Gay Collection (page 2)

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

Music cover, The Gay Cavaliers Grand March, by Walter Redmond Date: 1890s

Irene Vanbrugh in Pinero's play The Gay Lord Quex
Irene Vanbrugh as the manicurist Sophy Fullgarney in Pinero's play The Gay Lord Quex Date: circa 1900s

Sir John Hare in Pinero's play, The Gay Lord Quex
Sir John Hare, actor, in the title role in Pinero's play, The Gay Lord Quex Date: circa 1900

In Majorca
Critics write books about nationality in art. But art itself knows no frontiers. here we have a Swedish artist painting in Majorca and his work speaks its full message to English eyes

Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, writer, poet and traveller
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874-1945)was a prolific poet and novelist, penning more than 70 books. As well as being married to a man for fifteen years

Daydreaming (All Night Long) from The Gay Impostors
Music cover, Daydreaming (All Night Long), words by Johnny Mercer, music by Harry Warren, from the Warner Bros film, The Gay Impostors, with Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane

Music cover, The King's Horses and the King's Men by Noel Gay and Harry Graham. Date: 1930

Music cover, Bon Voyage Cherie, Billy Cotton Band
Music cover, Bon Voyage Cherie, broadcast and recorded by the Billy Cotton Band. Date: 1939

Irene Vanbrugh in role of Sophy Fullgarney
Irene Vanbrugh, English actress, in role of Sophy Fullgarney in Pinero's The Gay Lord Quex. Date: circa 1900

Music cover, Run, Rabbit, Run, words by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler, music by Noel Gay, from The Little Dog Laughed, George Black's Show Shop of 1939. Date: 1939

Robinson Tom Charter 88 Subject Citizen Politics
robinson, tom, charter, 88, subject, citizen, politics, political, placard, slogan, 1950, english, singer, songwriter, bass, guitarist, radio, presenter, entertainer, performer, campaigning

Michael Scott-Joynt, outspoken English clergyman
Michael Charles Scott-Joynt (b 1943), English clergyman, Bishop of Stafford (1987-1995) and Bishop of Winchester (from 1995, due to retire 2011). Outspoken opponent of gay rights. Date: circa 1970s

Chris Smith, Labour politician and government minister
Chris Smith (Christopher Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, b 1951), British Labour politician and government minister. Date: circa 1970s

Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British political activist
Peter Gary Tatchell (b 1952), Australian-born British political activist. Seen here talking to people on the street and handing out leaflets while fighting a by-election in Bermondsey

Tony Benn with Peter Tatchell in Bermondsey, London
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Jesse Jackson with Linda Bellos
Jesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here at a press conference with Linda Bellos (b 1950)

Oscar Wilde portrait, c. 1890
Oscar Wilde portrait, c.1890

Comic postcard, Cockerel and hen. There goes that gay Mr Doolittle! Hes absolutely ruining the egg market!! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Saucy cat and gay dog, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Sketches of the musical comedy Peggy Ann at Dalys Theatre, London, 1927 with Dorothy Dickson, Maisie Gay, Basil Howes, Oliver McLennan and Elsie Randolph Date: 1927

Two costumes sketches by Mabel E. Johnston and Charles LeMaire, for Broadway, 1931. Johnstons creation is for a gay tap number. LeMaires creation is for Nell O Day in Fine and Dandy. Date: 1931

Enola Gay, aircraft, atom bomb Japan in 1945, WW II
Enola Gay, aircraft used to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, World War II

Enola Gay aircraft, atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan 1945
Enola Gay, aircraft used to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, World War II

Tis not the Gay Clothes Make the Gentleman. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

Burghley House, seat of Henry Cecil, Marquis of Exeter
Burghley House, Cambridgeshire, seat of Henry Cecil, Marquis of Exeter. South front of the Elizabethan house with the lake landscaped by Capability Brown

Portrait of Roman Emperor Constantine II
Roman Emperor Constantine II, 316-340. Flavius Claudius Constantinus Augustus or Constantinus Junior. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy

Portrait of Roman Emperor Diadumenian
Roman Emperor Diadumenian, 208-218. Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht

Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, 980-1002, Ottonian dynasty. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697

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

English Female impersonator and singer Bobby De Lys
A photograph of the English Female impersonator and singer Bobby De Lys, 1920s Date: 1920s

Sheet music - British female impersonator Bert Errol
Sheet music featuring the British female impersonator Bert Errol, 1920s Date: 1920s

Photograph of Rex Evans, cabaret Master of Ceremonies and actor, 1920s Date: 1920s

Sheet music - female impersonator Karyl Norman
Sheet music representing the female impersonator Karyl Norman, 1920s Date: 1920s

Female impersonator and Male prima donna Bobbie de Lys
Advert for the female impersonator and Male prima donna Bobbie De Lys Date: 1921-1925

A gown designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard
A black tea gown of cellophane velvet designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934) Date: 1934

Smart suit designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard
Navy blue crepe fashions this smart suit designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934) featuring a cut away coat and an attractive blouse

A suit designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard
A velvet street suit designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934), patterned after the quaint drawings of Kate Greenaway, including a poke bonnet of 1840. Date: 1934

Evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard
Period influence permeated this evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934). The gown featured a basque waist

An evening frock designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard
An evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934) made of a new fabric known as hammered silver or heavy metal cloth fitted to the body like armour. Date: 1934

Ellaline Terriss as Peggy Quainton in The Gay Gordons
Ellaline Terriss as Peggy Quainton in the Edwardian musical comedy, The Gay Gordons, at the Aldwych Theatre, London. Date: 1907

Gay orchis, Galearis spectabilis (Orchis spectabilis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after George Loddiges from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817

Comic postcard, dog in Scottish costume, smoking a cigar. Date: circa 1910s

Florence Gould in costume for the Perian Gala, Juan les Pins
Florence Gould, wife of Frank Jay Gould, the famous millionaire and controlling genius behind the Palais de la Mediterranee at Nice

Monte Carlo Follies, showing bright young things relaxing on motor boats in Monte Carlo Bay waving to each other. The production was straight from New York and showing for the whole Summer Season

Two wooden dolls pulling a cracker on a greetings card -- Gay Young Sparks. Date: circa 1900s

Donning Grandmas Duds Date: 1950

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