Sep16 Collection

The Colonels Christmas Dream by H. M. Bateman
A Colonel dreams of inspecting a battalion of Father Christmases. Date: 1928

SS United States - United States Line - Transatlantic liner - prior to construction and maiden voyage. Date: 1949

Cleopatras Needle and Shell Mex House, London. Date: circa 1940

Peggy Prince received an M.B.E. after making two journeys out to sea in a canoe in order to rescue the crew of a crashed bomber, saving the wireless operators life. 1940

The Shop Assistant who Lost his Temper by H. M. Bateman
A shop assistant finally loses the plot after bringing out roll upon roll of material for a demanding customer to choose from. 1929

Prince Philip at Lynden Manor with his cousins
H.R.H. Prince Philip of Greece (now Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) pictured with his cousins Lady Tatiana Mountbatten and David, Earl of Medina at the home of his uncle and aunt

The Windmill Theatre, 1940
Eric Woodburn, seated at the piano, rehearses along with the girls of the Revudeville company at the Windmill Theatre, London. 1940

Veiled Egyptian Woman - Cairo. Date: circa 1910s

Conwy Castle Wales - from the landing place Date: circa 1880

Bechers Ghost - the Grand National
The ghost of Captain Becher watches as horses and jockeys jump over Bechers Brook during the Grand National at Aintree. 1930

St. Georges, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly
St. George s, Bermuda - Union Flag flies proudly Date: circa 1920s

Air Raid Drills at the Windmill Theatre
At the Windmill Theatre, London, the showgirls are given a crash course in fire-fighting and first aid. 1940

Gordons Gimlet Cocktail advertisement
Advertisement for pre-mixed Gordons Gimlet Cocktail. A gimlet traditionally includes gin, lime and soda. Date: 1935

Saturday shopping by F. C. Twort
A busy marketplace scene in a British town during the 1930s. Shoppers mill around various stalls while the pub is open for business. Date: 1935

Lady Milford Haven and Gloria Vanderbilt at Antibes
Nada Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (1896 1963) seen at the back of this picture with Lady Bower Smith and Gloria Vanderbilt

Ley lines: Radnor Vale, Wales
Map showing the eastern end of Radnor Vale, Wales, with the ley lines drawn in by hand. Date: 1925

David Niven and Primula Rollo
Hollywood actor David Niven, now Captain David Niven of the Rifle Brigade, and Primula Rollo, a wartime W.A.A.F. officer, pictured in The Bystander after being recently married. 1940

Odessa, Ukraine - Deribas and Richelieu Streets - partial aerial view. Date: 1909

Waalbrug - The Walloon Bridge, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Date: circa 1940s

Marchioness of Milford Haven at Lynden Manor
The Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Countess Nada Torby, pictured with her children at her Berkshire home, Lynden Manor

The House of Anton Lang at Oberammergau, Germany
The House of Anton Lang at Oberammergau, Bavaria Germany. Anton Lang (18751938) was a German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play

The Royal West Norfolk Golf Club
Caricatures of members of the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club at Brancaster depicted by Tatler cartoonist, Mel. Date: 1933

HMS Opossum - Oberon Class Submarine powered by diesel generators. Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28th November 1957, and launched on 18th July 1959

Marquis and Marchioness of Milford Haven
Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (1896 1963) second daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and his morganatic wife Countess Sophie von Merenberg

Guayaquil, Ecuador - Partial panoramic view of the city Date: circa 1950s

Walter Rothschild driving his team of zebras at Tring Park
Carriage drawn by a zebra driven by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring (where this photograph was taken), now part of the Natural History Museum, London

The Linesman Who Snored at Wimbledon
A linesman disrupts play at Wimbledon by letting out a loud snore mid-point. 1928

Olympia Theatre, Paris, France Date: 1906

Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis at Athens, Greece Date: circa 1930s

Roedean School Moved to the Keswick Hotel
This article from The Bystander reports the evacuation of Roedean Girls School from its old site in Brighton to the Keswick Hotel in the Lake District

Stromboli Volcano erupting - Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Art philistines by H. M. Bateman
" Excuse me, sir

Kensitas cigarettes advertisement - they re slimming
Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes advising that the best way to avoid eating between meals

Graca & Cos stall - Hong Kong - important printers and vendors of postcards, stamps and stationary. Date: circa 1905

Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper by Madame Yevonde
Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper, later Lady Alington posed with an unusual mask. Pictured in The Tatler just prior to her marriage to Lord Alington in November 1928. Date: 1928

Showgirls at the Windmill Theatre, 1940
Showgirls at the Windmill Theatre, London await their cue. 1940

Anna May Wong, 1928
Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong (1905-1961) reads a menu in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. 1928

The Lady Lloyd of Dolobran by Glyn W. Philpot
Lady Lloyd of Dolobran, formerly Blanche Lascelles, painted by Glyn W. Philpot. 1929

Good Egg by H. M. Bateman
An un-ovoid-able Easter Spheroddity by H. M. Bateman. Date: 1923

Isle of Skye, Scotland - Blaven and Loch Slapin from Torrin Village Date: circa 1930

Chinese Junk in Hong Kong Bay. Date: circa 1910s

The Flower Market - Nice, France (see: 10438642). Date: circa 1910s

Annotated postcard showing Lake District Peaks, Cumbria - Crummock, Honister Crag, Whiteless Pike, High Stile and Buttermere all feature. Date: circa 1920s

The Main Gate - Tangiers, Morocco. Close to the Grand Socco (large outdoor vegetable market - souk). Date: circa 1930s

Lucky Little Owner-Drivers
Advertisement offering children the chance to own their own automobile. " Juvenile Cars", produced by Lines Bros

One for Fido by Cecil Aldin - throwing snowballs
A woman dressed in a brilliant red dress, hat and black cloak contrasts dramatically with a snowy landscape as she throws snowballs for her pet spaniels. 1899

Technical College - Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (1887-1912), afterwards becoming the Royal Technical College (1912-1956) - Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1909

Paul Nash, 1940
Paul Nash, Air Ministry war artist, examining a photograph. 1940

The Kiss by Autori
A romantic kiss imagined in Autoris distinctive angular style. 1930

Mound alignments and ley lines
Illustrations showing mound alignments at South Radnor and at Pilleth in Wales, and ley lines in the Cotswold and at the Hereford church of St Owen. 1925

Womens Hockey Team, Captain is future Mrs Ernest Shackleton
An unnamed English School Womens Hockey Team - the Captain is Emily Mary (nee Dorman), Lady Shackleton (1868-1936), Wife of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and daughter of Charles Dorman. Date: circa 1886

Smith Premier Typewriter No. 4 - at The Paris Exposition 1900
Advertising card for The Smith Premier Typewriter No.4 exhibited at The Paris Exposition of 1900. Date: 1900

The Country Club at Johannesburg
The rendezvous of Rand society - the Johannesburg Country Club situated in a suburb of Auckland Park. Date: 1929

Old Bill and Co. August 1940
" Hey! Mind what yer doin ! Thats the second time you ve got me with that fifth column o yours

Fancy Dress Optional
Watercolour painting by D.W. Hawksley (1884-1970), " Fancy Dress Optional". 1928

Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire
Boys being taught in the Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire. Date: circa 1905

Feeding the Pigeons on steps of St. Pauls Cathedral, London. Date: 1925

Andrea Majinski at Charing
Andrea Majinski, a Czechoslovak model of the 1920s, poses holding a dog at Charing, Kent. She was a model of the sculptor Jacob Epstein. 1927

Collins Street (Central), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Date: circa 1920s

Mobile Canteens
A row of mobile canteens in Brighton. Note that one of the vans has Y.M.C.A. printed on it. 1940

Villagers Gathered Around the Wireless
Villagers in Charlwood, Sussex, gathered around the wireless radio in a local pub. 1940

Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist has got carried away
Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist (Professor Smith) has got carried away... " Its taking you a long time to write I love Annie !" Date: circa 1920s

Mrs William Fiske (Rose Bingham, Countess of Warwick)
Portrait of Mrs William Fiske, formerly Miss Rose Bingham, Countess of Warwick. After her divorce from her first husband, the Earl of Warwick, Rose married Billy Fiske, an American bobsled champion

Evelyn Waugh and Evelyn Gardner
Writer Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) alongside his first wife, Evelyn Gardner, whom he had married the previous week. 1928

Woman from Cairo - Veiled Date: circa 1908

A son shot before the eyes of his mother: the murder of James Lockhart at Lisdrumliska in South Armagh, where two families were lined up outside their burning houses. Date: 1922

Malta - Valletta - St. Johns Church Date: circa 1910s

Sandra Paul (Howard)
1960s model Sandra Paul wearing a Scottish tweed skirt with specially toned silk shirt from Daks

Tunis, Tunisia - Ornate Arab Doorway Date: circa 1900s

Tbilisi, Georgia - Michael Bridge over the Kura River Date: circa 1910s

Marchioness of Milford Haven and Gloria Vanderbilt
Nada, Marchioness of Milford Haven with her good friend Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt at fashionable Eden Roc on the French Riviera. Date: 1932

The Aga Khan and the Begum Aga Khan. Andr饠 Jos鰨 ine Carron married Aga Khan III in December 1929 and together they had one son, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. The couple divorced in 1943

Marchioness of Milford Haven by Philip de Laszlo
Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten

The Carnival of Basel, Switzerland
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Athena by Johannes Benk, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Athena for the dome of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna) by Johannes Benk (1844-1914), Austrian Sculptor. Date: circa 1903

Geneva, Switzerland - The Chair and Pulpit of John Calvin. The great Scottish reformer John Knox also preached to the English congregation from this pulpit. Date: circa 1910s

Mr and Mrs William Fiske (Rose Bingham, Countess of Warwick)
Billy Fiske, bobsled champion and well-known Cresta rider and Rose, Countess of Warwick (formerly Rose Bingham) pictured flying to France for their honeymoon after marrying in Maidenhead in 1938

Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of Woolworth s
Franklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940) co-founder with his brother Edward Hutton of the Woolworths shopping empire. Date: 1939

Winners at the Bath Club including Lady Alington
Prize winners at the Bath Club in London in 1933. Miss Nona Davies, Miss Venetia Fripp, Lady Alington and Miss Mary Evans (no relation to our founder as far as we know!). Date: 1933

Duke of Kent and his children, 1940
Prince George, Duke of Kent poses with his son, Prince Edward, and daughter, Princess Alexandra, alongside a group of Canadian nurses. 1940

Hugh Williams and Margaret Vyners wedding
British actor Hugh Williams and Australian stage and screen actress Margaret Vyner photographed on their wedding day. 1940

Patricia and Edwina Mountbatten, 1928
From left to right: Patricia Mountbatten (1924- ), Lady Edwina Mountbatten, n饠 Ashley (1901-1960), Mrs Richard Norton, Miss Sarah Norton and John Norton at Deauville, Normandy. 1928

Princess Charlotte of Monaco, 1928
Princess Charlotte Louise, Hereditary Princess of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois (1898-1977). 1928

Depiction of the Thames in the early 19th century
View of the River Thames in the early 19th century

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