Hosts Collection

Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. Turner
Illustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests

Party hosts Mr Bryan Guinness (1905-1992) and his wife (Diana Mitford) in her Mariette Crinoline at their house in Buckingham Street

Man forced to wear his hosts ill-fitting clothes at a dinner party after arriving drenched from the rain. Miseries of Travelling

Barnards Inn
An engraving depicting the front entrance of Barnards Inn. Barnards Inn is a former Inn of Chancery in Holborn, London. It is now the home of Gresham College

Sir Robert Throckmorton and Miss Margaret Whigham
Miss Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured at the Dinner of a Hundred Hosts at the Park Lane Hotel during the London Season of 1932

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Princess Elizabeth (right) and Princess Margaret Rose at the last of the Duke of Yorks Camps, at Balmoral in August 1939. In 1919, the Princesses father, then Duke of York

Republic of Albania. Gjirokaster castle. 18th century. Interior. Built by Gjin Bue Shpata, local tribal leader. It hosts weapons of the First and Second World War. Date: 20070809

Oliver Cromwell (Profile
OLIVER CROMWELL The Lord of Hosts Date: 1599 - 1658

View of Le Mans / Tirpenne
A picturesque view of the French town of Le Mans, which hosts the annual 24 hour motor race. Date: 1869

Japan - Temple of Kwannon at Mizusawa
Lantern slide of Temple of Kwannon at Mizusawa. Mizusawa Temple, founded over 1000 years ago, plays an important religious role as one of the 33 sites of the Kanto Kannon Pilgrimage

All the animals at the fancy dress ball
All of the animals at Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball -- Tabitha the cat as Red Riding Hood, Forager the dog in hunting costume, Hungry Peter the pig as the Fat Boy in Pickwick

Madame Zola
MADAME ZOLA Emiles wife, who during their visit to London charmed her English hosts by her vivacity and social grace. Date: 1893

Harry Walker with David and Hermione Tennant
Harry Walker with hosts, David Tennant and his wife Hermione at their fancy dress ball at the Adelphi Terrace. Date: 25th July 1928

The Queen entertains the Shah of Persia
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh entertain the Shah and Queen Soraya of Persia to luncheon at Buckingham Palace. With them are Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Date: 1955

Western aviator on a trip to the Far East, with hosts
Western aviator on a trip to the Far East, in a field with his hosts, posing for their photo in front of the aircraft

Western men on a trip to the Far East, with aircraft
Western men on a trip to the Far East, with their hosts and some interested passers by. The two aircraft behind them were transported by ship

Papal Jubilee Leo XII
Leo XII, a pope of notoriously reactionary views, hosts a Papal Jubilee in Rome : crowds and tourists throng the piazza of St Peter s

Chinese Acrobats / Arrest
Chinese acrobats, detained by the French police, put on a show for their hosts

Wurlitzer Piano in Home
A lady delights her fellow- guests with her piano playing, enhanced by the tones of the Wurlitzer instrument her hosts have the good taste to choose

Bear Tea Party 1915
A little girl hosts a tea party - three bears and a doll attend

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