1928 Collection (page 20)

Olav of Norway
Prince Olav of Norway, formerly Prince Alexander of Denmark and later King Olav V (1903-1991). The only child of King Haakon VII of Norway (Prince Charles of Denmark)

Come To The Cookhouse Door by Suzanne Meunier
A cheeky illustration of a lady (almost) wearing a apron to cook at a stove. Suzanne Meunier was a French artist who produced a number of erotic illustrations for The Sketch

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

The Char-A-Banc. By A. E. Bestall
A fantasy scene showing two fairies hiding beside a waterfall. They cower from the humans looking from real world above. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986)

The first class dining hall, Interior from the lost liner, V
The dining hall from the lost liner Vestris. The liner was sailing from New York, bound for Barbados. On the 11th November 1928 she sprang a leak during a storm and abandoned off the Virginia Capes

John Logie Baird, with ventriloquists dummy head
John Logie Bairds experiment with transatlantic television. He is pictured here with a ventriloquists dummy head whose image was transmitted from London to New York by wireless

Stag Silhouetted
A stag stands silhouetted against the evening sky, while a full moon rises beyond yon stately home whose residents are even now planning to hunt it on the morrow

REV SMITH
The Reverend GUY ERIC SMITH, rector of Borley from 1928 to 1930

Mahatma Gandhi cartoon
A cartoon on the subject of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, showing him making international calls on a telephone, with bags of money at his side

Grace Kelly / Rainier III
GRACE KELLY American film actress, seen here with Prince Rainier III of Monaco, whom she married and gave up acting

Trotter / Sheffield Weds
J Trotter, player for Sheffield Wednesday

O callaghan / Tottenham Hs
E O Callaghan, player for Tottenham Hotspur

Mcpherson / Swansea F ball
L McPherson, player for Swansea Town

Female Type / Underclothes
A young woman is taken by surprise when someone important arrives, and she is still in her underclothes!

Alfred Lowenstein
ALFRED LOWENSTEIN Belgian Financier who vanished under mysterious circumstances

18th Cent Morning Room
A morning room in the English 18th century style, designed by Trollope Studios

Creations by Redfern
How Cornely Embroidery is used for Riviera Models - demonstrated by two creations by Redfern

Underwear 1928
A lady sits negligently in her undies - bra, French drawers or knickers and stockings

Anaesthesia - Diebel
At Vienna, miner Paul Diebel demonstrates to the Austrian Society for Psychical Research the fakirism whereby he feels no pain even when knives and daggers are thrown at him

Wolf attack in Camporeggiano, Umbria, Italy
Peasants of Camporeggiano in Umbria, Italy, are attacked by a huge wolf -- a mother snatches her child from its jaws !

LCC-LFB Isle of Dogs fire station, East London
Built by the London County Council, Isle of Dogs fire station was located at 461 West Ferry Road, and was subsequently renamed Millwall fire station

Berners Hotel, London
Berners Hotel, Berners Street, London - dating back to 1835 and originally starting life as five grand residential houses. Date: 1928

Advertisement for Winter Sports. 1928

Interior photograph of the Capitol Theatre in the Haymarket
Photograph of the interior of the Capitol Theatre in Londons Haymarket. The Theatre was the first design by the now well known cinema architect Andrew Mather

Mr. Cecil Beaton, Miss Nancy Beaton, and Miss Ann Duveen
Mr. Cecil Beaton, his sister, Miss Nancy Beaton, and Miss Ann Duveen, at Sandwich Bay, on the east coast of Kent. Beaton is wearing a very fetching pair of spectacles

The Very Witching Time of Night, drawn by Thorpe
Man walking his dog along a dimly lit path at night, past a small cottage Date: 1928

Mr Noel Coward at Cap d Antibes
Photograph of Sir No묠 Coward (16 December 1899 26 March 1973) sitting on a rock in Antibes on the fashionable French Riviera in 1928

Arctic Antics, drawn by Webster Murray
Three mermaids chase a polar bear in arctic sea. Date: 1928

Game to the Last - pirate on a ship
A pirate, sword in hand, stands on the deck of a sinking ship, prepared to fight to the bitter end. Date: 1928

Betty Balfour at Antibes, French Riviera
The famous English film actress, Betty Balfour, pictured standing on a table playing a banjo at Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera. Date: 1928

Gallegos Club and Opera House, Havana, Cuba
Gallegos Club and Opera House (theatre and cinema), Havana, Cuba. Date: circa 1928

Advertisment for a Lalique mascot
An advertisement for a Lalique car mascot from Breves Lalique Galeries, Knightbridge; A mascot - and a seal of good taste

Amelia Earhart Greeted at Southampton
Amelia Earhart is greeted by local dignitaries at Southampton on June 18th, 1928 following her flight across the Atlantic (becoming the first woman to travel the route as a passenger)

The Third Encore by H. M. Bateman
A small man, rather green with exhaustion, mops his brow at the thought of yet another dance with a sturdy lady. Date: 1928

Fashions for Carnivals, 1928
A selection of fancy dress costumes to wear at galas and carnivals at fashionable winter sports resorts from Harrod s. Suggestions include a cowboy, a Turk, an Arab Chief

Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper, 1928
Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper, the eldest daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury, upon the announcement of her engagement to Lord Alington 1928

The Faun Who Found an English Summer Perfect
A Classical faun garbs himself in colourful flowers against an ocean backdrop

Womens fashion, 1928
Women sporting summer frocks and parasols. 1928

For Remembrance
A large family poses for a photograph. 1928

A Modern Venetian Night
Depiction of British society-women enjoying old-style balls on the Venetian Lido. 1928

Princess Elizabeth of York with her mother, Duchess of York
A woman lies back luxuriously on a beach, dressed in a bathing suit. Alongside her a dog and an oriental parasol can be seen. 1928

Maisie Gay, The Gay Victorian"
Comic actress Maisie Gay (1878-1945) depicted on the front cover of The Sketch in a Victorian-style dress. 1928

Kathleen Mason, 1928
Lady Aspinall, n饠 Kathleen Mason, gazes into a mirror. This photograph was published on the occasion of her wedding to Sir Algernon Aspinall

A Manicure on the French Riviera, 1928
Woman dressed in bathing suit and wide-brimmed hat enjoys a manicure at the spa town of Juan-les-Pins on the C� d Azur. 1928

An Unfinished Symphony
Woman in cloche hat examines her reflection in the mirror. 1928

Anna Zinkeisen, 1928
Artist Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901-1976) who had recently married Captain Guy Heseltine. 1928

An Original Boudoir Pyjama
Advertisement for a womens three-piece cr갥 -de-Chine pyjama suit by Marshall and Snelgrove of Verre Street and Oxford Street, London. 1928

Koh-I-Noor Advertisement
Advertisement for Koh-I-Noor toothbrushes, which encourages customers to scratch the date onto their newly-bought toothbrush to prove that Koh-I-Noor has " a longer effective life than any

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