Popular Collection (page 17)

Kings and Queens by Rudolf Besier. First produced at the St. Jamess Theatre, 16th January 1915. The reverse quotes The Daily Telegraph: Sir George Alexander has hit upon the very Play for War time

The King of Cadonia
promotional postcard for The King of Cadonia by Frederick Lonsdale; music Sidney Jones. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 3rd September 1908. Date: circa 1908

Keep The Home Fires Burning by Sheila Walsh
Promotional postcard for Keep The Home Fires Burning by Sheila Walsh. First produced in Barnsley on 7th February and Elephant and Castle Theatre, 28th February 1916

Interference by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden
Promotional postcard for Interference by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden. First produced at the St. Jamess Theatre, 29th January 1927

In Dahomey by Jesse A Shipp
In Dahomey by Jesse A. Shipp; music Will Marion Cook et. al. First produced in England at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 16th May 1903

The Hypocrites by Henry Arthur Jones. First produced in in England at the Hicks Theatre, 27th August 1907. The image shows Leonard Wilmore kisses Rachel Neve

Hobsons Choice by Harold Brighouse
Promotional postcard for Hobsons Choice by Harold Brighouse. First produced in England at the Apollo Theatre, 22nd June 1916. The story is set in Salford in 1880

Here Comes the Bride by Robert P Weston and Bert Lee
Here Comes The Bride by Robert P. Weston & Bert Lee, adapted from the play by Otto Harbach and Edgar McGregor; music Arthur Schwartz

The Worst Woman in London by Walter Melville. First produced at the Standard Theatre, 23rd October 1899. One of the many melodramas written by one or other of the Melville brothers. Date: circa 1899

Grand Theatre, Woolwich
Promotional postcard showing the facade of the Grand Theatre Woolwich. Considering the size of its employed population and the substantial army presence

The Gorilla by Ralph Spence. First produced in England at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, 22nd June and The Oxford Theatre, London, 30th June 1925

The Golden Moth by Fred Thomson & P G Wodehouse
Promotional postcard for The Golden Moth by Fred Thomson and P. G.Wodehouse; music Ivor Novello. First produced Adelphi, Theatre, 5th October 1921.The title refers to a crooks rendezvous in Paris

The Girl Who Took The Wrong Turning by Walter Melville
Promotional postcard for The Girl Who Took The Wrong Turning by Walter Melville. First produced at the Standard Theatre, 1st October 1906. The wording is full of innuendo. Date: circa 1906

Robin Hood by Henry Hamilton & William Devereux
Promotional postcard for Robin Hood by Henry Hamilton and William Devereux. First produced at the Lyric Theatre, 17th October 1906. This is for Lewis Wallers Co

Mary Latimer-Nun by Eva Elwes
Promotional postcard for Mary Latimer-Nun by Eva Elwes. First produced Osborne Theatre, Manchester, 15th September 1913. From the Stories Appearing Weekly in the Heartsease Library. Artist: E. P

The Lights O London by George R Sims
Promotional postcard for The Lights O London by George R. Sims. First produced Princesss Theatre, 10th September 1881. Centre pages of a four-page American flyer for H. R. Jacobs Company

Gipsy Love by Basil Hood & Adrian Ross
Promotional postcard of Gipsy Love adapted by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross. First produced Dalys Theatre, London on 1st June 1912. Artist Richard Pannett

Variations on a Popular Theme - Scottish fashions, 1927 from Scottish fashion housesshowing ubiquitous and fashionable jumper and cardigan suits from Pettigrew and Stephens of Glasgow

Miss Mabel Love
Mabel Love (1874-1953), popular actress and professional beauty posing in a signed photograph, Date: 1929

Petticoats, soldiers in kilts, WW1 silhouette postcard
First World War postcard. Petticoats, part of the Camp Silhouette series showing soldiers from a Highland regiment, with their kilts looking very similar to the skirts of their female companions

Shakespeare Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA
Shakespeare Rock, a popular climbing challenge at Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA. Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake on the state border between California and Nevada. Date: circa 1910

Poster, the Rolling Stones latest disc
Poster advertising the Rolling Stones latest disc. Date: 1960s

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver -although built in large numbers, the Helldiver was never popular with it crews

Dacia the dancer (Miss D. Allwood)
Miss D. Allwood, aka the dancer Dacia, well-known for her role in the popular wartime musical, Chu Chin Chow. Appearing in The Tatler at the time her engagement to Colonel Critchley Salmonson of

Fraulein Feldgrau on a WW1 postcard. She was a popular pinup for German soldiers. The red touches to the uniform have been added by hand. Date: 1914-1918

Favourite Sayings - Cart before the horse
Black and white lantern slide of a man putting a horse the wrong way round between the shafts of a cart.Two men stand at the side, one pointing to what the man is doing

Favourite Sayings - You can t catch the wind in a net
Black and white lantern slide of a man standing on a bank holding a rod with a net painted in at the end. Painted background of countryside.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Pro Italia - Allies and Brothers-In-Arms for Justice. Drawn for an Italian Celebration on Italian Day, 7th October 1915, and disposed of in the streets in the form of a souvenir pocket handkerchief

Poster design, La Veuve Joyeuse (The Merry Widow), an operetta by Franz Lehar, in a production by Albert Chartier

Simon Hick and Leslie Loaf, Penwith, Cornwall
Simon Hick, Penwith 83 Rock Festival organiser and Managing Director of Artina, with Leslie Loaf (Leslie G. Edmonds), wife of Meat Loaf

Mike Read with Radio 1 Roadshow group
Mike Read (left), radio DJ and presenter, with a BBC Radio 1 Roadshow group

Flower faces
Xmas card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: 1903

Quince flower faces
Easter greetings card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1906

Lady Bridget Poulett by Madame Yevonde
Lady Bridget Elizabeth Felicia Henrietta Augusta Poulett (1912-1975), daughter of the 7th Earl Poulett, by Madame Yevonde. She was a popular model with all the leading photographers of the day

Lecture on Astronomy, Paris
The Robin Theatre in Paris hosting a mid nineteenth century lecture aimed at attracting young people to the enigmatic branch of natural science astronomy. Date: 1864

Peter Hurkos, Dutch psychic
Peter Hurkos (Pieter van der Hurk, 1911-1988), Dutch psychic. After the Second World War he became a popular entertainer. Date: 20th century

Six illustrations from a theatre production of Drake, a pageant-play in three acts by Louis Napoleon Parker, starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Sir Francis Drake

Robert Dalglish MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
ROBERT DALGLISH (1808-1880) Scottish Radical politician and Member of Parliament for Glasgow from 1857 to 1874. Caption: The most popular man in the House of Commons Date: 1808 - 1880

His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty

FAIRGROUND OCTOPUS
The Octopus, a popular fairground ride. Date: 1970s

Paul De Kock - 6
PAUL DE KOCK Popular French author, depicted towards the end of his life. Date: 1793 - 1871

Tanjong Katong, Singapore - a popular beach on the East Coast Date: circa 1920s

Somewhere in France A concert behind the lines
Somewhere in France. A concert behind the lines. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

The Communication Trench. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

In a British advanced observation post. How artillery fire is observed and corrected. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

How the Staff is informed of movements at the Front. A scene in a stately French chateau. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

The famous 4 days retreat from Mons. How the wounded helped the wounded between Le Cateau and Landrecies. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Winter conditions in the Yser country. A scene on the snow-covered road leading to the rear. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

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