1911 Collection (page 5)

Vaslav Nijinsky / Blue God
VASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer in a Bakst costume for the Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu

Michelin Tyre Advert
A Michelin Tyre Advertisement, showing the Michelin Man aiding the local workers in rubber collection!

Gustav Hamels plane ready to leave Hendon for Windsor
Gustav Hamels aeroplane ready to leave Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor

Amundsen / Taking Bearing
Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely. Amundsens men determining the exact location of the S. Pole

Russian Balalaika Player
A well-wrapped-up musician plays his balalaika amidst the snow

Triumph Motor Bike 1911
Triumph

Top English Clergy
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, together with other top English clergy, at the coronation of George V

H J Heinz factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
View from Troy Hill of the H J Heinz factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1911

Labouchere on Antionette Date: 1911

A labour of love
Dutch boy plaits the hair of his girl friend while she is knitting socks. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911

Trade catalogue of womens perfume sprays 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a page crystal cut glass and diamond cut perfume sprays bottles. Date: 1911

Great Northern Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA
Great Northern Railroad Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA, with a train in the station and people on the platform. Date: 1911

Listers Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, New Jersey
Listers Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, near Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Date: 1911

Military parade Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire celebrating the coronation of George V in 1911. Date: 1911

Coronation Delhi Durbar - Bahawalpur Camp Entrance. Temporary (!) Camp for His Highness The Nawab of the Gods Granted Kingdom of Bahawalpur

B C Hucks at Taunton with the Mercury II two-seater
B.C. Hucks at Taunton with the Mercury II two-seater on 7 August 1911. Date: 1911

Native Amercan Women
Highly romanticised depiction of a Native American Woman Date: 1911

HMS Crescent, Edgar-class cruiser, WW1
HMS Crescent, an Edgar-class cruiser. Launched in 1892, took part in the First World War. Date: 1911

Police guarding Liverpool Station during transport strike
Policemen on horseback guarding Liverpool Station during the general transport strike of 1911. The strike began with two of the seamens unions, resulting from a range of grievances

Firemen at Chipping Norton Workhouse, Oxfordshire
Firemen stand in a burnt-out section of the Chipping Norton workhouse in Oxfordshire following a fire on 19 March 1911. Sewing machines and cotton reels amongst the debris indicate a sewing room

Home Upholstery
Photograph of a woman planning to reupholster an armchair by first using paper to take an accurate model of the chairs dimensions

Tonypandy / Fusiliers
TONYPANDY COAL STRIKE Lancashire fusiliers waiting to depart for Tonypandy

Wright Flyer
Rudder of Alec Ogilvies Wright Flyer When the Handle of the Control Lever is Turned over As Shown Date: 1911

J W Nott-Bower
Captain sir J W NOTT-BOWER Police chief [Note : there were more than one policemen in this family] Date: circa 1911

The Village, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
The Village, Stoneleigh, Coventry, near Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1911

Rose & Crown Public House, Perry Wood, Kent
Rose & Crown Public House, Perry Wood, Selling, near Faversham, Kent, England. Showing Horse & Carts Date: 1911

Breaking ice for water, Tientsin, China
Men breaking ice on a frozen river for water and hauling it on sledges in Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, around 1911. Date: C.1911

The Grove, lkley, West Yorkshire
The Grove, lkley, a Spa Town in West Yorkshire Date: 1911

Lakes Waterbird 1911
Lakes Waterbird, 1911. Date: 1911

Samuel Franklin Cody (1862-1913) - Aldershot 1911
Samuel Franklin Cody, 1862-1913, Aldershot, 1911. Date: 1913

Rehearsal for the First UK Aerial Post staged at Windsor in September 1911 organised by Claude Grahame-White. Date: 1911

Royal Horse Artillery Hounds, Shooters Hill, London
Captain Reed-Scot of the Royal Horse Artillery (Woolwich) leading out his draghounds at Shooters Hill, London. The pack consisted of 18 couples of hounds, kept in adjoining kennels to some foxes

Highland dancers at Braemar Highland Games
Highlanders dancing a reel for the royal party at the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, attended by King George V and Queen Mary. circa 1911

Strike action, with London trams at a standstill
The scene near the Elephant and Castle, London, with a continuous line of double-decker trams all heading in the direction of London Bridge during the 1911 strike. 1911

Lloyd Georges Maternity Insurance Benefit
In the early twentieth century a free National Health Service did not yet exist and the poor could not usually afford medical services

Chinese Barber
In a Chinese barbershop, short back and sides is taken literally. circa 1911

Kiev Theatre
The theatre, Kiev. Date: 1911

North Nave, Festival of Empire Exhibition, Crystal Palace
View inside the North Nave at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Queen Victorias Memorial - Statue of Peace
The statue of peace surmounting the Queen Victoria Memorial Monument sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock and situated in front of Buckingham Palace. The memorial was unveiled in May 1911

Launch of the Titanic
Launch of the ill fated Titanic -- at the time the largest vessel in the world

Prominent members of the racing set at Goodwood
Lord Stradbroke, Lady Hamilton, Lady Stradbroke and Sir John Cotterell at the Goodwood races

Emigrants embarking at the Royal Albert Docks, London, 1911
Illustration showing emigrants about to board the New Zealand liner Paparoa to make passage to Queensland, Australia, 1911

Cartoon of David Lloyd-George as Queen Victoria, 1911
Cartoon of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, then Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had just passed the National Insurance Act and thereby earnt The Bystanders scorn

Chicago Stockyards 9
Two-thirds of the 8 million pigs that enter the Chicago stockyards are destined for pork joints : the rest are used to make sausages. England is a major client

Chicago Stockyards 8
Sheep hang by their rear legs as they pass towards the attentions of the butchers at the Chicago stockyards

YORK - 1911
York from City Walls

Police Reward Poster
Metropolitan Police reward poster for Peter Piatkow, aka Peter the Painter, who was accused of murdering police officers in London

Ws GILBERT (1836-1911)
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright. Began collaboration with Arthur Sullivan (Gilbert writing the librettos, Sullivan the music) on highly popular comic operas

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