1923 Collection (page 21)

Wedding - Crown Prince of Sweden and Lady Louise Mountbatten
The Wedding of Crown Prince Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) and Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (1889-1965) on 3rd November 1923 at St. Jamess Palace, London

Captain Angus Buchanan on a camel in Mesopotamia
Captain Angus Buchanan who led an expedition to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23. A film shot during the expedition, Crossing the Great Sahara, records the 3500 mile journey

The evolution of the Zeppelin Airship from LZ1 in 1900 through to LZ126 in 1923 Date: circa 1923

Lemnos, Greece - Moudros - Mosque
Moudros on the Island of Lemnos, Greece in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. During World War I, the Allies used the island to try to capture the Dardanelles Straits, some 50 km away

Design for Chintz with flowers. Gouache on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1923

Andrea Caceres (Peru)
ANDREA CACERES President of Peru. Date: 1836 - 1923

Royal Wedding 1923 - The Ray of Sunshine
Illustration in a Bystander issue celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923 showing the happy couple bathed in a ray

The Sphere Royal Marriage Number 1923- wedding ceremony
Scene in Westminster Abbey at the moment Prince Albert, Duke of York took his bride, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons hand and plighted his troth in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Programme cover for Brighter London, 1923
Programme cover for Brighter London staged at the London Hippodrome by Julian Wylie, 1923. Date: 1923

The Sketch front cover - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a photograph of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the bride of Prince Albert, Duke of York, shown in profile contemplating a china figurine

Guests at the Royal Wedding
A spread from The Sketch magazine with photographs depicting some of the guests attending the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York

The Magpie Magazine
An Advertisement for the holiday magazine The Magpie published on 5th July 1923 depicting a glamorous woman in an elaborate black and white dress on a tree branch accompanied by two magpies

The Countess of St Germans
Lady Blanche Linnie Somerset (18971968), married John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans who died in a riding accident during a steeplechase in 1922 aged 31

Wedding of The Duke of York and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
The wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI; 1895-1952) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (future Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; 1900-2002) on 26th April 1923. Date: 1923

The Dog Days - Rene Vincent
The Dog Days A Fashionable Older man in formal evening dress and stylish woman in lightweight attire exchange greetings on a boiling hot summers day. Date: 1923

Princess Ileana Of Romania
Princes Ilena of Romania (1909-1991) in Cornwall by the rocks, the youngest of three daughters of the King and Queen of Romania. She was born in Bucharest Date: 1923

Lady Alexandra Curzon (1904-1995), the Youngest Daughter of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. Her second name was Naldera

Lady Moira Combe, the daughter of the Lord and lady Clonmell, had married Major Henry Combe D.S.O in 1920. The portrait of Lady Moira Combe depicts her in a stereotypical 1920s cloche hat

Young girls fashions 1923
A selection fashionable dresses for young American girls in 1923. Unattributed illustrator Date: 1923

Showgirl from the Concert Mayol, Paris, 1923 Date: 1923

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as a bridesmaid
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as a bridesmaid at the wedding of her future sister-in-law, Princess Mary, the Princess Royal to the Earl of Harewood in 1922. Date: 1923

Duke and Duchess of York on their wedding day
Colour tinted photograph of the marriage of Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) on 26th April 1923. Date: 1923

Gentlemen v Players, 200th Cricket Eleven
Photographs of the eleven Players in the 200th Gentlemen and Players cricket match. The match was played on an annual basis, the tradition having started in 1806

Kathleen McKane and Suzanne Lenglen, tennis players
Scenes from a Wimbledon tennis match between the top players, Miss Kathleen McKane and Mlle Suzanne Lenglen, representing England and France respectively

Industrial Farm Colony, Duxhurst, Surrey
Inmates at the Industrial Farm Colony for Female Inebriates, Duxhurst, Surrey. Founded in 1895 by Lady Henry Somerset, the colony provided care for women alcoholics

Wedding of Lord Raglan & Hon. Julia Hamilton
Wedding photograph for the marriage of Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan (1885-1964) to the Hon. Julia Hamilton (1901-1971)

Princess Helena 1860
Princess Helena (1846-1923), later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo: Thursdays Good Deed: Bonzo saves the sixpence, but spoils the pudding. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Lloyd George in 1923
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Ex-Prime Minister campaigning for Free Trade in 1923

Ruhr Crisis Poster / 1923
A poster showing France as the agressor in the Ruhr Crisis

The coming of the Loud speaker
Photograph of a loud speaker being used at Stamford Bridge football stadium. The man seated at the table spoke into the telephone receiver

Marasco Stigmata - 3
BERTHA MRAZEK, also known as Georges Marasco Belgian dual personality subject who displayed remarkable stigmata picture 3 of 3 - on the body

French & Beligian Goods
Germans warned off buying French and Belgian goods during the occupation

Inflation / 1923 / Germany
Paper money is collected from the bank in washing baskets

Waving at Train
Two children stand on a fence and wave a handkerchief at a passing steam train

New York at Night
Lower New York at night, taken looking down town from Walker Street

Coat by Vionnet 1923
Simple tailored costume & matching scarf by Madeleine Vionnet translated into a sketch with futurist / cubist aplomb

Is that Enough for Four
Is that enough for four ? Or should I add some more ?

Atlantis Site ?
Are the Azores, in mid- Atlantic, the site of the Atlantis continent ?

Myth / Father Time
Time propels our planet through Eternity

Batak Charm Book
BATAK, book of charms Natives of Sumatra find here charms to guide and protect them in all their affairs

Buckle of Isis
BUCKLE OF ISIS Since Isis was the greatest of the Egyptian divinities, this buckle carrying her insignia meant that no wrong could be done to the wearer

AXE-HEAD AMULET Chinese wear this as a protection against witchcraft

Abraxas Stone
ABRAXAS STONE carved with occult signs and words and much favored by the Romans

Utchet Talisman
UTCHAT TALISMAN worn by the Ancient Egyptians, this incorporated the powerful Eye of Horus

Frederick Banting / Nobel
SIR FREDERICK GRANT BANTING Canadian physician - won Nobel Prize in 1923

Yokohama Earthquake, Japan - Remains of CPR Shipping Offices
The aftermath of the earthquake in Yokohama, Japan - remains of CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) Shipping Offices and Jetty. The Great Kanto earthquake, Japan - which struck on 1st September 1923

The Edge O Beyond by Roy Horniman and Ruby Miller
The Edge O Beyond by Roy Horniman (18721930) and Ruby Miller (14 July 1889 - 2 April 1976), from the novel by Gertrude Page (1872 - 1922) written in 1908

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