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Helen Collection (page 5)

Background imageHelen Collection: Italian Silent Film Actress Edy Darclea as Helen of Troy

Italian Silent Film Actress Edy Darclea as Helen of Troy
Italian Silent Film Actress Edy Darclea (1895-?) as Helen of Troy in Helena (1924). Date: 1924

Background imageHelen Collection: Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt

Five police officers, including Inspector Helen Hunt, who is wearing the Norman Hartnell style womens uniform introduced in 1968

Background imageHelen Collection: Woman police officer talking in a school classroom

Woman police officer talking in a school classroom
Woman police officer (Helen Parnell) talking to a group of children in a school classroom. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageHelen Collection: A walk in the lane

A walk in the lane
Genre image of late Victorian life. Artist: Helen Jackson Date: 1898

Background imageHelen Collection: Little mischief

Little mischief
Genre image of late Victorian life. Artist: Helen Jackson Date: 1898

Background imageHelen Collection: Nakajima Ki-49 Type 100 Helen -first flown in August

Nakajima Ki-49 Type 100 Helen -first flown in August 1939, this Japanese Army heavy bomber proved vulnerable when attacked

Background imageHelen Collection: Bystander masthead featuring Old Bill

Bystander masthead featuring Old Bill
Masthead design for a post-war edition of the Bystander magazine featuring one of its main stars the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Jacobs

Helen Jacobs
Helen Hull Jacobs (August 6, 1908 June 2, 1997), World No. 1 American female tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles. Pictured winning the final of the United States womens singles championship

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Wills Moody (USA) on court at Wimbledon

Helen Wills Moody (USA) on court at Wimbledon
Helen Wills Moody walking on to court at Wimbledon 1938, where she went on to win the womens singles title. During the 1920s and 1930s Moody won 31 major titles

Background imageHelen Collection: Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha and Prince of Teck with Family

Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha and Prince of Teck with Family
(back row -right) Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1884-1954) - A male-line grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Background imageHelen Collection: Escort by Helen McKie - World War II

Escort by Helen McKie - World War II
An old Chelsea Pensioner in his distinctive red uniform looks on aghast as a smart RAF airman escorts two pretty girls. Date: c.1940

Background imageHelen Collection: William Allingham - English poet

William Allingham - English poet
William Allingham (1824-1889) - Irish poet and Man of Letters and husband of the artist Helen Allingham RWS whom he married in 1874. Date: 1865

Background imageHelen Collection: Princess Marina of Greece

Princess Marina of Greece
Early portrait of Princess Marina of Greece, later Duchess of Kent (1906-1968), daughter of Princess Helen of Russia and Prince Nicholas of Greece, and wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent

Background imageHelen Collection: Exiled King Michael of Romania and Queen Helen

Exiled King Michael of Romania and Queen Helen
Ex-King Michael of Romania (born 1921) and his mother Queen Helen (formerly Princess Helen of Greece) arriving at Victoria Station

Background imageHelen Collection: Wardress and suffragette inmate, Holloway Prison

Wardress and suffragette inmate, Holloway Prison
A suffragette in Holloway Prison, dressed in prison uniform is given her orders by a stern looking wardress to take a bucket of dirty water to clean her cell

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Duncan during a sance showing ectoplasm

Helen Duncan during a sance showing ectoplasm
Double photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance showing " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and reaching down to the floor, May 1931

Background imageHelen Collection: Undated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan

Undated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan, blindfolded during a sance, with her head covered with ectoplasm reaching down to floor. The photograph is annotated to show fraudulence

Background imageHelen Collection: Union Workhouse, Hastings, Sussex

Union Workhouse, Hastings, Sussex
Birds eye view of the union workhouse in Frederick Road, Hastings, Sussex. The original 1837 buildings (centre/right of picture) were designed by Sampson Kempthorne

Background imageHelen Collection: Duchess of Albany with Charles Edward

Duchess of Albany with Charles Edward
Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Duchess of Albany with her son, Prince Charles Edward of Albany (1884-1954). Charlie was born posthumously

Background imageHelen Collection: Prince Carol and Princess Helen of Romania

Prince Carol and Princess Helen of Romania
Crown Prince Carol of Romania, later King Carol II, with his fiancee Princess Helen of Greece in 1921. When they married, Carol already had a chequered past

Background imageHelen Collection: Duncan Ectoplasm

Duncan Ectoplasm
Controversial English medium Helen Duncan emits a fine flow of ectoplasm for Harry Price. He will reveal it to be made of cheesecloth

Background imageHelen Collection: Duncan Materialisation

Duncan Materialisation
Helen Duncan, in her own home, produced a materialised figure while her hands are held by sitters

Background imageHelen Collection: Medium / Helen Duncan

Medium / Helen Duncan
HELEN DUNCAN Duncan produces ectoplasm during a test by Harry Price

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Jackson

Helen Jackson
HELEN MARIA HUNT JACKSON (nee Fiske) (noms de plume HH and Saxe Holm) American writer, especially concerned with conditions of Native Americans

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy
Daughter of Zeus and Leda; wife of Menelaus, King of Troy. She eloped with Paris and thus brought about the siege and destruction of Troy

Background imageHelen Collection: Iliad / Paris & Helen

Iliad / Paris & Helen
Paris and Helen

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Keller and her teacher

Helen Keller and her teacher
Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), American author and lecturer, who was left blind, deaf and mute at the age of 19 months. Seen here with her teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936)

Background imageHelen Collection: Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox & Earl Alan Percy engagement 1911

Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox & Earl Alan Percy engagement 1911
The enagement of Earl Alan Percy (1880 1930) to the youngest daughter of the Duke of Richmond, Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox, later Countess Percy (1886 1965) in 1911. 1911

Background imageHelen Collection: Baby in a wickerwork pram, Delaware, USA

Baby in a wickerwork pram, Delaware, USA
Baby in a wickerwork pram, appearing to wave at the camera. She is Helen Cochran Foard, daughter of Julian and Helen Foard, age 8 months, outside Holy Trinity Church, Middletown, New Castle County

Background imageHelen Collection: Princess H鬨ne and Crown Prince Michael of Romania

Princess H鬨ne and Crown Prince Michael of Romania
Princess H鬨 ne and Crown Prince Michael of Romania at the official celebration of fifty years of Romanian autonomy

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Macdonald of the Midnight Follies cabaret show

Helen Macdonald of the Midnight Follies cabaret show at the Hotel Metropole in the Hawaiian and Egyptian numbers, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Background imageHelen Collection: Strokes at Wimbledon - caricatures of tennis players

Strokes at Wimbledon - caricatures of tennis players
Caricatures of various stars at Wimbledon tennis championships in 1934. Fred Perry can be seen top left and Suzanne Lenglen to the right of him

Background imageHelen Collection: Scenes from the Helen of Troy Ballet

Scenes from the Helen of Troy Ballet portrayed by the Marion Morgan Dancers at the Palladium Theatre, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Background imageHelen Collection: Children on a see-saw

Children on a see-saw
Hand-coloured postcard image of two children on a see-saw. Date: circa 1915

Background imageHelen Collection: Bedtime silhouette

Bedtime silhouette
Goodnight!. Two young girls in their nightdresses taking their dolls to bed. Date: circa 1915

Background imageHelen Collection: Portraits of various dancers

Portraits of various dancers: Lewisoff & Valmore (acrobatic dancers), Helen May, Mary Gayford, Wilma Deane and Bridgeman & Irvine, 1922 Date: 1922

Background imageHelen Collection: Tatler cover - Helen Wills Moody

Tatler cover - Helen Wills Moody
HELEN WILLS MOODY (1905-1998) American tennis player and eight times winner of Wimbledon. Nicknamed Little Miss Poker Face. Championed the wearing of the sun visor which she is pictured wearing here

Background imageHelen Collection: Lady Helen Murray by Madame Yevonde

Lady Helen Murray by Madame Yevonde
Lady Helen Murray (1892-1971), formerly Lady Helen de Vere Brassey, wife of Lieut.-Col. John Murray, partner in the well-known publishing firm, who she married in 1916

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Twelvetrees - American Movie Star

Helen Twelvetrees - American Movie Star
Helen Marie Twelvetrees (1908-1958) - American Movie and theatre actress of the 1930s Date: circa 1930s

Background imageHelen Collection: American Wightman Cup Team

American Wightman Cup Team
Members of the American Wightman Cup Team, from left to right: Josephine Cruickshank, Carolin Babcock, Helen Jacobs, Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey. Date: 1934

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen McKie, Bystander artist in Monte Carlo

Helen McKie, Bystander artist in Monte Carlo
Illustrator and special artist for The Bystander, Helen McKie, snapped at Monte Carlo on the French Riviera in 1929 where she was making sketches for the Riviera number of the magazine. Date: 1929

Background imageHelen Collection: The new casino at Nice drawn by Helen McKie

The new casino at Nice drawn by Helen McKie
Impression of the Palais de la Mediteranee, the new, palatial casino built at Nice in 1929 by American millionaire, Frank Jay Gould. The marble staircase, seen here, was the widest in the world

Background imageHelen Collection: Delights of the Riviera - the Season at Cannes, 1926

Delights of the Riviera - the Season at Cannes, 1926
Series of vignette sketches showing society at play on the French Riviera, at Cannes in the spring of 1926. Pictured are Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills on the areas tennis courts

Background imageHelen Collection: War Wounds Slowly Mending - repairs to towns in France

War Wounds Slowly Mending - repairs to towns in France
Restoring the devastated towns of Northern France. Montage of sketches by Helen McKie showing the careful rebuilding and restoration of towns in France devastated during the First World War

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen of Troy. Engraving. Colored

Helen of Troy. Engraving. Colored
Helen of Troy. Wife of Menelaus, was abducted by Paris, which triggered the Trojan War. Engraving after a painting of Maignan, Helen in the Fountain. The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored

Background imageHelen Collection: Anthony Norri and Pedro Fernandez. Altarpiece of Santa Helen

Anthony Norri and Pedro Fernandez. Altarpiece of Santa Helen
Renaissance. Spain. 16th century. Anthony Norri and Pedro Fernandez. Altarpiece of Santa Helen. Painting on wood. Ca. 1521. Cathedral Capitular Museum. Girona. Catalonia

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Lady Dufferin - 2

Helen Lady Dufferin - 2
HELEN SELINA, baroness DUFFERIN (nee Sheridan) writer, wife of Price Blackwood, fourth baron; later she will be countess of Clifford. Date: 1807 - 1867

Background imageHelen Collection: Helen Lady Dufferin - 1

Helen Lady Dufferin - 1
HELEN SELINA, baroness DUFFERIN (nee Sheridan) writer, wife of Price Blackwood, fourth baron; later she will be countess of Clifford. Date: 1807 - 1867



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