1926 Collection (page 23)

Florence Mills in Black Birds
Florence Mills, born Florence Winfrey (1896 - 1927), American cabaret star, singer, dancer and comedienne. Pictured centre stage with Miss Tillie Meadows

Rudolph Valentino with his Dogs 1926
RUDOLPH VALENTINO film actor, exercising his two dogs. His tragic early death resulted from peritonitis after an emergency operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers

The Christening of Princess Elizabeth in 1926
Official photograph of baby Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) with her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) at Buckingham Palace on 19th May

Addition and Subtraction by P. B. Hickling
A typical 1920s flapper girl, wearing a short dress, yellow stockings and with bobbed, shingled hair, applies her lipstick in the mirror watched by a fairly diffident cat

The Cleaner Bathing Movement by W. Heath Robinson
Public spirited endeavours of owners of seaside appartments and boarding house keepers to remove all impurities and foreign bodies from the water for the convenience of summer bathers

The Blessing Of Science. By Charles Robinson
The Pekingese arrives by private lift from his suite to partake of afternoon tea with his mistress. An illustration by Charles Robinson (brother of William Heath Robinson)

Colonel Archie Christie, c. 1926
Photographic portrait of Colonel Archie Christie, first husband of Agatha Christie, pictured in his flying gear, c.1926. The Christies divorced in 1928

Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, 1926
Photograph showing Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) (left) and Gene Tunney (1897-1978), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in 1926 and 1927

Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey, c. 1927
Photograph showing Gene Tunney (1897-1978) and Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) the American heavyweight boxers, pictured prior to one of their fights in 1926-7

Wassilko-Serecki / Zugun
Eleonore Zugun (right) (1914 - ?) and Countess Zoe Wassilko- Serecki. There was much study of Zugun in relation to poltergeist activity which afflicted her childhood

Spinning top
Small girl playing with a spinning top in the 1920s

Girl and dolls house
A bold and colourful art deco back cover of a childrens book jacket depicting a little girl playing indoors with her doll and dolls house

Short Dress after Long
Old gentlemen reminisces with young lady about how he knew her when she was in long dresses. Comment on the vogue for short skirts in the mid 1920s

Buick for 1927
The 1927 Buick will be the greatest Buick ever built - a handsome four-seater convertible

Retirement Certificate
A decorative testimonial presented to Mr Samuel Cartledge upon his retirement from the Racecourse Detective Staff, Nottingham, July 1926

Two Molyneux Dresses
Two summer dresses by Molyneux

Showgirl Maria Ley 1926
Mademoiselle Maria Ley, draped from head to toe in a large pink ostrich feather boa, and not alot else

In the Mirror
Madame is satisfied with her reflection, wearing her grande robe du soir by Paul Poiret which cost her husband a pretty centime

Dorothy Tennant Stanley, artist
Dorothy (nee Tennant), Lady Stanley, neoclassical painter, notable for her pictures of street children. She was the wife of (1) the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, and (2) of Henry Curtis

Strikers return: General Strike 1926
Employer: " Glad to see you back, my lad; but you ll understand that in the circumstances we can t run to a fatted calf!" May 1916

Armoured convoy of food supplies: General strike 1926
General strike in 1926 called for emergency measures, armoured vehicles and troops in a convoy through the streetscarrying much need food. Date: May 1926

Breakaway from coal strike 1926
After more than a week on general strike, there was a strong movement that began with the coal-miners of the Midlands to break-away from the strike abd return to work

Coal strike: movements towards an offical settlement 1926
Fillings in many of collieries was that the Genaral strike was coming to the end; a flow of men returning back to work steadily increased

London takes to the roads, General Strike 1926
Photographs showing Londoners finding all sorts of ways to commute to and from work during the 1926 general strike in Britain. May 1926

Railway volunteers at work 1926
Volunteers ensuring the safty of passagers on a main line train track, another volunteer adjusting points. May 1926

The Fall Guy by James Gleason and George Abbott (Eltinge Theatre, New York on 10th March 1925). First produced in England at the Apollo Theatre, on 20th September 1926

Book cover - The Jungle Book
Embossed book binding for The Two Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling featuring elephants being led through a swamp. 1926

Motorists passing Olympia, London 1926
Motor cars passing by Olympia, west London, at night in 1926. Date: 1926

Regent Street, London 1926
Regent Street, London, at night 1926 Date: 1926

A Cuckoo in the Nest by Ben Travers (12 November 1886 18 December 1980). First produced at the Court Theatre in Liverpool, and at the Aldwych Theatre on 22nd July 1925

St Pauls from Watling Street, London, 1926
St Pauls from Watling Street, London, at night, 1926. Date: 1926

St Pauls from the river 1926
St Pauls Cathedral, London, from the river, 1926 Date: 1926

Music cover, I ve Never Seen a Straight Banana, words and music by Ted Waite 1926

The Impossible Person by Inez Topham 1926
Children on a tennis court notice a child happily walking passed them wearing the wrong attire. Date: 1926

Pet seal with owner Gay Sheridan 1926
Front cover of The Sketch, showing Gay Sheridan, actress in her swimsuit of Long Beach, California, taking her pet seal Flipper that has been trained since a pup. 1926

Hotel Sevilla, Biltmore, Havana, Cuba. Date: circa 1926

Hotel Gran America, Havana, Cuba
Hotel Gran America, Industria Street, Havana, Cuba. Date: circa 1926

Damage from cyclone, Havana, Cuba
Damage from cyclone of 20 October 1926, Havana, Cuba, showing stranded boats and debris on the Almandares River. Date: 1926

Spurgeons Home, Stockwell
Boys at Spurgeons Home, Stockwell, show off their woodworking projects. Date: June 1926

French Architecture - The Palace Hotel (1926), 1, 3, 5 Rue de Four (Boulveard St. Germain), Paris, France. Date: circa 1930

Broadway by Philip Dunning & George Abbott
Broadway by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. First produced by Jed Harris in England at the Strand Theatre on 22nd December 1926. It went on to become one of the most successful plays of the 1920s

Advert for Goochs winter clothing 1915
Winter double breasted tweed coats for little boys. 1926

Aloma by John B Hymer and LeRoy Clemens, first produced in England at the Adelphi Theatre, London, May 1926. It was set on an island in the South Seas;

Biddy, by Laurence Cowen
Biddy by Laurence Cowen (or Cohen). First produced at the Fortune Theatre, Covent Garden, London, December 1926. The title character depicted here is an Irish girl, as the shamrock suggests

Advert for P. Steinmann & Co Christening robes 1926
P. Steinmann advertising a beautiful embroidered net Christening robe with matching bonnet. 1926

Advert for Gorringes childrens winter overcoats 1926
Knee length winter overcoats for little boys. 1926

Sketch by Fish of dinner at the Berkeley, London, 1926
Sketch by Fish of dinner at the Berkeley Hotel, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for Selfridges fashion salons, London, 1926 featuring the actress Mimi Crawford appearing in RSVP wearing a race frock from the store. Date: 1926

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