1910s Collection (page 19)

View of the Houses of Parliament across the River Thames
View of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London seen from across the River Thames - a small paddle steamer heads heads downstream passed a group of empty moored river barges

Mary, Princess Royal as Chief Girl Guide
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), daughter of George V in her uniform as Chief Girl Guide. She took an active role in promoting the Girl Guide movement, the VADs

Sorrento, Italy - Hotel Vittoria, with lift up the cliff - perched on the hillside overlooking the Bay of Naples. Date: 1910s

Sierra Leone, West Africa - Husking of Rice pestle & mortar
Sierra Leone, West Africa - The husking of rice using a pestle and mortar - common traditional domestic scene of food preparation. Date: circa 1910s

French Pin-up girl - seated on a plinth beneath a vine
French Pin-up girl - seated on a plinth beneath a grape vine. " One day my plinth will come...". Date: circa 1910

Female Golfer on Birthday Greetings Postcard - " Tis not within my power to say - How much I wish you joy to-day". Date: circa 1910s

Callao, Peru - English Railway for Lima and Chorrillos and Naval Centre. Date: circa 1910s

New Fashion Style from France - Jupes-Pantalons
New Fashion Style from France - three young women wearing Jupes-Pantalons stride confidently - Porte Dauphine, Paris. Date: circa 1910

Native Street Store - Maala Village, Aden, Yemen Date: circa 1910s

Launching of a Dhow - Aden Maalla Village, Yemen Date: 1910s

Regimental Sports - 27th Inniskillings, Tianjin, China
Regimental Sports - 27th Inniskillings, Tianjin, Northern China - 13th May 1911. Western nations were permitted to garrison the area to ensure open access to Beijing

Preston Mont, Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire
Preston Mont (Ethel Preston Monument - 1861-1911), Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire. Walter Preston was a manufacturing chemist. He married Ethel West in 1882. They had no children

People of the Upper Nile - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s

Bagamoyo Road - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Archways at Az Zubayr, Iraq
Archways at Az Zubayr is a city in and the capital of Al-Zubair District, part of the Basra Governorate of Iraq. The city is just south of Basra. The name can also refer to the old Emirate of Zubair

Human models pretending to be a marble statue
A pair of nude (mostly) human models pretending to be a marble statues, complete with rocky plinth! Date: circa 1910s

A Passionate Embrace, which fades out just as things are getting interesting... Date: circa 1910s

Tower by the Beach, Appley, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Around 1875 Sir William Hutt had a folly built just above the beach in the form of a castle tower. The tower is circular, with battlements, a turret and an external stair

Midland Hotel and Station - Bradford, West Yorkshire
Midland Hotel and Railway Station Station - Forster Square, Bradford, West Yorkshire. The statue (centre) is of Richard Oastler, who fought against the use of child labour in the mills. Date: 1912

Egypt - Tanta - Street Scene - Chareh el Boursa Date: circa 1910

Trieste, Italy - Tergesteo and the Old Stock Exchange
Trieste, the capital city of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy - Tergesteo and the Old Stock Exchange Date: circa 1910s

Bushehr, Iran - A Persian Festival Procession. Date: 1916

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - Royal Spithead Hotel Date: circa 1909

Statue of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt
Statue of Ramesses II ( The Great ), Statues in peristyle courtyard of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Kpalime, Togo - Festival of the Dead Date: 1910s

Lourdes, France - Bernadette Soubirous house
Lourdes, France - The home of Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church for her visions. Date: circa 1910

Miss Blanche Stocker - British Stage Actress. Date: 1910

Kissy-kiss-kissy a Japanese missy -- a western man kisses a supposedly oriental woman. circa 1910s

Illustration of a family of women sewing at home, the centre figure using a sewing machine. Advert for Dewhurst's Sylko Machine Twist Date: 1918

Two models discuss the simply lovely crochet yarn, an advert for Ardern's Lustrous Crochet Date: 1918

Advert for Lux soap flakes, an illustration of a woman handwashing with Lux, and a girl smiling at the viewer. Date: 1918

Two models discussing a fabric held out by the draper. Advert for Arden's Crochet Cotton. Date: 1918

Front cover of Beehive knitting pattern booklet for men's socks, hats, balaclavas etc, for Royal Navy and Merchant Navy sailors and for the Army Date: 1918

Mdlle Helene Dutrieu, early aviator 1910s - postcard by unknown publisher Date: 1910s

Smart Gentleman gardener assembles a rustic garden archway
Smart Gentleman assembling a rustic archway in the garden of his Victorian terraced suburban house. Date: circa 1910s

Albert Vickers (1838-1919), Chairman of Vickers Ltd. (1908-1918) - photograph taken on his 81st birthday in 1919. Date: 1919

Brook Bridge, Entrance - Unidentified Park in Birmimgham (possibly the Bourne Brook?) Date: circa 1910

Watery Lane, Quinton - Moor Street, Birmingham - Wintery scene. Date: circa 1910s

New Market Centre, Selly Oak, Bristol Road, Bournville, Birmingham. Date: circa 1910

Beaufort Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham - off Plough and Harrow Road (sadly, not one brick left standing on this fine-looking street). Date: 1911

Monument Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham Date: circa 1910

Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham - looking west from Monument Road (note Church of the Redeemer - left and Simpson & Sons Butchers - right) Date: 1911

Flowerbeds at Queens Park, Harborne, south-west Birmingham - in the distance is The Grove home of Birmingham's first MP, Thomas Attwood. Date: 1918

Multi-view postcard of Harborne Moorpool Estate (Ravenhurst Road, Maragret Grove, Park Edge and The Circle) - south-west Birmingham Date: circa 1910s

HMS D2 - D-class submarine
HMS D2 - one of eight D-class submarine built for the Royal Navy, launched in 1910. The D-class submarines were designed as improved and enlarged versions of the preceding C class

HMS Cairo, Flagship of Rear-Admiral G. H. Borrett, C. B
HMS Cairo (D87), Flagship of Rear-Admiral G. H. Borrett, C.B. Date: 1919

HMS Dublin - a Chatham class light cruiser that took part in the search for the Goeben and the Breslau in 1914, the early stages of the Gallipoli campaign and the Battle of Jutland. Date: circa 1919

Crew of HMS Maidstone - submarine Depot Ship. Date: circa 1910s

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