Rummaging at the Colwick Market the other week, a chap with a house clearance stall called me over as I … More
Month: December 2011
Dec 30 2011: A Selection of Advertising Images from The Sydney Tourist Guide (May 1971)
Planning a trip to Sydney? Well, these adverts from a May 1971 issue of the weekly Sydney Tourist Guide might … More
Dec 29 2011: Ten Photographs and One Map from Fly Qantas to Hong Kong (Qantas Airlines, c.1964)
Following yesterday’s New Zealand Airlines onboard flight information brochure, today we have a series of photographs (and a map) from … More
Dec 28 2011: Romance Book Cover Illustration by Laurence Houghton (Game, Set & Match, 1982)
I’ve had this acrylic on board painting for a good few years now and according to some handwritten notes on … More
Dec 27 2011: Pat Leonard as Robin Hood in Pantomime (Location Unknown, probably 1950s)
I’ve no idea who Pat Leonard was (though I think we can safely assume she’s the lady in the feathered … More
Dec 26 2011: Three Near-Identical Cover Illustrations Featuring Stags (The Nature Reader, 1929 – 1930)
What better for Boxing Day than a series of identical stags, as featured on the cover of London and Glasgow … More
Dec 25 2011: Christmas Greetings from Television Wales and West (Cardiff and Bristol, c.1965)
Well, it’s a short but very sweet one for today: a very sincere Christmas Greetings card from a period I … More
Dec 24 2011: An Envelope Containing a Small Robin Postcard, Originally Mailed in Nottingham (1950)
An envelope mailed to the village of Papplewick from an unknown area of Nottingham on December 18, 1950, containing a small, entirely blank, … More
Dec 23 2011: Hand-Painted Chinese Postcards Featuring a Snowman, Kite, Anthill and Frog (Undated)
These cards are each painted by hand on fabric, which is then mounted on white card inside hand-drawn borders. As … More
Dec 22 2011: Four Post-War Neo-Gothic Architectural Designs by Rodney Hubbuck (1965)
Rodney Hubbuck, born in 1940, comes from the Hampshire-Sussex border. He studied at Portsmouth School of Art, Bath Academy of … More