Apr19 Collection

Village Street, Northop - Boot Hotel (on right)
Village Street, Northop, Flintshire, Wales - with the Boot Hotel on right. Date: circa 1910s

Crickhowell, southeastern Powys, Wales and Table Mountain from the River Usk. Date: 1930

Nice - Avenue de la Victoire - Tram. Date: circa 1909

Man in traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia
Man in the traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia. Date: circa 1920s

Margate, Kent - Harbour and seafront - hold-to-light card Date: circa 1904

The Forum of Roman London
Artists impression of the Forum of Roman London, located in what is now the City of London. Date: 1926

WWII September 1939 Circular sandbag redoubt
Anti-aircraft post on the East Coast constructed of sandbags, formed in the first week of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Rio Ampayaco, Peru - Bora Indians in their village. The Bora are an indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian Amazon, located between the Putumayo and Napo rivers

King George V opens the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
King George V opens the new Tyne Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Date: 1928

Young South African girl in the bush Date: circa 1910s

Aerial view of the border - Free State of Fiume and Susek
Aerial view of the border between the Free State of Fiume and the district of Susak, Rijeka, Croatia. The Free State of Fiume was an independent free state which existed between 1920 and 1924

George V inspecting Roman galley unearthed in London 1912
George V and Queen Mary inspecting the only Roman boat to be found in Britain during a visit to the London Museum. The galley was unearthed in London on the site of the new County Hall

A Present from Caesar by Fortunino Matania
A Present from Caesar, a Vision of Imperial Rome. Painting by Fortunino Matania, exhibited at the R. I. Galleries, 1926. Date: 1926

Squalls by Wilton Williams
Two women struggle in wind to control their umbrellas and skirts. Date: 1923

Miss Modern magazine fortune teller
Front cover of Miss Modern magazine for November 1931, featuring a young gipsy fortune teller with a crystal ball (and the free gipsy ring, found FREE inside the magazine!). Date: 1931

Outbreak of WWII men of Royal Artillery eating 1939
Men of a battalion of the Royal Artillery have a meal beside of the guns, during training. Date: 1939

Crete, Greece, Village of Handra (Handras or Chandras), Sit
Crete, Greece - Village of Handra (Handras or Chandras), Sitia. Date: circa 1907

The New Krupp Munitions Factory, Essen, Germany Date: circa 1908

Havana, Cuba - The National Hotel (centre) (Hotel Nacional) Date: circa 1940s

Sasebo, Japan - Sasebo Station
Japan - Sasebo Station, Sasebo, a city on Japans Kyushu Island. Note the fine 1950 Ford Tudor Sedan on the right and the evidence of the American occupation (jeeps and military trucks)

FA Cup Final 1934 - Cup presented to winners Manchester City
FA Cup Final 1934 - Cup presented to Sam Cowan, the captain of winners Manchester City FC by King George V. Man City defeated Portsmouth 2-1 on 28 April. Date: 1934

Downing Street, London - Home of the British Prime Minister at No. 10 and the Chancellor of the Exchequer at No. 11. Date: circa 1907

Hindu Lady worshipping Tulsi (Plants)
Hindu Lady worshipping Tulsi. Tulsi or Tulasi (Holy basil) or Vrinda is a sacred plant in Hindu belief. Hindus regard it as an earthly manifestation of the goddess Tulsi/Vrinda; she is regarded as a

Paris Flood - Rue de Bievre - 28th January 1910
Paris Flood - Rue de Bievre on 28th January 1910. The Maximum level of the flood waters was 9.5m above the normal level. Date: 1910

The signature of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603). Date: late 16th century

Col David Sutherland - British Army and Intelligence Officer
Colonel David George Carr Sutherland CBE MC TD DL (1920-2006) - British Army officer, intelligence officer (1939-1977) and military author

Helen Mary Elizabeth Taylor as a Gypsy by Madame Yevonde
Helen Mary Elizabeth Taylor (nee Collins) (*to insert dates when known) dressed in gypsy costume. Yevonde Cumbers Middleton (18931975) was an English photographer

Prince Andrew of Greece at Monte Carlo
Prince Andrew of Greece, father of the Duke of Edinburgh pictured with Grand Duke Dmitri, pictured poolside at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera

Prince Andrew of Greece at Cannes
Prince Andrew of Greece, father of the current Duke of Edinburgh, pictured at Cannes in the company of Margot Hambling, David Townsend and Gilbert Beale, whose yacht was in Cannes Harbour

King Edward VII at Homburg
King Edward VII (centre) at Bad Homburg in the 1880s. His companions are, from left to right, Sir Christopher Sykes, Capt

Ladies wheelbarrow race at Bad Homburg, 1882
Ladies at the fashionable spa town of Bad Homburg take part in an energetic wheelbarrow race during a picnic, despite being encumbered with corsets and bustles

Hon. Eileen Hood by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Eileen Hood, sister to Viscount Bridport, and daughter of Maurice Hood by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1927

Brilliant Fashions for the Little Season, 1926
Smartly dressed members of London society leaving the theatre on a night out. The women wear the knee length tubular dresses that were to epitomise 1920s fashion

The Midwinter Festival in Roman London at the time of the Emperor Nero as imagined by the artist, Fortunino Matania. Citizens carry offerings to the temple while a small boy stands

Caddie master selecting girl caddies at Le Touquet, 1914
A caddie master selecting caddies from a group of clamouring French girls on a golf course at Le Touquet. Date: 1914

The Scarlet Macaw by Wilton Williams
An elegant lady with a feather fan and a macaw. Date: 1923

Advert for Dunhills Lytup Handbags 1923
Advertisement for the Lytup handbag from Alfred Dunhill, with a small electric light illuminating the contents whenever it is opened up

Spring dress with Egyptian style embroidery by Isobel
A frock of fine black silk jerseylene featuring embroideries in Egyptian colourings from Isobel, of 4 Maddox Street, London. Worn with a dashing hat and cane

Laura Cowie and her daughter Anne
Actress Laura Cowie (1892 - 1969), who in private life was Mrs John Hastings Turner, wife of the author and playwright, pictured with her daughter Anne. Date: 1923

Lady Eden by Madame Yevonde
Edith Mary Patricia (nÚÑáPrendergast), Lady Eden (died 1990), wife of Sir Timothy Eden, daughter of Arthur Prendergast. Date: 1923

Mrs. Louis Coatalen (Iris Graham)
Mrs Louis Coatalen, aka Iris Graham, daughter of Mr. Graham of Bartley and a niece of Lady Cynthia Graham, of the Duke of Montrose, of the Earl of Harrington and the Earl of Verulam

Frau Jobst Planckfelt by Durer - report in ILN
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on a rare oil painting by Albrecht Durer of Frau Jobst Planckfelt of Antwerp, mentioned in his diary of 1521

Fancy dress - men dressed up as cowboys
Two men in The Fancy Dress Studio, 37 Oxford Street, London, dressed in cowboy costumes complete with very hairy chaps! Date: c.1920

Sylvia Raven-Hill, daughter of the Punch artist Leonard Raven-Hill and his wife Annie. The portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News in February 1912 when Sylvia was appearing on stage at

Annie Raven-Hill as Cleopatra at Artists Ball, 1910
Annie Raven Hill, wife of Leonard Raven Hill, the well-known Punch artist, dressed up as Cleopatra for the Artists Ball held at the Grafton Galleries in 1910. 1910

WWII September 1939 Holiday makers filling sandbags
Holiday makers filling sandbags at a beach on the East Coast of Britain in the week following the declaration of war in September 1939. Date: 1939

WWII Jewish refugees helping with sandbags
Jewish refugees in Britain helping to place sandbags in front of a big hospital in the early days of the Second World War. Date: 1939

WWII Night time in London, September 1939
Piccadilly after dark in the first few days of the Second World War, a man in uniform already in evidence on the streets. Date: 1939

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