Mar21 Collection (page 2)

Advertisement for Western Electric wireless receiving apparatus showing a family listening to a loud speaker which was the same as used at the opening ceremony of the British Empire Exhibition in

Happy as the day is long - are the little ones who are strengthened and nourished by this body-building food (basically cod liver oil in more palatable form). Date: c.1924

The Hon. Donough & Mrs O Brien and Percival Griffiths (right) at a reception given at the Finnish Legation. Date: 1935

Lord Plender, head of the world-famous firm of chartered accountants, and Lady Plender, daughter of Mr. Peter George Laurie, taking in the sun and air at Monte Carlo. Date: 1938

Housewives Conference, 1947
Page from The Sphere, 20 September 1947 reporting on the Housewives League Meeting at Central Hall

Lord Palmerston delivering the prizes at the South London Industrial Exhibition, at the Lambeth Baths in Westminster Road, London, 1865. Date: 1865

Advertisement for a spring fashion event at the London department store, Derry and Toms, with a novel attraction being the fashion settings

Report in The Tatler about a fashion event for spring fashions with settings and window displays by the German silhouette artist Lotte Reiniger. Date: 1936

The Birmingham Small Arms Trophy, made up of pistols and bayonets, on display at the International Exhibition of 1862 as proof of Birminghams specialism in weapon and armaments manufacture. Date: 1862

Presentation of the conveners to Princess Louise and the Duke of Fife in the hall of the Fine Art Palace at the Glasgow International Exhibition in 1901. Date: 1901

A photograph of a young woman called Lily, dressed up as Aladdin, either for a fancy dress or event, or perhaps a pantomime. Date: 1927

Pearly King - or Pearly Prince? Little boy in fancy dress
A little boy posing for his photograph in a Pearly King costume. Date: 1920s

Zulu War, the naval brigade landed from HMS Active
The Zulu War - the naval brigade landed from HMS Active. A sketch at the Lower Tugela Drift

Page from Britannia & Eve by Katharine Woolley reporting on the great excavations carried by her and her husband Leonard at Ur in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Date: 1929

Art students protest about Lord Leverhulme
Art students in London protest against Lord Leverhulme who had returned a portrait of himself by Augustus John to the artist with the head cut out

Review of Walter Greenwoods Love on the Dole at the Garrick Theatre in The Bystander magazine, complete with caricatures of the leading characters by Rouson. Date: 1935

Vickers Virginia night bombing RAF plane bound from Hawkinge to Boscombe, crashed at Farnham, Surrey. The four occupants escaped uninjured. Date: 1931

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping