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1924 Collection (page 11)

Background image1924 Collection: Well

Well
Engraving of a primitive well in a flat landscape. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: German travel poster

German travel poster
Travel poster advertising Spring in Wiesbaden. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Music cover, Sanctuary of the Heart, Meditation Religieuse

Music cover, Sanctuary of the Heart, Meditation Religieuse, by Albert W Ketelbey. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Advert for Dunvilles - Crowned King of Irish Whiskies 1924

Advert for Dunvilles - Crowned King of Irish Whiskies 1924
Advertisement for Dunvilles - the " Crowned King of Irish Whiskies". Dunville & Co. Ltd. - Royal Irish Distilleries, Belfast. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Princess Elisabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904 - 1955), second daughter of Prince

Princess Elisabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904 - 1955), second daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and sister to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

Background image1924 Collection: Lady Mary Ashley Cooper in Jacobean costume Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper (1902-1936)

Lady Mary Ashley Cooper in Jacobean costume Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper (1902-1936)
Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper (1902-1936), later Lady Alington, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury. Pictured in the costume she wore at the Hatfield Pageant

Background image1924 Collection: Tatler cover - jockey Steve Donoghue & son Front cover of The Tatler featuring

Tatler cover - jockey Steve Donoghue & son Front cover of The Tatler featuring
Front cover of The Tatler featuring champion jockey, Steve Donoghue (1884-1945) with his son, Pat, at Salisbury. Donoghue Junior, aged 13

Background image1924 Collection: Advertising panel, Pompeian Soap

Advertising panel, Pompeian Soap - Honeymooning in the Alps. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: First white line painted on a London road

First white line painted on a London road
The first white line painted on a road in London, in an attempt to solve traffic congestion. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Girls Industrial School - Swimming

Girls Industrial School - Swimming
Girls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Girls Industrial School - Dance Exercise

Girls Industrial School - Dance Exercise
Girls at an unidentified Industrial School perform an exercise or dance in pairs holding a stick. Date: circa 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Athelstan House Remand / Probation Home, Birmingham

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

Background image1924 Collection: Aerial view, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley

Aerial view, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
Aerial view of the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924, with Wembley Stadium in the top right. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Golf in the West-End

Golf in the West-End
Golfers, including James Braid at the opening of the Piccadilly Open Air Golf Practice Course at 8, Upper St Martins Lane. The course was on the roof of a garage 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Men working on model ships

Men working on model ships. Header reads - A Naumachia for Wembley - Building models for Navy to fight its battle o er again. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence in a Revue

Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence in a Revue
Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence in Andre Charlots Revue of 1924. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Radio broadcast, Lancelot White, 7-year-old elocutionist

Radio broadcast, Lancelot White, 7-year-old elocutionist
Radio broadcast by Lancelot White, a 7-year-old elocutionist. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Open-air luncheon, Mr and Mrs H I Pratt

Open-air luncheon, Mr and Mrs H I Pratt
Aerial view of an open-air luncheon hosted by Mr and Mrs H I Pratt, at Glen Cove, Long Island, USA. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Edward, Prince of Wales, at Anglo-American polo match

Edward, Prince of Wales, at Anglo-American polo match
Edward, Prince of Wales, at an Anglo-American Polo match at Meadowbrook Club, New York, USA. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Ramsay MacDonalds Cabinet, first Labour Government

Ramsay MacDonalds Cabinet, first Labour Government
Group photo, Ramsay MacDonalds Cabinet in the first Labour Government. Front row (left to right): Adamson, Lord Parmoor, Snowden, Lord Haldane, MacDonald, Clynes, Thomas, Henderson

Background image1924 Collection: H G Wells, English author

H G Wells, English author. 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Jello

Jello
Jell-O advertisement...and remember girls, Jell-O, so easily made, is always welcome and in good taste. Cookery teacher and pupils. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal January 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Lux

Lux advertisement. To wash your blankets at home.. Illustration from Ladies Home Journal May 1924. Artist anon Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Maxwell House

Maxwell House coffee advertisement. Good to the last drop. 1920s couple drinking coffee on a cruise liner. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal December 1924. Artist anon. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Beautiful bride and page boys

Beautiful bride and page boys
Cover of Home Notes magazine: Special Wedding Number. The bride wears a floor length gown with an endless train, puff ball sleeves

Background image1924 Collection: The Ten Commandments film advertisement, 1924

The Ten Commandments film advertisement, 1924
Advertisement for the film, The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. De Mille, showing at the London Pavilion in 1924. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: The Sphere British Empire Exhibition Number

The Sphere British Empire Exhibition Number
Front cover of The Sphere magazines British Empire Exhibition Number featuring the Indian style pavilion gateway erected for the event at Wembley. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Memorial fountain at Marlow to Charles Frohman

Memorial fountain at Marlow to Charles Frohman
The memorial drinking fountain at Marlow-on-Thames by Mr L.D. Merrifield, erected in 1924 to the memory of American theatrical manager Charles Frohman

Background image1924 Collection: Advert for Peter Robinson ostrich feather neckwear 1924

Advert for Peter Robinson ostrich feather neckwear 1924
Extremely fashionable ostrich stole. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Advert for Reslaw womens hats 1924

Advert for Reslaw womens hats 1924
Latest Spring fashionable hats. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Page of fashion adverts - April 1924

Page of fashion adverts - April 1924
Page of four fashion adverts for womens clothing and hair restorer, Dickins & Jones, three-piece gown in Romain coat, Caradium, hair dye, restoring grey hair to its original colour

Background image1924 Collection: Advert for Debenham & Freebody little girls coats 1924

Advert for Debenham & Freebody little girls coats 1924
Exclusive designs of little girls Spring coats, available from the childrens outfitting department at Debenham & Freebody, Wigmore Street. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Cape May sea creature, 1924

Cape May sea creature, 1924
A 76 ft sea creature, believed at the time to be a cross between a whale and a sea cow, washed up on the American coast at Cape May, New Jersey Beach

Background image1924 Collection: Clare Sheridan

Clare Sheridan (born as Clare Consuelo Frewen; also known as Clare Consuelo Sheridan) (9 September 1885 - 31 May 1970), English sculptress, traveller and writer. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Ancient Egypt up-to-date

Ancient Egypt up-to-date - Can you keep a secret? Series of postcards published by Raphael Tuck to commemorate the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924/25. Artist: Agnes Richardson Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: British Empire Exhibition - East Africa Pavilion

British Empire Exhibition - East Africa Pavilion - note the little Railodok cars used to ferry visitors around the site. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: MUSSOLINI & PRINCIPE

MUSSOLINI & PRINCIPE
Mussolini makes powerful friends : he is photographed with Principe Giuseppe Lanza di Scalea, sindaco of Palermo. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: MUSSOLINI E BAMBINI

MUSSOLINI E BAMBINI
Never one to miss out on a favourable photo-opportunity, Mussolini poses with homeless children when he visits Palermo, Sicily. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: MUSSOLINI & ARISTOCRACY

MUSSOLINI & ARISTOCRACY
Mussolini realises he needs all the friends he can get, even the aristocracy : he is photographed with la principessa di Ganci when he visits Sicily. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: ADVERT / VISIT HARROGATE

ADVERT / VISIT HARROGATE
Visit Harrogate Date: pre-1924

Background image1924 Collection: COMMUNISM / YOUNG WORKER

COMMUNISM / YOUNG WORKER
Front cover of the communist magazine " The Young Worker", featuring Karl Liebknecht, who was murdered on 15 January 1919. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser

Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser
The Hanriot HD-1 flown by famed World War I French Ace Charles Nungesser in the 1925 movie The Sky Raider, with Nungessers distinctive badge on the fuselage side

Background image1924 Collection: Cox-Klemin CO-1 P-377

Cox-Klemin CO-1 P-377 at McCook Field for evaluation. The CO-1 and CO-2 (company designations) were licence-built Heinkel HD17 reconnaissance biplanes

Background image1924 Collection: United States Navy - USS Shenandoah - ZR-1

United States Navy - USS Shenandoah - ZR-1
United States Navy - USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first of four United States Navy rigid airships overflying a city. Shenandoah was constructed during 1922-1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station

Background image1924 Collection: The crew of Douglas World Cruiser - New Orleans

The crew of Douglas World Cruiser - New Orleans
The crew of Douglas World Cruiser New Orleans, at a presentation by US Navy officers. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: United States Navy - Dayton-Wright DH-4

United States Navy - Dayton-Wright DH-4 trainer from US Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. Date: circa 1924

Background image1924 Collection: USaS - Douglas World Cruiser float-plane

USaS - Douglas World Cruiser float-plane
United States Army Air Service (USaS) - Douglas World Cruiser float-plane 23-1232 4 / New Orleans (msn 148), at harbour during the circumnavigation of the globe. Date: 1924

Background image1924 Collection: United States Navy - Destroyer DD-293 - USS Billingsley

United States Navy - Destroyer DD-293 - USS Billingsley
United States Navy - Destroyer DD-293 USS Billingsley, assisting Douglas World Cruiser float-plane 23-1231 (msn 147) Boston, which was forced down near the Faroe Islands and damaged beyond repair



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