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Fall / Papillon / 1977
CHAMPION FIRCREST FANTUTTE Standing on the podium at the Papillon Club of Scotland Championship Show where she won the Best in Show. Owners: Mr & Mrs Hutchings Date: 1977

Jeanette Macdonald (1902 - 1965), American actress and singer best known for her appearances with Nelson Eddy in musical films

Vesta Tilley / Dogs
VESTA TILLEY Music hall entertainer, best known for her male impersonations - seen here with her dogs Date: 1907

Vesta Tilley, punting
Vesta Tilley (1864 - 1952), Music hall entertainer, best known for her male impersonations - seen here with a friend on the river

Groom & Best Man
The best man (left) and the rather nervous-looking groom arrive at the church and show that they have the brides ring safe and sound. Date: 1970s

Lew Wallace - Sarony Photo
General Lew Wallace (Lewis Wallace) (1827 - 1905) American soldier and writer, best known for his novel, Ben-Hur (1880)

MF Tupper - Harpers 1887
Martin farquhar Tupper (1810 - 1889) English poet, best known for his Proverbial Philosophy 1887

Franz Totleben
Franz Edvard Ivanovich, count Totleben (1818 - 1884) Russian military commander, best known for his brilliant defence of Sebastopol in the Crimea war

Ernest Howard
ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (1879 - 1976), English artist and cartoonist, best known for his illustrations to books by a Milne and Kenneth Grahame

Maxim / Hiram / Cig Card
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884) Date: 1840 - 1916

Thomas Hughes / Vfair 1872
THOMAS HUGHES English jurist, reformer and writer, best known as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857) Date: 1822 - 1896

Unbalanced Skaters
Two attractive, fashionable young ladies grasp firmly to an obliging man who does his best to ensure they all remain on their feet. Date: 1935

Joris Hoefnagel / Bannermn
JORIS HOEFNAGEL Dutch miniature painter and illustrator, best known for his Missale Romanum Date: 1542 - 1600

Sir James Matthew Barrie, caricature in Punch
SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE (1860 - 1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist, best known for writing Peter Pan, satirised in Punch Date: 1897

Brueghel the Elder
PIETER BRUEGHEL THE ELDER Flemish painter best known for his peasant subjects Date: 1525 - 1569

George Grossmith / 1911
GEORGE GROSSMITH (JNR) English actor, best known for his man-about-town roles, as Lord Bicester in The Sunshine Girl Date: 1911

Antoine Francois Prevost
ANTOINE FRANCOIS PREVOST- D EXILES, known as the Abbe Prevost French writer, best known for his novel Manon Lescaut, the basis for two fine operas. Date: 1697 - 1763

Edward Shepherd Creasy
EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY historian, best known for his Fifteen Decisive Battles : in 1876 Date: 1812 - 1878

Strindber - Stengel
Johan August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) Swedish playwright and novelist, best known for his play Miss Julie (1888) Date: circa 1900

Edward Gibbon / Walker
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with a vignette of Rome below Date: 1737 - 1794

Edward Gibbon / Colosseum
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with a vignette of the Colosseum in Rome below Date: 1737 - 1794

Chabrier / Benque / Ils
EMMANUEL CHABRIER the French opera composer and pianist, best known for his opera Le Roi Malgre Lui of 1887 Date: 1841 - 1894

Edward Gibbon / Sewell
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Ponchielli / Gioconda
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI the Italian opera composer, around the time of writing his best known opera, La Gioconda, in 1876 Date: 1834 - 1886

Edward Gibbon / Ridley
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Edward Gibbon / Blake
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Richard Arkwright Sepia
RICHARD ARKWRIGHT English inventor and manufacturer, best known for his Spinning Jenny (water- powered spinning frame) Date: 1732 - 1792

Samuel Smiles Jackson
Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904) Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859

Tennyson Sambourne
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the Poet Laureate as Alfred the Great: " What we call our Bards our Best, and may his Poetry never be Werse!" Date: 1882

Samuel Best
SAMUEL BEST. alias Poor-Help Translator of the Scriptures, which he interpreted in wonderfully prophetic ways. Date: 1738 - 1825

Joseph Priestley / Bromley
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY English chemist and clergyman, best known for his experiments with electricity and oxygen Date: 1733 - 1804

Joseph Priestley / Hopwood
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY English chemist and clergyman, best known for his experiments with electricity and oxygen Date: 1733 - 1804

Joseph Priestley / Angus
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY English chemist and clergyman, best known for his experiments with electricity and oxygen Date: 1733 - 1804

Poster, A Griffiths, jeweller, Cradley Heath
Poster, A Griffiths, jeweller, Five Ways, Cradley Heath - for the best wedding rings, largest selection in the district. Date: circa 1920s

Small Wedding Group
Mary Trender becomes Mrs Wood, and is photographed together with her bridesmaids and her husbands best man Date: 21 August 1937

Father
Young boy dressing up in his fathers best clothes. Artist: Florence Hardy Date: circa 1908

Angela Brazil
ANGELA BRAZIL prolific author of best- selling stories of girls -school life Date: 1868 - 1947

We Two - A lovely donkey and Collie dog best friend
" We Two" - A friendly-looking donkey and Collie dog best friend. Date: circa 1920s

Womens Beauty Tips - The Best Colour for Your Type - colour suggestions for different hair colours, blonde, brunette, grey, white, medium and redhead. 1958

Paddy The Next Best Thing by W Gayer Mackey & Robert Ord
Promotional postcard for Paddy The Next Best Thing by W. Gayer Mackey and Robert Ord from Gertrude Pages novel. First produced in England New Queens Theatre, Manchester

Bulldog Clubs Centenary Show - Reserve B. I. S
Bulldog Clubs Centenary Show on 8th March 1975 - The reserve B.I.S. (Best in Show) - Champion Beechlyn Golden Nugget of Denborough with Mrs Dennis Shaw. Date: 1975

Theres Always Juliet by John Van Druten
Promotional postcard for Theres Always Juliet by John Van Druten. First produced Apollo Theatre, 12th October 1931. Herbert Marshall and Edna Best are shown as Dwight Houston

Boy and girl in historical costume on a Best Wishes card
Boy and girl in historical costume carrying a large basket of pink roses on a Best Wishes card. Date: circa 1890s

Anna Vyrubova, lady-in-waiting to Tsaritsa Alexandra
Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova (1884-1964), lady-in-waiting, best friend and confidante to Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna. She became involved in an intrigue relating to Rasputin. Date: circa 1916

Four boys on a Best Wishes card, riding donkeys. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in an orchard on a Fondest Wishes card
Boy and girl in historical costume, picking apples in an orchard on a Fondest Wishes card. Date: circa 1890s

Girl in a pink dress on a Best Wishes card. Date: circa 1890s

Little girl in a meadow on a Good Wishes card
Little girl gathering flowers in a meadow on a Good Wishes card. Date: circa 1890s

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