1930s Collection (page 18)

Graf, German zeppelin over London 1931
A good will visit, German zeppelin Graf flying over London, a transatlantic passenger carrier operating between 1928 to 1937, with people paying to take a flight over England. Date: August 1931

Poster, Sils, Engadin, Switzerland. circa 1930

Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Campbell Parade and Esplanade, Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with many cars parked. Date: circa 1930

Patriotic poster, Buy British, keep the home fires burning
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British and keep the home fires burning. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Esther Bruce & her father Joseph Bruce in Fulham, London. Josephine Esther Bruce (1912-1994) working-class mixed race seamstress born in Fulham, London to a Guyanese father & an English mother

Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933. Popular star of British musical theatre, films, television & radio from the 1930s to the 1990s. Date: 1935

Cecil Beaton and Lady Diana Abdy, Lido in Venice, Italy
Cecil Beaton, photographer and designer, and Lady Diana Abdy, daughter of the Earl of Bradford, on the beach at the Lido in Venice, Italy. Date: 1933

Mrs Giles Borrett, first female BBC radio announcer
Mrs Giles Borrett (her stage name as an actress was Sheila Stewart), first female BBC radio announcer. She had a three-month trial, and received good notices, but her contract was terminated

16-year-old Dinah Sheridan as Peter Pan in a touring production. 1936

Poster, SNCF to Plombieres Les Bains, Vosges, France
Poster, SNCF to Plombieres Les Bains (spa), Vosges, France, five hours from Paris. circa 1935

Poster, Mont Ventoux Excursions in the French and Italian Alps, and the Hotel du Mont Ventoux. circa 1930

Lady Castellani and her daughter Lady Lampson
Josephine, nÚÑáStead (1875-1974), Lady Castellani, Wife of Sir Aldo Castellani; daughter of George Ambler Stead with her daughter Lady Jacqueline Lampson (1910-2015), wife of Sir Miles Lampson

Duchess of Buccleuch
Vreda Esther Mary Molly Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1900-1993), Wife of 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry; daughter of William Frank Lascelles on the front cover of

SS Normandie - French ocean liner
circa 1910s

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Poster, Roberta, film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Date: 1935

Princess Nirgidma visits Citroen Central Asian Expedition
Princess Palta (Nirgidma), Princess of the Torghuts, a nomadic people in Central Asia visits the Citroen Central Asian Anthropological Expedition (3rd Mission, led by Haardt) at Ouroumtsi

Harrow School, North London - The Old School Building at the top of the Obadiah Slope. Date: 1939

The Kings Cup Air Race - The Competitors at Hanworth
The Kings Cup Air Race - The Competitors aircraft arrived at Hanworth Aerodrome prior to take off in the early hours of the morning. Date: 4 July 1930 1930

Cocoa bean pods - Trinidad - West Indies Date: circa 1930s

Ornamental fountain Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona, Spain
Ornamental fountain and falls in the Parc de la Ciutadella Barcelona, Spain Date: circa 1930s

U. S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - Town and French Village
U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - Town and French Village. Date: 1938

Junkers Ju-87D Stuka
Six Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-87D Stuka flying in formation Very Early During WW2 Enroute to Bomb Poland on 18th October 1939 Date: 1939

Fiat CR-20 BIS
An Italian Air Force Fiat Cr-20 Bis Parked on Grass Date: 1930s

Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in an aeroplane
Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in a two-seater aeroplane. The lady passenger is bereft of flying hat/helmet and goggles and obviously therefore enjoys the feeling of the wind in her hair

University of London - Plans of the new buildings - Holden
University of London - Drawing based on the plans for the new buildings by Architect Charles Holden (1875-1960). Date: circa 1930

Glasgow, Scotland - Four inset scenes of the city: The University Building, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the King George V Bridge and George Square. Date: 1937

Chicago Worlds Fair - Meiers Wonderful Clock on show in the German Black Forest Village. Height - 14ft, width 7ft - weight 2500lbs

Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire
Harry Macdonalds Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1, 000 in 1937

The Garden Model Village - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green
Harry Macdonalds Model Village in the Garden of his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1

Borneo, Malaysia - Sarawak - Kuching
Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Date: circa 1930s

Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi, British India
Hindu Gymkhana, Sarwar Shaheed Road, Karachi, Sindh, British India (now in Pakistan), built in Mughal-Revival style. It was originally a club for the Hindu upper classes

Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway, dating back to the 11th century. Date: circa 1930s

Herm - Channel Islands - Belvoir Bay
Belvoir Bay at Herm (Haerme) - one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Date: circa 1930s

Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing - Castle - Tyne Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing (then the largest crossing of its type in the world) Newcastle Castle and distant misty view of the Tyne Bridge (which opened in 1928). Date: circa 1930

Historic street in Damascus, Syria
View along a historic street in Damascus, Syria. Date: 1930s

Stonehouse Lane, California, near Bartley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, with a row of houses on the left. Date: circa 1930

Malvern Girls College, Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Malvern Girls College (now Malvern St James Girls School), Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Date: circa 1930s

Boys with boat full of tree branches
Five boys with a boat full of tree branches. circa 1937

Gentleman on a 1926 AJS motorcycle
Gentleman on a 1926 AJS Big Port 350cc OHV motorcycle circa late 1920s early 1930s

Instruction sheet, How to Dance the Jitterbug, by Adele England of the Locarno School of Dancing, Streatham, SW London. 1939

Advert, Australian Butter for the Homeland. 1936

Waalburg Bridge, Nijmegen - The Netherlands
The Waalbrug is an arch bridge over the Waal River in Nijmegen, Gelderland, the Netherlands. The full length of the Waalbrug is 604 metres, the middle of the arch being about 65 metres high

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Swimming Bath
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the homes swimming pool. Date: circa 1930s

Route map, Imperial Airways. 1938

MV Reina del Pacifico, people taking tea on deck
MV Reina del Pacifico of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company -- passengers taking tea on deck. Date: 1930s

Miniature card, Nestles Happy Families, offering a full size pack to anyone who can collect a full miniature set. Each penny bar of chocolate contains one. 1935

Advert for Asprey mens leather wrist watches 1938
Aspreys stock of mens watches is representative of finest work of the recognised leaders in the craft of watchmaking. Date: 1938

The Cigarette by Gordon Conway
Stunning illustration by Gordon Conway depicting an elegant woman in black wearing a close-fitting cloche hat and some impressive emerald, diamond and pearl jewels

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