Entertaining Collection (page 2)

Publicity for the whizz-bangs concert party, WW1
A sign advertising the Whizz-bangs, one of the most well- known concert party troupes entertaining soldiers during the First World War, ensuring there would be absolutely no duds in their show

Female impersonator in trench pantomime, WW1
Fair but False -The Coldstream " Girl." A Remarkable Impersonation in a trench pantomime. Among the numerous female impersonators among soldiers providing entertainment for the troops

The Varlets, WW1 entertainment troupe
The Varlets, a British troupe entertaining men on the Western Front during the First World War. Their theatres included barns, fields, dug-outs

U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - WWII
U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - the United Services Organization Inc. a private, non-profit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military

Brahmins at a feast in a Maratha Camp, India
A Mahratta Surdar entertaining Brahmins. Brahmins at a feast in a Maratha Camp. Some are playing musical instruments while others are eating, and servants are carrying dishes of food

Readers Digest vending machine, Exeter station
A vending machine dispensing copies of the Readers Digest at Exeter St Davids station in Devon. At this date, before decimalisation of the currency

A dancing bear and musician
A musician singing and playing a tamborine and his dancing bear at Constantinople, Turkey

Blase by Webster Murray
A line of insouciant chorus girls doing high-kicks as the orchestra plays in the pit below. Date: 1929

Tatler cover - Gracie Fields
Front cover of The Tatler featuring photograph of Gracie Fields (1898 - 1979), British singer and actress, affectionately known as " Our Gracie" by millions

Lunchtime on Tower Hill
The front cover of The Bystander magazine features two lorry drivers in Tower Hill, London enjoying a Brigade of the Guards band performance on their lunch-break. 1940

A stout, jolly housewifes enjoys a mid-morning cup of tea and a chat with her cat before getting on with her daily chores

Antique painting found in ruins of Herculaneum
Reproduction of an antique painting of a young man found in the ruins of Herculaneum, the ancient Roman town buried under solidified mud after the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. 1779

Lodge Park, Sherborne, Aldsworth, Gloucestershire
Lodge Park, near Sherborne, Aldsworth and Northleach Gloucestershire. Built as a Grandstand for observing Deer Coursing in the 17th century. Date: circa 1910s

The Alhambra Theatre, London
Promotional postcard showing the Alhambra Theatre, London. Built as Panoptican of Science and Art, which opened on 18th March 1854

A Night Out by George Grossmith and Arthur Miller
Front page of a promotional flyer for A Night Out by George Grossmith & Arthur Miller; music Willie Redstone. From LHotel du Libre Echange by Maurice Desvallieres and Georges Feydeau

Advert for Asprey cocktail cabinets 1934
Two designed cocktail cabinets, left, made in the shape of a traditional oak barrel with chromium plated bands, containing 6 English crystal cut glass tumblers with two bottle spaces for whiskey

Marceline
Promotional postcard for Marceline. The London Hippodrome opened 15th November 1900. In 1902, The Playgoer, said Since the opening of the Hippodrome, Marceline has scarcely been out of the bill

Harry Mason and Lily Bart - Novelty Comedy Gymnasts of Brixton, London. " Ah! But What Gymnasts!" It looks conceivable as if Harry Mason is here taking on the persona of King George V

Moulin Rouge, Paris
Promotional postcard for the Moulin Rouge, Paris. The original house, which burned down in 1915, was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia

Maurice and Barbara Bennett (1925)
A sketch by Ed Wynn of Maurice and Barbara Bennett while entertaining in Paris at the Champs Elysees Theater and Jardin de Ma Soeur (1925) Date: 1925

Illustration, Monkey on board ship
Illustration, A monkey on board ship entertains the sailors by running off with someones hat. Date: 1832

Concerts at the Front: A Green Room in a camp
A green room in a camp: the facilities provided for artists involved in entertaining troops at concert parties at the front during World War I. Date: 1915

Ellaline Terriss entertaining soldiers at Boulogne hospital
The theatrical trip to France - the concert party organised by Mr Seymour Hicks. Ellaline Terriss singing, Thank you for all you are doing, to the soldiers and nurses in the hospital at Boulogne

WW1 - Entertaining the Troops - Open Air Concert, France Date: 1915

Pierrot couple with piano
A Pierrot couple entertaining each other at the piano. (4 of 4)

Scouts blindfold boxing in Ghana, West Africa
Scouts entertaining visitors with blindfold boxing, one of many activities at a Founders Day celebration in Ghana, West Africa

The Edelweiss Jodelling Club, Lucerne, Switzerland
Men of the Edelweiss Jodelling Club, Lucerne, Switzerland, with the various trophies they have won, and a painted backdrop. Date: circa 1930

Entertainment within the two miles of the front
British troops as pierrots, only two miles from the trenches. Date: 1915

Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC, USA
Entertaining orphan boys on a DCFD fire department truck at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC, on Fathers Day, 18 June 1950. Date: 1950

The Food Problem, WW1 cartoon by Fish
Professor of Economics (to Hostess): Pardon! - my bread, I believe. Polite society begin to squablle over portions as food shortages take hold in the latter part of the First World War. Date: 1917

The Onions, WW1 entertainment troupe
The Onions, a concert party entertaining troops on the Western Front during the First World War, so-called because they said they were always

A hospital ship Pierrot troupe, WW1
A hospital ship Pierrot troupe for the entertainment of men on board during the First World War. From left to right are: STanding - Surgeon R. H. H. Jolly, R.N.V.R. Surgeon J. R. H. Turton, Mr E

Tatler front cover - Miss Vesta Tilley
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations. During the First World War, she earned the nickname

Tatler front cover featuring Elsie Janis, 1916
Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 February 26, 1956), American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as " the sweetheart of

A Sing-Song within the Firing Line
Sketches drawn by a sergeant with the B.E.F. of an evenings entertainment at the Front, showing various talents on display from an opera singer giving a recital

Entertainment at the Front, WW1
A view from the stage of one of the makeshift theatres rigged up in a barn near the French lines for the entertainment of troops

The Merry Mummers, World War One entertainment troupe
The Merry Mummers entertaining troops at a West African Concert Party organised by Major P. a Beckett, son of the late Arthur a Becket of Punch

The Gamecocks, WW1 entertainment troupe
The Gamecocks, one of the many divisional concert parties entertaining troops on the Western Front. Despite the deceptive appearance of the girl in the middle, she really is a man. Date: 1918

Chinese actors in France, Western Front, WW1
Chinese actors entertaining British troops near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

A Star at the Front - Gladys Cooper on Tatler front cover, 1
Gladys Cooper (1888 - 1971), English stage and screen actress, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler in January 1915. The magazine reports on her taking part in a concert party

Mayfair Catering Company advertisement 1928
Advertisement for the Mayfair Catering Company, offering everything a society hostess might need for successful entertaining during the Season from silver and glasses to flowers

Guests arrive at a ball during the London Season, 1886
Hundreds of guests ascend the stately staircase of a large hall inside a London mansion to attend a ball or reception during the London Season. Date: 1886

Miniature Golf at the Kit-Cat
An attractive addition to the pleasures of dining at the Kit-Cat Restaurant in Haymarket, central London; an entertaining nine-hole golf course in miniature, laid out in the Bray Room

Morris flip top table advertisement
The Morris Triple Fliptop table, the table that actually grows and grows and grows. The accompanying photographs show a table four ingeniously transformed into a table for ten with the help of a

Tatler front cover, Entertaining issue, 1964
Front cover of The Tatler magazine showing a girl acting hostess, representing Tatlers devotion to autumn entertaining in this particular issue

Print Users Yearbook -- people in underwear
Print Users Yearbook -- people viewed in a cutaway of a house, all in underwear. A new standard of intimacy. Who would have guessed that undies were the correct garb to don when entertaining guests

Cover of Home Chat Magazine, showing a young woman putting up lanterns for some New Year entertaining. She is wearing a red and blue patterned party dress

A Christmas Story, by C. Rebel Stanton
A colour illustration showing a young couple flirting oblivious to the the animated story teller who is entertaining the rest of the group. Date: 29th November 1929

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