1905 Collection (page 94)

St Nicolas / Myra / Xmas
SAINT NICOLAS OF MYRA depicted as Santa Claus, distributing presents to children

PROUST (1832-1905)
Antoine Proust French journalist and politician

Au Printemps, Paris
Ladies consider purchasing a tablecloth from the elegant and spacious store on the Boulevard Haussmann

Big Spender
BIG SPENDER !

SMILE !

Edwardian Afternoon Tea
Typical Edwardians taking afternoon tea in the garden

Kentish Hop Garden
Workers in a Kentish hop garden

PRINCE JOHN / 1905-19 / BABY
PRINCE JOHN The youngest son of George V, as a baby in 1906. Suffered from severe epilepsy throughout his short life

London Flower Stall
A splendidly colourful flower stall in a London street

Breton Wedding Feast
A rustic wedding feast, Brittany

No Smoking Aloud
A very funny postcard about an Irishman who can t spell and thinks, poor fellow, that a notice saying NO SMOKING ALLOWED means NO SMOKING ALOUD, so he smokes quietly

New Year Angels
Two angels sing New Year wishes to you in German

Weather Forecasting
CHANGE

STUDENTS DUEL C1905
The Mensur (fencing bout) - both duellists hope they will be scarred for life

Boarding Folkestoneferry
CHANNEL FERRY Boarding the ferry for Folkestone, at Boulogne

Paris Opera / 1905
People milling about in front of the Opera

Paris / Seine / Pont Neuf
A view of the Seine at Pont Neuf

Sultan Meets French
Monsieur Saint-Rene Taillandier of the French delegation reveals the programme of reform by the French before the Sultan of Morocco

John Morley / Visc / Pc 1905
JOHN, VISCOUNT MORLEY English politician and writer, in 1905 when he became Secretary of State for India

Spanish Peasants Desert
Discouraged by agricultural distress, Andalusian peasants desert the countryside

Rus / Jap War: Convicts
Desperate in the face of escalating defeat, the Russian army accepts convicts, released from their chains in Siberian prisons

Princess Victoria / 1905
PRINCESS VICTORIA Daughter of Edward VII

Rus / Jap War / Oyama
Mukden : Japanese commander Marshal Oyama enters the city after Kuropatkin has withdrawn the Russian forces

Rus / Jap War / Linievich
Russian general Linievich contemplates the hopeless task before him in Manchuria

Charles Wentworth / 1905
SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH 2nd Baronet Dilke English MP

Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal politician, prime minister 1905-1908

Brazza / Luque / Hommes D au
PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA Italian-born French explorer

Hungarians & Franz Josef
Hungarian magnates present a petition to Franz Josef

Wreck in Channel
Some of the crew of a steamer sinking in the English Channel are rescued as they cling to the rigging

Camille Clifford / 1905
Camille Clifford Actress

Lilian Braithwaite / 1905
LILIAN BRAITHWAITE English actress

Constance Benson / 1905
CONSTANCE BENSON (nee Featherstonhaugh) English actress, wife of Frank R Benson

Little Tich / Spoofer
LITTLE TICH (Harry Relph) Music hall entertainer

Ellen Terry / 1905
Dame ELLEN ALICE TERRY English actress - not getting on with her paperwork!

Irving as Wolsey
HENRY IRVING Irving as Wolsey in Shakespeares Henry VIII

Henry Irving / Bells
HENRY IRVING English actor-manager as Mathias in The Bells

Harry Irving / Play 1905
HARRY BRODRIBB IRVING English actor-manager and son of Sir Henry Irving. Educated for the bar, but turned to the stage

Henry Irving / Rotary
HENRY IRVING English actor-manager

Greta Garbo / Red Letter
GRETA GARBO Swedish-American film actress

Greta Garbo / Mattino 1938
GRETA GARBO Swedish-American film actress with Charles Boyer as Napoleon in Marie Walewska

Greta Garbo / Postcard
GRETA GARBO Swedish-American film actress

Joseph Cotten / Winchester
JOSEPH COTTEN American film actor

George Macdonald / Cdv
GEORGE MACDONALD Scottish novelist and poet

Mollison / Puss Moth Plane
James Allan Mollison, British aviator, and his Puss Moth: made several record flights; husband of Amy Johnson

Henry Slade American physical spirit medium accused of fraud in a notable trial

Queen Mary / Son John 1905
QUEEN MARY Wife of George V, with her baby son John (1905-19)

Leicester Square 1905
Looking eastwards, with the Empire Theatre (where the show High Jinks is playing) on your left : note sandwichmen, delivery wagons, a four- wheeler cab and a horse bus

Oscar Ii / Sweden / Sepia Ph
OSCAR II King of Sweden (1872-1907) and of Norway (1872-1905) - seen here as Prince Oscar

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