Nov19 Collection (page 2)

Bystander cover - Elsie Mackay (Poppy Wyndham)
Front cover of The Bystander magazine featuring a portrait of Elsie Mackay (1893-1928), aristocratic daughter of Lord and Lady Inchcape, actress, interior decorator and aviator

Hoffman Girls at the London Hippodrome
The Gertrude Hoffman Girls in the British Empire Exhibition scene in Leap Year, the 1924 revue at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1924

An ostrich farm in South Africa, Hoffman Girls at Hippodrome
The famous Hoffman Girls performing as ostriches (!) in the London Hippodromes 1924 revue, Leap Year. 1924 was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley

Lace scene in Leap Year at the London Hippodrome
The lace scene in Leap Year at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1924

Winifred Arthur and Vera Clarke, female conductors
Winifred Arthur and Vera Clarke, who were appearing at the Trocadero in 1924 conducting an orchestra of thirty men. Vera had been a ballroom dancing teacher while Winifred was a violin soloist

The actress June by Madame Yevonde
The actress known simply as June at the time she was appearing in the new musical comedy, Toni in Birmingham before moving to the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Date: 1924

The Hoffman Girls performing webbing act, London Hippodrome
The eighteen Gertrude Hoffman Girls performing their extraordinary acrobatic webbing act at the London Hippodrome, Leap Year, in 1924. Date: 1924

Jack Buchanan smoking
Jack Buchanan (1890 - 1957), Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director. Pictured smoking in a page from The Sketch that reported on the fact that in order to avoid hefty

Mother Goose at the London Hippodrome
Scene from Mother Goose, the 1924-5 pantomime at the London Hippodrome. Shaun Glenville as Mother Goose, Isobel Elsom as her daughter and the unfortunate Fred Conquest as the goose. Date: 1925

Shirley Kellogg at the London Hippodrome
A caricature of the revue star, Shirley Kellogg walking among the audience on the gang-plank (or joy-plank ) during WW1-era revues. Famously she would throw flowers to the gentlemen in the stalls

Push and Go by Heath Robinson
The collapsible car, specially designed to be taken away conveniently in the holidays. Another brilliant idea from William Heath Robinson. Date: 1925

Julian Wylie auditioning chorus girls, London Hippodrome
Julian Wyle, theatre producer known as the King of Pantomime pictured on the stage of the London Hippodrome auditioning a huge number of girls for roles in the chorus

Troops wading out to embark at Dunkirk, WW2
Men of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk, northern France, wading out to sea to a rescuing vessel during the evacuation. Date: 1940

Hewetsons Furniture advertisement 1900
Advertisement for a sale at Hewetsons Furniture on Tottenham Court Road, London, the first and only for over 70 years. Date: 1900

Scenes during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Scenes during the evacuation of Dunkirk, in northern France, showing the beach with debris, the embarkation of British troops onto various rescue ships and boats

Final phases during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Scene from the final phases of the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing a British anti-tank post at the Menin Gate

British Expeditionary Force evacuating from Dunkirk, WW2
Men of the British Expeditionary Force embarking onto a destroyer in mid-Channel after the evacuation from Dunkirk, for their safe return to England. Date: 1940

Troops near Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2
Troops near Dunkirk, northern France, wading out to sea to a rescuing vessel (a Clyde river steamer) during the evacuation. Date: 1940

Street scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Street scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing a burning lorry with billowing black smoke, and debris littering the ground after an intensive German air attack. Date: 1940

Moonlit view during Battle for Dunkirk, northern France, WW2
A moonlit view from Kent across the Straits of Dover during the Battle for Dunkirk, showing the distant glow in the sky from fires burning on the coast of northern France

British artillery covering the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
British artillery (25-pounders) firing over open sights, while French and British infantry use their machine guns, to cover the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France

Aerial view of Dunkirk docks before the evacuation, WW2
Aerial view of Dunkirk docks, on the northern French coast, before the evacuation, showing the narrow passages of water that could be so easily blocked by a damaged vessel. 1940

Bray, near Dunkirk, during the evacuation, WW2
The British Expeditionary Force lining up on a beach near Bray, to the east of Dunkirk, northern France, during the evacuation, with men making their way into the water ready to embark onto vessels

Scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, with German dive-bombers attacking shipping and setting a paddle steamer on fire

Dunkirk during the evacuation, northern France, WW2
Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, during the evacuation, with a British Lockheed Hudson of the coastal command on guard, and burning oil tanks producing a huge cloud of black smoke. Date: 1940

Return of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, WW2
The return of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, northern France, showing harbour and destroyers crammed with troops following the evacuation. Date: 1940

Return of British and French troops from Dunkirk, WW2
A double-page spread, with scenes from the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing British and French troops safe in England after their ordeal, and civilians welcoming and helping them

Dunkirk under bombardment, 1940
View of Dunkirk under bombardment, taken from the deck of a destroyer, showing huge smoke columns from fires, during the Dunkirk evacuations in June 1940. 1940

Unionist posters for the General Election, & their artists
A selection of Unionist posters designed for the 1910 general election campaign. Pictured are their artists, from left, Edward Huskinson, John Hassall and G. R. Halkett. Date: 1910

Hullo Ragtime! at the London HIppodrome
The Beauty Chorus of the London Hippodrome, led by the star of their popular revue, Hullo Ragtime! walking along the gangplank from the stage, over the orchestra and through the stalls

Simone de Beryl performing at the London Hippodrome
Dancer Simone de Beryl as The Fairy of the Fountains at the London Hippodrome. Her dance act consisted of her dancing amid a fountain illuminated by many ever-changing lights

Miss Adela Maddison, composer of new opera
Page from The Sketch featuring a portrait of Adela Maddison, Irish composer of a new opera, The Talisman, which was performed at Leipzig on 19 November 1910. Date: 1910

Three Maidens from Sais at London Hippodrome
Three Maidens from Sais, a new dance act in which the dancers formed silhouette tableaux, performing at the London Hippodrome in 1910. Date: 1910

Swan Lake at the London Hippodrome, 1910
Dancers of the Imperial Opera House of St. Petersburg and Moscow, appearing at the London Hippodrome in May 1910 where they performed Le Lac des Cygnes or Swan Lake for the first time in the UK

Sisters of the King of Siam, daughters of the late King Chulalongkorn, pictured in their unusual attire according to The Tatler. Date: 1911

Evelyn Nesbit and Mr Clifford
Evelyn Nesbit, aka Mrs Harry Thaw, pictured with Mr. Clifford with whom she was performing at the London Hippodrome revue, Hello Ragtime in 1913

1930s woman in black with yellow background, Albert Bailey
Glamorous woman dress in black against a yellow background. Illustration by Albert Bailey. Date: c.1935

Sahary Djeli, oriental dancer
Sahary Djeli, Oriental dancer, appearing at the London Hippodrome with a dance in which she displayed particularly sinuous arm movements in what was known as the, Les Danse des Bras Date: 1911

The Wiesenthal Sisters, appearing at London Hippodrome
The embodiment of joy, the three Wiesenthal sisters, Grete, Elsa and Berta, demonstrating their carefree and ecstatic form of dance

Sahary Djeli, dancer
Sahary Djeli, oriental dancer who was performing at the London Hippodrome in 1911. Her act was notable for the sinuous, serpentine movement of her arms. Date: 1911

German Crown Princess at Assouan, Egypt
The Crown Princess of Germany (Cecilie of Mecklenberg-Schwerin) pictured leaving the German Church at Assouan (Aswan), Egypt in 1911

Turkey Trot, The Agony of Terpsichore
Page from The Bystander showing Oscar and Suzette demonstrating various steps from the new ragtime dance, the Turkey Trot, which they were performing at the London Hippodrome in 1912

Proposed rational dress for servants, 1912
Suggested rational dress (trousers) suitable for servants. Date: 1912

Sketches at the Hippodrome, 1909 by Norman Morrow
Various performers at the re-opened London Hippodrome in August 1909. Acts included the Ahearn Troupe who seem to be comedy cyclists, The Marvellous Schenk Brothers, Braatz Performing Dogs

Mascagni at the London Hippodrome
Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor, featured in The Bystander at the time he was conducting a special orchestra at the London Hippodrome, where performances of his world-famous opera

The Sisters Wiesenthal at the London Hippodrome
The three Wiesenthal sisters, Grete, Elsa and Berta, who were causing a sensation at the London Hippodrome in 1909 when the theatre had re-opened after a four-month long refurbishment

Living Bronzes at the London Hippodrome
The Three Olympiers, who posed as some of the finest bronze figures in classical art in an act at the London Hippodrome in May 1906

Black Velvet revue at the London Hippodrome
Double page spread in The Sketch featuring photographs of the London Hippodrome wartime revue, Black Velvet, starring Iris Lockwood, Pat Kirkwood, Teddy Brown, Vic Oliver and Carol Lynne

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