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Great Britain - Union Flag with modern Britannia and LionGreat Britain - Union Flag with a modern Britannia and more traditional Lion. Date: 1906
Japnese Geisha, holding an arrowReproduction of a very fine painting of a beautiful Japnese Geisha, holding an arrow wearing a red kimono Date: 19th century
Man with broken umbrella stands in pouring rainMan in raincoat, hat and galoshes standing in the middle of a field in pouring rain holding up a broken umbrella for protection. (John Turner self-portrait.) Date: 1930s
Happy New Year - Chimpanzee with top hat and roseHappy New Year - Chimpanzee raising top hat and holding a rose. circa 1898
Photographs of Eleonore Zugun and investigation with her at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research (September-October 1926)
WW1 - Victory - The flags of the victorious nations flanking a carved statue of the personification of Victory stood atop the world and holding a victory wreath aloft. Date: circa 1919
French Pin-up girlSmiling French Pin-up girl - reclining on a couch, her leg held upwards (perhaps she has a been suffering with a tight hamstring of late...). Date: circa 1910
Queen Elizabeth II - Returning to the Palace - Coronation, June 2nd 1953. Date: 1953
Ada Reeve music hall singer 1874-1966Ada Reeve (Adelaide Mary Reeve) music hall singer, pantomime favourite, stage and screen actress. Wearing full length pleated skirt and high black hat with ostrich feather. Holding long gloves
Yvette Guilbert music hall singer 1865-1944Yvette Guilbert (Emma Laure Guilbert) French music hall singer. Known as a ?diseuse? for her monologue-like patter songs. Here at her dressing-table preparing for a performance
Buffalo Belles Wild West Show. One man, seven women. Leader in cowboy costume with bicycle and whip. Two in cowgirl costumes holding lassos, five in indian costume holding knives and a spear
Cecilia Loftus music hall mimic 1876-1943Cecilia (Cissie) Loftus music hall mimic. Daughter of Marie Loftus music hall singer. In costume of long black fitted dress with full skirt, long black gloves and hat. Holding a tambourine
Kunga cakeIn East Africa huge clouds of midges that rise out of the tropical rivers and lakes are caught by the millions and squeezed into solid blocks and cooked as kunga cake
Comic postcard, Mother and daughter in the sea Date: 20th century
Cossor high vacuum cathode-ray tube for high definition television, 12.25 inches in diameter Date: 1937
Comic postcard, Large woman paddling in the sea Date: 20th century
Medieval knight in armour holding a swooning ladyMedieval knight in suit of armour holding a swooning lady outside a castle. His defeated opponent lies on the ground. Sir Ethelbert holds Adelaide over the prone body of Alan
Mrs Arthur Cadogan with her pet boa-constrictorThe Latest Cult - strange pets. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan looking very relaxed and elegant, wearing her pet boa-constrictor as a fashion accessory it seems. Date: 1905
Newly-Crowned Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I (formerly Ras Tafari) at Addis Ababa, carrying the Orb and Sceptre and accompanied by his youngest son. 1930
Emiliano Zapata stands near a brick staircase, in a sombrero, holding the hilt of his sword and holding a rifle aloft, wearing two bandoliers across his chest
Young Girl in a white dress holding a small racquet and ballCabinet Photograph of a young girl in a white dress holding a small racquet and ball Date: circa 1890s
David Frances Barry photo - Sioux ScoutSioux Scout wearing full traditional native American clothing, including a feather in his hair and a hairpipe buffalo bone breastplate, He is holding a long calumet ( peace pipe )
The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi)L Dorado. The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi) (1835-1908) causing trouble for a (representation of) the Chinese Emperor. Date: 1900
Diola Man from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa - at a Festival Date: circa 1907
Coptic Christian Priest - possibly in Egypt circa 1910s
Four pretty young Austrian girls spin wildly in happy danceFour pretty young Austrian girls spin wildly in a happy dance on the banks of a lake or seashore. circa 1908
1st Earl Haig at a British Legion Poppy FactoryField Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928) - a senior officer of the British Army who commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in WW1 - pictured at the British Legion
Duchess of York leaving 17 Bruton Street - Baby ElizabethThe Duchess of York (1900-2002) (later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother) leaving 17 Bruton Street, London - the home of her parents the Earl and Countess of Strathmore - a nursemaid is following
King George V and his first four children - country sceneKing George V (far right) (1865-1936) pictured with his first four children in the country - from left: Prince Albert George (1895-1952) (later King George VI)
COLLIES & SHETLAND DOGS COLLIES & SHETLAND DOGSColonel Wilberforce with some of his Dellwood Shetland Sheepdogs and Rough Collies. He is holding them on leads in front of his car. Date: 1937
Kazakh man cutting hay with a scytheA Kazakh man wearing a chapan (Kazakh quilted dressing gown) and kalpak, working in a field with a scythe, cutting hay. 20th century
This poor young ragamuffin looks up at the night sky and spects Heavens a very SMARTThis poor young ragamuffin looks up at the night sky and " spects Heavens a very SMART place" Date: 1950
Dr White Eyes Littlehampton Royal Court MinstrelsDr White Eyes Littlehampton Royal Court Black Diamond Minstrels - Minstrel Troupe comprising Dr White Eyes himself in academic robes and holding a banjo (one eye white, one black), two jovial ladies
Three tots on beach, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, WalesThree small children wearing sun hats hold hands in the sunshine and walk to the sea on the beach at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. First published The Sunday Times
Infant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls in the gardenInfant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls holding hands in a long chain in the garden. Date: circa 1920s
Black Gang Chine, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Stuffed bearBlack Gang Chine amusement complex, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Stuffed bear and very brave young girl happy to accept its embrace. Date: circa 1930s
West Africa - Nigeria - Kano Woman - Sanusi PeopleWest Africa - Nigeria - Kano Woman with a wicker mat rolled-up under her arm - Sanusi People. Date: circa late 1950s
A Passionate Embrace, which fades out just as things are getting interesting... Date: circa 1910s
Duchess of York and Helen Wills Moody at WimbledonElizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) and Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998) at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon
Julie Ring music hall dancer. In dancing pose holding skirt to reveal petticoats. Black stockings and strap shoes with Cuban heel. Date: circa 1902
Marie Lloyd music hall singer and comedienne 1870-1922Marie Lloyd (Matilda Alice Wood) music hall singer and comedienne with a reputation for sauciness. In suggestive pose, hands on hips and showing petticoats
Dorothy Ward music hall and musical comedy star 1890-1987Dorothy Ward billed on the music halls as the ?Queen of Musical Comedy?. Pantomime principal boy. Holding out the skirt of an elaborately fringed dress. Hat with long tassel and feathers
Sisters Earle music hall duettists and dancersThe Sisters Earle (Florrie and Harriet Warsaw) music hall duettists and simultaneous dancers. In Australia 1901 and moved to England by 1911
Bessie Wentworth music hall male impersonator 1873-1901Bessie Wentworth (Elizabeth Mary Andrews) male impersonator and ?coon singer? of plantation songs - a genre which would be unacceptable today. Here wearing a naval uniform and holding a cigarette
Model wearing a wool hat and holding ski-poles, with one mitten zipped. Date: 1930
Fairy walking on stars holding an umbella, Cupids at her feet - Pex Nylon Stockings Christmas green packaging front
Progressive Whist Playing Cards score card, Classical Lady
Progressive Bridge playing cards scorecard, Joker holding the Aces