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Nov17 Collection (page 3)

Background imageNov17 Collection: Mary Adshead working on mural for the Queen Mary liner

Mary Adshead working on mural for the Queen Mary liner
Mary Adshead, noted muralist, pictured working on a design for the interior of the Queen Mary, watched by her husband Stephen Bone, son of Muirhead Bone

Background imageNov17 Collection: Agnes Pinder Davis with designs for the Queen Mary

Agnes Pinder Davis with designs for the Queen Mary
Agnes Pinder, an artist well known for her pictures combining metal and oils engaged on the decoration of the starboard lounge of the liner, Queen Mary. Date: 1935

Background imageNov17 Collection: Anna Zinkeisen preparing designs for the Queen Mary

Anna Zinkeisen preparing designs for the Queen Mary
Anna Zinkeisen pictured at work in her studio on designs for a decorative scheme in the ballroom of the Queen Mary ocean liner. Date: 1935

Background imageNov17 Collection: Doris Zinkeisen preparing designs for the Queen Mary

Doris Zinkeisen preparing designs for the Queen Mary
Doris Zinkeisen at work in her studio where she was in the midst of preparing designs for the cabaret bar of the liner, the Queen Mary. Date: 1935

Background imageNov17 Collection: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
A jolly gentleman encouraging you to drink and be merry! Date: 1845

Background imageNov17 Collection: Guy Fawkess Day

Guy Fawkess Day
Please remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot, I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot, with verse. 1867

Background imageNov17 Collection: Bringing in Christmas

Bringing in Christmas
Pagan Christmas, with people enjoying the festive spirit with some hot mulled cider or two!

Background imageNov17 Collection: Merry Christmas! 1847

Merry Christmas! 1847
" Heaven Bless you Merry Gentlefolks let Nothing You Dismay, " Page of Victorian men and women getting into the Christmas spirit! Indulging themselves in food, drink and dance. 1847

Background imageNov17 Collection: Kern Baby 1902

Kern Baby 1902
One of the customs of the festival of Ceres, observed in the northern part of Northumberland at the close of the reaping not the ingathering

Background imageNov17 Collection: Collecting Wroth Money

Collecting Wroth Money
Ceremony at Knightlow Cross. A tribute which dates back for a thousand years and connects the present with that remote past when the central countries of Ebgland were for the most part a wild

Background imageNov17 Collection: Horn Dance, Abbots Bromley 1899

Horn Dance, Abbots Bromley 1899
Four of the performers, English folk dance dating back to the Middle Ages in Abbots Bromley. Most wear spotted breeches of uniform pattern

Background imageNov17 Collection: Swan Upping on the Thames 1900

Swan Upping on the Thames 1900
Annual ceremony taking place on the Thames where British Crown swans are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released. The party occupy a flotilla of row boats the sterns adorned with flags

Background imageNov17 Collection: Stratford-upon-Avon, Mop Fair 1899

Stratford-upon-Avon, Mop Fair 1899
Standing for Hire, Stratford-upon-Avon, said to be the largest fair in England, regarded by the agricultural class in the district as the chief holiday of the year

Background imageNov17 Collection: Knutsford, Cheshire, Royal May Day Festival 1902

Knutsford, Cheshire, Royal May Day Festival 1902
May Day Festival in Knutsford, Cheshire town, taking place every year, were children dress-up in costumes, shepherdesses, milkmaids and folkloric figures like Robin Hood, Little John and Maid Marion

Background imageNov17 Collection: Picking up sixpences at Smithfield 1902

Picking up sixpences at Smithfield 1902
Centuries-old tradition, when 21 sixpences were placed upon a flat gravestone in the churchyard at St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, London, on Good Friday morning

Background imageNov17 Collection: Jean Russell in Fancy Dress as Britannia

Jean Russell in Fancy Dress as Britannia Date: circa 1920s

Background imageNov17 Collection: Dunkirk, France - Place de la Republique

Dunkirk, France - Place de la Republique. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNov17 Collection: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNov17 Collection: The Victoria Memorial on a foggy night

The Victoria Memorial on a foggy night - view from Buckingham Palace. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNov17 Collection: Beach Yacht - Hastings, East Sussex

Beach Yacht - Hastings, East Sussex. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNov17 Collection: Boats on Lake Balaton - Hungary

Boats on Lake Balaton - Hungary - evening light. Date: 1913

Background imageNov17 Collection: Gorner Glacier, Mont-Rose - Switzerland - Mountaineer

Gorner Glacier, Mont-Rose - Switzerland - Mountaineer
The Gorner Glacier (Gornergletscher) - a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNov17 Collection: Free Library and Municipal Court, 20th Street, Philadelphia

Free Library and Municipal Court, 20th Street, Philadelphia
Free Library and Municipal Court, 20th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageNov17 Collection: Sea Gull Dining Room - Jacksonville Beach, Florida

Sea Gull Dining Room - Jacksonville Beach, Florida (" The Worlds Finest Beach" ). Date: 1930s

Background imageNov17 Collection: YMCA, Los Angeles, California, USA

YMCA, Los Angeles, California, USA
YMCA (Young Mens Christian Association), Los Angeles, California, USA Date: 1920

Background imageNov17 Collection: Gorner Glacier, Seracs - Switzerland - Mountaineer

Gorner Glacier, Seracs - Switzerland - Mountaineer
The Gorner Glacier (Gornergletscher) - a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920s



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