1911 Collection (page 14)

First air mail letter from Hendon to Windsor
First English air mail letter from Hendon to Windsor, a letter to be carries by air by Mr. Gustav Hamel. 9 September 1911

St Anns Girls Home, Ambleside
A view of the St Annes Home for Girls, Ambleside, Westmorland. The home was opened in 1907 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1911

Rodeo - W. F. Blanchett on Hot Foot - Round up, Pendleton, Oregon, USA. Date: 1911

Union Station, Houston, Texas, USA. Date: 1911

1911 Census - John Bull being measured
Front cover of The Sphere, of John Bull being measured to see if his waist has grown from the decade before. Date: April 1911

Soldiers lie in road, Sidney Street Siege, London
Soldiers lie in the cobblestoned roadway during the Sidney Street Siege, London, ready to shoot on sight. 1911

People looking at bullet holes after Sidney Street Siege
People looking at bullet holes after the Sidney Street Siege, London. 1911

Nurses waiting with police, Sidney Street Siege, London. 1911

Marksmen at Sidney Street Siege, London, 1911
Sidney Street Siege, London - marksmen who formed a cordon around No. 100. 1911

Dunvilles whisky wagons in London
Large number of wagons, heavily laden with cases of Dunvilles world-famed V.R. whisky, travelling from St. Katherines Dock to Dunvilles London headquarters in Shaftesbury Avenue

Night view of Dearborn Street, Chicago, USA, looking north from Van Buren Street. Date: 1911

Night view of Clark Street, Chicago, USA, looking north from Madison, in the Rialto district. Date: 1911

Night view of State Street, Chicago, USA, looking north from Adams Street, in the shopping district. Date: 1911

Night view, North American Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA, on the corner of State Street and Monroe Street. Date: 1911

Heisen Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA, on the corner of Harrison Street and Dearborn Street. Date: 1911

The German Building, Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was built by the German government for the Worlds Fair, and later presented to the Park Commissioners, and used as a restaurant

Programme cover, Pavilion Theatre of Varieties, Glasgow, Scotland. 1911

Front cover, Festival of Empire, The Pageant of London, May to October 1911 at the Crystal Palace, SE London. 1911

Soldiers at Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Soldiers in a riverside scene at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Soldiers and procession, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Soldiers standing to attention and on horseback in procession at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Spectators at the Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Spectators on a grandstand at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Crowds of people at the Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Crowds of people at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

King Emperors Camp, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
The King Emperors Camp at the time of the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Assam Camp, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
The Assam Camp at the time of the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

Pavilion, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
The pavilion, for the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911, with King George V and Queen Mary surrounded by crowds of people. Date: 1911

The Maharajah goes a-cricketing
The Maharajah of Patiala having his pads adjusted before going in to bat. Date: 1911

Games and Pastimes- Hockey
A page from The Bystander relating to games and pastimes in 1911. The photograph at the top shows a hockey international between England and Ireland

The Indian cricket team
An article by E.H.D. Sewell about the Indian cricket team in 1911; photographs from top to bottom: Mr J. S. Warden; Mr P. Balu; Dr. H.D. Kanga (vice-caption); Mr K. Sesha Chari; Major K. M

Aboard the Morning Star yacht at Cowes, Isle of Wight - the Pageant of the Century. 1911

British Seamens Orphanage, Brixham - Coronation Procession
Uniformed boys from the British Seamens Orphanage, Brixham, Devon, stand behind a gun carriage as part of a procession to celebrate the coronation of George V in 1911. Date: 1911

Athelstan House Remand / Probation Home, Birmingham
Athelstan House on Moseley Road, Birmingham, was built in 1911 following a gift from Barrow Cadbury. Over the next 90 years, it variously served as a boys hostel, remand home and probation hostel

Boxing match, Langford v Lang, London
Boxing match, Sam Langford v Bill Lang, London, 21 February 1911. Langford won in the 6th round. Date: 1911

Boxing match, Wolgast v Moran, San Francisco, USA
Boxing match for the World Lightweight Title, between Adolphus (Michigan Wildcat) Wolgast and Owen Moran, in San Francisco, USA, on 4 July 1911. Wolgast won by a knockout. 1911

Julia Neilson in Romeo and Juliet
Julia Neilson (1868 - 1957), English actress, playing Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Date: 1911

Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina
Vaslav Nijinsky (1889 - 1950) and Tamara Karsavina (1885 - 1978) in Le Spectre de la rose. Date: 1911

Share certificate, San Antonio Land and Irrigation Company Limited -- 10 shares, dated 19 September 1911, made out to J H Dunn. Date: 1911

James Braid and Party at Archerfield House
Golfer James Braid as he stands at the entrance to Archerfield House with Sir George Riddell, Mr Watt, Mr and Mrs Asquith, and their children, Miss Asquith, Miss Elizabeth Asquith

Procession of Lama Priests in Kyoto, Japan
Procession of Buddhist Lama Priests through the streets of Kyoto, Japan. Date: 1911

James Braid signing an autograph
Golfer James Braid signing an autograph for a young hunter at Banstead Golf Club during the Tooting Bec Challange Cup competition 1911

James Braid in Golf of the Week
Golfer James Braid captured in driving pose in the tournament at Stoke Poges, as part of the Golf of the Week feature by A C Croome Date: 1911

Grand Professional Competition
Golfer James Braid, who was a probable contestant for the Sphere and Tatler cup which was being played at his home club, Walton Heath. Date: 1911

Channel Islands, Jersey - St Aubin from the Harbour Date: 1911

Overhead map of London - a scheme watched by the War Office. 1911

Inside of the old War Office
Where the War Office stood - Images of the inside of the old War Office at Pall Mall - RAC new premises. Date: 1911

Oscar Hammerstein I, businessman and composer
Oscar Hammerstein I (1846-1919), businessman, theatre impresario and composer. 1911

Procession over London Bridge, day after Coronation
The procession the day after the coronation, with King George and Queen Mary crossing London Bridge the main entrance to get to South London in an open carriage. Date: 23 June 1911

Procession at Fleet Street, day after Coronation
The procession of George V, going through the once was journalist headquarters, Fleet Street, London, on the 23rd June 1911. 23 June 1911

Sir Gordon Carter, Clerk of the Course at Ascot from 1910 to 1941. A stickler for perfection, he apparently changed his outfits five times a day during Ascot week and washed

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