selfridges 3-piece suit - Cost 8 guineas and 26 Clothing rationing coupons - 17th June, 1941. In 1942, each person had 60 coupons p.a. which reduced down to 24 coupons by 1945

Bridge Illustrated - Gone on Diamonds
A pretty young lad and her adoring (and rich, although perhaps the Pawnbroker sign top right may mean he isn t all he appears) husband spend some of (his) money on something sparkly at the Jewellers

Turkish Coin Card, illustrating various small denominations of coin with their foreign exchange rates. Date: 1910

Gentleman wines and dines his lady in style but at low cost
How can you do it? Gentleman wines and dines his lady in style at Belmonicos but at low cost, as he only earns $8.75 a week ! Date: 1912

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"Unveiling the true cost: From Schneider Trophy Air Race to Mount Pleasant Hotel, Kings Cross, London" "Discovering the hidden costs through history: Jersey Airways Poster to New York's Italian-American cafe espresso shop on M" "This cost a pretty figure: Exploring Merlin Enabnit's masterpiece and Josephine Baker's legacy" "Soho, London - NCP car park, Brewer Street W1: The price of convenience in the heart of the city" "Revisiting the Battle of Salamanca and Mormon Temple: The sacrifices made for faith and victory" "Cultivating dreams with cannabis seed starter kits at Bloemenmarkt, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe" "The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923: A legendary match that came at a great cost" "Navigating through Hampstead Tube.