1926 Collection (page 14)

London Underground, carriage interiors -- one of the original CLR coaches (top), and a remodelled CLR coach (bottom). Date: 1926

Advert, Travel Metro to Watford, Metro Extension Line, underground to overground. Date: 1926

Phyllis Barron and her hand-block printing on stuffs
Phyllis Barron seen cutting her own hand blocks for printing fabrics. After leaving the Slade School, she began designing patterns for cretonne printers

Margaret Kidd, first woman barrister at House of Lords
Margaret Henderson Kidd, first woman barrister to be briefed at the Bar of the House of Lords. She was the daughter of Mr. James Kidd an ex-M.P. for Linlithgowshire. Date: 1926

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - A. V. Hill
Polly and David Hill assisting their father Professor A.V. Hill at a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture: when the youngsters heart-beats were shown on a screen

British Manufacture of motor cars by G. H. Davis 1926
Diagram showing the construction and assemblage of cars at the Austin Motor Company, Longbridge Works at Birmingham. Date: 1926

Einar Nerman
The caricaturist Einar Nerman, regular contributor of illustrations of the theatrical world to The Tatler, pictured at the time he was holding a joint exhibition with Grand Duchess Marie of Russia at

Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London
Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), British Conservative Prime Minister, standing outside 10 Downing Street, London, at the time of the General Strike of 1926. 1926

Arthur James Cook, British trade union leader
Arthur James Cook (1883-1931), General Secretary of the Miners Federation of Great Britain, at the time of the General Strike of 1926. 1926

Ernest Bevin, Labour politician and trade union leader
Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), Labour politician and trade union leader, at the time of the General Strike. 1926

Traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London, turned into an experimental one-way street. 1926

Spearfelt, Australian race horse, owned by Mr D Grant, trainer V O Neill. Winner of the Melbourne Cup in 1926. Date: circa late 1920s

Brilliant Fashions for the Little Season, 1926
Smartly dressed members of London society leaving the theatre on a night out. The women wear the knee length tubular dresses that were to epitomise 1920s fashion

Woman in a hat
Decorative Art Deco style illustration of a woman in a hat. Date: 1926

Spring & summer fashion
Fashion illustration for Spring and Summer 1926. Date: 1926

Advertising poster for exhibition
Poster advertising Grosse Ausstellung Dusseldorf 1926 Healthcare exhibition). Artist: R Schwarzkopf Date: 1926

The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power, freelance journalist
The Kitchener Coffin Hoax: Frank Power (real name Arthur Vectis Freeman), freelance journalist. who earned notoriety as the author of the Great Kitchener Yarn - Power claimed to have brought

Waiting for Santa Claus by Muriel Dawson. 1926

The Prettiest Doll in the World by Muriel Dawson. 1926

Platform at Victoria Station, London 1926
Continental and Main Line Departure Platform at Victoria Station, London. Date: 1926

Photography by wireless radio, taking one hour and three minutes from London to New York. 1926

Carlton Reformatory School Swimming Bath
The swimming bath at the Reformatory for Boys, Carlton, near Bedford. The establishment later became Carlton Approved School. Date: circa 1926

St Gabriels Waifs and Strays Society Home, Brighton
St Gabriels Waifs and Strays Society Home for Girls, opened in 1926 on Wellington Road, Brighton, Date: 1926

Society on the beach at Biarritz - with the cartoonist Sem
Count Michael Vorontzov, Marquis de Polginac, the cartoonist Sem (who frequently caricatured society at Biarritz and Deauville), General Trotter, Count de Gaigneron, Count de Lancastre

Alan Cobham returning to the UK from Australia
Sir Alan John Cobham (1894-1973), English long distance aviation pioneer, returning to the UK from Australia, 1 October 1926

Ships in ice-bound harbour, Helsinki, Finland
Ships in the ice-bound harbour, Helsinki, Finland. Date: 1926

Florence Mills programme for Black Birds - London Pavilion
Florence Mills programme for Black Birds at the London Pavilion. Florence Mills (1896-1927) singer and dancer who became a major star of vaudeville and revue in the 1920s in both America and Britain

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Cartoon, Artist and young dandy - Wish you d come and sit for me... just what I want... the usual type of young waster. Date: 1926

Veterans at play
Golf veterans George Duncan, James Braid, J H Taylor and Abe Mitchell having played a round of golf in aid of the Prince of Waless General Hospital. 1926

Twenty One years after: The Return Match
Golfer James Braid, A Herd, J H Taylor and Harry Vardon at Moor Park course, after re-enacting a famous golf match of 1905 in which they all competed 1926

A great international match revived: match at St Albans
View of the 2nd green at St Albans, where a revival match from 1905 was being replayed with the same players. J H Taylor and Harry Vardon representing England played James Braid

Widening of Cannon Street Bridge, London 1926
Cannon Street Station was being widened in order to allow the construction of two new lines of railway track and new system of electrical signalling Date: 1926

Chief Engineer of Tower Bridge, London 1926
Chief Engineer John Gass in the control house at Tower Bridge, seen here actuating the levers which control the 1000 tonne bascules. Date: 1926

London health club 1926
A group of Hippodrome women from Mercenary Mary enjoying a sun bath, opened in Albemarle Street, London Date: 1926

Mrs Benedict Birkbeck by Madame Yevonde
Mrs Benedict Birkbeck, formerly Jacqueline Harriet Alexander (1892-1955) photographed at the time she was leaving for Africa where, according to The Tatler

Lady Mary Scott by Madame Yevonde
Lady Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott (1904-1984) by Madame Yevonde. She was the fourth daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleugh and 9th Duke of Queensberry. She married Lord Burghley in 1929

Marchese di San Faustino at the Venice Lido
Jane di San Faustino, one of the leaders of Venice society pictured at the Lido with her Sealyham Terrier. Although she was American

Henley - Between the Races 1926
A day-out on the River Thames, between the races of Henley Royal Regatta, mainly women relaxing in rowing boats. 1926

Violette Cordery, 1926
British racing driver and long distance record breaker Violette Cordery (1900-1983), whose successful driving earned her the title of Queen of Motorists, pictured behind the wheel in 1926. 1926

The Marina, Customs to Christ Church, Lagos, Nigeria. Date: 1926

General Strike - volunteer driving electric tube train
The General Strike - a volunteer driving an electric tube train on the Metropolitan underground railway. 1926

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre fire, Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, destroyed by fire on 6 March 1926. 1926

General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers
The General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers manning the signal box at LMS Bletchley. 1926

General Strike, 1926 - Smithfield Market butcher
General Strike, 1926 - a Smithfield Market butcher carrying supplies of meat to his own car. 1926

Sir Alan Cobham returns to London from Australia
Sir Alan Cobham, Imperial Airways pilot, returning from his 26, 000 mile flight to and from Australia. He landed on the River Thames in London, near the Palace of Westminster, on 1 October 1926. 1926

Dr Gustav Stresemann, German Chancellor, Foreign Minister in the Weimar Republic (1923-1929), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. 1926

Josephine Baker in the Revue N觲e
Josephine Baker(19211975), African American dancer and singer, as she appeared as part of the Revue NÞº▓e in Paris in 1926. Date: 1926

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