Born Collection (page 2)

Esther Bruce & her father Joseph Bruce in Fulham, London. Josephine Esther Bruce (1912-1994) working-class mixed race seamstress born in Fulham, London to a Guyanese father & an English mother

Mae Busch (1891 - 1946), Australian-born actress who worked in both silent and sound films in early Hollywood

Dollar Savings Bank, Niles, Ohio, USA, marking the spot where President McKinley was born. Date: circa 1905

Suffragette Grace Chappelow Votes for Women. Grace Chappelow (1884-1971), born in Hatfield Peverel, Nr Chelmsford, Essex. Shown selling and advertising Votes for Women newspaper

Pioneer Woman Sculpture
English born sculptor Bryant Baker (1881 - 1970), putting the finishing touches to his famous sculpture Pioneer Woman now at Ponca City Museum, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Date: 1930

Mr Howard Carter
Howard Carter (1874-1939) British egyptologist, famed for his discovery of Tutankhamens tomb. Born in 1874, he went to Egypt as a draughtsman in 1891 and studied the inscriptions

Emma Hardinge Britten
EMMA HARDINGE BRITTEN English-born spiritualist in America, author, actress, musician, medium and tireless promoter of the spiritualist cause

Sportsmans Costume
What to wear while shooting birds ? Sportsperson Walter Winans sets a good example in this belted jacket and plus- fours outfit, with puttees and a jaunty tyrolean hat... Date: 1909

A set of 8 lithographs - WWI era
A set of 8 lithographs in a folio. 1) Inscribed Private B. Miller, Queens Westminsters, out since 1914, 2) Inscribed Of the Labour Battalion, 3) A soldier reading a newspaper

Tuesdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Camille Raspail / Demare
Camille Raspail (born 1827) French politician and man of medicine

The Cats Pyiamas by Merlin Enabnit
Dark-haired pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) wearing revealing orange pyjamas. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
A portrait of Greta Garbo on her yacht off Catalina Island. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was spotted whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz

Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi
This is a portrait of Italian inventor, Marconi, born 1874, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention

Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of war
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become

Lola Montez / Jules Laure
MARIA DOLORES ELIZA ROSEANNA GILBERT, known as LOLA MONTEZ American dancer and adventuress, born in Ireland

Moses Montefiore / Quiver
SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE British Jewish philanthropist, born in Italy, visiting an orphanage in Thanet

Emma Goldman - 1
EMMA GOLDMAN Lithuanian-born American anarchist politician and agitator

C. Pankhurst as Baby
Emmeline with baby daughter Christabel (born 22 September 1880), taken in Manchester

Nellie Melba / Postcard
NELLIE MELBA (born Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano

The Magi in the Stable
Guided by a star, the three Magi are guided to the Bethlehem stable where Jesus has recently been born

Ts Eliot / Anon Photo
T.S.ELIOT American-born writer, photographed in his early twenties

Scene inside the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
A scene inside the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, which marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus

Elgars Birthplace
SIR EDWARD ELGAR This small cottage in Broadheath, Worcestershire was the birthplace of Elgar. He was born here in June 1887. Date: 1857 - 1934

Margaret Wintringham (1879 - 1955), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Louth between 1921 and 1924. She was the second woman, and the first British-born woman

Cricketers Hawke & Taylor
Cricketers Lord Hawke/ Martin Bladen Hawke (Captain) & Tom Launcelot Taylor, . Born 1860 - Willingham Rectory, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire - Played for Yorkshire & England / Born 1878 - Headingley

EDWARD OF WOODSTOCK The Black Prince (1330-1376). Prince of Wales, first-born son of Edward III of England. The Black Prince is received in Bordeaux in 1355 during his campaign against John II of

The Push Tank and Machine Guns - German Field Postcard
The Push. Tank and Machine Guns. Drawn on a German Field Postcard (Feldpostkarte). 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

George Earl Onslow
GEORGE, first earl of ONSLOW statesman (do not confuse with George Onslow born that same year) Date: 1731 - 1814

Belgian Air Force 2
Willy Coppens de Houthuist (born 1892) fights in World War One, specialising in shooting down German observation balloons, of which he destroys 35 ! Date: 1916+

John Bouvier
JOHN BOUVIER Italian born American lawyer of French parentage : he compiled a Law Dictionary. with his autograph Date: 1787 - 1851

John Henry Anderson, Scottish- born stage magician, known as the Wizard of the North

Bram Stoker, novelist and theatre manager
Bram Stoker, novelist and short story writer, best known for the gothic novel Dracula (1897). He was also theatre manager for Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London

John Gadbury. Astrologer
astrologer, born in the county of Oxford Date: 1627 - 1704

Cricketer The Honourable Frank Stanley Jackson, *, . Born 1870 - Allerton Hall, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire - Played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and England Date: 1897

Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown CBE
Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, FRAeS, RN, born 21 January 1919. RAeS President 1982-1983, left, with Henry Kremer. Date: 1919

Portrait of the Prince Imperial
Photograph of Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial (1856-1871) as a young boy. Born as the heir to the French Imperial throne

All clear by Merlin Enabnit
Brunette pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) sunbathing in an orange swimsuit. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Photo Portrait, Parry
CHARLES HUBERT PARRY English composer, born in Bournemouth. Became Director of the Royal College of Music in 1895. Date: 1848 - 1918

Mark Twain / Riding Frog
MARK TWAIN American writer Born : Samuel Langhorne Clemens Twain leaps over a five bar gate on the back of a frog

Testing Rasmussen
Apparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained

John William Draper / Harp
JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER American scientist and author, born in England Date: 1811 - 1882

Hugh Walpole / Cig Card
SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE English novelist born in New Zealand

Rene Descartes / Birthpl
RENE DESCARTES French mathematician and philosopher: the room where he was born

Max Muller (Anon Photo)
FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER German-born orientalist in Britain

Jack Cades Rebellion
Jack Cade, an Irish-born rebel against Henry VI, declares himself lord of the City of London

Soviet Cosmonaut
Russian cosmonaut VALENTINA TERESCHKOWA (born 1937) is the first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6

Mark Twain / Mono / Photo
MARK TWAIN American writer Born : Samuel Langhorne Clemens

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