Mar16 Collection (#5)

Flying Scotsman advertisment
Advertisment for the Flying Scotsman and the new services offered on board, such as a Louis XVI restaurant, a cocktail bar, a ladies retiring room and a hairdressing salon. 1932

Capturing German news: Irish answering enemy taunts
Capturing German news designed to undermine their allegiance: Irish answering enemy taunts in 1916. The taking of the placards: Munster fusiliers cross no-mans land by night

Where Irish sang Rule, Britannia in reply to Germans. Representatives of real Irish patriotism: Irish troops at the front, bombing an enemy sap

The Real Ireland - at the front: Connaught Rangers in action. Ready to give their lives for the Empire: men of the Connaught Rangers preparing to attack

The Real Ireland, Cptn William Redmond leading Irish troops
The Real Ireland, as opposed to the false doctrines of the Sinn Fein rebels; Captain William Redmond, Mr John Redmonds soldier brother, leading Irish troops, after the Easter Rising 1916. 1916

Some odds and ends of varied interest 1914
Some odds and ends of varied interest, including the Royal Mail steam packet Alcantara, an advert for the Pathescope Camera for amateur cinematography, and a Burberry advert

Woman wearing smart suit with jabot ruffles 1912
Elegant woman wearing a tailored city suit with jabot and ruffles to the sleeves with matching hat with plumes. 1912

Edwardian women wearing large hats with trimmings 1906
Edwardian fashionable women wearing summer hats, hair high to support their oversized hats that were perched on the very front of the foreheads, with trimmings of ribbons, flowers and lace. 1906

Advert for Marius Heng pompadour hairstyle 1906
Advertiement for Marius Heng, showing an Edwardian woman wearing a pompadour hairstyle. 1906

Crump the griffon terrier, smoking a pipe and a cigarette
General Sir Stuart Wortleys griffon terrier, named Crump, enjoying a cigarette(from a cigarette holder), and a pipe. Crump survived the war

Jimmy, the donkey mascot of the 1st Scottish rifles. Born on the Somme 1916

Peggy, bulldog mascot of HMS Iron Duke, WW1
Peggy, bulldog mascot of HMS Iron Duke, ready for dress parade. WW1

Advert for B Henry hairstyles 1906
Advertisement for B Henry, hair specialist, showing two women wearing pompadour hairstyles that would be fitting for a tricorn hat, low crown and broad brim

Roadside Telegraph Poles along the road to Ottercops
Fabulous roadside Telegraph Poles along the road to Ottercops, Northumbria. Date: circa 1909

The Reefs Beach Club, Bermuda - a delightful Cabana Cottage colony perched high on a cliff directly overlooking the ocean and The Reefs Private Beach. Date: 1940s

Harrington Sound Road, Bermuda. Date: circa 1910s

Morocco - Meknes - The Souk (Covered Market) Date: 1920s

A Country Road - Puerto Cabello, Venezuela Date: circa 1910s

Pretty French Girl with Oriental Umbrella and fur stole
Pretty French Girl with Oriental Umbrella/parasol, pale green summer dress, fur stole, white gloves, orange hat and a red rose on her lap. Date: 1923

YMCA Hut - High Street Kensington, London. Almost every available square foot of greenery in central London was comandeered for war purposes, often in some of the most prestigious locations

The Lord Mayor of Londons Coachman driving his carriage
The Lord Mayor of Londons Coachman driving his imposing carriage. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - Ottoman and Turkish soldiers at the Wool Market Aleppo
WW1 - Ottoman and Turkish soldiers can be seen amongst the shoppers and traders at the Wool Market (Al-Madina Souq?) at Aleppo, Syria. Date: circa 1917

Passenger Landing Stage - Kiamari (Kemari), Pakistan - near Karachi. Date: circa 1910s

Fountain of the Hassan Basha Mosque - Oran, Algeria Date: 1905

Royal artillery battery exercises in Wales: radio and mule
Royal artillery battery exercises in mountainous Wales, to test the carrying capacity of mules:here a portable radio set is carried on horseback. Date: 1940

Radio station demolished at Spitzbergen, Norway
Engineers demolishing the radio station at Spitzbergen, Norway. The raid, conducted by a mixed Canadian, British and Norwegian force

Flower Festival Competition Winner - Decorated Bicycle
A fabulous card showing an English Flower Festival Competition Winner (First Prize) with her Harvest theme decorated bicycle

Advert for Swan & Edgars womens fur coats 1909
Selection of Edwardian fur coats made from moleskin, fox and squirrel, available at Swan & Edgars department store in Piccadilly and Regent Street, London. 1909

Kobe Harbour - Japan - Spectacular lighting. Date: circa 1920s

Sion - Valais Canton, Switzerland Date: 1900

Rheden, Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: circa 1916

WW2 radio set from a captured Heinkel III plane
A man examines a radio set from a captured Heinkel III aircraft. It can be used either with kite or rod aerial, and flashes an automatic S.O.S on certain wavelengths. Date: 1940

Soder Malarstrand - Sodermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
A beautiful view of the Soder Malarstrand - Sodermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. Date: circa 1909

Statue of Sousa Martins and Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
Statue of Dr Jose Tomas de Sousa Martins (18431897) and the Medical School, Campo dos Martires da Patria (formerly Campo de Santana), Lisbon, Portugal. Date: circa 1905

Rossio Square, Lisbon, Portugal (Praca de D. Pedro IV)
Rossio Square (the popular name of the Pedro IV Square - Praca de D. Pedro IV), Lisbon, Portugal. The Column of Pedro IV is in the middle of the square. Date: circa 1905

WW2 wireless operator on a Hudson plane
The wireless operator on board an American-built Lockheed " Hudson" plane over Heligoland during WW2, reporting on the action by radio to his home station. Date: 1940

Sintra, Portugal - Palacio Monserrate
Sintra - a town and a municipality in the Grande Lisboa subregion (Lisbon Region) of Portugal. Palacio Monserrate (Monserrate Palace) - an exotic palatial villa located near Sintra, Portugal

Sintra, Portugal - Panoramic View
Sintra - a town and a municipality in the Grande Lisboa subregion (Lisbon Region) of Portugal. Panoramic view of the town. Date: circa 1905

Official Silver Jubilee Portrait of Queen Mary (1867-1953) in 1935. Date: 1935

King Edward VII - Memorial Postcard
King Edward VII (1841-1910) - Memorial Postcard, May 1910. Eaborate decorative border in purple and silver. Sent on 19th May - 13 days after the Kings death and the day before his funeral. Date: 1910

George, Duke of York and Mary, Duchess of York
George, Duke of York (1865-1936) and wife Mary of Teck, Duchess of York (1867-1953). Date: circa 1898

WW1 - Belgian Army roadside dugout - Cold Protection
WW1 - Belgian Army roadside dugout and soldiers awaiting the (inevitable) German advance through the country at the start of the war

National War Memorial - St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
National War Memorial - St. John s, Newfoundland, Canada - formally unveiled on Memorial Day, July 1st, 1924 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. Designed by Father Thomas Nangle

Bridge at Kanuyabashi, Kyoto and Lake Biwa Canal - Japan (showing the rail track system). Date: circa 1910s

The Swing - A French girl flying high and showing some leg
The Swing - A French girl flying high and showing off her stockings! Date: circa 1920

Frederick Albert Cook - American Polar Explorer
Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) - Polar Explorer, physician, and ethnographer, noted for his claim of having reached the North Pole on April 21st, 1908

Robert Edwin Peary - American Polar Explorer
Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) - American Polar Explorer who claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on April 6th, 1909

Charles, 2nd Duke of Saxe-Coburg
Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918, (1884-1954). in the uniform of Ninth, Charlie became Duke of Saxe-Coburg in 1899

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