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Archie Andrews, Peter Brough and Vera LynnForces Sweetheart Vera Lynn at the BBC, recording with Peter Brough and famous ventriloquist dummy, Archie Andrews, 1944. Lynn had only just returned from a tour of India
Prince Philip, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (1921-). Date: circa 1948
Vera Lynn during the Second World WarPage from The Sketch featuring Forces Sweetheart, singer Vera Lynn answering fan mail, leaving home to star in the show Applesauce at the Palladium
Oxo advertisement - Scott Antarctic expedition endorsementAdvertisement for Oxo as supplied to Captain Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. The advert quotes a letter from Scott who wrote
Countess of Suffolk, Margaret (Daisy) LeiterMargaret " Daisy" Leiter, sister-in-law of Lord Curzon (who was married to her sister Mary). She married Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk in 1904
HMS Tartar - Tribal Class Destroyer of the Royal NavyHMS Tartar (F43) - Tribal Class Destroyer of the Royal Navy, completed 1939. Date: circa 1944
Entrance to Glasgow Green, Glasgow, ScotlandMcLennan Arch - Entrance to Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland. When the Assembly Rooms, designed by James and Robert Adam, were demolished in 1890
Llandudno, North Wales - two jolly holidaymaking couples walk along the seafront arm in arm. Date: late 1930s
A pair of rich girls off shopping - passing an Etam Store - their chauffeur follows their progress down the street just to be sure... Date: circa late 1940s
Bill at Harrow SchoolBill or call-over is a compulsory roll call, held in each House at Harrow School three times a day. Date: circa 1920s
The ivy-clad walls of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University. Date: circa 1930s
Love and Beauty by Ernest Procter (1886-1935) as exhibited at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1931. The figures of Venus and Cupid float above London
Tatler cover - Lady Howard de WaldenFront cover of The Tatler featuring Margherita van Raalte who was engaged to be married to Lord Howard de Walden. Best-known for organising Queen Charlottes Ball
Rothesay Pier, Rothesay, Bute, Scotland at nightRothesay Pier, Scotland at night. Date: circa 1930s
Electric Car Crossing ship canal from Runcorn to WidnesThe Runcorn-Widnes Transporter Bridge crossed the river Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal linking the towns of Runcorn and Widnes. Opened on 29th May 1905. Date: circa 1905
A Puffer - the Adherance (1914) - Jas. Cooper, WidnesA Puffer boat - the Adherance (1914) - Jas. Cooper, Widnes - pictured in the 1920s Date: 1920s
Boats in Susans Bay, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920s
Members of Cuddington Golf Club, Surrey, 1933. Date: 1933
The Rage for Rinking - still raging - roller skating 1912Snaps of society indulging in the latest craze for roller skating at Holland Park Rink where members of the Sunday skating club includede Lord Churchill, Lady Thurston, Miss Ethel Dane the actress
Lima - Peru - Plaza de la Inquisicion (Inquisition Square) Date: circa 1920
Tunbridge Wells War Memorial, Mount PleasantTunbridge Wells War Memorial, standing in front of the Town Hall/Library, Mount Pleasant. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated 11th February 1923 - the sculptor was Mr Stanley Nicholson Babb
F. W Rickett on horsebackMr F.W. Rickett : the English financier who obtained the much discussed oil concession from the Abyssinian government. Here on horseback as Master of Foxhounds. Date: September 1935
New Years Eve at the Savoy HotelSmart society celebrate the New Year of 1912 in the restaurant of the Savoy Hotel, London. Date: 1912
Annette KellermanAnnette Marie Sarah Kellerman (1886 - 1975) - Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, causing a minor scandal at the time
A Young Edward, Prince of WalesPrince Edward of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor, pictured in 1911 in a woollen suit. Edward attended the Royal Naval College at Osborne on the Isle of Wight together
HRH Queen Elizabeth II - with large bouquet of flowersHRH Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)- with large bouquet of flowers. Date: circa 1955
Reading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd - Oxford RoadReading, Berkshire - William McIlroy Ltd at 6-34 Oxford Road - The store was opened in 1903, and was known as the Crystal Palace of Reading because of its 2000 feet of plate glass windows
Princess Victoria Louise of PrussiaPrincess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980), later Duchess of Brunswick, only daughter and youngest child of Kaiser Wilhelm II pictured in 1904. Date: 1904
Ethel Warwick paintingEthel Warwick (1882-1951), Stage and film actress; wife of Edmund Waller, pictured at an easel painting, wearing a very artistic looking oriental cloak
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - Happy and GloriousCoronation of Queen Elizabeth II - Waving to the crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on 2nd June 1953. Happy and Glorious! Date: 1953
Fantastic Transvestite PerformerA fantastic Transvestite Performer in dramatic pose! Date: 1924
Rural Italian Woman and Child - Traditional costumeRural Woman and Child from Abruzzo, Southern Italy - Traditional costume with distinctive copper bowls. Date: circa 1907
Aban Court Hotel - 22 Harrington Gardens, London - now the NH Harrington Hall Hotel. Date: 1930s
Jannat al-Mu alla - Khadijas tomb - Mecca, Saudi ArabiaJannat al-Mu alla, also known as the Cemetery of Ma la and Al-Hajun - a cemetery to the north of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1930s living room with fireplace and chairsTypical British living room of the 1930s, with two armchairs flanking a blue tiled fireplace. Date: 1934
Lancelot Glasson at work on his painting The FourOarswomen for Burlington House: Captain Lancelot Glasson (1894-1959) at work on his painting The Four depicting women rowers before sending it to the Royal Academy exhibition. Date: 1933
Gerald Brockhurst and Dorette WoodwardGerald Brockhurst, R.A. and Dorette Woodward (formerly Kathleen Woodward) whom he has so frequently painted, at the first night of Idiots Delight at the Apollo in 1938. Date: 1938
Lady Juliet Duff by Percival AndersonLady (Gladys Mary) Juliet Duff (n饠 Lowther) (1881-1965), Wife of Sir Robert Duff, 2nd Bt; daughter of 4th Earl of Lonsdale, pictured by G
Mrs O. H. P. Belmont (Alva Vanderbilt)Alva Belmont (January 17, 1853 January 26, 1933), n饠 Alva Erskine Smith, and known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896
The Hon. Mrs Ronald GrevilleDame Margaret Helen Greville, Hon Mrs Greville, DBE (18631942), British society host and philanthropist, born Margaret Helen Anderson
Princess Victor Duleep Singh (Lady Anne Coventry)Lady Anne Coventry, whose marriage to the bankrupt royal Sikh Prince Victor Duleep Singh in 1898 was controversial - it was the first time an English noblewoman had married an Indian prince
Unicorn Date: C.1840s
Regina Badet as a BacchanteFrench actress and dancer, Anne Regina Badet (1876 - 1949), dressed as a bacchante at the Theatre des Capucines, Paris. She was a major star of the Opera-Comique in Paris
Zoia de Stoeckl, daughter of Baron de Stockl (Stoeckl), Russian Ambassador to the United States but previously equerry to Grand Duke Michael
Alfred Edwards in Monte CarloAlfred Charles Edwards (10 July 1856 10 March 1914) journalist and magnate of the French press pictured in Monte Carlo on the French Riviera, six months after the mysterious death of his fifth wife
Robert Scott Ltd. selling Aertex garments, 8 Poultry, LondonRobert Scott Ltd. selling Aertex garments, Revenue House, 8 Poultry, Cheapside, London Date: 1910
Barkly Street, Ararat, Victoria, Australia Date: 1950s