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Portobello, Edinburgh, ScotlandPortobello - a coastal suburb of Edinburgh. Formerly a beach resort, it is located three miles to the east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth Date: 1937
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - One of the many steel mills. Date: 1937
Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats - Music Sheet CoverMairzy Doats and Dozy Doats (Mares eats Oats and Does Eat Oats) - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingstone
Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National ParkDorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club
Felix kept on walking - Music Sheet Cover Issued in conjunction with the Felix the cat cartoons appearing exclusively in Pathes Eve & Everybodys film review (note), words by Ede Bryant
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Cathedral of Learning, Campus of the University of Pittsburgh, also showing (albeit rather small)
Steve Donoghue by W. Smithson BroadheadSteve Donoghue (1884-1945), leading flat race jockey of the 1920s, pictured in a portrait by W. Smithson Broadhead specially commissioned by The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Study room at Rugby School, 1967An elaborately decorated study cubicle in Town House, Rugby School. Date: 1967
Caricatures at Royal Ascot, 1927Weighing out for the cartoon stakes at Ascot - and some of the " the heads" whose colours have established a reputation for " showing up" at the Royal meeting
Olive Borden applies lipstick in the mirrorActress Olive Borden putting the finishing touches to her face in a scene from The Monkey Talks, a film adaptation of the stage play produced in London and New York. Date: 1927
Their Majesties Court by Sir John LaveryReproduction of a painting by Sir John Lavery in The Sphere
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading - Steel MillsCleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading at one of the Steel Mills on the Cuyahoga River - the Terminal Tower can be seen in the background - nighttime. Date: circa 1934
Washington and Jefferson College and Campus, PennsylvaniaWashington and Jefferson College and Campus, Washington, Pennsylvania. Date: 1937
Bee Jackson dancing the charlestonDancer Bee Jackson demonstrating the Charleston which she was performing at the Piccadilly Revels cabaret at the Piccadilly Hotel after making a name for herself in America
Scouts Great International Jamboree, Arrowe Park, BirkenheadScouting - Aerial view of the Great International Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, England Date: 1929
Sue Batten, Britains first woman firefighter. Date: 1982
A Vintage Season for DebutantesPage from The Tatler by the magazines social editor, Jennifer, listing some of the events taking place during the Season of 1957, together with portraits of two debutantes
Jack Hobbs by Smithson BroadheadJack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963), in a painting by W. Smithson Broadhead, specially done for The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News in 1925
Il Trovatore - Music Sheet CoverIl Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the version performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Tooth and Flail by H. M. BatemanThe Crisis - Tattenham Corner. Horses and riders each furiously rounding the bend at Tattenham Corner on Epsom racecourse as envisaged by the cartoonist, H. M. Bateman. Date: 1927
Molly in the Garden by Mark Symons, a painter working in the realist style between the wars. Date: 1930
Rosita and Ramon at the Midnight Follies by HynesThe Mexican dancers, Rosita and Ramon wowing audiences with their routines at The Midnight Follies at the Metropole Hotel in 1927. Date: 1927
Lady Alexandra Curzon marries Major E. D (Fruity) MetcalfeMarriage of Lady Alexandra (Baba) Curzon and Major Edward Dudley (Fruity) Metcalfe at the Chapel Royal, St. Jamess in 1925
German bomber crashes in Victoria Station, Blitz 1940Central Londons First Aeroplane - Blitz 1940. Page from The Sphere magazine reporting on German bombers brought down over the UK during the Blitz of September 1940
Peggy Carlisle (born 1904), actress pictured at the time she was starring in Hindle Wakes. Date: 1927
Rowntrees Motoring Chocolate advertisementAdvertisement designed by Alfred Leete for Rowntrees Motoring chocolate, plain, with raisins and almonds - the best thing to go motoring on. Date: 1927
Nature will Out - golf cartoon by Fitz, 1927Golfing Styles on the Tee drawn by Fitz. Date: 1927
Princess Jean de Faucigny-Lucinge (Baba d Erlanger)Princess Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge, formerly Miss Liliane (Baba) d Erlanger portrayed by Olive Snell for The Tatler. Date: 1925
The New English School Girl - Felixstowe College uniformA page from The Tatler and Bystander, showing school uniforms for girls in 1960, featuring the costume of Felixstowe College, Suffolk
Music made Visible by the Hon. Mrs Forbes SempillArticle by the Hon. Mrs Forbes Sempill (the step-daughter of Sir John Lavery), discussing the art of Pamela Colman Smith and her interpretative pictures made while listening to music. Date: 1927
Tallulah Bankhead in The Green HatScene from the stage adaptation of Michael Arlens novel, The Green Hat at the Adelphi Theatre in 1924. The lead role of Iris was played by Tallulah Bankhead (seen right)
Jack Buchanan wearing Oxford bagsThe chorus girls in Charlots Revue at the Prince of Waless Theatre contemplate the Oxford Bags worn by actor Jack Buchanan in one of the numbers
Beth BeriMiss Beth Beri aka Elizabeth Kislingbury
Lady Bearsted, formerly Dorothy Montefiore Micholls, wife of Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted. Pictured with a pet dog at Newtonmore, Invernesshire where the couple had a home, Phones
Henrietta TiarksMiss Henrietta Tiarks, Debutante of the Year in 1957, featured in The Tatler who reported that she was to complete her studies in America
Celia and Maimaine PagetMisses Celia and Maimaine Paget, the twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Eric M. Paget in their court gowns. They were presented at the Second Court of 1935. Date: 1935
Section of an Arch - Ruins of Temple of Jupiter, DamascusSection of an Arch - Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter - Damascus, Syria. Found at one end of the 422m Al-Hamidiyeh Bazar Souk (Covered market)
Piano Selection Swing Time - Music Sheet CoverPiano Selection - Music Sheet Cover. Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Dorothy Fields starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time. An illustration of the singers in the middle of the cover
The homing Waltz - Music Sheet Cover by Tommie Connor and Johnny Reine, broadcast and recorded by Dickie Valentine. A photo/portrait of Dickie Valentine. Date: circa 1952
When my dream boat comes home - Music Sheet Cover by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin featured by the Carson Sisters (Violet and Nellie Carson), a illustration of boat and the moon is shining
White City greyhound racing stadium, 1927A general view at night of White City greyhound racing stadium with lights illuminated the course
Greyhound racing - Cover of Sporting & Dramatic NewsFront cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the new sport of greyhound racing
Lily Elsie and Bobby Howes in The Blue TrainLily Elsie and Bobby Howes in a scene from musical comedy The Blue Train, playing at the Prince of Waless Theatre in 1927 and marking a return to the stage of Lily Elsie after ten years
Princess Arthur of Connaught Ladies Kennel Association showPrincess Arthur of Connaught paying a visit to the Ladies Kennel Association Show at Olympia in May 1927 and watching the parade of champions. Date: 1927
Mrs William Tudor Wilkinson aka Dolores by Olive SnellDolores, born Kathleen Rose, portrayed by Olive Snell in The Tatler. She was star of the Ziegfeld Follies and a leading mannequin working for designers including Lucile
The Season by Charles GravesArticle in The Sphere by Charles Graves explaining the London Season from the viewpoint of the debutante
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Municipal StadiumCleveland, Ohio, USA - The Municipal Stadium - home of the Cleveland Indians. Date: circa 1934
Sacramento, California, USA, William Land Park - Rose GardenSacramento, California, USA - William Land Park - Rose Garden. Date: circa mid 1930s
Horseshoe Curve on Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, USAHorseshoe Curve on Monongahela River near Brownsville, California and Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1937
Music visualised by Pamela Colman SmithPage from The Illustrated London News showing the " visions of music" painted by Pamela Colman Smith, interpreted pieces of music through art. Date: 1927
Charles Kunz Radio Medley - Music Sheet Cover of famous modern Waltzes
Isabel Jeans - the subtle art of vampingIsabel Jeans (1891 1985), British actress of stage and screen pictured at the time she was appearing in a play, Cobra
Emerging from a nightclub - cartoon by Patrick BellewFirst Lady (emerging): Wots the funny smell, Cissie
Baba D Erlanger - Princess Jean Faucigny-LucingePrincess Jean Faucigny-Lucinge, formerly Miss Liliane (Baba) d Erlanger, only daughter of Baron and Baroness d Erlanger
Baba D Erlanger weds Prince Faucigny Lucinge et ColignePage from The Sketch reporting on the marriage of Liliane (Baba) D Erlanger
Sketch cover - Lady Brownlow by Madame YevondeKatherine Kitty Hariet Kinloch, Lady Brownlow (d.1952) photographed by Madame Yevonde She was the daughter of Brig.-Gen
Sphere cover - wedding of Charles Sweeny & Margaret WhighamFront cover of The Sphere magazine featuring society wedding of the year in 1933; that of society beauty and media darling, Miss Margaret Whigham, later Duchess of Argyll, to Mr Charles Sweeny
Blast Furnaces, Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, USABlast Furnaces, Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA Date: 1937
Seaside Holiday - Candid photograph - Four elderly ladies posing for a snap on a windy promenade at a British seaside resort
Holidaymakers on a British Pier - seated at tables, seemingly awaiting something! Date: circa 1906
Summer Holiday - Candid seaside photograph - SistersSummer Holiday - Candid seaside photograph - Two middle aged sisters (possily even twins?) strolling along the seafront of a British seaside resort (possibly Dover, Kent?)
Child riding a seaside donkey (called Charlie ), who looks totally bored with his lot... Date: circa 1930s
Two women stroll along the seafrontTwo stylish women strolling along the seafront. The weather is likely a little breezy as long overcoats, scarves and berets on show... Date: circa 1920s
Holidaymakers (and dog) stroll along the seafrontHolidaymakers (a lady, her Mother and the pet dog) stroll along the seafront of a (sadly) unidentified British seaside resort. Date: circa 1920s
Advertisement for Craven A in the SketchCraven A cigarettes - The most popular Xmas Gift of this generation.A color half-page advertisement in the Sketch. Date: 12th December 1928
Bird on the Wing - Music Sheet Cover, music by Will Grosz and lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy. An illustration of a bird flies in front of a sunset about the sea. Date: circa 1936
Royal progress to Balmoral: Banchory triumphal arch, 1848A triumhal arch of gigantic dimensions, at the entrance to Banchory, decorated for the royal progress of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1848
Never a day goes by - Music Sheet Cover, music and words by Peter De Rose, Mitchell Darish and Walter Donaldson. An illustration of a moon and stars. A piano accordion solo by Harrold Patrick
La Belle Otero by Waltz - Music Sheet Cover by Fabian Scott starring La Belle Otero. An illustration of a frame with flowers and a portrait of the singer in the middle. Date: circa 1900
Norma de Bellini - Music Sheet Cover, Transcription for piano by Edouard Dorn. AN illustration of a singing woman in a forest. Date: circa 1831
Le pardon de ploermel - Music Sheet Cover by Fred Burgmueller. A drawn picture of the actress Madame Marie Pleyel. Date: circa 1859
Figlia del reggimento- Music Sheet CoverFiglia del reggimento - Music Sheet Cover, sung in Italian by Jenny Lind and with the English words by Charles Jefferys sung by Miss Rebecca Isaacs
The musical bouquet - Music Sheet Cover, . Bellinis Opera La Sonnambula written by F. Weston. An drawn illustration of singer in the opera. Date: circa 1876
Carmen Lancers - Music Sheet Cover by Charles Godfrey. An drawn picture of the actress Minnie Hauk with her signature and the signature of the sailor George Washington Bright. Date: 19th century
Mrs Browns Tea Fight - Music Sheet Cover written by Charles Townley, composed by William Francis and sung with immense success by Sidney Franks. A drawn picture of Sidney Franks
Aelia and Mysis - Music Sheet Cover by Camille Schubert. A french illustration with a drawn picture of pleading women. Date: circa 19th century
Little things mean a lot - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz, broadcast and recorded on DECCA by Jimmy Young
Soon it will be Sunday - Music Sheet Cover, words by James Bunting, music by Peter Hart, copyright by Lawrence Wright and broadcast and recorded by Issy Bonn
The gang that sang Heart of my Heart - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Ben Ryan, featured and recorded on H.M.V. by Max Bygraves
Rosaline - Music Sheet Cover by Tommie Connor and Johnny Reine, broadcast and recorded by Lee Lawrence. An illustration with a photo of Lee Lawrence on the left bottom. Date: circa 1951
The rock and roll Waltz - Music Sheet Cover, music by Shorty Allen, words by Dick Ware as recorded by Kay Starr on H.M.V. Records. An illustration with a photo of Kay Starr in the middle
Let it be soon - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Hugh Wade and Dick Hurran, featured and broadcast by Tessie O Shea. An illustration with a photo of the Tessie O Shea. Date: circa 1946
Sing me a song of the islands - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Owens starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Jack Oaki in Song of the island