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Aug17 Collection

Background imageAug17 Collection: Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland

Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland
Portobello - 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - One of the many steel mills

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - One of the many steel mills. Date: 1937

Background imageAug17 Collection: Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats - Music Sheet Cover

Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats - Music Sheet Cover
Mairzy 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park
Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Background imageAug17 Collection: Felix kept on walking - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Cathedral of Learning

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Cathedral of Learning, Campus of the University of Pittsburgh, also showing (albeit rather small)

Background imageAug17 Collection: Steve Donoghue by W. Smithson Broadhead

Steve Donoghue by W. Smithson Broadhead
Steve 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Study room at Rugby School, 1967

Study room at Rugby School, 1967
An elaborately decorated study cubicle in Town House, Rugby School. Date: 1967

Background imageAug17 Collection: Caricatures at Royal Ascot, 1927

Caricatures at Royal Ascot, 1927
Weighing 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Olive Borden applies lipstick in the mirror

Olive Borden applies lipstick in the mirror
Actress 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Their Majesties Court by Sir John Lavery

Their Majesties Court by Sir John Lavery
Reproduction of a painting by Sir John Lavery in The Sphere

Background imageAug17 Collection: Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading - Steel Mills

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat unloading - Steel Mills
Cleveland, 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Washington and Jefferson College and Campus, Pennsylvania

Washington and Jefferson College and Campus, Pennsylvania
Washington and Jefferson College and Campus, Washington, Pennsylvania. Date: 1937

Background imageAug17 Collection: Bee Jackson dancing the charleston

Bee Jackson dancing the charleston
Dancer 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Scouts Great International Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead

Scouts Great International Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead
Scouting - Aerial view of the Great International Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, England Date: 1929

Background imageAug17 Collection: Sue Batten

Sue Batten, Britains first woman firefighter. Date: 1982

Background imageAug17 Collection: A Vintage Season for Debutantes

A Vintage Season for Debutantes
Page 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Jack Hobbs by Smithson Broadhead

Jack Hobbs by Smithson Broadhead
Jack 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Il Trovatore - Music Sheet Cover

Il Trovatore - Music Sheet Cover
Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the version performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Background imageAug17 Collection: Tooth and Flail by H. M. Bateman

Tooth and Flail by H. M. Bateman
The 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Molly in the Garden by Mark Symons

Molly in the Garden by Mark Symons, a painter working in the realist style between the wars. Date: 1930

Background imageAug17 Collection: Rosita and Ramon at the Midnight Follies by Hynes

Rosita and Ramon at the Midnight Follies by Hynes
The Mexican dancers, Rosita and Ramon wowing audiences with their routines at The Midnight Follies at the Metropole Hotel in 1927. Date: 1927

Background imageAug17 Collection: Lady Alexandra Curzon marries Major E. D (Fruity) Metcalfe

Lady Alexandra Curzon marries Major E. D (Fruity) Metcalfe
Marriage of Lady Alexandra (Baba) Curzon and Major Edward Dudley (Fruity) Metcalfe at the Chapel Royal, St. Jamess in 1925

Background imageAug17 Collection: Molly in the Garden by Mark Symons

Molly in the Garden by Mark Symons, a painter working in the realist style between the wars. Date: 1930

Background imageAug17 Collection: German bomber crashes in Victoria Station, Blitz 1940

German bomber crashes in Victoria Station, Blitz 1940
Central 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Peggy Carlisle

Peggy Carlisle (born 1904), actress pictured at the time she was starring in Hindle Wakes. Date: 1927

Background imageAug17 Collection: Rowntrees Motoring Chocolate advertisement

Rowntrees Motoring Chocolate advertisement
Advertisement designed by Alfred Leete for Rowntrees Motoring chocolate, plain, with raisins and almonds - the best thing to go motoring on. Date: 1927

Background imageAug17 Collection: Nature will Out - golf cartoon by Fitz, 1927

Nature will Out - golf cartoon by Fitz, 1927
Golfing Styles on the Tee drawn by Fitz. Date: 1927

Background imageAug17 Collection: Princess Jean de Faucigny-Lucinge (Baba d Erlanger)

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: The New English School Girl - Felixstowe College uniform

The New English School Girl - Felixstowe College uniform
A page from The Tatler and Bystander, showing school uniforms for girls in 1960, featuring the costume of Felixstowe College, Suffolk

Background imageAug17 Collection: Music made Visible by the Hon. Mrs Forbes Sempill

Music made Visible by the Hon. Mrs Forbes Sempill
Article 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Tallulah Bankhead in The Green Hat

Tallulah Bankhead in The Green Hat
Scene 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)

Background imageAug17 Collection: Jack Buchanan wearing Oxford bags

Jack Buchanan wearing Oxford bags
The 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Beth Beri

Beth Beri
Miss Beth Beri aka Elizabeth Kislingbury

Background imageAug17 Collection: Lady Bearsted

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Henrietta Tiarks

Henrietta Tiarks
Miss Henrietta Tiarks, Debutante of the Year in 1957, featured in The Tatler who reported that she was to complete her studies in America

Background imageAug17 Collection: Celia and Maimaine Paget

Celia and Maimaine Paget
Misses 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Section of an Arch - Ruins of Temple of Jupiter, Damascus

Section of an Arch - Ruins of Temple of Jupiter, Damascus
Section of an Arch - Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter - Damascus, Syria. Found at one end of the 422m Al-Hamidiyeh Bazar Souk (Covered market)

Background imageAug17 Collection: Piano Selection Swing Time - Music Sheet Cover

Piano Selection Swing Time - Music Sheet Cover
Piano 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: The homing Waltz - Music Sheet 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: When my dream boat comes home - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: White City greyhound racing stadium, 1927

White City greyhound racing stadium, 1927
A general view at night of White City greyhound racing stadium with lights illuminated the course

Background imageAug17 Collection: Greyhound racing - Cover of Sporting & Dramatic News

Greyhound racing - Cover of Sporting & Dramatic News
Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the new sport of greyhound racing

Background imageAug17 Collection: Lily Elsie and Bobby Howes in The Blue Train

Lily Elsie and Bobby Howes in The Blue Train
Lily 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Princess Arthur of Connaught Ladies Kennel Association show

Princess Arthur of Connaught Ladies Kennel Association show
Princess 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Mrs William Tudor Wilkinson aka Dolores by Olive Snell

Mrs William Tudor Wilkinson aka Dolores by Olive Snell
Dolores, 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: The Season by Charles Graves

The Season by Charles Graves
Article in The Sphere by Charles Graves explaining the London Season from the viewpoint of the debutante

Background imageAug17 Collection: Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Municipal Stadium

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Municipal Stadium
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - The Municipal Stadium - home of the Cleveland Indians. Date: circa 1934

Background imageAug17 Collection: Sacramento, California, USA, William Land Park - Rose Garden

Sacramento, California, USA, William Land Park - Rose Garden
Sacramento, California, USA - William Land Park - Rose Garden. Date: circa mid 1930s

Background imageAug17 Collection: Horseshoe Curve on Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, USA

Horseshoe Curve on Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, USA
Horseshoe Curve on Monongahela River near Brownsville, California and Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1937

Background imageAug17 Collection: Music visualised by Pamela Colman Smith

Music visualised by Pamela Colman Smith
Page from The Illustrated London News showing the " visions of music" painted by Pamela Colman Smith, interpreted pieces of music through art. Date: 1927

Background imageAug17 Collection: Charles Kunz Radio Medley - Music Sheet Cover

Charles Kunz Radio Medley - Music Sheet Cover of famous modern Waltzes

Background imageAug17 Collection: Isabel Jeans - the subtle art of vamping

Isabel Jeans - the subtle art of vamping
Isabel Jeans (1891 1985), British actress of stage and screen pictured at the time she was appearing in a play, Cobra

Background imageAug17 Collection: Emerging from a nightclub - cartoon by Patrick Bellew

Emerging from a nightclub - cartoon by Patrick Bellew
First Lady (emerging): Wots the funny smell, Cissie

Background imageAug17 Collection: Baba D Erlanger - Princess Jean Faucigny-Lucinge

Baba D Erlanger - Princess Jean Faucigny-Lucinge
Princess Jean Faucigny-Lucinge, formerly Miss Liliane (Baba) d Erlanger, only daughter of Baron and Baroness d Erlanger

Background imageAug17 Collection: Baba D Erlanger weds Prince Faucigny Lucinge et Coligne

Baba D Erlanger weds Prince Faucigny Lucinge et Coligne
Page from The Sketch reporting on the marriage of Liliane (Baba) D Erlanger

Background imageAug17 Collection: Sketch cover - Lady Brownlow by Madame Yevonde

Sketch cover - Lady Brownlow by Madame Yevonde
Katherine Kitty Hariet Kinloch, Lady Brownlow (d.1952) photographed by Madame Yevonde She was the daughter of Brig.-Gen

Background imageAug17 Collection: Sphere cover - wedding of Charles Sweeny & Margaret Whigham

Sphere cover - wedding of Charles Sweeny & Margaret Whigham
Front 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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Blast Furnaces, Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, USA

Blast Furnaces, Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, USA
Blast Furnaces, Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA Date: 1937

Background imageAug17 Collection: Seaside Holiday - Candid photograph - Four elderly ladies

Seaside Holiday - Candid photograph - Four elderly ladies posing for a snap on a windy promenade at a British seaside resort

Background imageAug17 Collection: Holidaymakers on a British Pier - seated at tables

Holidaymakers on a British Pier - seated at tables, seemingly awaiting something! Date: circa 1906

Background imageAug17 Collection: Summer Holiday - Candid seaside photograph - Sisters

Summer Holiday - Candid seaside photograph - Sisters
Summer Holiday - Candid seaside photograph - Two middle aged sisters (possily even twins?) strolling along the seafront of a British seaside resort (possibly Dover, Kent?)

Background imageAug17 Collection: Child riding a seaside donkey

Child riding a seaside donkey (called Charlie ), who looks totally bored with his lot... Date: circa 1930s

Background imageAug17 Collection: Two women stroll along the seafront

Two women stroll along the seafront
Two stylish women strolling along the seafront. The weather is likely a little breezy as long overcoats, scarves and berets on show... Date: circa 1920s

Background imageAug17 Collection: Holidaymakers (and dog) stroll along the seafront

Holidaymakers (and dog) stroll along the seafront
Holidaymakers (a lady, her Mother and the pet dog) stroll along the seafront of a (sadly) unidentified British seaside resort. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageAug17 Collection: Advertisement for Craven A in the Sketch

Advertisement for Craven A in the Sketch
Craven A cigarettes - The most popular Xmas Gift of this generation.A color half-page advertisement in the Sketch. Date: 12th December 1928

Background imageAug17 Collection: Bird on the Wing - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Royal progress to Balmoral: Banchory triumphal arch, 1848

Royal progress to Balmoral: Banchory triumphal arch, 1848
A triumhal arch of gigantic dimensions, at the entrance to Banchory, decorated for the royal progress of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1848

Background imageAug17 Collection: Never a day goes by - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: La Belle Otero by Waltz - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Norma de Bellini - Music Sheet Cover

Norma de Bellini - Music Sheet Cover, Transcription for piano by Edouard Dorn. AN illustration of a singing woman in a forest. Date: circa 1831

Background imageAug17 Collection: Le pardon de ploermel - Music Sheet Cover

Le pardon de ploermel - Music Sheet Cover by Fred Burgmueller. A drawn picture of the actress Madame Marie Pleyel. Date: circa 1859

Background imageAug17 Collection: Figlia del reggimento- Music Sheet Cover

Figlia del reggimento- Music Sheet Cover
Figlia del reggimento - Music Sheet Cover, sung in Italian by Jenny Lind and with the English words by Charles Jefferys sung by Miss Rebecca Isaacs

Background imageAug17 Collection: The musical bouquet - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Carmen Lancers - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Mrs Browns Tea Fight - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Aelia and Mysis - Music Sheet Cover

Aelia and Mysis - Music Sheet Cover by Camille Schubert. A french illustration with a drawn picture of pleading women. Date: circa 19th century

Background imageAug17 Collection: Little things mean a lot - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Soon it will be Sunday - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: The gang that sang Heart of my Heart - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Rosaline - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: The rock and roll Waltz - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Let it be soon - Music Sheet Cover

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

Background imageAug17 Collection: Sing me a song of the islands - Music Sheet Cover

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



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