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Cottage or Palace? By Frank LindoCottage or Palace? by Frank Lindo produced by Harry Barfords Company. It first opened at the Canterbury Music Hall on 22nd January 1910
Cinderella Flyer for the New Theatre Royal, WindsorBack and front covers of flyer for Cinderella at the New Theatre Royal, Windsor on 7th February ?. The artist is Arnold Mello. Six pages of text give the story
Cinderella Flyer for the Theatre Royal in Darwen, LancashireLeft-hand side of the front of a four-page flyer for the Theatre Royal in Darwen on 23rd December 1912. Mlle. De Rose Presents Her First Grand, Gorgeous & Comic Pantomime
Pre-WW1 young manA portrait of an seated young man, taken before the out break of the First World War. Date: circa 1914
Clancarty at the Lyric Theatre, 1907Tom Taylors Clancarty was first produced as Lady Clancarty at the Olympic Theatre in 1874, with Henry Neville playing Lord Clancarty and Ada Cavendish playing Lady Clancarty
RFC crewmen relaxing, Northern France, WW1Four Royal Flying Corps crewmen relaxing on a pile of sacks outside a corrugated iron hut, somewhere in Northern France during the First World War. Three of them have signed their names on the photo
Children taking part in a fashion show, possibly for a local Womens Institute group. Date: circa 1980s
Holy Well at Rumengol - black & white view of well in stone surround, seated female figure Date: circa 1890s
H B Irving playing Charles I by W. G. WillsPhotograph of Harry Brodribb, known as H B in the lead role of Charles I. This is another card advertising the companys arrival in Southampton on the same tour. Date: 1907
An Englishmans Home by Guy du Maurier. First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre on 27th January 1909. Guy du Maurier was brother of the actor Gerald, and uncle of the novelist, Daphne
Mr. Cecil Beaton, Miss Nancy Beaton, and Miss Ann DuveenMr. Cecil Beaton, his sister, Miss Nancy Beaton, and Miss Ann Duveen, at Sandwich Bay, on the east coast of Kent. Beaton is wearing a very fetching pair of spectacles
Mr Noel Coward at Cap d AntibesPhotograph of Sir No묠 Coward (16 December 1899 26 March 1973) sitting on a rock in Antibes on the fashionable French Riviera in 1928
Four Indian women playing Pachisi, IndiaFour Indian women playing Pachisi (Pucheesee, Parcheesi, Parchisi, Parchesi, Twenty-Five), India. The game was adapted in England and renamed Ludo in the late 19th century. Date: circa 1910
Young woman of Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1905
Indian man playing the flute, IndiaIndian man playing the flute, with a water gourd at his side. Date: circa 1930
Men and rickshaws, Matheran hill station, IndiaMen and rickshaws, Matheran hill station, Maharashtra state, India. Date: 1914
Grandmamma Telling a Story by Charles RobinsonIllustration captioned Grandmamma Telling a Story. Five children and their Grandpappa are seen listening to the Grandmamma telling them all a story. Date: 1906
Farming family, South America, showing a man wearing a fancy silver belt, another man operating a sewing machine, and a seated woman. Date: circa 1900s
The Fan Painter - Japan. Date: 1905
Competitors, Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge, CornwallScene at the Royal Cornwall Show at Wadebridge -- competitors line up for the judging in the Hermes Concours d Elegance (class 69), judged by the international explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Maurice Farkoa - Musical comedy actor and singerMaurice Farkoa (1864-1916) - Musical comedy actor and singer born in Izmir, Turkey. Date: 1904
A Young Bride-to-be in traditional costume - Rural Russia - painting by Fedor Fedorovich Buchholz (1857-1942). Date: 1907
Twomblys Livery & Feed Stable, USATwomblys Livery & Feed Stable, somewhere in North America, with people on well-kept front gardens and a dog on a horse. Date: circa 1910
Fishermen on a trawler, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Date: circa 1910
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, Ealing, MiddlesexResidents in the garden of the GFS Lodge at Ealing, Middlesex / West London. A croquet set can be seen. The seated women in the hat is Gertrude Marye Barnard, founder of the Ealing branch. Date: 1913
The Black Coat by Albert BaileyAn elegant woman wearing a black coat complemented by a yellow cloche hat and string of pearls. 1929
The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, starring H B IrvingThe Bells, by Leopold Lewis, first produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, November 1871. Pictured here is Harry Brodribb Irving (1870-1919) in the role of Mathias
The Beauty of Bath, by Hicks and HamiltonThe Beauty of Bath by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton, with music by H E Haines, George Dances Company. First produced at the Aldwych Theatre, London, March 1906
Two Japanese Geisha girls in colourful Kimonos reading a book together. Date: circa 1910s
Cartoon, Georgina Weldon, classical singerCartoon, Georgina Weldon -- Waiting for the Verdict. Georgina Weldon (1837-1914), classical singer, was frequently involved in lawsuits and libel cases with others in the profession
Duke of Wellington at Walmer Castle, KentThe Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) in his library, study and sleeping apartment at Walmer Castle, Deal, Kent, where he died on 14 September 1852, aged 83. circa 1850s
Actors in historical costume in a scene from Shakespeare. circa 1962
Man sitting at a table. circa 1955
Chinese woman and child - Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1910s
Women in national costume, Mundal, NorwayTwo women in national costume, Mundal, Norway. The costume was worn by most people on Sundays and also as a uniform by hotel waitresses. Date: circa 1910s
Family in national costume, Mundal, NorwayA family (two women and four children) sitting on a doorstep, wearing their Sunday best, in Mundal, Norway. The national costume was worn by most people on Sundays. Date: circa 1910s
Gentleman puffing on his pipe - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1873
Upper Vth Form, Sidcot School, Winscombe, SomersetUpper Vth Form with a class in progress, Sidcot School, Winscombe, North Somerset, an independent Quaker school. Date: circa 1920s
Dining Hall, Sidcot School, Winscombe, SomersetView of a full Dining Hall at Sidcot School, Winscombe, North Somerset, an independent Quaker school. Date: circa 1920s
Communist China - children in a classroomChildren in a classroom in Communist China, one of them standing up to speak. During the Cultural Revolution there was much emphasis on the raising of standards, and active learning was part of this
Merchants sell Mother-of-Pearl necklaces - Bethlehem, Israel. Date: circa 1910s
Grinding wheat - Deir Mar Yaqoub Monastery, Qara, SyriaTwo seated Women grind wheat using a rotary hand quern at Deir Mar Yaqoub, a monastery dedicated to Saint Jacob near Qara, Syria. Date: circa 1910s
Cigar holder owned bys / Sgt A DeacoCigar holder owned by S/Sgt A Deacon, 31st Coy Army Service Corps, 1902 (c).Meerschaum, carved with three seated pug-dogs in full relief; contained in a case of moulded black leather.Made in
Three men outside shop, SpainThree men seated on the window sill of a butchers shop in Spain. circa 1970
People relaxing at Goodwood, West SussexSeated woman and soldier relaxing at Goodwood, West Sussex, England. circa 1970
Woman resting on grass at Goodwood, West SussexWoman resting on grass at a motoring event, Goodwood, West Sussex, England. circa 1969
Square in Provence, FranceSquare with boy seated at a fountain in Provence, south eastern France. circa 1966
Seated artisan working on an object, EnglandSeated, bearded artisan working on an object, England. circa 1970