1933 Collection (page 18)

Italian Sailor Monument (The Big Rudder)
Italian Sailor Monument (The " Big Rudder" ), Brindisi, Italy - built in 1933. Initially dedicated to the sailors who lost their lives fighting for Italy during WW1. Date: circa 1933

Panoramic view of Temuco, Chile showing the bridges
Panoramic view of Temuco, Araucania Region, Chile showing the bridges over the Cautin River. Date: 1933

Vigo, Spain - Old town with Cathedral Belfry Date: 1933

Princess Elizabeth & Margaret at Disabled Soldiers Work Ex
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her younger sister, Princess Margaret Rose, pictured during a visit with Queen Mary and their mother the Duchess of York

Prince of the Asturias & his wife
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, RE (Alfonso P� Cristino Eduardo Francisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Eugenio Fernando Antonio Venancio de Borb󮠹 Battenberg; 10 May 1907 6 September 1938)

Beach pyjamas from Swan and Edgar
A nautical chic pyjama outfit for the beach from Swan and Edgar of Piccadilly. The trousers are blue and the corsage portion white striped with blue. Date: 1933

Constance, Duchess of Westminster
Constance Edwina (n饠 Cornwallis West), Duchess of Westminster (later Mrs James Fitzpatrick Lewes) (died 1970), First wife of 2nd Duke of Westminster. Known as Shelagh. Date: 1933

Holiday fashions from Gorringes & Army and Navy Stores
From left, a frock of new washing material showing an indefinite damask design, while the smart little coat with glass buttons is of wool

Matita outfits for cruising, 1933
A marine blue cruising outfit made in Linita fabric with a clever arrangement at the back, the scheme being completed with a blue scarf and white coat. It really does represent the acme of smartness

Matita advertisement - and cocktail bar
She shall be charming wherever she goes. Advert for Matita ready to wear sportswear (not really sports, but smart, ready-for-anything clothes for any occasion)

Poster, Great Air Display, Elstree
Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams Great Air Display, Worlds Greatest Air Pageant, Aldenham, Elstree, 18 April 1933. 1933

Tatler cover - Helen Wills Moody
HELEN WILLS MOODY (1905-1998) American tennis player and eight times winner of Wimbledon. Nicknamed Little Miss Poker Face. Championed the wearing of the sun visor which she is pictured wearing here

Rose Descat hat drawn by Paul Valentin
A Rose Descat hat in white and pastel coloured plaited organdie drawn by Paul Valentin. Date: 1933

Her Grace the Duchess of Westminster by Yevonde
Loelia, Duchess of Westminster (1902 - 1993), born Loelia Mary Ponsonby. She married Hugh Richard Arthur, second Duke of Westminster in 1930 in the society event of the year

Golfing outfit from Marshall and Snelgrove
A golf suit of ribbed angora from Marshall and Snelgrove, comprising a square cut jacket and trousers which look like a skirt when walking (culottes). Date: 1933

Tatler cover Infantas Beatrice and Maria Christina of Spain
Portrait of the daughters of King Alfonso XIII of Spain on the front cover of The Tatler. Date: 1933

Fashionable ascot frock 1933
Woman wearing a fashionable Ascot frock designed and carried out by The White House of 51 New Bond Street. It is expressed in white organdie, patterned with pastel black

Astor Mansions, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Astor Mansions, an art deco style building on the corner of Jeppe Street and Von Brandis Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1933

Rock Garden Club at Mrs Copelands, Wed. 14Th June 1933
Rock Garden Club at Mrs Copeland S, Wed. 14Th June 1933 - a view of seven women in a rock garden. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Norway - Wooden house at the Norwegian Folk Museum
Norway - Traditional wooden house at the Norwegian Folk Museum - The Telemark Museum - located in Kleiva in the older part of Skien, Norway. Date: 1933

Cover design, Imperial Airways map, 1933
Cover design, Imperial Airways map of air routes, 1933, price two shillings. 1933

Cover design, Imperial Airways timetable, 1933
Cover design, Imperial Airways Empire timetable, from May 1933 onwards. 1933

Advert for Kestos lingerie for sport 1933
Advert for a brassiere for sport activities. Kestos gives her comfort and allows her complete freedom of movement. Date: 1933

Sphere front cover - Debutantes practise the curtsey
Front cover of The Sphere featuring a photograph of debutantes practising their curtsey for the forthcoming courts in May of 1933 at Miss Muriel Simmons School in Regent Street. Date: 1933

The Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Nevada, USA -- construction phase, with the floor of the Black Canyon covered in concrete forms. Date: circa 1933

Kingswood Reformatory Band, Bristol
Boys band in uniform with instruments at the Kingswood Reformatory near Bristol, opened in 1854. After 1933 it became an Approved School known as the Kingswood Training School for Boys

Jenny Dollys trinkets Date: 1933

Fashions for Men: Specialists in Dress Reform
Specialists in Dress Reform: Dr. Jordan and Mr. Norman Haire with Mrs. Gayer. So far the Mens Dress Reform Society has failed to make a noticeable impression on the man in the street

Advertisement for Aristoc silk stockings - the aristocrat of silk stockings, perfect for playing Tennis. They re pure silk - fit like your skin - your skirt can t catch on them

Trafalgar Square and Big Ben, London Date: 1933

Poster advertising a Fashion Exhibition, Turin, Italy
Poster advertising the 2nd National Fashion Exhibition, taking place in Turin, Italy, 17-31 October 1933, with royal patronage. Date: 1933

HMS Bruce, British destroyer, Kowloon harbour, Hong Kong
HMS Bruce, British destroyer, in Kowloon harbour, Hong Kong, China. circa 1933

Music cover, I Like Mountain Music, fox trot song, words by James Cavanaugh, music by Frank Weldon. With a signed photo of Florrie Forde, music hall singer. 1933

Woman police officer in overcoat, London
A woman police officer in London, wearing a double-breasted overcoat (winter uniform), helmet with badge, white shirt and tie, duty armband and boots. Date: 1933

Three women police officers in uniform, London
Three female Metropolitan Police officers pose in their uniforms (winter dress, with overcoats) -- an inspector, a sergeant and a constable

Grey Declares War
SIR EDWARD GREY, viscount Grey of Fallodon : Statesman : as prime minister, declaring war on Germany in 1914. Date: 1862 - 1933

Weather Prophet
The Weather Prophet, an instrument used at Kew Observatory to record wind direction and velocity. An invaluable invention for forcasting the weather. Date: 25 January 1933

Making Parachutes 1933
British parachutes being made to order for the Danish Air Force, who placed an order with the Irving Air Chute Company of Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 22 June 1933

Sea Scouts 1933
The Chiswick Sea Scouts have been given the Fairwind, a 50 ton ex-coastal sailing barge, as their headquarters. Here they are on board the barge doing Knot Lessons ! Date: 27 May 1933

Aeroplane Factory 1933
Men building De Havilland aeroplanes in a factory in England. Date: February 1933

Coolidge and Wife
JOHN CALVIN COOLIDGE American President, with his wife and their dog, in the garden of the White House in Washington DC, USA. Date: 1872 - 1933

Stamping Clay by Foot
This method of stamping clay by foot was still employed as late as the 1930s for making the large pots used for melting glass - the method used by the Ancient Britons. Date: 17 February 1933

Sheep in Hyde Park 1933
This picture was taken in Hyde Park, central London, where these sheep are now grazing, in sharp contrast to the rush of traffic that is passing through a hundred yards away. Date: 3 June 1933

Neon Tube Oscillator
A Neon Tube Rhythmic Oscillator, an ingenious instrument to enable testing of telephonic equipment to be carried out direct from the telephone exchange. Date: March 1933

The Reichstag Library, which escaped the fire which gutted the building in February 1933. Date: early 1930s

Cancer X-Ray Machine
A huge new German x-ray lamp, for cancer treatment, which casts a very long localised beam on the affected area, without touching the rest of the patients body. Date: 1933

Cutting Glass Bowl
A craftsman cutting the facets of a glass bowl at a British glass factory Date: 1933

Glassmaking - Cutting
Three men working in the glass industry, cutting a block of glass Date: 1933

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