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1925 Collection (#38)

Background image1925 Collection: Design for Sketches with white birds

Design for Sketches with white birds. Watercolour on cartridge paper. circa 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Design for Textile / Sketches with butterflies

Design for Textile / Sketches with butterflies. Watercolour on cartridge paper. Silver Studio. circa 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Design for Dress Silk or Print with Japanese figures

Design for Dress Silk or Print with Japanese figures

Background image1925 Collection: Design for Wallpaper with leaves and berries

Design for Wallpaper with leaves and berries. Gouache, gold paint and Pencil on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1925 - 1930

Background image1925 Collection: British Empire Exhibition guide 1925 lions at steps

British Empire Exhibition guide 1925 lions at steps Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Delage which won the French Grand Prix at Montlhery

Delage which won the French Grand Prix at Montlhery
The supercharged twelve-cylinder 2 litre Delage which won the French Grand Prix at Montlhery in 1925 at 69.7 mph for 621 miles. These cars would reach 134 mph with 190 hp available from the engine

Background image1925 Collection: Dinosaur egg excavation, 1925

Dinosaur egg excavation, 1925
George Olsen showing his find of dinosaur eggs to Roy Chapman Andrews during the 1925 expedition to Mongolia by the American Museum of Natural History

Background image1925 Collection: Tiger specimen, c. 1925

Tiger specimen, c. 1925
Children viewing a mounted tiger specimen at the Natural History Museum, London

Background image1925 Collection: Christmas procession

Christmas procession
Woman wearing conical hat and beautiful blue dress with holly and berry details, marches along with a candle, followed by a boy carrying an exceedingly large candle. Date: c. 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Children playing with their Christmas presents

Children playing with their Christmas presents
Three children sit together, playing with their Christmas gifts which include dolls, a Mother Goose book and a toy sailing boat. c. 1925

Background image1925 Collection: cido (1941)

cido (1941). PLISETSKAIA, Maia (1925). Russian dancer and choreographer of classic dance. Maia Plisetskaia

Background image1925 Collection: ESENIN, Serguei Aleksandrovich (1895-1925)

ESENIN, Serguei Aleksandrovich (1895-1925). Russian poet. Esenin (right) with his sisters Alexandra and Ekaterina. Photography

Background image1925 Collection: Dinner, By Lamplight

Dinner, By Lamplight by VALLOTTON, F lix (1865-1925). Symbolism. Les Nabis. Oil on canvas

Background image1925 Collection: L. PEZ TARSO, IGNACIO (1925)

L. PEZ TARSO, IGNACIO (1925)
ESPINEL, Vicente (1550-1624); VEGA CARPIO, F lix Lope de (1562-1635). Spanish musician and classic poet. El cavallero

Background image1925 Collection: L PEZ TARSO, Ignacio (1925);VALLE-INCLAN, Ramn Marѡdel V

L PEZ TARSO, Ignacio (1925);VALLE-INCLAN, Ramn Marѡdel V
L.PEZ TARSO, Ignacio (1925); VALLE-INCLAN, Ramn MarС del Valle y Pea, named (1866-1936). Mexican theatre actor. Scene of Tirano

Background image1925 Collection: Southampton Row

Southampton Row
Just a view of the street... Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Illustrated London News front cover of the Prince of Wales

Illustrated London News front cover of the Prince of Wales
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring a camera portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) by Hugh Cecil

Background image1925 Collection: West Derby Union, Liverpool - Map of Institutions

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Map of Institutions
A 1925 map of the institutions operated by Liverpools West Derby Union. By this date, the union had absorbed the formerly separate poor law authorities of Liverpool Parish and Toxteth Park. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Smithdown Road Workhouse, Liverpool - Mental Wards

Smithdown Road Workhouse, Liverpool - Mental Wards
Mental wards at the Smithdown Road Workhouse, Liverpool. The workhouse was built in 1859 by Liverpools Toxteth Park poor law authority. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: West Derby Union, Liverpool - Mill Road Hospital

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Mill Road Hospital
Mill Road Hospital, opened in 1893 by Liverpools West Derby Union. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: West Derby Union, Liverpool - Seafield House, Seaforth

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Seafield House, Seaforth
Seafield House, a home for mental defectives, was opened in 1914 by Liverpools West Derby Union in a former convent at Seaforth. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Heswall Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Liverpool

Heswall Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Liverpool
Heswall Sanatorium, jointly established in 1902 by Liverpool Parish, West Derby Union, and Toxteth Park Township for the treatment of children with phthisis - pulmonary tuberculosis

Background image1925 Collection: Cottage Homes at Wavertee, Liverpool

Cottage Homes at Wavertee, Liverpool
Childrens houses at the cottage homes site opened by the Liverpool poor law authority at Olive Mount, Wavertree, in 1898. The homes housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: George Washington Cable

George Washington Cable
GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE American author, chiefly about the South in such books as Old Creole Days and The Grandissimes. with his autograph Date: 1844 - 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Alexandra Queen to Edward VII

Alexandra Queen to Edward VII
ALEXANDRA QUEEN TO EDWARD VII The young Danish princess, photographed wearing an impressive pearl necklace. Date: 1844 - 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Alexandra / Rotary

Alexandra / Rotary
QUEEN ALEXANDRA Wife of Edward VII Date: 1844 - 1925

Background image1925 Collection: China / Bandits / Chan-Shi

China / Bandits / Chan-Shi
With widespread anarchy, bandits are able to invade and pillage the town of Chan-Shi. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Crash and Bull

Crash and Bull
When the Paris-Amsterdam passenger plane is forced to land in a field near Brussels, it is attacked by a bull who resents the intrusion Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance room

Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance room
Motorised fire engines in a London fire station appliance room. Note the wooden blocks on the floor, to help stop the ladders deforming, especially in damp conditions

Background image1925 Collection: London Fire Brigade wheeled escape ladder and crew

London Fire Brigade wheeled escape ladder and crew
A London Fire Brigade wheeled escape ladder and crew. The caption reads: London Fire Brigade motor escape competition G. District winners, Stoke Newington, 1925

Background image1925 Collection: LCC-LFB Firefighters cheering (hip-hip-hooray)

LCC-LFB Firefighters cheering (hip-hip-hooray)
Officers and firefighters give three cheers for the Annual Reviews Inspecting Officer, Lord Snell of Plumstead, Chairman of the London County Council

Background image1925 Collection: LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights
Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights. By the mid-1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more than just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus

Background image1925 Collection: LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon Road

LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon Road
A major fire at the Daylight Rubber Co warehouse in Farringdon Road required many pumps and a turntable ladder to quell the blaze, involving rubber goods

Background image1925 Collection: Woman leaning out of window with rose

Woman leaning out of window with rose
A beautiful woman, wearing a pink dress with ruffled sleeves and a flower in her hair, leans from her window to pick a rose, which she seems to be about to drop, possibly to her lover below

Background image1925 Collection: The Savoy Orpheans

The Savoy Orpheans
Cartoon representation of the Savoy Orpheans, resident dance band at the Savoy Hotel between 1923 and 1927, probably the best known dance band in Europe

Background image1925 Collection: Cover of Dance Magazine, January 1925

Cover of Dance Magazine, January 1925
Art deco cover of Dance magazine, June 1924, featuring the dancer Leo Sielke. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Mlle Terpsichore from the cabaret at the New Princes Restaur

Mlle Terpsichore from the cabaret at the New Princes Restaur
Mlle Terpsichore from the cabaret (5th edition of the New Princes Frivolities) at the New Princes Restaurant, London, 1925 Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Cuticura Soap advertisement

Cuticura Soap advertisement
Business Girls Like Cuticura An advertisement for Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum, showing a young lady taking notes, with a typewriter in the background. Date: 11 July 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Nina Payne in costume, Paris 1925

Nina Payne in costume, Paris 1925
Nina Payne (American acrobatic dancer) in costume, Paris 1925 Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Smart man in a tweed suit

Smart man in a tweed suit
Magazine advertisement. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Princess Elisabeth of Greece

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

Background image1925 Collection: Smart man in a tweed overcoat

Smart man in a tweed overcoat
Magazine advertisement. Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Easter and Hazelton, New York, 1925

Easter and Hazelton, New York, 1925
American dancing team Easter and Hazelton, New York, 1925 showing the art of adagio dancing Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Gilda Gray, Deauville, France, January 1925

Gilda Gray, Deauville, France, January 1925
Gilda Gray (American dancer, film star and famous for the shimmy), standing beside her billboard at the Ambassadeurs Restaurant, Deauville, France, January 1925 Date: 1925

Background image1925 Collection: A bird perches on a branch

A bird perches on a branch. 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Silhouette advertisement for H. L. Oakley at Bentalls

Silhouette advertisement for H. L. Oakley at Bentalls
Advertisement for Bentalls Ltd department store in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, promoting the presence of the silhouette artist, H. L. Oakley available to cut portraits on the spot. circa 1925

Background image1925 Collection: Peaceful scene in cemetery

Peaceful scene in cemetery
Wild flowers grow and intertwine in this peaceful cemetery scene, with a bird perched on a leaf singing, and a snail crawling along slowly below. 1925

Background image1925 Collection: A man reads a book in a shop

A man reads a book in a shop
A man reads a book in a bookshop, with many strange-looking busts in the background. 1925



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