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1928 Collection (page 3)

Background image1928 Collection: Anna May Wong, 1928

Anna May Wong, 1928
Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong (1905-1961) reads a menu in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Cairn Terrier

Cairn Terrier
A Cairn Terrier, seated. Date: 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Amelia Earhart; Wilmer Stultz (r) and Louis Gordon

Amelia Earhart; Wilmer Stultz (r) and Louis Gordon
Amelia Earhart, centre; Wilmer Stultz, pilot, right; and Louis Gordon, co-pilot. Burry Port, Wales, after their non-stop flight from Newfoundland starting on 17 June 1928. Date: 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Training Ship Cornwall, Purfleet, Essex

Training Ship Cornwall, Purfleet, Essex
The Training Ship Cornwall was established on the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex, in 1859 by the School Ship Society as a boys reformatory establishment

Background image1928 Collection: Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth (b. 1928) with family, wife Penny Calvert and children Debbie and Julia

Background image1928 Collection: Che Guevara / 1962

Che Guevara / 1962
ERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. Smoking a cazadores cigar; the cheapest possible. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Background image1928 Collection: Che Guevara / 1963

Che Guevara / 1963
ERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. Holding a cigar. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Background image1928 Collection: Haile Selassie Crowned

Haile Selassie Crowned
Haile Selassie (also known as Ras Tafari) is crowned emperor

Background image1928 Collection: Leon Trotsky / Simplicissi

Leon Trotsky / Simplicissi
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader, clearly out of favour by 1928, having been expelled from the Party the year before Date: 1879 - 1940

Background image1928 Collection: Two Dressed by Chantal

Two Dressed by Chantal
Two women wear creations by Chantal of Paris - one a woollen serge tailor-made for morning wear, her companion a day frock in two shades of crepe de Rome

Background image1928 Collection: Loie Fuller / Cheret 1890S

Loie Fuller / Cheret 1890S
LOIE FULLER (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer doing her Serpentine Dance in Paris during the 1890s

Background image1928 Collection: Queen Maeve

Queen Maeve from The Queens Sword. 1928

Background image1928 Collection: 13139861

13139861
The designer and photographic artist Cecil Beaton (standing - r) showing costume designs to Lady Domville (seated, left) and Mrs Sacheverell Sitwell (seated)

Background image1928 Collection: Jemima! Drawn by Cecil Aldin

Jemima! Drawn by Cecil Aldin
Illustration of a small white and brown terrier dog with medium-length scruffy hair, seated on a roughly sketched arm chair. Date: 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper by Madame Yevonde

Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper by Madame Yevonde
Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper, later Lady Alington posed with an unusual mask. Pictured in The Tatler just prior to her marriage to Lord Alington in November 1928. Date: 1928

Background image1928 Collection: SHIRLEY TEMPLE, American child star

SHIRLEY TEMPLE, American child star
SHIRLEY TEMPLE (1928 -2014), American child star of the 1930s, seen here giving a curtsey Date: circa 1930s

Background image1928 Collection: Photographs of Miss Nina Payne in the Sketch

Photographs of Miss Nina Payne in the Sketch
Black and white photographs in the Sketch of Miss Nina Payne, a popular dancer, giving her Egyptian Temple dance at the Coliseum, London

Background image1928 Collection: Advert for Gorringes womens clothing 1928

Advert for Gorringes womens clothing 1928
70th year anniversary offers, smart sultan coat of dull satin, crepe-de-chine printed dress and a elegant coat in crepe-de-chine givree a fascinating mixture of artificial silk and wool. 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Cadogan Riding School advertisement

Cadogan Riding School advertisement
Advertisement for the Cadogan Riding School at Little Cadogan Place, SW1, a riding school for society children. Date: 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Poet and discus thrower, Mlle. H. Konopacka

Poet and discus thrower, Mlle. H. Konopacka
Halina Konopacka (1900 - 1989), famous athlete and the first Polish Olympic Champion (1928, Amsterdam). She took part in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where she won a gold medal in discus throw

Background image1928 Collection: Scene from Show Boat at Drury Lane, 1928

Scene from Show Boat at Drury Lane, 1928
The auditorium and stage of the Cotton Blossom, as Captain Andys show boat is called in the musical, Show Boat. Howett Worster

Background image1928 Collection: Dance Time by Helen McKie

Dance Time by Helen McKie
Couples dancing in a hotel ballroom during the 1920s, from 11pm to 2am. Date: 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Charleston by Yva

Charleston by Yva
An expressionist photograph capturing the spirit of the 1920s with a charleston dancer, and a black saxophone player capturing the atmosphere of jazz admirably

Background image1928 Collection: The Summer Car of the River: Motor-launching on the Thames

The Summer Car of the River: Motor-launching on the Thames
An illustration by C.E. Turner depicting the fashion for motor-boats or motor-launches during the 1920s among the upper classes

Background image1928 Collection: Painting of Women and Peacocks

Painting of Women and Peacocks
Artwork showing three nudes amongst a group of white peacocks, upon a steep hill. Date: circa 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Advert for Wills Gold Flake cigarettes, featuring a glamorous young woman smoking a

Advert for Wills Gold Flake cigarettes, featuring a glamorous young woman smoking a cigarette on the beach in a red swimsuit, who is the centre of attraction! Date: 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Lady and a 27 EW 600cc F28 Sport Douglas Motorcycle

Lady and a 27 EW 600cc F28 Sport Douglas Motorcycle
Smiling lady holding camera, posed for a photograph beside a 1927 Douglas 600cc Twin motorcycle in country lane circa 1930

Background image1928 Collection: Advert for Finnigans, New Bond Street, London, W1

Advert for Finnigans, New Bond Street, London, W1
Black and white advert in the Sketch for Finnigans of New Bond Street, London, featuring their Private Cocktail Bar which was...fitted at Back with shelves and compartments for Glasses, Bottles, etc

Background image1928 Collection: Advert for Dickins & Jones womens winter sports wear 1928

Advert for Dickins & Jones womens winter sports wear 1928
Dickins & Jones, winter sports department, helping you choose the correct outfits for the season. 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Ivor Novello and Frances Doble in The Vortex (1928)

Ivor Novello and Frances Doble in The Vortex (1928) directed by Adrian Brunel Date: 1927

Background image1928 Collection: A set of 8 lithographs - WWI era

A set of 8 lithographs - WWI era
A set of 8 lithographs in a folio. 1) Inscribed Private B. Miller, Queens Westminsters, out since 1914, 2) Inscribed Of the Labour Battalion, 3) A soldier reading a newspaper

Background image1928 Collection: Sketch cover featuring Amelia Earhart by Olive Snell

Sketch cover featuring Amelia Earhart by Olive Snell
Portrait of pioneering American aviator, Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937) by society portraitist Olive Snell on the front cover of The Sketch magazine. Date: 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Programme cover for La Beaute de Paris

Programme cover for La Beaute de Paris featuring Edmonde Guy and Van Duren at the Palace Theatre, Paris 1928 1928

Background image1928 Collection: Mrs Florence Emily Hardy

Mrs Florence Emily Hardy
Florence Emily Hardy, nee Dugdale, second wife of the novelist Thomas Hardy, pictured in 1914. Florence was Hardys secretary and herself a write of childrens books

Background image1928 Collection: The Man Who Bid Half-A-Guinea At Tattersall s, by H. M. Bat

The Man Who Bid Half-A-Guinea At Tattersall s, by H. M. Bat
A humorous illustration showing a man who has caused havoc at the races. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Background image1928 Collection: The burial of Thomas Hardys heart

The burial of Thomas Hardys heart among his own people: the vicar of Stinsford in Dorset ( Mellstock of Under the Greenwood Tree ) bearing the casket containing it

Background image1928 Collection: The Supreme Moment

The Supreme Moment
Debutantes, clad in their finery curtsey to King George V and Queen Mary during a court presentation. Thus they are launched into " Society"

Background image1928 Collection: Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, David Lloyd George, General

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, David Lloyd George, General
A photograph of a meeting between political and military leaders of the Allies in France, 1916. The group includes Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928)

Background image1928 Collection: Mobile x-ray unit

Mobile x-ray unit
The mobile x-ray ambulance used for the second radiological examination of King George carried out Dr H Graham Hogson. The x-ray unit was equipped with a darkroom

Background image1928 Collection: Victor Stiebel / Twenties

Victor Stiebel / Twenties
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for an elegant evening or cocktail dress in royal blue with embellished assymetric hem and drop-waist. Shoes & jewellery match dress

Background image1928 Collection: Londons new telephone-post kiosk

Londons new telephone-post kiosk
A new telephone kiosk in use in a London street, showing a caller inside, postage stamps being bought from the machine outside, and a postman collecting mail from the letterbox

Background image1928 Collection: Philatelist at Work

Philatelist at Work
A philatelist at work on his stamp collection

Background image1928 Collection: Swiss Cow Lowing

Swiss Cow Lowing
A Swiss bull, high on an Alpine meadow, bellows breathily

Background image1928 Collection: Tweed Coat 1928

Tweed Coat 1928
Young man sets out for walk over the moors in a single- breasted tweed overcoat with raglan sleeves & pocket flaps, he also wears a grey fedora hat with black hatband

Background image1928 Collection: Packard in Italy 1928

Packard in Italy 1928
The 5200 cmc Packard with 8 cylinders in line is in the great tradition of fine carriages

Background image1928 Collection: Richard Tauber / 1928

Richard Tauber / 1928
RICHARD TAUBER Austrian opera singer in the role of Don Ottavio in Mozarts Don Giovanni, performed at Berlin and Vienna

Background image1928 Collection: Watch Advertisement

Watch Advertisement
Thanks to his Omega watch, this gentleman can tell that unless his companion gets a move on, they are going to be late for the theatre

Background image1928 Collection: Millionaire Throws Cash

Millionaire Throws Cash
An American millionaire, Mr Chanel, wins at the casino - then throws his winnings from the window to passers-by



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