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Houghton Collection

Background imageHoughton Collection: The 24 hour race at Le Mans, France for the Rudge-Whitworth Cup

The 24 hour race at Le Mans, France for the Rudge-Whitworth Cup: a huge collision at night. From front to back: Bentley car no.1 with Leslie Callingham (1888-1960) thrown clear

Background imageHoughton Collection: The Newmarket Houghton Meeting

The Newmarket Houghton Meeting
Various horse races relating to the Newmarket Houghton meeting, including the Limekiln Stakes won by Mr Fairies Bayardo, The Old Nursery Stakes won by Charlemont

Background imageHoughton Collection: Henry (Harry) Houghton, Portland Spy Ring

Henry (Harry) Houghton, Portland Spy Ring
Henry (Harry) Frederick Houghton, (1905-1985), member of the Portland Spy Ring. He was arrested in 1961 and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Date: 1961

Background imageHoughton Collection: Preston North End Football Team

Preston North End Football Team: Tait, Trainer, Holmes, Houghton, Sharp, Sanders, Orr, Barton, Henderson, Pearce, Brown, Cunningham, Blythe. 1890s

Background imageHoughton Collection: Sunderland Street, Houghton le Spring

Sunderland Street, Houghton le Spring

Background imageHoughton Collection: Houghton-le-Spring Sunderland Street early 1900s

Houghton-le-Spring Sunderland Street early 1900s

Background imageHoughton Collection: Amphidrome interior, Houghton, Michigan, USA

Amphidrome interior, Houghton, Michigan, USA, for sports such as ice hockey. Date: circa 1910

Background imageHoughton Collection: Cheshire Rugby Team

Cheshire Rugby Team: Harvey, Fletcher, Bradshaw, Jones, Ingham, Fenton, Atkinson, Baxter, Cannell, Parratt, Jones, Houghton, Hughes, Chadwick, Hanson, Clauss. 1890s

Background imageHoughton Collection: Fanny and Dora Watson, Kent / 178

Fanny and Dora Watson, Kent / 178
Fanny (right) and Dora (left) Watson. Taken at the Houghton photographic studio. The Watson Fanny Watson is wearing three War Service Bar stripes on her left arm

Background imageHoughton Collection: Group photo, St Ives football team (Huntingdonshire)

Group photo, St Ives football team (Huntingdonshire)
Group photo, St Ives football team. Back row, left to right: H Mence, E Kiddle, G B Ulph, Houghton, Gifford (goalkeeper), F Russell; middle row: Freeman, H Copley, F M Warren

Background imageHoughton Collection: Tommy Bell of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham

Tommy Bell of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham. 1827

Background imageHoughton Collection: Lord Crewe

Lord Crewe. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe. Known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911

Background imageHoughton Collection: Houghton Mill - near St. Ives, Huntingdonshire

Houghton Mill - near St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire. Date: 1905

Background imageHoughton Collection: Shaker Settlement at Mount Lebanon, USA

Shaker Settlement at Mount Lebanon, USA. circa 1870

Background imageHoughton Collection: Punch and Judy by Arthur Boyd Houghton

Punch and Judy by Arthur Boyd Houghton. circa 1860

Background imageHoughton Collection: Barbers salon in New York, USA

Barbers salon in New York, USA. mid-19th century

Background imageHoughton Collection: Woman police officer Elsie Houghton, London, WW2

Woman police officer Elsie Houghton, London, WW2
Woman police officer Elsie Houghton (married name Makin, joined November 1939), on duty in London during the Second World War

Background imageHoughton Collection: Zachary Grey

Zachary Grey
ZACHARY GREY Churchman and antiquary, rector of Houghton Conquest. Date: 1688 - 1766

Background imageHoughton Collection: Bernard Gilpin

Bernard Gilpin
BERNARD GILPIN English churchman : protestant reformer known as the Apostle of the North, founded school at Houghton-le-Spring. Date: 1517 - 1583

Background imageHoughton Collection: Bernard Gilpin - 2

Bernard Gilpin - 2
BERNARD GILPIN English churchman : protestant reformer known as the Apostle of the North, founded school at Houghton-le-Spring. Date: 1517 - 1583

Background imageHoughton Collection: Richard Monckton Milnes

Richard Monckton Milnes
RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES1st baron Houghton (1809 - 1885), English poet, patron of literature and politician

Background imageHoughton Collection: Houghton / Hope 6

Houghton / Hope 6
rev Barrett & spirit : Mr Hudson & Thurston : Stainton Moses & spirit : Alfred Russel Wallace & ma : W Arbuthnot etc :John Beattie : Mr Glendinning Geo. Sutherland : Dr Thomson Date: 1882

Background imageHoughton Collection: Charles J. Colville, Vanity Fair, Spy

Charles J. Colville, Vanity Fair, Spy
CHARLES JOHN COLVILLE, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross (1818-1903) The Lord Colville of Culross between 1849 and 1885. British nobleman, politician and courtier

Background imageHoughton Collection: Victorian Men and Women with spirits

Victorian Men and Women with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Background imageHoughton Collection: Victorian Men with spirits

Victorian Men with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Background imageHoughton Collection: Victorian Families with Spirits

Victorian Families with Spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Background imageHoughton Collection: Victorian Women with spirits

Victorian Women with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Background imageHoughton Collection: Birchington VAD nurses

Birchington VAD nurses
Studio photograph (Houghton, Margate & Broadstairs) of the Birchington (Kent/178) VAD nurses. A group of ten nurses is shown

Background imageHoughton Collection: The Village and River Arun, Houghton Bridge, Sussex

The Village and River Arun, Houghton Bridge, Sussex
The Village and River Arun, Houghton Bridge, Amberley, near Arundel, Sussex, England. River Arun Date: 1930s

Background imageHoughton Collection: The Village, New Houghton, Norfolk

The Village, New Houghton, Norfolk
The Village, New Houghton, Kings Lynn, near Fakenham, Norfolk, England. At the Entrance to Houghton Hall Date: 1900s

Background imageHoughton Collection: Baltic Copper Mine Cricket Club, Michigan, USA

Baltic Copper Mine Cricket Club, Michigan, USA
Baltic Cricket Team - comprising of miners from Painesdale, Michigan, USA - played in the Copper (Houghton) County Cricket League, founded in 1906

Background imageHoughton Collection: Georgina Houghton, spiritualist writer and medium

Georgina Houghton, spiritualist writer and medium
Georgina Houghton (?-1887), spiritualist writer and medium, seen here with her mothers spirit hovering behind her. The photographer was later exposed as a fraud. Date: 19th century

Background imageHoughton Collection: Monckton Milnes

Monckton Milnes
RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, baron Houghton : writer Date: 1809 - 1885

Background imageHoughton Collection: Monckton Milnes Profile

Monckton Milnes Profile
RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, baron Houghton : writer Date: 1809 - 1885

Background imageHoughton Collection: Claude Houghton

Claude Houghton
CLAUDE HOUGHTON Author of novels and stories, mostly in the fantastic genre. Date: 1889 - 1961

Background imageHoughton Collection: Unveiling of the R38 memorial in the RAeS Library

Unveiling of the R38 memorial in the RAeS Library
Unveiling of the R38 memorial in the Library of the Royal Aeronautical Society at 7 Albemarle Street, London, by the American Ambassador, Mr Houghton, 29 June 1925. Date: 1925

Background imageHoughton Collection: Charles A Lindbergh

Charles A Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh (centre) in the grounds of the American Embassy in London with A.B. Houghton, the American Ambassador and Col Joyce

Background imageHoughton Collection: Clupea finta, twaite shad

Clupea finta, twaite shad
Page 68 by W Houghton from his British Freshwater Fishes, 1879

Background imageHoughton Collection: Coregonus vandesius, C. clupeoides, Thymallus vulgaris

Coregonus vandesius, C. clupeoides, Thymallus vulgaris
Page 148 by W Houghton from his British Freshwater Fishes, 1879

Background imageHoughton Collection: Houghton Water Mill

Houghton Water Mill
Children fishing in the River Ouse, beside Houghton Mill, a large 18th century timber water mill, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. (A Youth Hostel at the time). Date: 18th century

Background imageHoughton Collection: Houghton House

Houghton House
The ruins of Houghton House, near Ampthill, on a ridge overlooking the Bedfordshire Plain, England. This Jacobean mansion was built in 1615 for Mary, Countess of Pembroke. Date: 17th century

Background imageHoughton Collection: Opening of Irish Land Court, Connaught, 1881

Opening of Irish Land Court, Connaught, 1881
The opening of the Western Sub-Commission of the Land Court, for Connaught, at the town of Claremorris, in County Mayo, Ireland

Background imageHoughton Collection: King George V as godfather

King George V as godfather
King George V leaving the home of Lord Rosebery after taking part as godfather in the christening of the latters grandson, Lord Houghton (1911-1922)

Background imageHoughton Collection: Pawnee Indians around a camp fire

Pawnee Indians around a camp fire
A night scene showing Pawnee Indians seated in a cicle with the artist, Arthur Boyd Houghton, round a camp fire, smoking an Indian pipe

Background imageHoughton Collection: Houghton / Milnes / Cdv

Houghton / Milnes / Cdv
RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES 1st BARON HOUGHTON English man of letters

Background imageHoughton Collection: Houghton / Hope 5

Houghton / Hope 5
capt Phillips & ma : Mr Jebb and lights : Mr Martheze and ma : J Ivinney : col Steuart & brother : capt Ainger & aunt : Mr Herne and his double : unclad spirit : fallen woman

Background imageHoughton Collection: Costume 1912 / Houghton

Costume 1912 / Houghton
Men: morning coat, striped grey trousers, top hat, sac suit with tapering trousers with turn-ups & spats. Woman: white tailor-made with hobble skirt & button detailing

Background imageHoughton Collection: England / Houghton Park

England / Houghton Park
Bedfordshire



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