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Background imageProfessional Collection: Social / Girl in Snow 1904

Social / Girl in Snow 1904
The streetgirl and the cabbie commiserate with each other - in this weather, business is bad for both their professional activities. Date: 1904

Background imageProfessional Collection: Male Type / Wason 1909

Male Type / Wason 1909
A typical English professional gentleman: Mr JC Wason. Date: 1909

Background imageProfessional Collection: Male Type / Nutting 1910

Male Type / Nutting 1910
A typical English professional man: Sir John Nutting. Date: 1910

Background imageProfessional Collection: Mabel Love 1905

Mabel Love 1905
Mabel Love (1874 - 1953), popular actress and professional beauty, photographed holding a rose with a wistful expression on her face suggesting fond, sad memories of the past. Date: 1905

Background imageProfessional Collection: City of London Inst 1839

City of London Inst 1839
LITERARY & SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION Aimed at the intellectual improvement of professional people Date: 1839

Background imageProfessional Collection: MARY BEALE 1633-1697

MARY BEALE 1633-1697
MARY BEALE Unusual (at the time) for taking up a career as a professional artist, Beale achieved vast success. Date: 1633 - 1697

Background imageProfessional Collection: The Cowdray Club, Cavendish Square, London

The Cowdray Club, Cavendish Square, London
The Cowdray Club, 20 Cavendish Square, London, a club for nurses and other professional women. Date: 1928

Background imageProfessional Collection: Edgar Wallace entertains a few of his acquaintance 1929

Edgar Wallace entertains a few of his acquaintance 1929
Cartoon by H.M.Bateman, showing businessmen acting in a non Professional manner, probably depicting one of Edgar Wallaces (British author), crime books that he wrote at the time? Date: 1929

Background imageProfessional Collection: Self-portrait of Andrew Besley, photographer

Self-portrait of Andrew Besley, photographer, yawning and stretching in bed in the early morning. 1956

Background imageProfessional Collection: Andrew Besley, photographer, on TV Spotlight South West

Andrew Besley, photographer, on TV Spotlight South West
Andrew Besley, photographer, seen here on a television programme, TV Spotlight South West. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageProfessional Collection: Master Thatcher R Craker working on Lamb Inn, Little Milton

Master Thatcher R Craker working on Lamb Inn, Little Milton, Oxon. Date: 1960s

Background imageProfessional Collection: Visit of 1930 Ornithological Congress to Tring

Visit of 1930 Ornithological Congress to Tring
Within the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum at Tring, bequeathed to the Natural History Museum after his death in 1937

Background imageProfessional Collection: Ernst Hartert (1859-1933)

Ernst Hartert (1859-1933)
Curator of ornithology at Walter Rothschilds Zoological Museum at Tring from 1892 to 1930, during which time he also served as Museum Director

Background imageProfessional Collection: Henry Cotton, English professional golfer

Henry Cotton, English professional golfer
Sir Thomas Henry Cotton (1907-1987), English professional golfer who won three Open Championships, seen here on a golf course checking his clubs and putters. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageProfessional Collection: Bystander annual mixed foursome, Beckenham, Kent

Bystander annual mixed foursome, Beckenham, Kent
People gathering at the Bystander annual mixed foursome at the Foxgrove Golf Club in Beckenham, Kent. Those attending include Henry Cotton (1907-1987), English professional golfer

Background imageProfessional Collection: Brokenhurst Manor Silver Jubilee Golf Match

Brokenhurst Manor Silver Jubilee Golf Match
Group photo of golfers gathered for the Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club Silver Jubilee Golf Match, New Forest, Hampshire. They are (from right to left) Captain A E Phillips (Referee), Laurie Ayton

Background imageProfessional Collection: Poster, youth club photography opportunity

Poster, youth club photography opportunity
Poster advertising a youth club photography opportunity. Six members invited to take photos, develop and print them, all equipment provided. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageProfessional Collection: The poet

The poet. Professional men. The poet. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1904

Background imageProfessional Collection: The naval officer

The naval officer. Professional men. The naval officer. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1904

Background imageProfessional Collection: The army officer

The army officer. Professional men. The army officer. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1904

Background imageProfessional Collection: The clergyman

The clergyman. Professional men. The cleric. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1904

Background imageProfessional Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather, The Professional Instinct Again

Bruce Bairnsfather, The Professional Instinct Again
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, The Professional Instinct Again, published in The Bystander, 1916. A juggler in civilian life practises with hand grenades. Date: 1916

Background imageProfessional Collection: The Professional Instinct Again, by Bairnsfather

The Professional Instinct Again, by Bairnsfather
The Professional Instinct Again Keeping His Hand In Private Smith, the company bomber (formerly " Shinio", the popular juggler)

Background imageProfessional Collection: Professional Jealousy French Tommy - WWI (Humour)

Professional Jealousy French Tommy - WWI (Humour)
Professional Jealousy. French Tommy - I don t deny that they ve got nice straight legs, but our figures are the more substantial, anyhow

Background imageProfessional Collection: Cartoon, Keeping his hand in, WW1

Cartoon, Keeping his hand in, WW1
Cartoon, Keeping his hand in. The professional instinct again. Private Smith, the company bomber (formerly Shinio, the popular juggler), frequently causes considerable anxiety to his platoon

Background imageProfessional Collection: The Professional Touch by Bairnsfather

The Professional Touch by Bairnsfather
The Professional Touch " Chuck us out that bag o bombs, mate; its under your ead" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Background imageProfessional Collection: Man protesting against playing of football during WW1

Man protesting against playing of football during WW1
Frederick Nicholas Charrington (a member of the brewing family) protesting against the playing of football during the First World War

Background imageProfessional Collection: Music conference lecture 1888

Music conference lecture 1888
Conference of the national society of professional musicians. Mr. A.J Hipkins illustrating his lecture on the history of the pianoforte. Date: 1888

Background imageProfessional Collection: Photographic studio setup

Photographic studio setup for Rolls Royce stroboscopic photoshoot. 1959

Background imageProfessional Collection: The Cowdray Club, London

The Cowdray Club, London
The Cowdray Club at 20 Cavendish Square, London. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageProfessional Collection: National Professional School at Armentieres - Fire Drill

National Professional School at Armentieres - Fire Drill
The National Professional School at Armentieres in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. The boys undertaking a fire drill with buckets ladders and a hand pump Date: circa 1908

Background imageProfessional Collection: Lodging House Keeper makes a slight descriptive error

Lodging House Keeper makes a slight descriptive error
Lodging-House Keeper (to professional lady) - " Which my usband, Miss, is one of the Virgins at the Cathedral!" Date: circa 1890s

Background imageProfessional Collection: Russian Tradesman (trade unknown) driving his horse cart

Russian Tradesman (trade unknown) driving his horse cart, which bears a large wooden crate/chest (contents unknown!). Date: 1902

Background imageProfessional Collection: Lysias (Anon)

Lysias (Anon)
LYSIAS Athenian orator who, being in straitened circumstances, became a professional speech- writer for legal counsel Date: 450? - 380 BC

Background imageProfessional Collection: The professional bridegroom

The professional bridegroom. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as the groom, the Best Man, both Ushers, the Brides Pa, the Maid of Honor, both bridesmaids

Background imageProfessional Collection: American Merchant Seamen increase your professional knowledg

American Merchant Seamen increase your professional knowledge and skill in the United States Maritime Service. Poster for the United States Maritime Service offering training courses to members of

Background imageProfessional Collection: Works Progress Administration presents an exhibition of sele

Works Progress Administration presents an exhibition of selected skills of the unemployed Div. of Womens & Professional Projects

Background imageProfessional Collection: Representatives of professional baseball in America

Representatives of professional baseball in America

Background imageProfessional Collection: Camera and photography shop interior, Walton, Essex

Camera and photography shop interior, Walton, Essex
Interior view of camera sales and professional photographers shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A large array of different sizes and types of film are displayed behind the counter

Background imageProfessional Collection: The Greater Game: WW1 and football

The Greater Game: WW1 and football
No doubt you can make money in this field, my friend, but theres only one field to-day where you can get honour. A severe looking Mr

Background imageProfessional Collection: Silhouette of a tennis player

Silhouette of a tennis player
Full-length silhouette of a tennis player with two tennis racquets tucked under his arm. 1926

Background imageProfessional Collection: Princess Elizabeth at the Head of the River race, Devon

Princess Elizabeth at the Head of the River race, Devon
Princess Elizabeth is helped ashore from the launch Enchantress by Bert Barry, former world professional sculling champion, dressed in his red doggetts coat and badge regalia. Date: 17th March 1951

Background imageProfessional Collection: Bard and Ovate

Bard and Ovate
A Bard and an Ovate (soothsayer) whose functions accompanied those of the druids, as two associated professional classes of religious practitioners. Date: BCE

Background imageProfessional Collection: Toad in Disguise / Grahame

Toad in Disguise / Grahame
Toad in disguise: " She arranged the shawl with a professional fold, & tied the strings of the rusty bonnet under his chin." Date: First published: 1908

Background imageProfessional Collection: Agnes Jones, workhouse nursing pioneer

Agnes Jones, workhouse nursing pioneer
Agnes Elizabeth Jones (1832-1868) was trained at Florence Nightingales nursing school at St Thomas Hospital in London. In 1865 she was appointed to superintend an experimental nursing scheme at

Background imageProfessional Collection: Magician / Ally Sloper

Magician / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper makes his debut on the boards at a London Music Hall in the roll of a professional trickster, where he sits on an unsuspecting woman in an attempt to make her disappear

Background imageProfessional Collection: Nurse, doctor and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon

Nurse, doctor and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse (probably matron) and a doctor attending to a patient

Background imageProfessional Collection: Scene in a photographers studio

Scene in a photographers studio. Several men, who appear to be photographers themselves, watch a photographer photographing a little boy, who seems to be enjoying the experience



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