Production Collection (page 21)

The Female Swindler - Walter Melville
Promotional card showing Tom H. Taylors production of The Female Swindler by Walter Melville which was first produced at the Terriss Theatre in Rotherhithe, London on 12th October 1903

Fedora by Victorien Sardou - Australian actress Marie Lohr
Fedora by Victorien Sardou was first produced at the Theatre du Vaudeville in Paris, 12th December 1882. The English version by Herman Merivale was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre

Faust by Stephen Phillips and J. Comyns Carr. First produced at His Majestys Theatre, London on 5th September 1908. Mr Tree as Mephistopheles. Mr Henry Ainley as Faust

The Faun by Edward Knoblauch. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London on 10th June 1913. A piece of whimsy in which a faun enters a London drawing room to prevent a man from taking his

A Mound of Aluminium, July 1940
In response to the appeal for aluminium from Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, families hand in their spare pots and pans to aid the war effort. 1940

The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, starring Henry Irving
The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, first produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, November 1871. Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was identified with the role of Mathias in this play more than with any other

Map for St Jamess Theatre, King Street, London, on the back of a flyer for The Basker, a comedy by Clifford Mills. First produced at St Jamess Theatre, London, January 1916

The Babes in the Wood, Theatre Royal, Bournemouth. The Funniest Daintiest Pantomime in the South of England, from Boxing Day for two and a half weeks

As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, the Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton (seen here as Rosalind) 1907-8 season at His Majestys Theatre, London (they also played Othello, The Taming of the Shrew)

Caroline by W Somerset Maugham, first produced at the New Theatre London, February 1916. Leaning on the chair back, Dr Cunningham addresses Isabella Trench, Maude Fulton

Music cover, Der Orlow, operetta by Granichstaedten
Music cover, Der Orlow, an operetta in three acts, with words by Ernst Marischka and Bruno Granichstaedten and music by Bruno Granichstaedten (1879-1944)

Adrian Brunel, film director
Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter, who began his career during the silent movie era. Seen here on the set of The First of The Few

Theatre in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Theatre Royal in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Walter Melvilles Company were performing The Girl Who Lost Her Character, a bad woman drama. Date: circa 1904

Heil, Cinderella! The Wilton pantomime for the troops
Photographs from Heil, Cinderella, produced by Cecil Beaton in aid of a Comforts Fund for H.M. Forces. The cast include Lady Pembroke and her son Hon

Map of the French Department of Charente - No. 16
Map of the French Department of Charente - No.16, featuring inset illustrations of Paper production industry, La Rochefoucauld

Manufacture of felt hats. Hungary
Manufacture of felt hats, formerly widely used in Hungary. Reflects the regional differences, social and occupational. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest, Hungary

Philippines. Natives cutting abaca. Colored engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876

Cartoon, Richard d Oyly Carte, Gilbert and Sullivan
Cartoon, Richard d Oyly Carte as maitre d, with Ws Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan as chefs, at the Savoy Dining Room. Opening the new shop -- it is wonderful what may be done by enterprise and Patience

Caricature of the actor Alfred Maltby, in the role of Mr Dawson in the play Betsy by F C Burnand. circa 1880s

La Boheme, opera by Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME - the last scene of Act Three Date: 1896

Actors performing, Minack Theatre, Penzance, Cornwall
Actors performing to an audience at the open air Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Penzance, Cornwall. The production was The Yeomen of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan. Date: circa 1970s

Jacquard Looms in operation for figured weaving
A row of Jacquard Looms in operation for figured weaving Date: circa 1830s

Cotton gins, Kilwa Kivinje, Tanzania, East Africa
Men working at cotton gins at Kilwa Kivinje, German East Africa (now Tanzania). Date: circa 1900

Alfred Molina actor (kneeling on the left)
Alfred Molina actor in the Tower Theatres production of The King-Stag. Date: 1970

Sopwith T1 Cuckoo single-seat torpedo bomber. It was a carrier-borne machine with wheels in place of floats, first flown in June 1917

LFG Roland C II German reconnaissance biplane, usually known as the Walfisch (Whale), introduced in 1916. Seen here is a rear view of a late production model belonging to the Bavarian Fl Abt 292

Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 reconnaissance fighter
Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 German float-equipped two-seat reconnaissance fighter. It first flew in January 1917. Seen here is serial no. 2016, an early production example

Henschel Hs 293 -seen on handling trolley, this was the worlds first production air-launched anti-ship missile

Fairchild C-82A-While the XC-82 first flew in September 1944, protracted problems prevented any production before wars end

Douglas XB-43 -though never put into production, this simplified jet-powered version of the XB-42, was Americas first jet bomber

1899 Box Camera and Film Date: 1899

The Sailors Return with Cecil Beaton & Lady Caroline Paget
Scenes from The Sailors Return with Cecil Beaton & Lady Caroline Paget. The film was made by Cecil Beaton at his country home, Ashcombe, with friends and neighbours in the cast. Date: 1935

How to start an allotment during WW1
Diagram in The Sphere advising readers how to start work on a raw piece of ground in order to create an allotment. The Food Production Department was keen to get around 500

Suffragette Play How the Vote was Won. A production of Cicely Hamiltons play How the Vote was Won was given at Cardiffs Royal Hotel on 12th November 1909

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

Return of the hot water bottles 1946
Production of the rubber synthetic hot water bottle in Streatham factory, London, post Second World War. During the War, rubber was reserved for making tires for military trucks

Caucasian oilfields by G. H. Davis
The Achilles Heel of the Soviets: the Caucasian oilfields. A pictorial map of the strategically vulnerable oilfields on either side of the Caucasus upon which Russia depends for the bulk of her

Whale hunting vessel and factory by G. H. Davis
Floating whale factories: ships which reduce their prey to oil and by-products on the spot. A whale-hunting factory and its catcher vessels at work in the Antarctic

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

WW1 Machinery in a lead factory - shrapnel production
An array of machinery in a factory manufacturing white lead, used to make artillery shrapnel during WW1 Date: circa 1915

Sud-Aviation Caravelle production

Fairey Fulmar, G-AIBE / N1854, the first production versio?
Fairey Fulmar, G-AIBE/N1854, the first production version and true prototype. This aircraft is currently on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, the only known survivor of the type

The fifth production Fairey Fulmar, N1858

Hawker Hurricane IIC, PZ865 / G-AMAU, The Last of the Many?
Hawker Hurricane IIC, PZ865/G-AMAU, The Last of the Many!, the final production Hurricane, at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 September

Saint-Claude, France - Fabrique Jeantet-David Pipe Factory - Polishing the pipes using overhead belt-driven polishing machines. (see: 10993880) Date: circa 1909

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - Coke Production Area
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto Coke Production Area. Date: circa 1910s

Hill Man and Woman - Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India
Hill Man and Woman at Mussoorie, a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Date: 1905

Fig packing - Djanik Elmassian Fig Factory, Izmir, Turkey
Fig packing at the Djanik Elmassian Fig Factory and depot at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. A very traditional scene in the main fig-producing region in Turkey. Date: circa 1910s

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