Harmsworth Collection

Young boy alone on a playground swing 1939
Photograph showing a young boy on a swing in Geraldine May Harmsworth Park. The park is empty following the evacuation of thousands of children in the first few weeks following the outbreak of war

Roman Roads

Atlantic Ocean

Great Van Cumberland Voyage From Africa To Porto Rico

Americas and Atlantic

Court of The Grand Mogul, India

Chevaliers of Portugal

Cadiz

St. John Harmsworth by Sir William Orpen
William Albert St John Harmsworth (1876 1933) English businessman who bought and established the fledgling Perrier brand of sparkling mineral water in France

Dead Polar Bear, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Photograph of a Polar bear shot dead by Frederick Jackson, during the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896

Opening of Corams Field and Harmsworth Memorial Playground
On first day of the court moving from full to half-mourning, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later the Queen Mother 1900-2002), opens Corams Field and Harmsworth Memorial Playground

The Hon. Mrs Esmond Harmsworth
The wife of Esmond Harmsworth, newspaper proprietor and heir of Lord Rothermere, pictured with her son Vere

Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny at Ascot
The Hon. Mrs Esmond Harmsworth in the paddock at Ascot on Gold Cup Day, wearing black, with two silver foxes. Behind her are Mrs and Mrs Charles Sweeny, she in pink and brown

Lloyd George on the Riviera
David Lloyd George, at the time, Chancellor of the Exchequer, with Sir Rufus Isaacs and the Master of Elibank (centre), together with Mr R. Cole and Captain the Hon

Lord Northcliffe
ALFRED HARMSWORTH, later Lord NORTHCLIFFE (1865 - 1922) newspaper proprietor pictured in the library at his Isle of Thanet seat, Elmwood St. Peters in 1920. Date: 1920

Mrs Esmond Harmsworth & Mr & Mrs Sweeny at Ascot
The Hon. Mrs Esmond Harmsworth in the paddock at Ascot on Gold Cup Day, wearing black with two silver foxes (bit excessive in June)

17 Gough Square - where Dr. Johnson compiled his dictionary
17 Gough Square, Fleet Street, London - where Dr. Samuel Johnson compiled his dictionary in 1748. In the garret (with the slanting roof) his assistants worked

The Hon Esmond Harmsworth the son of Lord Rothermere
The Hon Esmond Harmsworth, the son of Lord Rothermere, presents Amy Johnson with the Daily Mail cheque for 10, 000 and a gold cup from the youth of Great Britain at a luncheon in her honour at

Lord Northcliffe in 1897
ALFRED HARMSWORTH, later Lord NORTHCLIFFE (1865 - 1922) newspaper proprietor, pictured at the age of 32. Date: 1897

Lord Rothermere
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (26 April 1868 26 November 1940), highly successful British newspaper proprietor and owner of Associated Newspapers Ltd

Paris, La Mer
The mercedes motor boat in the first International Harmsworth Trophy Competition race from Paris to Trouville in France

Fridtjof Nansen, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Engraving showing Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the Norwegian explorer, biologist and oceanographer, pictured at Cape Flora, Franz Josef Land, 1896

Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, Franz Josef Land, 1894-
Photograph of Frederick Jackson and his companions of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, with the ice-boat Mary Harmsworth, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1894-7

Dr. Fridtjhof Nansen at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Photograph of Dr. Fridtjhof Nansen taken by Frederick Jackson, leader of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896

The Terra Nova, 1903
Photograph of the three-masted barque, Terra Nova, taken in 1903 when she was setting out for the Antarctic to try to find and help the Discovery expedition

Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1895
Illustration of Elmwood, the base of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition on Franz Josef Land, 1895. At the time, this was the most Northerly British settlement in the world

Men of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition hunting walru
Illustration showing the crew of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, in their boats shooting walrus, near Franz Josef Land, 1896

Northcliffe (Spy)
ALFRED HARMSWORTH, lord NORTHCLIFFE newspaper proprietor

Northcliffe (Young)
ALFRED HARMSWORTH, lord NORTHCLIFFE newspaper proprietor, as a young man

Northcliffe / Napoleon
ALFRED HARMSWORTH, lord NORTHCLIFFE newspaper proprietor depicted as the Napoleon of Slander

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