1948 Collection (page 6)

BOXER / BREAKSTONES / 1948
CHRISTINE OF BREAKSTONES Owned by Dunkeus and Gamble. Date: 1948

SAMOYED / DAWN OF ARCTIC
CHAMPION DAWN OF THE ARCTIC Owned and bred by Miss M. Keyte Perry. Date: 1948

FERDINAND I / BULGARIA / SPE
FERDINAND I OF BULGARIA Became King in 1908 and abdicated in 1918. He was a protagonist in the Macedonian crisis. Date: 1861 - 1948

Football Writers Association - 1st Annual Dinner, held at The Hungaria Restaurant
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Vickers Viscount 630, G-AHRF 1st prototype
The first prototype Vickers Viscount 630, G-AHRF, seen here on the grass airfield at Wisley. A British medium-range turboprop airliner

Miles M. 65 Gemini 1A G-AKHO
Miles M.65 Gemini 1A G-AKHO (msn 6518) fresh off the production line at Woodley. First registered on 31 October 1947 G-AKHO was exported to Madagascar as F-BDAI in February 1948. Date: circa 1948

Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando N4877V (msn 22442) of Capitol Airways. 44-78619, disposed of to the Foreign Liquidation commission on 20 August 1947 and bought by Claire L

General Aircraft Limited GAL. 61 TS515
General Aircraft Limited GAL.61 TS515 at Farnborough 5 September 1948 which never flew. Date: 1948

Boulton Paul Balliol prototype VL935
Boulton Paul Balliol 3rd prototype VL935 at the 1948 Farnborough SBAC show, in company with Avro Athena prototype VW890. the four Balliol prototypes were to be powered by Armstrong-Siddeley Mamba

Bristol Type 171 Mk. 2 Sycamore VW905
Bristol Type 171 Mk.2 Sycamore VW905 (msn 12869) at the 1948 SBAC show at Farnborough on 8 September 1948. WV905 was allocated a civilian registration as G-AJGU but never wore those markings

Lockheed 12A Electra Junior VH-ASV (msn 1236) of Masling Aviation, (not to be confused with Lockheed B14S Hudson Mk I VH-ASV Aurora Australis, de-registered in April 1948)

Chrislea CH. 3 Super Ace series 2 G-AKVF
Chrislea CH.3 Super Ace series 2 G-AKVF (msn114), first registered 8 March 1948. Sold in Pakistan as AP-ADT. Returned to UK register in November 1959. Date: 1960s

Armstrong-Whitworth AW. 52 TS363
Armstrong-Whitworth AW.52 TS363, the Rolls-Royce Nene-powered example. First flown on 13 November 1947, TS363 crashed without loss of life on 30 May 1949

Zermatt and the Matterhorn - Switzerland. Date: circa 1940s

Polar Bear at the National Zoological Park - Washington D. C. USA Date: 1948

de Havilland DH-115 Sea Vampire F-21
Royal Navy de Havilland Dh-115 Sea Vampire F.21 / Mk.21 with Dh Goblin 2 Date: 1948

de Havilland DH-115 Sea Vampire F-20
Royal Navy de Havilland Dh-115 Sea Vampire F.20 Prototype Dh Goblin Date: 1948

Avro 688 Tudor 8
Avro 706 Ashton / Tudor Viii Parked at Woodford Immediately before its First-Flight Just before the Appearance at the Farnborough Airshow Date: 1948

Hawker P. 1052 Sea Hawk
Prototype Hawker P.1052 As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes, Rn (Born 21 January 1919) Former Royal-Navy Officer Date: 1948

Avro 701 Athena T-1
Avro 701 Athena with an Armstrong Siddeley Mamba Turboprop Engine During Engine Test Date: 1948

de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito NF-38
Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito Nf-38 Parked Date: 1948

Wooden Barracks for Airmen at the Headquarters of the US?
Wooden Barracks for Airmen at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1948

New Chapel at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Dep?
New Chapel at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1948

Vickers Viscount 630
The Vickers Viscount Prototype Parked at the Farnborough Airshow in 1948 Date: 1948

Seventeen students on the seventh Test Pilots? Course a?
Seventeen students on the seventh Test Pilots? Course at the Empire Test Pilots? School, Farnborough, visited the factories of A.V. Roe & Co Ltd at Woodford and Chadderton on 2 November 1948

Filming of the Movie Hamlet at Denham - the Stars relaxing
Filming of the Movie Hamlet at Denham (directed by, and starring Laurence Olivier) - some of the Stars relaxing - includes Charles Doran, Terence Morgan

Roosevelt Memorial unveiled at Grosvenor Gardens, London
The Roosevelt Memorial unveiled at Grosvenor Gardens, London by Mrs Roosevelt in the presence of King George VI and members of the British Royal Family on 12th April 1948 - Statue of Franklin Delano

Last British Troops Leave India
Burmah-Shell Photographic News Service photograph: Last British Troops Leave India.One of two photographs of Somerset Light Infantry, last British troops to leave India, Bombay, 1948

Ruth Williams Khama
RUTH WILLIAMS KHAMA English woman, controversially married (1948) Seretse Khama, heir to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana. Here with baby Jacqueline. Date: 1923 - 2002

The Duke of Edinburgh with Earl Mountbatten
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured with Earl Mountbatten, his uncle, at a National Playing Fields Association Dinner at Mansion House on 20 October 1948. Date: 1948

King George VI climbing into a Land Rover
King George VI climbing into his Land Rover, described as, a new type of British cross-country car by The Illustrated London News, during a visit to the Wrest Park Institute

Tank in action. Reproduced from the original painting by John Hassall for William Foster & Co. Ltd. Engineers, Lincoln, England. John Hassall, Ri, Rwa (1868-1948)

Coxlodge Lunatic Asylum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
A view of Newcastles Coxlodge mental asylum opened in 1869. After 1948, it was renamed St Nicholas Hospital. Date: 1907

I Love Little Pussy, by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl gives her pet cat a saucer of milk. Date: 1948

Ufos / Mantell / Godman
Captain Thomas Mantell of the U.S. National Guard encounters a huge UFO in his P-51, but crashes while attempting to pursue it (picture 1 of 2) Date: 7 January 1948

Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1948
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - held on the 16th May 1948. The race was won by Giuseppe Farina in a Maserati. 1948

Advert for Andrews Liver Salts
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Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh - Paris, 1948
Queen Elizabeth II, when Princess Elizabeth, pictured with her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the Paris Opera House in May 1948. Date: 1948

Princess Elizabeth on route to Balmoral, 1948
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret seen on arrival at Ballater Station en route to Balmoral for their annual holiday with other members of the royal family

The Empress Hall, Earls Court, 1948 London Olympic Games
The Empress Hall at Earls Court was the venue for Olympic wrestling and weight-lifting. Date: 1948

1948 - Emil Zatopek
Emil Zatopek (1922 - 2000), Czech long distance runner pictured following his victory in the 10, 000m race at the London 1948 Olympic Games, only the second race he had ever run at that distance

UFOS / AZTEC
Alleged alien remains from a UFO crash near Aztec, New Mexico. Possibly a monkey used in a military rocket test which failed. Date: 7 July 1948

David Wright woman with black and red fan
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a low-cut cream-coloured evening dress with a full, layered skirt, and holding a black and red fan

Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948
A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving

Republic of Ireland Act 1948
The severance of the last link with the British Crown: President O Kelly signing the Republic of Ireland Bill in Dublin on 21st December, 1948. This photograph shows Mr

Kaiser Wilhelm IIs sons
The six sons of Kaiser Wilhelm II pictured in 1900: (l to r standing) Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942), Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951), Adalbert (1884-1948); (in front) Oskar (1888-1958)

The Water-wave! by G. E. Studdy
Illustration by G. E. Studdy showing a small dog being forced to have a bath, watched smugly by Ooloo the cat. Ooloo later gets a shock when the bath water spills all over him

This Weeks Studdy - As Master Sees Me! by G. E. Studdy
Studdy dog shortly after his complete evolution into Bonzo. The dog is turning away in disgust from his owners portrait of him, painted in the style of Picasso

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