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Blues and Royals - Corporal of the Horse (Riding Instructor) - Dismounted Review Order. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Pharmacist (Maxims)A pharmacist measures out drops for the megrims (winter blues)
The Presidents Putter 1928A cartoon by Mel featuring some of the competitors in the Presidentss Putter. The matchplay competition is held every January at the Rye Golf Club in East Sussex
Female contortionist Diana Gaye playing recordsThe female contortionist Diana Gaye in the sitting room, putting a record on the record player, with an array of the latest LP covers on display. Date: 1971
Black - Out Blues by David WrightBlack- Out Blues by David Wright, showing a model lounging on her bed. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Men at Yarrow Military Hospital. These may be a mixture of staff and patients. None are wearing hospital blues though some have arm slings. Some have the RAMC badge on their arm
The Man from Mexico, Grand Theatre, OldhamThe Man from Mexico, a comedy at the Grand Theatre, Oldham, previously at the Strand Theatre, London. 1911
WW2 Birthday Card, Blackout The BluesA WW2 birthday greetings card, with imagery symbolic of good fortune including the presence of black cats and a horseshoe
The actress and dancer Vera Freeman, December 1923. Was in Phi Phi and now London Calling where she dances the Blues with Noel Coward Date: 1923
George MellyJazz and blues singer George Melly (1926 - 2007) performs at the free concert held in Brockwell Park, south east London, in support of the 500 marchers who had walked from Liverpool to London
The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) passing Buckingham Palace, London Pageantry by Charles Howard
Australia - Sydney, Blues Point Roadc.1900 vintage photograph: Australia - Sydney, Blues Point Road
The Light Blues, Theatre Royal, Manchester, Robert Courtneidges new musical comedy, with Dorothy Ward, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert and others. Date: circa 1915
Three smart representations of current Parisian fashions, 1925. On the left Jane Regnys simple country frock of Rodiers new striped Zibli Kasha in blues and grays
The scene Away From the Blues, Anton Dolins production at the London Coliseum, 1930 Date: 1930
Music cover, The Birth of the Blues, words by B G De Sylva and Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson. 1926
Birthday card, This is no blues number. 20th century
Blues Point and McMahons Point, Sydney, Australia. Date: circa 1900
Four nurses and wounded servicemen on stepsInformal group of nurses and servicemen in hospital blues on steps of Clandon Hospital Guildford. Nurse Lucy Crosse is second from right. Date: 1918
Nurses and convalescing servicemen outsideGroup of four nurses and five convalescing soldiers in hospital uniform blues. Another serviceman is peering through a hedge on left and a small boy is sitting on a bench to the right Date: circa 1915
WW1 - Convalescent Soldier and his brideWW1 - Convalescent Soldier (right - in typical Hospital Blues Uniform that was worn by patients in Military or Convalescence Hospitals during World War One)
Royal Horse Guards?Royal Horse Guards, Blues?, 1814. Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith. From Charles Hamilton Smiths ?Costumes of the Army of the British Empire
Music cover, Der Orlow, operetta by GranichstaedtenMusic cover, Der Orlow, an operetta in three acts, with words by Ernst Marischka and Bruno Granichstaedten and music by Bruno Granichstaedten (1879-1944)
The Boat Race by Patrick BellewComic illustration of the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge showing, a possibility at Mortlake - if the oars will stand the strain
The Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI eraThe Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI. Initially opened as Brighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867
Swallows in a fantasy landscapeFour Swallows in silhouette and a misty fantasy landscape, evoking aspects of the Engish Countryside. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Poster, The Passing Show Banishes the Blues. It was a weekly paper of humour and short fiction, published by Odhams Press, London. circa 1930
Quex Park VAD patients & staff in hall of houseVAD hospital patients and staff in the hall of Quex House in March 1915. The hall was used as a recreation space for the patients
Patients and nurses in front of Quex HouseA group of patients, with five VAD nurses, in front of Quex House in about 1915. On the left can be seen the Winter Garden, a large conservatory joined to the drawing room of Quex House
Two patients and two nurses in the Hospital Mess, Quex Park.The patient on the right is wearing the hospital uniform of hospital blues - blue serge jacket and trousers
Nine hospital patients in Winter Garden, Quex ParkNine hospital patients sitting in the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House
Patients and nurses in garden at Quex ParkA group of patients and nuses gathered in the garden at Quex Park, beside the buildings of the Powell-Cotton Museum. The men include Australian and Scottish soldiers
Five patients on the Winter Garden steps Quex Park VAD HospiFive patients are standing on the steps of the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House
Ambulances arriving at Quex Park VAD HospitalMajor Powell-Cotton is supervising the removal of a stretcher from an ambulance at the front of Quex House. The stretcher is being carried by two VAD Hospital patients wearing the patients uniform of
Studio photograph of sitting hospital patientStudio photograph of Private Wilber Avery, 724244 of the 12th Canadian Field Ambulance. He was a patient at the Quex Park VAD Hospital from 8 April until 11 June 1918, suffering from Myalgia
Three men in the gardens of Quex House, with sawThree men are standing in the garden of Quex House. One is holding a long saw. The man on the left is in civilian clothes and may have been employed at Quex Park
VAD Hospital patient with donkey, Quex ParkA VAD hospital patient is standing with a donkey outside the back door to Quex House. On the reverse of the photograph is written Jenny
Three men standing by wooden escape ladder at QuexThree men are standing by an extendable wooden ladder. Two of the men are wearing the patients uniform of hospital blues but the trousers only
Five patients and two nurses outside Quex HouseFive patients and two nurses photographed on the front doorsetp of Quex House. Four of the patients are wearing the hospital uniform of hospital blues worn by Imperial military hospital patients
Four VAD patients at Quex House front doorFour patients are in front of the main door to Quex House. One, whose left leg is amputated is sitting on a chair. Another is sitting on the arm of the chair. The other two are standing alongside
British patients with Quex cannon collectionFour Imperial VAD hospital patients standing by some of the cannon collection in Quex Park. At the time of the First World War these were grouped in front of the Round Tower on the Quex Park estate
Three Belgian hospital patients outside Quex HouseThree Belgian hospital patients standing outside the front of Quex House. The verandah behind them was outside the Drawing Room where A Ward was situated
Group of Belgian and British soldiers at Quex Park, with three members of the VAD staff. The Belgian men are wearing civilian clothes. All the British soldiers are in army uniform
Photograph of three VAD patients at Quex Park VAD Hospital. The man on the right is Artieme Mettrie who was a patient at the hospital between 14th November 1914 and 13th May 1915
Four hospital patients ready for croquetFour Imperial VAD hospital patients ready for a game of croquet in the garden at Quex Park. The men are are in shirtsleeves and wearing the trousers of the patients uniform hospital blues
The Birth of the BluesTHE BIRTH OF THE BLUES...and from a jail came the wail of a down-hearted frail, and they played that as part of the blues... Date: 1926
Patients in the Mess, Quex Park VAD HospitalA group of patients gathered in the Mess of the Quex Park VAD Hospital. The Mess was sited in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory between Quex House and the Museum buildings
Group of hospital patients, Quex Park. There are twenty men in the group. They are outside the front door of Quex House. All are wearing hospital blues the uniform of military hospital patients