Popular Collection (page 6)

Bradford Town Hall 1870S
Bradford Town Hall, opened in 1873 and designed by the architects Lockwood and Mawson. It shows the popular gothic style of the time

BULLOCKs MUSEUM 1811
Housed in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, William Bullocks miscellaneous collection is a popular attraction at a period when official museums hardly exist

Hartley as Imoinda
ELIZABETH HARTLEY, actress, as Imoinda in Aphra Behns extremely popular Oroonoko

Paranormal / Magic / Wizards
LE SORCIER DU VILLAGE Popular print depicting a young country couple visiting the local wise man to know what the future holds in store for them

Dance / Popular / Tango
Tango Argentino

Miranda in The Tempest by William Shakespeare, at the Opera House, Southport, 9 October 1905 for one week, Herbert Beerbohm Trees production which opened at His Majestys Theatre on 14 September 1904

Margaret Whigham as The Precious One at the Gay Party
Miss Margaret Whigham, celebrated debutante and it girl, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then the Duchess of Argyll, whose divorce case in 1963 scandalised the country

Confessions by Camera, Ms Charles Sweeny
Page from The Sketch, part of a series entitled, Confessions by Camera. This one features Mrs Charles Sweeny, former deb of the year and it girl

Wynken, Blynken & Nod
Wynken, Blynken and Nod is a popular poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published in 1889

Felix the Cat toys on sale in a London shop, Christmas 1924
Felix the Cat plush toys in a variety of sizes available for sale in a London shop at Christmas time. Also available are an incredible number of cuddly monkeys. Date: 1924

The Strongest.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Peony Flower Faces
Easter wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

Camellia Flower Faces
Easter wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

Buttercup Flower Faces
Easter wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

Commedia dell arte Characters
Four Characters from Commedia dell arte, an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th18th centuries, based on stock characters

Bruno Kastner - German stage and film actor
Bruno Kastner (18901932) - German stage and film actor, screenwriter and film producer whose career was most prominent in the 1910s and 1920s during the silent film era

German Nudist Beach
AT THE FREIBAD Scene on a German popular beach where a relaxed attitude is taken to dress codes Date: 1920s

Poster advertising Nicholas Nickleby film, Ealing Studios, produced by Michael Balcon, directed by Cavalcanti, screenplay by John Dighton, starring Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Holloway

Stephano in The Tempest by William Shakespeare, at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 4 December 1905 for one week, Herbert Beerbohm Trees production which opened at His Majestys Theatre on 14 September

Music cover, Annie Laurie or Royal Scots Quadrilles, with a view of Dundee, Scotland. Introducing the Popular Airs of Annie Laurie (Campbells Are Coming, Highland Laddie, Logie O Buchan)

Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Different types of flower: personate, infundibuliform, ringent, campanulate, rotate and hypocratiform. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Elisabeth Welch sings Charleston in Runnin Wild at the Colonial Theatre (New York). Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

South Jersey hand-blown glass pitcher with lily pad design
Popular Art in the USA - South Jersey hand-blown glass pitcher with lily pad design. mid-19th century

Painted sailcloth, Jesus assisted in carrying the Cross
Popular Art in the USA - painted sailcloth, Jesus assisted in carrying the Cross, Spanish Colonial. late 18th century

Elisabeth Welch sings to Griffith Jones & Ann Dvorak in the film This Was Paris. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Margaret Whigham at Ascot with her boater and ruches muff
Celebrated society it girl, Miss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then the infamous Duchess of Argyll pictured at Ascot in June 1931 wearing an unusual boater style hat

King Alfred of Wessex burns the cakes
One popular legend from the life of Alfred the Great (849-899 AD), originating from 12th century chronicles, tells how after fleeing to the Somerset Levels

White Flower Faces
Birthday wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

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

The Premier Liverpool Greyhound Track - Breck Park, Townsend Lane, Clubmoor, Liverpool.. The Fifty First Meeting on Wednesday August 3rd, 1927. Date: circa 1910s

Colleen Moore - American Movie star
Colleen Moore (1899-1988) - American Movie star, one of the most fashionable of the era and helped popularize the Dutchboy bobbed haircut

USA - A stylish 1920s couple Jazz dancing. Date: circa 1908

Preston Mont, Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire
Preston Mont (Ethel Preston Monument - 1861-1911), Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire. Walter Preston was a manufacturing chemist. He married Ethel West in 1882. They had no children

Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving

Charles Mackay
CHARLES MACKAY Writer and editor best known for his Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds of which we possess a first edition... Date: 1814 - 1889

Edwardian Tablecloth - Example of a popular Edwardian cretonne fabric tablecloth with a strong floral pattern. Date: 1908

HGC Marsh Lambert - Popular proverb. Half a loaf is better than no bread'. Date: circa 1918

Advert, Wills Woodbines Cigarettes, playing card back
Advert, Wills Woodbines Cigarettes, smoked by millions, playing card back

WW2 - Radio Fun Annual 1942
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 children's annual, Radio Fun Annual 1942. The image shows a plethora of figures popular in wartime comedy and radio, including Haver and Lee

Service Land Music Cover, WW2
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Service-Land, a grand selection of popular song successes arranged by R. S. Stoddon

The famous American duo the Duncan Sisters, 1920s, popular with their act Topsy and Eva Date: 1920s

Source Chomel at Vichy, 1920s
Source Chomel at Vichy, one of the most popular of the health spa resorts in France, 1920s Date: 1920s

Source de la Grande Grille at Vichy, 1920s
Source de la Grande Grille at Vichy, one of the most popular of the health spa resorts in France, 1920s Date: 1920s

Popular K Orchestra playing the Palais de Danse, Birmingham
The popular K Orchestra playing at the Palais de Danse, Birmingham, October 1922 Date: 1922

Benavente's popular Sextette Jazz Band, October 1922
Benavente's popular Sextette Jazz Band, currently playing at the Piccadilly Hotel, October 1922 Date: 1922

The New York Havana Band, 1922
The New York Havana Band, popular in vaudeville and the ballroom, 1922 Date: 1922

Paseo de las Delicias, 1785, by Ramon Bayeu y Subias
Ramon Bayeu y Subias (1746-1793). Spanish painter. Paseo de las Delicias, 1785. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid)

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