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Blackbirds Collection

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Whippet and Blackbird

Whippet and Blackbird
Unusual Friends - Whippet and Blackbird. 1950s

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds
Silhouette, Nursery Rhyme, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. 20th century

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Music cover, Moonglow, Valaida

Music cover, Moonglow, Valaida
Music cover, Moonglow, by Will Hudson, Eddie de Lange and Irving Mills, featured by Valaida in Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1934. Date: 1934

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: BLACKBIRD'S BURIAL

BLACKBIRD'S BURIAL
Omaha chief Blackbird asks to be buried, with his favourite war-horse, on top of a bluff overlooking the Missouri river Date: circa 1860

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Blackbirds in a pie rhyme and picture

Blackbirds in a pie rhyme and picture by M. Sherborne (no title)

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Interior of the Ambassadors theatre-restaurant

Interior of the Ambassadors theatre-restaurant
A sketch of the interior of the Ambassadors theatre-restaurant with the Blackbirds show of 1926 in progress with Florence Mills as en garcon. Sketch by Hemjic Date: 1926

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Photograph of Three Blackbirds PH, Bexley, Greater London

Photograph of Three Blackbirds PH, Bexley, Greater London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Florence Mills in Lew Leslies Blackbirds at the London Pavi

Florence Mills in Lew Leslies Blackbirds at the London Pavi
Advertising brochure for Florence Mills in Lew Leslies Blackbirds at the London Pavilion, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Adelaide Hall in Blackbirds of 1928 (New York)

Adelaide Hall in Blackbirds of 1928 (New York). Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator & Broaway star of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance who made her home in London in 1939

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Adelaide Hall in Blackbirds of 1928 (New York)

Adelaide Hall in Blackbirds of 1928 (New York). Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator & Broaway star of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance who made her home in London in 1939

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a pie

Christmas card in the shape of a pie, with some blackbirds peeking out. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: A blackbird of the Marne, France, and a soldier

A blackbird of the Marne, France, and a soldier
A blackbird of the Marne, France, makes friends with a soldier. WW1

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Blackbird and Kitten

Blackbird and Kitten
Unusual Friends - Blackbird and Kitten. 1950s

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Coliseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - Blackbirds

Coliseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - Blackbirds
Coliseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - Lew Leslies New Production of Blackbirds of 1935. Leslie (1888-1963) was a Broadway writer

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Peg Leg Bates - Lew Leslies Blackbirds Revue - London, 1935

Peg Leg Bates - Lew Leslies Blackbirds Revue - London, 1935 Date: 1935

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Blackbirds Nest in a Laurel

Blackbirds Nest in a Laurel - a close in view of the nest and eggs. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Illustration, Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Illustration, Four and Twenty Blackbirds. Date: 1895

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Florence Mills

Florence Mills (1896 -1927), born Florence Winfrey, American cabaret singer, dancer and comedienne. Appearing in " Blackbirds" at the London Pavilion. 1926

Background imageBlackbirds Collection: Nursery Tale - Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Nursery Tale - Four and Twenty Blackbirds - the birds burst out of the pie. Date: 1880


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