Apr16 Collection (page 2)

The Hotel de Paris at Bray
Scene showing the dance floor at popular Bray outpost of the Hotel de Paris, one of the evening haunts during Ascot week in the 1920s. Date: 1934

Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and dog
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret with dog. Date: c.1935

Bermuda - Belmont Manor overlooking Hamilton. Date: circa 1920s

London - General Gordons Statue in St. Martins Place, London. A statue of Gordon on a camel by Edward Onslow Ford was erected in Chatham funded by monies raised by soldiers

Sudan - Sudanese Woman performing the Wind Dance. Date: circa 1920s

Buildings in Sawakin (Suakin) - north-eastern Sudan - The Quarantine Office. Date: circa 1925

Waiting in a queue for the royal courts by Matania
The long line of motor cars queuing on the Mall waiting for the official hour when the debutantes and their society mothers

The Sphere cover - RAF Display at Hendon by Matania
Meeting an artificial hurricane - an odd sensation at the great R.A.F. display at Hendon. Visitors at the Hendon Air Display experience the full force of an air propeller. Date: 1925

British hospital ship Asturias and the ship Dacia
Not warships, but of Great War fame: two notable vessels. The first is the British hospital ship Asturias, attacked by a German submarine off Le Havre

Family in ancient Egypt style fancy dress, 1920s
A father, mother and little girl dressed collectively in the style of ancient Egypt, at a time when, following the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor

London - Putney - The Wharf and Embankment - Photograph taken from Putney Bridge Date: circa 1910s

Procession of fancy dress costumes at the Epilogue Ball
The culminating point of the great advertising convention, the Epilogue Ball, marking the close of the first International Advertising Convention held in Britain

The Epilogue Ball - costumes of famous magazines
Examples of costumes seen at the Epilogue Ball, held at the close of the International Advertising Convention at Olympia in July 1924

Advert for La Samaritaine womens clothing 1906
Selection of fashionable clothing for women, available at La Samaritaine, a large department store in Paris. 1906

Julia Sabina visiting Egyptian antiquities at Thebes
A Roman visitor to the Egyptian tombs - one of the earliest of a long line of Egyptian tourists before the colossal statues of Memnon in the early years of the Christian era

Race - steam train and racing car, 1920s
A racing car races a steam engine and begins to out pace it. Date: 1929

Matania as consultant on the film, Susie in the Bath
The Italian-born artist, Fortunino Matania, leading illustrator for The Sphere magazine, pictured giving professional hints to actor Gene Gerrard on the set of the new John Stafford film

Guy Fawkes - Conspirator of the Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes (1570-1606) - member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Date: circa 1606

Lady Malcolms Servants Ball
Page from The Bystander magazine illustrating two contrasting dances - the Lambeth Walk as painted by William Roberts at the top, and the Palais Glide

NWFP - A carrier pigeon Trainer
Pakistan - NWFP (North West Frontier Province) - A carrier pigeon Trainer. Date: circa 1920

Sweden - Church people at Leksand
Church-going folk at Leksand, a locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden. Date: circa 1902

Solleron, Dalarna County, Sweden - House and villagers
Pretty Wooden house and villagers at Solleron, a locality situated in Mora Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden. Date: circa 1909

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Gold Mines
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Mines - Gold Mining - miner operating a pneumatic drill. Date: circa 1930s

Kans Annas cottage interior - Fryksas, Dalarna, Sweden
Kans Annas cottage interior - Fryksas Village, Dalarna, Sweden. There are two very nice stool examples in this picture. Date: circa 1909

Fryksas Village, Dalarna, Sweden. Date: circa 1909

Engineer Corps officer building - Karlsborg, Sweden
Engineer Corps officer building - Karlsborg, Karlsborg Municipality, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden Date: circa 1909

View over the lake - Karlsborg, Sweden
View over the lake - Karlsborg, Karlsborg Municipality, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden Date: circa 1909

Artillery Officer Building - Karlsborg, Sweden
Artillery Officer Building - Karlsborg, Karlsborg Municipality, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden Date: circa 1909

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

Styles of hair worn in the Roman period
Hairdressing from antiquity to the present - Style of hair worn in the Roman period Date: circa 2nd century AD

27th US President - William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (18571930) - 27th President of the United States of America. Date: circa 1912

Godfrey Baring MP (for the Isle of Wight)
A sgned postcard portrait Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet (18711957) - Liberal Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight and later Barnstaple

Algeria - Timgad - View toward Trajans Arch
General view of the Ruins of Timgad, Algeria (close to the Theatre) - a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1908

D Orsay Gate at the Exposition Internationale, Paris
D Orsay Gate at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris - designed by Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (1878-1948). Date: 1925

J M W Turners House - Chelsea - where he lived and worked
J. M. W. Turners House - Cheyne Walk, Chelsea - where he lived and worked. Date: circa 1930

Algeria - Timgad - Street Date: circa 1908

Young French Red Cross nurse - La bonne fille. Date: 1915

A Young Shepherdess of the Pyrenees, France. Date: circa 1910

British Vickers Vildebeest biplanes in flight
A squadron of British Vickers Vildebeest biplanes (torpedo bombers) in flight. This aircraft first flew in 1928, and was still in use at the beginning of the Second World War. Date: circa 1930s

Parmesan Cheese - Advertorial Trade Postcard for Ditta Pelagatti - Parma featuring a large wheel of Parmesan hiding a tiny mouse, for now escaping the attention of an interested white cat

Bude, Cornwall - The Lock and Canal Date: 1929

France - The Railway Station at Noisy-le-Sec, a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris. Date: circa 1920s

Field Officers, Staff Lodge, 2nd Batch - Salvation Army, training college in London. Date: 1907

WW1 - Satirical Caricature of a German Officer, wearing standard Pickelhaube and monocle. Date: circa 1915

Sile, Istanbul, Turkey - Military Compound (2/2). Date: 1920

Marrakech, Morocco - The Bab Doukkala and Atlas Mountains
Marrakech, Morocco - The Bab Doukkala Market and Atlas Mountains. Date: circa 1930s

Casablanca, Morocco - Entrance to the Rue Blaise-Pascal. Date: circa 1930s

The lakeside at Lugano, Switzerland. Date: circa 1906

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