1910s Collection (page 16)

Bedouin tribesmen in Egyptian desert, WW1
Bedouin tribesmen riding camels in the Egyptian desert, 21 November 1914, in the early stages of the First World War. It was men like these who fought with Lawrence of Arabia. 1914

King Edward VII lying in state, Westminster Hall, London. 1910

Boxing match, Jack Johnson v Jess Willard, Havana, Cuba
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, in the world heavyweight title match (in Havana)

Petty Officer Matthew Curran, Irish boxer
Petty Officer Matthew Curran (1882-1938), nicknamed Nutty Curran, Irish heavyweight boxer. Date: circa 1910s

Charlie Hardcastle, English boxer
Charlie Hardcastle (1894-1960), English featherweight boxer Date: circa 1910s

Coats of Arms for Colleges of Oxford University. Date: circa 1910

Chism Ice Cream Factory, Reno, Nevada, USA
Chism Ice Cream Factory, West Street, Reno, Nevada, USA -- workforce with truck at loading platform. Date: circa 1910s

General view of Carson City, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1910

Tiburon, Marin County, California, USA, showing the docks, the railway pierhead and a hilltop fire. Date: circa 1910

Sun Buildings, Spooners Corner, Plymouth, showing Farrows Bank Ltd and other premises. circa 1910s

German troops marching through Belgium, WW1
WW1 German troops marching through Belgium in the early stages of the First World War. 1914

Advert, W Rosenberg & Co, Fine Art Dealers, Liverpool
Advert, W Rosenberg & Co, Fine Art Dealers, Lime Street, Liverpool. circa 1915

The Great Lafayette in his study, 1911
Sigmund Neuberger (or Newburger) (1871-1911), otherwise known as illusionist The Great Lafayette. Seen here in his study at 55 Tavistock Square, London, which was decorated with pictures, colour

Silver plated cigarette box with battle scene, WW1
Silver plated cigarette box with battle scene after Richard Caton Woodville, First World War, with a quotation from Rudyard Kipling. 1916-1917

RFC Woman Dispatch Rider, by W H Margetson, WW1
Royal Flying Corps Woman Dispatch Rider, by William Henry Margetson, First World War. circa 1917

YWCA Poster, Back our girls over there, WW1
YWCA Poster, design by Clarence F Underwood, Back our girls over there, United War Work Campaign, First World War. 1918

British recruitment poster, An Appeal To You, WW1
British recruitment poster, design by Alfred Leete, An Appeal To You, April 1915, First World War. 1915

British recruitment poster, Are You in this? WW1
British recruitment poster, design by Robert Baden-Powell, Are You in this? First World War. 1915

Shell-shocked Italian soldier with bandage, WW1
Shell-shocked Italian soldier with bandage, travelling in a railway compartment, First World War. Drawing by Robert Sargeant Austin. circa 1918

Cartoon, Business as Usual, by Rodo Pissarro, WW1
Cartoon, Business as Usual during the alterations of the Map of Europe, watercolour by Rodo Pissarro, First World War. Showing a London greengrocer standing defiantly outside his shop. circa 1915

Street scene, Canton Grande, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. Date: circa 1910

Plough Inn, Old Malden, Worcester Park, SW London (Surrey). circa 1910s

Dormans Park Hotel, Lingfield, Surrey. Date: circa 1910s

Letter from on board RMS Olympic, White Star Line, WW1
First page of a letter dated 28 November 1915 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy from on board RMS Olympic, White Star Line

Duchess of Vendome, Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870-1948), President of the War Refugees Committee. Date: circa 1910s

King Christian X of Denmark, Queen Alexandrine and sons
King Christian X of Denmark and Queen Alexandrine with their sons, Frederick and Knud. Date: 1915

British occupation of Istanbul, Turkey
circa 1919

Messrs. Robert Porter & Company Ltd premises
1913

Cromer Road, Mundesley-on-Sea, North Norfolk
1912

Altdorf, Switzerland - Statue of William Tell
1910

RMS Mauretania - Cunard LIne Transatlantic Ocean Liner
RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. circa 1920

Sir Savile Crossleys Shoot at Somerleyton Hall, Lowestoft - an after-luncheon group, featuring: Sir Savile and Lady Crossley, Lord and Lady Vivian, Lord and Lady Hastings, Colonel and the Hon

Coptic Christian Priest - possibly in Egypt circa 1910s

Four pretty young Austrian girls spin wildly in happy dance
Four pretty young Austrian girls spin wildly in a happy dance on the banks of a lake or seashore. circa 1908

Likoma, Lake Nyasa - waiting for the Mission Steamer
Likoma on Likoma Island, Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi), Malawi - waiting for the arrival of the Mission Steamer. Malawi was at this stage Nyasaland, a British protectorate established in 1907. circa 1910s

Camel Caravan - Aden, Yemen. 1920

Comic Postcard - feeble Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl
Comic Postcard - ( My Word !) Get Thee behind me Temptress - a feeble and effete Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl, although one wonders if she is quite his type anyway... 1910

Jijel, Algeria - The Bank of Algeria (Banque de l Algerie) building, designed by French Architect Gustave Umbdenstock. circa 1910s

The grave of Saint Cecilia - Catacomb of Callixtus
Rome, Italy - The Catacomb(s) of Callixtus (also known as the Cemetery of Callixtus) is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way - the grave of Saint Cecilia

Lima, Peru - The Hippodrome, with its remarkable isalmic/moorish architectural styling. circa 1910

Mustafa Castle, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Date: circa 1910s

Comic Postcard - Gent and two ladies on a bench - This is what I saw last night
Comic Postcard - Gent and two ladies on a bench - " This is what I saw last night, were you there?" Date: 1910

Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) - English stage, film and television actress - leaning against a magnificent early open-top motor car, possibly a Rolls Royce. Date: 1916

The Ornate Priors Door at Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire. A twelfth-century carved door way connected the Cathedral to the medieval cloister

River Nile near Port Said, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Ethiopian Chief Fitaurari Mangasha and his warriors
Ethiopian Commander of the Spearhead Fitaurari (General) Mangasha (with shield centre right) and his fearsome band of warriors pictured in the Arbaate Asmera neighbourhood of Asmara, Eritrea

Convent of Our Lady of Sion, Chepstow Villas, London - Exterior, Interior and the Gradens. Now sold and turned into smart Notting Hill Gate apartments... Date: 1913

The Wonders of the World - some of the principal architectural gems of the world in 1913, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, The Washington Monument

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