Coming Collection (page 3)

Dipping a toe in the water
Victorian child coming out of a bathing machine and venturing into the sea. Date: circa 1904

Spring is coming - Waken O World - it is Spring!. Stirring image of a young girl playing a violin to herald the coming of Spring. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1913

Good fortune forget thee not - Good fortune fay forget thee not through all the coming days. From a greeting card. Artist: Jessie Marion King Date: 1912

Months of the year. December
The coming of Santa Claus at Christmas heralds a happy time of the year. Artist: Rie Cramer Date: circa 1926

Months of the year. April
Dancing nymph and swallows represent the coming of Spring. Artist: Rie Cramer Date: circa 1926

Months of the year. January
Baby coming to Earth, representing the New Year. Artist: Rie Cramer Date: circa 1926

Emigrates just arrived off a steamer at the steps of Irongate, St. Katharines Docks, in the City of London, where they are met by a man who speaks their language

British Bombers Landing Date: 1941

Man Hears Paul Revere Date: 1948

The Four Seasons of Life, Middle Age Date: 1868

Women Graduates Date: 1910

Nurse coming off night duty. Reverse reads Just off first night duty SMAH 1929. Fisher Harvey Marwick [?sp] Williams. Note our night boxes contained 1 potatoe. Chop. Egg

WINTER PICNIC SET
The picnic season is not entirely over with the coming of winter. A waterproof ground sheet, leather cushions, a foot warmer and a thermos flask will all come in handy! Date: 1930s

ABOLITION OF PARIS TOLLS
The customs tolls on merchandise coming into Paris are abolished Date: 1791

EJECTED FROM PUB, 1891
Pious friend: Dear me, Im sorry to see you coming out of a public house, Mr Brown Couldnt help it, ole fel, I was chucked out! Date: 1891

TELEVISION FORESEEN 1891
In the coming century, we shall be able to send not only spoken words but visual images across distances of thousands of leagues ! Date: 1891

Aldeburgh Beach
At this date, Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast, is still a thriving fishing village : but that bathing hut is a sign that the holidaymakers are coming... Date: 1895

Tourists on Vesuvius
TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - coming down somewhat more rapidly than they climbed up ! Date: circa 1840

COTTAGE PORCH
On a cottage porch, the return of the swallows to their nests heralds the coming summer Date: 1875

Cartoon, Opening the Gate; or, Coming events cast their shadows before. A comment on monopoly versus free trade. Date: 1845

The Tower Subway
The second oldest tunnel running under the Thames, running between Tower Hill on the north side of the river, through to Vine Lane on the south side of the river (just to the west of Tower Bridge)

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan
Vickers Viking coming up slipway under own power. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965)

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan
Supermarine Channel Mk.II coming up landing stage under own power. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965)

Comin thro the Rye, Wimbledon Theatre, SW London
Comin thro the Rye, a play by Constance Stuart based on a story by Helen Mathers, at The Wimbledon Theatre, SW London, starring Ena Grossmith and full West End company

Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Movement of the tide ebbing and flowing among the rocks at Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire, Wales in winter. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Mr Lanning Roper and Miss Shirley Cokayne-Frith
Mr Lanning Roper () - and Miss Shirley Cokayne-Frith having a chat after supper on the terrace at the coming out party given by Mrs. Tom Mott for her daughter Miranda at Park House, Onslow Square

The 1958 Season - list of parties and balls in The Tatler
Brilliant vista of last Royal season. Double page spread from The Tatler magazine listing some of the coming out dances and debutante cocktail parties for the 1958 London Season - significant in

Tatler cover - Miss Georgina Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Inner front cover of The Tatler magazines debutante number featuring a portrait of Miss Georgina Montagu-Douglas-Scott, daughter of Lord and Lady George Scott (aka the artist Molly Bishop)

The Hon. Pamela Digby (later Churchill, then Harriman)
Pamela Harriman Churchill (1920 - 1997), later wife of Randolph Churchill, daughter-in-law to Winston Churchill, socialite, political activist and diplomat

Lord Baden Powell and Prince of Wales at World Jamboree
Lord Robert Baden Powell and Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) at the Third World Scout Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Upton, Merseyside

Messerschmitt Bf 110G -this type gained a second life coming into its own as a radar equipped night fighter

Court presentation, the convolutions of the train
As a society lady is presented at court, the logistical difficulty of curtseying to the Queen while simultaneously trying to manage her huge train, is captured by an ILN artist

Lady Gloria Vaughan as a debutante
Lady Gloria Vaughan, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Lisburne, one of the most important debutantes of the year according to The Sketch magazine

Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). Japanese soldiers
" Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905). Japanese soldiers disembarked in Port Adams firing against a hospital-train coming from Port Arthur. Picture of " Le Petit Journal". Engraving

Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Ships company on the TS Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex. In 1903

WW1 silhouettes, The Tide of Victory

Binzeru, The Japanese God of Healing

Pupils coming out of Holmshill Middle School
Pupils coming out of school at Holmshill Middle School in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

Boy home on Leave
THEREs A BOY COMING HOME ON LEAVE A soldier embraces his sweetheart as he arrives home

British propaganda for the American entry into the war
The card shows a young woman holding aloft the Stars and Stripes with a background of aeroplanes in the sky. We are coming brother, coming, it says. WW1 Date: 1918

Sydney Jewell, debutante, Dublin
Sydney Jewell, nee Auchinleck, as a debutante in Dublin, Ireland. 1902

Elephant and circus arriving on a New Year card
A little boy on a donkey meets an elephant and circus arriving -- We know not what is coming in the New Year. Date: circa 1890s

CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). Cartoon called A Radical Reformer, i.e. A Neck or Nothing Man! Dedicated to the Heads of the Nation. It was published by Thomas Tegg of Cheapside on 17 September 1819

Kings Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace, London
The London Season of 1912: the Kings Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace. A diagrammatic view showing the progress of the debutante from the moment she enters the building to the time she leaves. 1912

Debutante dress show 1939
Society girls as amateur mannequins at Dorothy Laws dress show in March 1939. From left to right, the group shows Miss Anne Nettlefold, Miss Joan O Malley, Miss Muriel Cunningham, Miss Pamela Stokes

Queen Charlottes Ball, 1937
Gleaming in serried ranks: debutantes parading on the ballroom floor during Queen Charlottes Ball before the traditional cutting of the cake

Duchess of Argylls ball for her debutante daughter
A spread from The Tatler reporting on the lavish ball held at Claridges by the Duchess of Argyll for her daughter, Miss Frances Sweeny

Queen Charlottes Ball, 1934
The ceremony of cutting the cake performed by HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught (formerly Princess Alexandra of Fife), at Queen Charlottes Ball

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