Billy Collection

Billy the Kid, full-length portrait, facing front. Date 1958

Billy Bancroft, Welsh international rugby player
William John Billy Bancroft (1871-1959), Welsh-born international rugby player who played for Swansea and Wales. He also played county cricket for Glamorgan. 1890s

Tatler front cover - Mrs La Touche Congreve and baby daughte
Mrs William La Touche Congreve, wife of Major William ( Billy ) La Touche Congreve V.C. pictured with her baby daughter, Mary Gloria Congreve, born 21 March 1917

Coal miner filling truck, South Wales mine
A coal miner (Billy Hurland) filling a dram (coal truck) at Baldwins Level (nicknamed Clog and Legging) in a coalmine near Pontypool in South Wales

American Indians. Billy Bowlegs and his suite of Indian Chie
Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco) was a leader of the Seminole people, he went on to serve as a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War

Stunt / Wall of Death
Wall of Death - Motorcycle rider Fearless Billy Ward riding the wall (picture also shows Dare Devil Marjory Ward )

Lady Desborough with her sons, Julian and Billy
Ethel Anne Priscilla ( Ettie ) Grenfell (n饠 Fane), Lady Desborough (1867-1952), Wife of William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough

William George Barker, RFC pilot and air ace
William George Billy Barker (1894-1930), Canadian member of No. 9 Squadron, RFC, seen here wearing a fur coat, standing by his Sopwith Camel. His confirmed victories totalled 50

Decorating Pottery - Barons Art - Barnstaple
Decorating by hand at Barons Art Pottery at Barnstaple, Devon. Here William Baron (grandson of the pottery founder William Leonard Baron) can be seen painting the pottery

Seminole Indians - USA, Florida, Everglades
The Everglades, Florida, USA. Seminole Indians on the Tamiami Trail. The Kitchen of Chesnut Billys Indian Camp. The Tamiami Trail was opened in 1928

Nellie Wallaces party at Warwick Square
A large group of guests gathered on the stairs at the engagement party of comedienne, Nellie Wallace and Mr. J. Selwyn Smithurst at Warwick Square, London

Billy Daniels at the Palladium
The exterior of the London Palladium on Argyll Street. Billy Daniels, American singer and entertainer, is headlining with accompanist Benny Payne. Date: 1952

Puffing Billy engine
Puffing Billy, steam engine invented by William Headley in 1813. Headley solved the problem of slippage on the iron tracks by applying power through two sets of driving wheels

Comedians
Ken Dodd, Norman Wisdom, Tommy Cooper, Billy Connolly, Max Miller, Beny Hill, Eric Morecambe, Frankie Howerd - Comedians

Poster design, Billy Smarts Circus

Rival Chinese magicians Chung Ling Soo & Ching Ling Foo
Rival Chinese magicians, Chung Ling Soo (real name, Billy Robinson) seen top putting his wife Suee Seen (aka Olive or Dot ) into a cannon as part of his act at the London Hippodrome

Grenadier Guardsman, steam locomotive
Grenadier Guardsman, no. 6110, one of the Royal Scot type locomotives(operational here on the London Midland and Scottish Railway.) Built in 1927, no

Sheriff Pat Garrett, American lawman
Patrick Floyd (Pat) Garrett (1850-1908), American lawman, sheriff, bartender and customs agent who, in around 1881, fatally shot Billy the Kid. Date: late 19th century

Billy Scott Coomber, singer in the Jack Payne Band. Date: circa 1935

Mrs William Fiske (Rose Bingham, Countess of Warwick)
Portrait of Mrs William Fiske, formerly Miss Rose Bingham, Countess of Warwick. After her divorce from her first husband, the Earl of Warwick, Rose married Billy Fiske, an American bobsled champion

Dig! Dig! Dig! (To Victory)
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Dig! Dig! Dig! (To Victory) by Joe Norton and Billy Bath. Featured by Charles Penrose, who can be seen with a comical facial expression

We'll Meet Again, Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for We'll Meet Again, words and music by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. Featured and broadcast by Billy Cotton and his band

Sing A Song Of Tomorrow Today
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Sing A Song Of Tomorrow Today, by Hugh Charles, Sonny Miller and Noel gay. Recorded and broadcast by Billy Cotton, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

Sons Of The Old Contemptibles
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Sons Of The Old Contemptibles, written and composed by Muriel Watson, Jack Denby and Everett Lynton, recorded and broadcast by Billy Cotton and his band

Sons Of The Lords Of The Air
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Sons Of The Lords Of The Air, the official theme song of the A.T.C. words and music by Dick Hurran

Till The Lights Of London Shine Again
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Till The Lights Of London Shine Again, words and music by Tommy Connor and Eddie Pola

Got Any Gum Chum? Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Got Any Gum Chum? Words by Ralph Butler and Archie De Bear, music by Tolchard Evans

I've Got Sixpence As I Go Rolling Home
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for I've Got Sixpence (As I Go Rolling Home), words and music by Box, Cox and Hall

The King Is Still In London
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The King Is Still In London, by Roma Campbell Hunter and Hugh Charles. Accompanied with a portrait photograph of Billy Cotton, who featured

Billy Crashes His Bicycle
An illustration for a wartime children's short story book, Adventures! The image shows a boy named Billy, crashing into a motor vehicle and falling off his bicycle. Date: circa 1940s

Billy Fixed The Wheel Of His Bicycle
An illustration for a wartime children's short story book, Adventures! The image shows a boy named Billy, fixing the wheel of his bicycle. Date: circa 1940s

H H Stephenson and Billy Caffyn, English cricketers
H H Stephenson and Billy Caffyn, the only two English cricketers who visited both America and Australia Date: 1863

Music cover, When Santa got stuck up the Chimney, by Jimmy Grafton, broadcast and recorded by Billy Cotton Date: 1953

Billy Wright, Wolverhampton and England footballer
Billy Wright, left-half footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers and England Date: 1949

Billy Steel, Derby County and Scotland footballer
Billy Steel, inside left footballer for Derby County and Scotland Date: 1949

Boxing at Brighton
Scenes from a boxing match held at Brighton between Bombardier Billy Wells (1889-1967) and Soldier Jones (1897-1942), also known as John Beaudin. Date: 1925

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

Billy Badger's Boarder - original pencil preliminary drawing for children's book by unknown artist

Music cover, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, lyric by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers, featured and broadcast by Billy Cotton and his Band Date: 1941

Ex Juke Box Records, single record sleeve 45rpm Date: 1960s

Air Marshal Billy Bishop
Air Marshal William Billy Bishop (1894-1956) was a Canadian pilot during World War I. During World War II he was involved with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Date: circa 1940

Music cover, Bon Voyage Cherie, Billy Cotton Band
Music cover, Bon Voyage Cherie, broadcast and recorded by the Billy Cotton Band. Date: 1939

George Stephenson's Locomotion aka Puffing Billy Locomotive Railway Train Date: 1825

Billy Bragg, singer, songwriter, and political activist
The singer, songwriter, alternative rock musician and left-wing political activist Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, b 1957). Seen here singing and playing an electric guitar. Date: circa 1980s

Comic postcard, Deaf man misunderstands Date: 20th century

Sketches of the musical Shake Your Feet at
Sketches of the Laddie Cliff musical Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome, 1927 with Janette Gilmore, Milton Hayes, Billy Milton, Gwen Farrar, Date: 1927

Sketch by Fish of the two Houston sisters - Billy
Sketch by Fish of the two Houston sisters (Billy and Renee) singing When its June Down There at the Alhambra Theatre, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Davenie Watson, one of Billy Newsomes talented pupils, 1931 showing her fondness for a boudoir doll Date: 1931

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