1931 Collection

Queen of the Night by Marjorie Miller
Moody colour illustration by Marjorie Miller showing woman clad in a diaphonous dress roaming moonlit forests with a savage-looking wolf-like dog

Mahatma Gandhi spinning at his wheel
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, spinning at his wheel (Charakha) in 1931, demonstrating his strong work ethic

Jim Pike, Australian jockey, on his horse, Phar Lap
James Edward (Jim) Pike (1892-1969), Australian jockey, on his horse, Phar Lap (1926-1932). circa 1931-1932

Rolls-Royce Merlin X / 10 Supercharged Piston Aero-Engine Date: 1931

Schneider Trophy Air Race
Souvenir programme cover design, Schneider Trophy Contest. Date: 12 September 1931

Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1931
Poster for the 3rd Monaco Grand Prix - held on the 19th April 1931. The race was won by Louis Chiron in a Bugatti. 1931

Dance-Time at the Dorchester Hotel
This painting by Matania shows people dancing in the ballroom of the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane

Admiring an Austin 7
She admires his Austin Seven

Irish Guards Shamrock
The duke of Connaught presents Irish Guardsmen with a sprig of shamrock each

Cecile of Greece, Georg Donatus Hesse wedding
Wedding group photograph following the marriage of Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), known as Cecile, to Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse & by Rhine at the Schlosskirche

Programme cover, Schneider Trophy Contest
Souvenir programme cover, The Schneider Trophy Contest, September 12th 1931, The Royal Aero Club. Showing a seaplane in flight. 1931

Mick the Miller
Legendary greyhound racing champion, Mick the Miller, owned by Mrs Arundel Kempton, pictured enjoying a well-earned rest after winning the St. Leger 700 yards race at Wembley. Date: 1931

Poster for the Chateau de Sully sur Loire
Poster advertising French railways, with trips to the Chateau de Sully sur Loire

Anna Pavlova / Programme
ANNA PAVLOVA Russian ballet dancer

Lyons Corner House, 1931
LYONS CORNER HOUSE, OXFORD STREET Opened in 1923, the Oxford Street restaurant was one of a chain owned by J Lyons and Co Ltd

All Aboard for Brooklands by The Tout 1931
Humorous colour illustration by The Tout showing caricatures of various personalities from the motoring world in 1931. From left: Lord Howe, Mr. Raymond Mays, Mr. Hugh P

Talking Mongoose House
The home of Voirrey Irving at Cashens Gap, Isle of Man, where Gef, the " Talking Mongoose" manifested : Voirrey stands with her father at the front door

MOTOR BUS
A classic double-decker of the London General Omnibus Company on the 11 route which still links Liverpool Street with Victoria via Charing Cross

Ginger Rogers / W Way 1931
GINGER ROGERS American film actress and dancer Date: circa 1931

Stylish Horse Race by Victor Hicks
A stylised illustration showing an elegant lady leading a racehorse in the paddock

Tatler cover - Ronald Colman and his Sealyham Terrier
Film star Ronald Colman (1891-1958) pictured on the front cover of The Tatler with his Sealyham Terrier in 1931. Date: 1931

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March

West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex
The West Middlesex Hospital, originally erected as an infirmary for the Brentford Union workhouse on Twickenham Road, Isleworth

Talking Mongoose Gef
Artists impression of Gef the so-called talking mongoose which befriended Voirrey Irving, a 17-year old girl from the Isle of Man

AL CAPONE/1931 PHOTO
Alphonse Scarface Capone, Chicago gangster Date: 1931

James Dean / Warner Bros
JAMES DEAN American film actor Date: 1931 - 1955

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March

Hanworth Park, Londons Country Flying Club
Illustration showing Londons Country Flying Club, a mansion set in the middle of Hanworth Park

Thomas Edison / Phonograph
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor with his Edison Business Phonograph

Street Accordionists
Selected from the ranks of Londons street artists, these musicians perform on the kerb for a BBC broadcast

DORCHESTER BALLROOM
THE DORCHESTER The Ballroom Date: 1931

East Africa - Eritrea - Massawa - The Governors Palace Date: circa 1931

King George VI
Painting by Philip de Laszlo of King George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 18951952)

Imperial Airways Poster, seaplane Scipio
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a diagrammatic drawing of the seaplane Scipio, one of the new Kent class, for use on the trans-Mediterranean service. 1931

Beddington & Wallington Urban District Council fire brigade
The Beddington and Wallington Urban District Council fire brigade

Advert for Shelley Vogue China 1931
Shelleys Vogue shape coffee set, usual in yellow and black overlapping block pattern. Advertisement for new catalogue with Shelley china tea, coffee, morning and dinner sets. Date: 1931

Jessie Matthews (1907 - 1981), British singer, dancer and actress pictured at the time she appeared in her first film, Out of the Blue, filmed at Elstree studios. Date: 1931

Eric Liddell (1902 - 1945), Scottish athlete, rugby union international and missionary

Advert for Underwood portable typewriters 1931
Underwood creates the new portable typewriter

Mikhail Gorbachev
MIKHAIL SERGEYEVICH GORBACHYOV Leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. Date: 1931 -

Advert for Malcolm campbell 1931
Dunlop Tyres pay tribute to Malcolm Campbell when he drives his Bluebird on Daytona Beach, Florida, at a speed of 395 km/h. Date: 1931

Judging a Restaurant by Fougasse
Sequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a couple waiting with increasing frustration to be noticed by the maitre d in a restaurant

Union Workhouse and Infirmary, Crumpsall, Manchester
Aerial view of the Manchester Union workhouse and infirmary at Crumpsall. At the bottom of the picture can be seen the original workhouse (later Springfield Hospital) with an entrance on the right

H. M. S. Poseidon
H.M.S. Poseidon, the submarine which sank after colliding with a Chinese merchant ship, the SS Yuta, on 9 June 1931, 21 miles north of Wei-hai-wei, China

Margaret Morris, 1931
Photographic portrait of Margaret Morris (1891-1980), the English dancer and teacher, in costume for her Hungarian Rhapsody, 1931

Talking Mongoose / Voirrey
Voirrey Irving, of Cashens Gap, Isle of Man, where Gef, the " Talking Mongoose" manifested : with her dog

Borley People
BORLEY PEOPLE - Investigators Harry Price and Molly Goldney, with the rev. L A Foyster, his wife Marianne Foyster and their two foster- children

Stockings Advert. 1931
Advertisement for Bembergs stockings, depicting a black cat curling itself around the legs of a woman

The Schneider Trophy, presented by French industrialist Jacques Schneider, himself a record- breaking balloonist; his aim, to encourage aviation. The cup is worth 67000 euros

Atlantic Islands / Madeira
Madeira: looking inviting, with palm trees and flowers

Ice Hockey / Agenda Plm
An ice-hockey match in Chamonix, France

Poster for Speedboat Race - Lake Garda
A Poster for an International Speedboat Race, held on Lake Garda, Italy in May 1931

Ford Car Advertisement
A woman stops in her new Ford Cabriolet convertible by a small provincial theatre to show off her new costume to fellow co-stars

Golf / Book by Cotton
Golf by the famous player Henry Cotton

Anna Pavlova / Rumney
ANNA PAVLOVA Russian ballet dancer on stage

Borley Graffiti
Graffiti from the walls of Borley Rectory : Marianne - light - mass - prayers

Sydney Bridge Construct
The Sydnet Harbour bridge nearing completion : at the time of its opening, it is the largest suspension bridge in the world

Advert for Underwood portable typewriters 1931
Your personal letters... write them on the Underwood portable

Ovaltine Advert
Advertisement for Ovaltine which " builds up brain, nerve and body"

Hiker & Camper Mag / 6. 31
Front cover depicting a gate and stile which lead the walker along a path through a field

Hiker & Camper Mag / 7. 31
Front cover of a magazine devoted to hikers, ramblers and campers featuring a view across fields

The Horse Cartoon, 1931
Cartoon, by H.M. Bateman, showing a large chauffeur driven car crashing into the rear of a horse-drawn hansom cab or cart

My Second Sermon
The second of two sentimental pictures by the pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (1829-1896)

Ysaye with Violin Photo
EUGENE-AUGUSTE YSAYE Belgian violinist, conductor, and composer

Piccard 1931 Ascent - 4
Drawing showing the balloon in which Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard plans to fly higher than anyone has ever flown before - a project which will be realised in May

Advert / 4711 Cologne Ils
4711 Eau de Cologne - perfect elegance

Piccard 1931 Ascent - 1
Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard, with colleague Kipfer, reaches record altitude of 16, 201m, ascending from Augsburg and coming down in the Austrian Alps Date: 27 May 1931

Communist Demo 1931
Communist demonstration in Hyde Park : the intense excitement of the crowd reflects the inflammatory oratory of the speakers

Wrigleys Chewing Gum Ad
Wrigleys Double Mint chewing gum advertised as a beauty aid

Communist Orator 1931
A Communist orator harangues the crowd at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London : despite the vigour of her oratory, she fails to win many converts

Dance at the Dorchester
Dancing at the Dorchester Hotel, fashionably located in Park Lane, Mayfair, Londons smartest district. Evening dress is of course de rigueur

Ladies by Sea / France / Fem
A dress and coat set designed along the same lines with interesting angular panels and button detailing designed by Chantal

Ideal Scientist
The ideal scientist - interested in the old as well as the new, anatomy as well as astronomy, the laws of chance and of mathematics, the skill of chess, the hues of a rose

Cadillac Advert
If you are among those who have cherished an ambition to own one of these distinguished cars, you will now find a Cadillac well within your means

Mahatma Gandhi sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone on 12 September 1931

The Wallenda Family performing on the high wire, Olympia, 19
Photograph showing the Wallenda family performing their high wire act, as part of Bertram Mills Circus, at Olympia, London, 1931

Concours D elegance
The start of a motor rally - drivers leave the grounds of a chateau and head into the wide blue yonder

Zeppelin Train 1930S
The Rail Zeppelin, an experimental vehicle developed and tested by Franz Kruckenberg in 1930 - 1931. It was capable of speeds of well over 200 kilometers per hour. Date: 1930s

Larry Gains
Larry Gaines (1901 - 1983), Canadian heavyweight boxing champion pictured with wife and two children. Date: 1931

Watching Cricket at The Oval, From a Gasometer
A test match between England and New Zealand at The Oval, Kennington. The spectators in the foreground have scaled a nearby gasometer. Date: 1931

The Schneider Trophy 1931 - Calshot Spit, England
Souvenir Programme for the Schneider Trophy of 1929 held at Calshot Spit, England

Mussolini Caricature
BENITO MUSSOLINI A caricature of the Italian dictator, 1931. Date: 1883 - 1945

Motoluxe motor rug advertisement
Advertisement for Motoluxe motor rugs, to make your motoring really comfortable by providing yourself with a warm, snug

The Cutty Sark by A.F.D. Bannister (1931). Date: 1931

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