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Enrico Toselli / Postcard
ENRICO TOSELLI Italian musician, best known for Serenata : he married the ex-Crown Princess of Saxony

MAN O WAR, EARLY C19
A MAN-OF-WAR When wars stern duty calls, Englands best safeguard are her wooden walls

Scandinavian Troops
Northern foot-soldiers travel on skis, and cavalry use reindeer, to make the best of winter conditions

Girls Night In
A girl combs her long blonde hair at her dressing table and confides in her best friend during a girls night in

Thomas Hughes
THOMAS HUGHES English lawyer, MP and writer, best know as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857)

Choosing a Chorus Girl - a producer and his assistant assess candidates for their next revue : C B Cochran was the best-known British impresario in this field

Remy Belleau
REMY (or Remi) BELLEAU French writer, member of La Pleiade, playwright and translator but best known for his descriptive and pastoral poetry

Amorous Gesture 1790
Attic Miscellany Theatrical Portraiture No.5: How to look amourously. A ham actor, down on one knee & with hand on heart, does his best to look in love. Date: 1790

Longfellow (Middleaged)
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, best known for his Hiawatha and for the line ships that pass in the night... in middle age

Longfellow (Old)
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, best known for his Hiawatha and for the line ships that pass in the night... in his later years

LONGFELLOW (1878)
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, best known for his Hiawatha and for the line ships that pass in the night

Longfellow (Youngish)
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, best known for his Hiawatha and for the line ships that pass in the night... as a young man. with his autograph

Longfellow (Profile)
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, best known for his Hiawatha and for the line ships that pass in the night... as a young man

Longfellow (Young)
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, best known for his Hiawatha and for the line ships that pass in the night... as a young man. with his autograph

Fable / the Doctors
THE DOCTORS Two doctors conferring: one hopes for the best, the other fears the worst

John Earl Loudoun
JOHN CAMPBELL, first earl of LOUDOUN Royalist supporter who did his best for Charles in Scotland, but without success. with his autograph

Thomas Bodley
SIR THOMAS BODLEY - scholar, statesman and diplomat, best known for his reformation of the public library at Oxford, now named for him. with his autograph

Wolf-Ferrari Photograph
ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI Italin Composer. Best known for his comic operas

Hand Sowing in Ireland
Ploughing in the seed, after hand sowing on a farm in Ireland. By the 1930s, this method had virtually vanished in the British Isles, but was still regarded as the best way

Nellie Farren
ELLEN Nellie FARREN actress who is best known as Principal Boy and other transvestite parts : here as Ganem in The forty thieves

Varied Monkey (Bewick)
Bewick gives no Latin name but says its the best known of all the Monkey-tribe, being more frequently brought into Europe than any other. It is a native of Barbary and Arabia

Pigs Bathday
If her pigs are to attract buyers at market, they must look their best : so the farmers daughter gives them a good scrub !

At the Miramar, Biarritz
One must look ones best at the Miramar, Biarritz, so one chooses this black velvet evening dress with diamante trimming, by Douillet-Doucet, or a lame dress by Jean Patou

Magazine Covers 1916
Selection of American magazine covers - including most of the best-known journals of the period

British Leave USA - 2
The last boat-load of British troops leaves New York : a fleet of vessels will take them home, leaving the colonists to fend for themselves as best they can

British Leave USA
The British prepare to leave New York : a fleet of vessels will take them home, leaving the colonists to fend for themselves as best they can

Fremont Exploration 4
At Fort Laramie, in present- day Wyoming, Fremont explains to skeptical native Americans that his expedition to the West is entirely in their best interests

American Elections
A New York polling station in a ward inhabited by the Upper Ten - the ten thousand best people. Lincoln, incumbent president, is by no means their favorite candidate

Confederates Fight On
Outnumbered and out- generalled, short of supplies and ammunition, Confederate soldiers fight on as best they can

Slovak Girl
A Slovak girl in her Sunday best (Slovakia was part of Hungary when this picture was done)

Ecumenical Council 1878
A session of the Oecumenical Council, held in St Peter s, Rome, the Pope presiding and the Cardinals in ranks, all in their best vestments

Scout Certificate
Reginald Foulk is now a Scout, trusted by Baden-Powell to at all times do his best to carry out his duty

Out for a Holiday
Going out for a holiday a servant girl dresses in her best for her day off

Lourdes Pilgrims 1905
Pilgrims help themselves to water from the fontaine miraculeuse supposedly revealed to Bernadette by Mary. (note the boys dressed in their best clothes !)

Raleigh Lays Cloak Down
Raleigh comes to the court, where he soon wins the favour of Elizabeth by thoughtful little actions such as laying his best cloak in the mud for her to walk upon

Iln / Foggy London / 1867
A foggy night in central London - boys with flaming torches offer to guide pedestrians, while horse-drawn buses and carts find their way as best they can

Strindberg / Ill Tidende
JOHAN AUGUST STRINDBERG Swedish playwright and novelist, best known for his play Miss Julie (1888)

Sign for Sight
This magical sign will preserve your good sight, but it is best used with water collected on Ste. Petronillas day (31 May)

Cooking Children
For many of the best magic recipes, cooked children are an essential ingredient

Formal Family at Seaside
A French family in their best clothes for a walk on the beach

William Gillette / Actor
William Gillette: American actor; best known for his dramatisation & portrayal of Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes, as seen here in the 1899 stage version

Sir James Barrie
SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE Scottish novelist and dramatist probably best known for writing Peter Pan

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