Gala Collection

Social / Royal Opera Gala
A gala performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with the King and Queen in the Royal Box

Mr and Mrs Salvador Dali
The surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and his wife, Gala. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

Vaudeville frolic 15 acts : Gala midnight show New Years eve. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Vaudeville Frolic at the Savoy Theatre, San Diego, California

Members of the Royal Family at Covent Garden
A gala opera performance at Covent Garden is attended by the Queen and the President of Portugal (in the centre). To the left is the Queen Mother and behind her are Sir Anthony and Lady Eden

Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Festival Hall
Queen Elizabeth II attending a Gala Performance of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in 1965. Date: September 18th 1965

Banquet scene in the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House in London, 1808. Engraving by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for The Microcosm of London published by Rudolph Ackermann (1808-1810). Engraving

Vaudeville frolic Gala midnight show New Years eve : 15 acts. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Vaudeville Frolic at the Savoy Theatre, San Diego, Calif

Social / Empress Ballroom
People enjoying a gala night in the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool

At Covent Garden 1914
A gala performance at Covent Garden Theatre : most of the audience are there to see or be seen, rather than to enjoy the on-stage performance

Programme for Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin showcase
The cover of the programme for a Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin Gala Performance of Ballet at the Granada, Woolwich, London

Miners Gala Parade

Miners Gala Parade early 1900s

Church Gala Market Street, Penistone early 1900's

Dodworth near Barnsley Miners Gala early 1900s

Dodworth, Miners Gala, Barnsley

Cunard Line, RMS Umbria - gala night ribbon and photo of a young Cunard crewman. The ship was launched in 1884, operated between Liverpool, Queenstown and New York, and went out of service in 1908

Ile de France gala night ribbon and postcards
Ile de France gala night ribbon and collection of interior and exterior photographic postcards

Ascot Sunday outside Boulter's Lock 1908
Ascot Sunday on the River Thames, early morning boats waiting their turn outside Boulter's Lock, to pass though it. Date: June 1908

Morning Star gala
Retired Dockers Union leader Jack Dash (on the right) and communist activist Peter Kerrigan (on the left) help out on the Morning Star stall at the gala at Charlton House organised by Greenwich

Doncaster Miners Gala 1986
Part of the parade at the 99th Doncaster Miners Gala, organised by the Yorkshire branch of the National Union of Mineworkers. The Barnsley Miners Wives Action Group march with their banner

Durham Miners Gala
A brass band marches ahead of one of the banners in the Durham Miners Gala parade. This banner is of the Durham Colliery Enginemen, Boiler Minders and Firemen's Association Date: 16 July 1983

Bilston Glen Pipe Band March Banner National
bilston, glen, pipe, band, march, banner, national, union, mineworkers, day, edinburgh, 1973, scottish, miners, gala, bagpipes, pipes, drum, tartan, history, historical, 10508863

Lord Inverclyde presenting the McKenzie Cup for the ladies swimming race at the Glasgow South Side Ladies Gala at the Govanhill Baths

Feature about society on the Cote D Azur, 1925 with a sketch of fashions seen at a gala dinner at the Ambassadeurs Restaurant, Cannes (models from Alice Bernard and Margraine-Lacroix)

A Bheel woman in gala costume, India
19th century vintage photograph: A Bheel woman in gala costume, India

In front of the Palais de l Industrie, Paris, 1866. Coming back from the races. Woman in fur hat in grey and black crinoline dress

Advert, R & A Sanderson & Co, Scotch Tweeds, Galashiels
Advert for R & A Sanderson & Co, Scotch Tweeds, Gala Mills, Galashiels, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Gala for Benefit of Mr Simpson
Advert, Gala for the Benefit of Mr Simpson, Master of The Ceremonies of the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, taking place on Monday 19 August 1833. 1833

An Indian woman seated on a rich carpet attended by servants
An Indian woman at a gala seated on a rich carpet with containers of betelnut and perfume, attended by an ayah or servants with punya (fan), pawn and snake hookah pipe

Adverts, R & A Sanderson & Co, J & A D Grimond Ltd
Adverts for R & A Sanderson & Co, Scotch Tweeds, Galashiels, and J & A D Grimond Ltd, Dundee, Scotland. 1905

The Story of a Dress - Christian Dior
Double page spread from The Sketch drawn by Francis Marshall documenting the different stages of a Christian Dior dress. Top left the dress is designed by Dior himself while top right shows a

Florence Gould in costume for the Perian Gala, Juan les Pins
Florence Gould, wife of Frank Jay Gould, the famous millionaire and controlling genius behind the Palais de la Mediterranee at Nice

Gala Performance at the Met, New York - Josef Hofmann
Golden Jubilee Gala Performance at the Met, New York by Josef Hofmann (1876-1957) - Polish American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor

Young peasant woman, Carinthia, southern Austria
Young peasant woman in gala dress, Carinthia, southern Austria. 1922

Advertisement for Gala of London nail colour. Date: 1949

Mrs Frank Jay Gould at opening of Summer Sporting Club
Mrs Frank Jay Gould, nee Florence de Caze (1893-1985), wife of wealthy philanthropist and businessman Frank Jay Gould. Together with him

Costume of an Incroyable.. Costume of an Incroyable. Second costume of Lagorille, dressed for a gala. Tall claque hat (bicorn), perruque (wig) suit of striped silk, cravat

COAL / RHONDDA FETE
Fete in celebration of Winning the Coal on the Rhondda branch of the Taff Vale Railway Date: 1851

India. British colonial era. Banquet at the palace of Rais in Mynere. Engraving by Hildibrand. Colored. The Illustrated World, 1882

Queen Elizabeth II meets Maria Callas
Opera singer Maria Meneghini Callas makes her curtsey as she meets Queen Elizabeth II after singing a scene from Bellinis opera, I Puritani

Morocco, North Africa - Jewes ( In Gala dress) - Young Woman in smart colourful costume. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900

Tatler cover - Mattli dress for Ascot or a garden party
Front cover of The Tatler for 9 May 1956 featuring a model holding a large bunch of lilac and wearing a beautiful dress in wild silk shantung by Mattli, perfect for Ascot or gala garden parties

Daisy Fellowes and the Marchese Strozzi
The Marchese Strozzi, head of the noble Florentine family, pictured with the Hon. Mrs Reginald (Daisy) Fellowes at a Monte Carlo Sporting Club gala evening. Date: 1937

Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens on Gala Night, 1804
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Merrymakers seen gathered around the illuminated band stand. Date: 1804

King George V and Queen Mary, Silver Jubilee
King George V and Queen Mary in an open carriage on their way to St Pauls Cathedral for the Royal Silver Jubilee service, on 6 May 1935, to celebrate 25 years on the British throne

Guests at the gala dance in Bournemouth 3 February 1922
Guests at the gala dance in the Grand Hotel, Bournemouth 3 February 1922 and prize giving at a dancing competition held at the Palais de Danse, Birmingham Date: 1922

Advert for the Royal Magazine Gala Night at the Palais de Danse, Hammersmith, London, 1 November 1921 Date: 1921

Throng of revellers at a gala night held at the Piccadilly H
A merry throng of revellers at a gala night held at the Piccadilly Hotel, London, 1922 Date: 1922

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