Navin Field (Briggs Stadium), Detroit, Michigan, USA - Home of the Tigers. Date: circa 1920s
George Walker and Ada Overton Walker in In DahomeyMiss Ada Overton Walker and Mr George Walker, performing " The Tsar of Dixie" a song in the play In Dahomey at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1903
Coco Chanel in her own designsCoco Chanel in the garden of her hotel in the Faubourg St. Honore in a cardigan suit made with a sleeveless jumper of her own design. Date: 1929
Dorothy and Violet VivianPage from The Tatler in 1902 featuring photographs of the Hon. Dorothy Vivian and her twin sister, the Hon. Violet Vivian, daughters of 3rd Baron Vivian and his wife, Louisa Alice Duff
Oberammergau, Germany - view on the Ammer (River)Oberammergau, Bavarian Alps, Germany - view on the Ammer (River). Date: circa 1910s
St Andrews Home for Crippled Children, Hayling Island, Hampshire (1917-1921). Date: circa 1920s
Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann as Prince SiegfriedBallet dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadlers Wells Ballet). Date: 1946
Napoli and the Bay of Naples - View toward Mount Vesuvius and Villa (Palazzo) Donna anna (left) Date: circa 1903
Cocoa bean pods - Trinidad - West Indies Date: circa 1930s
Some Sunny personalities at the London HippodromeCaricature by Nerman of the various performers appearing in the popular comedy musical, Sunny at the London Hippodrome in 1926. Top left Nancy Lovat, top right, Elsie Randolph
Herr Seeth and his performing animals, London HippodromeHerr Julius Seeth, lion tamer, in the arena at the London Hippodrome with two of his lions forming behind him with ponies and dogs. Date: 1903
Jessie Stonor, sculptorPortrait of the sculptor, Jessie Stonor, posed at the window of her London studio contemplating a mask of herself. She held an exhibition of her work at the Beaux Arts Gallery in October 1938
Sylvia Thompson by Madame YevondeSylvia Thompson, Mrs Luling (1902 - 1968), English novelist, writer and public speaker photographed by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1931
The Rock of Gibraltar from the beach. Date: 1935
Julia Farron - Ballet Dancer in Mlle. Theodore - Scene 1Julia Farron (1922-2019) - Ballet Dancer performing as Mademoiselle Theodore in The Prospect Before Us, scene 1, a one-act comic ballet in seven scenes
Cinderella at the London HippodromeCinderella, the first pantomime at the London Hippodrome, which received rave reviews. Top photographs show Hetty Chattel as the Prince, Ruth Lytton as Dandini and Amy Farrell as Cinderella
The second working trials of the sporting spaniel club, 1899. Date: 1899
Waiting for the last wave, Parkgate, Cheshire, EnglandWaiting for the last wave - Parkgate, Cheshire, England. Date: circa 1900s
Herr Graiss looping monkey, DiavolinoDiavolino, a little monkey trained by Herr Grais, who performed the loop the loop on a tricycle at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1903
An acrobatic baboon at the HippodromeHerr Grais with his performing acrobatic baboon at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902
Diavolino, the monkey that loops the loop, London HippodromeDiavolino, the monkey that looped the loop on a little tricycle at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902
Lily Langtry by G. F. WattsLillie Langtry (1852 - 1929), English actress, painted by the artist George Frederick Watts. Date: 1938
Quayside, Padstow, CornwallThe Quayside, Padstow, Cornwall - in quieter less-foody times... Date: circa 1910s
Elsa Schiaparelli and daughter Gogo at Monte CarloElsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973), Italian fashion designer, pictured on holiday at Monte Carlo in the company of her daughter, Gogo. Date: 1938
Mike Parker, equerry to Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghLieutenant-Commander John Michael Avison Parker, CVO, AM (23 June 1920 29 December 2001), Australian who served as an officer of the Royal Navy (RN), and as Private Secretary to Prince Philip
Lord & Lady Loughborough and Sir John MilbankeMargaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm, daughter of Harry Chisholm of Sydney, NSW, Australia married in 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough
Carl Zeiss Jena Concave Mirror Lens - SearchlightsCarl Zeiss Jena Concave Mirror Lens for large electric headlamps (searchlights) which used these 2m wide parabolic reflectors. Date: 1926
Princess Henry of Battenberg and her childrenPrincess Beatrice, after her marriage, Princess Henry of Battenberg, youngest child of Queen Victoria with her four children, Ena, Maurice (in sailor suit)
Dining car of the Cote D Azur ExpressOpulent interior of the new Calais-Mediterranean Express. The service left Calais on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in connection with the 11am train from Victoria while passenger enjoyed a
Gold Mine Headgear - Witwatersrand (East) - South Africa. Date: circa 1910s
The Chowk, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe Chowk (marketplace), Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India Date: circa 1905
Old railway track at Winsford, CheshireBullhead rail on stone sleepers at Over & Wharton (Winsford, Cheshire) on the LNWR. Possibly a re-use of redundant tramway blocks? Date: 1905
John A Grooms Crippleage, Clacton-on-Sea, EssexThe Chippleage Wheelers at John A. Grooms Crippleage and Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher
Hither Green Lane, Hither Green, London - absolutely classic late Victorian suburban housing. Date: circa 1910s
Mlle. Anita, the Doll Lady, and her brotherMlle. Anita, measuring about twenty-six inches in height, and known as The Doll Lady or the Living Doll, pictured with her ordinary-sized brother, Herr Ignatz Zachowly during a visit to England
Marchioness of Londonderry at Londonderry HouseEdith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (1878 - 1959), noted society hostess, and, during the First World War director of the Womens Legion
Lord Althorp and Lady Adelaide Spencer in The TatlerPage from The Tatler featuring (right), Albert Edward John, Seventh Earl Spencer (1892 - 1975), grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
Interesting personalities of the racing worldPage from The Tatler featuring various well-known personalities of the racing world. Clockwise from top left, jockey Danny Maher and Sir E
Tatler cover - Lady Alexandra Howard-Johnston & childrenFront cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Lady Alexandra Howard-Johnston, formerly Lady Alexandra Haig, daughter of Field-Marshal Earl Haig
Princess Hermine of Reuss, second wife of the ex-KaiserPrincess Hermine of Reuss, second wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II (by the time of their marriage, ex-Kaiser), with her children at Doorn - Prince Georg Wilhelm
A group at Murrays including Lady Idina GordonA group at Murrays River Club in Maidenhead, Jack Mays outpost of his Beak Street club in Londons Soho. From left, Jack Gordon, the Countess of Munster, Miss Olga Lynn (famous singing teacher)
Days of the Week by John HassallIllustration by John Hassall to the traditional rhyme attributing different characteristics depending on what days of the week a person is born
Mail arriving by boat in Calshot Harbour, Tristan de CunhaTristan de Cunha - Mail arriving by boat in Calshot Harbour. Tristan da Cunha, colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean which includes Gough Island
Delhi, India - Tomb of Shams Uddin Altamash (Shams ud-Din Iltutmish). Date: 1911
The Old Post Office - Tintagel, CornwallThe Old Post Office, viewed from the north-east. The Old Post Office is thought to date from the 14th or 15th century. Originally a manor house or stewards house
Croydon, London - Millers Pond - A pair of Cart drivers bring their horses for a drink. Date: circa 1908
Delhi, India - Interior of Delhi Gate, Fort Delhi (Red Fort) - build by Emperor Shah Jahan between 1638 and 1648. Date: 1911
Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen - Steamship EuropaSS Europa of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. SS Europa (later SS Liberte) and her sister ship, Bremen, were the two most advanced
