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RM2JMGRPD–Members of the Women's Land Army on a farm, bringing in the harvest during the First World War. The uniformed women are tying up sheaves of hay, and a hay stack can be seen in the background. A man in a flat cap is watching. The stamp of the photographer - Frederick Joseph Seaman of Doncaster - can be seen in the bottom right corner.
RM2JMGRP9–'A souvenir: Belgian refugees in Sheffield, 1914': First World War photographic postcard with four views of Belgian refugees at Shirle Hill, Sheffield. The photos show (1) a general view of the house with a couple of children standing outside; (2) 'Belgian refugees trimming the shrubs'; (3) 'On the lawn. Belgian refugees & visitors'; and (4) 'Sheffield guests. Belgian refugees at Shirle Hill' (group shot of men, women and children)
RM2JMGRP3–'Lancashire's great industry: Plaiting machine. Early 20th century postcard showing a boy standing at a plaiting machine in a Lancashire cotton mill
RM2JMGRNN–'Cotton industry: The card room': Early 20th century postcard showing women and a boy standing amongst machinery in a Lancashire cotton mill
RM2JMGRNT–'Washing day in bachelor quarters. A rest': Edwardian comic postcard showing three men attempting the laundry in their bachelor pad. This image shows the men pausing for a drink and a smoke. In the background can be seen a mangle, a shirt on a washing line, a wash tub and dolly, washing coppers, a range and a sign for Dunville's whisky
RM2JMGRP7–Early 20th century photograph of a group of servants posing for the camera in a garden. The servants include four maids in uniforms, two men in smart buttoned jackets (footmen?), and three men in suits and flat caps. One of the men is African - Caribbean or Black British
RM2JMGRPB–Woman photographed in the storeroom of a shop or warehouse in the Hackney area of London, early 20th century. She is examining a piece of fabric, and boxes and parcels tied up with brown paper and string are on the shelves behind her
RM2JMGRNH–'Lancashire's great industry: Beaming'. Early 20th century postcard showing two men standing at a beaming machine in a Lancashire cotton mill
RM2JMGRNW–'Any article on the board a penny': Edwardian postcard of a peddler or street seller was a tray of novelty items and keepsakes. The man is smartly dressed, with a bowler hat, and has a wooden leg
RM2JMGRNF–'We want our vote': Edwardian postcard comparing two crying babies in bonnets to campaigners for votes for women / suffragettes. The postcard was published by Valentines of Dundee
RM2JHG721–'Back to Blighty': series of 6 cartoons showing the experiences of a First World War British soldier on leave & his disconnect from civilian life when he returns home. Panel 1: 'First class accommodation' (soldier walking through shattered landscape on Western Front). Panel 2: 'Just missed it' (disappearing train). Panel 3: 'The girl he left behind' (girl with civilian lover). Panel 4: 'Can't eat this stuff' (unable to eat food). Panel 5: 'What's the matter with the damned bed?' (unable to sleep). Panel 6: 'Glad to get back, boys!' (back at the trenches). The postcard was sent in 1918
RM2JHG5YA–'Is this a Post Office?': cartoon by H.H. Knight, 1917, showing a Field Post Office in a Western Front trench. A confused soldier is shown peering into a shelter constructed out of sandbags, whilst the postal worker looks out. GPO mail bags are on the ground outside, together with a large amount of debris (including bottles, barbed wire and shell casings) and a mouse
RM2JHG4RC–Officer Training Corps (OTC) camp, Hagley Park, Rugeley, Staffordshire, August 1914. Row of young men in civilian clothes with bell tents in the background. The photograph was taken during the first month of the First World War and shows early volunteers for Kitchener's Army
RM2JHG4R0–Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry, early 20th century. Three soldiers standing with a row of army horses. One horse has been dressed with a soldier's cap (with the West Kent Yeomanry cap badge of a prancing horse), a bandolier and a rifle. One soldier is uniform trousers & a shirt, the others are wearing what looks like linen suits (the man on the left appears to also be in a pair of slippers). The photograph was taken by Wessex Photo Co., Bridgewater
RM2JHG71X–Postcard showing Bombardier Arthur Williams, Royal Field Artillery, performing in the 4th Division Follies during the First World War. The postcard includes five images of Williams - one of him dressed in uniform, smoking a cigarette, and four of him doing a variety or music hall style act. The catchphrases 'Nothin' doin'', 'Wot a conjure', 'Some smile' and 'Got me Steve?' are written over the character headshots. The postcard was published by Ernest Williams, 30 Little Trinity Lane, London, and sent by Arthur Williams from a Field Post Office in July 1916 (likely to be on the Western Front)
RM2JHG5XN–Soldier in the Kent Cyclist Battalion, photographed sitting with arms folded outside a hut on 1 September 1915. The silhouette of another soldier can be seen inside the hut
RM2JHG4RJ–Philip Thornton, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, photographed in his barracks bed space in Portland. Thornton is in uniform, wearing a medal, and has his army helmet, towels or bed linen, and cases on shelves behind him. His rifle is on the wall to the left of the bed and postcards and photos (most with a military theme) are hung from the shelves. This photographic postcard was sent to his future wife Hilda White in 1905. Thornton was killed in France on 13 October 1914, aged 33, during the first months of the First World War
RM2JHG4RN–Three musicians or bandsmen in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) photographed in the barracks bed spaces of W. Lee and W. Machin, early 20th century. The kit of the soldiers is neatly arranged on shelves behind them, including helmets, bedding, mess tins, books, weaponry and bugles. One soldier has a parrot on his shoulder
RM2JHG4RG–First World War trench in the lull between fighting. German soldiers are standing in the trench towards the back of the image and bodies of the fallen are in the foreground. Shelters constructed out of sandbags are to the right of the trench (a German soldier is looking out of one) and the floor is partly covered by duckboards
RM2JHG5Y4–'The Lonely Soldier': Series of 4 cartoons showing the experiences of a First World War British soldier. Panel 1: ''A lonely soldier at the Front would like to correspond with a kindred soul', Morning Post' (soldier gives or received letters after placing an advert in the newspaper). Panel 2: 'Poor lonely soldier' (cheerful British soldier with surrendering German soldiers). Panel 3: 'Lonelier than ever' (soldier with hands on his hips being admired by 4 well dressed women). Panel 4: 'The lonely soldier at home' (soldier with wife & 5 children). The postcard was sent in 1918.
RM2JHG5Y9–'Somme Post Office': cartoon by H.H. Knight, 1916, showing a Field Post Office in a Western Front trench. A soldier / postmaster is in a shelter constructed out of sandbags, with full bags of GPO mail in front of it. An aeroplane is flying in the background
RM2JHG4R7–'German trench', First World War: shell blasted frontline trench, with shattered trees in the background. A soldier is standing, leaning against the side of the trench
RM2JHG722–'Le Songe d'une Nuit d'Hiver' / A Midsummer Night's Dream. First World War French postcard with 5 cartoon panels. The images show a Poilu or French soldier sleeping in a damp trench with his comrades. He begins to dream of a beautiful woman, perfumed, who starts to caress him. Finally he awakes in horror as a rat runs across his bedding
RM2JHG5X0–'A Happy Christmas from the Balkans': First World War Christmas card produced for Survey Company, Royal Engineers, British Salonika Force (BSF). It shows a soldier raising his cap whilst sitting on a donkey or ass
RM2JGF237–Edwardian roadside refreshment stall. Two men, a woman and two boys are sitting and standing next to the stall. Crockery is on display and a sign advertising R. White's lemonade is on the side of the stall. The drinks stall is on wheels, with a side flap that lifts up to allow the drinks to be served
RM2JGF2PB–'She's a lassie from Lancashire': working class Lancastrian woman with her head wrapped in a shawl, standing at the gates of a cotton mill
RM2JGF22K–'Ideal sanitary fittings are right up-to-date': early 20th century advertisement for kitchen fittings manufactured by John Jones (Chelsea) Ltd., London. It shows two contrasting pictures - 'Washing up in the stone age' (with a 'stone age' woman washing up in a dilapidated, rustic looking sink whilst a man looks on) and 'The up to date scullery' (a maid in uniform washing up in a modern Edwardian sink unit)
RM2JGF2PA–'Fiscal economy. British workman - 'Yes, lass, the bread may have gone up a farthin', but what about the coffee and tea and sugar going down, and wages ten bob higher.' Early 20th century cartoon in support of protectionism and tariff reform, showing a well-fed working class family with a portrait of Joseph Chamberlain on their wall and a large loaf of bread on their table
RM2JGF23G–'For sale motor car £250. Will exchange for 1lb sugar, 1/2 cwt coal & 7lbs potatoes': First World War cartoon showing an early motor car in a 'car exchange', with a sign referring to the high cost of living, in particular the prices of food and fuel
RM2JGF22G–National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers (NADSS) soup kitchen workers, Willington, 1921. The photograph shows volunteers at the soup kitchen (all wearing flat caps) behind a trestle table covered in thick slices of bread, several man are holding bread knives. A man sitting on the table is wearing a Silver War Badge (also known as the Services Rendered Badge). In 1921 the NADSS merged with the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers and the Officers' Association to form the British Legion. The soup kitchen may be connected with the 1921 coal strike
RM2JGF231–Early 20th century mine rescue team in South Wales. The men are dressed in rescue equipment with breathing apparatus, lamps, goggles, axes, a saw and a first aid kit. Rows of mining lamps are lined up in the background. The photograph was published as a postcard by Chapman of Swansea
RM2JGF22N–'Life in London. Mary Ann from the country transformed into Marion in town'. Early 20th century postcard published by the American Young Men's Christian Association (YWCA). It shows contrasting pictures of a working class woman leaving the country (with baggage) and putting on 'airs and graces' in the big city. Views of a rural village and the London skyline are at the top and bottom of the card
RM2JGF2P8–Self-published postcard portrait of Charles Bernard Courtenay Thomas, accountant and auditor, Devonport. C.B. Courtenay Thomas is shown wearing a top hat with a satchel over one shoulder, he is standing up supported by two crutches and has a raised metal support on one shoe. Courtenay Thomas was locally notorious for frequent and compulsive litigation
RM2JGF38N–'What are the wild wives saying?': early 20th century anti-suffragette postcard. The picture shows an apprehensive looking man in overcoat and hat outside a town hall. A notice outside advertises a 'Women Suffrage Meeting in Town Hall To-night'. Silhouettes of four women fighting (using umbrellas and flags) can be seen through the windows
RM2JGF23F–'No longer flowers grace the view, The eye no roses sees. My lady sits by the 'tater' patch Amongst the cabbages & peas': cartoon of a woman sitting in her former flower bed amongst potatoes, cabbages and peas. This First World War postcard was sent in 1915 and refers to the increase in people on the home front growing their own fruit and vegetables in response to increasing food prices and food shortages
RM2JGF235–'Fisher Girls, Oban': Four women in aprons and head scarfs standing by barrels of herring. One woman is holding a plate of what may be salt. Two men are standing in the background, one smoking, the other smiling
RM2JGF22W–January 1910 general election, Isle of Wight. Cartoon in favour of the Conservative Party candidate Sir Douglas Bernard Hall and the economic policy of tariff reform or protectionism, & against the Liberal Party candidate Sir Godfrey Baring. It shows 'Constable John Bull's warning' as he prevents the Liberals from crossing over to the Isle of Wight. A sign with the message 'Vote for Tariff Reform & Hall will be well' is on the island and the (frozen) Solent has been renamed the Budget & has a 'dangerous' sign stuck in it. The cartoon was published as a postcard by E.V. Matthews, Ryde
RM2JGF22Y–Lambert's Hand Laundry, Deal, Kent, 1913: photographic postcard showing the women workers in the laundry, with sheets hanging from the rafters
RM2JGF2PD–First World War munitions workers in a British factory. Photograph of two women and a man at work, rows of shells are lined up on shelves in the background
RM2JGF22D–1911 railway / transport strike in London. The photograph shows horse-drawn Pickfords vans being escorted across Waterloo Bridge by soldiers carrying rifles with fixed bayonets
RM2JGF23J–'British soldier cooks with trophies on the Somme': photograph showing British soldiers by a temporary kitchen in a wood on the Western Front. One is wearing a German Pickelhaube helmet (another soldier is holding a German helmet in the background). Tin mugs, mess tins and petrol cans can also be seen in the image which was published as a postcard to be sold in aid of the Blinded Soldiers Children Fund
RM2JFJ30R–'The Business Tank after Hours. Our Tanks and Gold will win the War': First World War postcard showing a tank in Birmingham streets being used to raise funds for the war. Soldiers are by the tank and a crowd can be seen in the background
RM2HWKB8C–'Jack's quiet nap': photographic postcard showing three sailors in the Royal Navy lying on deck of the battleship HMS Jupiter. A fourth sailor is standing next to a deck gun. The image dates from the early 20th century (First World War era)
RM2HWKB58–'The first kitchen on board a fast steamer' / 'Die erste Küche an Bord eines Schnelldampfers': German postcard showing men at work in a ship's kitchen, with stoves, mincer, butchers' blocks and knives. The image dates from the first decade of the 20th century
RM2HWKB7T–Group photograph of Royal Navy stokers in the early 20th century (First World War period). Many of the men are smoking cigarettes, their clothes and faces are marked with soot, and they are wearing a range of headwear - army and navy style caps, flat caps and knotted handkerchiefs
RM2JCE3HB–'Come to Blackpool, we'll easy make room for another': cartoon of a crowded Blackpool boarding house, showing a series of beds in one room crammed with a mixture of people. A sign saying 'Peace and Plenty' is hanging from the wall. This postcard was sent from Blackpool in 1918
RM2JCE3HG–'Oh, what a difference! 'By gum! wait till th'i geds back it cardroom': Postcard split into two panels. One shows women at work in card room no.2 of a Lancashire cotton mill, the other shows a woman in a glamorous dress on the arm of a young man in a smart (& possibly oversized) suit. The postcard was sent in 1909
RM2JCE3HH–'Some Wounded Soldiers at the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Nervous System, Maida Vale, London': group of First World War soldiers in uniform, including one man in a wheelchair, one lying in a hospital bed, and others with bandages around their arms and heads. Regiments represented include Scots Guards, Coldstream Guards, Grenadiers, 10th Hussars, Sussex, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, East Surrey, Wiltshire, Loyal North Lancashire, Berkshire & 15th County of London Regiment, Carabiniers & the Belgian army
RM2JCE3HC–' Welsh Troubadours: One of the official choirs of the Miners' Committee for the Relief of the Miners' Wives and Children, July 1926 ': group photograph of a Welsh male voice choir taken during the 1926 miners' lockout, following the General Strike
RM2JCE3HD–Photograph of two miners carrying safety lamps and sticks, early 20th century. They are wearing flat caps, waistcoats and jackets, trousers tucked into socks and sturdy boots. One also has a neckerchief
RM2HWD1A5–1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, First World War. Wounded soldiers outside the barrack blocks. Postcard published by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge
RM2HWKAW8–Army boxing match in a camp of the Royal Engineers, early 20th century. Two soldiers, stripped to the waist & wearing boxing gloves, are sparring. They are watched by their seconds, carrying towels, and a small group of soldiers. Barracks huts can be seen in the background of the photograph
RM2HWKATR–Informal photograph of a group of Territorial Army soldiers sitting on hay bales in an army camp near Newcastle on Tyne, 1906. Rows of horses covered in blankets and bell tents can be seen in the field in the background. A pile of North Eastern Railway Company sacks are in the foreground
RM2HWD1A6–1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, First World War. Wounded soldiers outside the barrack blocks. Postcard published by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge
RM2HWKAW6–Parade of men marching to enlist at Keyford, Frome, during the First World War. The parade is headed by sailors and soldiers in uniform, followed by men in civilian clothing carrying signs that say 'Cavalry', 'Artillery' & 'Infantry'. The street is lined with civilians holding up umbrellas to keep off the heavy rain
RM2HWKATK–'Camp sarnies': British territorial army camp in the early 20th century. The photograph shows a group of men outside the mess tent making sandwiches - buttering slices of bread, carving a joint of meat & carrying armfuls of loaves of bread. They are being helped by a young girl in a smart dress & being overseen by an army sergeant from the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment
RM2HWKB41–'Our billet is first-class': 4 First World War soldiers in uniform in a drawing room. One is playing the piano and singing, another is holding a crying baby which he is failing to amuse with a rattle, the third is sweeping up with a broom whilst giving the baby side-eye, and the fourth is relaxing in an armchair, smoking a cigar. The woman of the house is standing in the open doorway with her hands clamped to her ears in an attempt to drown out the noise
RM2HWKB43–'We have found a decent billet here': cartoon showing three soldiers billeted in a house. One is using a mangle to do the laundry; another is sitting in a chair, looking after a baby, a small boy waving a Union Jack and a kitten; and the third is cooking dinner on the stove with a curled up cat by his feet. A woman in an apron is looking on approvingly from an open door
RM2HWKAW2–11th Battalion Royal Welsh Regiment at Eastbourne, 26 September 1914. Early recruits who joined up in the first months of the First World War. Only one is in army uniform, the rest are still in civilian clothes
RM2HWKAW7–Royal Engineers at Southwell, Nottinghamshire, 1915: photograph of a column of soldiers marching through the town street in full uniform with rifles, several horse drawn carts with drivers are also included. Local men, women & children can be seen watching the event & a girl & boy appearing to be marching with the soldiers
RM2HWKATY–'Some of the Chale recruits': photograph of army volunteers in the early months of the First World War in the village of Chale, Isle of Wight. It shows a line of mostly young men in suits and hats (flat caps & a straw boater), with ribbons, etc., in their button holes. They are standing next to a car with the registration number F8170 which has been decorated with two Union Jacks and a sign which says 'Chale to the War'
RM2HWKATT–First World War photograph of three men shoeing a horse. A soldier in army uniform is holding the horse's bridle and a cart is on the left side of the image. The soldier's cap badge may be of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
RM2HH5CA5–Petticoat Lane clothes auction: large crowd (mostly men in flat caps) in the street, early 20th century. A sign for Sam Rubinstein's patent puzzle purses is in the background
RM2HH5CAB–Coulston Street, Petticoat Lane, early 20th century: crowded view of Petticoat Lane Market
RM2JB3C7P–Studio portrait of a cowboy, with cowboy hat, US flag bandana, checked shirt, gun in holster & leather trousers. It may show a performer in one of the Wild West shows which toured the UK in the early 20th century
RM2JB3M1N–'The Bad Girl of the Family' 'Aren't you going to kiss your wife?': scene from melodramatic play by Frederick Melville. A woman in a wedding dress is standing with her hands on her disconsolate new husband's shoulders, who is standing, moustachioed, with his hands on his hips
RM2HWKAW0–'Kitchener's Boy's on the Great Lines, Chatham', c.1914: First World War recruits in the early months of the war. Men, many young, are sitting on the ground and fences, looking towards the camera. Behind them two groups of men are being drilled / marching on a makeshift parade or training ground. Photograph by Thornton Bros., New Brompton
RM2JB3M1P–'Not in those Whatyemacallems!': a take on 'Not in those trousers', a phrase popularly associated with women in bloomers or harem pants in the early 20th century. The comic photograph shows a man in suit, overcoat and bowler hat pointing his umbrella at a woman's legs. She is standing dressed in fine clothes, including a feathered hat, coat and trousers
RM2HH5CA7–Polly Nathan's fish shop, Petticoat Lane, early 20th century: large crowd in the street (men, women and children). A sign for 'Polly Nathan, Fish Dinners' is in the background. A sign for a sale by F. Littman & Company is also on display
RM2HH5CA8–Petticoat Lane looking to Aldgate, early 20th century. Street view of Petticoat Lane Market, showing some of the stalls. The shop front of E. Barnett & Co. can be seen, as well as a poster for the 1907 silent film 'Ben Hur'
RM2HH5CAE–Middlesex Street, Petticoat Lane, early 20th century: crowed street scene showing part of Petticoat Lane Market. A showroom for a boot & shoe factors can be seen in the background
RM2JB3B8W–Early 20th century photograph of school girls doing some sort of physical training exercise or dancing in a yard. All have matching pale dresses, dark tights and flowers in their hair
![Rodbro' [ Rodborough ] Peace Day, 1919: large crowd, including some men in soldiers' and sailors' uniforms, mark the official end of the First World War in 1919. Photographer: E.O. Reynolds Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2HH5C36/rodbro-rodborough-peace-day-1919-large-crowd-including-some-men-in-soldiers-and-sailors-uniforms-mark-the-official-end-of-the-first-world-war-in-1919-photographer-eo-reynolds-2HH5C36.jpg "Rodbro' [ Rodborough ] Peace Day, 1919: large crowd, including some men in soldiers' and sailors' uniforms, mark the official end of the First World War in 1919. Photographer: E.O. Reynolds Stock Photo")
RM2HH5C36–Rodbro' [ Rodborough ] Peace Day, 1919: large crowd, including some men in soldiers' and sailors' uniforms, mark the official end of the First World War in 1919. Photographer: E.O. Reynolds
RM2JABDDN–Trafalgar Square, October 1918. In the last months of the First World War, London's Trafalgar Square was filled with a mocked up version of a French or Belgian war damaged village, as part of a campaign to sell War Bonds to 'Feed the Guns' and aid the Allied war effort. The battle scene included a windmill, war damaged buildings, trenches, dugouts, shattered trees (built around lamp posts), a wireless station, camouflaged guns & mud
RM2JA86D1–Members of management of the Women's Claims Department, National Health Insurance, Liverpool Victoria Approved Society (LVAS) in their office in 1913. The woman on the right is Miss Cuttress, head of the department
RM2JA86DR–Satirical postcard on 'Christmas Day in the Workhouse', with poem - 'It is Christmas day in the Workhouse, And the cold, bare walls are bright With garlands of green & holly, And the place is a pleasant sight; For with clean-washed hands & faces, In a long & hungry line, The paupers sit at the tables, For this is the hour they dine; And the Guardians & their ladies, Altho' the wind is east, Have come in their furs & wrappers, To watch their charges feast; To smile & be condescending, Put pudding on pauper plates, To be hosts at the workhouse banquet They've paid for with the rates'
RM2HCCD50–Bristol political meeting, early 20th century: a large crowd (many wearing boaters) are looking towards a platform with men and women seated, one man is standing up & speaking to the audience. The platform is decorated with Union Jack flags, garlands of flowers & foliage, coats of arms and portraits of 'our leaders', including Joseph Chamberlain. The photograph was taken by A.E. Smith of 44 Coronation Road, Bristol
RM2JA86C3–Bookbinding: men and women in workshop with a range of bookbinding equipment, including book or paper press. One man, in an apron, is working on the spine of a large volume, possibly an accounts ledger; a woman, seated, appears to be working on a sewing frame
RM2HCCD3M–'University students with election donkey, Kings Hotel steps', Manchester: group of young men surrounding a donkey with a notice which reads 'Haworth' round its neck. The Liberal Party candidate Sir Arthur Adlington Haworth was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester South in 1906.
RM2JA86D7–Group of navvies / manual labourers on a break, leaning against a brick wall. Almost all are wearing flat caps & some are smoking cigarettes or pipes. A shovel is on the ground on the left and several of the workers have bottles of drink
RM2HCCD38–'Vote for Lord John', 1906: photograph of Jack Russell type terrier dressed in a jacket with an electioneering slogan written on. The campaign stunt was for the 1906 general election and refers to the candidacy of Lord John Pakenham Joicey-Cecil, Conservative Party candidate for Stamford, Lincolnshire. The son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter, was successful and served as Member of Parliament between 1906-1910
RM2JA86D3–Women's Claims Department, National Health Insurance, Liverpool Victoria Approved Society (LVAS): women office workers seated at long tables. Filing cabinet draws of case notes and baskets containing papers are on the tables. Hats and coats are hung up at the back of the office, partially hidden by a curtain. Light is coming into the attic room from a skylight and slanting windows
RM2HCCD5H–Sir John de Fonblanque Pennefather addressing a Hereford political meeting in 1910. Pennefather had been the prospective parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire but had to withdraw due to ill health. He was subsequently elected as Member of Parliament for the Kirkdale division of Liverpool in 1915. Shops in the background include King & Sons, 'the People's Drapers', in London House, and Pritchard, purveyors of goods including 'motor clothing'
RM2JA86CW–Portrait of John Johnson (1850-1910), Member of Parliament for Gateshead on Tyne between 1904-1910. Johnson worked as a miner and was Treasurer of Durham Miners Association from 1890 and its Financial Secretary from 1897. He stood initially as a Liberal candidate, later crossing the floor to join the Labour Party
RM2JA86CY–Model T Ford van of Edmonton Sanitary Laundry, New Road, Lower Edmonton, London, N9. The motor van is parked up on the road outside some large houses, the driver, in suit, overcoat & flat cap, is leaning on the fender. The van has the registration number ME 6811
RM2JA86D5–National Coal Strike, March 1912: group of men & boys, most in flat caps, standing & sitting outside in field; many of them are young. The 1912 strike was the first national strike by miners and was for the introduction of a minimum wage in the mining industry. It resulted in the passing of the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912, with gave miners the protection of a minimum rate of pay
RM2HCCD0M–Isle of Wight County Council election campaign: the five daughters of Leonard Jordan (arranged in order of height) display election posters for their father. Jordan served as Liberal Party representative on the Newport North-west Division of the County Council from 1910 to 1918. The image was published as a campaign postcard by J. Howard Burgess of 53 Pyle Street, Newport, IW
RM2JA86DM–Wigmakers at work: early 20th century photograph of three men in a workshop, two have large handfuls of long hair & are in the process of making wigs, the third is standing with a notebook, overseeing
RM2JA86CG–Women cigarmakers gathered in the cigar room at W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol tobacco manufacturing company, on Peace Day (marking the end of the First World War). The photograph shows a large group of women, many young, gathered behind their workbenches. Several are dressed in sailors' and soldiers' uniforms & are posing with cigars in their hands. Rolled cigars can also be seen on the benches in front of them. The workshop has been decorated with flags of the allies, including the Union Jack
RM2JA86DD–The British Legion Poppy Factory, Richmond, Surrey: veining 'Haig Fund' poppy petals: First World War veterans using machinery to produce Remembrance Day poppies
RM2JA86N2–'The Harem - Scare-Em Girl': postcard showing a young woman fashionably dressed in red, baggy, silk harem pants, and a large feathered hat, carrying a small purse and a cane or umbrella. A clergyman & old woman are in the background looking on in shock & horror. This postcard was published in the early 20th century by Felix McGlennon Ltd.
RM2HWD1AF–'I wonder if he will ever come back': cartoon of a woman dressed in a low cut blue negligee, stockings & yellow shoes, smoking whilst propped up on scarlet cushions on a red mattress or chaise longue. She is reading a newspaper with the heading 'War News' & seems largely unconcerned about whether or not the mystery man (her lover?) will come back from the First World War. This item was published as a postcard during WW1 and was posted in 1916
RM2JA86N4–'Votes for Women. Mrs Pankhurst': portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, shown sitting in a chair reading a pamphlet or book. This postcard was one of a series of portraits of leading suffragettes published by the Women's Social & Political Union in the early 20th century as part of their campaign for women's suffrage
RM2JA86N5–'Polling Booth. Companions in Disgrace. Convicts & Women kindly note, Are not allowed to have the vote; The difference between the two I will now indicate to you. When once the harmful man of crime, In Wormwood Scrubbs has done his time, He at the poll can have his say, The harmless women never may.' Postcard produced by the Artists' Suffrage League, showing a woman in a graduation gown & mortar board hat & a man in prison uniform (with arrows & prisoners' number). The postcard was produced as part of the suffrage / suffragette movement's campaign for votes for women
RM2JA86C5–Victorian photograph of a woman in an apron standing by machinery in a Bradford woollen mill, skeins of wool are lined up against the wall behind the mill worker. The photograph (a cabinet card) was produced by Joseph Foulds, 16 Church Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire
RM2HWD1B0–'Dangerous! Handle with great care. Highly explosive & easily broken': cartoon showing a woman munitions worker dressed in work clothes sitting on a large shell whilst holding a large red heart. Crates are piled up in the other corner. The colour image was sold as a postcard - this one was posted in 1918
RM2JA7GMT–'Comptes de la ménagère en 1918' / Household accounts in 1918: French postcard showing a woman with a shawl round her shoulders carrying shopping bags, with a skinny dog scavenging for food in a bin / bucket. An inset panel of text gives the prices of food at a time of inflation
RM2JA86D9–'Sewing boot uppers at Manfield & Son's Works, Northampton': colour illustration of women workers in aprons, sat at benches & using sewing machines to produce boot uppers for one of Northampton's largest boot & shoemakers. A man is standing, overseeing the workroom & examples of the machined product are shown on a table in the foreground. The image was sold as a postcard in the early 20th century
