Lancaster Collection

Propaganda poster for the RAF during World War Two. Victory of the Allies is assured. Intensive bombing of Germanys war industries continues

Lancaster I (4-Merlin) Bomber, seen from three different angles. 1942

Wings For Victory More Savings - More Wings. Poster encouraging Britains to save money, aiding the war effort, specificially in the construction of new Lancaster Bomber aircraft for the RAF

Lancaster Bombers ready to take off, 1942
Photograph of an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber at a British airfield, ready to take off, somewhere in England, 1942. Although the engines are already running

Battle of Tewkesbury
Nobles of the Houses of York and Lancaster battle at Tewkesbury

Officers of Arms of the Heralds College, 1952
Participants in the Coronation Ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II. The Officers of Arms of the Heralds College (l to r): Bluemantle, J A Frere; Windsor Herald, R P Graham-Vivian; Richmond Herald

Avro Lancaster I R5868s for Sugar being bombed up
Avro Lancaster I, R5868,s for Sugar, being bombed up. The veteran of 137 wartime sorties, was initially preserved as a gate guardian at its former base

View toward Lancaster, Lancashire, England
View toward Lancaster from Freemans Wood, Lancashire, England Date: circa 1910s

Avro Lancaster G-AHJW formerly ED866
Avro Lancaster, G-AHJW, formerly ED866, was used by Flight Refuelling until it crashed near Andover on 22 November 1948. Date: 1948

Avro 683 Lancaster I of No 467 Squadron bombing-up-became the mainstay of RAF Bomber Command, the type entering operations in February 1942

Lancaster Castle Station, Lancashire, pictured on the morning of the official opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, for which it was the southern terminus Date: December 1846

The Bristol Brabazon under construction at Filton alongside an Avro Lancaster. 11 August 1948. Date: 1948

LANCASTER CASTLE, Lancashire
Lancaster Castle, Lancashire, with some kind of social event going on in the grounds. Date: 1845

LANCASTER, Lancashire
Birds eye view of Lancaster, Lancashire

John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, early 15th century
Engraved portrait of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford (1389-1435), fourth son of King Henry IV of England

Marriage of Henry Tudor
The wedding ceremony of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York united the Houses of York and Lancaster

The gateway, Lancaster Castle, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

North Road, Lancaster, early 1900s

A misty morning in Lancaster, early 1900s

Avro Lancaster I Aries, PD328, of the Empire Air Navigation School, Shawbury, warming up prior to its England to Cape Town record-breaking flight of 32hrs 21min

Lancaster Nazareth House - young inmates
Younger children on the steps of the Nazareth House at Lancaster, run by the Sisters of Nazareth. Date: circa1913

Nancy Lancaster at Pytchley Hunt
A Loving-Cup. Mrs Ronald Tree (now better known as Nancy Lancaster) drinking a toast from the loving-cup presented to her husband, joint-Master of the Pytchley hunt

Nancy Lancaster
Lady Willoughby de Eresby and Mrs Ronald Tree (better known as Nancy Lancaster), billed in The Tatler as M.P.s wives on their presentation at court at Buckingham Palace

Nancy Lancaster and Clementine Churchill
Outside the new Churchill Hospital of the American Hospital in Britain, opened at Oxford: Mrs Ronald Tree (Nancy Lancaster, the influential interior decorator), Professor Phillip D Wilson

Nancy Lancaster and David Niven
Mrs Ronald Tree and actor David Niven at a darts contest in a canteen. Nancy Lancaster (1897 - 1994), nee Perkins, was an influential American-born tastemaker, interior decorator and garden designer

Avro Lancaster ASRIII SW329 at RAF Northolt August 1948
Avro Lancaster ASRIII, SW329, at RAF Northolt, August 1948. Date: 1948

War of the Roses
A battle between the Houses of York and Lancaster during the War of the Roses

Lancaster County Asylum, Quernmore Road, Lancaster
The Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum was established at Quernmore Road, Lancaster Moor in 1816. It later became Lancaster County Mental Hospital and after 1948 was renamed Lancaster Moor Hospital

Fraternity Clubs Building in New York City, USA
The Fraternity Clubs Building (nowadays Jolly Madison Towers Hotel), Madison Avenue at 38th Street, New York City, USA. A club hotel for men

Henry Duke of Lancaster
Henry, duke of LANCASTER also known as Henry of Grosmont, Henry of Monmouth great-grandson of Henry III, founder of Corpus Christi college at Cambridge Date: 1299? - 1361

Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London W2. Date: circa 1920

Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, 1866
Engraving showing a street scene in Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, London, 1866. The houses on the right were built by John Kelk between 1863-7

John of Gaunt / Oval Eng
JOHN OF GAUNT Duke of Lancaster Fourth son of Edward III and brother of the Black Prince

London Museum 1914
Starting life in 1911 in Kensington Palace, this Museum moves in 1914 to these premises at Lancaster House, St James, before going back to Kensington Palace after WW2

Lavinia Ryves
LAVINIA RYVES lady who claimed to be the princess of Cumberland and duchess of Lancaster

The Battle of Towton, West Riding of Yorkshire, fought in a snowstorm on 29 March 1461, during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). It was a Yorkist victory. Date: 1461

Avro Lancaster ASR. VII G-ASXX
Avro Lancaster ASR.VII G-ASXX (ex NX611, ex Aeronavale), at the Biggin Hill Air Fair in May 1965, shortly after arriving in the UK from Tahiti

J Lancaster & Son, Colmore Row, Birmingham
J Lancaster & Son, Cameras, Photographic and Scientific Equipment, Colmore Row, Birmingham. circa 1900

Royal Air Force - Avro Lancaster B. VI
Royal Air Force - Avro Lancaster B.VI, one of nine aircraft converted from B.IIIs, fitted with Rolls-Royce Merlin 85/87 which had two-stage superchargers

Gloucester Terrace - corner with Lancaster Street, London
Gloucester Terrace at the corner with Lancaster Street, Bayswater, London. Date: 1904

RMS Olympic, hard bound ledger, Cash Book
R.M.S. OLYMPIC: One of the most important lots from Olympic that Henry Aldridge and Son have offered for auction in 25 years

Rosemary Lane, Lancaster, early 1900s

Paving Cheapside, Lancaster, with wooden blocks, possibly to reduce traffic noise, early 1900s

Russian cannons at Lancaster Castle, Victorian period

Lancaster, early 1900s

A photograph by Sam Thompson of an Irish pig jobber, early 1900s

A photograph by Sam Thompson of a Lunesdale fisherman, early 1900s

A photograph by Sam Thompson of Robert Parkinson of Bankends, early 1900s

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