Jan16 Collection (page 8)

Soissons, Aisne - Cathedral interior
Soissons, Aisne - The St Gervais and St Protais Cathedral (Cath餲 ale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais) is an example of Gothic architecture

Bas-Rhin, France - Strasbourg Cathedral
Bas-Rhin, France - The exterior of Strasbourg Cathedral, an example of Gothic architecture and the second largest cathedral in all of France

Calais, France - children on Courgain Street
Calais, France - A large group of children pass down Courgain Street (Rue du Courgain), while onlookers watch through windows and washing is hung out over the street. Date: circa 1910s

Calais, France - Vetillard bridge and lock
Calais, France - Vetillard Bridge and lock, passing over the Saint Omer Canal (Canal de Calais a Saint Omer). The Calais Lighthouse (Phare de Calais) is visible in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Calais, France - street market
Calais, France - a busy street market packed with tents, stalls and horses crowded into a town square. Date: circa 1910s

Dunkirk, France - fisherman and boats in harbour
Dunkirk, France - Fishermen keep their boats in one of the Dunkirk (Dunkerque) harbours, in view of the busy waterfront streets. circa 1910s

Calais, France - entrance to the Citadel
Calais, France - entrance into the Citadelle de Calais over a moat and bridge. The Citadelle was built over the ruins of the old medieval castle that defended Calais

Dunkirk, France - interior of Notre Dame des Dunes Church
Dunkirk, France - Interior of the Dunkirk Chapel, the Chapelle Notre Dame des Dunes (Chapel of Our Lady of the Dunes), showing ornate statues, chandelier and altar. Date: circa 1910s

Bourbourg, France - Grand Place and church steeple
Bourbourg, France - busy Grand Place with the church steeple and bell tower in the background. Date: 1918

Cassel, France - man standing under Chateau arch
Cassel, France - smartly dressed man standing underneath a brick arch next to the doorway of a Chateau. Date: circa 1910s

Dunkirk, France - Panorama looking East
Aerial view of the northern French city of Dunkirk (Dunkerque), showing the rooftops of the houses and narrow streets. Date: circa 1910s

Dunkirk, France - Bassin du Commerce marina and city quay
Dunkirk, France - Trading marina in the Bassin du Commerce, and the Quai de la Citadelle. Date: circa 1910s

School for boys in Cassel, France
School for boys (Ecole Communale de Garcons) in the town of Cassel, in northern France. Date: circa 1910s

Bourbourg, France - Grand Place of the northern French city of Bourbourg, showing residents with bicycles. Date: 1918

Dunkirk, France - Interior of the Chapelle des Dunes
Dunkirk, France - Interior of the Petite Chapelle Notre Dame des Dunes (The Little Chapel of Our Lady of the Dunes). Date: circa 1910s

Dunkirk, France - Panorama
Dunkirk, France - Panoramic view of Northern French city of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) showing the Dunkirk Town Hall and Belfry. Date: circa 1910s

Dunkirk, France - Place Jean-Bart and the Belfry, one end (northerly) of meridianal survey undertaken between 1792 and 1799 which used trigonometry to calculate the distance between the Royal

Tatler cover - 60 years of social change - 1959
Front cover of The Tatler for 30 December 1959 with two opera-bound couples gazing across a span of sixty years. The contemporary girls wears a Susan Small dress in pale coffee-coloured pure lace

Tatler cover - Christmas Shopping Number 1959
Front cover of The Tatler magazines Christmas Shopping Number featuring a model wearing a 9000 diamond tiara and 2000 diamond and pearl drop earrings, both from Wartski of Regent Street

Selfridges Employee Beauty Competition 1927
Winners and runner-ups in a beauty competition held for the employees of Selfridges department store. First prize awarded to Miss Mulready from the model millinery department. Date: 1927

The Jungman Sisters as Gemini
Teresa (Baby) Jungman and her sister Zita, posing as the Gemini sign of the Zodiac. The costumes were part of a The Signs of the Zodiac pageant organised by Mrs Robin D Erlanger at the Park Lane

Tatler cover November 1959
Front cover of The Tatler magazine for 11 November 1959, featuring a woman wearing a copper bronze South West African Persian lamb jacket banded at the hem with baum marten

Princess Elizabeth & Margaret at Disabled Soldiers Work Ex
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her younger sister, Princess Margaret Rose, pictured during a visit with Queen Mary and their mother the Duchess of York

Prince of the Asturias & his wife
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, RE (Alfonso P� Cristino Eduardo Francisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Eugenio Fernando Antonio Venancio de Borb󮠹 Battenberg; 10 May 1907 6 September 1938)

Beach pyjamas from Swan and Edgar
A nautical chic pyjama outfit for the beach from Swan and Edgar of Piccadilly. The trousers are blue and the corsage portion white striped with blue. Date: 1933

Liberty wrapper for travelling
A Liberty wrapper, or dressing gown, in printed satin - perfect for relaxing when travelling by train in 1933. Date: 1933

Constance, Duchess of Westminster
Constance Edwina (n饠 Cornwallis West), Duchess of Westminster (later Mrs James Fitzpatrick Lewes) (died 1970), First wife of 2nd Duke of Westminster. Known as Shelagh. Date: 1933

Holiday fashions from Gorringes & Army and Navy Stores
From left, a frock of new washing material showing an indefinite damask design, while the smart little coat with glass buttons is of wool

Matita outfits for cruising, 1933
A marine blue cruising outfit made in Linita fabric with a clever arrangement at the back, the scheme being completed with a blue scarf and white coat. It really does represent the acme of smartness

Postcard of Wanstead Park
Postcard from 1910 with various views of Wanstead Park. Part of Epping Forest, Wanstead Park is situated in Wanstead, in North East London

Pour nos Soldats - French WW1 knitting postcard
First World War postcard, dated 31 January 1915, showing a woman knitting for our soldiers while in the background, a French soldier writes a letter in a trench on the Western Front. 1915

Dora Bryan at a party
Actress Dora Bryan (1923-2014), " the dolly of Drury Lane", laughs with a guest at a party she was throwing, backstage at the Theatre Royal

Dancers at a 1960s party
Michael Pohl and Carole West, " a TV dancer", dancing at the El Cubano restaurant. Carole West demonstrates the See-Saw, " a new dance she has thought up". 1966

Sketch cover - tennis player Eileen Bennett
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (16 July 1907 ca. 18 August 1979, female tennis player from the United Kingdom who won six Grand Slam doubles titles from 1927 to 1931)

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

Rose Descat hat drawn by Paul Valentin
A Rose Descat hat in white and pastel coloured plaited organdie drawn by Paul Valentin. Date: 1933

Her Grace the Duchess of Westminster by Yevonde
Loelia, Duchess of Westminster (1902 - 1993), born Loelia Mary Ponsonby. She married Hugh Richard Arthur, second Duke of Westminster in 1930 in the society event of the year

1960s interior designers with their work
Designer David Davies and his collaborator, Nell, pose with their latest work - a series of hand-decorated antique printing blocks

Golfing outfit from Marshall and Snelgrove
A golf suit of ribbed angora from Marshall and Snelgrove, comprising a square cut jacket and trousers which look like a skirt when walking (culottes). Date: 1933

Tatler cover Infantas Beatrice and Maria Christina of Spain
Portrait of the daughters of King Alfonso XIII of Spain on the front cover of The Tatler. Date: 1933

Listening to music transmitted by wireless from Holland
An English household entertained by a Dutch concert. Listening to music transmitted by wireless from Holland. A member of the family tuning in the receiver by simple adjustments. 1922

Map to the nightlife of London, 1965
A handdrawn pullout map of Soho, Leicester Square and the West End as far as Hyde Park, showing theatres, cinemas and restaurants in Central London

Hey Hey Mobile by Ian Dury, 1965
An illustration by Ian Dury to accompany the story When the fleet was in at Mobile by Patricia Highsmith in London Life magazine

Fantastic Adventures - Eye of the World by Alexander Blade. Two men parachute over a mountain range, passing by a gigantic jewel

Fantastic Adventures - The Robot Men of Bubble City by Peter Worth. A spaceship shaped like an angry face blasts off from an unknown planet

Fantastic Adventures - Return of Sinbad by Chester S. Geier. A man in Arabian dress flies in space on a giant bird of prey. The distressed bird is being attacked by the lasers of several spaceships

Chile - Bahia Cumberland - Isla Juan Fernandez
Cumberland Bay (Bahia Cumberland), Juan Fernandez Islands (Isla Juan Fernandez), Chile, South America. Date: circa 1910s

Prunella Stack - Leader of Womens League of Health & Beauty
Prunella Stack - Leader of The Womens League of Health & Beauty, The mortimer Halls, 43 Great Portland Street, W1, London - Aim of the League was

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