Tuesday, 31 December 2013

MISCELLANEOUS BUREAU



December's bureau is home to various old items from my collection that have not been featured in any previous themed bureaus. Contents include: art materials, tins, combs, receipts, decorative papers, cine film, handkerchiefs and shoe segs.

Monday, 30 December 2013

Pathe Baby Film Cassettes


9.5mm Pathe Baby film cassettes from the 1920s, for use with the Kodak Pathe Baby projector.

Ladies' Handkerchiefs



1940s Hair Slides


Price Labels


Old fruit and vegetable price labels from Gardeners Market Sundries which is the oldest family run business in the Spitalfields area of London. They specialise in the sale and distribution of paper bags. www.gardnersbags.co.uk

Monday, 23 December 2013

Saturday, 14 December 2013

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Paley Johnson's Handkerchief


Dr Paley Johnson M.A enjoyed photography in his spare time. He worked at the Royal Institution,
21, Albemarle Street London and he had links with Cambridge University. This is all that I could glean from a couple of his belongings found at the flea market.

Monday, 9 December 2013

Leftovers



Found at the end of the flea market, salvaged from the ground before the market workers threw them away.

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Ric Rac


Hanging Pocket



The reverse of the pocket has a square insert for an identity card. Perhaps it was used in the military.

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Blakey's Segs Shoe Studs


Rema Tip Top Patches


Patches to repair anything made from rubber such as hot water bottles, overshoes and garden hose.

Taylor's Zinc Oxide Plaster