English Text Collection

View of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway from Church Street
1198422 View of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway from Church Street, Taken on the Opening Day, May 3rd 1830, c

Government Notice - For Lawlor and Black, c1854, (1902). The Eureka Stockade was a miners revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II

Map of the City of Dublin, 1797
Map of the City of Dublin, Ireland. Published in 1797, this map includes details of the canals being built at the time

New Power Stations, advert for British Electricity, 1951. Artist: Norman Wilkinson
New Power Stations, advert for British Electricity, 1951

A London and North Eastern Railway poster advertising east coast journeys to Scotland
1198172 A London and North Eastern Railway poster advertising east coast journeys to Scotland, (colour lithograph) by Gawthorn

Advertising poster for the Flying Boats of Imperial Airways
1198131 Advertising poster for the Flying Boats of Imperial Airways, 1937 (offset colour lithograph) by English School

Advert for Barkers of Kensington, 1951. From a guide to the Festival of Britain, 1951

Posters warning those guilty of illegal oaths were liable to deportation, (1834), 1934
Posters warning that people found guilty of uttering illegal oaths were liable to deportation, 1834

Gleneagles Golf Course, Howe O Hope, c. 1912 (colour lithograph)
1197975 Gleneagles Golf Course, Howe O Hope, c. 1912 (colour lithograph) by English School, (20th century); 101x152 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

A Southern Railway poster advertising Ramsgate, 1939 (colour lithograph)
1769905 A Southern Railway poster advertising Ramsgate, 1939 (colour lithograph) by Kenneth Shoesmith (1890-1939) & Verney L

Rye Beach, New Hampshire Postcard. ca. 1903, Rye Beach, New Hampshire Postcard

New West Baden Springs Hotel Postcard. ca. 1888-1905, New West Baden Springs Hotel Postcard

Marilyn Monroe Wearing a Potato Sack
(Original Caption) The most torrid thing to hit Hollywood since the days of the first Blonde Bomshell Jean Harlow is the scintillating Marilyn Monroe

Joe Medwick Wearing Cardinals Uniform

Wayne Gretzky Lifts the Stanley Cup Trophy
Edmonton Oilers team captain Wayne Gretzky lifts the Stanley Cup high over his head after the Oilers beat the New York Islanders, 5-2, to win the 1984 Stanley Cup series

Daily News Headlines During 1987 Stock Market Crash
1987 Stock Market Crash. Headlines: New York Daily News. Tuesday Oct. 20, 1987. ***** EDITORIAL USE ONLY--WITH CAUTION ******

White Women Protesting Desegregation
Mrs. Lee Hooks and other white housewives demonstrate against planned desegregation at William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans

Eminent Artists - G Delgado, Ltd. 1935. From Decorative Art 1935 - Year-Book of The Studio, by C.G. Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1935]

Sloppy Joes Bar, Havana, Cuba, 1951. The world famous Sloppy Joes welcomed tourists for over four decades, and offered over 80 cocktails in addition to the bars own brand of 12 year old rum

Crowds of Demonstrators at Vietnam War Protest
Demonstrators carry banners and signs during a Vietnam War protest in New York's Central Park on April 15, 1967

The Lamb, 1789 (hand-coloured relief-etching, watercolour)
985824 The Lamb, 1789 (hand-coloured relief-etching, watercolour) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 19.8x12.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lamb. Plate 7 from Songs of Innocence)

The Battle of Marathon. A Poem, 1820. The Battle of Marathon by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). Printed for W Lindsell, 87 Wimpole street, Cavendish Square. From The Connoisseur Volume XXIV

The Whole Family Beer Advertisement. ca. 1941, An advertisement for Mathie Ruder Brewing Company

A view of the West Gate in Newcastle upon Tyne, from the West, c1780, (1905). Creator
A view of the West Gate in Newcastle upon Tyne, from the West, c1780 (1905)

An Inside View of the Town Wall of Newcastle upon Tyne, c1760-90. Creator: Unknown
An Inside View of the Town Wall of Newcastle upon Tyne, c1760-90. Near St. Andrews Church, between Newgate and Westgate, with a Tower, at present the Meeting House of the Company of Paviors

Linotype & Machinery Ltd. advert, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXI. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Front cover of a guide to the Festival of Britain, 1951. Between May and September 1951 a grand exhibition was held throughout Great Britain

Letter from Queen Mary (1542-1587) to the Abbot of Dunfermline
Letter from Queen Mary to the Abbot of Dunfermline. A letter from Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) to George Durie (died 1577) Abbot of Dumfermling

Sir Stuart (Steuart) Baileys Statue, Dalhousie Square, Calcutta, c1910. Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley (1836-1925) was a British civil servant and Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from 1887-1890

A Peter Pan map of Kensington Gardens, 1923 (colour litho)
1198174 A Peter Pan map of Kensington Gardens, 1923 (colour litho) by Gill, Leslie MacDonald (Max) (1884-1947); 102x127 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Gill)

Title page and opening page from the Kelmscott Press edition of
985837 Title page and opening page from the Kelmscott Press edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1896 (woodcut on vellum) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98) & Morris

Her Majesty Queen Victorias First Entry into Brighton Oct
985719 Her Majesty Queen Victorias First Entry into Brighton Oct

A Map of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1576 (hand-coloured engraving)
985982 A Map of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1576 (hand-coloured engraving) by Saxton

Gowns - A Study, by Lady Beatrice Graham, 1907. Artist: Soldan & Co
Gowns - A Study, by Lady Beatrice Graham, 1907. Printed with Mander Brothers inks. From The British Printer Vol. XX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1907]

Rafael Sabatini, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950), Italian/English writer of novels of romance and adventure, 1937. Cigarette card 30 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

The Lobster Quadrille Postcard by Charles Folkard. ca. 1921, The Lobster Quadrille Postcard by Charles Folkard

Map of India in 1857, c1912.'Map of India in 1857, c1912. From The Romance of India, edited by Herbert Strang. [Hodder & Stoughton, London, c1912]

Gleneagles Golf Course, Heich O Fash, c. 1912 (colour lithograph)
CH1197974 Gleneagles Golf Course, Heich O Fash, c. 1912 (colour lithograph) by English School, (20th century); 102x151 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Visit India, Udaipur, an advertising poster for Indian State Railways (colour lithograph)
1770007 Visit India, Udaipur, an advertising poster for Indian State Railways (colour lithograph) by Bylityllis, W. S

Poster advertising travel between Hamburg and New York with the shipping company Cunard (colour lithograph)
1770121 Poster advertising travel between Hamburg and New York with the shipping company Cunard (colour lithograph) by Bohrdt

New York City views, (1941?). Creator: Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc
New York City views, (1941?)

Standard Oil Monopoly Political Cartoon by C.J. Taylor
An editorial cartoon depicting Standard Oil president John D. Rockefeller as the "King of the World"

Illustrated Political Cartoon: Corporate Greed as Octopus
(Original Caption) 6/27/1882 - Corporate greed octopus gobbles up freight for Great Railroad while unemployed handlers look on. Cartoon 1882

Thor: Electric Washing Machine - Chas E. Beck & Co. Ltd, 1920. Creator: Unknown
Thor: Electric Washing Machine - The Bugbear of Washing-day and the solution - Chas E. Beck & Co. Ltd. 1920

Revolt of the Beavers, New York, 1937. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935

Portraits of Convicted Abraham Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
(Original Caption) The Principal Conspirators. Reproduction photos of eight of Lincoln's conspirators

Standard Oil Horse Drawn Wagon On Old St
One of Standard Oil Company's (later Amoco Corporation) first tank wagons

The Betsy Ross House
(Original Caption) Exterior view of Betsy Ross's house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Undated photograph

Early Locomotive
William Galloway Locomotive

This is the House that Polk Built Editorial Cartoon
Circa 1846 cartoon against the Mexican War and President James Polk

Rally Spirits of 76 Handbill
POSTER EXHORTING CITIZENS OF LEOMINSTER, MASS. TO A JULY 8, 1854 ANTI-SOUTH RALLY AGAINST THE "NEBRASKA INIQUITY"

Title Page from the Origin of Species
(Original Caption) 1859-Title page of Charles Darwin's revolutionary book, "The Origin of the Species, " published in 1859

Louisa May Alcott
(Original Caption) Louisa May Alcott, ca. 1860

Early Chatham Square Site
(Original Caption) New York: Chatham Square, New York City

Coffee Advertisement By Jenkins and Company
(Original Caption) Advertisement for Akbar Coffee by Jenkins and Company. Ad shows clipper ship. BPA2# 11

W.G Taylors Patent Power Loom Calico Machine Engraving
W.G. TAYLORS PATENT POWER LOOM CALICO MACHINE. OBTAINED THE PRIZE MEDAL 1862.UNDATED ENGRAVING

19th-Century Print of Rioters Attacking Brownstones
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863

Richard Owen
British paleontologist and anatomist Richard Owen, who contributed to the study of fossils and opposed the views of Charles Darwin

Handbill for Magnetic Oil
(Original Caption) Poster advertising rheumatic oil, ca. 1870

Railroad Ticket Office
The ticket office and ticket agents of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in a large unnamed Western City. After 1876 this railroad was reorganized as the subsidiary St

The Progress of the Century by Currier & Ives
(Original Caption) "The progress of the century." Printing press, telegraph, railroad, steam engine. Lithograph by Currier and Ives, 1876

New York City Police officers pose in front of the 20th Precinct Station

"Cap" Anson, Famed Baseball Player
Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson was known in later years as "Pop" Anson

George Eastman as Model for New Film
(Original Caption) 1884- George Eastman was himself the model for tests of the experimental American film, and scrawled across it the identification and date 1884

A Monopoly that Requires Crushing by Grant Hamilton
Political Cartoon of Tidewater Pipe Line fighting with Standard Oil

Lithograph of a A Colored Preacher by Charles Stanley Reinhart
(Original Caption) 1889- "A Colored Preacher." Lithograph, 1889

Sign of a Secondhand Store
(Original Caption) Sign on a second handstore in Louisiana. Undated Photograph. BPA 2 #2339

Ritter Painless Dental Offices
(Original Caption) New York, NY: The Ritter Painless Dental Company: Brooklyn dental parlour which doesn't hide its accomplishments. Photo, ca. 1890

Poster Hanger Hanging Posters
(Original Caption) Poster hanger in Chicago. Photographed by Krausz, 1891. BPA 2 #5

Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi and his associates pose in front of his law offices in South Africa

Indian Statue in Front of Cigar Store
(Original Caption) Wooden Indian with hand in front of his eyes, frontal view, in front of University Cigar Emporium. Note luncheon menu with prices at right. Photo ca. 1895. BPA2# 5057

Suffragist Parade in New York
Grand Marshall Inez Milholland leads a procession of 30, 000 marchers in New York during a suffragist parade

Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog No.105
Cover of a Sears Roebuck & Co. Consumer's Guide, Fall 1897

General View of a Prairie Schooner
(Original Caption) "Prairie Schooner." Ashville, North Carolina. Undated stereoscope photograph

First Letter Carried by Pony Express
(Original Caption) Facsimile of the first letter carried over the plains by the Pony Express, bearing the news of the election of President Abraham Lincoln. November 8, 1860. BPA2# 5157

World War I Notice From German Embassy
(Original Caption) WWI notice from the German embassy in Washington, DC advising that passage on the Atlantic on ships flying the British colors is to be undertaken at the travellers own risk

Hand Shaped Sign Advertising for a Midwife
(Original Caption) Finger pointing sign--Advertisement for midwife. BPA 2 #28

Title Page of Poor Richard's Almanac
(Original Caption) Poor Richard's Almanac, 1733. Titlepage. BPA2 #5408

Early Version of a Vacuum Cleaner
(Original Caption) Beginning of the vacuum cleaner. Movable gadget as wheeled up to house for a cleaning job, ca. 1900, photograph. BPA 2 #5184

Texaco Service Station
(Original Caption) New York, NY: A gas station in New York City when gas was 11 2/10 cents. Tremont Avenue and Dock Street in the Bronx. (Clear with Bernice Abbot.) Photograph

Jesse James Wanted Poster Nailed to Tree Trunk
A wanted poster offering a "$500 Reward For the Arrest and Conviction of Jesse James, St. Louis Midland Railroad"

Dice and Chips on Craps Table
Close up view of dice and chips on craps table

Psalm 95 Taking Form of Christmas Tree
Psalm 95 written in the form of a tree. Undated illlustration

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"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of English Text: From Historic Maps to Vintage Postcards and Advertisements" Step into a world where words come alive through captivating visuals. Delve into the past with "Map of the City of Dublin, 1797, " immersing yourself in the streets that once echoed with history. Feel the allure of travel as you gaze upon the vibrant colors of "A Southern Railway poster advertising Ramsgate, 1939 (colour lithograph), " beckoning you to embark on an unforgettable journey. Witness progress unfold before your eyes with "New Power Stations, advert for British Electricity, 1951. " The artist Norman Wilkinson's masterpiece captures both innovation and beauty in one frame. Uncover stories hidden within posters like "Posters warning those guilty of illegal oaths were liable to deportation, (1834), 1934, " reminding us of a time when justice took different forms. Transport yourself across continents through postcards such as "Rye Beach, New Hampshire Postcard. Ca. 1903" or "New West Baden Springs Hotel Postcard. Ca. 1888-1905. " These snapshots freeze moments in time and allow us to glimpse into different eras. Feel the energy pulsating from iconic locations like Sloppy Joes Bar in Havana, Cuba during its heyday in 1951 or experience South Africa's vastness through "A Map of the Union of South Africa, 1931 (colour litho). " Each piece tells a unique story waiting to be discovered. Celebrate historical milestones like Her Majesty Queen Victoria's First Entry into Brighton Oct or plan your own adventure with enticing offers showcased by A London and North Eastern Railway poster advertising east coast journeys to Scotland or Advertising poster for the Flying Boats of Imperial Airways. Finally, immerse yourself in artistry with masterpieces such as "The Lamb, 1789 (hand-coloured relief-etching, watercolour).