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Jo Carstairs in racing boat Estella IVMarion Joe Carstairs, pictured with her engineer Mr Joe Harris in the Napier engine racing motor boat, Estella IV which she planned to drive in the International Trophy Race for Motor Boats to be
Phyllis Barron and her hand-block printing on stuffsPhyllis Barron seen cutting her own hand blocks for printing fabrics. After leaving the Slade School, she began designing patterns for cretonne printers
Sri Lanka - Ceylon. Her tea and other industriesA larger version of this uncommon pictorial poster map was originally published by the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board in 1933
Group watching the Henley Regatta from boat, July 1958A group of people including; Mr Alan Adams, Mr Robin Gibbs, Mr Tony Gibbs, Miss Rachel Chandler and Mr Denis Adams, watching the racing on the last day of the Henley Royal Regatta from a cabin
Little Miss Muffit by Lesley Butler - golf humour 1930A nervous female golfer watched by other golfers, some encouraging, some obviously impatient. Date: 1930
Page from the Illustrated London News, 4th January 1947, featuring People and Events of the Week: Personalities in the Public Eye
Mlle. Loger, first girl to enter world-famous Gobelin worksMlle. Loger, a seventeen year-old French girl seen at her loom in the Gobelins tapestry works in Paris. During the companys four centuries, it had not, until that point
Margaret Kidd, first woman barrister at House of LordsMargaret Henderson Kidd, first woman barrister to be briefed at the Bar of the House of Lords. She was the daughter of Mr. James Kidd an ex-M.P. for Linlithgowshire. Date: 1926
Gwyneth Thomson and Helena NormantonTwo of our coming Portias. Mrs. Gwyneth Marjory Thomson, accepted by the Benchers of Lincolns Inn as a student in 1920. On the right, Miss Helena Normanton
Sheikh of Qatar shakes hands Lord HomeSheikh Ahmad of Qatar shaking hands with Lord Home the Foreign Secretary after arriving in England on 4 July 1961 as the guest of the British government for an official visit. Date: 1961
First female jurors at the Old Bailey 1921The empanelling for the first mixed jury, with its forewoman Mrs Taylor Bumstead. Date: 1921
First female member of Parliament, Anna Rogstad, April 1911Front cover of the Sphere showing Anna Rogstad the first female member of Parliament in the world as she takes her place in the Nowegian Storting
Women building the elevated railway in Tokyo, October 1904Female labourors as they carry bricks for use in the construction of the elevated railway, Tokyo. The caption describes how women working in manual labour was not uncommon in Japan. Date: 1904
Female explorer Miss Hlawaczek on expedition, January 1894Published as part of her obituary, this illustration of Miss Hlawaczek shows her in Africa on her journey from Cape Town to Cairo with two women behind her, possibly two of her three attendants
Miss M C Dawes, Master of Arts, August 1884Illustration of Miss M C Dawes, the first female Master of Arts in England, University of London. Date: 1884
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - A. V. HillPolly and David Hill assisting their father Professor A.V. Hill at a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture: when the youngsters heart-beats were shown on a screen
Bystander front cover - Elsa MacfarlaneBystander cover featuring a colour photograph of actress and entertainer, Elsa Macfarlane, who was a member of the revue group, the Co-optimists
Wouldn t it be awful if Augustus John became conventionalOne of a series of cartoons in The Bystander caricaturing famous people by suggesting how awful it would be if they did something completely uncharacteristic, in this case
Just an old-fashioned girl - skirt lengths go down in 1930Cartoon commenting on the sudden change in hemlines in 1930, which went down to the floor once more. Suddenly, the modern flapper girl of the mid-1920s with her short skirts looks rather
Bystander cover - Marchioness of HeadfortThe Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective
Ponds Cold Cream as sun protectionAdvertisement for Ponds Cold Cream, suggesting that, if applied before exposure (to the sun), prevents the skin from becoming dry and burnt. I m not entirely convinced by this claim. Date: 1930
I don t want him, my dear by H. M. Bateman" I don t want him, my dear - you buy him." Two sophisticated women regard an unpromising male specimen and discuss the merits of purchasing him. Date: 1930
Bystander cover - Mrs Alex McCorquodale (Barbara Cartland)Front cover of The Bystander featuring a coloured photograph of Mrs Alex McCorquodale aka prolific novelist Barbara Cartland
Davy Burnaby caricatured by GarrettoActor and entertainer George Davy Burnaby (1881 - 1949), caricatured by Garretto in The Bystander. Burnaby appeared in numerous films but was also well known for forming The Co-optimists a revue
London Trades: Locksmiths - The City Farrier - Gold-BeatersTraditional London trades: (top left) Locksmiths cutting key-barrels on a machine which is 140 years old at the works of the Bramah Lock Company (top right)
Una, Lady TroubridgeUna Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (born Margot Elena Gertrude Taylor, (1887 1963), British sculptor and translator. She is best known as the long-time lesbian partner of Marguerite Radclyffe Hall
