Riga Gallery

Daly's Girls enjoying themselves at the swimming baths. Standing (left to right)

Daly's Girls enjoying themselves at the swimming baths. Standing (left to right): The Misses Stella Riga, Jean Stirling, Veda Le Grand and Irene Flower. Seated (left to right): The Misses Evelyn Drew, Elsie Spencer, Eve Carew and Kate Zoller. Daly's Theatre was located at 2 Cranbourn Street, just off Leicester Square. Between 1895 and 1915 the British producer George Edwardes ran the house, where he presented a series of long-running musical comedies Date: circa 1910

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

History of navigation. Middle ages. Northern Europe. Ship. 1

History of navigation. Middle Ages. Hokl or Holke, boat widely used in northern Europe, and ship goods. 15th-16th centuries. Model by unknown author (19th century). Museum of History and Navigation. Riga

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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A compass rose. 18th century

A compass rose. Used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions: North, East, South and West. 18th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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