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Swanking at Whitley BayI M SWANKING LIKE AN HEIRESS AT WHITLEY BAY - I VE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT WORK ! Date: circa 1910
Zebra-drawn trap of Lord Walter RothschildRothschild broke in and trained several zebras to pull a trap, which he memorably used to visit Buckingham Palace in 1898 Date: 1898
Shakespeare Exhibition at Earls Court, LondonLondons great attraction: what to see in Shakespeares England. How to find and identify the chief reconstructions of old Tudor buildings at Earls Court. Date: 1912
Starlight bent by the Suns Attraction: The Einstein TheoryThis diagram drawn by W. B. Robinson illustrates Professor Einsteins Theory that light is subject to gravitation. The drawing was based on British observers photographs at the eclipse of the sun
Doncella cigar advertisement, 1965Advertisement for Doncella cigars featuring a man under a bunch of mistletoe smoking a cigar and attracting much interest from a bevy of beautiful brunettes. Date: 1965
The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c. 1890 sVintage 19th century photograph: The Eiffel Tower, Paris, Fance, c.1890 s
Zoological gardens by B. Waterhouse HawkinsOriginal artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins
Advert for Wills Gold Flake cigarettes, featuring a glamorous young woman smoking a cigarette on the beach in a red swimsuit, who is the centre of attraction! Date: 1928
Jumbo the elephant giving a ride at the zooJumbo the elephant giving children a ride at the zoo. 1891
Cutty Sark, GreenwichThe Cutty Sark tea clipper, moored in Greenwich, London. Date: 1960s
North Bay light Railway, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Date: circa 1930s
Rich Woman fishes for suitorsLeap Year - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ( LSD - pounds shillings and pence) - a sure bait for the mass of suitors she has already caught
The Anchorite by Laurie TaylerA lone male bather reads a newspaper on a jetty, unaware that he is the focus of every woman on the beach. Date: 1927
BULLOCKs MUSEUM 1811Housed in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, William Bullocks miscellaneous collection is a popular attraction at a period when official museums hardly exist
Victoria at BrightonQUEEN VICTORIA In Brighton, 1832. " Wherever the little maiden went, as was natural, she was the centre of attraction"
Comic postcard, Woman in expensive underwear chats to cleaning lady Date: 20th century
Ivan Markoff, a Russian cossack giant, early 20th centuryIvan Markoff, who was famous as a Russian cossack giant in the early 20th century. Markoff is seen in London where the caption says he was being fitted for a new suit. He was reputed to be 9ft tall
The 1970 London Motor Show at Earls Court, LondonTwo models pose on the bonnet of a Sunbeam Rapier motor car at The 1970 London Motor Show at The Earls Court Exhibition Centre 14th Oct 1970. Date: 1970
Girl lighting her cigarette - Continental Pneumatic AdvertContinental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard, featuring a touching scene as a glamorous and confident lady cyclist stops to grab a light for her cigarette from a
Comic postcard, Pretty woman and psychiatrist Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Doctor, nurse and patient - rising temperature Date: 20th century
The bearded lady: Miss Annie Jones 1897Annie Jones Elliot (1865 - 1902), a " freak" and part of the " Greatest Show on Earth". The accompanying article describes her as " in every respect the best of the "
The bearded lady: Miss Annie Jones 1898Annie Jones Elliot (1865 - 1902) also known as " the Bearded Lady" toured with the showman P. T. Barnum as a circus attraction. 1898
The Pixie Shop, Boscastle, Cornwall. circa 1970s
Mother and son riding a Rytecraft Scoota-boat - LlandudnoMother and son riding a Rytecraft Scoota-boat - a wooden plywood motor boat at the Fairground - Tusons Scoota Boats - Llandudno, Wales
Preston Mont, Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, YorkshirePreston Mont (Ethel Preston Monument - 1861-1911), Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire. Walter Preston was a manufacturing chemist. He married Ethel West in 1882. They had no children
Charlie Chaplin cinema slide - a hand tinted magic lantern projection slide from 1925
Lassie Come Home cinema projection slide 1943
Laurel and Hardy Babes in Toyland cinema projection slide 1934
Fred Astaire Eleanor Powell Broadway Melody cinema projection slide 1940
Rudy Vallee Barbara Lawrence Mother Knows Best cinema projection slide 1949
George Formby Bell Bottom George cinema projection slide 1944
The Barretts Of Wimpole Street cinema projection slide 1934
Tarzan's Secret Treasure cinema projection slide 1941
Coney Island cinema projection slide 1943
Sight-seeing Train - Panama Canal. Date: circa 1910
Baby Take a Bow - Shirley Temple cinema advertismentbaby take a bow Shirley Temple forthcoming attraction movie cinema advertisment
Baby take a bow film advertisement
Katherine Hepburn Morning Glory movie advertisement
Boris Karloff The Walking Dead movie advertisement
Fay Wray Below the Sea movie advertisement
Bob Hope Jane Russell The Paleface movie advertisement
Laurel and Hardy Babes in Toyland movie advertisement
Charlie Chaplin The Gold Rush movie advertisement
Fred Astaire Eleanor Powell Broadway Melody movie advertisement
George Formby Bell Bottom George movie advertisement
Charles Laughton The Barretts of Wimpole Street movie advertisement
Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan's Secret Treasure movie advertisement