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Little boy in his winter woollies and the family pet dog Date: 1935
Stylish Woman - Barrow - 1920s. Note the fantastic Art Deco styling of the light fittings, cut-out alcove and the dress itself! Date: circa 1920s
The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, London - on the corner of Hammersmith Road and Rowan Road. Date: circa 1907
Autumn Fashions displayed - C. W.s Societies, ManchesterAutumn Fashions displayed - C.W.S Societies Customers Department, Manchester Date: circa 1916
Cumbernauld New Town, Scotland - MuirheadCumbernauld New Town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland - Muirhead. Cumbernauld is the clearest example of a modernist new town vision in the UK. Date: circa 1969
The Ever Open Door by George R. Sims and H. H. Herbert. First produced at the Aldwych Theatre, on 6th September 1913. The caption reads The Earl of Dereham
An Englishmans Home by Guy du Maurier. First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre on 27th January 1909. Guy du Maurier was brother of the actor Gerald, and uncle of the novelist, Daphne
The Eternal City by Hall Caine. Roma is with the Pope in the loggia of the Castle of St. Angelo (Act IV scene 3). The caption reads Yes, There is One!. Date: 1902
The Empire Theatre, Leicester SquarePostcard showing the frontage of The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. The year is unknown. Date: 1900s ?
Ever Been Had? revue by Charles Baldwin & Nat Lewis. The bathing beauty theme continues. Touring to the Hippodrome in Norwich on 30th August 1915
The Exile by Lloyd Osborne & Austin Strong starring M HarveyThe Exile by Lloyd Osborne (18681947) and Austin Strong (18811952). First produced at the Royalty Theatre in London on 9th May 1903. The play and poster represent Napoleon on St Helena
The Eve Of Her Wedding by C. Watson Mill. First produced at the Miners Theatre in Ashington, on 13th May, in Sunderland on 27th May 1907
Which is the tallest, by Hilda CowhamTwo small children attempt to measure their height, though it looks as if the little boy is giving himself some artificial help by standing on a book. Date: 1914
Kicking the bucket to keep alive and well! 1914Interestingly this artical was published on April fools day in The Sketch, 1914, you can come to your own conclusions! Latest primitive life-saving device invented by a German engineer
Faery Visions - In the Waters of ScamanderAphrodite, Hera and Athene bathe in the River Scamander. Date: 1929
How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 3The cocktail amateur proves that she can t tell a " Sheiks Gland" from a " Cows Kiss." Date: 1929
How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 2The hearty shows enthusiasm at a gathering of intelligentsia. Date: 1929
Faery Visions - Thus It Befell in EdenAdam and Eve in a particularly lush Garden of Eden. Date: 1929
Faery Visions - a Prank of Strange BirdsGorgeous illustration showing strange birds perched on branches on unusual trees among lush vegetation. Date: 1929
Faery Visions - Who Has Beheld a ShipA ship sailing on a vibrant blue sea near an island with stylished trees adn vegetation. Date: 1929
How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 1The stout young man breaks tradition by not going to the fancy-dress ball as a baby. Date: 1929
An Italian Fairy Tale - Deodato the Florentine & EnchanterThe magician claims the beautiful young girl for himself, leaving Deodato alone. Date: 1929
An Oriental Fairy Tale - Goldbeard & the Hand of FateBahama, Golden Beard, holding a Princess captive inside the magic mountain. She will later be rescued and freed from her golden fetters by a Prince who finds a miniature hand of jade. Date: 1929
A Legendary SpanishTale - Virgin leads Spain to victoryThe Blessed Virgin leads Queen Isabellas army to the fortress to defeat the Moorish king who plunges into the abyss in fright. Date: 1929
A Persian fairy tale - The Rainbow by Felix de GrayA prince falls to his knees offering jewels to the captured princess. Date: 1929
Front cover of The Sketch Christmas Number 1929 featuring a mythical map of traditional Christmas activities. Date: 1929
S. M. Jolly, cocktail barman at Ambassadors ClubA caricature of S.M. Jolly, the well-known shaker (cocktail barman) at the Ambassadors Club in London. Date: 1929
The Countess of Haddington with Scottish terriersSarah Baillie-Hamilton, Lady Haddington (nee Cook), pictured at a dogs bazaar held in the Music Hall, Edinburgh carrying two Scottish terriers. Date: 1929
Perfect Wives by Joyce Dennys The wife who had influenza tooJoyce Dennys on Marriage: Perfect Wives. No. 1- The Wife who had influenza too. Despite suffering herself, a woman ends up waiting upon her husband who has a serious case of man flu. Date: 1929
Crosse and Blackwells soups advertisementAdvertisement for Crosse and Blackwells soup, depicting a bowl of steaming tomato soup. Date: 1929
London by Lester RalphSuperb caricature of London emphasising its expanding population, Central to the picture is St Pauls Cathedral wearing a police officers helmet over its dome while the surrounding landscape is filled
The Earl of Portarlington by Olive SnellLionel George Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of Portarlington (1883-1959), one of the best-known personalities in London society during the 1920s. Date: 1929
The 9th Duke of Manchester dressed up as a bar tenderFront cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a photograph of William Montague ( Kim ), 9th Duke of Manchester. Pictured at the age of 22 masquerading as an American bartender at a Charing Cross
Town and Gown battle interrupted by policeA stand-off in Oxford between town locals and university students is interrupted by the police who attempt to calm everyone down. 1866
Gown and Town row at Oxford, 1845, where a punch up between students and a group of non-university locals is taking place in the street. 1845
Ball at Harewood House, 1845The Nobilitys Ball in the Banqueting Room at Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire. Date: 1845
Our Gallant Guards featured in The Tatler, December 1914Page from The Tatler depicting photographs of the Guards before departing for the front. Top photograph shows officers of the Royal Horse Guards
Eastlake (Miss) as AliceMiss Mary Eastlake (1856-1911). The text reads Will you wish me luck! Mary Eastlake. She was particularly popular in melodrama, notably at the Princesss Theatre
East Lynne from Mrs Henry Woods novel written in 1861. The caption reads Come With Me, My Little Darling, Im Running You In
Ye Goddesses and Little Fishes by Jack GreenallWonderfully colourful and graphic depiction of typical modern girls of the 1920s sunbathing in technicolour swimsuits by a pool. Date: 1929
Madame Idare, fashion designerMadame Idare, British fashion designer. Date: 1929
The fashion designer UlickCaptain Ulick Brown, fashion designer and presiding genius of Ulick Ltd in New Burlington Street. Date: 1929
The fashion designer IsobelIsobel, a leading British fashion designer of the 1920s and 30s with an shop on Regent Street. She designed all clothes herself and employed only British staff
Fashions and Fancies for the London SeasonA double page spread of suggested outfits for the London Season of 1924 ranging from debutante outfit in Madonna blue from Goochs to a Spanish inspired dress with shawl from Peter Robinson. Date: 1924
Human heartIllustration of a human heart - top of a layered anatomical fold-out in a medical book. Date: c.1900
Harrods head-dress for court presentationsAdvertisement for Harrods for head-dresses to be worn at court presentations. On the left is a design for a debutante, suitable for shingled hair to support the court plume of feathers
Miss Claire WaldoffA page from The Bystander, celebrating Claire Waldoff (1884-1957), comedienne and German cabaret singer, proclaimed as the Queen of Berlins Night-Life. 1911
Platform of Bank Underground StationCentral Line series. A variety of passengers awaiting their train on the platform at Bank - two cheeky children, a battleaxe Grandmother-figure, a glamorous lady in red and white ensemble