1939 Collection (page 4)

Gaekwad of Baroda, Vanity Fair, MR
SAYAJIRAO GAEKWAD III (Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad) (1863 - 1939) The Maharaja of Baroda from 1875 to 1939, and a notable reformist. Caption: The Gaekwar Date: 1863 - 1939

Tatler front cover 1939, King George VI
King George VI (1896 - 1952), pictured in the service uniform of a Field Marshal on the front cover of The Tatler magazine in November 1939. Date: 1939

How submarines fire torpedoes, 1939
Drawing to explain how a British submarines twelve torpedoes are fired. Here six torpoedoes are shown in their tubes, and a further six are in storage and have, when required

State Bank of the USSR, 1939
Registering the deposits of Soviet workers in the State Bank of the U.S.S.R in 1939. On the right, depositors can be seen at a counter waiting their turn while men

Russian Cavalry in Red Square, 1939
Following the Cossack tradition of the days of Czarist Russia, the USSR army in 1939 still maintained a strong cavalry arm. This regiment, lined up in Red Square, Moscow is smartly turned out

Racing Greyhound pups in a barrow
A wheelbarrow filled with racing greyhound pups at the G.R.A. Staffordshire breeding ground, prior to transfer to the kennels at Northaw, Middlesex

Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
A portrait of Greta Garbo on her yacht off Catalina Island. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was spotted whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz

Royal Navy losses in both World Wars, 1945
Illustration showing the ships lost by the British Royal Navy during the Second World War (main picture) compared with those lost during the First World War (inset bottom right)

The Humorist Cover 1939
A jolly cover by William Heath Robinson showing a couple on a motor cycle helping themselves, in transit, to a picnic hamper on the back of a car

Frank Wild (1873-1939)
Photographic portrait of Frank Wild, the British naval officer and explorer, London, c.1916. Wild had just returned to Britain following his role as second in command during Ernest Shackletons

Cycling in Scotland
A touring cyclist takes in the breathtaking Scottish scenery at the Old Road, Pass of Glencoe, Invernes-shire

W B Yeats - Etching
William Butler YEATS Irish poet and statesman as a young man

Pope Pius XII Crowned
Pius XII is crowned as the new pope

W B Yeats / The Tatler
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Irish poet and dramatist in his study at Woburn Buildings, London

Photograph of Sir Richard Steele PH, Haverstock Hill, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Ship Hotel, Tilbury Docks, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1929

Photograph of Railway Tavern, Limehouse, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Photograph of Prince Of Wales PH, Bethnal Green, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Park Tavern, Finsbury Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Two women preparing for show at Windmill Theatre 1939
Two women in tin helmets photographed as they prepare for a show at the Windmill Theatre. The Windmill Theatre, which today uses the motto " we never closed"

Scene on the beach at Conwy, North Wales, 10 June 1939, with Conwy Castle in the distance on the right. 1939

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (front cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (front cover), Price List of Carnival Novelties. 1939

WW2 - Bristol Blenheims raid Kiel - Battle of the Heligoland Bight, September, 1939. Date: 1939

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Basilica of St Mary Date: 1939

Erlenbach, Switzerland on Lake Zurich (Zurichsee). Date: 1939

Sundial in Petts Wood, Kent
A rambler stops to look at a sundial in Petts Wood, Kent, set up in memory of William Willett, pioneer of daylight saving whose ideas led to British Summer Time. 1939

View of Broadway, Fresno, California, USA, with the Goodfellows Grill, hotels and shops. 1939

Arsenal & Newcastle. Bateup ready to save for the Arsenal
Slide showing a photograph from a football match with the words: Arsenal & Newcastle. Bateup ready to save for the Arsenal. Edwin (Teddy) Bateup (16 May 1881 29 April 1939). Part of Box 366

Victorian Christmas time by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouettes by H. L. Oakley depicting various transport scenes over the Christmas time. Date: 1939

Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco Bay
Design for the Exposition Tower The Spire to the Sun on Treasure Island. Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco Bay, California, USA (1939/1940). Date: 1937

The first flight of the Sikorsky VS-300 14 September 1939
The first flight of the Sikorsky VS-300, 14 September 1939. Igor Sikorsky is at the controls. Date: 1939

Girl with Peat Cart
A girl stands next to the peat horse and cart on the Shetland Islands. Date: March 1939

Arthur Rackham / St Ives
ARTHUR RACKHAM English illustrator: self-portrait in his own illustration to As I was going to St Ives Date: 1867 - 1939

Photograph of Beaumont Arms, Shepherds Bush, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Waitresses wearing gas masks, WWII
Waitresses in a popular London restaurant going about their duties during the early weeks of the Second World War, with gas masks in a tin container worn like a bustle at the back of their waistband

Fall / Tibetan Terrier / 39
CHAMPION JANA OF LAMLEH Owned by Dr. Greig. Date: 1939

Westland Lysander over the Great pyramids. c.December 1939

Saro S36 Lerwick on Columbine apron late 1939. Date: 1939

Cover design, Pan American Airways timetable
Cover design, Pan American Airways System Atlantic Service timetable, serving Bermuda, America and Europe. July 1939

Actresses on National Service, 1939
Cast members of Tony Draws a Horse at the Comedy Theatre in London pictured in their other war roles. Miss Kay Astor (centre) is a nurse

Fishing Near Venice
Fishing at Chioggia in the lagoons of Venice. Date: 1939

Whiteleafe Cross, near Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: January 1939

Spanish Republican Refugees heading for the French Border, 1
Photograph showing some of the Republican refugees who fled Spain for France after the Fall of Barcelona, January 1939. In the first two days the French border was open in 1939, 35

Fall / Papillon / 1939
A group of four papillons owned by Mrs Pope

Smithfield Market 1939
A fine view of the exterior of Smithfield Market, City of London, on a summers day, only two months before the outbreak of World War Two

Four Wheatley Books
The four dossiers by J G Links and Dennis Wheatley, each containing documents and clues for the reader to solve a murder mystery : they were extremely popular at the time

Fair / Car Ride, Kings Lyn
A petrol car ride (owned by F Thompson), Kings Lynn (cars manufactured by R E Chambers Co. USA)

New type of light tank demonstrated at Aldershot
A group of small machines with a pill-box turret, working over rough ground at Aldershot

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