Barnes Collection

High Street, Barnes, West London
A simply stunning real photographic postcard showing the High Street, Barnes, West London, featuring a very smart carriage (left) with two finely-dressed coachmen and a horse bus behind

Sir Barnes Wallis HonFRAeS at his drawing board
Sir Barnes Wallis, HonFRAeS, at his drawing board

England cricket team of 1885
Cricketers of the England eleven of 1885, with W G Grace at the centre, surrounded by Barnes, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Bates, Steel, Read, Peate, Barlow and Ulyett. 1885

The Pearly King and Queen of Thornton Heath
Larry Barnes (1926-2011) - Pearly King of Thornton Heath and one of Variety Theatres last specialist acts

An Avro Vulcan B2 gives a birthday salute to Barnes Wallace
An Avro Vulcan B2 gives a birthday salute to Sir Barnes Wallis in September 1977. Date: 1977

Barnes Terrace, London, 1902
Illustration showing Barnes Terrace, London, with the River Thames on the extreme left of the image, 1902

Lonsdale Road, Barnes, south-west London, with the River Thames on the left and two pubs on the right -- the Bulls Head and the Watermans Arms. circa 1910

Photos on piano, Lloyd Georges farm at Churt, Surrey
Photos on the piano, Lloyd Georges farm at Churt, Surrey

Oxford V Cambridge 1877
(L) Danger Ahead (R) At Barnes Race which had a controversial dead heat finish

The Canadians at Ypres, 1915, depicting the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry at Bellewaerde Ridge on 8th May 1915

Humber monoplane, the winner of the 15 Guinea Cup, Brooklands, May 1910, flown by George A. Barnes. Date: 1910

Bromley FC football team 1936. Back row: Weeks, Clark, Centa, Bartaby, Fallon, Mallett, Wade. Front row: Stroud, Barnes, Holbrook (Captain), Brind, Clayton. Date: 1936

Our Little Contemptibles, WW1
Our Little Contemptibles, by William Barnes Wollen, RI ROI RBC (1857-1936)

British R100 airship in flight
The British R100 airship in flight. She was a rigid airship, designed by Barnes Wallis and built by Vickers for the UK Air Ministry, making her first flight on 16 December 1929. Date: circa 1929

Crop Circle Alton Barnes
Alton Barnes, Wiltshire : a small girl runs across the largest circle in the formation, demonstrating its huge size

Village, Hale Barnes, Lancashire
Village, Hale Barnes, Altrincham, near Trafford, Lancashire, England. Date: 1907

Music cover, Tra-La-La! or Scraps, words by R P Weston and Fred J Barnes, music by Maurice Scott, sung by Ben Albert. 1906

William Barnes home in Dorset, England
Winterborne Came rectory, the home of William Barnes (1801 - 1886), the Dorset poet. Date: circa 1890

Barnes Terrace, fronting on the Thames

Train Passengers
Group of travellers conferring with a railway official. Artist: Robert Barnes (1841-1895) Date: 1890

Barnes Mill, Chelmsford, Essex, England. Date: 1960s

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller KR 478
Aveling & Porter Steam Roller KR478 Dick Turpin of Barnes Bros. Aveling at Westbury, Wiltshire

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in Tess of the D Urbervilles, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, at the Barnes Theatre, Richmond, SW London. 1925

Ben Barnes steam wagon, Rawtenstall, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

My ACW2, Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for My ACW2, (My Aircraftswoman 2), written and composed by Royal Air Force flight lieutenant John Barnes

Barnes Hospital Group, St. Louis, Missouri, USA - part of Washington University, overlooking Forest Park. Date: circa 1940s

Royal Escort of Life Guards at St James's Palace, London Date: 1915

Oxford's Victory, 1909 Boat Race
Scenes from Oxford's surprise victory at the 1909 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race

Music cover, When the Curtain Falls, words by Ronald Frankau, music by Billy Barnes, featured by Ronald Frankau's Companies Date: 1927

Theatre goes rural
With many London theatres closed, this production of On Approval was rehearsed in a barn in Buckinghamshire, then toured the provinces. Date: 1940

University Boat Race, sketch at Barnes Bridge, West London. Date: 1880

Chris Patten, British Conservative politician
Chris Patten (Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, Lord Patten, b 1944), British Conservative politician and government minister

Oxford Cambridge 1892 Transport Boating Boat
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Army & Navy Club
A view of the front of the Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall, London in 1851. It was founded by Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Barnes (1776-1838) in 1837. Date: 1875

Cartoon, Messrs Bigwood and Reynolds, Two of the old hands at the Britannia (theatre in Hoxton, London)

Winifred Barnes seen in The Three Graces at the Empire Theatre, wearing a gown by Eileen Idare, 1924

Binnie Barnes in Suzy in a Dolly Tree suit and fur wrap
Binnie Barnes in Suzy (1936) in a Dolly Tree suit and fur wrap Date: 1936

Eton College from Barnes Pool Bridge - Berkshire, England Date: 1930

North American F-100D-25-NA Super Sabre 55-3634
United States Air Force - North American F-100D-25-NA Super Sabre 55-3634 (msn 223-316, unit code MA ), of Massachusetts Air National Guard

Mitsubishi A6M7 Reisen (msn 23186, allied reporting name Zeke), on display at Willow Grove Naval Air Station ca1957

Aveling & Porter steam roller of Barnes Brothers at their Melksham yard. Date: circa 1960

Two women police officers in new bowler hat, London
Two women police officers (Deborah Barnes on right) in the mix and match uniform introduced in 1977, wearing the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa 1985

Barnes Home, Heaton Mersey
An aerial view of the Barnes Home - an Industrial School for Boys on Didsbury Road, Heaton Mersey, Cheshire. Its construction was financed by Manchester cotton baron Robert Barnes. Date: 1930s

Last stand of the 2nd Devons at Bois des Buttes, WW1
Original sketches for the painting entitled Semper Fidelis - Ever Faithful (The last stand of the 2nd Devons at Bois des Buttes, May 27th 1918)

The Peace Conference - the treaty of Versailles, 1919
A pleniary session in the Clock Room at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Paris: The Allied leaders in conclave during the preparation of the Peace Treaty, 1919. Date: 1919

University Boat Race at Barnes London Victorian period

University Boat race at Barnes

British Expeditionary Force landing in France August 1914
British Expeditionary Force landing in France, August 1914. By William Barnes Wollen, RI ROI RBC (1857-1936). Date: 1914

Statue of John Colet, St. Pauls School, Barnes, London
Statue of John Colet (1466-1519), the founder of St. Pauls School (in 1509), Barnes, London. Date: circa 1908

Freddie Barnes on a 1912 Zenith Gradua motorcycle
Freddie Barnes on a 1912 Zenith Gradua 1000cc JAP engined motorcycle circa 1912

Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes, Lagos, Nigeria
Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes (front row, centre), at the time of her posting to Lagos, Nigeria. She served with the Met Police from 1950 to 1975

Traditional Hardware Shop
A traditional family run ironmongers and general store in Barnes, West London during the 1980s. Date: 1980s

Barnes Bridge
Bridge over the Thames at Barnes, west London. Date: 1849

Shimla, India - Barnes Court Lieutnenant Governors Headquarters. Shimla, originally called Simla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh

The Sterling Companys Womens Football Team, 1917
Photograph of the Sterling Companys Womens Football Team, November 1917. The photograph was taken prior to a match against Harrods Womens Football Team, played at Barnes, South London

Soho, London - Paul Barnes Hairdresser, offering a sensational 30-minute shampoo and set, no waiting. 1973

Barnes Gap in the Sperrins - a view of a track going through a gap in the mountains. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Tyrone; Plumbridge Sperrins). Date: circa early 1900s

In the Gap of Barnes Beg, North West Donegal - a view looking down a road with people on it, to a bridge. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Barnesbeg). Date: circa early 1900s

Caricature of Edward Terry, actor and theatre manager
Caricature of the English actor and theatre manager Edward O Connor Terry (1844-1912) - Now that Mr Edward Terry has been elected a Guardian

Caricature of Claude Carton, British actor and playwright
Caricature of Richard Claude Carton (Richard Claude Critchett, 1856-1928), British actor and playwright

Joshua Barnes
JOSHUA BARNES (1654 - 1712) Greek scholar, professor at Cambridge and antiquary. Date: circa 1700

Albert Barnes
ALBERT BARNES (1798 - 1870) American Presbyterian churchman. Date: circa 1850

Street Preacher (Barnes)
A street preacher attracts a congregation near a gasworks Date: 1895

Music cover, Down Where the Swanee River Flows, written by Charles McCarron and Charless Alberte, composed by Albert Von Tilzer, sung by Fred Barnes. 1916

Napoleon Buonaparte on the coast of France
DREAMS" - Napoleon Buonaparte on the coast of France

Three women staff officers, London HQ, WW2
Three women staff officers in AFS London uniform, 10 November 1941. They were appointed to London headquarters to work in the recruitment and employment of women in the National Fire Service

Tatler cover - Winifred Barnes
Front cover of The Tatler magazine, featuring the popular stage actress, Winifred Barnes (1892-1935), appearing at the time as the heroine in an Albert de Courville production, Soldier Boy

Australian Light Horse Troopers, WW1
Australian Light Horse Troopers, by Gustave Adrian Barnes (1878-1921)

Silhouette portrait, Bishop of Birmingham -- either Ernest Barnes (bishop from 1924 to 1953) or Henry Wakefield (bishop from 1911 to 1924). Date: 20th century

Barnes Church
Barnes church, London. Date: 1846

A motor sledge for the South Pole
A motor sledge device for transport in heavy snow, used by Lieutenant Barnes on M.Charcots French expedition to the South Pole which set off in 1908 in the Pourquoi Pas. Date: 1909

Mrs. Francis Johnston, ne Anne Barnes 1769-1842 (c.1810). Smyth, Edward and John 1749 - 1812 and c1773 - 1840. Date: 1810 (circa)

Mrs. Francis Johnston, nee Anne Barnes early s
Mrs. Francis Johnston, nee Anne Barnes 1769-1841 (early 1820s). Thompson, Thomas Clement c. 1780-1857. Date: early 1820s

J. W. Barnes, left, is presented with his Royal Aeronauti?
J.W. Barnes, left, is presented with his Royal Aeronautical Society Bronze Medal by E.T

Sir Barnes Wallis HonFRAeS alongside his bust
Sir Barnes Wallis, HonFRAeS, alongside his bust which is now on display at the National Aerospace Library, Farnborough

George A Barnes in the Humber monoplane in 1910
George A. Barnes in the Humber monoplane in 1910. Date: 1910

The crew during the flight test of an Avro Lancaster. From left: Donald Wade, observer; H. Barnes, flight engineer; Bill Thorn, pilot, S. Gleave, second pilot and Roy Chadwick, chief designer

Sir Barnes Wallis HonFRAeS
Sir Barnes Wallis, HonFRAeS, with a model of his Swallow project

A Vickers Wellington production line showing its Barnes Wallis-designed geodetic construction

A womens war workers football match at Barnes, 1917

A Barnes, Publisher
A BARNES American publisher with his autograph Date: 1817 - ?

English Cricket Team to Australia 1901. Back row J Gunn, C Blythe,s Barnes, a Lilley, T Hayward, LC Braund. Front row HG Garnett, C MacGahey, AC Maclaren, C Robson, AO Jones

Family Prayer / Barnes
A middle-class Victorian English family kneel in prayer Date: 1879

Oxford V Cambridge 1870
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race : Sketch at Barnes Bridge. Date: 1870

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