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Lili Collection

Background imageLili Collection: Lili Alvarez - Spanish Tennis Champion at Wimbledon in 1926

Lili Alvarez - Spanish Tennis Champion at Wimbledon in 1926
Elia Maria Gonzalez-Alvarez y Lopez-Chicheria, also known as Lili Alvarez (19051998) - a Spanish multi-sport competitor, an international tennis champion, an author, feminist and a journalist

Background imageLili Collection: Lili Damita and Errol Flynn

Lili Damita and Errol Flynn
Hollywood actress Lili Damita (1904-1994) had retired from film-making by the time of this photograph. Here she is with her husband Errol Flynn (1909-1959). Date: 1939

Background imageLili Collection: Senorita Lili de Alvarez, Spains lady tennis

Senorita Lili de Alvarez, Spains lady tennis champion at a recent fancy dress ball at the Carlton Hotel, St Moritz, 1925 Date: 1925

Background imageLili Collection: A portrait of Senorita Lili de Alvarez, Spain s

A portrait of Senorita Lili de Alvarez, Spain s
A portrait of Senorita Lili de Alvarez, Spains lady tennis champion, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageLili Collection: Front cover, portrait of Lily (Lili) Damita, actress

Front cover, portrait of Lily (Lili) Damita, actress
Front cover, portrait of Lily (Lili) Damita (1904-1994), French-American actress and singer. Date: 1930

Background imageLili Collection: Lili D Alvarez - ski jump at St. Moritz

Lili D Alvarez - ski jump at St. Moritz
Spanish tennis star Lili D Alvarez performing a very passable ski jump at the resort of St. Moritz. Date: 1927

Background imageLili Collection: Gerda Wegener

Gerda Wegener
GERDA WEGENER Danish artist, married to trans-sexual Einar Wegener (also known as Lili Elbe) Date: flourished 1904 - 1930

Background imageLili Collection: Lily d Alvarez wearing her Schiaparelli tennis culottes

Lily d Alvarez wearing her Schiaparelli tennis culottes
Lili d Alvarez, Spanish tennis player, pictured modelling her famous culottes, or divided skirt which divided opinion when she wore them at Wimbledon in 1931

Background imageLili Collection: Lili de Alvarez and her divided skirt

Lili de Alvarez and her divided skirt
Lili de Alvarez, Spanish tennis player, pictured modelling her famous culottes, or divided skirt which divided opinion when she wore them at Wimbledon in 1931

Background imageLili Collection: Lili Damita in The Queen Was in the Parlour (1928)

Lili Damita in The Queen Was in the Parlour (1928)
Lili Damita and Harry Liedtke in The Queen Was in the Parlour (1928) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1928

Background imageLili Collection: Queen Kapiolani of Hawaii

Queen Kapiolani of Hawaii
Queen Kapiolani (wife of King David Kalakaua), Queen of Hawaii, as picture in the Golden Jubilee year of Queen Victoria, 1887. Date: 1887

Background imageLili Collection: Jupe Pantalon tennis dress by Schiaparelli, 1930

Jupe Pantalon tennis dress by Schiaparelli, 1930
An exclusive Bystander photograph showing the designer, Elsa Schiparellis practical but stylish jupe-pantalon tennis dress in light white woollen weave with a waist belt of orange coloured tussore

Background imageLili Collection: Lil�lvarez

Lil�lvarez
Spanish tennis player Elia " Lil휦 quot; lvarez (1905-1998) gazes up at a sculpture of the Classical pipe-playing deity, Pan

Background imageLili Collection: Lili Damita

Lili Damita (1904 - 1994), French film actress based in America - she married Errol Flynn

Background imageLili Collection: Women in Sport - Lili de Alvarez

Women in Sport - Lili de Alvarez
Spanish tennis player Elia " Lil� uot; lvarez (1905-1998), arriving in London for the Wimbledon championship with mascot in tow - a huge stuffed toy dog. Date: 1927

Background imageLili Collection: Sketch front cover - Lili de Alvarez

Sketch front cover - Lili de Alvarez
Lili D Alvarez, Spanish tennis player, famous not just for her game but for wearing shocking culottes designed by Schiaparelli on court at Wimbledon in 1931. Date: 1927

Background imageLili Collection: Anna Schonemann

Anna Schonemann
ANNA ELISABETH LILI SCHONEMANN one of many females beloved by Goethe, but she preferred to marry the banker von Durckheim Date: 1799 - 1868

Background imageLili Collection: Lord Birkenhead playing tennis with Lili de Alvarez

Lord Birkenhead playing tennis with Lili de Alvarez
Frederick Edwin Smith, Lord Birkenhead (1872 - 1930), British lawyer, statesman and well-known society figure, pictured playing mixed doubles with the Spanish ladies tennis player

Background imageLili Collection: Three girl guides outside Buckingham Palace

Three girl guides outside Buckingham Palace
Early among tourist visitors, three Girl Guide guests of the British Council, Eoi Chan of China, Hilda Mizzi of Malta and Lili Majeed of Malay (Malaysia)

Background imageLili Collection: Miss Helen Wills, American Tennis Player and Artist

Miss Helen Wills, American Tennis Player and Artist
MISS HELEN WILLS in 1927, American tennis player and artist, seen here in mufti, ie ordinary clothes rather than her tennis gear

Background imageLili Collection: We Take Off Our Beret by Mel

We Take Off Our Beret by Mel
A series of caricatures by the cartoonist Mel showing various well-known tennis stars playing at Wimbledon in 1931. These include Lili D Alvarez who sported a pair of culottes on court

Background imageLili Collection: Senorita de Alvarez and her divided trousers

Senorita de Alvarez and her divided trousers
The Spanish tennis player, Lili d Alvarez, pictured playing on court at Wimbledon wearing a pair of divided trousers - or culottes - designed by Schiaparelli

Background imageLili Collection: Lili Schonemann

Lili Schonemann
LILI (ANNE ELIZABETH) SCHONEMANN Briefly engaged to Goethe in 1775; later Baroness von Turckheim (pictured here with Baron von Turckheim)


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