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.
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.
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
Sunday 29 December 2013
Thursday 26 December 2013
Monday 23 December 2013
Monday 16 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
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
Rema Tip Top Patches
Patches to repair anything made from rubber such as hot water bottles, overshoes and garden hose.
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