Guest Collection (page 3)

Henry Hall - Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra
Henry Hall (1898-1989) - British Bandleader and Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra Date: circa 1935

The Blue Ray by Shirland Quin - Flyer, Eastbourne Production
The Blue Ray by Shirland Quin. First produced at the Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne on 28th November 1927. Back and front pages of the flyer for the Eastbourne production

Old-Fashioned Country Cottages by Fougasse
Sequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a man staying at a funny little country cottage only to find its comforts lacking to the point that he eventually makes his escape

Billeted, by F Tennyson Jesse and H M Harwood
Billeted, a play by F Tennyson Jesse and H M Harwood. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, August 1917. A neighbour has told a woman whose husband is missing in the war that it is improper for her

Scene from Molieres play, Dom Juan, ou Le Festin de Pierre, first performed in 1665. 17th century

The Queen of Sheba comes to see Solomon - 1 Kings 10. circa 1690

The Guest Who Fished An Alexandra On The Test by H M Bateman. For the benefit of those who are not fishermen, an Alexandra is a fly considered so alluring to trout, and consequently so deadly in use

Lady Mendl circus party at Versailles
Douglas Fairbanks with his wife and Mme. Lopez de Sotomayor during the circus party held by Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe) at Villa Trianon, her house in France. 1939

Boy and girl shaking hands on a New Year card in the shape of a teapot and cup. Date: circa 1890s

Guest House and Gateway, Mellifont Abbey - a derelict building. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Louth: Mellifont). Date: circa early 1900s

Society children in fancy dress
Imitating grown-ups, society children in fancy dress - photographs taken at a ball for children given by Lady Clementine Waring for her daughter, Miss Clematis Waring. Top left is the Hon

Gertrude Lawrence at the Villa Capponcina, French Riviera
Actress Gertrude Lawrence in a variety of fashionable outfits for the Riviera, pictured as a guest at the Villa Capponcina, the home of British couturier, Captain Edward Molyneux. Date: 1930

Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort (1610A?i?1680). Dutch Golden Age painter. The parables of the wedding guests, 1640. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

Switzerland. 19th century. Inauguration of the railroad of Mouchard. Lunch offered to guests of the Swiss windows. Engraving at l Univers Illustre, 1863. Colored

Banquet. Engraving. 20th century
Banquet offered to guests at an opening ceremony. Engraving. Early 20th century. Colored engraving

Welgelegen Guest House, Curacao, West Indies. Date: 1911

Cartoon, Disraeli and the Prince of Wales, with a puppet of Gladstone. This is how Beaky tried to amuse our future king at Hughenden. 1880

Terms and Conditions
A lodging-house keeper names her terms and conditions to a potential guest - no unaccompanied female visitors, no alcohol, no cooking in the rooms... Date: 1842

Baron Wimborne
IVOR BERTIE GUEST, first baron WIMBORNE Politician and tennis enthusiast Date: 1835 - 1914

Cartoon, How Many Lumps? WW1
Cartoon, How many lumps? The French comic actress Cecile Sorel serves her guests, including a bearded man who has been fighting in the war. On the left sits the French philosopher Voltaire. Date: 1917

Roman Family / Guest
A Roman and his wife are enjoying a drink when a friend arrives : their children help him off with his outdoor clothes Date: circa 100 BC

A Ghost Commercial
An opportunist guest invites the Ghost of the House to appear in his advertising campaign, selling the soap that will wash out even the stains of ghostly guilt Date: 1914

Saturday to Monday by Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce
Promotional postcard for Saturday to Monday by Frederick Fenn & Richard Pryce. First produced at St. Jamess Theatre, 14th April 1904. Artist: Albert Morrow

The Man From Blankleys by F Anstey
Promotional postcard for The Man From Blankleys by F. Anstey. from his novel. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 25th April 1901. Fourteen are sitting around the dinner table

Stepney Temple - Wesleyan East End Mission, Commercial Road, Tower Hamlets, London. Celebrating (at the time of this photograph)

People in medieval costume on a Christmas card
Seven people in medieval costume on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Group photo of middle-aged wedding guests, all wearing flowers in their buttonholes. Date: circa 1950s

Man greeting hog and turkey on a Christmas card
Man greeting a hog and a turkey on a Christmas card, telling them that they are welcome guests for roasting and toasting. Date: circa 1890s

Stanley Ghyll Guest House, Eskdale, Cumbria
Stanley Ghyll Guest House, Eskdale, near Gosforth, Cumbria, England. Date: 1920s

St Albans Road, St Annes on Sea, Lancashire
St Albans Road, St Annes on Sea, near Lytham, Lancashire, England. Showing Thornlea Guest House Date: 1910s

Cricketers Hirst, Haigh and Rhodes, Blake Lee Guest House
Cricketers George Herbert Hirst, Schofield Haigh and Wilfred Rhodes, Blake Lee Guest House, Marsden, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

Embroidered Signatures Tabor House
Guests at the Tabor House signed a table cloth which was then embroidered during winter evenings

Royal banquet to celebrate the birth of Dauphin Louis XVII, 1729. Engraving

India - The Guest House, Musafir, Khama, Gwalior
Black and white. Large white building with balcony and topped with minarets.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide no. 23 and 58. Date: circa 1890s

Governor and wife at scouting campfire event, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), with his wife Lady Rennie, as guests at a scouting campfire event. Date: 1960s

Local founder speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
The local founder giving a speech at a scouting campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Island Commissioner speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
The Island Commissioner welcoming guests to a scouting campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Governor at scouting campfire event, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), presented with a blanket by a female cub leader at a scouting campfire event. She had recently completed a Wood Badge Course in the UK

Farewell to scout commissioner, Ghana, West Africa
Scouts say farewell to their commissioner, Ghana, West Africa. Major and Mrs W H Donald visited Accra headquarters as guests of honour on their retirement from the country

VIP visitor from Congo at Baden Powell House, London
A VIP visitor from the Congo, Central Africa, signing the visitors book at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, SW London, September 1961

Irelands new Vicereine, 1915
Viscountess Lady Alice Wimborne(nee Grosvenor)(d.1948)and her son Ivor(1903 -1967), later 2nd Viscount Wimborne, pictured following the appointment of her husband as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Welcoming hotel guest, Japan

Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and two of her children, WW1
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and two of her children, Princess Marie Jose (aged 8) and Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (aged 12)

The dining room of the Cavendish Hotel, 81-83 Jermyn Street Date: C. 1910

Olympic Polo Team, 1924
Englands Olympic Polo team for the Paris Games of 1924. Top left is Major F. W. Barrett, top right is Lieut. Colonel the Hon. J. D. Y. Bingham, bottom right is Captain the Hon. F. E

Individual Guest Cakes. Courtesy Mrs. Joseph A. Lambeth Date: 1936

Individual Guest Cakes. Floral Designs. Date: 1936

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

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