1903 Collection (page 43)

PRS Discovery and hydrogen balloon, Antarctic, 1902
Photograph showing members of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4 deflating an hydrogen balloon, with the Polar Research Ship Discovery in the background, Antarctic, 4th February 1902

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbur
Engraving of Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903), the English Conservative statesman, pictured in 1878, shortly after his return from the Berlin Congress

Joseph Chamberlain MP at the Olympia Hall, 20th October 1903
Illustrations of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain MP, Radical English politician, delivering an address on Protectionism at the Olympia Hall, Newcastle

German Deserters / 1903
German deserters seek refuge in France

Mrs. Beryl Markham in New York, 1936
Photograph showing Mrs. Beryl Markham (1903-1986), the British aviator and writer, being welcomed to New York shortly after becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo from East to West, 1936

Beryl Markhams aeroplane in a Cape Breton Bog, 1936
Photograph showing Mrs. Beryl Markhams (1903-1986) aeroplane stuck in a bog on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 1936. This was the end of Mrs

MINEHEAD - 1903
The Parade Minehead Somerset

Crocuses growing in PRS Discoverys wardroom, 1902
Illustration showing the wardroom of the Polar Research Ship Discovery, Easter Sunday, 1902. Several of the ships officers can be seen climbing onto the dining table to look at their pots of crocuses

PRS Discovery in the pack ice, Antarctica, 1902
Photograph of Polar Research Ship Discovery, in the pack ice of McMurdo Strait, 7th February 1902. Discovery was used during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04

Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 1903
Photograph showing Mount Erebus, the 13, 200 foot volcano, that towers over Ross Island, Antarctica. This picture was taken during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04

Midwinter Day Celebration, National Antarctic Expedition, 19
Illustration of the Midwinter Day Celebration held in the crews mess-room of the Polar Research Ship Discovery ; National Antarctic Expedition, 22nd June 1902

I Want Armour s
Advertisement for Armours Beef Extract, the Best Extract of the Best Beef showing a lady customer pointing out an Armours advertising poster to her grocer

Serpollet Steam Car
Leon Serpollets steam car Oeuf de Pacques (Easter Egg) which set the World Land Speed Record in 1902

Moroccan Cafe Scene 1903
A scene in a Moroccan cafe

Children Dancing 1903
Five children dancing in a ring

The Turbine Steamer Brighton, 1903
Photograph of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Companys Channel Service turbine Steamer, Brighton, 1903. Built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton

The First Railway Motor-Coach in Britain, 1903
Photograph of the first railway motor-coach in Britain, June 1903. The London and South-Western Railway were experimenting with motor-coaches for light suburban traffic

Edward VII in Paris
Edward VII (1841-1910) raising his hat during a visit to Paris, in 1903. Known as the Uncle of Europe and with sophisticated diplomatic skills (including fluent spoken French)

Golf at Montreux
Golf is played in the shadow of the Swiss Alps

The premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race
An illustration of the premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race, showing the arrival at Bordeaux of the first car driven by M. Louis Renault

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876. Constructed by Lege for the Indian government

Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder
A photograph of Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder, able to automatically transmit and print messages through a phone line, while callers were still conversing

Miss Dorothy Levitt & 12h. p. Gladiator car
Miss Dorothy Levitt and the 12h.p. Gladiator car which she drove in a series of reliability trials in 1903

Holmes / Dancing Men
I suppose you are the detectives from London? said he

Santos Dumont Book
Brazilian aviation pioneer Santos-Dumonts own account of his flying career : the cover depicts his successful circuit of the Tour Eiffel, Paris, on 13 July 1901

Randall Thomas Davidson
RANDALL THOMAS DAVIDSON Archbishop of Canterbury from 1903 - 1928

His Holiness Leo XIII
POPE LEO XIII Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaelle Luigi Pecci

The Marchioness of Headfort 1903
Photographic portrait of the the Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London

The Hon C. S. Rolls in his racing car
The Hon. C. S. Rolls in his special racing car. The car beat the world record for 1 km, covering the distance in 27 secs, equal to 83mph. Rolls later died in 1910 in a plane crash

An Irresponsible chauffeur
A humourous illustration by H.L. Bacon of a female driver in the countryside, accompanied by a dog in the passenger seat

Telephone-room at Southwark fire engine station
The telephone-room at Southwark Chief Fire Engine Station showing an officer operating a switchboard, connecting the station with sub-stations in other London districts

The Motor in Mail Service
A new delivery-car for the Post Office

E Rostand / Pjournal 1903
EDMOND ROSTAND French playwright received at the Academie Francaise

Paris / Boulevard Montmart
Boulevard Montmartre: viewed from above

Bodleian Library Oxford
Interior view of the Bodleian, Oxford

Bodleian Library 1903
Interior view of the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Paris-Madrid 1903
PARIS - MADRID RACE A dramatic moment as two drivers jockey for position on a country road

Lacy Dresses 1903
Two ladies in decorative dresses, one yellow with lace flounces on the sleeves, one blue with cape-like collar

Floods London 1903
Within a space of a few days some seven inches of rain fell, resulting in floods all over the country and London

Pro-French Demo / Rome
A pro-French demonstration through the streets of Rome

Hampstead / Church Row
Hampstead: Church Row

Farming Family Dine
A farmworker and his family eat in their kitchen

Detroit Motor Race / 1903
At full speed: a trail brush between Messrs. Ford (on the left) & Harkness (right)

Fantastic Floral Hat
A young lady managing to keep a straight face while wearing a ludicrously large plaited straw hat profusely trimmed with flowers & bows & tied on like a bonnet with a ribbon

Oxford / Trinity College
Oxford: Trinity College

Evelyn Waugh
EVELYN WAUGH Portrait of the English novelist and satirist

SOWING
A farmer and his wife sow their fields - she brings him the seed, he scatters it from the tray slung at his waist

Congestion at Bank
Congested London streets - the scene outside the Bank of England

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