25th Collection (page 5)

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British troops in Vladivostock
British troops, from either the 9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment or 25th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, parade in Vladivostock, their first port of call on their way to Omsk, in Siberia

Bright Young People
Group photograph of William Acton, Mrs Arthur Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville and Babe Plunket-Greene taken at the fancy dress ball hosted by David

The Sketch, April 1956
A coloured illustration for the front cover of The Sketch, depicting a couple embracing on a floral background

The Sketch Front Cover 1956
A colour illustration for the front cover page of The Sketch, showing a lady standing in drizzling rain with a bright red umbrella

Mistletoe, by D Egville
Comic strip styled illustration showing a mans catastrophic attempt to hang a bunch of mistletoe

St Johns Bridge, Cambridge- During The May Races, by A. E
An illustration showing a romatic night-time gondola ride

Film still from Mutiny On The Bounty
Mutiny On The Bounty, an M.G.M film about seafaring and romance, staring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable. The film still shows Charles Laughton as Bligh, with Burkitt (Donald Crisp) and Ellison

Home With The Milk! By Cecil Aldin
A colour illustration from Cecil Aldins Woogles Series, showing two tired dogs sleeping on the door step after a night out on the town

Suzanne Lenglen taking a shot
French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen preparing to defend her Wimbledon title in 1921. Lenglen dominated womens tennis during the early 1920s

Two scenes from Peter Pan
Peter Pan at the Duke of Yorks theatre, Peter Pans shadow and the Darlings return

A Royal Group from Balmoral
A royal group at Balmoral, Scotland in 1898 showing, from left; Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, The Princess Leiningen, Princess Victoria of Wales, Queen Victoria, Princess Henry of Prussia

For Valour : British Officers and N. C. Os who have been aw
From top left: 2nd Lieut David Nelson V.C. ( L Battery, R.H.A); Capt Theodore Wright. (Royal Engineers); Capt H.S. Ranken (Royal Army Medical Corps); Capt F.O. Grenfell (9th Lancers); Lieut J.H.S

Awarded the Victoria Cross: Lance-Corporal Charles Alfred Ja
heroism

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, 1843
Engraving showing Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), the French engineer and inventor, as he appeared at the opening of the Thames Tunnel, from Rotherhithe to Wapping, on 25th March 1843

British Soldiers playing Bounce the Beecham, Hong Kong, 19
Series of photographs showing members of the 25th and 40th Companies of the Royal Engineers playing the Bounce the Beecham game invented by William Heath Robinson, Hong Kong, 1910

British reserves leaving their trenches during an advance
A photograph of British reserves leaving their trenches on the morning of 25th September 1916 as part of the continued British offensive which had begun along the Western front in July that year

Anti-aircraft machine-gun
An anti-aeroplane machine-gun, part of the Parisian defences against air attacks

An airmans altitude helmet, for high altitude flights
The 25th year of heavier-than-air machines, an airmans altitude helmet. A dinner for the anniversary was staged at the Science Museum, the historic biplane, loaned by Orville Wright

British troops charging at Loos
An illustration showing British troops charging over German trenches at the Battle of Loos. Between September 25th and October 13th, the British lost over 8000 out of 30, 000 men

Anti-aircraft battery
A typical battery of special anti-aircraft guns defending Paris against zeppelins and aeroplanes

A Poste D ecoute
A French listening-post for early detection of enemy aircraft

Dug-out at Christmas
A drawing by a British officer of a typical officers dug-out on the Western Front during Christmas 1915

Sevre Garden & Exhib
The Sevres company pavillon, designed by Patout and Ventre with gardens designed by Henri Rapin at the L Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris

A Calculating machine
The control panel of the automatic sequence-controlled calculating machine at Manchester University; showing the monitor cathode-ray tube with Dr. T. Kilburn (left) and Professor F. C

Fly-wheel at St. Denis
A huge fly-wheel dynamo at St. Denis station, used to light Paris. There were eight dynamos at the St. Denis station, producing a high tension current of 2250 volts and 210 amps

Mr. Lairds ship-building yard, Liverpool
Engraving of Mr. Lairds ship-building yard in Liverpool. Iron ship-building on an extensive scale originated from this prolific ship-yard

Pantomime at Drury Lane theatre
A crowd gathered outside Drury Lane Theatre waiting to attend a pantomime for Christmas

Wife of William McKinley
WIFE OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY Ida Saxon. Married on January 25, 1871 to Willian McKinley, 25th President of the United States

Landing cable at Porthcurnew Bay
Engraving of the landing of cable for the Falmouth, Gibralter and Mediterranean Telegraph at Porthcurnew Bay, Cornwall

Helen Wills
Cartoon by Matt of Helen Wills, American tennis player

Metropolitan Gallery in Telegraph Street
Women at work in the Metropolitan Gallery in Telegraph Street receiving telegraphs for the London area

Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder
A photograph of Steljes type-printing telegraph recorder, able to automatically transmit and print messages through a phone line, while callers were still conversing

The railway from Bettws-Y-Coed to Festiniog, North Wales
The river Lledr at Bryn-Y-Fedw, near Dolwyddelan. Part of the route of the London and North Western Railway, opening up tourism for this picturesque part of Wales in the 1870 s

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A marine
A sketch showing an example of a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, of a marine life saving apparatus which was also submersible

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; Helmet w
An illustration of a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, showing a man wearing a hat with a gun mounted on it

The damaged gun of H. M.s Thunderer, condition of the turret
H.M.S Thunderer, the damage caused by the bursting of the 38 ton gun. The gun exploded during a practice exercise because of a fault

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A person
An illustration showing a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, of a bizarre head covering with design features such as a window and ventilation

William McKinleys Father
WILLIAM McKINLEYs FATHER William McKinley, father of the 25th President of the United States

Photo Portrait McKinley
WILLIAM MCKINLEY Photographic portrait of William Mckinley, 25th President of the United States

New hotel in Liverpool
The new railway hotel at Lime Street, Liverpool. The hotel, later to be known as the Adelphi, had 330 rooms and was designed by the architect, Waterhouse

Photo, McKinley
WILLIAM MCKINLEY Photographed as Governor of Ohio. To become elected The 25th President of the United States

Photo, McKinley at Desk
WILLIAM MCKINLEY 25th President of the United States. Assassinated. Died, September 14, 1901

Radio fitted to car dash board
A woman at the wheel of an Isotta-Fraschini car which has a radio set fitted to the instrument board

Humber Coupe with golf club compartment
A Humber Coupe with a special compartment for golf clubs in the side, demonstrated here by a lady

1905 Swift motor car next 1930 Swift motor car
Photograph showing the 1905 Swift car beside a modern 8-h.p. Cadet of the same make (both driven by women)

First British car
Photograph of the first British motor car, an 8-h.p. Lanchester, made in 1896 and exhibited in the historical section of The Motor Show

Lorimer automatic exchange
Photograph of the Canadian Lorimer automatic telephone exchange, a system which dispensed with the need for telephone girls

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