Disks Collection

An Italian automotive triumph (colour litho)
2809318 An Italian automotive triumph (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Italian automotive triumph)

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)

Charles Sumner Tainter's Graphophone, 1888
3480074 Charles Sumner Tainter's Graphophone, 1888; (add.info.: Charles Sumner Tainter's Graphophone, 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

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.

Chichester Bell and Summer Tainter's Graphophone, 1850
3480070 Chichester Bell and Summer Tainter's Graphophone, 1850; (add.info.: Chichester Bell and Summer Tainter's Graphophone.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

New motorised, Edison Phonograph, 1898
3478811 New motorised, Edison Phonograph, 1898; (add.info.: New motorised, Edison Phonograph. Wax recording rather than foil, 1898.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Thomas Alva Edison, listening to a recording of his Phonograph, 1889
3478806 Thomas Alva Edison, listening to a recording of his Phonograph, 1889; (add.info.: Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, listening to a recording of his Phonograph)

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)

Listening to Charles Sumner Tainter's Graphophone, 1888
3480075 Listening to Charles Sumner Tainter's Graphophone, 1888; (add.info.: Listening to Charles Sumner Tainter's Graphophone, 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Making a recording on Bell & Tainter's Graphophone, 1850
3480069 Making a recording on Bell & Tainter's Graphophone, 1850; (add.info.: Making a recording on Bell & Tainter's Graphophone)

New motorised, Edison Phonograph, 1898
3478810 New motorised, Edison Phonograph, 1898; (add.info.: New motorised, Edison Phonograph. Wax recording rather than foil, 1898.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

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)

Oscilloscope and signal (frequency) generator, 1850
3479958 Oscilloscope and signal (frequency) generator, 1850; (add.info.: Oscilloscope and signal (frequency) generator set up to give a Lissajous figure for two identical frequencies exactly 90

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

Graphophone, 1850
3480073 Graphophone, 1850; (add.info.: Graphophone: invented by Chichester Bell and Sumner Tainter. The recording was made by a stylus on a cardboard cylinder coated with wax (bb)

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)

Bell & Tainter's Graphophone, 1850
3480072 Bell & Tainter's Graphophone, 1850; (add.info.: Bell & Tainter's Graphophone. A recording was made by speaking into a mouthpiece while turning the wax cylinder by a treadle; as in a)

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)

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)

Edison Clockwork Phonograph, 1878
3478814 Edison Clockwork Phonograph, 1878; (add.info.: Edison Clockwork Phonograph. Foil recording 1878.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

New motorised, Edison Phonograph, 1885
3478809 New motorised, Edison Phonograph, 1885; (add.info.: New motorised, Edison Phonograph. Wax recording rather than foil, 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

New motorised, Edison Phonograph, 1888
3478808 New motorised, Edison Phonograph, 1888; (add.info.: New motorised, Edison Phonograph. Wax recording rather than foil, 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

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)

Edison Clockwork Phonograph, 1878
3478813 Edison Clockwork Phonograph, 1878; (add.info.: Edison Clockwork Phonograph. Foil recording 1878.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Man, listening to a recording of Edison Phonograph, 1889
3478807 Man, listening to a recording of Edison Phonograph, 1889; (add.info.: Man, listening to a recording of Edison Phonograph, 1889.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

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)

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"Discovering the Artistry and Diversity of Disks: From Italian Automotive Triumphs to Native Brazilian Tools" Step into a world where disks take on various forms and tell intriguing stories. An Italian automotive triumph captures our attention with its vibrant colors, showcasing the beauty of craftsmanship in a lithograph. Meanwhile, an album cover for Yvette Guilbert from 1894 presents a mesmerizing lithograph on gray-brown wove paper laid down on board, inviting us to explore the artistic depths. But it doesn't stop there – delve into the realm of anatomy as we observe normal lateral and side views of skulls, revealing intricate details like the spinal cord. These disks offer glimpses into human biology and serve as reminders of our mortality. Venturing further, we encounter tools and accessories used by natives in Brazil. These disks shed light on their culture, traditions, and resourcefulness. They speak volumes about their way of life and ignite curiosity about their customs. Travel through time as we witness moments frozen in black-and-white photographs. The members of the Jury at the Grand Prix du Disque in 1933 stand proudly together, united by their passion for music. School reports from different eras provide insights into educational systems across London, Essex, Dorset, Berkshire - snapshots that capture young minds shaping their futures. In this captivating collection spanning artistry to education to cultural heritage, one thing remains constant – each disk holds a story waiting to be discovered. So let your imagination roam free as you embark on this journey through time and space; immerse yourself in these fascinating tales woven within each disk's existence.