Scenes Collection (#91)

Colour plate of the early life of Queen Victoria and Prince
This vibrant colour plate depicts early scenes from the life of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Around the margin are portraits of their children as adults

Victoria Marries Albert

Edward Weds
Edward and Alexandra marry in St Georges chapel, Windsor castle. Date: 10 March 1863

Alexandra & Edward Wed
Marriage of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and Alexandra at St Georges Chapel, Windsor Date: 1863

Edward Vii / Wedding 1863
MARRIAGE to Princess Alexandra Signing of the Attestation Deed Date: 10 March 1863

Prince and Princess of Wales, St Columb, Cornwall
The Prince and Princess of Wales being driven through St Columb in Cornwall on a visit -- the streets are packed with people wanting a glimpse. Date: 1983

Enthusiasm on the eve of King Faruks wedding
Police keeping the eager populace at bay during one of King Faruks many public appearances in Cairo prior to his marriage to Farida, the daughter of Yussuf Pasha Zulficar

Public celebrations at the royal wedding
Public entertainments in Cairo to celebrate the royal wedding of King Faruk to Farida. Military bands played in public parks and native quarters

A busy time for the police: King Faruks wedding
Attempting to hold at bay the people that thronged round the Abdin Palace and nearly penetrated the courtyard. The Sphere reports that, " The crowds were good-humoured enough

Car jumpers escort Nahas Pasha to the royal wedding
Cairos youth escort Nahas Pasha, the recently deposed premier, when he returned to the city for the royal wedding of King Faruk to Queen Farida

Curious effects of the strike: Unusual scenes in London
Unusual scenes include: a motor-bus used as a recruiting office; a flock of sheep walking down a road in London and volunteer workers improvising a cricket match in Rotten Row

Holly Leaves cover featuring silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
Front cover design for Holly Leaves featuring a series of charming cut outs by silhouette artist, H. L. Oakley depicting Christmas scenes from the Victorian era

Bronze age courtship, Aldin
A bronze aged warrior of Denmark with spear and shield courts a rather shy looking woman Date: circa 3000 BC

Bronze age lake dwellers, Aldin
Swiss lake dwellers of the Bronze age go about their daily lives, living upon the shores of what is today Lake Zurich. Their houses are constructed over the water

Stone Age eviction, Aldin
An eviction scene at Wookey Hole, near Wells, England. A stone age man yields a spear to clear a family of wild animals from a cave in order for his own family to move in

British Bronze age warriors, Aldin
Two British warriors of the Bronze age, one on horseback, the other holding a spear and shield

Petticoat Lane, 1858
The Petticoat Lane market on a Sunday morning

A gold mining scene near Mojave, California Date: C. 1908

Government Medical Inspectors Office
Emigration - The Government Medical Inspectors Office. As the text describes: No passenger ship is allowed to proceed until a medical practitioner appointed by the emigration office of the port shall

German Family at Table
The family of a German burgher share a meal together round a table. The son of the family says grace while one of the smaller children appears to be sitting dangerously close to a roaring fire

Tea party for a bear and his friends
A tea party for a bear and his friends. The bear carries a pot of jam and some buns on a tray, towards a table where a squirrel, a frog and two other animals are sitting

The Kings Holiday Retreat at Biarrtiz
A page of photographs depicting various scenes around Biarritz, favourite holiday destination of King Edward VII and other European royalties

Three women on a London street, standing on the pavement outside a terraced house. One of them wears a long apron and carries a jug

People on a street of terraced housing, London
Adults and children on a street of terraced housing in the East End of London. The girl on the left appears to be cutting pieces of leather

Two boys on a London street
Two working class Edwardian boys leaning against a wall on a London street

Reception of the corps diplomatique at St James
A reception of the corps diplomatique at the royal court of St James Palace. Ambassadors and ministers mingle and chat in their official costumes

The Belmont Coach, New York City, America

Suburban Sunday in the back garden
A suburban Sunday in the back garden. Mother and son keep cool with bottles of drink, while the dog laps up a glass of Caribbean lemonade. Dad, overheated, gives himself a break from mowing the lawn

Tours & Excursions, Emerald Isle
A montage of Irish scenes and landmarks, including the Giants Causeway, Connemara, Killarney, Rostrevor, and a lady playing a harp

Aston Park viewed
Queen Victorias visit to Birmingham and Warwick. The view of Aston Park from Aston Hall, with the smoking chimney stacks of industrial Birmingham on the horizon

The conservatories at Chiswick House
Wealthy Victorians enjoy the hospitality of the Duke of Devonshire as part of his fete celebrations at Chiswick House

Sunday afternoon, Victoria Park
A Sunday afternoon lecture in Victoria Park, London. A well-dressed crowd listen to a speaker from the nearby Oxford House

Wat Sri Sawai, Old Sukhothai, Thailand
View of Wat Sri Sawai, a small Buddhist temple with three prangs in Old Sukhothai, Thailand. There are many Hindu images and scenes here, suggesting that Sri Sawai was first a Hindu temple

Prince and Princess of Wales, St Columb, Cornwall
The Prince and Princess of Wales being driven through St Columb in Cornwall on a visit

Japanese depiction of an English Christmas
English Christmas scenes depicted by a Japanese artist, including a pantomime; making a Christmas pudding; Christmas dinner; playing croquet

Autumn painted by Pauline Baynes
A boy and a girl in the Elizabethan era pictured picking blackberries while in the background, horsemen are hunting a stag

The Romance of Caravanning
Scenes within Baron de Sennevoys caravan, a veritable palace on wheels. The baron had just returned from a three month journey in Normandy covering over 700 miles

Scenes at the Shanghai Country Club
The amenities of European life in China, showing various aspects of the Shanghai country club: the front entrance of the clubhouse; in the general conversation room; looking across the pond to

Hobble Skirt Cars in New York
Hobble Skirt street cars on Broadway in New York City, America

Greetings from Malta
A Greetings card from Malta, depicting a glamorous woman as the carapace of a beautiful butterfly, the wings extended wide to reveal scenes of places on the Island

Cover design for The Poster, August 1899, Number XIII, Volume III, price sixpence. A young woman sits at a cafe table watching a couple walk by

Office scene with large angled mirror
A futuristic office with a large angled mirrored screen running along one wall, with up to the minute computer systems visible in the reflection. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Teenager being told off
An older woman knits in her sitting room, whilst delivering a stern reprimand to a sullen faced teenage girl (her daughter) who sits alongside her looking downcast and moderately fed up

Fold-out postcard with scenes of Shanghai, China

Costume 4 Parts of World
Four stylish scenes depicting fashion and dress in four continents - Europe, Asia, Africa and North America

Lawn Tennis Championship matches at Wimbledon
Vignettes showing scenes at Wimbledon in 1887, including several of the fifteen year old Miss Lottie Dod serving the ball in the year she first won the Championship

Television, 1954
A group of people huddle together in a sitting room to watch the latest gadget in 1954, a television

A Rose Show at the Horticultural Societys Gardens
Smartly dressed ladies and gentlemen stroll around a marquee at a rose show held in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Societys gardens in South Kensington, London

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