Ashton Collection (page 2)

Ashton Keynes River Thames Victorian period

Ashton Keynes, River Thames

Warrington Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire
Warrington Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Invisible City
THE INVISIBLE CITY - Searching for a legendary city in Turkestan, American explorers are menaced by a plane of pure light. Date: 1932

Union Workhouse Hospital, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire
The Union Hospital, erected in 1906 as part of the Ashton under Lyne workhouse, Lancashire. The site is now Tameside Hospital

Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpman in The Wanderer
Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpman in the Spring 1941 Sadlers Wells production of Schuberts The Wanderer at The New Theatre, London - choreography by Frederick Ashton with sets by Graham Sutherland

Caricature of Ashton Dilke, Liberal MP and traveller
Caricature of Ashton Wentworth Dilke (1850-1883), radical Liberal MP (from 1880 to 1883), traveller, and owner of the Weekly Dispatch. 1882

Winifred Ashton Drawing
WINIFRED ASHTON Author, writing as CLEMENCE DANE, of novels and plays, including Broome stages and A bill of divorcement. Date: 1888 - 1965

Thomas Ashton
THOMAS ASHTON Divine, associated with Horace Walpole. Date: 1716 - 1775

Ashton Lever Museum
ASHTON LEVERs MUSEUM Based on a collection of natural history objects and curios acquired by Sir Ashton Lever. Date: July 1806

Advert for kitchen range cookers 1888
Four kitchen ranges by Ashton & Green, London 1888

Procession, Hurst, Lancashire
Procession, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne, near Stalybridge, Lancashire, England. Date: 1910s

Ashton Gardens, St Annes-On-Sea, Lancashire
Ashton Gardens, St Annes-On-Sea, Lytham, near Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Date: 1920s

Church Parade, Hurst, Lancashire
Church Parade, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne, near Stalybridge, Lancashire, England. Date: 1920s

Ashton Gardens, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. Date: 1927

Royal Ballet School, Aldeburgh Festival 1961
Royal Ballet School rehearsing at the Jubilee Hall for 4 July performances, Aldeburgh Festival 1961 Date: 1961

The prototype English Electric S1 Wren J6973
The prototype English Electric S1 Wren, J6973, at Ashton Park, Preston, on 5 April 1923. In the cockpit is Sqn Ldr Maurice Wright and the taller of the two men standing is W.O. Manning. Date: 1923

Odontoceti (suborder), toothed whale
Sailors throwing barrels from a ship to conciliate two whales. Page 217 from Curious Creatures in Zoology (1890) by John Ashton

Sea-horse
Page 234 from Curious Creatures in Zoology, 1890 by John Ashton

Circaetus gallicus, short-toed eagle
A watercolour by an unknown artist, part of the Lord Ashton Collection

Threshing Oats
Farmworkers threshing oats on an English farm. Date: 1950s

The Federal Theatre Div. of WPA presents Brothers by Herbert Ashton Jr. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Brothers at the President Theatre

Brothers by Herbert Ashton, Jr Brothers by Herbert Ashton, J
Brothers by Herbert Ashton, Jr. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Brothers at the Mason Opera House, showing two raised fists. Date 1938

Coronation 1953 - 4 men who rose to the occasion
Four men involved in the festivities for the 1953 Coronation. Top left, Benjamin Britten who composed the Coronation opera, Gloriana

Dog Gargoyle
A gargoyle of dog on Steeple Ashton church, Wiltshire, England. Date: Medieval

Sir Frederick Ashton (1904 - 1988), ballet dancer and choreographer. Among his works are the Symphonic Variations set to the music of Cesar Franck; his first example of the abstract ballet of pure

City of Singing Flame
THE CITY OF SINGING FLAME (Clark Ashton Smith) The people of the other dimension - and their two visitors from Earth - are lured to leap into the flame

Glover Makers 1932
Two cottage glove makers in the Cotswold village of Ashton Keynes, working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and earning a mere 28 shillings a week during the 1930s Depression

MAROONED ON ANDROMEDA
MAROONED IN ANDROMEDA (Clark Ashton-Smith) The animal-eating flora of Andromeda are beautiful to look at but not much fun on closer acquaintance

VISITORS FROM MLOK (Clark Ashton-Smith) The Earthman is projected back to his planet before the destruction of Mlok

GORDONs WAXWORKS, 1907
Gordons Mechanical Waxworks at Ashton Fair

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