Cigarette Gallery

Police Public Call Box, London

A police officer using a Police Public Call Box on a London street. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937. The one pictured is a Mackenzie Trench style police box, made famous by the long-running TV series, Doctor Who. The boxes were installed so that members of the public could make emergency calls to the police, but many boxes are now disused or have been withdrawn from service because of the prevalence of the mobile phone

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Christmas Truce 1914

British and German officers pictured in No Man's Land on the Western Front during the unofficial Christmas truce of 1914 which saw both sides fraternising at various points along the line on the Western Front on Christmas day 1914

© Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans

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Tatler winter fashions, by Gordon Conway

Fashion illustration by Gordon Conway of a soft woollen suit worn with green kasha scarf and gloves. The second outfit, a red coat made of soft suede, worn with a matching scarf and waistcoat. The two models are sharing a cigarette, the height of sophistication during the 1920s

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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