Jul19 Collection (page 3)

German soldiers rounding up Polish civilians, Sept 1939
German soldiers " mopping up" at Gdynia, Poland, with the examination of all civilians left behind in the port city

College boys returning to Eton with gas masks, Sept 1939
Boys returning to Eton to resume their education after the Summer holidays, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War earlier that month. Each boy carries a gas mask and wears a top hat

Actors revising script before show opening, September 1939
Actors revising the script of " Design for Living" by Noel Coward before the shows opening at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool

Women painting kerbside for blackouts, September 1939
Women of the Voluntary Ambulance Service painting the kerbside between their headquarters and the first-aid post to allow them to find their way in a blackout. Date: 1939

First voluntary ambulance service 1939
The first voluntary ambulance service, " All India", photographed soon after its formation in London by Indian doctors and medical students. The volunteers wear helmets and carry gas masks

Frances Day entetaining troops, September 1939
Frances Day photographed dancing as she entertains British troops based just outside London. The actress used her talent to boost the moral of soldiers after the Hippodrome theatre closed

Bruce Bairnsfather drawing 1939
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1887 - 1959), British cartoonist and illustrator, photographed as he works on a drawing of Old Bill

Womens Land Army volunteers in training, September 1939
Volunteers for the Womens Land Army learning basic agricultural skills, courtesy of the East Sussex Agricultural College. The Sphere comments on the health benefits of country life. 1939

Man and woman in reflective clothing, September 1939
Man and woman in reflective clothing, suitable for wear in a blackout, The Sphere describes this as " a humorous effort towards a safe night-walking garb" but wearing white or high-vis was

The West End in blackout, September 1939
Photograph of the West End in blackout, shortly after the outbreak of war in September 1939. The Sphere describes the sight as " extraordinarily eerie". 1939

Air raid precautions at Westminster Abbey, September 1939
Selection of pictures detailing the precautions in place for the protection of Westminster Abbey during the war. This included; a fire squad to patrol the cloisters

Women of the River Emergency Service, September 1939
Women of the River Emergency Services standing in a line in full uniform, complete with helmet and scissors slung on a cord around thier necks

Polish troops practicing wearing gas masks, September 1939
Polish troops practising wearing thier gas masks as they awair the call to march onwards, shortly after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. 1939

Man shows identity papers to gendarmes, September 1939
Man suspected of being a foreigner presents his papers of identity to two paramilitary police officers for inspection in Paris, shortly after the outbreak of war. Date: 1939

Three men at the cinema with their gas masks, September 1939
Three men queuing for the cinema with their gas masks, next to a sign informing cinema-goers that an announcement will be made from the stage if an air raid occurs

First female jurors at the Old Bailey 1921
The empanelling for the first mixed jury, with its forewoman Mrs Taylor Bumstead. Date: 1921

First female member of Parliament, Anna Rogstad, April 1911
Front cover of the Sphere showing Anna Rogstad the first female member of Parliament in the world as she takes her place in the Nowegian Storting

Valentine makers at work 1880
The process of making Valentines cards which were popularlised in the Victorian period, largely due to advances in industrial printing which made them affordable

Women kayaking in northern France 1904
Two women in a kayak being helped by a male instructor at Olonne in the Vendee, France. 1904

Women building the elevated railway in Tokyo, October 1904
Female labourors as they carry bricks for use in the construction of the elevated railway, Tokyo. The caption describes how women working in manual labour was not uncommon in Japan. Date: 1904

Female explorer Miss Hlawaczek on expedition, January 1894
Published as part of her obituary, this illustration of Miss Hlawaczek shows her in Africa on her journey from Cape Town to Cairo with two women behind her, possibly two of her three attendants

Miss M C Dawes, Master of Arts, August 1884
Illustration of Miss M C Dawes, the first female Master of Arts in England, University of London. Date: 1884

Cornelia Sorabji in her graduation hat, after becoming the first female to graduate from university in Western India. 1888

Sports outfit by Suzanne Talbot, 1930
A sports outfit by Suzanne Talbot showing the nipped-in waist sported by the gaily-striped sweater which matches the wider-brimmed hat

Frocks, Frills and Furbelows, 1908
Frocks, Frills and Furbelows by Mrs Jack May. The Neat Travelling Woman. An original design for a neat travelling dress, carried out in alpaca in a pretty mouse shade. 1908. Date: 1908

Advert for L. N. E. R - When Beauty Travels 1928
When Beauty Travels, advert for L.N.E.R. Beauty need now have no qualms about undertaking long-distance travel, at any rate, not on the L.N.E.R. Flying Scotsman. 1928 advertisement 1928

A Portfolio of Fashion by Madge Garland, featuring an outfit suggested for travelling on the Flying Scotsman. Date: 1933

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - A. V. Hill
Polly and David Hill assisting their father Professor A.V. Hill at a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture: when the youngsters heart-beats were shown on a screen

Woman gardener on her motor-cycle 1916
Woman jobbing gardener on her motor-cycle with her tools. During the war many women entered the agricultural industry, becoming manual labourors to replace men as they went off to fight. 1916

Female bus conductor in full uniform stepping out of her bus on a snowy London street. circa 1916

Advert for Milton against influenza 1918
Advertisement for Milton sterilising fluid, recommended for preventing and relieving influenza at a time when Spanish flu was rapidly spreading across the world. 1918

Christabel Pankhurst self-exiled in Paris 1912
Christabel Pankhurst (1880 - 1958), British suffragette, photographed buying a newspaper in Paris, following the discovery of her whereabouts after she left London six months before to avoid arrest

Mixed gender evening class at an arts school 1909
A mixed gender evening class at the Birmingham School for Jewellers and Silversmiths, a Branch of the Municipal School of Art

The Florida nightclub by Hynes
Impressions and personalities at the Florida Club in South Bruton Mews, renowned for its glass dance floor, which triggered a craze for them in other clubs in and around London

Women working at the Victoria Press 1861
Women and girls working as compositors under the supervision of a man at the Victoria Press printing office in Great Coram Street, London

Christabel Pankhurst (1880 - 1958), British suffragette, in Montmartre, Paris, after being forced to leave London for fear of arrest

Advert for Ocdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes 1897
Advertisement for Ocdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes, featuring a woman smoking on a bicycle. This brand often used politicians, sportsmen, celebreties in advertisements. Date: 1897

Lady Myee Carrington
Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carrington who married Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Bury, to become the Viscountess Bury earlier that month. Date: 1909

Norah Blaney in The Vagabond King 1927
Norah Blaney (1894 - 1983), music hall performer and actress, appearing in the part of Huguette in The Vagabond King, playing at the Winter Garden Theatre in London in 1927. 1927

Doria March (1893 - 1974), born Katharine Hamilton Ewing, Canadian actress, hailed, the best-dressed woman in Canada. Date: 1930

Suffragists putting up posters in London 1908
Two women putting up a posters in London. The Womens Freedom League encouraged its members to plaster buildings with posters demanding votes for women as a form of passive protest

Women making flowers 1912
Women from the John Grooms Crippleage and Blind Mission making artificial wild roses to be sold at Alexandra Day. In 1912

Christabel Pankhurst defending herself in court 1908
Christabel Pankhurst shown defending the " rush" on the House of Commons and her role in it at Bow Street Magistrates Court, London

Women waiting to in St Stephens Hall, Feb 1908
Women waiting to be " fetched" in St Stephens Hall, guarded by policemen, as a result of concerns over the actions of the Suffragettes in the House of Commons

Hypothetical female smoking party, May 1894
Illustration of an all-female smoking party, captioned " what we are coming to: a ladies smoking party", in reference to the changing social standards for women in Britain. 1894

Bystander front cover - Elsa Macfarlane
Bystander cover featuring a colour photograph of actress and entertainer, Elsa Macfarlane, who was a member of the revue group, the Co-optimists

Self-defense guidance for females 1908
A demonstration of the " gamp" as a useful weapon for female self-defense against hooligans in accordance with changes to the manufacture of umberella sticks

Wouldn t it be awful if Augustus John became conventional
One of a series of cartoons in The Bystander caricaturing famous people by suggesting how awful it would be if they did something completely uncharacteristic, in this case

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