CLASSIC DIVE BOOKS
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COLLECTIBLE PICTURE CARDS Full sets, where the theme is diving or anything 'underwater'. | ||||
THE
SEA - OUR OTHER WORLD
Brooke Bond Picture Cards - 50 Stories of ... Produced by Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd (of the UK). Printed by The Berkshire Printing Co. Ltd, Reading, Berks. (England). Published 1974
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EXPLORING THE OCEANS
Brooke Bond Picture Cards in a set of 48.
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WUNDER AUS
ALLER WELT (Google Translation: Miracles from all Over
The World)
Published by: Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co, Switzerland in 1931 Hard blue cover with gold embossed titling 55 pages, not numbered . Dimensions: 25 cms tall by 21.5 cms wide .To hold collectors cards. The album of stickers is published by the Nestle company in Switzerland. It is the second album issued and contains series 26 to 50. Series 27 is entitled "Ins Meer Hinab", which translates to "Down in the Sea" (Google), in other words diving. There are 12 stickers, instantly recognisable from the Heinke and Drager manuals and catalogues. When viewed, each pair of pages cover each subject, the left hand page contains the text (in German), while the right hand side shows the set of 12 cards. Each card measures roughly 5.5 cms tall by 4 cms wide and is stuck inside in three rows of four. The 12 cards in series 27 show divers in various forms of diving dress through history including standard equipment and atmospheric suits employed doing various tasks. The other subjects covered in the book include jellyfish, cloud formations, landscapes, tribal masks, insects, wild flowers, mountains through time, power from water, tropical fish, Egyptian history, space, polar life, shipping, birds plus much more. [pt] .... |
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LIFE IN THE NAVY
Published by: WD & HO Wills (Imperial Tobacco), UK in 1939 Soft illustrated covers 18 printed pages (not numbered) . Dimensions: 12.5 cms tall by 19 cms wide.
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DEEP SEA DIVING
Produced by John Players and Sons in the UK.
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DEEP SEA DIVING
Issued by Jacques Belgian Chocolate in 1958 (Second Series)
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UNDERWATER ADVENTURE
Issued by the Anglo American Chewing Gum Ltd, UK in 1966.
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ADVENTURERS
AND EXPLORERS
Issued by Brooke Bond tea in the UK in 1973 Written by Tim Severin, Illustrated by John Beswick. This is a set of 50 cards published showing explorers and great people from the 12th century including Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan and up to people in the 20th century like Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gargarin. Cards number 47 and 48 are devoted to diving subjects. Card 47 is Auguste Piccard (1844 to 1962) and the picture shows his deep submersible Trieste. Card 48 depicts Jacques Cousteau and the picture shows his yellow diving saucer and a couple of scuba divers. The reverse of each card has a brief overview of the person in question, cards are small in format, some in landscape format, some in portrait and have dimensions 6.8 cms tall by 3.7 cms wide. As with all Brooke Bond card collections, they published an album to enable the collector to save the cards glued inside. The text on the back is repeated by each card in the album plus more information embelishes the subjects. There is even a small representation of divers on the album cover, showing Cousteau's diving saucer. [pt] [Album is top right] |
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THIS MECHANIZED
AGE (First Issue)
Issued by Godfrey Phillips Ltd in the UK in 1936. Here are two cards issued in the set of cigarette cards known as "Thos Mechanized Age". Card number 1 shows an atmospheric diving suit and card number 17 shows the Davis Submarine Escape Apparatus. The reverse of each card has a potted description of the apparatus shown on the front. Cards measure 6.5 cms tall by 3.5 cms wide and have an adhesive surface on the back to enable them to be stuck in the appropriate album. Other card subjects include the Zeplin, the Queen Mary, The Mersey Tunnel, A floating battle tank, The Flying Scotsman and Battersea Power Station. I believe a second issue with the same name was published in 1937 but as far as I know no diving content. [pt]
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TREASURE TROVE
Published by W A & A C Churchman's in the UK in 1937 This set of 50 cards includes three with diving interest. Numbers 14 and 15 deal with the recovery of the Gold from the Egypt - once showing someone going down in the observation chamber while the second shows the gold being emptied from the grab. Card number 50 is titled "Pearls - The Treasure Trove of the Sea" and shows a diver kneeling on the sea bed by pearl shells and there is an inset of the Southern Cross found in 1883 at Baldwin, Western Australia. "Pearl diving" in the explanation on the reverse mentions ancient diving for pearls in India and the Persian Gulf also mentioned is modern diving (at that time) in Australia. Other cards in the set include the gold from King Tutankhamen, an ancient helmet found in the Thames plus many others. These cards measure 6.5 cms tall by 3.5 cms wide but around the same time, the company issued some larger format cards, I think in packs of cigars. The set was just a series of 12 but numbers 10 and 11 are identical to the smaller ones mentioned on the Egypt. These larger cards measure 8 cms tall by 6 cms wide. [pt] |
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THE NAVY AT
WORK
Published in 1937 by WA & AC Churchman (Imperial Tobacco) in the UK This is a set of 48 cards issused by Churchman cigarettes in the UK in 1937, entitled "The Navy at Work". Each card represents a trade in the Navy - as well as a photo of a man at work doing his job, each card shows the relevant trade badge. Included is card number 36 which is a diver, showing a diver in standard gear used at the time and the diver badge. Cards are quite large in format, measuring 5.5 cms wide by 7 cms tall. Other trades in the 48 card set include "Seaman Torpedoman", "Advanced Class Boys", "Seaman Gunner", "Stoker" and "yeoman of Signals". The card showing the trade and badge of the "Supply Rating" shows the daily rum ration being distributed. [pt] |
WONDERS OF
THE WORLD
Issued by D C Thompson & Co Ltd (Publications) in the UK in 1930. This is a card from an original set of 20, I believe given free in Wizard comic in 1930 in the UK. This card shows the diver at work. The reverse of the card gives a very brief overview of the diver, saying at that time, "he could work up to 200 feet" and this card shows the diver using a gas cutting torch. This is the only card showing a diver, other cards included: The Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Bessimer Converter (for making steel), a giant cactus in Arizona, the Panama Canal and the Grand Canyon. [pt] |
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ADVENTURE
PICTURES
Issued by D C Thompson & Co Ltd (Publications) in the UK in c1930. I understand this series of cards were given away by publishers D C Thompson with various juvenile publications. I don't know how many cards were in this set as it is not numbered and I have only ever found this single one at an antiques fair. This card is entitled "Diver's Peril" and shows a diver, knife drawn, being attacked by a "Devil Fish" or large octopus. The card is relatively large frmat measuring 8.5 cms tall by 5.5 cms wide. On the reverse is text depicting this and other "perils" a diver faces - all in a days work! [pt]
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FLAGS OF THE
EMPIRE
Issued by W D & H O Wills Cigarettes in the UK in 1929 Issued in packs of Cigarette, these cards had 25 in the set. Each card has a flag of a country in the British Empire and a scene from life in the British Royal Navy. Card number 16 shows the flag of St Helena with a main picture of a diver in standard gear, standing on a ladder with three attendants looking on. On the reverse of each card contains a brief overview of the country and an even briefer text about the main picture. [pt]
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TRADE CARDS
A ‘trade card' was a small cards, similar to the visiting cards exchanged in social circles, that businesses would distribute to clients and potential customers. Trade cards first became popular at the beginning of the 17th century in London. These functioned as advertising and also as maps or guides directing the public to merchants' stores, as no formal street address numbering system existed at the time. In some respects, the trade card is a forerunner of the modern business card. Some businesses began to create increasingly sophisticated designs, especially with the development of color printing. A few companies specialized in producing stock cards, usually with an image on one side and space on the other side for the business to add its own information. As the designs became more attractive and colorful, collecting trade cards became a popular hobby in the late 19th century, since color images were not yet widely available. In its original sense, the word ‘trade' in ‘trade card' refers to its use by the proprietor of a business to announce his trade, or line of business. By moving into the realm of collecting, trade cards gave rise to the trading card, the meaning now shifting to the exchange or trade of cards by enthusiasts. Some cards, particularly those produced by tobacco companies featuring sportsmen, or activities, or animals etc., later developed into collectibles and lost their function as a business advertisement. (From Wikipedia) |
A. BROCHARD,
Car Dealer
Issued by A Brochard in Paris c1900 Dimensions: 12 cms wide by 8.2 cms tall The front of the card roughy translates to "Submarine Cars" and I think the card is for a car dealer but my Friench is very poor. The reverse of the card seems to cover a multitude of items like petrol, sponges, insecticide and perfume. (If anyone who has a command of French could explain, I would be grateful?) [pt]
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AECHT FRANCK
COFFEE
Germany c 1910 The card is 10.7 cms wide by 6.9 cms tall. It is one in a series of cards, and headed "Wie sich niedere tiere vor Gefahr schutzen" which Google translates as "How to protect against risk of lower animals". The card is No.4 Der Tintenfisch which translates as The Squid. |
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CHICORY
Issued by C Beriot in Paris c1900 Dimensions: 6.7 cms wide by 10.3 cms tall This seems a strange subject for chicory, a picture of divers working on a wreck performing salvage and discovering victims. The text on the reverse of the card says how much the taste of coffee is improved if chicory is added but if someone knows more, please let me know? [pt]
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COCOA AND
CHOCOLATE
Issued by Bensdorp in Amsterdam, Holland, c1900 Dimensions: 10 cms wide by 7 cms tall This is a set of six small trade cards published by the chocolate company of Bensdorp in Holland around 1900. As far as I know, there are only 6 cards in the set, they are not numbered or dated and I think they were issues at the same time but I may be wrong. The set of six depicts a breath hold spong diver, presumably in the mediterranean, a bell diver, a couple of cards showing salvage work (including removing an underwater obstruction), a diver defending himself against a shatk and finally a diver climbing back into a boat. [pt] . . |
FRY'S COCOA
Issued by J. S. Fry & Sons Limited c1910 Printed by: Barclay & Fry Ltd, London S. E. Dimensions 8.7 cms wide by 14 cms tall This is a postcard produced by Fry's in the UK round about 1910. The picture shows a diver coming across various Fry's cocoa products on the sea bed and is aptly entitled "The Diver's Lucky Find". The card is really nicely made as the divers helmet and hatchet blade seems to glow like gold leaf - it may even be that. Other cards were issued in the series but I do know this one is very rare. The reverse of the card is actually a postcard with space for the address to the right and written text to the left. [pt] |
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GUERIN-BOUTRON
CHOCOLATE
Issued in France c1900 Dimensions: 7 cms wide by 10.5 cms tall I think these were published in France, this card being number 15 of a series of 72 (this is the only card I have in the series). The picture shows two divers performing some form of salvage operation. Note that nothing is printed on the reverse. [pt]
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GUINNESS
Issued by Guinness, printed by: Dollard in Dublin (Republic of Ireland) c1959 Dimensions: 10 cms wide by 15 cms tall This is a postcard produced by Guinness in the Republic of Ireland in the late 1950's. The theme of the advertising campaign at the time was that Guinness gave you strength and this card shows a scuba diver ballancing a whale on his finger. The cylinder on the divers back is a bottle of Guinness and the hose from the bottle goes straight into his mouth. The reverse of the card is actually a postcard with space for the address to the right and written text to the left. [pt] |
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HAPPY THOUGHT
CHEWING TOBACCO
Published in the USA in 1920 Dimensions: 14 cms wide by 9 cms tall. This is a trade card for Happy Thought chewing tobacco that is in the form of a postcard from the USA around 1920. "Of all the Treasures Buried Deep, That Dives Long Have Sought, This One at Last the Prize Has Found, A Bag of "Happy Thought". Why finding a pack of chewing tobacco would give you a "happy thought" escapes me! [pt] |
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GEO E SHERWOOD
JEWELLER
Waterloo New York c1880 Dimensions: 10.8 cms wide by 6.2 cms tall This trade card was issued by a Jeweller to advertise Boss patent gold watch cases. The front shows a diver and wreck and a huge gold watch case. The reverse discusses the merits of the product. [pt] Click here for back of card. |
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LIEBIG MEAT
EXTRACTS
Issued by the Liebig Company, c1910 Dimensions: 11 cms wide by 7.2 cms tall . Although I only have one card, I believe this was in a set of 6 and within the set, this card could be the only one showing a diver but I may be wrong. The Leibig company I believe was German but this card was published by the Leibig company in Antwerp, Belgium (see the scan of the reverse side). The front of the card shows a diver working on the bottom of the sea in the top right corner and the main picture is a diver on the ladder of a dive boat. The subject matter is amber diving and on the reverse is a description in German. [pt] Click here for back of card
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LIEBIG MEAT
EXTRACTS (OXO)
Issued by the Liebig Company c1920 Dimensions: 11 cms wide by 7.2 cms tall This is one card in the set of six published in a series about dangerous jobs. This card shows three salvage divers working on a wreck. Although the Leibig company I believe was a German company, this set was published in French. Other trades included in the set are: firemen, sailors of sailing ships, workers in a metal foundry, steeple jacks and high tension power cable workers. The subject matter is on the reverse is a description in French. Note the appearance of the OXO trade name. [pt] Click on here for back of card.
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MAURICE ALTMANN
Issued in France c1860 Dimensions 10 cms wide by 6.5 cms tall This trade card seems to be for fabric & furnishing stores in France but I stand to be corrected. The front picture shows a diver clutching a large box while another diver looks on fron the water surface. The non diver is dripping wet and his top hat is on the floor. Not sure what is actually going on here? [pt] Click to see reverse of card. |
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WHITBREAD
BEER
Issued in the UK in 1987 Dimensions: 15 cms wide by 10 cms tall This depicts a diver with Whitbread beer bottles set up as a twin set, the rather scruffy diver is set to go explore the wreck with the masts sticking out of the water. This is a postcard given away by Whitbread breweries in the UK as a "Summer Splash" competition. All you had to do was put your name and address on the back and post the card - it was post pre-paid. Don't know what the prizes were but they were listed within the supermarket. [pt] |
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NAVY
The Diver's Return. Postmarked Lancaster (England),
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TUCK OILETTE POSTCARDS.
Pictures of front and back of six Oilette postcards plus a single postcard (far left, vertical) made from a photo on HMS Camperdown in the late 1890's. Click on images to enlarge. PS - the diver in the top,left card has got to be a relative of mine - a spitting image of me !! Raphael Tuck were major post
card publishers and introduced the Oilette Series of paintings on post
cards in 1903. These were organised in sets and all cards in the same set
have the same number, and would have been issued at the same time.
Tuck took the monochrome photo and produced an oil painting in colour to
produce the cards, well I think that's what they did?
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TUCK
POSTCARDS
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EXHIBITION BROCHURE | WELCOME ABOARD - AUSTRALIAN
CLEARANCE DIVING TEAM FOUR
From the back of the A5 colour glossy pamphlet: Australian Clearance Diving Team Four is one of two commissioned Clearance Diving Teams in the Royal Australian Navy. They are the Australian Defence Force's specialist divers, who operate in-service diving equipment to the maximum permissible depths. They also conduct explosive ordnance disposal for the Navy and are capable of locating and destroying or recovering underwater ordnance or maritime assets. The Australian Clearance Diving Branch was created in 1951 and for many years much of its activities were based on the east coast of Australia. Then, in 1962, a Reserve Diving Team was formed at HMAS Leeuwin in Fremantle. Eventually, this unit was absorbed into Australian Clearance Diving Team Four when it was established as an operational unit at HMAS Stirling in 1978. Australian Clearance Diving Team Four has always been at the forefront of operational activity. Between 1980-95, it provided personnel to the counter-terrorist squadron of the Special Air Service Regiment. Personnel from the Team also formed the bulk of the specially formed Clearance Diving Team that served in the 1991 Gulf War. Team members also deployed to East Timor as part of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET) in 1999. O{1 1 December 2001, Australian Clearance Diving Team Four became a commissioned unit of the Royal Australian Navy. The Team consists of a headquarters elem~nt and three operational elements that specialise in tactical operations, mine counter measures and battle damage repair. All elements are capable of performing explosives disposal and can be deployed independently or as a combined task unit. The Team operates specialised diving and explosive ordnance disposal equipment that enables it to locate and dispose of modern mines that feature sophisticated arming and targeting systems. Australian Clearance Diving Team Four personnel are also trained in field craft and the use of a wide range of small arms, enabling them to deploy to remote operating areas under varying levels of threat. [ps] |
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EXHIBITION BOOK | TITANIC -
THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION
Judith B. Geller. The souvenier book, larger than A4, soft board covers, perfect bound, 50 pages, full colour, was produced for the Melbourne, Australia exhibition in 2010. It includes an introduction from three 'prominent' Victorian men involved in the exhibition which only serves to give the impression that the booklet is exclusive to the Melbourne exhibition, and a bit of kudos for them of course! But the copyright is RMS Titanic Inc, 2001, and the book has been reprinted six times since 2003 so you can draw your own conclusions. It is very well presented showing some of the artifacts raised, with photographs of where the item was on the ship. There is an excellent, brief, coverage of the design and building of the ship, with photographs. The book is very much 'people oriented' in that passengers and their luggage and personal effects are prominent. Not all the artifacts shown in the book were on display at Melbourne. I presume other exhibitions would have found the same ommisions. Quite understandable of course as many thousands of items have now been raised. [ps] See Titanic, for larger and additional photographs. |
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