Collection Of Objects Collection

Audience Of One
circa 1926: A solitary member of the public seated in front of a band stand, listening to the brass band. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Hotel Kitchens
The chefs and staff in the restaurant kitchen of the Hotel Cecil. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Bathing At Southsea
1900: Holidaymakers enjoy mixed bathing at Southsea, in the sea with a line of bathing machines along the shore. (Photo by William Davis/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Decommissioned Tanks
May 1958: British tanks which took part in the defeat of Germany at the end of World War II, lie piled on top of each other at a scrapyard in Hamburg, waiting to be broken up and recycled

Tank Graveyard
May 1958: British tanks which took part in the defeat of Germany at the end of World War II, lie piled on top of each other at a scrapyard in Hamburg, waiting to be broken up and recycled

Mothballed Boeing B17 and Consolidated B24 Planes Graveyard
31st July 1975: Mothballed Boeing B17 and Consolidated B24 planes at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas after being declared obsolete by the US Air Force. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Cuddly Bears
28th August 1950: Hundreds of teddy-bears are produced at Ealontoys Ltd of Kings Cross in London for sale to Christmas shoppers. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Bargain Shoes
1962: Shoes being sold at bargain prices at Walworth Market, London, before the traditional site is closed for redevelopment into a modern glass covered site

Pineapple Stall
1912: A stall selling pineapples at Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Petticoat Lane
7th April 1925: A dentifrice stall - a typical scene of punters and traders at Londons Petticoat Lane market. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Doll Stall
Children admire the dolls on a street stall in Berlin. (Photo by Otto Haeckel/Getty Images)

Odd One Out
circa 1930: A line of ceramic pots at the entrance to the Indo-Chinese Pavilion at the Exhibition International, Paris. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Easter Lilies
circa 1930: Peddlers on Union Square, New York selling easter lilies from Bermuda for the Easter festival. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Basket Place
circa 1930: An Egyptian basket seller displays his wares. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Shoemaker
circa 1930: An Egyptian shoe maker plies his trade in the marketplace. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Egg Packing
circa 1930: A farm worker packs eggs. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Matzo Mountain
Two elderly Jewish bakers inspect an enormous stack of matzos, unleavened bread loaves baked for the festival of Passover. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Doll Factory
1928: A woman sewing dolls heads on to cloth bodies. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Japanese Welcome
1st September 1925: A crowd of Japanese aviation enthusiasts waiting at Berlin to welcome flyers en route for London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Derby Jam
1929: A view of Tattenham Corner at the Epsom Derby, with densely packed cars and charabancs. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Limited Headroom
12th August 1925: A Covent Garden carman crossing a temporary Waterloo Bridge, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Car Parts
Stacks of motor car parts at the Opel Works. (Photo by James Abbe/Getty Images)

Flying The Carp
May 1920: The Chinese custom of Flying the Carp, the fish of Good Omen, on the Boys Festival in early May. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Barons Flying Circus
Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Barons aerodrome, or Flying Circus, operating from an airfield in France. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Telephonists
circa 1930: Operators at the switchboard of the American Telephone and Telegraph Companys long distance exchange. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Wedding Crowds
February 1928: Wedding crowds at St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Quality Toppers
Finished top hats, with their crowns protected with paper are carried by a worker at Messrs Lincoln Bennetts in south-east London

Street Library
circa 1930: People read at a street library in Hong Kong, where for a very small payment books are available for reading on the spot. To the left, hats are blocked. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Hat Buying
circa 1930: A customer buying a straw hat at a Japanese shop. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Hat Bleaching
1929: A couple of women putting out hats to bleach at a manufacturers in Luton. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Harrow Boaters
circa 1930: A man carrying a bundle of boaters due for renovation at Harrow School. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Sun Circle
circa 1935: A circle of children wearing identical sun-hats lying in the sun. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

War Medals
13th March 1946: A collection of campaign stars from World War II. (Photo by Bush/Express/Getty Images)

Main Street Parking
1946: View of Main Street, with automobiles lined up in the road and parked along the curb, Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania. A man stands and reads the newspaper on the sidewalk

Stroudsburg Parking
August 1946: View of automobiles lined up in the street, with others parked by the curb in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by H. D. Barlow/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Prop Shop Bikes
4th January 1946: Tagged bicycles in the Warner Brothers Film Studios Prop Shop. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Straw Hats
circa 1928: Workers at a hat manufacturers in Luton carrying piles of mens straw hats, which were in demand due to a heatwave. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Does It Suit Me ?
April 1926: A worker tries on one of the Panama hats made at a Luton factory. A pile of them are waiting to be put on the bleaching racks behind her. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Straw Boaters
July 1928: A pile of straw boaters being carried by an employee at a hatters. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Shoe Shopping
A woman window shopping for shoes at Dolcis. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A New Hat
circa 1928: Shopping for hats in a department store, possibly Harrods of London, during their Great Summer Sale. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Los Alamos Caravans
Caravans in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the site of Atom bomb tests. (Photo by Doreen Spooner/Getty Images)

Naval Review
15th June 1953: The fleet assembles at Spithead for the Coronation Naval Review by Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Plaster Maple Leafs
circa 1955: Plaster Maple leaves, fresh from their moulds. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Cestas
circa 1950: Basket-like cestas which are worn on the hand to catch the ball during a game of Jai Alai. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Saintly Hands
circa 1955: Arms and hands await connection to holy bodies at the Plaster Saint Factory of Biagiotti in New York. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Celebrity Hang Out
circa 1950: The waxwork heads of various celebrities sit on a table waiting to be repaired or melted down at Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, London. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Shakespearian Gifts
circa 1950: Souvenirs of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)

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