Astor Collection

The Wettest Derby on Record by The Tout, 1927
The Wettest Derby on record in 1927 with numerous well-known personalities of the turf coping with the flooded course with the help of umbrellas and rowing boats. Includes the jockey M

Astoria Column, overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, USA. The tower was built in 1926 with financing by the Great Northern Railroad and Vincent Astor

Astor as 1st Woman Mp
NANCY, LADY ASTOR Vicountess Astor, standing between Lord Balfour and Lloyd George, becomes the first woman MP, 1919

Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
Metropolitan Opera House on Broadway and 39th Street with the New York Times Building and the Hotel Astor, New York City, America

Aristocrats at Whites Golf Club Golf Tournament
Lady Allington, Lord Tennyson, Lord Lothian and Lady Astor at Whites Golf Tournament, played at Prince s, Sandwich. Date: 1932

Viscount and Viscountess Astor and their children
A photograph taken at Lord Astors seat, Clevedon, Taplow, Bucks. Lord Astor was M.P. for the Sutton Division of Plymouth until 191, after he succeeded Lady Astor represented the position

Actresses on National Service, 1939
Cast members of Tony Draws a Horse at the Comedy Theatre in London pictured in their other war roles. Miss Kay Astor (centre) is a nurse

Lady Astor wearing Cartier tiara with Sancy diamond
Lady Astor, who sat as MP for the Sutton Division of Plymouth from 1919 to 1945 pictured arriving for the opening of Parliament in 1948 wearing a Cartier tiara featuring the Sancy diamond

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret - Fancy Dress Dance
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) pictured at a Fancy Dress Dance given by Viscountess Astor at her house in St. Jamess Square

1931 British General Election, women MPs
1931 British General Election, twelve women MPs elected. From left to right: Mrs Helen Shaw, Lady Gwendolen Iveagh, Miss Irene Ward, Miss Thelma Cazalet, Mrs Mavis Tate, Mrs Ida Copeland

Astor Street, Chicago

Astor Street, Chicago, early 1900s

Cover design, Celebrities Monthly, photographs, sketches
Rare July 1895 copy of Celebrities Monthly, Actual Photographs with Biographical Sketches, published in New York, USA, including future Titanic First Class passenger and victim John Jacob Astor IV

RMS Titanic - John Jacob Astor and Archibald Butt, victims
RMS Titanic - John Jacob Astor IV and Archibald Butt, First Class passengers and victims of the disaster. Press photograph (L) stamped Bain New Service, New York

RMS Titanic passenger and victim John Jacob Astor IV
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger and victim John Jacob Astor IV, press photograph with stamps on reverse. 8 x 10 inches

Wartime House Party, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Photographs of Cliveden House, and Viscount and Viscountess Astor with child evacuees, with cine camera and playing games. Date: 1939

Racehorse Saucy Sue, a recent winner at Goodwood. Also pictured are her owner Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879-1952) and trainer Alec Taylor Jr (1862-1943). Date: 1924

Colleges and universities in New York City, USA
Colleges and Universities in New York City, USA - University of New York, Normal College, Lenox Library, Columbia College, Metropolitan, Astor Library, Academy of Design. Date: 1883

Lady Astor, motorcyclist
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879-1964) was the first female MP to take her seat in Parliament. Here she is showing off her motorcycle, which she describes as her latest indiscretion'

Music cover, Theme from Tchaikovsky Concerto
Music cover, Bette Davis in The Great Lie, Theme from Tchaikovsky Concerto in Bb Minor, arranged as piano solo by King Palmer. Date: 1942

WILLIAM BACKHOUSE ASTOR American financier, son of John Jacob Date: 1792 - 1875

Britten-Norman BN-2T Islander ASTOR ZG989
Ministry of Defence - Britten-Norman BN-2T Islander ASTOR ZG989 (msn 2140), at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show in September 1990. Date: 1990

A sketch of ballroom dancing as part of an advert for the ballroom dancing conference at the Hotel Astor, New York, 1929 Date: 1929

Sir Robert Borden unveils Canadian Memorial - Cliveden
In Cliveden Woods, Sir Robert Borden, Premier of Canada, unveils a memorial to Canadian officers and men who died at the Red Cross Hospital at Taplow

Nannie Langhorne Shaw pictured in The Sketch at the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor. Her sister Irene was married to the artist Charles Dana Gibson

Nannie Langhorne Shaw pictured in The Bystander at the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor in 1906. Her sister Irene married the artist Charles Dana Gibson so both women were celebrated as being

Nancy Astor, the first woman M. P. to take her seat in the House of Commons
Nancy Astor, the first woman M.P. to take her seat in the House of Commons, seen in 1911 arriving at a recent meet of the Pytchley Hunt. Date: 1911

Virginia Bruce and Mary Astor in Woman Against Woman (1938) wearing Dolly Tree creations Date: 1938

A scene from Paradise For Three (1938) with Mary Astor wearing a smart suit designed by Dolly Tree edged in fur with a matching hat. Date: 1938

Mary Astor in Listen Darling (1938)
Mary Astor wore this evening gown and jacket designed by Dolly Tree in Listen Darling (1938). The front dcolletage was gathered and fitted

Mary Astor in Paradise For Three (1938) wears this smart suit designed by Dolly Tree edged in fur with a matching hat. Date: 1938

Astor House, New York City, USA. 1857

Front cover, Hon Phyllis Astor on her engagement to Lord Willoughby de Eresby, seen here at Cliveden. Date: 12 July 1933

Women members room at the House of Commons
The room at the House of Commons formerly occupied by General Seely as Under-Secretary for Air, and set apart in 1919 for Lady Astor

Page from Illustrated London News 22 April 1848
Page from The Illustrated London News, 22 April 1848 featuring portraits of the late Signor Donizetti, the late John Jacob Astor of New York

Advert for Milgrim New York featuring Mary Astor in the First National film The Scarlet Saint (Sally Milgrim Americas foremost fashion creator ) Date: 1925

Lady Astor, first UK woman Member of Parliament 1919
Lady Astor, the first woman Member of Parliament in the UK, as reported on the front page of The New Illustrated. Date: November 1919

Times Square, New York City, NY, USA Date: circa 1947

Mrs John Jacob Astor
Ava Lowle Astor (aka Ava Lowle Willing), first wife of John Jacob Astor IV, mother of Vincent Astor, mother-in-law of Brooke Astor, pictured in the Searchlight in Society feature in The Tatler

Lady Violet Astor
Violet Astor, Lady Astor of Hever (n饠 Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound) DStJ (28 May 18893 January 1965), daughter of the 4th Earl of Minto and the wife of John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever

Tatler cover - Prince of Wales & Lady Astor, Walton Heath
The Prince of Wales (King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) pictured alongside Lady Astor at Walton Heath golf course where he defeated her in the semi-final tie of the Parliamentary Gold Handicap

Nancy, Lady Astor
NANCY, LADY ASTOR nee Nancy Witcher Langhorne wife of Waldorf, 2nd viscount Astor (her 2nd husband) first woman MP, noted hostess of the Cliveden Set Date: 1879 - 1964

Astor Mansions, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Astor Mansions, an art deco style building on the corner of Jeppe Street and Von Brandis Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1933

Astor House, Shanghai, China, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Bund with Hongkou Bridge, Shanghai, China
Bund with Hongkou Bridge and Astor House, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1908

View, 5th Avenue, New York
5th avenues lower stretch extended the stylish neighborhood of Washington Square northwards. The higher status was confirmed in 1862

5th Avenue, New York
5th avenues lower stretch extended the stylish neighborhood of Washington square northwards. The higher status was confirmed in 1862

NY - Broadway
Looking up Broadway from Times Square - the Times building on the left, and the Hotel Astor beyond Date: 1923

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