1924 Collection (page 4)

STEAMSHIPS / MAURETANIA
Cunarder on the Atlantic run, at this time the fastest ocean-going liner of them all, breaking all the Atlantic records

EMPRESS OF FRANCE
Canadian Pacific liner, sailing between Liverpool and Quebec and doing cruises during the winter

Kodak 1924 Advert
A woman cautiously descends a cliff path to the beach, clutching her precious Kodak with which she proposes to take holiday snaps to entertain the family

Advert / Gilbeys Whisky
Gilbeys Spey-Royal Whisky - worth fighting for

Frock, Fur & Feather Fan
Narrow tubular shaped dress in an ornate fabric by Worth with a plunging back, beaded straps, fur trimmed hem & a long train attached at the lower back. She holds a large feather fan

Gene Stratton-Porter
GENE (Geneva) STRATTON-PORTER (nee Stratton) American author of A girl of the limberlost and other writings mingling nature and sentiment

Norwich Cathedral 1924
Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk

Flight / Flying Girl
Pretty young aviatrix in a belted leather flight coat, leather gauntlets, helmet & goggles

Late Arrivals by H. M. Bateman
Late arrivals at the theatre annoy everyone by laughing at the show and blocking the view of those who took their seats in good time in the process! Date: 1924

The British Empire Exhibition - Hong Kong
Page from The Sphere, reporting on the Hong Kong section of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924, complete with a business quarter

From silkworm to silk stocking - British Empire Exhibition
The silk worm farm in the Hong Kong section at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Chinese girls, brought over by Sir Robert Ho Tung and Lady Ho Tung (pictured)

Advert for Gorringes womens bathing dresses & capes 1924
Selection of womens exclusive bathing dresses with separate knickers and capes. Date: 1924

No. 2 Squadron, Canadian Air Force
Canadian Air Force - The assembled men and machines of No. 2 Squadron Canadian Air Force (1918-1920), probably at Shoreham aerodrome (or, less likely, Upper Heyford)

Girls on Magazine Covers
The Typical Magazine Through the seasons with the magazine cover - the record of a years endeavour Date: 1924

Coconut palms, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies. Date: 1924

Liverpool Seamens Orphanage Matinee
Children in theatrical costumes for a matinee entertainment they are performing. Date: 1924

View from Church Tower, Hanborough, Witney, England
View from Church Tower, Hanborough, Witney, near Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1924

Multi View, Preston, Lancashire, England. Date: 1924

Supper Men About Town by Hynes
Five well known figures on the London social scene during the 1920s caricatured by Hynes in The Bystander. From top left, Solly Joel, large figure right is Bendor, Duke of Westminster

Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee by George Studdy
Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee on finding her ancestors -- they can be seen as monsters on Chinese vases and plates. Date: 1924

Bonzo finds a joy wheel! by George Studdy
Bonzo finds a joy wheel -- he goes round and round on a gramophone turntable, until he becomes too dizzy and falls off. Date: 1924

Football after dark: a match on the first association ground
Playing with a specially made white chrome ball, lit by powerful electric lamps on thirty masts: ladies football teams on the Burnley cricket club ground during a match

Toys and Games / Mah-Jongg
The Chinese game becomes popular in Europe Date: 1924

Lady Louis Mountbatten (1901 -1960), Countess Mountbatten of Burma and Vicerine of India, formerly Edwina Ashley. Wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten

King George V Birthday Tea Party - Istanbul Embassy
British Embassy in Istanbul - King George V Birthday Tea Party on 3rd June 1924. Mr Ronald Lindsay (right - later Sir Ronald Lindsay, the future Ambassador) and colleague arrive at the party

Pedal Car Race, Bologna
CORSA AUTOMOBILISTICA Young Italians - Fangios of the future - compete in a pedal-car race at Bologna Date: 1924

Storm of The Battle of Tinderley Down by C K Monro
Promotional postcard for Storm or The Battle of Tinderley Down by C. K. Monro. First produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, 13th August 1924. The title refers to the expression storm in a tea-cup

The first authentic stage Tess
Photographs of the first production of Thomas Hardys own dramatic version of his novel Tess of the d Urbervilles on 26th November 1924 by the Hardy Players at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester

Bristol Aeroplanes advert 1924
Bristol Aeroplanes advert, 1924. Date: 1924

Caledonian Ball
The Caledonian Ball, held annually at the Hotel Cecil, London. Date: 1924

Reginald Malby with a giant camera in his garden
Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, using a giant camera in his garden at Woodford, Essex

Malby family group photo
Members of the Malby family (four adults and a child) pose for a group photo in a garden. On the far left is Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society

Victor Capoul / Gill
Victor Capoul (1839-1924) tenor of the Opera Comique and among the very earliest singers to be recorded

Cricketer, Diver
E.J. Diver Cricketer - Surrey and Warwickshire

Alain Gerbault Sails
Intrepid French yachtsman ALAIN GERBAULT prepares to cross the Pacific, alone, in his boat the Firecrest

Saxophone Outfit
Wurlitzer saxophone outfit

Wurlitzer Double Bass
The instrument on its own

Camel / Travel / Bridge 1924
A woman reads her guide book on the back of a camel. She crosses a Chinese bridge, watched by an eskimo, a gondolier and a Tahitian singer

Angel Playing Harp
An angel plays the harp as Easter dawns

FAURE
GABRIEL FAURE - French musician caricatured as musical scientist

RUR POSTER
Poster for a New York production of Capeks play, Rossums Universal Robots

German Poster 1924
Poster for the Deutschnational Party showing eagles

STEAMSHIP DORIC
White Star liner on the Atlantic crossing from Liverpool to Canada

Steamship berengaria be
Passenger ship on the Atlantic crossing, at this time the largest liner in the Cunard fleet

Churchill Electioneering
WINSTON CHURCHILL Electioneering at Waltham Abbey in 1924

Snowman Dancing 1924
A snowman dances with a graceful lady by moonlight

Lenin Monument, Moscow
The Lenin monument on Soviet Square, Moscow

Indoor Dress by Poiret
Paul Poirets suggestion for Christmas wear

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