1931 Collection (page 8)

Pretty Polly, Racehorse
Pretty Polly, recently deceased at the age of 30, won over £37, 000 in her racing career, and achieved 22 victories. Date: circa 1931

Edwin John
After a brief spell as a middleweight boxer, Edwin John (1905-1978) pursued a career as an artist. Date: 1931

Schneider Trophy Preparations
British seaplanes being prepared for the Schneider Trophy competition. This race was held twelve times between 1913 and 1931. Date: 1931

Horsejumping
Major J. Hume Dudgeon in action during a military jumping event at the Dublin Horse Show. Date: 1931

British Wightman Cup Team
The Wightman Cup was an annual women's tennis competition between British and American teams, held from 1923 until 1989. In 1931 the U. S. Team was victorious. Date: 1931

Dancer Chita
The dancer Chita, real name Gladys Hawking, active on the West End cabaret scene. Date: circa 1931

Leslie Henson Golfing
Comedian Leslie Henson (1891-1957) posing on the golf course. At the time he was appearing in the farce It's A Boy! at the Strand Theatre. Date: 1931

Jim Mollison and Kangeroo
Scottish aviator James Allan Jim Mollison (1905-1959) was greeted by a kangaroo in Croydon, at the end of his record breaking flight from Australia to England

Miniature Film Sets
Danish art director and costume designer Max Ree (1889-1953) works out possible camera angles with the help of miniature film sets

Golfing in the Congo
A golf course at Elizabethville in the Belgian Congo. The Elizabethville Golf Club had about 100 members, mainly British and Belgian. Date: circa 1931

Bernard Mills and Jose Lennard
Bernard Mills was the son of circus owner Bertram Mills. After his father's death in 1938 he was to take over the running of the Bertram Mills Circus with his brother Cyril

Constant Lambert and Florence Shuter
British composer and conductor Leonard Constant Lambert (1905-1951) with his fiancee Florence Shuter. Date: 1931

Polish and English Oarswomen
Members of the Warsaw Women's Rowing Club compete with their counterparts in the Isleworth Club and Furnivall Club at Putney. Date: 1931

Helen Hicks and Eleanor Holm
American golfer Helen Hicks Harb (1911-1974) giving a lesson to swimmer Eleanor Holm (1913-2004) on Long Island. Date: 1931

Ranjitsinhji at the Oval
Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja (1872-1933), also known as Ranji, was ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar, and had been a Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team

Fatality on the Royal Yacht Britannia
The flag flies at half-mast on the Royal Yacht Britannia, to commemorate the death of Ernest Friend, a second mate who was swept overboard and drowned. Date: 1931

Tennis at Hurlingham
A doubles game being played as part of the Army lawn tennis championships held at Hurlingham. Date: 1931

Motorboat Racing on the Thames
A motorboat race on the River Thames at Chiswick, organised by the Sussex Motor Yacht Club. Date: 1931

Filming at Elstree Studios
Film director T. Hayes Hunter (1884-1944) working with actors Herbert Marshall (1890-1966) and Edna Best (1900-1974) during the filming of The Calendar at Elstree Studios. Date: 1931

Regatta at Ryde
A starting gun signals the beginning of a yacht race as part of a regatta at Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Date: 1931

Miss F. J. Crossley, Aviatrix
Miss F. J. Crossley, a female aviator who had recently competed in an air race around England. Date: 1931

Joan Crawford and Mother
Film star Joan Crawford (190?-1977), born Lucille Le Seuer, with her mother Anna Belle Le Seuer. Crawford's actual birthdate is uncertain. Date: circa 1931

Helene Madison
American swimmer and Olympic champion Helene Madison (1913-1970). Between 1930 and 1931 she broke sixteen world records. Date: 1931

Golf Fashions
The latest fashions for the female golfer, available at Marshall and Snelgrove on Oxford Street. Date: 1931

Luna Park Bathers
Bathers at Luna Park in Berlin, at the time Europe's largest bathing establishment. It closed in 1933. Date: circa 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

Cedric Hardwicke in Role
A portrait of the actor Cedric Hardwicke (1893-1964) playing the role of Edward Moulton-Barrett in the play The Barretts of Wimpole Street'

Miss Dowson, Angler
Miss M. S. Dowson won the ladies competition in a fly and bait casting tournament held at Norwood in London. Date: 1931

Lilian Bond (1908-1991) was an English actress who achieved success in the United States and made many film appearances. Her film The Dancing Partner was shortly to open in London. Date: circa 1931

The Racehorse Xandover, a recent winner at Newmarket, being ridden by jockey Edward Charlie Elliott. Date: 1931

Royalty at Sandown
Members of the royal family attending the races at Sandown. Pictured are King George V (1865-1936), Queen Mary (1867-1953), Princess Mary (1897-1965), her husband Henry Lascelles

Parade for Harold Gatty and Wiley Post
A parade along Broadway for navigator Harold Gatty 1903-1957) and pilot Wiley Post (1898-1935), celebrating their record-breaking achievement of flying around the world in under nine days. Date: 1931

Frances Dee
American actress Frances Dee (1909-2004) had a film career spanning from the 1930s to the 1950s. Date: circa 1931

Cilly Aussem and Hilde Krahwinkel at Wimbledon
Cilly Aussem (1909-1963) had just won the women's singles final at Wimbledon - becoming the first German competitor, male or female, to win a singles title there

F. X. Shields, Tennis Player
Frank X. Shields (1909-1975) was an American amateur tennis player, and also an actor who appeared in several films throughout the 1930s. Date: 1931

Mont Blanc
A climber on the arete du Rochefort, Mont Blanc. The image is reproduced from a book of photographic studies entitled Haute Montagne'. Date: circa 1931

Polo at Roehampton
A polo match at the Roehampton Club between the Royal Air Force and the Chinchillas. Date: 1931

Cartoon of Samuel Ryder, entrepreneur, golf enthusiast and founder of the Ryder Cup. Date: 1931

Bobby Jones
American golfer Robert Bobby Jones Jr (1902-1971) spectating at the Ryder Cup competition in Scioto, Ohio. Jones was a highly successful amateur golfer, and co-founder of the Masters Tournament

Screen Lovers
Matheson Lang (1879-1948) and Dorothy Chili Bouchier (1909-1999) appearing in the 1931 film Carnival'. This was a re-make of a film from 1921 of the same name, in which Lang had also starred

Yacht Race
The Oxford University Yacht Club competing with the Cambridge University Cruising Club at Ryde. They were competing for the H. Yule Oldham Cup, and Cambridge were victorious. Date: 1931

Helen Jacobs and Daniel Maskell at Wimbledon
American tennis player Helen Hull Jacobs (1908-1997) with English player and coach Daniel Dan Maskell (1908-1992) who later became a celebrated tennis commentator for the BBC. Date: 1931

Ladies Golf Championship
Scenes from the Scottish Ladies Golf Championship held at Gullane. Date: 1931

Wicket Drying Machine
A new machine for drying wickets being tried out at Lord's cricket ground. Running off electricity, it dries the wickets with a current of hot air. Date: 1931

Wimbledon Exertions
Scenes from the 1931 Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Pictured are Fred Perry (1909-1995), Ian Glen Collins (1903-1975), Helene Nicolopoulos, George Patrick Pat Hughes (1902-1997), I

King George V at Wimbledon
King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) in the Royal Box at Wimbledon. They are accompanied by, amongst others

Gladys Cooper
Actress Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), later Dame Gladys, showing off some of her gowns. Date: 1931

Refuelling Mid-Air
A bomber being refuelled mid-air, as part of a Royal Air Force display over Hendon. Date: 1931

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