‘Everything changes, everything progresses…’ This Gem is a trade card, a business card for companies which would have been distributed...
“Those over there are not giants but windmills.” You’ve probably heard the common phrase ’tilting at windmills’, which, as the...
Meet Biddy who worked for Bemis Bags for 79 years. Introduced as a company trademark in the 1880s for Bemis...
Some mills have miraculous powers. This postcard was produced by the Belgium publisher Marco Marchovici in the early 20th century....
You never know what may lie inside an advertisement. This Gem is a trade card for Washburn Crosby Company Flour...
Mills are often used as a symbol of rebirth. This intriguing Gem is a pre-First World War postcard entitled ‘The...
“Some of the work in a flour mill requires a good deal of muscular strength, and in peace days such...
A supposed French invasion craft designed to cross the channel during the Napoleonic Wars. In the late 1790s, Britain was...
A token used when the country was short of money. In the 18th century, a shortage of coins consistently caused...
A pre-war note which became worthless is now an expensive collector’s item. This paper note is an old form of...
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