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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
Maryhill Industrial School, GlasgowA view of the Industrial School for Girls, Maryhill, Glasgow Date: circa 1924
Mossbank Industrial School, GlasgowA view of the Industrial School for Boys, Mossbank, Glasgow. Extensive plots of vegetables were cultivated by the inmates. Date: circa 1924
Tatler front cover - Winston and Clementine ChurchillFront cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine (nee Hozier) by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1924
Title page design, Hassan by James Elroy FleckerTitle page design, Hassan (The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand), a verse drama by James Elroy Flecker, with illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie
East Street, Taunton, SomersetEast Street, Taunton, near Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Showing the Old Council House Date: 1924
ENDARA, Carlos Manuel (1827 - 1924). The Republic of Ecuador in 1860 foretold. 1900. Eloy Alfaro (with hat), future prime minister
Jamaica - Spanish Town, The Cathedral InteriorSlide showing a photograph of the inside of the cathedral, in Spanish Town. Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica
Advert for Burberry winter coats 1924Heavy wintert overcoats, provide comforting warmth through the soft, luxurious qualities of fine woola and thus they combine. Date: 1924
Arthur Ponsonby and Elizabeth PonsonbyArthur A.W.H. Ponsonby (1871-1946), pictured with his daughter Elizabeth Ponsonby in 1924, at the time of the new Labour government, of which he was a politician as under-secretary. Date: 1924
Wedding Cake CuttingJohn Hope Fellows and his new wife, Ellen Milligan, pictured cutting the first slice of the wedding cake at their wedding in Wilmington, Kent Date: 1924
RumplestiltskinThe scene where a gnome appears in the room and spins the straw into gold for the millers daughter in return for her necklace. Date: 1924
First circumnavigation of Australia by seaplane - 1924A map showing the route of the first circumnavigation of Australia by seaplane in 1924. On April 6, 1924, RAAF pilots Wing Commander Stanley James (Jimmy) Goble (1891-1948)
Prince Edward and Robert Baden-PowellPrince Edward of Wales (future Edward VIII) and then Duke of Windsor, was cheif of the scouts for wales, photographed here with Robert Baden-Powell
Clementine Churchill, 1924Clementine Churchill, nee Hozier (1885-1977) wife of Prime Minister and statesman, Winston Churchill. As pictured on the front cover of The Bystander, 1924. 1924
Advert for Burberry trench coat 1924The Burberry defies a days drenching rain and how, ever mild or cold the atmosphere, always maintains an even temperture. 1924
Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Olympic Games, ParisOpening Ceremony of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, showing the British team marching past headed by pipers. The ceremony was attended by the Prince of Wales
Abrahams wins the 100m final, 1924 Paris OlympicsHarold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (15 December 1899 14 January 1978), British athlete of Jewish origin pictured winning the 100 metre sprint final at the Paris Olympic Games of 1924
Douglas Lowe winning 800m Olympic final in 1924Douglas Gordon Arthur Lowe (7 August 1902 30 March 1981) was a British double Olympic Games champion, winning gold medals in 1924 and 1928
Olympic marathon runners, 1924 Paris OlympicsCompetitors in the marathon during the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, with their heads protected from the sun. The race was won by Stenroos of Finland. Date: 1924
American ladies coat fashion 1924Collection of 1920s American coats, from a clothing catalogue. Date: 1924
Mens work shoes 1924American clothing catalogue, showing a seletion of mans work shoe with solid leather heel, full grain inner sole, oak middle sole and chrome outer sole. Date: 1924
Little girl watering a garden by Muriel DawsonA little girl watering a garden by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1924
Steep street in Ilfracombe, DevonA steep street in Ilfracombe, Devon, with a pub sign for the New Inn. Date: 1924
