Card Collection (#8)

Kaunas Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kaunas Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Vilnius Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Vilnius Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Orlov Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Orlov Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Grodno Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Grodno Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Kaluga Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kaluga Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Kingdom of Poland, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kingdom of Poland, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Ryazan Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Ryazan Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Avgustov Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Avgustov Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Courland Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Courland Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Arkhangelsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Arkhangelsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Plock Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Plock Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Vologoda Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Vologoda Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Warsaw Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Warsaw Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Lifland Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Lifland Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Orenburg Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Orenburg Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Irkutsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Vyatka Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Vyatka Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Tobolsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Tobolsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Penza Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Penza Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Enisei Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Enisei Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Vladimir Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Vladimir Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Mogilev Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Mogilev Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Land of the Don Cossacks, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Land of the Don Cossacks, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Radomsko Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Radomsko Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Voronezh Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Voronezh Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Land of Chukotka and Kamchatka Region, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Land of Chukotka and Kamchatka Region, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Tavrich Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Tavrich Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Lublin Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Lublin Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

kitsch, picture postcard, Happy Easter, Germany, 1902, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available

little baby girl with red dress with fly agaric hat Postcard motive 19th century Germany

Vintage Valentine Day Card

Churston Station, about 1960
This view of Churston station shows the platform for the branch line to Brixham. A porter is sorting out cages, presumably from the fish traffic from the harbour

Leaflet for Club de Memo, ca. 1944. Creators: Unknown, R. C. Lombardi
A light blue paper leaflet for Club de Memo in Los Angeles, California. The leaflet features the clubs name, address and a woman holding bubbles standing in a glass. The back of the leaflet is blank

Paul Daniels, pictured with his parents Hughie and Nancy Daniels at their home in Brotton. 15th September 1976

UB40 celebrating the birthdays of three of their members who have birthdays within the same week - Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan and Mickey Virtue

New Year Greeting Card for "Rat"Year, 1828. Creator: Yanagawa Shigenobu
New Year Greeting Card for " Rat" Year, 1828

The Great Subscription Room at Brookss, St. Jamess Street, London, 1808, (1947)
The Great Subscription Room at Brooks s, St. Jamess Street, London, 1808, (1947). Interior of Brookss gentlemens club showing the segmental barrel vault ceiling

At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her, 1907
At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her, from Alices Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1907 (colour lithograph)

Postcard of Women Being Spanked at the Beach. ca. 1916, HAVING A SPANKING GOOD TIME ON THE FLORIDA COAST

Thated Cottages & Church, Cavendish, Suffolk, England

Christmas card dating from 1953
This cartoon card was issued by the Ealing Film Studios in 1953. The sender of the card worked on the comedy railway film The Titfield Thunderbolt and sent it to an employee of the GWR

Christmas card sent by Swindon Works General Stores, 1950
The illustration on this jolly card shows essential equipment being handed out to station staff from a travelling stores van

Christmas card celebrating the record run of the Cheltenham Flyer, 1932
This card, sent for Christmas 1932, celebrates the Worlds Fastest Train. On 12th September 1932 a GWR train hauled by locomotive Montgomery Castle broke the speed record

Christmas card from Newport Superintendents Office, 1937
The GWRs Superintendents Office in Newport was the sender of this card in celebration of Christmas 1937 and the New Year of 1938

Vintage postcard with Eiffel Tower Paris, France, circa 1914

postcard, kitsch, two children with a coffee grinder, Girl and boy, 1890 / Postkarte, Kitsch, zwei Kinder mit einer Kaffeemuehle, Maedchen und Junge, 1890, Historisch, historical

Vintage animal zoological illustration art plate from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875)

Vintage animal zoological illustration art plate from Illustrations of Indian zoology (1830-1834) by John Edward Gray (1800-1875)

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