Fame Collection

Jack Johnson on his Racing Motor Car
Arthur John Johnson, better known as Jack Johnson, the American heavyweight boxer, pictured in 1908. Johnson was the World Heavyweight Champion between 1908 and 1915

London Life front cover 1966 featuring Julie Christie
Front cover of the impossibly groovy London Life magazine which ran for just two years between 1965 and 1966 but chronicled the life and times of swinging sixties London

Possession is nine points of the law by Louis Wain
Illustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat

Dolly of the Chop House
Wily owner of the chop house in Queen s-head-passage, London, Dollys fame was such that she is remembered in print. Here she pours herself a medicinal drop of something

Fame Visits the Heroic Unknown Dead
Fame hovers over a makeshift grave on the former Western Front choosing an unknown soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey in the tomb of the unknown warrior

Jackie Kennedy carrying London Life magazine
Jacqueline Kennedy, during a visit to London in 1966 is photographed carrying a copy of " London Life magazine which ran for just two years between 1965 and 1966 but chronicled the life

GEORGE ORWELL 1903-1950
GEORGE ORWELL (real name Eric Arthur Blair) English writer, fought in Spanish Civil War on the Republican side and gained fame with novels Animal Farm (1944) and 1984 (1949)

What now for the Beatle-maker? Brian Epstein - English music entrepreneur who managed The Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967. Date: 1966

Jeremiah or George Wombwell (1777 - 1850), English zoo owner, who achieved fame and fortune with Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie, pictured shortly before his death. Date: 1850

Ira Aldridge as Aaron the Moor in Titus Andronicus
Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) celebrated American Shakesperean actor who found fame on the stage in Victorian England. Date: circa 1852

Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark 125482. The third production aircraft of ten completed, 125482 was bailed to the Allison Engine Company for flight testing of turboprop engines at Edwards Air Force Base in

Lincoln Fame Arch in 1907

Lincoln Arch in 1907, possibly in celebration of a visit by King Edward VII

Hall of Fame Berlin Germany Victorian period

WW2 - The Girls Of Today, Miss Purl And Plain
A WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. Miss Purl and Plain don't look the same but they should both be crowned with fame, long hours they knit for the boys out there

Allegory of the Villa of Madrid, 1810, by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Allegory of the Villa of Madrid, 1810. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Sem
A portrait sketch of French caricaturist, Marie Joseph Georges Goursat dit Sem, who gained fame during the Belle Epoque. He is wearing an outdoor jacket, with an umbrella in his hand. Date: circa 1901

Mr. Vernon-Ward's Treatment Salons
A photograph of the interior entrance hall which leads to Mr. Vernon-Ward's treatment salons, at Vere Street. The medical establishment had some fame for combatting obesity via fat reduction

Joan Crawford Fan Mail
A fan's letter to Joan Crawford, using a portrait of her face in lieu of an address. Date: 1933

Messerschmitt Me 262A T2-4012 - White 9
Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a/U3 T2-4012 / White 9 (W.Nr.500453), at the Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA. (currently, 2021, under restoration to fly using original Jumo 004 engines). Date: circa 1980

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless NX670AM (msn 3883, ex BuAer 28536, ex RNZAF NZ5062), at the Planes of Fame, Chino, California. Date: circa 2000

General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7835C - 91264
General Motors TBM-3E Avenger N7835C / 91264 (msn 4169), of the Planes of Fame Air Museum. Date: circa 2000

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat N4994 - 31
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat N4994V / 31 (msn A-11631, ex 93879), of the Planes of Fame Air Museum. (This aircraft was written-off on 8 October 2010). Date: circa 2000

Lockheed P-38J Lightning N38BP - 44-23314
Lockheed P-38J-20-LO Lightning N38BP / 44-23314 (MSN 4318), owned by Robert J. Pond/ Planes of Fame East, Minneapolis-Flying Cloud, MN. Date: circa 1990

Lockheed P-38J Lightning 44-23314
Lockheed P-38J-20-LO Lightning N138AM / 44-23314 Joltin Josie (MSN 4318), of the Air Museum/ Planes of Fame, Chino, CA. Date: circa 1989

Douglas RB-26C Invader N8026E - 44-35323 (MSN 28602), in airworthy condition at the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California, USA. Date: circa 2000

Messerschmitt Me-163B-1 Komet replica, painted as werknummer 191626, at the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California, USA. Date: circa 1990

Vought F-8A Crusader 145336, on display at the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA Date: circa 1990

Grumman F3F-2 N20RW - 0972 This aircraft crashed into a mountain at Wailuki, Maui, Hawaii on 24 June 1941, whilst flying with VMF-211

Portrait of Mata Hari at the height of her fame Date: 1929

Recruiting poster
Follow the Drum by the well-known painter of military subjects, Frank Dadd (1851-1929), was reproduced as a poster and issued by the late Mr JC Eno of Enos Fruit Salt fame in the early days of

Samuel Rogers house facing Green Park. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated

Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Romantic colleagues and friends Wordsworth

Elinor Glyn and Gloria Swanson
Writer, scriptwriter and journalist Elinor Glyn (right) pictured with actress Gloria Swanson at the West Coast studios of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation at the time Glyn had written a

Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) celebrated American Shakesperean actor who found fame on the stage in Victorian England

Portion of the Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre
Postcard showing a portion of the Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, 1930s Date: 1930s

Toy Theatre, Mr Ducrow as the God of Fame

Marceline the clown with the moving statue
Marceline Orbes (1873-1927), better known as Marceline, the globally famous clown, most famous in the late 19th century and early 20th century

Boeing B-50A Superfortress 46-10 Lucky Lady II
United States Air Force - Boeing B-50A-5-BO Superfortress 46-10 (msn 15720) Lucky Lady II, which made first non-stop flight around the world, from 26 February - 2 March 1949

Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser
The Hanriot HD-1 flown by famed World War I French Ace Charles Nungesser in the 1925 movie The Sky Raider, with Nungessers distinctive badge on the fuselage side

NRC tailless research glider from the National Research Council in Canada (sometimes referred to as Pterodactyl VIII, referring to its lineage from Prof. Hills pre-war Pterodactyls)

Hubert Latham, Henry Farman and Roger Sommer at Riems
Hubert Latham in his Antoinette IV, with Henry Farman in his Farman III biplane and roger Sommer, also flying a Farmn III at the Grande Semaine d Aviation de la Champagne, held near Reims in France

Mrs Lorna Barrison - English equestrienne - Toulouse-Lautrec
Date: 1896

Sacheverell Cards
Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724) was an English high church Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary 5 November sermon denouncing the Whig government

Spain. Cantabria. Limpias. The Christ of Limpias. 18th cent
Spain. Cantabria. Limpias. The Christ of Limpias. Church of St. Peter. Unknown origin. 18th Century. Detail

Royal Variety Performance 1965
A dozen of the 21 acts lined up for the Royal Variety Performance 1965. From left, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers, Shirley Bassey, Jack Benny, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dusty Springfield

Portrait of Louis Wain taken from an advertisement for Phosferine, a tonic medicine, featuring Louis Wain, the famous cat artist

Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
The Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA Date: 1941

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