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May20 Collection

Background imageMay20 Collection: Page from The Sketch reporting on the birthday party of Belita

Page from The Sketch reporting on the birthday party of Belita (Maria Belita Jepson-Turner) at the London Hippodrome, at the time she was starring the show Champagne on Ice

Background imageMay20 Collection: Lady Willoughby de Eresby, later Lady Ancaster when her husband succeeded to the title

Lady Willoughby de Eresby, later Lady Ancaster when her husband succeeded to the title, formerly the American, Miss Eloise Breese, photographed by Lallie Charles in 1909. Date: 1909

Background imageMay20 Collection: Lady Ancaster, the former Miss Eloise Breese, seen with Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox

Lady Ancaster, the former Miss Eloise Breese, seen with Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox, brother of the Duke of Richmond when out with the Cottesmore Hunt in Burley Woods, near Oakham. Date: 1913

Background imageMay20 Collection: Made like a Rolls Royce by G. H. Davis

Made like a Rolls Royce by G. H. Davis
Tests that render this phrase a world-wide standard of efficiency. Secrets of Rolls-Royce perfection A few of the rigorous tests applied to every new car, and the making of the famous radiator

Background imageMay20 Collection: Evening Fete, Music in the Gardens

Evening Fete, Music in the Gardens 1884

Background imageMay20 Collection: Notes in the Chinese Court

Notes in the Chinese Court - various artefacts and scenes from Chinese life on exhibition. 1884

Background imageMay20 Collection: Catherine Kitty Brigid Kiernan (1893-1945), pictured at home after the announcement o

Catherine Kitty Brigid Kiernan (1893-1945), pictured at home after the announcement of her engagement to Irish revolutionary leader and Chairman of the Provisional Government, Michael Collins

Background imageMay20 Collection: Nannie Langhorne Shaw pictured in The Sketch at the time of her engagement to Waldorf

Nannie Langhorne Shaw pictured in The Sketch at the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor. Her sister Irene was married to the artist Charles Dana Gibson

Background imageMay20 Collection: Nannie Langhorne Shaw pictured in The Bystander at the time of her engagement to Waldorf

Nannie Langhorne Shaw pictured in The Bystander at the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor in 1906. Her sister Irene married the artist Charles Dana Gibson so both women were celebrated as being

Background imageMay20 Collection: The Maharani of Cooch Behar pictured with Major Kunish Jung at a meet of the Belvoir

The Maharani of Cooch Behar pictured with Major Kunish Jung at a meet of the Belvoir hounds at Hungarton, near Grantham in February 1928. Date: 1928

Background imageMay20 Collection: Nancy Astor, the first woman M. P. to take her seat in the House of Commons

Nancy Astor, the first woman M. P. to take her seat in the House of Commons
Nancy Astor, the first woman M.P. to take her seat in the House of Commons, seen in 1911 arriving at a recent meet of the Pytchley Hunt. Date: 1911

Background imageMay20 Collection: Mr Chamberlain in consultation with his head gardener

Mr Chamberlain in consultation with his head gardener
Relief from Fiscal Warfare - Mr Joseph Chamberlain in consultation with his head gardener at Highbury. 1903

Background imageMay20 Collection: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone
View of Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone in 1874. 1874

Background imageMay20 Collection: The Hungarian delegation, headed by Count Albert Apponyi

The Hungarian delegation, headed by Count Albert Apponyi, arrive in Paris on 7 January 1020 to discuss the Allies peace terms following the end of the First World War. Date: 1920

Background imageMay20 Collection: Aerial view of the site where Brigadier-General Arthur Corrie Lewin

Aerial view of the site where Brigadier-General Arthur Corrie Lewin and his wife crashed-landed their aircraft in the Sudan and were missing for some time before being discovered. Date: 1937

Background imageMay20 Collection: Distributing the Pekin Gazette

Distributing the Pekin Gazette
Scenes in China. Distributing the Pekin Gazette. 1873


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