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1959 Collection

Background image1959 Collection: HMS Hermes (R12)

HMS Hermes (R12) shortly after being accepted by the Royal Navy, 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Labour Party election posters and television speakers

Labour Party election posters and television speakers
Labour Party election posters and speakers for Labours series of five short television programmes in the run-up to the General Election of 8th October 1959 (which the Conservatives won)

Background image1959 Collection: Dry Stone Walling

Dry Stone Walling
Two working class men in flat caps build a dry stone wall together at Galashiel, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Background image1959 Collection: Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1959

Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally 1959
Poster, Le Mans 24 Hour Rally, 20-21 June 1959. Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Old Bill kneeling in front of the Cenotaph in Whitehall

Old Bill kneeling in front of the Cenotaph in Whitehall
His Pals - Fragments Copyright. Old Bill kneeling in front of the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Background image1959 Collection: Errol Flynn / Robin Hood

Errol Flynn / Robin Hood
ERROL FLYNN Irish-American film actor as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood, with Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian

Background image1959 Collection: Police Officers London

Police Officers London
Police officers wearing old and new uniforms. On left wearing 1980 uniform, on right the old from the period 1959-1980 Metropolitan Police in London near Houses of Parliament

Background image1959 Collection: Errol Flynn / Warner

Errol Flynn / Warner
ERROL FLYNN Irish-American film actor, best known for his swashbuckling roles

Background image1959 Collection: Chapelcross Nuclear

Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station, near Annan, Dumfries- shire, Scotland, officially opened on 2 May 1959. Date: 1959s

Background image1959 Collection: Chelsea Football Club - 1959-1960 season

Chelsea Football Club - 1959-1960 season. Left to right: (Back row) S. Anderton, R. Whittaker, R. Matthews, J. Mortimore, C. Livesey, J. Compton; (front row) James Peter ( Jimmy ) Greaves (1940-), P

Background image1959 Collection: Sir Stanley Spencer, c. 1926

Sir Stanley Spencer, c. 1926
Photograph of Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959), the English painter, standing in front of his painting The Resurrection, c.1926

Background image1959 Collection: Fidel Castro / Che Guevara

Fidel Castro / Che Guevara
ERNESTO (CHE) GUEVARA Che Guevara holds an impromptu meeting in Havana, Cuba, with Fidel Castro and Castros brother. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Background image1959 Collection: Scene on Conwy Harbour, North Wales

Scene on Conwy Harbour, North Wales
A wonderful, atmospheric view of Conwy Harbour, North Wales, with the silhouette of the Castle in the background. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1960

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Cadburys Golden Key

Advertisement for Cadburys Golden Key -- male and female models (Barry Trengove and Geraldine Hill) posing. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit fireman training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here a fireman is undertaking a hook ladder drill on the stations nine-storey drill tower

Background image1959 Collection: LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit firefighters training at Brigade HQ SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth. Here they are undertaking hook ladder drills on the stations nine-storey drill tower

Background image1959 Collection: Stevenage New Town

Stevenage New Town
This pedestrianised shopping centre at Stevenage New Town, Hertfordshire, England was the first in England, opened in 1959. It was also the first designated New Town in 1946. Date: July 1966

Background image1959 Collection: Tatler cover: Queen Elizabeth II and her family

Tatler cover: Queen Elizabeth II and her family
The Tatler front cover featuring a photograph taken in June 1959, of the Queen Elizabeth II with her housband, Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh and their children

Background image1959 Collection: Well, if you Knows of a Bette ole, Go to It

Well, if you Knows of a Bette ole, Go to It
WELL, IF YOU KNOWS OF A BETTE OLE, GO TO IT !. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Rolls Royce cars

Advertisement for Rolls Royce cars -- Spirit of Ecstasy bonnet ornament. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: WILLOWGARTH TUG BOAT

WILLOWGARTH TUG BOAT
Willowgarth, one of the REA diesel tugs, on the River Mersey at Liverpool, England. Date: built 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Fidel Castro in 1959

Fidel Castro in 1959
FIDEL CASTRO - President of Cuba, on manoeuvres in the jungle in 1965. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Background image1959 Collection: Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it

Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it
Ttwo soldiers stuck in a trench, during a battle in World War One. This famous illustration for The Bystander was by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959)

Background image1959 Collection: Errol Flynn / Robin Hood

Errol Flynn / Robin Hood
Errol Flynn is at his swash- buckling best in Michael Curtizs saga which also offers Olivia de Havilland as Marian, Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone as the nasties

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Ford Anglia cars

Advertisement for Ford Anglia cars -- male and female models posing (Geraldine Hill, Susan Ingram and Ossie O Leary). 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali
The surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), was photographed with a statuette of the Madonna and Child during a visit to London in 1959. At the time Fleur Cowles was writing a book about him

Background image1959 Collection: Queen Elizabeth II at the Badminton horse trials, 1959

Queen Elizabeth II at the Badminton horse trials, 1959
The Queen on horseback at the Badminton horse trials, 1959. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Foden 5 ton Steam Wagon M8681

Foden 5 ton Steam Wagon M8681, built in1916, at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. (Foden Trucks was a British truck and bus manufacturing company which had its origins in Elworth near Sandbach in 1856)

Background image1959 Collection: Sentinel S4 Steam Wagon DKN380

Sentinel S4 Steam Wagon DKN380 (msn 9276), built in 1936, seen at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally. (Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure

Gold, Silver, Lapis and Obsidian in the Splendid Swords of the Kings - The Royal Treasure of Dorak c.3000 BC - report of the finds from the excavations by James Mellaart, Assistant Director

Background image1959 Collection: HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine

HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine powered by diesel generators. Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28th November 1957, and launched on 18th July 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Boeing Stratocruiser G-ANTY BOAC London Airport

Boeing Stratocruiser G-ANTY BOAC London Airport
BOAC Stratocruiser Coriolanus joined the fleet in 1954 flying the transatlantic route. In 1959 Coriolanus flew the final scheduled Stratocruiser service

Background image1959 Collection: Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8

Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8
London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959. Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Rolls Royce cars

Advertisement for Rolls Royce cars -- Spirit of Ecstasy bonnet ornament photographed in motion. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Thumbelina flies off with her Fairy Prince

Thumbelina flies off with her Fairy Prince
Thumbelina meets the Fairy Prince and flies off with him, and they live Happily Ever After. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Background image1959 Collection: Thumbelina flies away on the Swallows back

Thumbelina flies away on the Swallows back
Thumbelina escapes from the Field Mouse and the Mole on the back of the Swallow. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Background image1959 Collection: Thumbelina kisses the Swallow goodbye

Thumbelina kisses the Swallow goodbye
Thumbelina stands on tiptoe and kisses the Swallow goodbye. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Background image1959 Collection: Ac Pigou / Granta

Ac Pigou / Granta
ARTHUR CECIL PIGOU British economist

Background image1959 Collection: Gloster Javelin FAW-4

Gloster Javelin FAW-4
RAF Gloster Javelin Faw-4 Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGK BOAC, London Airport

Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGK BOAC, London Airport
The instantly recognisable fuselage shape of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. Canopus was one of the more famous BOAC Stratocruisers operating on the between 1950 and 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Crane petite boilers

Advertisement for Crane petite boilers -- male model (Tony Gale) extending his hand. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Tatler cover photoshoot

Tatler cover photoshoot focusing on sunglasses. A variant shot from this particular photoshoot was used for the cover of The Tatler issue for 4 November 1959. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Silvikrin hair products

Advertisement for Silvikrin hair products -- male and female models posing. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Manns brown ale

Advertisement for Manns brown ale -- male model constructing a pyramid of bottles. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Horlicks

Advertisement for Horlicks -- Better Luck Next Time. Female model (Julie Bishop) in the foreground, looking with disappointment at a dancing couple in the background. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Facel Vega car

Advertisement for Facel Vega car with female model (Helen Connor). 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8

Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8
London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959

Background image1959 Collection: LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1

LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here the recruit squad are rescuing by carrying down on the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder pitched to the third

Background image1959 Collection: Puss in Boots Master dressed in fine clothes

Puss in Boots Master dressed in fine clothes
Puss in Boots Master dresses in fine clothes given to him by the King after his drowning incident. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Background image1959 Collection: Puss tries on his new Boots at the Cobblers Shop

Puss tries on his new Boots at the Cobblers Shop. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Background image1959 Collection: Puss in Boots presents a rabbit from his Master to the King

Puss in Boots presents a rabbit from his Master to the King
Puss in Boots presents a gift of a rabbit from his Master to the King. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Background image1959 Collection: Puss in Boots and the Poor Millers Son

Puss in Boots and the Poor Millers Son
The Poor Millers Son leaves the mill with his cat (Puss in Boots). Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Background image1959 Collection: Northrop T-38A-10-NO Talon 58-1194

Northrop T-38A-10-NO Talon 58-1194, Buzz Number TF-194. The first production aircraft, with the rear cockpit canopy blanked off for flight testing

Background image1959 Collection: Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3798) at the 1959 Andover Steam Fair. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

Background image1959 Collection: Bagpiper in Glen Coe, Highlands of Scotland

Bagpiper in Glen Coe, Highlands of Scotland
Bagpiper in Macdonald tartan, playing in Glen Coe, Highlands of Scotland. Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Things that Matter

Things that Matter
THINGS THAT MATTER. Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel received the following message from GHQ - Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday

Background image1959 Collection: Plymouth Guildhall

Plymouth Guildhall, Devon, England, was designed by local architects Alfred Norman and James Hine in the Victorian Gothic style. Rebuilt after the World War Two Blitz. Date: 1873 and 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Advertisement for Esso Petroleum

Advertisement for Esso Petroleum -- reflections on car bodies at Fawley Refinery, Hampshire. 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Albert Batchelor flew in a helicopter from Helston

Albert Batchelor flew in a helicopter from Helston Air Station on 18 February 1959 to celebrate his 90th birthday. Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO

Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO
Gloster Meteor Mk.8 - Mk.7 combination (ex GAF) G-ANSO, at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough air-show. Built as an F Mk.8 airframe with strengthened outer wings, the Ground Attack Fighter (GAF) aka Reaper

Background image1959 Collection: Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2

Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2
Traffic congestion in the Covent Garden area, London WC2, showing a view along Henrietta Street from the corner of Bedford Street during the morning of 26 March 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Woman patient, St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London

Woman patient, St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London
LFB Special Services trying to help a woman patient at St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London, on 15 April 1959. She has climbed out of a ward window at fifth floor level

Background image1959 Collection: LCC-LFB Interior of Brigade Control Unit

LCC-LFB Interior of Brigade Control Unit
The inside of the control unit and the preparation of the fire ground map, showing the layout of the affected building. It is used for planning the disposition of crews and lines of attack on the fire

Background image1959 Collection: Conservative party television team

Conservative party television team
The Conservative Party television team and some election posters for the General Election of 8th October 1959. The Conservatives broadcast five television programmes of 15 or 20 minutes each starting

Background image1959 Collection: James Chadwick cotton mill, Lancashire

James Chadwick cotton mill, Lancashire
Finishing : pulling down cloth at James Chadwick & Co, Lancashire

Background image1959 Collection: Old Berkeley Hunt Ball

Old Berkeley Hunt Ball
Miss Beatrice Caine with F/Lt J.B. Walton, from the R.A.F. Education Branch, at the Old Berkeley Hunt Ball, held in the R.A.F

Background image1959 Collection: HMS Warrior R31

HMS Warrior R31
Royal Navy - HMS Warrior R31, a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, in March 1946. (Warrior was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 as HMCS Warrior)

Background image1959 Collection: Family pose for a group photograph in late afternoon light

Family pose for a group photograph in late afternoon light
September, 1959 Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Photograph of Hoop & Grapes PH, Aldgate, London

Photograph of Hoop & Grapes PH, Aldgate, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Background image1959 Collection: SaB 91 Safir F-BHAJ

SaB 91 Safir F-BHAJ
SaB 91B Safir F-BHAJ (msn 91298), parked next to Safir F-BHAG, at Biggin Hill in 1959. Air France bought five 91B Safirs in 1955 and used them for their Aero Club

Background image1959 Collection: Wenworth / Fingerprint

Wenworth / Fingerprint
THE FINGERPRINT (Patricia Wentworth) One of the Miss Silver series. Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Martin B-26C-T XB-LOX

Martin B-26C-T XB-LOX Ay Jijos ! of PEMEX Built as Martin B-26C-20-MO Marauder 41-35071 for the United States Army Air Force, 35071 was modified to AT-23B and later redesignated TB-26C

Background image1959 Collection: Foden Steam Wagon AN9568 London Pride

Foden Steam Wagon AN9568 London Pride (msn 13138), built 1928, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. (Foden Trucks was a British truck)

Background image1959 Collection: Wallis & Steevens Steam Roller Simplicity

Wallis & Steevens Steam Roller Simplicity (msn 8023), built 1930, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam rally. (Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England produced agricultural equipment)

Background image1959 Collection: Aveling & Porter Steam Roller BY2185

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller BY2185 (msn 2185), built 1886, of Croydon Corporation, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally

Background image1959 Collection: Supermarine Scimitar

Supermarine Scimitar
Royal Navy 807 Squadron Supermarine Scimitar Flying in a Steep-Turn above Cloud Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Martin P6M-2 SeaMaster

Martin P6M-2 SeaMaster
Us Navy Martin P6M Seamaster Jet-Powered Seaplane Bomber Splashing in the Sea During Take-Off Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: SNECMA C-450 Coleoptere

SNECMA C-450 Coleoptere
Snecma C-450 Coleoptere Prototype Parked Outside the Snecma Factory Held in Place by a Mobile Rig before a Test-Flight Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Lt Cdr Peter Melville Lamb, DSC*, AFC - Chief Test Pilot

Lt Cdr Peter Melville Lamb, DSC*, AFC - Chief Test Pilot
Lt Cdr Peter Melville Lamb, DSC*, AFC (1923-2000), Chief Test Pilot, Saunders-Roe, with the SRN1 hovercraft in 1959. Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Handley Page Dart-Herald G-AODF

Handley Page Dart-Herald G-AODF
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODF (msn 148), at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show in September 1959. The first showing of the Dart-Herald after the first prototype, G-AODE

Background image1959 Collection: Avro Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ

Avro Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ
Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ (later G-29-1), of Napier Icing Research Ltd. at The SBAC Farnborough Air Show on 13 September 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Fiat 500, Fiat 1800 and Fiat 1100/103 H Lusso

Fiat 500, Fiat 1800 and Fiat 1100/103 H Lusso
Fiat 500 (with sun-roof), Fiat 1800 and Fiat 1100/103 H Lusso (de luxe) at the Geneva Motor Show, on 11 March 1959. Date: 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Avro Shackleton AEW crew trainer T83987

Avro Shackleton AEW crew trainer T83987
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW crew trainer T83987, at RAF Lossiemouth. Date: circa 1959

Background image1959 Collection: Gloster Javelin FAW.9R XH892

Gloster Javelin FAW.9R XH892 Date: circa 1959



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