Marion Gallery

Woman police officer Marion Macmillan in Northern Ireland

Woman police officer Marion Macmillan, Head of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Women Police Branch in Northern Ireland, seen here shaking hands with a VIP at a women's parade. Macmillan arrived in Belfast in 1943 -- prior to that time she had been a Sergeant in the Met Police in London (joined July 1934). Date: 1940s

© Metropolitan Police Authority/Mary Evans

Joe Carstairs in her motor boat, 1925

Canvas and power: Miss M B Carstairs in her racing motor-boat, part of the Women in Sport series in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Not content with being a successful yachtswoman, Marion Barbara Joe Carstairs (1900 - 1993), will take the wheel of her own motor boat at the international races at Cannes. She is shown, on right, accompanied by Miss Barbara ('Bardie') Coleclough, testing her new craft at Cowes. Openly lesbian, Joe Carstairs was a wealthy British power boat racer known for her speed and her eccentric lifestyle. Date: 1925

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbet

The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbet from Osmonds novel written in 1923, starring Matheson Lang. First produced at The Grand Theatre in Hull on 2nd October 1925 with the first London performance at The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, on 23rd November 1925. The image is of Yuan Sing, holding a letter from his English wifes sister, Charlotte. It says. Come at once. We are in great danger. Personal Farewell Visit [of Matheson Lang] prior to the Canadian Tour'. Touring to The Empire, Liverpool on 26th August 1926? The Chinese Bungalow was a three act melodrama set in the Far East. It was adapted for film in 1926, in 1930, and again in 1940. The artist is Charles Buchel. Date: 1925

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library