Oct19 Collection (page 2)

A group at Murrays including Lady Idina Gordon
A 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 Hassall
Illustration 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 Cunha
Tristan 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, Cornwall
The 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 Europa
SS 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

WWII - the man who eats grass, Mr J. R. B. Branson
Mr J. R. B. Branson, who advocated a diet of grass to counter food shortages during the Second World War. The Bystander magazine ran a double page spread on him

Bystander cover - Bruce Bairnsfather, Armistice Day
Front cover of The Bystander illustrated by the magazines most famous cartoonist, Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. With another world war underway

Smoking car of the Cote d Azur Express
Luxurious and well-appointed smoking car on the Cote D Azur Express leaving Paris Gare de Lyon at 9am daily and running to Cannes, Nice, Beaulieu, Monte Carlo and Mentone on the French Riviera

The Cote D Azur Express at Monte Carlo
The Cote D Azur Express standing in Monte Carlo station. Run in conjunction with the 9pm Continent Express from London, it left Paris Gare de Lyon at 9am daily and running to Cannes, Nice, Beaulieu

The Sultan of Sokoto, religious head of Haussaland in Northern Nigeria. Date: 1903

Bales of cotton, ready for shipment - USA. Date: circa 1911

Nave - Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire - looking west. Date: 1954

Market Square and Corn Exchage, Saffron Walden, Essex Date: 1954

Mont Blanc Massif - French Alps - Chamonix - The Plan Praz Terrace (2064m altitude.) Date: circa 1910s

Exmouth, Devon - St. John-in-the-Wilderness Church - in all of its wild glory. Date: circa 1908

Harvard House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Built in 1596 by Thomas Rogers, grandfather of the benefactor of Harvard University, John Harvard. Date: circa 1910s

Steamboat passing through lock near St. Louis. Missouri, USA Date: circa 1910s

Steamboats in the Harbour - Toronto, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

The Mint House, Pevensey, East Sussex dating from 1342 (see also: 10910489 for an ivy-less view...). Date: circa 1910s

The Largest Glacial Kettle at Taylor Falls, Minnesota, USA
The Largest Glacial Kettle (Pot Hole) at Taylor Falls, Minnesota, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Wrestling Match (Wrestlers - Luchadas) - Canary Islands
Canarain Wrestling Match (Wrestlers - Luchadas) - Canary Islands, Spain. Canarian Wrestling is a form of folk wrestling, originally from the Canary Islands, where it is known as Lucha Canaria

Hansi Arnstadt - Actress, Film Star and Dancer
Hansi Arnstadt (1878-1945) - German Actress, Film Star and Dancer. Date: 1920s

Skogen Station - Norway - on the Holmenkollen Line located between Voksenlia and Lillevann, in Oslo. The architect for the station was Erik Glosimodt. Date: 1932

London - Traffic crossing the old London Bridge Date: circa 1903

London - The Crystal Palace at Sydenham. Date: circa 1903

London - Buckingham Palace showing the old front - view from Green Park. Date: circa 1903

Replete Seagull on the shore having consumed a Watermelon
Replete Seagull on the shore having consumed a large Watermelon slice - reproduction of a Japanese woodblock print. Date: circa 1900s

Ticket stub from the Folies Bergere, Paris, France
Ticket stub for the Orchestra Stalls at the Folies Bergere, Paris, France - April 7, 1925 Date: 1925

Great Equatorial Telescope at Royal Observatory, Greenwich
The Great Equatorial Telescope at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, England. Date: circa 1930s

Laramie, Wyoming, USA - Black Bear Waffles
Summit Tavern on the Lincoln Highway (elevation 8835ft) - Laramie, Wyoming, USA - Black Bear Waffles - a Local celebrity! Date: circa 1930s

Fishing Boats in the harbour at Looe, Cornwall Date: circa 1930s

The Royal Observatory Greenwich, London - The Great Equatorial Telescope. Date: late 1930s

The Redskins at the London Hippodrome
Scene from The Redskins at the London Hippodrome in which Thundercloud is tied up by the homesteaders. Date: 1905

Annette Kellerman
Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman (1886 - 1975), Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, causing a minor scandal at the time

Mesmerism, Rabbit vs. Stoat by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman who frequently lampooned the tax man in his work. Here, a meek looking man looks rather like a rabbit, trembling under the intense

Miss Essex and Valerie French, Madame Yevonde
Essex and Valerie French, daughters of Major the Hon. and Mrs Gerald French, younger son of Sir John French, Earl of Ypres. 1926

Newest turns at the London Hippodrome 1900
Newest turns at the London Hippodrome in October 1900 - Eugene Sandow, the famous strong man, Ghezzi the clown, the Sisters O Meers, the clever wire artists and M. Batty and his famous bear

Anne and Christine Bevan by Madame Yevonde
Anne and Christine Bevan, daughters of Mr Edwyn Bevan and the former Mary Waldegrave, photographed by Madame Yevonde at the time Anne was to be married to Charles Craven Saunderson. Date: 1926

Poster for Cinderella at the London Hippodrome, 1900
Poster for Cinderella, the first pantomime to be held at the newly-opened London Hippodrome in December 1900. Date: 1901

Poster for The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas London Hippodrome
Poster for the latest wonder show at the London Hippodrome, for Christmas 1906. The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas featured several scenes played under water in the Hippodromes transparent tank

Votes for Women at the Court Theatre 1907
Votes for Women, the first suffragette play, which was staged at the Court Theatre (now the Royal Court) in 1907. The Sketch comments this is the finest crowd scene they have seen at the theatre in

Sketch cover, Queen Ena of Spain
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a portrait of Queen Victoria Eugenia (Ena) of Spain, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and wife of King Alfonso XIII

Marceline the Droll, the London Hippodromes clown
Marceline, the popular clown at the London Hippodrome, where he famously influenced the young Charlie Chaplin when they appeared together in the Hippodromes first pantomime, Cinderella

Silver wedding gifts on display, Gloucester marriage
Presentation silver in the throne room at St. Jamess Palace. Wedding gifts for the marriage of the Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott in 1935

Scene from Joy Bells at the London Hippodrome
A picturesque scene from the popular Albert de Courville revue, Joy Bells, at the London Hippodrome in 1919 with Phyllis Bedells and chorus

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