Gay Collection

Me and My Girl - Instructions how to dance the Lambeth Walk
Type-written instructions on how to dance The Lambeth Walk, a cheery Cockney musical number, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. Date: 1937

Beggars Opera Poster
Poster for production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (London)

Me and My Girl - Lambeth Walk sheet music cover, 1937
Bill Snibson (actor Lupino Lane 1892-1959) peeps from behind his stately home on this music cover for The Lambeth Walk, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. 1937

A sketch of a rather jolly scene from a lesbian bar or dancing in Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s

Tibbetts, Paul, Pilot as Col USaF beside Boeing B-29 Enola Gay

Soho, London - 2 and 3 Greek Street, the Gay Hussar restaurant and the Soho Wine Market, next to the House of St Barnabas. 1973

An Intimate backstage moment - Paris Revue, France
An Intimate backstage moment behind the scenes of a Paris Cabaret Revue, France Date: circa 1910s

Naked modelling
Nude modelling by the sea. Naked artist is painting a friend. 1910. Date: 1910

Gay Men / Elegant 1909
Two gay men getting ready to go out on the town

Feral Benga / Beaute
FRAINCOISE BENGA. Celebrated Senegalese dancer. Stared at the Folies Bergere, Paris using his stage name Feral Benga

Saucy Postcard - Lady lovers bemoan (?) bad weather
Saucy Seaside Postcard - Two lady lovers bemoan (?) the bad weather, which opens up new opportunities for fun... Date: 1946

Adamski and Painting
Professor Adamski stands in front of a painting by Gay Betts depicting the Venusian space pilot he met in the Mojave Desert, California, 20 November 1952

Lesbian Couple Chatting
Two young women, one in her underclothes, one fully dressed, relax and chat

The Beggars Opera, Aldeburgh Festival 1963
English Opera Group production of The Beggars Opera (John Gay, in Brittens realization) at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 20 June 1963. Act III, near end; at Newgate Gaol

Comic postcard, Flowers in the park Date: 20th century

Gay Cadets - Bournemouth
Birchmore & Lindens Gay Cadets - West Beach, Bournemouth. A right navy lark! Date: circa 1920s

Beggars Opera / Hogarth
a burlesqued version of John Gays opera: several of the characters are wearing animal heads Date: 18th century

Male Type / Naked Beaute
A naked man in heroic classical pose

Music cover, All Over the Place, Tommy Trinder, WW2
Music cover, All Over the Place, by Frank Eyton and Noel Gay, sung by Tommy Trinder in the film Sailors Three, produced at Ealing Studios by Michael Balcon, directed by Walter Forde. 1940

Sir Paul Latham and Lady Patricia Moore engaged 1933
Major Sir Herbert Paul Latham, 2nd Baronet (22 April 1905 24 July 1955), British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Scarborough

Margaret Whigham as The Precious One at the Gay Party
Miss Margaret Whigham, celebrated debutante and it girl, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then the Duchess of Argyll, whose divorce case in 1963 scandalised the country

Comic postcard, From a gay dog Date: 20th century

Days of the Week by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall to the traditional rhyme attributing different characteristics depending on what days of the week a person is born

One of Les Mignons at the court of King Henry III of France
A Mignon, one of the dainty ones at the court of King Henri III of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a caricature in Roger de Gaignieres gallery portfolio IX 59 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul

Advert for La Petit Chaumiere, 2 Rue Berthe, Montmartre, Paris, 1920s. One of the celebrated gay haunts of Paris. Date: 1920s

Twelve Chums having a gay old time on the beach! Date: circa 1920s

Dancing on the Pier, Blackpool, Victorian period

Dancing on Blackpool Pier, early 1900s

Lords Of The Air
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Lords Of The Air, words and music by Michael North and Davy Burnaby. The image portrays a saluting young British military man. Date: 1939

Sing A Song Of Tomorrow Today
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Sing A Song Of Tomorrow Today, by Hugh Charles, Sonny Miller and Noel gay. Recorded and broadcast by Billy Cotton, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

All Over The Place
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for All Over The Place, by Frank Eyton and Noel Gay. Sung by Tommy Trinder, who can be seen in the portrait photograph, smiling in a Royal Navy sailor outfit

We Don't Know Where We're Going
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for We Don't Know Where We're Going (Until We're There!) By Ralph Butler and Noel Gay. The image shows a smiling array of British marching soldiers

Fall In And Fly
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Fall In And Fly, by Noel Gay. Dedicated to the Royal Air Force, the image shows two bi-planes in flight. Date: circa 1940s

Run Rabbit Run! Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Run Rabbit Run!, from The Little Dog Laughed. Music and words by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler

Mister Brown Of London Town
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Mister Brown Of London Town, words and music by Reginald Arkell and Noel Gay. Date: circa 1941

He Wants To Be A Pilot
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for He Wants To Be A Pilot, written and composed by Muriel Watson, Jack Denby and Noel Gay

Will Santa Claus Wear A Tin Helmet?
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Will Santa Claus Wear A Tin Helmet, music and words by Jimmy Leach and Vivianne Hill

A young man playing the Banjolele, Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s

Impersonator M. R. Bertin in an imitation of Mme Anna Thibaud
The famousFrench female impersonator M.R. Bertin in an imitation of Mme Anna Thibaud Date: Pre-1920s

The famous female impersonator M. R. Bertin
The famous female impersonator M.R. Bertin in an imitation of Tan-Ichi Date: Pre-1920s

Impersonator M. R. Bertin in an imitation of Clotilde Algeria
The famous French female impersonator M.R. Bertin in an imitation of Clotilde Algeria Date: Pre-1920s

The famous French female impersonator M. R. Bertin as himself
The famous French female impersonator M.R. Bertin as himself Date: Pre-1920s

The famous Swedish female impersonator Lind (John Lind) Date: Pre-1920s

The British film ad stage star Ivor Novello, 1920s Date: 1920s

Postcard showing three smart, yet effete, French musicians. 1920s Date: 1920s

Postcard of effete French man, 1920s Date: 1920s

Entende Cordiale - two enemy soldiers holding hands
Entende Cordiale - two soldiers from opposing sides holding hands, 1920s Date: 1920s

Music cover, Salut a Vous, Rois des Airs! WW1
Music cover, Salut a Vous, Rois des Airs! Marche des Aviateurs (We Salute You, Kings of the Air, March of the Aviators), words by Marius Gay, Academy Officer, music by Joseph Paget

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