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Jules Fischer testing Farman hydroplane, FranceJules Fischer (or Fisher) testing a Farman hydroplane or hydroglider on the River Seine, France, between Sartrouville and Maisons-Laffitte, north west of Paris. Date: circa 1924
Fulani village, Ghana, Gold Coast, West AfricaFulani village, part of Cape Coast, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. The Fulani, described here as desert tribes from the Sahara, imported their own style of building. Date: circa 1924
Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, Russia - Avenue 25 OctoberNevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1918, the new Bolshevik government changed the name of the street to " Avenue of 25 October" (as used, interestingly, on this card)
Group photo, West Beach Cafe, Bournemouth, HampshireGroup photo outside West Beach Cafe, Bournemouth, Hampshire, taken on 26 August 1924. Date: 1924
The popular Orpheans Jazz Band, at the Savoy Hotel, London, 1924 Date: 1924
PalsPostcard: Pals!One of two postcards showing soldiers with horses, dating from World War One.One of 75 picture postcards, sentimental, humorous and documentary, from the period, before
Duke and Duchess of York at Sports Club, Mombasa, KenyaDuke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) take tea at the Mombasa Sports Club, Kenya, East Africa. 1924
Natives in kilts at a ngoma, Mombasa, Kenya, East AfricaNatives in Scottish kilts at a ngoma (traditional music and dance festival) in Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. 1924
Pompeii as it was in Ancient Days by MataniaLife in Pompeii 2000 years ago. A new reconstruction series by Fortunino Matania, no. III. Bringing in the new wine to Pompeii after the October vintage
Pompeii as it was and is by MataniaThe last election in Pompeii, 2000 years ago, before the eruption of Vesuvius, as envisaged by the Sphere special artist and expert in historical reconstruction, Fortunino Matania
In the Street of Abundance at Pompeii by MataniaA special reconstruction series of ancient Pompeii by Fortunino Matania for The Sphere. Here, in the Via Dell Abbondanza, a wealthy street in the city, is a sacrificial shrine, where anyone
Children playing at the beachYoung children playing on the beach with a shovel and bucket. Altl are wearing charming fashions from Gnooch s, Brompton Road, London
Mrs Adair, formerly American heiress Cornelia Wadsworth. Married her second husband, the wealthy Irishman, Mr John George Adair, in 1867. A leading society hostess during the Edwardian era
The Man Who Watches The Speedometer by Bateman. This illustration is of a man in his car. The faster he goes the more the speed affects him. First he looses his hat, then his hair
Zoe Palmer in her exotic Victorian gown for the Old Fashioned Girl number in the Midnight Follies cabaret show at the Hotel Metropole, London, 1924 Date: 1924
Some of the lads in Charles Gullivers pantomime Dick WhittiSeen in Vaudeville: (top) some of the lads in Charles Gullivers pantomime Dick Whittington at the Palladium Theatre and (bottom) Elsa Kruger appearing at the London Coliseum, 1924 Date: 1924
Procession of fancy dress costumes at the Epilogue BallThe culminating point of the great advertising convention, the Epilogue Ball, marking the close of the first International Advertising Convention held in Britain
The Epilogue Ball - costumes of famous magazinesExamples of costumes seen at the Epilogue Ball, held at the close of the International Advertising Convention at Olympia in July 1924
Italian Silent Film Actress Edy Darclea as Helen of TroyItalian Silent Film Actress Edy Darclea (1895-?) as Helen of Troy in Helena (1924). Date: 1924
On the Tirreno by MataniaA girl in a red swimming costume surveys the azure blue sea on the Tirreno on the Italian coast. Date: 1924
Dunhills for chauffeur uniforms advertisement, 1924Is your chauffeur smartly clothed? If your chauffeur is to do credit to you, and to your car, he must be smartly and correctly clothed. Advertisement for Dunhills Limited of Conduit Street. Date: 1924
Anatole France PhotoANATOLE FRANCE (real name Jacques Thibault) Prolific French writer, awarded Nobel Prize 1921. Date: 1844 - 1924
14th Marquess WinchesterCaptain Matthew WEBB, who on 24 August 1875 was the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 1848 - 1883
Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of BewdleyThe wife of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin wearing Buckmaster banquet gown. (1892-1945) Date: 1924
Liverpool FC football team 1924-1925Liverpool FC football team, 1924-1925 season. Date: 1924-1925
